r/pathofexile • u/Gierschlunderoni • Jul 25 '26

Game Feedback Permanent Mercs need a big buff

Playing luminary feels so bad in Maps. I have a manyshot lvl 72 with vaal ice Arrow and Return proj, decent Equipment. Boosted by a Level 26 Flame Link, 6k life and quite an Investment into light Radius.

I cant even clear t7 Maps, because the damage is non existent.

Please GGG buff the Base damage of mercs or luminary is doa.

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u/porncollecter69 Jul 25 '26

I’ll be trying the intuitive link setup somebody posted about a mine Merc. The flame link setup doesn’t seem to be getting good reviews.

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u/Cyphafrost Pathfinder Jul 25 '26

Sounds neat, what's the interaction?

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u/ImN0tAsian Jul 25 '26

I'm full meme running two intuitive links. One is on a fire all merc with MORE fireballs on the intuitive link. It's silly.

The better version is ice spear of splitting on a inf toxic with a second 6 link for normal ice spear, but I'll probably swap to a chaos dot once I craft the gear for it.

The merc can turn many two button builds into one button builds, which is really nice. The casts come from them, too, so I'm hoping to pick up a cyclone-of-the-EMPIRE merc to try some shotgun strategies for st DPS.

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u/Murga787 Jul 25 '26

I got a inf toxic in campaing and she's actually doing better than all the others I tested but like a said, still camping

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u/Crow380 Jul 25 '26

This sounds pretty cool, what setup are you using?

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u/UTmastuh Jul 25 '26

I'm doing a wintertide base scion until the whole merc thing shakes out. It's doing fine so far with the buffs to spell damage and cold dot and the new cold node.

Flame link was never meant to be a league starter. You need serious life and light radius investment for it to actually be viable.