trichometrade wrote:Best caster merc this patch? heard abjurer were best last patch, but got nerfed. I am melee barb.
I believe the only change to abjurer is that supernova had a bug fixed where the merc version did more damage than intended. The change log doesn't say how much it was reduced so it's difficult to tell without playing it a fair bit.
There were specific buffs to Necrolyte damage spells but I didn't see any other merc changes.
How these two stack up now relative to all other mercs, as I say, will need a bit of in-game play time / trial-and-error - they change a lot as their gear gets better. One thing I like about abjurer is the 360 degree screen-wide aoe, it's not necessarily just about damage output.