Elendilli wrote:For whatever reason from what I remember, Mercs cannot use energy or %energy. example: Cannot benefit from Um runes in armour for %energy boost. I asked around before about this and this was the consensus.
Well idk where you asked about this topic before but whoever answered you, was probably not informed very well.
Stat boni from items and socketables work on any merc. It is just that no merc has innate vit or ene so % ene on an almost naked merc will have no impact - you need flat ene to scale with it.
Only the special ability of A3 mercs adds a lot of flat Energy like istaryu mentioned. This huge flat bonus scales very well with % energy.
It is just that due to the high amount of EF and ene in combination, the synergy to Spells on a naked A3 merc is very high already. This way the impact of an UM rune to the total damage of their spells is almost not noticeable, but it is there (At least until synergy caps out).
In many cases 4% to corresponding sd jewels or sd runes (Ral,Ort,Thul,...) will raise the total Damage much more than UM runes will do.
However, there is a char level range of the merc - when geared with mostly sd gear - where socketing an UM rune will be more benefitial for the total damage than the corresponding rune. But it all depends….
Just my pi cents....
