Plague is a dead-on-arrival runeword if they keep it the way it is. Even on a merc it's hot garbage because it uses a really high rune and has no enhanced damageIt needs to lose the cham rune for it to come even remotely close to being viable
If they still drop dead stupid quick does it really matteR?
Grief has no % ED modifier but has flat dmg that scales off % ED modifiers, that's what makes it so strong. So with the 400 base + dmg from Grief, and say 500% ED on gear, you're looking at 2kEDIT: Was in response to cparle87
i mean any elemental spec will still benefit most from infinity act2 merc most as well as their normal aura.even ones who dont benefit form that one have many other polearm choie words.only way they will really break out of a2 > all is by making runewords for mercs that are busted and cant be used by a2 ones.
Do they even play d2?No one will ever use plague. Next time you add something stupid to the game, maybe you should consult one of the top ladder players (top 5) instead of some random d2jsp buyer like MrLlamaSC