Followers -- what am I missing?

[Archon_Wing]

As a small hidden fact; the damage penalty only applies to their auto-attack-- Their abilities really do hit for full damage. So it is not worthless to upgrade damage on your follower.

Act 1 inferno has gotten a bit easier this thread was made, but my enchantress could pull this off before; it'd just take a bit longer. I think these enemies aren't deserving of my blade, so I just let me enchantress take them out on her own. :p :S

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She can deal with act 2 mobs, though some of the tougher affixes are too much. She also took the butcher down to 15% when enrage started so I had to kill him myself.

For some unknown reason she can tank these monsters when I'm sure I couldn't with those stats; I'm guessing Followers get some kind of damage reduction-- plagued does very little to them.


With 7.5k damage, she does more than 1/3 of my own, so this is a great help in act 3 and act 4.

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