i'm re-equiping my fa/strafe-zon. i plan use her as a gold finder (because i'm too lazy to build a whole new character for the task). Thus, i want to use my ice mb for the very nice gf per clvl. I should use an a2 might/pride merc to max my damage, but i like to chaos with my zon quite a bit and spending 50k in reviving him (after im death) sort of defeats my gf ambitions. So I just want a merc that will stay out of harms way.
I have kb and holy freeze in my set-up, plus a strong valk and fa, so I don't think I need anymore crowd control from an a2 merc. Hence, I thought I'd try get a fanat aura going on to speed up my killing. My first thought was a1 merc with faith, but then I thought maybe an a3 with beast would be better since i can get even more aura's on him. I'm not really concerned about my merc's dmg, but its ability to increase my zon's dmg.
so i'm looking at lw for might or faith for fanat. then i can add dragon dream, w/e and see how it all works. With a a3 i get an extra dream, thats the main difference.