Why I Augment my Followers: Full Setup Explained to get most out of them for GR Pushing

[@scooter-vz6sc]

Fantastic video and great breakdown! This is more important then most people realize. Thank you Wudi!

[@hyskylife]

Thank you for this more indepth guide on season 25 follower. Easier to understanding viewing it in game compared to the guide on maxroll.

[@kcbandit6948]

2.1 billion toughness on my Enchantress as of today. 2 piece sages and 2 piece blackthorne are your friends. Asheras and Borns are also options - but the problem is that they take up slots where a two handed weapon gives you incredible stick stats or where the belt makes you lose String of Ears or the boots means you lose ice climbers. Anyway, I use this for 150 farming, but need to see what happens with max CC set up for pushing - Blind Faith, Sultan of Blinding Sand, Cord of the Sherma, et al.

[@ASavageEye]

A fun thing to do with your Paladin follower using the immortality relic is to equip him with Deaths Bargain pants, Boots of Disregard, Butchers Sickle, Thunder Gods Vigor and Endariels Visage. Watch him pull in enemies all around him and then slowly suck the life out of them. Its a bit of a laugh.

[@attractivegd9531]

Does this actually do anything in GR 130+?

[@ASavageEye]

@@attractivegd9531 At high GR's your followers damage will generally do next to nothing but what this will do is pull some trash to your follower and keep them off your back whilst you deal with Elites. Followers are pure utility once you go past about GR80. This build does have the benefit of dealing damage based on their health regen rate which you CAN boost with the items I mentioned. The Molten Wildebeast legendary gem used to work on followers before they were updated but I am unsure if it still does. if it does then they can still do half decent damage with this build. Its mostly for fun.

[@attractivegd9531]

@@ASavageEye Thanks.

[@deriklarue8433]

This was amazing in depth info and very helpful. Thank you.

[@Crrrr0wFire]

Also a nice follower combo is Eun-Jang-Do (Dagger) + Frostburn (Gloves) with an attack speed soul shard and the Tal Rasha Chest also provides additional attack speed. Freezes Riftguardians a lot and even seems to interrupt them sometimes.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

The Tal Rasha must be very rare because I not seen it last season and so far not this season either which is over 2000 paragons to date.

[@Crrrr0wFire]

@@SophiaAphrodite i created a level 1 wizard for this and upgraded lvl70 yellow chests to legendary (edit: needed the wizard to roll follower items to INT anyway)

[@kyledrake7313]

@@SophiaAphrodite nothing is rare in Diablo 3. What are you talking about.

[@ThorsShadow]

@@SophiaAphrodite Are you playing a Wizard? If not, play a Wizard to get it. It's a Wizard item.

[@attractivegd9531]

On which merc? Need a cold skill to trigger it?

[@Itz_KLONOPIN]

Homing pads essentially gives you a free 60% shield while standing still if you just cast TP anytime you want to use it then just move right before you actually go to town. Godly for Squirts Builds

[@playerone6434]

I actually removed the can not die relic from my enchantress as soon as i got my enforcer to Lvl 25. That alone was enough to about GR 120ish when she occasionally started to die. Then she got esoteric and mutilation guard, and her healthbar never moves at least up to 145 which is the highest I can do at the moment. And she just wears more or less random staff I crafted on a Wizard for her, mostly non ancient and just 1 aug which was needed at the time I changed the INT gems in the jewelry to the legendary gems to hit the 25k main stat. At least for the enchantress there seems no real need to put much more effort in her survivability, she is hardly targeted by the monsters anyway.

Could you also update the Maxroll guides accordingly? Thanks.

[@warrenmack8336]

For any people that play on the console reading through this in the future, Cooldown reduction works on Scoundrel.

[@IamMonikaDLC]

S24: Augment my follower? Screw that! Too much time S25: Augment my follower? Sure..because what else am I going to do with all these level 3 shards?? No but followers can get stupidly tanky with armor augmentation it's really fun I remember last season I had enchantress surviving 120's without Enforcer

[@MrSr3nity_97]

Thanks for this guide @Wudijo I actually didn't really think of this as much for the follower, does make a huge difference

[@TrupimOkiemTV]

Wudijo nailed it again, thanks man.

[@scott70688]

I'm going to give this a try! Thank you wudijo.

[@tommyw5332]

“Her life per hit is at 69k - that’s pretty nice.” Nice!

[@ChroniclesOfTime]

would be cooler if she had exactly 202 less

[@Metallicahardrocker]

But follower equip doesnt change with... Rüstkammer :(

[@K_R87]

The fact that his follower is better than anything I’ve ever made as a main character is depressing

[@belaistbela]

I like to equip one follower for rifts/bounties and one for grifts/pushing so I don’t have to swap items around. With augments it’s easier this season, my monk has a scoundrel for sage/cains/avarice/broken crown and an enchantress for tanking with cains/leorics/oculus for max xp. I just learned about the baseline effects on the seasonal gems from this video thanks about that I gladly will incorporate that for the remainder of this fun season :)

[@noracamacho21]

It's easier to augment the follower this season since we can use the leg soul shard. But for other season I only augment with whatever leftovers I have. But this is awesome video to learn from. I do have level 1 wiz to get int gears or run with a wiz and ask for a hand me down! I don't use homing for shoulders but Zakara is I think better so you don't get damage on your gears. Then I use furnace as weapon.

[@flamingjob2]

just curious why is yur thunderfury damage so high? even when i craft a primal its not so high. is there anything you do thats special?

[@dustinezy2591]

This is by far my favorite and the best season, I did a gr 125 which is the highest level so far that I’ve done, I’m not that good at the game and I’m happy that I achieved 110+

[@LuciferWrld999]

Congrats good luck on getting to gr 150

[@dustinezy2591]

@@LuciferWrld999 🙏

[@IAmTheRealBill]

I hear you, just broke 120 for the first time. Barely. But I was under 900 para as well at the time.

[@Kujo226]

my enchts. got about 6k resst to all, and i didnt put any soul shards or legendary gems, but she doesnt die in gr 130. There is no need so much detail.. 6k resst and life is enough

[@thesharkenjoyer]

Is there a Templar Relic like the Enchantress Focus at 13:11 ? I prefer Templar for Most Characters (Wizard, Crusader, Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor), and I'm thinking of making a build with it for my Crusader And Also, do Reduce Cooldown Stats from armour work on Followers?

[@wudijo]

All 3 have the same 3 relics. CDR only affects the templars heal and nothing else, just CDR relics cut everything in half

[@thesharkenjoyer]

@@wudijo Thanks for the help! Now it's grind time

[@kennethbaker3529]

Does Molten Wildebeast shield work on a follower? If it does, with Rogar's and Boots of Disregard, that could be a pretty decent addition to survivability.

[@ASavageEye]

Molten Wildebeast definitely used to work on followers before the Follower Update 2 seasons ago. Before the update you could see the additional LPS on their stats however now the increase no longer shows so it is not easy to tell. The Level 25 Shield however has never shown on followers and so it would seem it does not work. I have not tested this in a while however and as I have pointed out to many people there are many Legendary Gems that do work on followers, not just the two mentioned in the video.

[@d4mephisto]

@@ASavageEye that's correct that it used to work and could be seen in the follower's details sheet. sadly, not only did the follower update a few seasons ago not fix the molten wildebeest shield for followers, but it actually took away the LPS functionality. the only legendary gems that work on followers are esoteric alteration and mutilation guard.

[@ASavageEye]

@@d4mephisto Thats not exactly true. There is a misconception that only those 2 gems work on followers because they are the only two gems that appear to effect the follower themselves. However all of the gems which have an effect on ENEMIES will work if equipped to a follower. Gem of Efficacious Toxin will allow your follower to poison enemies. Mirinae will also smite enemies and Pain enhancer will also cause Bleed on a Crit Hit. Enforcer also seems to boost the damage and damage reduction of pets summoned by followers.

[@cambo867]

I think that Enforcer [worn] worked on Follower rather then just pet builds would be great

[@arenakiller44]

Do new guardian set work on followers ?

[@brianfurchner]

I thought pigsqueeler with max speed and cd was the way to go?

[@milesjordan5442]

Skeleton king shoulders work on follower?

[@Antagonisten]

WHY would the follower need the 25.000 intellect kinda useful info isnt it ? :S i am curius now.

[@wudijo]

it scales their abilities

[@Braaten922]

Would you mind making a video with tips on the best ways to farm gems this season? Im starviiinggg😂

[@ThorsShadow]

Do the Old Tristram event in January and kill the Butcher and King Leoric over and over and over again. Both of them drop all 7 shards. Then destroy the shards at the blacksmith. They will get turned into normal gems.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

I was excited I was getting embers relatively often so was able to get 3 augments using shards pretty early on. Then I have gotten none for over 100 paragons. I find the RNG really inconsistent.

[@Onlinemegastar]

Isn't that a double negative?

[@ThorsShadow]

I mean, that's what RNG is. You could not find a certain legendary item for hours and then get 5 in a row gambling at Kadala.

[@climatixseuche]

I was like "why no Gloves of Worship" and then ahh greater rifts xD

[@monksgs8094]

if follower weapon dmg is poison, will it trigger the soul shard monk wear?

[@jammin_maestro]

Yes it will proc the Anguish shard

[@serviho]

I'm pretty sure I've heard him say its a bad idea.

[@jammin_maestro]

Or if you got a good roll on other affixes in your weapon, I.e dmg range, attack speed, crit etc., just reroll to poison dmg and use ramaldhini's gift for sockets

[@SidRandom]

how do i get int items if im a crusader?

[@wudijo]

make a wiz/wd/necro and reroll them there

[@Pvtsector]

I’ve been trying to get the broken crown for 2 days now, anyone have any tips? I’ve tried rerolling for it on a lower level character, I’ve tried to upgrade helms and killed the skeleton king but I’ve had literally no luck with getting it :(

[@ThorsShadow]

Kill Skeleton King in the campaign. IIRC, it has a higher chance to drop from him, but only the first time you kill him in campaign / when you have the quest to kill him. I also don't know what level the crown would be, if you kill him with a level 70 character. If that doesn't work, do GR90s over and over again (at GR90 you get the maximum number if legendaries from the RG).

[@arCosStyle]

how u get intelligence items playing as dextery?

[@alanasnow3823]

You can switch to an intelligence based toon and roll off dexterity. The int toon can be level one

[@Spushed]

Where did you buy your toilet equipped gaming chair?…

[@wudijo]

custom built sorry

[@Spushed]

@@wudijo lol nice

[@MrYZ69]

Toxin doesn't work on follower?

[@MrYZ69]

Also if u use those gloves its better use ice climbers

[@juliakiss3271]

Hello, is the hew head and weapon gems working on followers??

[@rauharikas6905]

No

[@krzysztof6591]

Partially. Stats are there, nothing more.

[@tobiasschrade2414]

It's explained in the video, don't have the timestamp though.

[@wli2718]

that enchantress has more augments than my actual character.

[@Pfisi1337]

Does the Executioner work for the Follower?

[@wudijo]

no

[@agnyeshka4420]

10 seconds after disconnecting? Support told me some time ago they enforce heroes in game after disconnecting for up to 60 seconds. It was when i lost my hardcore hero after disconnecting with 2 cheat deaths active in t16 nephalem rift where i was basicaly immortal and i disconnected when there was noone else on the map. So im sorry but 10 seconds is incorrect im afraid. Unless youre lucky.

[@9a8szmf79g9]

Nice info. i didn't know followers can use some legendary gems because it doesn't really tell you anywhere that they can unless you equip gems on them and check your own character details to see if anything changes.

[@wudijo]

the two gems mentioned work for them, they don't apply to you

[@MarvMarvensen]

Why I augment my follower? Because I can!

[@immortal72]

great video

[@killersoxos]

ahh and i thougth i mde mistake by fully aug follower days ago i didnt follow that gear though i went with 2 sage 2 cain royal grundur leoric crown with gem for exp keys death breath etc managed to find 5 primals for enchantress she has 45k intelligence though dunno if thats good cap is 25k should i re augment her with vitality or something

[@krzysztof6591]

Additional Int won't really affect her in any positive way, so it is better to just reallocate stats if you don't use invi relic.

[@ASavageEye]

There is no actual CAP for the Main stats on followers. The 25K thing is simply the cutoff point for boosting the strength/duration of their powers. Additional main stat will however still increase their attack strength plus Armour/ Elemental resistance. Considering all these things are useless if your using the Immortality Relic i wouldnt worry about what your actually boosting. HOWEVER, if you plan to equip them with Items that inflict damage based on their attack damage then it is well worth while boosting their Main Stat. Your follower will never really be strong enough to kill at high GRs but they can really help to wittle down a rift guardians health. There are even builds that allow followers WRECK Grs ah high as 80-90 if you know what your doing. Play around with them, you will be surprised.

[@killersoxos]

@@ASavageEye well am using the relig gain access to all skills so i guess am ok with 25.5 intel now rest is dex 20k made some adjustments still need ancient relic and royal grundur for my build though

[@mobus1603]

@@ASavageEye: it literally would take a full 24 hours for your follower to kill one small piece of trash at T16, let alone pushing), even if it was geared to DPS with all primal ancient gear and 150 augments. The only benefit a follower will ever have past T5 is what it can do for you, because its DPS is absolutely useless after that point.

[@ASavageEye]

@@mobus1603 Well that goes to show what you know now doesn't it. Wudijo did a video a good while back where he tried to see how far he could go with a follower doing all the work. Equipping his follower with Deaths Bargain pants he was able to take it to around GR50, and that's T11. If I recall correctly his follower was not even very well equipped other than having the pants. A fully optimised follower WILL take you higher. Your never gonna wreck GR100 but you can get fairly high. To give some more ideas I myself have built a Marauder Dh but which also had Asheara's set to see how far i could get with just my pets and followers doing all the work. With all 3 Followers built up I was able to push to GR66 before I got bored lol

[@blu3qc]

thunderfury on a caster does nothing , plus you dont have wydward ring , this build is the templar Aoe stun build , i use another weapon on enchantress which works way better !

[@wudijo]

thunderfury procs from enchantress attacks like any other attack, I actually don't want her to stun anything so wyrdward is left out

[@diamondgirls6541]

I hate myself cuz I cant play seasonal and have these perks

[@isquaturcurls9591]

imagine in hardcore, followers could die, and they would be dead.. forever

[@BLAAZED]

I don´t understand why people don´t use Spaulders of zakara instead of Homing pads - keeping your gear unbreakable is epic and you will never need to go repair hence nn teleport.

[@stickyicky2120]

I agree, the only time I do Homing pads is on HC. That shield/tp can save your butt if you push a little to far/find yourself getting walloped

[@darthchaos64]

Thank you

[@pascalmeyer8768]

Next step is to not only Aug the follower, but put all lvl25 gems of ease on all his gear. So when you start an alt, your follower will kill all for you until u r 70. Errr no. Ty for guide though. Will look into toughness or such gems on him.

[@yeahboiii6640]

What is this empty stash tab you talk about? 🤣😂

[@charliecox8215]

Is this new

[@tadeuszk.7531]

good job

[@madisonwestern8825]

So the goal is to buff our follower enough so we canstantly benefit from their skills? Buffing a follower to DPS sounds interesting.

[@mobus1603]

It literally would take a full 24 hours for your follower to kill one small piece of trash at T16, let alone pushing), even if it was geared to DPS with all primal ancient gear and 150 augments. May sound interesting, but it's a complete waste of time. The only benefit a follower will ever have past T5 is what it can do for you.

[@thanos4411]

As very unfair too vanish all new gem after the end of season. As the eternals weapon .Il stop play seasons after that's!

[@gvidotristram6456]

"vitality, intelligence, strenght etc" made me giggle

[@rolawrence036]

so why not put a 3 piece armor set to get more death breaths on your follower if you say the rest of the shit doesn't do much? I understand by now you're overflowing with mats but for the rest of us that doesnt live in this game that set will greatly help

[@j-rod4600]

That's what I do along with 2 pieces of the Cains, the set that gives a chance for an extra GR key to drop, with a Royal Ring of Grandeur. It doesn't do much in Greater Rifts but for T16 farming it's great.

[@4jup4ter4]

Nice, I do the same thing 😀

[@phanaticz]

69k - it's pretty nice. Nice.

[@veil803]

I give you this idea on twich