Quote Originally Posted by vaudeville View Post
To rrra

Would you consider using Titan's Grip now instead of Divinity for both the might aura and physical pierce and perhaps switch your Mercenary's armor to Steel Carapace?

Also have you tried this build with the Deadly Sin Sword (and then use an Act 3 mercenary with Azurewrath, Dragon's Bulwark, Templar's Might or Steel Carapace, and Focus)?
Steel carapace isnt that useful because a high level shout provides alot more defense then a low defiance aura. If there was a better armor aura than templars might, I would definitely consider it though. One I haven't tested is the husk of kaalut. Since ravens benefit from your pierce, you could conceivably use the aura on that (maybe with true guise as well) on a rabies hybrid. It might be worth trying. Azmodans armor is an option too if you are ever rich enough to put one on a merc lol. You could definitely use a well-rolled titans grip over divinity for more damage at the cost of the life, fcr, fhr, the cyclone armor proc and the +1 skill. I prefer the divinity given that I have so much pierce as is and dont really need the might aura. Its just a good bundle of stats.

The deadly sin seems great for this build at first glance. The problem is that its only useful for its physical pierce. You dont use any of its other stats besides the mf. Azurewrath is just the best combination of so many necessary stats. Salvation turns your summons into uber tanks. Damage reduction and magic resist (this is, as of now, the only spec that can face tank nihlathak packs) are awesome. You have 3 skills on a weapon of all things and you have 5 sockets to play with. I honestly can't imagine ever using anything else with a pure crow spec. Well, maybe 5.0 can change my mind. We'll see.