PoB: https://pobb.in/q1ezoLemAKxi

Smite looks really good this league, especially with Mercs since auras are so strong for ele damage skills. Plus we can give the merc our smite aura, or the merc can even give us their smite aura so we can run Smite of divine judgement without any dps loss.

Champ vs slayer is the obvious question, and while I do think slayer is absolutely busted, I also think champ is pretty competitive with its perma fortify and taunt solving accuracy (for the most part, still want ~90% for the initial hit). We also give our merc fortify, which could make the difference on whether it lives. I have a slayer version in the PoB, and it's the same dps with higher ele max hit w/ max fortify, which is not always gonna be up as it relies on the 7% chance to fortify from the chest.

I didn't go too in depth with the champ fort stacking stuff, though there is a loadout for it that has some elements of it. Probably best to just armourstack with replica dreamfeathers, but that becomes a whole different build pretty much. Won't be affordable till much later anyways.