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Diablo 2 Mercenaries

In Diablo 2 you can hire mercenaries to help you on your journey. They can be a very helpful companions casting spells or providing auras. Check out Mercenary facts, Mercenary stats and Mercenary Calculator.

Mercenaries Facts

Mercs can level up just like you do, but they can never be higher level than you. Also, their level cap is 98
All Acts except Act IV provide different types of mercs for you to hire. Each with unique skills and spells
Mercs hired from Normal are stronger than if hired from Nightmare or Hell
If a merc dies, he can be resurrected from the NPC responsible for hiring the Mercenaries. The cost incraeses with the Merc level but to 50.000 Gold max
Mercs can die from poisons unlike characters who stay at 1 HP
You can give them potions or heal them on the town's healer together with you
Mercs can be equipped with Items. They only have Weapon, helm and armor slots though
Ethereal items do not lose durability when worn by a Merc. Makes them the perfect equipment for a merc
They don't have mana and they cast spells on their own - you can't control them
If you Teleport they will be teleported aslongside you
The most popular Mercs are the ones from Act II (Desert Mercenaries) who provide a Paladin aura. They are also strong melee characters

Mercenary Table

Act	Hired From	Mercenary Type	Equipment	Skills	Notes
I	Kashya	Rogue Scouts	Armor, Helms, Bows	Ice Arrow/Fire Arrow and Inner Sight	Cannot use Crossbows and Amazon Bows
II	Greiz	Desert Mercenaries	Armor, Helms, Spears, Polearms	Jab and Aura	Aura depends on spec Combat/Offensive/Defensive and difficulty such as Normal/Nm/Hell
III	Asheara	Ironwolves	Armor, Helms, Shields, Swords	Lightning - Charged Bolt and Lightning Fire - Inferno and Fireball Cold - Glacial Spike, Ice Blast and Frozen Armor	Can use caster weapons
IV	Can't hire mercs in Act IV, but Tyrael can resurrect for you.
V	Qual-Kehk	Barbarians	Armor, Helms, Barbarian Helms, Swords	Bash and Stun	Cannot Dual-Weild weapons

Mercenary Stats Calculator

I present you the Mercenary Stats Calculator. Use it to check what stats your mercenary will have on any level and the calculator has all the different types and sub-types of mercenaries

Choose Mercenary Level:

Choose Mercenary Type:

Act I - Rogue Scouts

Allowed equipment:

Armor, Helms, Bows (no Crossbows and Amazon-only bows)

Two types - Fire / Cold Arrow but both types will cast Inner Sight.

Check the Mercenary Calculator above for stats

Act II - Desert Mercenaries

The Desert Mercenaries are very unique in that they provide one of the Paladin's auras from which everyone can benefit

Normal:

Combat = Prayer (Regenerates Life)

Defensive = Defiance (Increases Defense)

Offensive = Blessed Aim (Increases Attack Rating)

Nightmare:

Combat = Thorns (Returns Damage to Attacker)

Defensive = Holy Freeze (Slows down enemies)

Offensive = Might (Increases Damage (physical))

Hell:

Combat = Prayer (Regenerates Life)

Defensive = Defiance (Increases Defense)

Offensive = Blessed Aim (Increases Attack Rating)

Allowed equipment:

Armor, Helms, Spears, Polearms, Javelins (no Throwing)

Check the Mercenary Calculator above for stats

Аct III Iron Wolves

Despite their looks these mercenaries are casters. They can be Fire, Cold or Lightning

Lightning - Charged Bolt and Lightning

Fire - Inferno and Fireball

Cold - Glacial Spike, Ice Blast and Frozen Armor

Allowed equipment:

Armor, Helms, Shields and Swords (do not block even though they are capable of using a shield.)

Аct IV

Act IV does not have any mercenaries to offer but Tyrael will be able to ressurect your existing ones.

Аct V Barbarians

These mercs are similar to the barbarian class. They use Bash and Stun as skills

Allowed equipment:

Armor, Helms, Barbarian Class-specific Helms and Swords (cannot dual-wield)

https://www.diablo-2.net/mercenaries/