Mercenaries: Difference between revisions

From Path of Diablo Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Older edit
Katal7st (talk | contribs)
1,641 edits
Treer (talk | contribs)
3,295 edits
 
(44 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The following changes have been made to mercenaries in Path of Diablo.
The following changes have been made to mercenaries in Path of Diablo.


== Mercenaries ==
Mercenary auras cap at level 18, except where stated.


'''Act 1 Rogue'''
Mercenaries hired from Normal difficulty have better stats than those hired from Nightmare or Hell.
*Now attacks with [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bow_and_Crossbow_Skills#Fire_Arrow Fire Arrow] (has been reworked).
*Now has '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Passive_and_Magic_Skills#Inner_Sight Inner Sight]''' (has been reworked).
*Can now equip crossbows.


'''Act 2 Desert'''
== By Act ==
*All 3 difficulties (Normal/Nightmare/Hell) now use the same auras:
:*Offensive uses '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Offensive_Auras#Blessed_Aim Blessed Aim]'''
:*Defensive uses '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Defensive_Auras#Defiance Defiance]'''
:*Combat uses '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Defensive_Auras#Prayer Prayer]'''


'''Act 3 Iron Wolf'''
'''Act 1 Rogue Scouts'''
*Now attacks with Vengeance (their own version with reduced multipliers), no longer casts spells
*Has Pierce.
*Now have Defensive Auras:
*Shoots [[Bow_and_Crossbow_Skills#Fire_Arrow |'''Fire Arrow''']] (has been reworked) or [[Bow_and_Crossbow_Skills#Cold_Arrow |'''Cold Arrow''']].
:*Offensive uses '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Defensive_Auras#Meditation Meditation]'''
*Casts '''[[Passive_and_Magic_Skills#Inner_Sight |'''Inner Sight''']] (has been reworked).
:*Defensive uses '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Defensive_Auras#Cleansing Cleansing]'''
*Can equip crossbows.
:*Combat uses Thorns (Vanilla version)
*Has an additional 15% chance of ignoring direct damage (does not apply to enemy AoE spells).


'''Act 5 Barbarian Mercenaries'''
'''Act 2 Desert Mercenaries'''
*Now attacks with '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Barbarian_Combat_Skills#Bash Bash]''' exclusively (has been reworked).
*The auras are the same in Normal/Nightmare/Hell:
*Now uses '''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Offensive_Auras#Might Might]''' aura.
:*Offensive has [[Offensive_Auras#Blessed_Aim |'''Blessed Aim''']]
:*Defensive has [[Defensive_Auras#Defiance |'''Defiance''']]
:*Combat has [[Defensive_Auras#Prayer |'''Prayer''']]
 
'''Act 3 Iron Wolves'''
 
Casts at range ‘Elemental Bolt’ a spell that does 100% Weapon Damage and Elemental Damage (of a random element). The spell scales with %Faster Cast Rate, always hits, always pierces and the elemental damage scales from:
Mercenary level


== Misc ==
*‘+X to all Skills’ bonuses
*+% to Fire, Cold, Lightning Skill Damage.
*The mercenary's skill level caps at 32 however with skill level bonuses this can go higher. Each level of ‘Elemental Bolt’ adds a passive bonus of +1 Dexterity.


*'''[https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fire_Spells#Enflame Enflame]''' (renamed from Enchant) can no longer be cast on mercenaries
Have Defensive Auras:
*All mercenaries now have auras that scale as follows:
:*Offensive has [[Defensive_Auras#Meditation |'''Meditation''']]
:*Defensive has [[Defensive_Auras#Cleansing |'''Cleansing''']]
:*Combat has [[Offensive_Auras#Precision | '''Precision''']] (''temporarily unavailable on Normal difficulty'')
* Uses % block chance, blocking with their shield (no block recovery time, animation or sound).


:{| class = "wikitable"
'''Act 5 Barbarian Mercenaries'''
!colspan="21"|Aura Progression
*Uses [[Barbarian_Combat_Skills#Bash |'''Bash''']] exclusively (reworked)
|-
*Has [[Offensive_Auras#Might |'''Might''']] aura. (caps at level 17)
||Mercenary Level:||1||5||9||14||19||23||28||32||37||41||43||48||53||57||62||66||71||75
|-
!Aura Level
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
|}

Latest revision as of 08:28, 25 March 2025

The following changes have been made to mercenaries in Path of Diablo.

Mercenary auras cap at level 18, except where stated.

Mercenaries hired from Normal difficulty have better stats than those hired from Nightmare or Hell.

By Act

Act 1 Rogue Scouts

Act 2 Desert Mercenaries

  • The auras are the same in Normal/Nightmare/Hell:

Act 3 Iron Wolves

Casts at range ‘Elemental Bolt’ a spell that does 100% Weapon Damage and Elemental Damage (of a random element). The spell scales with %Faster Cast Rate, always hits, always pierces and the elemental damage scales from: Mercenary level

  • ‘+X to all Skills’ bonuses
  • +% to Fire, Cold, Lightning Skill Damage.
  • The mercenary's skill level caps at 32 however with skill level bonuses this can go higher. Each level of ‘Elemental Bolt’ adds a passive bonus of +1 Dexterity.

Have Defensive Auras:

  • Uses % block chance, blocking with their shield (no block recovery time, animation or sound).

Act 5 Barbarian Mercenaries

  • Uses Bash exclusively (reworked)
  • Has Might aura. (caps at level 17)
Retrieved from "https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mercenaries&oldid=81030"