Mercenaries

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

Unless otherwise noted, Mercenary auras max out at level 18.

By Act

Act 1 Rogue

• Now attacks with Fire Arrow (has been reworked).
• Now has Inner Sight (has been reworked).
• Can now equip crossbows. (bugged in current patch)

Act 2 Desert

• All 3 difficulties (Normal/Nightmare/Hell) now use the same auras:

• Offensive uses Blessed Aim
• Defensive uses Defiance
• Combat uses Prayer

Act 3 Iron Wolf

• Now attacks with Vengeance (their own version with reduced multipliers), no longer casts spells
• Now have Defensive Auras:

• Offensive uses Meditation
• Defensive uses Cleansing
• Combat uses Thorns (Vanilla version)

• Has an additional 15% chance of ignoring direct damage (does not apply to enemy AoE spells).
• Still cannot block despite use of shields (cannot be fixed)

Act 5 Barbarian Mercenaries

• Now attacks with Bash exclusively (has been reworked).
• Now uses Might aura.

- Mercs hired from Normal difficulty have better stats than from NM / Hell hired mercs