Ultimate Merc Guide V3.0

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Ultimate Merc Guide V3.0

ULTIMATE MERC GUIDE (3.0)

This guide is intended to be the ultimate one stop Merc Resource, some of you would of seen the previous version, this one is specifically for 1.10 with the newest runewords.

This posts consists of 6 separate posts these are :

(1) Intro / Credits ( This Post)
(2) Act 1 Rogue
(3) Act 2 Town Guards
(4) Act 3 Sorc
(5) Act 5 Barbarians
(6) Which Merc to use.

Credits :

Without many of you this guide would not be where it is today, there have been an amazing amount of contributors to this resource.

This guide was not originally written by me, I have simply compiled it from every source I could find – to make a one stop reference that would be useful to everyone. Instead of having 20 different sources scattered around the place – so therefore as such I make no claim that this is

Main Contributors

This guide was originally written and designed by ThePlatypus from the Amazon Basin. His guide has been updated to include not only all the feedback from that forum but to include all the information from our RPGForum. Zak also from the Amazon Basin wrote most of the tables in this guide, except where noted otherwise. (Thanks to Liessa Wyrmbane for pointing that out ? )

From our own Forums I have adapted Alter Egos guide into this guide , the original which can be viewed at http://www.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?t=304163.

Here is the credits list from his guide quoted from Alter Ego

“Adapted from the original as written by Darkness on the DiabloII.Net Single Player Forums (and - in his own words - 'pretty much everyone else on earth I've been able to pump for information').
Updated by Sunbearie and Team (many, many, many people)â€

Alter Ego’s guide is very in depth , I have tried to keep mine in point form for easy reference if you need extra information then try that link out.

Other Credits :

Moderators

Alter Ego, Mad Mantis, Melianor

Members

Cujo, Diablolico X64, Gaza0469
Jordy666, Liessa Wyrmbane
Myrahk-2, Phat Trumpet
Sasja, Singollo, Sunbearie, Zath

*** Whats new since 1.10 ?

(1) Credits updated – Sorry for missing you last time Platypus!
(2) Merc Levelling up guide added under fact 20
(3) Facts mostly updated
(4) Incorporated more information under each section
(5) Updated all Merc Levelling up Data from Amazon Basin.



*** The TOP 23 General Mercenary Facts***

(1) The mod: Prevent Monster Heal does not work on mercenaries. It has no effect at all.

(2) Most other mods (Crushing Blow, Open Wounds, Chance to Cast on Striking, Faster Cast Rate, Faster Hit Recovery, Increased Attack Speed, etc.) do work for mercs.

(3) Mercs hired in normal difficulty have better final stats than those hired in Nightmare or Hell, and NM Mercs are better than those hired in Hell.

The exception is the Nightmare Act 2 mercs, which cannot be hired in Normal (or Hell). The actual "character" level that you hire the merc at is irrelevant, only the difficulty you hire them in matters.

(4) The highest level a merc can be is 98. Mercs skills have been downgraded slightly in 1.10 compared to 1.09 , with the exception of the Act 1 Rogue which will no do more damage.

(5) Act 5 mercs regenerate their health fully in 16.4 seconds, whereas all other mercs require 41 seconds.

(6) Poison can kill your merc, even if you are in town.

(7) Mercs benefit from +all skills items. They do not benefit from +class skills or +skill tabs. This was a feature in 1.08 and 1.09 – Sadly in 1.10 this feature has been removed.

Mercs will benefit from:

+fire skills (when applicable)
+specific skills (if they already have the skills (e.g. an act 3 merc will benefit from an Ormus Robes' skill if he posseses that skill already, even though it says (Sorceress)
+ skills to Bash or Stun for the Barbarian as found on some items.


(8) Synergies. Some mercs skills synergize – An example of this is the Barbarians Stun and Bash skills which synergize. Act3 Mercs skills also synergize. ( i.e. Glacial spike with Ice Blast for the cold sorc)

(9) Related to the above, mercs are NOT affected by the charge synergy bug ("Marrowwalk bug").

(10) When mercs levels up, their current life is set to their new base maximum life. So, if a merc is under life bonuses from Battle Orders, Oak Sage, or equipment, you will see thier life drop. Don't be alarmed when this happens, your merc isn't about to bite the dust.

(11) You can use healing potions or rejuvination potions on your mercenary by selecting a potion and dropping it on their portrait in the top left corner of the screen. Another way to do this is to hold Shift and press 1,2,3, or 4 - which correspond to your belt slots. Yet another way is holding Shift and right-clicking on a potion in your belt.

(12) Similar to giving a merc a potion using the portrait: you can give your mercenary equipment via the portrait. If they can use the item, it will work. If they are already wearing this type of item, it will be exchanged for the new one.

(13) Mercenaries do not have a mana pool, so mana potions do not work on them. If you try to shift + 1 method to feed your merc a mana pot, he/she will thank you, although you yourself will drink the potion. They are simply granted "infinite" mana to cast spells. So, mana burn monsters will also not affect them.

(14) If your merc is wearing either Gold Find or Magic Find gear, you will receive those respective bonuses to your drops when the merc makes a kill. Example, 100% MF on char, 125% MF on merc. If you make the kill, 100% MF is in effect. If the merc makes the kill, 225% MF is in effect.

(15) Ethereal items will not lose durability when equipped on a mercenary.

(16) The price of resurrecting your merc is capped 50000 gold.

(17) Their damage is penalized versus certain things:

CODE
Attacking Penalty
-----------------------
Players 17%
Hirelings 25%
Golems 100%
Monsters 100%
Minions 100%
Norm Act Boss 50%
NM Act Boss 35%
Hell Act Boss 25%

So they only do their full damage versus normal monsters, minions ( like a necromancers skeletons ) and Golems.

They do half damage versus all Normal Act Bosses.

35% Damage to NM Act Bosses

25% Damage to other players hirelings , and to Hell Act Bosses

And only 17% Damage versus other players in PvP.

They receive 100% damage from everything , except other players hirelings which will only do 25% of the listed damage to your Merc.

They receive 200% damage for Bosses – that is why they can die fairly quickly.

Bosses include the following :

Blood Raven Griswold
Andy Radament
Summoner Duriel
Mephisto Izual
Diablo Nihlathak
Defilers Baal
Baal Clone
Diablo Clone

(18) Mercs cannot leach of Hell Bosses such as Mephi and Baal, and there is a bug when facing the council in Act III, Hydra’s will do a lot more damage than they should, there is no real way to negate this except to take your mercs resistances up above 75% with Guardian Angel.

(19) Mercs donot receive any life from + to vitality items, this is another minor bug, so only equip your merc with items that give actual + to life.

(20) Levelling – Mercs only get experience in 2 ways – firstly if YOU make the kill they get normal experience, if they make the kill they get normal experience plus bonus experience – calculated at roughly 2x. They receive no experience if you are in a party with other players and the other players make the kill.

They receive the most experience in an 8 player game, when you are not partied and they make the kill. As a quick reference the following table maybe of some assistance for levelling.

1-11-------A1
12-18------- A2
19-23------- A3
24-31------- A4
32-36------- A5
37-43------- Ni1
44-48------- Ni2
49-52------- Ni3
53-62------- Ni4
63-73------- He1
74-80------- He2
81-83------- He3
83-94------- He4
95-99------- He5

(21) Mercs are all hired at different Levels , their ranges very from :

			Normal	 NM	 Hell
Rogue Scout:		 3-7	37-40	67-71
Desert Warrior:		 9-13	44-47	75-79 
Eastern Sorceror: 	15-19	49-53	79-83 
Barbarian:		28-32	59-62	80-84

(22) Mercs Naturally have very high resistances , so therefore equip them with damage reduction gear instead of resistance gear.

(23) Mercs can now equip the following auras

Holy Freeze: found on 'Doom' runeword for polearms (Act II mercs only)
Holy Fire: found on 'Hand of Justice' runeword for all weapons.
Thorns: found on 'Bramble' runeword for armours.
Sanctuary: found on Azurewrath, unique phase blade. (act III/VI mercs only)

That’s the top 23 facts, what follows now is a more in depth look at each mercenary :

 

[Gaza0469]

Act 1 Rogue

***** Act 1 Rogue *****
(Two Types – Cold and Fire)

Note, they are Rogues, not Amazons. As such, +Amazon skill items will not work. Also, they cannot wield (Amazon-Only) bows.


- > They can only equip bows. Crossbows are not allowed.
- > Cast either Fire Arrow or Cold Arrow
- > Cast Inner Sight

Note : The mods Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts and Fires Magic Arrow are quirky.

- > The Explosive arrows do not work. There is a graphical bug so that you see the explosion, but no damage is dealt and the Rogue does not get the Attack Rating bonus associated with the Exploding Arrow skill.

Note : Fires Magic Arrow does deliver magic damage, but the Rogue's still do not receive an AR bonus.

- > Act1 Mercs can now give you a Vigor aura via Harmony, Thorns via Edge, and Fanatacism via Faith.

***Rogue Equipment:***

They tend to stay out of harm's way reasonably well, so life leech isn't mandotory, but a little bit certainly helps.

Increased Attack Speed can help (check speed calculator). These mercs are good at activating Chance to Cast mods without being in the thick of the battle. Blinding, fleeing, amplify damage, etc.

Hit Recovery Speeds

CODE

Frames- FHR%
11----- 0
10----- 6
9------ 13
8------ 20
7------ 32
6------ 52
5------ 86
4------ 174
3------ 600

STATS :


Fire / Cold Arrow (If hired from Normal – Note that these stats will all be lower in NM and HELL if hired from there. With the exception of attack frequency which increases at 2% per difficulty.

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	IS Freq	IS Lvl	FA/CA Freq	FA/CA Lvl
1	40	10	32	41	205	1	2	0	75	10	0	22	0
2	40	17	33	43	215	1	2	0	75	10	0	23	0
3	45	26	35	45	235	1	3	0	75	10	1	25	1
4	54	34	36	47	257	1	3	2	75	10	1	26	1
5	63	43	37	49	279	1	3	4	75	10	1	27	1
6	72	51	38	51	301	1	3	6	75	10	1	28	1
7	81	60	40	53	323	2	4	8	75	10	2	30	2
8	90	68	41	55	345	2	4	10	75	10	2	31	2
9	99	77	42	57	367	2	4	12	75	10	2	32	2
10	108	85	43	59	389	2	4	14	75	10	3	33	3
11	117	94	45	61	411	3	5	16	75	10	3	35	3
12	126	102	46	63	433	3	5	18	75	10	3	36	3
13	135	111	47	65	455	3	5	20	75	10	4	37	4
14	144	119	48	67	477	3	5	22	75	10	4	38	4
15	153	128	50	69	499	4	6	24	75	10	4	40	4
16	162	136	51	71	521	4	6	26	75	10	5	41	5
17	171	145	52	73	543	4	6	28	75	10	5	42	5
18	180	153	53	75	565	4	6	30	75	10	5	43	5
19	189	162	55	77	587	5	7	32	75	10	6	45	6
20	198	170	56	79	609	5	7	34	75	10	6	46	6
21	207	179	57	81	631	5	7	36	75	10	6	47	6
22	216	187	58	83	653	5	7	38	75	10	6	48	6
23	225	196	60	85	675	6	8	40	75	10	7	50	7
24	234	204	61	87	697	6	8	42	75	10	7	51	7
25	243	213	62	89	719	6	8	44	75	10	7	52	7
26	252	221	63	91	741	6	8	46	75	10	8	53	8
27	261	230	65	93	763	7	9	48	75	10	8	55	8
28	270	238	66	95	785	7	9	50	75	10	8	56	8
29	279	247	67	97	807	7	9	52	75	10	9	57	9
30	288	255	68	99	829	7	9	54	75	10	9	58	9
31	297	264	70	101	851	8	10	56	75	10	9	60	9
32	306	272	71	103	873	8	10	58	75	10	10	61	10
33	315	281	72	105	895	8	10	60	75	10	10	62	10
34	324	289	73	107	917	8	10	62	75	10	10	63	10
35	333	298	75	109	939	9	11	64	75	10	11	65	11
36	342	306	77	111	961	9	11	66	75	10	12	67	12
37	360	322	78	113	995	9	11	67	75	10	12	67	12
38	378	337	79	115	1029	10	12	69	75	10	12	67	12
39	396	353	80	117	1063	10	12	71	75	10	12	67	12
40	414	368	82	119	1097	11	13	73	75	10	13	67	13
41	432	384	83	121	1131	11	13	74	75	10	13	67	13
42	450	399	84	123	1165	12	14	76	75	10	13	67	13
43	468	415	85	125	1199	12	14	78	75	10	14	67	14
44	486	430	87	127	1233	13	15	80	75	10	14	67	14
45	504	446	**	129	1267	13	15	81	75	10	14	67	14
46	522	461	89	131	1301	14	16	83	75	10	15	67	15
47	540	477	90	133	1335	14	16	85	75	10	15	67	15
48	558	492	92	135	1369	15	17	87	75	10	15	67	15
49	576	508	93	137	1403	15	17	**	75	10	16	67	16
50	594	523	94	139	1437	16	18	90	75	10	16	67	16
51	612	539	95	141	1471	16	18	92	75	10	16	67	16
52	630	554	97	143	1505	17	19	94	75	10	17	67	17
53	648	570	98	145	1539	17	19	95	75	10	17	67	17
54	666	585	99	147	1573	18	20	97	75	10	17	67	17
55	684	601	100	149	1607	18	20	99	75	10	17	67	17
56	702	616	102	151	1641	19	21	101	75	10	18	67	18
57	720	632	103	153	1675	19	21	102	75	10	18	67	18
58	738	647	104	155	1709	20	22	104	75	10	18	67	18
59	756	663	105	157	1743	20	22	106	75	10	19	67	19
60	774	678	107	159	1777	21	23	108	75	10	19	67	19
61	792	694	108	161	1811	21	23	109	75	10	19	67	19
62	810	709	109	163	1845	22	24	111	75	10	20	67	20
63	828	725	110	165	1879	22	24	113	75	10	20	67	20
64	846	740	112	167	1913	23	25	115	75	10	20	67	20
65	864	756	113	169	1947	23	25	116	75	10	21	67	21
66	882	771	114	171	1981	24	26	118	75	10	21	67	21
67	900	787	116	173	2015	25	27	121	75	10	22	67	22
68	930	809	117	175	2061	25	27	122	75	10	22	67	22
69	960	832	118	177	2107	26	28	123	75	10	22	67	22
70	990	854	119	179	2153	27	29	124	75	10	22	67	22
71	1020	877	121	181	2199	28	30	126	75	10	23	67	23
72	1050	899	122	183	2245	28	30	127	75	10	23	67	23
73	1080	922	123	185	2291	29	31	128	75	10	23	67	23
74	1110	944	124	187	2337	30	32	129	75	10	24	67	24
75	1140	967	126	189	2383	31	33	131	75	10	24	67	24
76	1170	989	127	191	2429	31	33	132	75	10	24	67	24
77	1200	1012	128	193	2475	32	34	133	75	10	25	67	25
78	1230	1034	129	195	2521	33	35	134	75	10	25	67	25
79	1260	1057	131	197	2567	34	36	136	75	10	25	67	25
80	1290	1079	132	199	2613	34	36	137	75	10	26	67	26
81	1320	1102	133	201	2659	35	37	138	75	10	26	67	26
82	1350	1124	134	203	2705	36	38	139	75	10	26	67	26
83	1380	1147	136	205	2751	37	39	141	75	10	27	67	27
84	1410	1169	137	207	2797	37	39	142	75	10	27	67	27
85	1440	1192	138	209	2843	38	40	143	75	10	27	67	27
86	1470	1214	139	211	2889	39	41	144	75	10	27	67	27
87	1500	1237	141	213	2935	40	42	146	75	10	28	67	28
**	1530	1259	142	215	2981	40	42	147	75	10	28	67	28
89	1560	1282	143	217	3027	41	43	148	75	10	28	67	28
90	1590	1304	144	219	3073	42	44	149	75	10	29	67	29
91	1620	1327	146	221	3119	43	45	151	75	10	29	67	29
92	1650	1349	147	223	3165	43	45	152	75	10	29	67	29
93	1680	1372	148	225	3211	44	46	153	75	10	30	67	30
94	1710	1394	149	227	3257	45	47	154	75	10	30	67	30
95	1740	1417	151	229	3303	46	48	156	75	10	30	67	30
96	1770	1439	152	231	3349	46	48	157	75	10	31	67	31
97	1800	1462	153	233	3395	47	49	158	75	10	31	67	31
98	1830	1484	154	235	3441	48	50	159	75	10	31	67	31
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	IS Freq	IS Lvl	FA/CA Freq	FA/CA Lvl

Comparisons

Fire Arrow---Fire Damage --- AR Bonus
10----------21-24----------91%
15----------36 -39 ---------136%
20----------63 -70 ---------181%
25----------111-126---------226%
30---------195-222----------227%
35----------315-357---------316%

Cold Arrow---Cold Dam --- AR Bonus
10----------22-23----------91%
15----------34 -35 ---------136%
20----------53-56 ---------181%
25----------85-90---------226%
30---------151-160----------227%
35----------256-270---------316%

Cold Arrow does a fraction less damage, however at level 35 ( Level 98 Merc with +6 All skills ) You could freeze a monster in Hell for almost 10 seconds, that’s impressive

 

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Act 2 Mercs

***** A2 Town Guard Mercs ****
( 6 Types - 3 Available in Normal and Hell, and 3 Avaialable in NM )

->A2 Town Guards are the most popular as they share an aura with not only your Character but with the entire Party. Sometimes the aura will not activate, if this happens then simply return to town then go back out.

-> Same Auras donot stack – For example if you are a Paladin using might and your Merc is using might these will not add up, the game will simply cycle between the two.

- > Can use Spear, Javelin, and Polearm class weapons, except not the Amazon-only spears. They won't ever throw the Javelins.

***Town Guard Equipment***

Get him a big damage polearm. Mods to look for are: Crushing Blow, life leech, +life, resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, Chance to Cast amp damage or decrepify, Slows Target (especially on Holy Freeze merc).

For Armor always go for Ethereal with useful mods , the Runeword Stone is very useful and popular as well. Any Armor with plus skills is also very useful as these will boost their skills.

Helms – Tal Rashas mask is good at the start with its 10% Life Leach, when you find one upgrade to an Ethereal Crown of Theives. An Ethereal Shako wouldn’t go amiss either although you will need to socket this with some form of Life leach.

Keep in mind that you cant leach off all monsters – for example the undead.

Available Auras

Normal:
Combat = Prayer
Defensive = Defiance
Offensive = Blessed Aim

Nightmare:
Combat = Thorns
Defensive = Holy Freeze
Offensive = Might

Hell:
Combat = Prayer
Defensive = Defiance
Offensive = Blessed Aim

Prayer – regens life , Defiance – Increases Armor Class, Blessed Aim – Increases AR , Thorns – deals damage back to attacker , Holy Freeze – Slows Monsters , Might – Increases Melee Damage.


***Skill Levels ***


PRAYER

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	Pryr Freq	Pryr Lvl
1	40	7	43	28	140	3	10	2	30	62	0	10	1
2	40	7	44	29	145	3	10	4	30	63	0	10	1
3	40	7	46	31	155	4	11	6	30	64	1	10	1
4	45	8	48	32	160	4	11	8	30	65	1	10	1
5	60	9	50	34	170	5	12	10	30	66	1	10	2
6	75	20	51	35	175	5	12	12	30	67	2	10	2
7	90	32	53	37	185	6	13	14	30	68	2	10	2
8	105	43	55	38	198	6	13	16	30	69	2	10	2
9	120	55	57	40	220	7	14	18	30	70	3	10	3
10	135	66	58	41	237	7	14	20	30	71	3	10	3
11	150	77	60	43	259	8	15	22	30	72	3	10	3
12	165	89	62	44	276	8	15	24	30	73	3	10	3
13	180	100	64	46	298	9	16	26	30	74	4	10	3
14	195	111	65	47	315	9	16	28	30	75	4	10	4
15	210	123	67	49	337	10	17	30	30	76	4	10	4
16	225	134	69	50	354	10	17	32	30	77	5	10	4
17	240	146	71	52	376	11	18	34	30	78	5	10	4
18	255	157	72	53	393	11	18	36	30	79	5	10	4
19	270	168	74	55	415	12	19	38	30	80	6	10	5
20	285	180	76	56	432	12	19	40	30	81	6	10	5
21	300	191	78	58	454	13	20	42	30	82	6	10	5
22	315	202	79	59	471	13	20	44	30	83	7	10	5
23	330	214	81	61	493	14	21	46	30	84	7	10	6
24	345	225	83	62	510	14	21	48	30	85	7	10	6
25	360	237	85	64	532	15	22	50	30	86	8	10	6
26	375	248	86	65	549	15	22	52	30	87	8	10	6
27	390	259	**	67	571	16	23	54	30	**	8	10	6
28	405	271	90	68	588	16	23	56	30	89	8	10	7
29	420	282	92	70	610	17	24	58	30	90	9	10	7
30	435	293	93	71	627	17	24	60	30	91	9	10	7
31	450	305	95	73	649	18	25	62	30	92	9	10	7
32	465	316	97	74	666	18	25	64	30	93	10	10	8
33	480	328	99	76	688	19	26	66	30	94	10	10	8
34	495	339	100	77	705	19	26	68	30	95	10	10	8
35	510	350	102	79	727	20	27	70	30	96	11	10	8
36	525	362	104	80	744	20	27	72	30	97	11	10	8
37	540	373	106	82	766	21	28	74	30	98	11	10	9
38	555	384	107	83	783	21	28	76	30	99	12	10	9
39	570	396	109	85	805	22	29	78	30	100	12	10	9
40	585	407	111	86	822	22	29	80	30	101	12	10	9
41	600	419	113	**	844	23	30	82	30	102	13	10	10
42	615	430	114	89	861	23	30	84	30	103	13	10	10
43	630	441	117	91	883	24	31	86	30	104	14	10	11
44	655	461	118	92	912	24	31	87	30	105	14	10	11
45	680	480	120	94	946	25	32	89	30	106	14	10	11
46	705	499	122	95	975	26	33	91	30	107	14	10	11
47	730	519	124	97	1009	27	34	93	30	108	15	10	11
48	755	538	125	98	1038	27	34	94	30	109	15	10	12
49	780	558	127	100	1072	28	35	96	30	110	15	10	12
50	805	577	129	101	1101	29	36	98	30	111	16	10	12
51	830	596	131	103	1135	30	37	100	30	112	16	10	12
52	855	616	132	104	1164	30	37	101	30	113	16	10	12
53	880	635	134	106	1198	31	38	103	30	114	17	10	13
54	905	654	136	107	1227	32	39	105	30	115	17	10	13
55	930	674	138	109	1261	33	40	107	30	116	17	10	13
56	955	693	139	110	1290	33	40	108	30	117	18	10	13
57	980	713	141	112	1324	34	41	110	30	118	18	10	14
58	1005	732	143	113	1353	35	42	112	30	119	18	10	14
59	1030	751	145	115	1387	36	43	114	30	120	19	10	14
60	1055	771	146	116	1416	36	43	115	30	121	19	10	14
61	1080	790	148	118	1450	37	44	117	30	122	19	10	14
62	1105	809	150	119	1479	38	45	119	30	123	19	10	15
63	1130	829	152	121	1513	39	46	121	30	124	20	10	15
64	1155	848	153	122	1542	39	46	122	30	125	20	10	15
65	1180	868	155	124	1576	40	47	124	30	126	20	10	15
66	1205	887	157	125	1605	41	48	126	30	127	21	10	16
67	1230	906	159	127	1639	42	49	128	30	128	21	10	16
68	1255	926	160	128	1668	42	49	129	30	129	21	10	16
69	1280	945	162	130	1702	43	50	131	30	130	22	10	16
70	1305	964	164	131	1731	44	51	133	30	131	22	10	16
71	1330	984	166	133	1765	45	52	135	30	132	22	10	17
72	1355	1003	167	134	1794	45	52	136	30	133	23	10	17
73	1380	1023	169	136	1828	46	53	138	30	134	23	10	17
74	1405	1042	171	137	1857	47	54	140	30	135	23	10	17
75	1430	1061	173	139	1891	48	55	142	30	136	24	10	18
76	1470	1090	174	140	1932	49	56	143	30	137	24	10	18
77	1510	1118	176	142	1978	50	57	144	30	138	24	10	18
78	1550	1146	178	143	2019	51	58	145	30	139	24	10	18
79	1590	1175	180	145	2065	52	59	146	30	140	25	10	18
80	1630	1203	181	146	2106	53	60	147	30	141	25	10	18
81	1670	1232	183	148	2152	54	61	148	30	142	25	10	18
82	1710	1260	185	149	2193	55	62	149	30	143	26	10	18
83	1750	1288	187	151	2239	56	63	150	30	144	26	10	18
84	1790	1317	188	152	2280	57	64	151	30	145	26	10	18
85	1830	1345	190	154	2326	58	65	152	30	146	27	10	18
86	1870	1373	192	155	2367	59	66	153	30	147	27	10	18
87	1910	1402	194	157	2413	60	67	154	30	148	27	10	18
**	1950	1430	195	158	2454	61	68	155	30	149	28	10	18
89	1990	1459	197	160	2500	62	69	156	30	150	28	10	18
90	2030	1487	199	161	2541	63	70	157	30	151	28	10	18
91	2070	1515	201	163	2587	64	71	158	30	152	29	10	18
92	2110	1544	202	164	2628	65	72	159	30	153	29	10	18
93	2150	1572	204	166	2674	66	73	160	30	154	29	10	18
94	2190	1600	206	167	2715	67	74	161	30	155	29	10	18
95	2230	1629	208	169	2761	68	75	162	30	156	30	10	18
96	2270	1657	209	170	2802	69	76	163	30	157	30	10	18
97	2310	1686	211	172	2848	70	77	164	30	158	30	10	18
98	2350	1714	213	173	2889	71	78	165	30	159	31	10	18
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	Pryr Freq	Pryr Lvl

 

[Gaza0469]

Blessed Aim, and Defiance

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	BA/DF Freq	BA/DF Lvl
1	40	7	43	28	140	3	10	2	30	62	0	10	1
2	40	7	44	29	145	3	10	4	30	63	0	10	1
3	40	7	46	31	155	4	11	6	30	64	1	10	1
4	45	8	48	32	160	4	11	8	30	65	1	10	1
5	60	9	50	34	170	5	12	10	30	66	1	10	2
6	75	20	51	35	175	5	12	12	30	67	2	10	2
7	90	32	53	37	185	6	13	14	30	68	2	10	2
8	105	43	55	38	198	6	13	16	30	69	2	10	2
9	120	55	57	40	220	7	14	18	30	70	3	10	3
10	135	66	58	41	237	7	14	20	30	71	3	10	3
11	150	77	60	43	259	8	15	22	30	72	3	10	3
12	165	89	62	44	276	8	15	24	30	73	3	10	3
13	180	100	64	46	298	9	16	26	30	74	4	10	3
14	195	111	65	47	315	9	16	28	30	75	4	10	4
15	210	123	67	49	337	10	17	30	30	76	4	10	4
16	225	134	69	50	354	10	17	32	30	77	5	10	4
17	240	146	71	52	376	11	18	34	30	78	5	10	4
18	255	157	72	53	393	11	18	36	30	79	5	10	4
19	270	168	74	55	415	12	19	38	30	80	6	10	5
20	285	180	76	56	432	12	19	40	30	81	6	10	5
21	300	191	78	58	454	13	20	42	30	82	6	10	5
22	315	202	79	59	471	13	20	44	30	83	7	10	5
23	330	214	81	61	493	14	21	46	30	84	7	10	6
24	345	225	83	62	510	14	21	48	30	85	7	10	6
25	360	237	85	64	532	15	22	50	30	86	8	10	6
26	375	248	86	65	549	15	22	52	30	87	8	10	6
27	390	259	**	67	571	16	23	54	30	**	8	10	6
28	405	271	90	68	588	16	23	56	30	89	8	10	7
29	420	282	92	70	610	17	24	58	30	90	9	10	7
30	435	293	93	71	627	17	24	60	30	91	9	10	7
31	450	305	95	73	649	18	25	62	30	92	9	10	7
32	465	316	97	74	666	18	25	64	30	93	10	10	8
33	480	328	99	76	688	19	26	66	30	94	10	10	8
34	495	339	100	77	705	19	26	68	30	95	10	10	8
35	510	350	102	79	727	20	27	70	30	96	11	10	8
36	525	362	104	80	744	20	27	72	30	97	11	10	8
37	540	373	106	82	766	21	28	74	30	98	11	10	9
38	555	384	107	83	783	21	28	76	30	99	12	10	9
39	570	396	109	85	805	22	29	78	30	100	12	10	9
40	585	407	111	86	822	22	29	80	30	101	12	10	9
41	600	419	113	**	844	23	30	82	30	102	13	10	10
42	615	430	114	89	861	23	30	84	30	103	13	10	10
43	630	441	117	91	883	24	31	86	30	104	14	10	11
44	655	461	118	92	912	24	31	87	30	105	14	10	11
45	680	480	120	94	946	25	32	89	30	106	14	10	11
46	705	499	122	95	975	26	33	91	30	107	14	10	11
47	730	519	124	97	1009	27	34	93	30	108	15	10	11
48	755	538	125	98	1038	27	34	94	30	109	15	10	12
49	780	558	127	100	1072	28	35	96	30	110	15	10	12
50	805	577	129	101	1101	29	36	98	30	111	16	10	12
51	830	596	131	103	1135	30	37	100	30	112	16	10	12
52	855	616	132	104	1164	30	37	101	30	113	16	10	12
53	880	635	134	106	1198	31	38	103	30	114	17	10	13
54	905	654	136	107	1227	32	39	105	30	115	17	10	13
55	930	674	138	109	1261	33	40	107	30	116	17	10	13
56	955	693	139	110	1290	33	40	108	30	117	18	10	13
57	980	713	141	112	1324	34	41	110	30	118	18	10	14
58	1005	732	143	113	1353	35	42	112	30	119	18	10	14
59	1030	751	145	115	1387	36	43	114	30	120	19	10	14
60	1055	771	146	116	1416	36	43	115	30	121	19	10	14
61	1080	790	148	118	1450	37	44	117	30	122	19	10	14
62	1105	809	150	119	1479	38	45	119	30	123	19	10	15
63	1130	829	152	121	1513	39	46	121	30	124	20	10	15
64	1155	848	153	122	1542	39	46	122	30	125	20	10	15
65	1180	868	155	124	1576	40	47	124	30	126	20	10	15
66	1205	887	157	125	1605	41	48	126	30	127	21	10	16
67	1230	906	159	127	1639	42	49	128	30	128	21	10	16
68	1255	926	160	128	1668	42	49	129	30	129	21	10	16
69	1280	945	162	130	1702	43	50	131	30	130	22	10	16
70	1305	964	164	131	1731	44	51	133	30	131	22	10	16
71	1330	984	166	133	1765	45	52	135	30	132	22	10	17
72	1355	1003	167	134	1794	45	52	136	30	133	23	10	17
73	1380	1023	169	136	1828	46	53	138	30	134	23	10	17
74	1405	1042	171	137	1857	47	54	140	30	135	23	10	17
75	1430	1061	173	139	1891	48	55	142	30	136	24	10	18
76	1470	1090	174	140	1932	49	56	143	30	137	24	10	18
77	1510	1118	176	142	1978	50	57	144	30	138	24	10	18
78	1550	1146	178	143	2019	51	58	145	30	139	24	10	18
79	1590	1175	180	145	2065	52	59	146	30	140	24	10	18
80	1630	1203	181	146	2106	53	60	147	30	141	24	10	18
81	1670	1232	183	148	2152	54	61	148	30	142	24	10	18
82	1710	1260	185	149	2193	55	62	149	30	143	24	10	18
83	1750	1288	187	151	2239	56	63	150	30	144	24	10	18
84	1790	1317	188	152	2280	57	64	151	30	145	24	10	18
85	1830	1345	190	154	2326	58	65	152	30	146	24	10	18
86	1870	1373	192	155	2367	59	66	153	30	147	24	10	18
87	1910	1402	194	157	2413	60	67	154	30	148	24	10	18
**	1950	1430	195	158	2454	61	68	155	30	149	24	10	18
89	1990	1459	197	160	2500	62	69	156	30	150	24	10	18
90	2030	1487	199	161	2541	63	70	157	30	151	24	10	18
91	2070	1515	201	163	2587	64	71	158	30	152	24	10	18
92	2110	1544	202	164	2628	65	72	159	30	153	24	10	18
93	2150	1572	204	166	2674	66	73	160	30	154	24	10	18
94	2190	1600	206	167	2715	67	74	161	30	155	24	10	18
95	2230	1629	208	169	2761	68	75	162	30	156	24	10	18
96	2270	1657	209	170	2802	69	76	163	30	157	24	10	18
97	2310	1686	211	172	2848	70	77	164	30	158	24	10	18
98	2350	1714	213	173	2889	71	78	165	30	159	24	10	18
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	BA/DF Freq	BA/DF Lvl

Thorns

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	Thrns Freq	Thrns Lvl
1	40	6	39	24	120	1	2	9	30	78	0	10	0
2	40	6	41	25	125	1	2	11	30	79	0	10	0
3	40	6	43	27	135	1	2	13	30	80	0	10	0
4	40	7	44	28	140	1	2	14	30	81	0	10	0
5	40	7	46	30	150	1	2	16	30	82	1	10	0
6	40	7	48	31	155	1	2	18	30	83	1	10	0
7	40	8	50	33	165	1	2	20	30	84	1	10	0
8	40	8	51	34	170	1	2	21	30	85	2	10	0
9	40	9	53	36	180	1	3	23	30	86	2	10	0
10	40	9	55	37	185	1	4	25	30	87	2	10	0
11	40	9	57	39	195	1	5	27	30	**	3	10	0
12	40	10	58	40	200	1	5	28	30	89	3	10	0
13	40	10	60	42	210	1	6	30	30	90	3	10	0
14	40	10	62	43	215	1	7	32	30	91	3	10	0
15	40	11	64	45	225	1	8	34	30	92	4	10	0
16	40	11	65	46	230	1	8	35	30	93	4	10	0
17	40	12	67	48	240	2	9	37	30	94	4	10	0
18	40	12	69	49	245	3	10	39	30	95	5	10	0
19	40	12	71	51	255	4	11	41	30	96	5	10	0
20	40	13	72	52	260	4	11	42	30	97	5	10	0
21	40	13	74	54	270	5	12	44	30	98	6	10	0
22	42	13	76	55	275	6	13	46	30	99	6	10	0
23	67	14	78	57	285	7	14	48	30	100	6	10	0
24	92	30	79	58	290	7	14	49	30	101	7	10	0
25	117	50	81	60	300	8	15	51	30	102	7	10	0
26	142	69	83	61	305	9	16	53	30	103	7	10	0
27	167	**	85	63	316	10	17	55	30	104	8	10	0
28	192	108	86	64	345	10	17	56	30	105	8	10	0
29	217	127	**	66	379	11	18	58	30	106	8	10	0
30	242	146	90	67	408	12	19	60	30	107	8	10	0
31	267	166	92	69	442	13	20	62	30	108	9	10	1
32	292	185	93	70	471	13	20	63	30	109	9	10	1
33	317	205	95	72	505	14	21	65	30	110	9	10	1
34	342	224	97	73	534	15	22	67	30	111	10	10	2
35	367	243	99	75	568	16	23	69	30	112	10	10	2
36	392	263	100	76	597	16	23	70	30	113	10	10	2
37	417	282	102	78	631	17	24	72	30	114	11	10	3
38	442	301	104	79	660	18	25	74	30	115	11	10	3
39	467	321	106	81	694	19	26	76	30	116	11	10	3
40	492	340	107	82	723	19	26	77	30	117	12	10	4
41	517	360	109	84	757	20	27	79	30	118	12	10	4
42	542	379	111	85	786	21	28	81	30	119	12	10	4
43	567	398	113	87	820	22	29	83	30	120	13	10	5
44	592	418	114	**	849	22	29	84	30	121	13	10	5
45	617	437	116	90	883	23	30	86	30	122	13	10	5
46	642	456	118	91	912	24	31	**	30	123	13	10	5
47	667	476	120	93	946	25	32	90	30	124	14	10	6
48	692	495	121	94	975	25	32	91	30	125	14	10	6
49	717	515	123	96	1009	26	33	93	30	126	14	10	6
50	742	534	125	97	1038	27	34	95	30	127	15	10	7
51	767	553	127	99	1072	28	35	97	30	128	15	10	7
52	792	573	128	100	1101	28	35	98	30	129	15	10	7
53	817	592	130	102	1135	29	36	100	30	130	16	10	8
54	842	611	132	103	1164	30	37	102	30	131	16	10	8
55	867	631	134	105	1198	31	38	104	30	132	16	10	8
56	892	650	135	106	1227	31	38	105	30	133	17	10	9
57	917	670	137	108	1261	32	39	107	30	134	17	10	9
58	942	689	139	109	1290	33	40	109	30	135	17	10	9
59	967	708	141	111	1324	34	41	111	30	136	18	10	10
60	992	728	142	112	1353	34	41	112	30	137	18	10	10
61	1017	747	144	114	1387	35	42	114	30	138	18	10	10
62	1042	766	146	115	1416	36	43	116	30	139	18	10	10
63	1067	786	148	117	1450	37	44	118	30	140	19	10	11
64	1092	805	149	118	1479	37	44	119	30	141	19	10	11
65	1117	825	151	120	1513	38	45	121	30	142	19	10	11
66	1142	844	153	121	1542	39	46	123	30	143	20	10	12
67	1167	863	155	123	1576	40	47	125	30	144	20	10	12
68	1192	883	156	124	1605	40	47	126	30	145	20	10	12
69	1217	902	158	126	1639	41	48	128	30	146	21	10	13
70	1242	921	160	127	1668	42	49	130	30	147	21	10	13
71	1267	941	162	129	1702	43	50	132	30	148	21	10	13
72	1292	960	163	130	1731	43	50	133	30	149	22	10	14
73	1317	980	165	132	1765	44	51	135	30	150	22	10	14
74	1342	999	167	133	1794	45	52	137	30	151	22	10	14
75	1367	1018	169	135	1828	46	53	139	30	152	23	10	15
76	1407	1047	170	136	1869	47	54	140	30	153	23	10	15
77	1447	1075	172	138	1915	48	55	141	30	154	23	10	15
78	1487	1103	174	139	1956	49	56	142	30	155	23	10	15
79	1527	1132	176	141	2002	50	57	143	30	156	24	10	15
80	1567	1160	177	142	2043	51	58	144	30	157	24	10	15
81	1607	1189	179	144	2089	52	59	145	30	158	24	10	15
82	1647	1217	181	145	2130	53	60	146	30	159	25	10	15
83	1687	1245	183	147	2176	54	61	147	30	160	25	10	15
84	1727	1274	184	148	2217	55	62	148	30	161	25	10	15
85	1767	1302	186	150	2263	56	63	149	30	162	26	10	15
86	1807	1330	188	151	2304	57	64	150	30	163	26	10	15
87	1847	1359	190	153	2350	58	65	151	30	164	26	10	15
**	1887	1387	191	154	2391	59	66	152	30	165	27	10	15
89	1927	1416	193	156	2437	60	67	153	30	166	27	10	15
90	1967	1444	195	157	2478	61	68	154	30	167	27	10	15
91	2007	1472	197	159	2524	62	69	155	30	168	28	10	15
92	2047	1501	198	160	2565	63	70	156	30	169	28	10	15
93	2087	1529	200	162	2611	64	71	157	30	170	28	10	15
94	2127	1557	202	163	2652	65	72	158	30	171	28	10	15
95	2167	1586	204	165	2698	66	73	159	30	172	29	10	15
96	2207	1614	205	166	2739	67	74	160	30	173	29	10	15
97	2247	1643	207	168	2785	68	75	161	30	174	29	10	15
98	2287	1671	209	169	2826	69	76	162	30	175	30	10	15
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	Thrns Freq	Thrns Lvl

 

[Gaza0469]

Might

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	Mght Freq	Mght Lvl
1	40	6	39	24	120	1	2	9	30	78	0	10	0
2	40	6	41	25	125	1	2	11	30	79	0	10	0
3	40	6	43	27	135	1	2	13	30	80	0	10	0
4	40	7	44	28	140	1	2	14	30	81	0	10	0
5	40	7	46	30	150	1	2	16	30	82	1	10	0
6	40	7	48	31	155	1	2	18	30	83	1	10	0
7	40	8	50	33	165	1	2	20	30	84	1	10	0
8	40	8	51	34	170	1	2	21	30	85	2	10	0
9	40	9	53	36	180	1	3	23	30	86	2	10	0
10	40	9	55	37	185	1	4	25	30	87	2	10	0
11	40	9	57	39	195	1	5	27	30	**	3	10	0
12	40	10	58	40	200	1	5	28	30	89	3	10	0
13	40	10	60	42	210	1	6	30	30	90	3	10	0
14	40	10	62	43	215	1	7	32	30	91	3	10	0
15	40	11	64	45	225	1	8	34	30	92	4	10	0
16	40	11	65	46	230	1	8	35	30	93	4	10	0
17	40	12	67	48	240	2	9	37	30	94	4	10	0
18	40	12	69	49	245	3	10	39	30	95	5	10	0
19	40	12	71	51	255	4	11	41	30	96	5	10	1
20	40	13	72	52	260	4	11	42	30	97	5	10	1
21	40	13	74	54	270	5	12	44	30	98	6	10	1
22	42	13	76	55	275	6	13	46	30	99	6	10	1
23	67	14	78	57	285	7	14	48	30	100	6	10	2
24	92	30	79	58	290	7	14	49	30	101	7	10	2
25	117	50	81	60	300	8	15	51	30	102	7	10	2
26	142	69	83	61	305	9	16	53	30	103	7	10	2
27	167	**	85	63	316	10	17	55	30	104	8	10	3
28	192	108	86	64	345	10	17	56	30	105	8	10	3
29	217	127	**	66	379	11	18	58	30	106	8	10	3
30	242	146	90	67	408	12	19	60	30	107	8	10	3
31	267	166	92	69	442	13	20	62	30	108	9	10	4
32	292	185	93	70	471	13	20	63	30	109	9	10	4
33	317	205	95	72	505	14	21	65	30	110	9	10	4
34	342	224	97	73	534	15	22	67	30	111	10	10	4
35	367	243	99	75	568	16	23	69	30	112	10	10	5
36	392	263	100	76	597	16	23	70	30	113	10	10	5
37	417	282	102	78	631	17	24	72	30	114	11	10	5
38	442	301	104	79	660	18	25	74	30	115	11	10	5
39	467	321	106	81	694	19	26	76	30	116	11	10	6
40	492	340	107	82	723	19	26	77	30	117	12	10	6
41	517	360	109	84	757	20	27	79	30	118	12	10	6
42	542	379	111	85	786	21	28	81	30	119	12	10	6
43	567	398	113	87	820	22	29	83	30	120	13	10	7
44	592	418	114	**	849	22	29	84	30	121	13	10	7
45	617	437	116	90	883	23	30	86	30	122	13	10	7
46	642	456	118	91	912	24	31	**	30	123	13	10	7
47	667	476	120	93	946	25	32	90	30	124	14	10	8
48	692	495	121	94	975	25	32	91	30	125	14	10	8
49	717	515	123	96	1009	26	33	93	30	126	14	10	8
50	742	534	125	97	1038	27	34	95	30	127	15	10	8
51	767	553	127	99	1072	28	35	97	30	128	15	10	9
52	792	573	128	100	1101	28	35	98	30	129	15	10	9
53	817	592	130	102	1135	29	36	100	30	130	16	10	9
54	842	611	132	103	1164	30	37	102	30	131	16	10	9
55	867	631	134	105	1198	31	38	104	30	132	16	10	10
56	892	650	135	106	1227	31	38	105	30	133	17	10	10
57	917	670	137	108	1261	32	39	107	30	134	17	10	10
58	942	689	139	109	1290	33	40	109	30	135	17	10	10
59	967	708	141	111	1324	34	41	111	30	136	18	10	11
60	992	728	142	112	1353	34	41	112	30	137	18	10	11
61	1017	747	144	114	1387	35	42	114	30	138	18	10	11
62	1042	766	146	115	1416	36	43	116	30	139	18	10	11
63	1067	786	148	117	1450	37	44	118	30	140	19	10	12
64	1092	805	149	118	1479	37	44	119	30	141	19	10	12
65	1117	825	151	120	1513	38	45	121	30	142	19	10	12
66	1142	844	153	121	1542	39	46	123	30	143	20	10	12
67	1167	863	155	123	1576	40	47	125	30	144	20	10	13
68	1192	883	156	124	1605	40	47	126	30	145	20	10	13
69	1217	902	158	126	1639	41	48	128	30	146	21	10	13
70	1242	921	160	127	1668	42	49	130	30	147	21	10	13
71	1267	941	162	129	1702	43	50	132	30	148	21	10	14
72	1292	960	163	130	1731	43	50	133	30	149	22	10	14
73	1317	980	165	132	1765	44	51	135	30	150	22	10	14
74	1342	999	167	133	1794	45	52	137	30	151	22	10	14
75	1367	1018	169	135	1828	46	53	139	30	152	23	10	15
76	1407	1047	170	136	1869	47	54	140	30	153	23	10	15
77	1447	1075	172	138	1915	48	55	141	30	154	23	10	15
78	1487	1103	174	139	1956	49	56	142	30	155	23	10	15
79	1527	1132	176	141	2002	50	57	143	30	156	23	10	16
80	1567	1160	177	142	2043	51	58	144	30	157	23	10	16
81	1607	1189	179	144	2089	52	59	145	30	158	23	10	16
82	1647	1217	181	145	2130	53	60	146	30	159	23	10	16
83	1687	1245	183	147	2176	54	61	147	30	160	23	10	17
84	1727	1274	184	148	2217	55	62	148	30	161	23	10	17
85	1767	1302	186	150	2263	56	63	149	30	162	23	10	17
86	1807	1330	188	151	2304	57	64	150	30	163	23	10	17
87	1847	1359	190	153	2350	58	65	151	30	164	23	10	18
**	1887	1387	191	154	2391	59	66	152	30	165	23	10	18
89	1927	1416	193	156	2437	60	67	153	30	166	23	10	18
90	1967	1444	195	157	2478	61	68	154	30	167	23	10	18
91	2007	1472	197	159	2524	62	69	155	30	168	23	10	19
92	2047	1501	198	160	2565	63	70	156	30	169	23	10	19
93	2087	1529	200	162	2611	64	71	157	30	170	23	10	19
94	2127	1557	202	163	2652	65	72	158	30	171	23	10	19
95	2167	1586	204	165	2698	66	73	159	30	172	23	10	20
96	2207	1614	205	166	2739	67	74	160	30	173	23	10	20
97	2247	1643	207	168	2785	68	75	161	30	174	23	10	20
98	2287	1671	209	169	2826	69	76	162	30	175	23	10	20
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	Mght Freq	Mght Lvl

Holy Freeze

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	HF Freq	HF Lvl
1	40	6	39	24	120	1	2	9	30	78	0	10	0
2	40	6	41	25	125	1	2	11	30	79	0	10	0
3	40	6	43	27	135	1	2	13	30	80	0	10	0
4	40	7	44	28	140	1	2	14	30	81	0	10	0
5	40	7	46	30	150	1	2	16	30	82	1	10	0
6	40	7	48	31	155	1	2	18	30	83	1	10	0
7	40	8	50	33	165	1	2	20	30	84	1	10	0
8	40	8	51	34	170	1	2	21	30	85	2	10	0
9	40	9	53	36	180	1	3	23	30	86	2	10	0
10	40	9	55	37	185	1	4	25	30	87	2	10	0
11	40	9	57	39	195	1	5	27	30	**	3	10	0
12	40	10	58	40	200	1	5	28	30	89	3	10	0
13	40	10	60	42	210	1	6	30	30	90	3	10	0
14	40	10	62	43	215	1	7	32	30	91	3	10	0
15	40	11	64	45	225	1	8	34	30	92	4	10	0
16	40	11	65	46	230	1	8	35	30	93	4	10	0
17	40	12	67	48	240	2	9	37	30	94	4	10	0
18	40	12	69	49	245	3	10	39	30	95	5	10	0
19	40	12	71	51	255	4	11	41	30	96	5	10	0
20	40	13	72	52	260	4	11	42	30	97	5	10	0
21	40	13	74	54	270	5	12	44	30	98	6	10	0
22	42	13	76	55	275	6	13	46	30	99	6	10	0
23	67	14	78	57	285	7	14	48	30	100	6	10	0
24	92	30	79	58	290	7	14	49	30	101	7	10	0
25	117	50	81	60	300	8	15	51	30	102	7	10	0
26	142	69	83	61	305	9	16	53	30	103	7	10	0
27	167	**	85	63	316	10	17	55	30	104	8	10	1
28	192	108	86	64	345	10	17	56	30	105	8	10	1
29	217	127	**	66	379	11	18	58	30	106	8	10	1
30	242	146	90	67	408	12	19	60	30	107	8	10	1
31	267	166	92	69	442	13	20	62	30	108	9	10	2
32	292	185	93	70	471	13	20	63	30	109	9	10	2
33	317	205	95	72	505	14	21	65	30	110	9	10	2
34	342	224	97	73	534	15	22	67	30	111	10	10	3
35	367	243	99	75	568	16	23	69	30	112	10	10	3
36	392	263	100	76	597	16	23	70	30	113	10	10	3
37	417	282	102	78	631	17	24	72	30	114	11	10	4
38	442	301	104	79	660	18	25	74	30	115	11	10	4
39	467	321	106	81	694	19	26	76	30	116	11	10	4
40	492	340	107	82	723	19	26	77	30	117	12	10	5
41	517	360	109	84	757	20	27	79	30	118	12	10	5
42	542	379	111	85	786	21	28	81	30	119	12	10	5
43	567	398	113	87	820	22	29	83	30	120	13	10	6
44	592	418	114	**	849	22	29	84	30	121	13	10	6
45	617	437	116	90	883	23	30	86	30	122	13	10	6
46	642	456	118	91	912	24	31	**	30	123	13	10	6
47	667	476	120	93	946	25	32	90	30	124	14	10	7
48	692	495	121	94	975	25	32	91	30	125	14	10	7
49	717	515	123	96	1009	26	33	93	30	126	14	10	7
50	742	534	125	97	1038	27	34	95	30	127	15	10	8
51	767	553	127	99	1072	28	35	97	30	128	15	10	8
52	792	573	128	100	1101	28	35	98	30	129	15	10	8
53	817	592	130	102	1135	29	36	100	30	130	16	10	9
54	842	611	132	103	1164	30	37	102	30	131	16	10	9
55	867	631	134	105	1198	31	38	104	30	132	16	10	9
56	892	650	135	106	1227	31	38	105	30	133	17	10	10
57	917	670	137	108	1261	32	39	107	30	134	17	10	10
58	942	689	139	109	1290	33	40	109	30	135	17	10	10
59	967	708	141	111	1324	34	41	111	30	136	18	10	11
60	992	728	142	112	1353	34	41	112	30	137	18	10	11
61	1017	747	144	114	1387	35	42	114	30	138	18	10	11
62	1042	766	146	115	1416	36	43	116	30	139	18	10	11
63	1067	786	148	117	1450	37	44	118	30	140	19	10	12
64	1092	805	149	118	1479	37	44	119	30	141	19	10	12
65	1117	825	151	120	1513	38	45	121	30	142	19	10	12
66	1142	844	153	121	1542	39	46	123	30	143	20	10	13
67	1167	863	155	123	1576	40	47	125	30	144	20	10	13
68	1192	883	156	124	1605	40	47	126	30	145	20	10	13
69	1217	902	158	126	1639	41	48	128	30	146	21	10	14
70	1242	921	160	127	1668	42	49	130	30	147	21	10	14
71	1267	941	162	129	1702	43	50	132	30	148	21	10	14
72	1292	960	163	130	1731	43	50	133	30	149	22	10	15
73	1317	980	165	132	1765	44	51	135	30	150	22	10	15
74	1342	999	167	133	1794	45	52	137	30	151	22	10	15
75	1367	1018	169	135	1828	46	53	139	30	152	23	10	16
76	1407	1047	170	136	1869	47	54	140	30	153	23	10	16
77	1447	1075	172	138	1915	48	55	141	30	154	23	10	16
78	1487	1103	174	139	1956	49	56	142	30	155	23	10	16
79	1527	1132	176	141	2002	50	57	143	30	156	23	10	16
80	1567	1160	177	142	2043	51	58	144	30	157	23	10	16
81	1607	1189	179	144	2089	52	59	145	30	158	23	10	16
82	1647	1217	181	145	2130	53	60	146	30	159	23	10	16
83	1687	1245	183	147	2176	54	61	147	30	160	23	10	16
84	1727	1274	184	148	2217	55	62	148	30	161	23	10	16
85	1767	1302	186	150	2263	56	63	149	30	162	23	10	16
86	1807	1330	188	151	2304	57	64	150	30	163	23	10	16
87	1847	1359	190	153	2350	58	65	151	30	164	23	10	16
**	1887	1387	191	154	2391	59	66	152	30	165	23	10	16
89	1927	1416	193	156	2437	60	67	153	30	166	23	10	16
90	1967	1444	195	157	2478	61	68	154	30	167	23	10	16
91	2007	1472	197	159	2524	62	69	155	30	168	23	10	16
92	2047	1501	198	160	2565	63	70	156	30	169	23	10	16
93	2087	1529	200	162	2611	64	71	157	30	170	23	10	16
94	2127	1557	202	163	2652	65	72	158	30	171	23	10	16
95	2167	1586	204	165	2698	66	73	159	30	172	23	10	16
96	2207	1614	205	166	2739	67	74	160	30	173	23	10	16
97	2247	1643	207	168	2785	68	75	161	30	174	23	10	16
98	2287	1671	209	169	2826	69	76	162	30	175	23	10	16
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Jab Freq	Jab Lvl	HF Freq	HF Lvl

 

[Gaza0469]

Comparisons :

MERC SPECIAL SKILLS

Level-----Skill-----Effect

10-------Might-----130% damage
20-------Might-----230% damage
30-------Might-----330% damage

10-------Thorns----610% damage returned
17-------Thorns----890% damage returned
20-------Thorns----1010% dam. returned

10-------H/Freeze—slow 48%
17-------H/Freeze—slow 53%
20-------H/Freeze—slow 54%

11-------Prayer----Heals 12+
18-------Prayer----Heals 21+
21-------Prayer----Heals 27+

11-------Defiance—170% def
18-------Defiance—240% def
21-------Defiance—270% def

11------B/Aim----225% to AR
18------B/Aim----330% to AR
21------B/Aim----375% to AR

ALL A2 MERCS :

11------Jab-----AR +100% Dam+15%
16------Jab-----AR +145% Dam+30%
17------Jab-----AR +154% Dam+34%
20------Jab-----AR +181% Dam+42%


Hit Recovery Speeds

CODE
Frames-- FHR%

15----- 0
14----- 5
13----- 9
12----- 14
11----- 20
10----- 30
9----- 42
8----- 60
7----- 86
6----- 142
5----- 280


This is an excellent narration from Alter Ego and I have placed it here for your reference :

Offensive - Blessed Aim

Not the most popular aura for many characters, as most of the melee characters have sufficient skills to raise their AR and the Sorceress doesn't really need much AR as she hits with her magicical attacks. However for variant builds such as the Melee Sorc, Ranger (bow/crossbow Paladin) and Meleemancer (melee Necro) where AR is of critical importance, the blessed aim merc can be very useful. This merc can also be very helpful to Werebears who also suffer from AR problems. With the introduction of several new uniques items which grant AR (eh. Charges of enchant, zeal etc) in 1.10 though, the actual usefulness of such mercs has been somewhat diminished.

Defensive - Defiance

A high level Merc with this aura, and good equip, is very hard to hit, even in Hell diff. So a character who has hired such a merc is equally difficult to hit. The advantages of this are straightforward to any character, you'll get hit less often, therefore be less likely to die. This aura has a pronounced effect on the longevity of a Necro's minions, even when the Merc is of a low level. This aura is often a "must-have" for characters aiming to have a huge defence stat i.e. Ironman barbarians or for hardcore players. Just bear in mind that several of the monsters in 1.10 now have attacks that completely ignore defense.

Combat - Prayer

The life regeneration that this aura provides is probably only of use to most characters as a way to ignore the effects of poison or of life draining items (Malice runeword for example). However to characters with life steal and high resists, this aura is going to prove to be of little use, and if the merc himself has a life stealing weapon, then the aura won't be of too much use to him. It is probably best used for characters with no form of life leech(ie. casters). Still, it is probably better to just drink a potion.

This aura is of some limited use to the Necromancer and his minions as the continual life replenish will help keep them alive for much longer. In 1.10, the minions actually heal by themselves. I

Offensive - Might

A very popular aura for almost any character, as additional damage is always useful. The Merc himself will be doing a godly amount of damage at higher levels and quite happily tank for himself and for those who think that "the best defense is a good offense" this is the way to go.

This aura is probably of least use to a Sorceress as it does not add any benefit to her magical attacks, but should she run low of mana and be caught in a corner with only a melee weapon then, this aura will give her a chance of fighting her way free.

The effect of this aura on a Necro's minions can create a virtual wall of death to descend upon the ranks of diablo minions. A few revived Frenzytaurs or raised skeletal warriors with a might aura on them can easily sway the tide of battle in the favour of the Necromancer.

A point to note is that even if you have a might merc whose lvl is sufficient to provide 100% extra damage this won't automatically double the damage of your character. The formula below from Nikodemous from the Paladin forum explains how your might mercs aura factors into your damage.

Lets say your weapon does 100 points of average damage. (that being the average of the minimum and maximum shown directly on the weapon). You have +100% damage from WW

200 str = +200% damage

and the might merc has lvl 7 might, which gives (40+6*10) 100% bonus.

Total damage is:

(100 * (100 [base] + 200 [str] + 100 [ww] + 100 [might]))/100 = 500 average damage

All elemental damage is added to the total, with no % bonuses on top.

Combat - Thorns

The essential problem with Thorns is that you have to be hit for it to take effect, though admittedly the effect at high levels can kill many normal monsters outright. In 1.10, with the high ratio of monster HP as compared to the damage they do, thorns is more or less reduced to a novelty aura. It is nice to have around but not entirely useful.

The Necromancer Overlord is the character build that can make best use of this aura. With many minions running around the map all effected by thorns and with the possibility of an Amp Damage curse as well, this can create havoc for boss monsters that use phycial attacks i.e Hephasto the Armourer, Duriel and the Ancients. By wading through the thorns-aura'd minions to get to the player character, these boss monsters will take an awful lot of damage.

Defensive - Holy Freeze

Another very useful for aura for any player character, more so for the slowing effect on monsters than any damage done. The only other choice besides defiance for hardcore player, this aura, at high levels, will bring many enemies to a near stop. Demon Imps stop teleporting all of the place, flayers slow right down and explody-headed Slayers are easily avoided. For characters using thrown weapons, bows or magic, the slowed monsters make ideal targets.

The Necromancer Overlord (or a Corpse Explosion Necro) is the class most disadvantaged by this aura, as the increased number of bodies that shatter upon death greatly reduces the Necro's potential revive, summon or corpse explosion fodder.

On Hell diff, cold immune monsters will still be slowed by this aura.

Important Note on Holy Freeze:

It seems that not all monsters are affected by this aura. Blood Lords, Moon Lords and Death Lords of act 5 seem resistant to its slowing effects. The Frenzytaurs are immune to freezing. So do not rely on your merc to slow these monsters down. Also its good to take into account the relatively small range of holy freeze eg. archers shooting.

 

[Gaza0469]

Act3 Merc

A3 Iron Wolves
( Casters, Fire, Cold , Lightning )


Lightning is damage bugged, so only choose Fire or Cold Mercs.

These Mercs can be equiped with the most MF gear, around 300%.

Do not have blocking animations. "This means they do not getting blocking check at all. The Shield will just be there for the non-blocking attributes such as defense and any other magical properties that it has such as resisitances, fast cast, skills, etc."

They have 3 types of attacks – Their primary low level spell , their secondary high level spell, and using their sword.

They will only use their sword in melee when they get swarmed. (sometimes)

The damage listed in their character info screen is only for their sword damage, and has no impact at all on their magic damage – their character info screen does not display their actual magic damage anywhere.

+Glacial Spike, +FireBall, etc. will help these mercs. The only places to get these are from Ormus' Robes or two pieces of the Trang's set. Note that the +Fireball bonus from Trang's will be capped at +3.

Anything that is +sorceress skills, for example: +2 Fire Skills (Sorceress Only) will not work, but the +3 Fire Skills of Hexfire would.

Items that lower enemy resistance (such as the Crescent Moon runeword, facets, etc.) will benefit these mercs.

Can complete the Isenhart set (for whatever that's worth)

***Iron Wolf Equipment***
*** SETUPS ***

Ladder SETUP

Spirit = Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn ( 4 Socket Shield or Sword)

-Spirit Shield ( Ladder Only)
-Spirit Sword ( Ladder Only )
-Ormus Robes with + 3 to Fireball or Glacial Spike
-Shako

With This Setup
70%-80% Fast Cast ( 18 frames to 13 frames)
+6 All Skills
+3 To FB or GS

Non Ladder SETUP ( or poorer version of build )

-Lidless Wall Shield – ( 20% Fast Cast , +1 All Skills)
-Peasant Crown - ( +1 Skills )
-Skin of Vipermagi ( 30% FC, resys, +1 Skills)
-Hexfire sword for Fire ( +3 Skills )
-Azurewrath for cold ( +1 Skills ) High Dex requirement

Your Merc would then have :

For Fire
50% FC ( 18 to 14 frames )
+6 All Skills

For Cold
50% FC
+4 All Skills

You want +skills and Faster Cast Rate. Everything else is secondary because they tend to survive fairly well on their own unless you let them get swarmed. The new Spirit runeword is good for their weapon. You would need +strength on your helm/armor to let them use a Spirit shield since it can only be made in a Monarch, which requires 156 strength (146 if ethereal). They top out at 153 str at level 98 and have 137 str at level 85, just to give you an idea. You'll need some +strength stuff to equip this shield at an earlier level.

Spells

Fire: Inferno and FireBall
Cold: Glacial Spike, Ice Blast, and Frozen Armor
Lightning: Charged Bolt and Lightning

Skill Progression Table :
Note this is from 1.09 – There have been a few changes since then, use these tables as a guide only.

Fire Merc

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Inf Freq	Inf Lvl	FB Freq	FB Lvl
1	40	16	31	26	130	1	2	0	10	60	1	30	0
2	43	21	32	27	135	1	2	2	10	60	1	30	0
3	52	27	34	28	140	1	2	4	10	60	2	30	0
4	61	32	35	29	145	1	2	5	10	60	2	30	0
5	70	37	36	30	150	1	2	7	10	60	2	30	0
6	79	42	37	31	155	1	2	9	10	60	3	30	1
7	**	48	39	32	160	1	3	11	10	60	3	30	1
8	97	53	40	33	165	1	3	12	10	60	3	30	1
9	106	58	41	34	170	1	4	14	10	60	4	30	2
10	115	63	42	35	175	1	4	16	10	60	4	30	2
11	124	69	44	36	180	1	5	18	10	60	4	30	2
12	133	74	45	37	185	1	5	19	10	60	5	30	3
13	142	79	46	38	190	1	6	21	10	60	5	30	3
14	151	84	47	39	198	1	6	23	10	60	5	30	3
15	160	90	49	40	215	1	7	25	10	60	6	30	4
16	169	95	50	41	232	1	7	26	10	60	6	30	4
17	178	100	51	42	249	2	8	28	10	60	6	30	4
18	187	105	52	43	266	2	8	30	10	60	6	30	4
19	196	111	54	44	283	3	9	32	10	60	7	30	5
20	205	116	55	45	300	3	9	33	10	60	7	30	5
21	214	121	56	46	317	4	10	35	10	60	7	30	5
22	223	126	57	47	334	4	10	37	10	60	8	30	6
23	232	132	59	48	351	5	11	39	10	60	8	30	6
24	241	137	60	49	368	5	11	40	10	60	8	30	6
25	250	142	61	50	385	6	12	42	10	60	9	30	7
26	259	147	62	51	402	6	12	44	10	60	9	30	7
27	268	153	64	52	419	7	13	46	10	60	9	30	7
28	277	158	65	53	436	7	13	47	10	60	10	30	8
29	286	163	66	54	453	8	14	49	10	60	10	30	8
30	295	168	67	55	470	8	14	51	10	60	10	30	8
31	304	174	69	56	487	9	15	53	10	60	11	30	9
32	313	179	70	57	504	9	15	54	10	60	11	30	9
33	322	184	71	58	521	10	16	56	10	60	11	30	9
34	331	189	72	59	538	10	16	58	10	60	11	30	9
35	340	195	74	60	555	11	17	60	10	60	12	30	10
36	349	200	75	61	572	11	17	61	10	60	12	30	10
37	358	205	76	62	589	12	18	63	10	60	12	30	10
38	367	210	77	63	606	12	18	65	10	60	13	30	11
39	376	216	79	64	623	13	19	67	10	60	13	30	11
40	385	221	80	65	640	13	19	68	10	60	13	30	11
41	394	226	81	66	657	14	20	70	10	60	14	30	12
42	403	231	82	67	674	14	20	72	10	60	14	30	12
43	412	237	84	68	691	15	21	74	10	60	14	30	12
44	421	242	85	69	708	15	21	75	10	60	15	30	13
45	430	247	86	70	725	16	22	77	10	60	15	30	13
46	439	252	87	71	742	16	22	79	10	60	15	30	13
47	448	258	89	72	759	17	23	81	10	60	16	30	14
48	457	263	90	73	776	17	23	82	10	60	16	30	14
49	466	268	92	74	793	18	24	85	10	60	17	30	15
50	484	281	93	75	822	18	24	86	10	60	17	30	15
51	502	295	94	76	851	19	25	**	10	60	17	30	15
52	520	308	95	77	880	19	25	90	10	60	17	30	15
53	538	321	97	78	909	20	26	92	10	60	18	30	16
54	556	334	98	79	938	20	26	93	10	60	18	30	16
55	574	348	99	80	967	21	27	95	10	60	18	30	16
56	592	361	100	81	996	21	27	97	10	60	19	30	17
57	610	374	102	82	1025	22	28	99	10	60	19	30	17
58	628	387	103	83	1054	22	28	100	10	60	19	30	17
59	646	401	104	84	1083	23	29	102	10	60	20	30	18
60	664	414	105	85	1112	23	29	104	10	60	20	30	18
61	682	427	107	86	1141	24	30	106	10	60	20	30	18
62	700	440	108	87	1170	24	30	107	10	60	21	30	19
63	718	454	109	**	1199	25	31	109	10	60	21	30	19
64	736	467	110	89	1228	25	31	111	10	60	21	30	19
65	754	480	112	90	1257	26	32	113	10	60	22	30	20
66	772	493	113	91	1286	26	32	114	10	60	22	30	20
67	790	507	114	92	1315	27	33	116	10	60	22	30	20
68	808	520	115	93	1344	27	33	118	10	60	22	30	20
69	826	533	117	94	1373	28	34	120	10	60	23	30	21
70	844	546	118	95	1402	28	34	121	10	60	23	30	21
71	862	560	119	96	1431	29	35	123	10	60	23	30	21
72	880	573	120	97	1460	29	35	125	10	60	24	30	22
73	898	586	122	98	1489	30	36	127	10	60	24	30	22
74	916	599	123	99	1518	30	36	128	10	60	24	30	22
75	934	613	124	100	1547	31	37	130	10	60	25	30	23
76	952	626	125	101	1576	31	37	132	10	60	25	30	23
77	970	639	127	102	1605	32	38	134	10	60	25	30	23
78	988	652	128	103	1634	32	38	135	10	60	26	30	24
79	1006	666	130	104	1663	33	39	138	10	60	27	30	25
80	1033	691	131	105	1704	33	39	139	10	60	27	30	25
81	1060	716	132	106	1745	34	40	141	10	60	27	30	25
82	1087	741	133	107	1786	34	40	142	10	60	27	30	25
83	1114	767	135	108	1827	35	41	144	10	60	28	30	26
84	1141	792	136	109	1868	35	41	145	10	60	28	30	26
85	1168	817	137	110	1909	36	42	147	10	60	28	30	26
86	1195	842	138	111	1950	36	42	148	10	60	29	30	27
87	1222	868	140	112	1991	37	43	150	10	60	29	30	27
**	1249	893	141	113	2032	37	43	151	10	60	29	30	27
89	1276	918	142	114	2073	38	44	153	10	60	30	30	28
90	1303	943	143	115	2114	38	44	154	10	60	30	30	28
91	1330	969	145	116	2155	39	45	156	10	60	30	30	28
92	1357	994	146	117	2196	39	45	157	10	60	31	30	29
93	1384	1019	147	118	2237	40	46	159	10	60	31	30	29
94	1411	1044	148	119	2278	40	46	160	10	60	31	30	29
95	1438	1070	150	120	2319	41	47	162	10	60	32	30	30
96	1465	1095	151	121	2360	41	47	163	10	60	32	30	30
97	1492	1120	152	122	2401	42	48	165	10	60	32	30	30
98	1519	1145	153	123	2442	42	48	166	10	60	32	30	30
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Inf Freq	Inf Lvl	FB Freq	FB Lvl

 

[Gaza0469]

Cold Merc

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	GS Freq	GS Lvl	FA Freq	FA Lvl	IB Freq	IB Lvl
3	52	27	34	28	140	1	2	4	10	60	0	1000	0	240	2
4	61	32	35	29	145	1	2	5	10	60	0	1000	0	240	2
5	70	37	36	30	150	1	2	7	10	60	0	1000	0	240	2
6	79	42	37	31	155	1	2	9	10	60	0	1000	0	240	3
7	**	48	39	32	160	1	3	11	10	60	0	1000	0	240	3
8	97	53	40	33	165	1	3	12	10	60	0	1000	0	240	3
9	106	58	41	34	170	1	4	14	10	60	0	1000	0	240	4
10	115	63	42	35	175	1	4	16	10	60	0	1000	0	240	4
11	124	69	44	36	180	1	5	18	10	60	0	1000	0	240	4
12	133	74	45	37	185	1	5	19	10	60	0	1000	1	240	5
13	142	79	46	38	190	1	6	21	10	60	0	1000	1	240	5
14	151	84	47	39	198	1	6	23	10	60	0	1000	1	240	5
15	160	90	49	40	215	1	7	25	10	60	1	1000	2	240	6
16	169	95	50	41	232	1	7	26	10	60	1	1000	2	240	6
17	178	100	51	42	249	2	8	28	10	60	1	1000	2	240	6
18	187	105	52	43	266	2	8	30	10	60	1	1000	2	240	6
19	196	111	54	44	283	3	9	32	10	60	1	1000	3	240	7
20	205	116	55	45	300	3	9	33	10	60	1	1000	3	240	7
21	214	121	56	46	317	4	10	35	10	60	1	1000	3	240	7
22	223	126	57	47	334	4	10	37	10	60	2	1000	4	240	8
23	232	132	59	48	351	5	11	39	10	60	2	1000	4	240	8
24	241	137	60	49	368	5	11	40	10	60	2	1000	4	240	8
25	250	142	61	50	385	6	12	42	10	60	2	1000	5	240	9
26	259	147	62	51	402	6	12	44	10	60	2	1000	5	240	9
27	268	153	64	52	419	7	13	46	10	60	2	1000	5	240	9
28	277	158	65	53	436	7	13	47	10	60	3	1000	6	240	10
29	286	163	66	54	453	8	14	49	10	60	3	1000	6	240	10
30	295	168	67	55	470	8	14	51	10	60	3	1000	6	240	10
31	304	174	69	56	487	9	15	53	10	60	3	1000	7	240	11
32	313	179	70	57	504	9	15	54	10	60	3	1000	7	240	11
33	322	184	71	58	521	10	16	56	10	60	3	1000	7	240	11
34	331	189	72	59	538	10	16	58	10	60	3	1000	7	240	11
35	340	195	74	60	555	11	17	60	10	60	4	1000	8	240	12
36	349	200	75	61	572	11	17	61	10	60	4	1000	8	240	12
37	358	205	76	62	589	12	18	63	10	60	4	1000	8	240	12
38	367	210	77	63	606	12	18	65	10	60	4	1000	9	240	13
39	376	216	79	64	623	13	19	67	10	60	4	1000	9	240	13
40	385	221	80	65	640	13	19	68	10	60	4	1000	9	240	13
41	394	226	81	66	657	14	20	70	10	60	5	1000	10	240	14
42	403	231	82	67	674	14	20	72	10	60	5	1000	10	240	14
43	412	237	84	68	691	15	21	74	10	60	5	1000	10	240	14
44	421	242	85	69	708	15	21	75	10	60	5	1000	11	240	15
45	430	247	86	70	725	16	22	77	10	60	5	1000	11	240	15
46	439	252	87	71	742	16	22	79	10	60	5	1000	11	240	15
47	448	258	89	72	759	17	23	81	10	60	6	1000	12	240	16
48	457	263	90	73	776	17	23	82	10	60	6	1000	12	240	16
49	466	268	92	74	793	18	24	85	10	60	7	1000	13	240	17
50	484	281	93	75	822	18	24	86	10	60	7	1000	13	240	17
51	502	295	94	76	851	19	25	**	10	60	7	1000	13	240	17
52	520	308	95	77	880	19	25	90	10	60	7	1000	13	240	17
53	538	321	97	78	909	20	26	92	10	60	7	1000	14	240	18
54	556	334	98	79	938	20	26	93	10	60	7	1000	14	240	18
55	574	348	99	80	967	21	27	95	10	60	7	1000	14	240	18
56	592	361	100	81	996	21	27	97	10	60	8	1000	15	240	19
57	610	374	102	82	1025	22	28	99	10	60	8	1000	15	240	19
58	628	387	103	83	1054	22	28	100	10	60	8	1000	15	240	19
59	646	401	104	84	1083	23	29	102	10	60	8	1000	16	240	20
60	664	414	105	85	1112	23	29	104	10	60	8	1000	16	240	20
61	682	427	107	86	1141	24	30	106	10	60	8	1000	16	240	20
62	700	440	108	87	1170	24	30	107	10	60	9	1000	17	240	21
63	718	454	109	**	1199	25	31	109	10	60	9	1000	17	240	21
64	736	467	110	89	1228	25	31	111	10	60	9	1000	17	240	21
65	754	480	112	90	1257	26	32	113	10	60	9	1000	18	240	22
66	772	493	113	91	1286	26	32	114	10	60	9	1000	18	240	22
67	790	507	114	92	1315	27	33	116	10	60	9	1000	18	240	22
68	808	520	115	93	1344	27	33	118	10	60	9	1000	18	240	22
69	826	533	117	94	1373	28	34	120	10	60	10	1000	19	240	23
70	844	546	118	95	1402	28	34	121	10	60	10	1000	19	240	23
71	862	560	119	96	1431	29	35	123	10	60	10	1000	19	240	23
72	880	573	120	97	1460	29	35	125	10	60	10	1000	20	240	24
73	898	586	122	98	1489	30	36	127	10	60	10	1000	20	240	24
74	916	599	123	99	1518	30	36	128	10	60	10	1000	20	240	24
75	934	613	124	100	1547	31	37	130	10	60	11	1000	21	240	25
76	952	626	125	101	1576	31	37	132	10	60	11	1000	21	240	25
77	970	639	127	102	1605	32	38	134	10	60	11	1000	21	240	25
78	988	652	128	103	1634	32	38	135	10	60	11	1000	22	240	26
79	1006	666	130	104	1663	33	39	138	10	60	12	1000	23	240	27
80	1033	691	131	105	1704	33	39	139	10	60	12	1000	23	240	27
81	1060	716	132	106	1745	34	40	140	10	60	12	1000	23	240	27
82	1087	741	133	107	1786	34	40	141	10	60	12	1000	23	240	27
83	1114	767	135	108	1827	35	41	142	10	60	12	1000	24	240	28
84	1141	792	136	109	1868	35	41	143	10	60	12	1000	24	240	28
85	1168	817	137	110	1909	36	42	144	10	60	12	1000	24	240	28
86	1195	842	138	111	1950	36	42	145	10	60	13	1000	25	240	29
87	1222	868	140	112	1991	37	43	146	10	60	13	1000	25	240	29
**	1249	893	141	113	2032	37	43	147	10	60	13	1000	25	240	29
89	1276	918	142	114	2073	38	44	148	10	60	13	1000	26	240	30
90	1303	943	143	115	2114	38	44	149	10	60	13	1000	26	240	30
91	1330	969	145	116	2155	39	45	150	10	60	13	1000	26	240	30
92	1357	994	146	117	2196	39	45	151	10	60	14	1000	27	240	31
93	1384	1019	147	118	2237	40	46	152	10	60	14	1000	27	240	31
94	1411	1044	148	119	2278	40	46	153	10	60	14	1000	27	240	31
95	1438	1070	150	120	2319	41	47	154	10	60	14	1000	28	240	32
96	1465	1095	151	121	2360	41	47	155	10	60	14	1000	28	240	32
97	1492	1120	152	122	2401	42	48	156	10	60	14	1000	28	240	32
98	1519	1145	153	123	2442	42	48	157	10	60	14	1000	28	240	32
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	GS Freq	GS Lvl	FA Freq	FA Lvl	IB Freq	IB Lvl

Lightning Merc

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	CB Freq	CB Lvl	LN Freq	LN Lvl
6	79	42	37	31	155	1	2	9	10	60	2	30	0
7	**	48	39	32	160	1	3	11	10	60	2	30	0
8	97	53	40	33	165	1	3	12	10	60	2	30	0
9	106	58	41	34	170	1	4	14	10	60	3	30	1
10	115	63	42	35	175	1	4	16	10	60	3	30	1
11	124	69	44	36	180	1	5	18	10	60	3	30	1
12	133	74	45	37	185	1	5	19	10	60	3	30	2
13	142	79	46	38	190	1	6	21	10	60	3	30	2
14	151	84	47	39	198	1	6	23	10	60	3	30	2
15	160	90	49	40	215	1	7	25	10	60	4	30	3
16	169	95	50	41	232	1	7	26	10	60	4	30	3
17	178	100	51	42	249	2	8	28	10	60	4	30	3
18	187	105	52	43	266	2	8	30	10	60	4	30	3
19	196	111	54	44	283	3	9	32	10	60	4	30	4
20	205	116	55	45	300	3	9	33	10	60	4	30	4
21	214	121	56	46	317	4	10	35	10	60	4	30	4
22	223	126	57	47	334	4	10	37	10	60	5	30	5
23	232	132	59	48	351	5	11	39	10	60	5	30	5
24	241	137	60	49	368	5	11	40	10	60	5	30	5
25	250	142	61	50	385	6	12	42	10	60	5	30	6
26	259	147	62	51	402	6	12	44	10	60	5	30	6
27	268	153	64	52	419	7	13	46	10	60	5	30	6
28	277	158	65	53	436	7	13	47	10	60	6	30	7
29	286	163	66	54	453	8	14	49	10	60	6	30	7
30	295	168	67	55	470	8	14	51	10	60	6	30	7
31	304	174	69	56	487	9	15	53	10	60	6	30	8
32	313	179	70	57	504	9	15	54	10	60	6	30	8
33	322	184	71	58	521	10	16	56	10	60	6	30	8
34	331	189	72	59	538	10	16	58	10	60	6	30	8
35	340	195	74	60	555	11	17	60	10	60	7	30	9
36	349	200	75	61	572	11	17	61	10	60	7	30	9
37	358	205	76	62	589	12	18	63	10	60	7	30	9
38	367	210	77	63	606	12	18	65	10	60	7	30	10
39	376	216	79	64	623	13	19	67	10	60	7	30	10
40	385	221	80	65	640	13	19	68	10	60	7	30	10
41	394	226	81	66	657	14	20	70	10	60	8	30	11
42	403	231	82	67	674	14	20	72	10	60	8	30	11
43	412	237	84	68	691	15	21	74	10	60	8	30	11
44	421	242	85	69	708	15	21	75	10	60	8	30	12
45	430	247	86	70	725	16	22	77	10	60	8	30	12
46	439	252	87	71	742	16	22	79	10	60	8	30	12
47	448	258	89	72	759	17	23	81	10	60	9	30	13
48	457	263	90	73	776	17	23	82	10	60	9	30	13
49	466	268	92	74	793	18	24	85	10	60	10	30	14
50	484	281	93	75	822	18	24	86	10	60	10	30	14
51	502	295	94	76	851	19	25	**	10	60	10	30	14
52	520	308	95	77	880	19	25	90	10	60	10	30	14
53	538	321	97	78	909	20	26	92	10	60	10	30	15
54	556	334	98	79	938	20	26	93	10	60	10	30	15
55	574	348	99	80	967	21	27	95	10	60	10	30	15
56	592	361	100	81	996	21	27	97	10	60	11	30	16
57	610	374	102	82	1025	22	28	99	10	60	11	30	16
58	628	387	103	83	1054	22	28	100	10	60	11	30	16
59	646	401	104	84	1083	23	29	102	10	60	11	30	17
60	664	414	105	85	1112	23	29	104	10	60	11	30	17
61	682	427	107	86	1141	24	30	106	10	60	11	30	17
62	700	440	108	87	1170	24	30	107	10	60	12	30	18
63	718	454	109	**	1199	25	31	109	10	60	12	30	18
64	736	467	110	89	1228	25	31	111	10	60	12	30	18
65	754	480	112	90	1257	26	32	113	10	60	12	30	19
66	772	493	113	91	1286	26	32	114	10	60	12	30	19
67	790	507	114	92	1315	27	33	116	10	60	12	30	19
68	808	520	115	93	1344	27	33	118	10	60	12	30	19
69	826	533	117	94	1373	28	34	120	10	60	13	30	20
70	844	546	118	95	1402	28	34	121	10	60	13	30	20
71	862	560	119	96	1431	29	35	123	10	60	13	30	20
72	880	573	120	97	1460	29	35	125	10	60	13	30	21
73	898	586	122	98	1489	30	36	127	10	60	13	30	21
74	916	599	123	99	1518	30	36	128	10	60	13	30	21
75	934	613	124	100	1547	31	37	130	10	60	14	30	22
76	952	626	125	101	1576	31	37	132	10	60	14	30	22
77	970	639	127	102	1605	32	38	134	10	60	14	30	22
78	988	652	128	103	1634	32	38	135	10	60	14	30	23
79	1006	666	130	104	1663	33	39	138	10	60	15	30	24
80	1033	691	131	105	1704	33	39	139	10	60	15	30	24
81	1060	716	132	106	1745	34	40	140	10	60	15	30	24
82	1087	741	133	107	1786	34	40	141	10	60	15	30	24
83	1114	767	135	108	1827	35	41	142	10	60	15	30	25
84	1141	792	136	109	1868	35	41	143	10	60	15	30	25
85	1168	817	137	110	1909	36	42	144	10	60	15	30	25
86	1195	842	138	111	1950	36	42	145	10	60	16	30	26
87	1222	868	140	112	1991	37	43	146	10	60	16	30	26
**	1249	893	141	113	2032	37	43	147	10	60	16	30	26
89	1276	918	142	114	2073	38	44	148	10	60	16	30	27
90	1303	943	143	115	2114	38	44	149	10	60	16	30	27
91	1330	969	145	116	2155	39	45	150	10	60	16	30	27
92	1357	994	146	117	2196	39	45	151	10	60	17	30	28
93	1384	1019	147	118	2237	40	46	152	10	60	17	30	28
94	1411	1044	148	119	2278	40	46	153	10	60	17	30	28
95	1438	1070	150	120	2319	41	47	154	10	60	17	30	29
96	1465	1095	151	121	2360	41	47	155	10	60	17	30	29
97	1492	1120	152	122	2401	42	48	156	10	60	17	30	29
98	1519	1145	153	123	2442	42	48	157	10	60	17	30	29
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD

 

[Gaza0469]

The following commentary from Zath is accurate as of 1.10.

QUOTE (Zath)
Let's take a look at the spells for A3 mercs in detail:

Fire:

- Level 32 Inferno: 356 damage/second. 60% chance to cast this spell
- Level 30 Fireball: 383 damage/shot. 30% chance to cast this spell.

Cold:

- Level 28 Frozen Armor: +165% defense, lasts 444 seconds, freezes enemy upon being hit for 111 frames in normal (4.44 seconds).
- Level 14 Glacial Spike: 150 damage/shot, freezes for 89 frames in normal (3.56 seconds). 19% chance to cast this spell after Frozen Armor is active (60/310).
- Level 32 Ice Blast: 613 damage/shot, freezes for 230 frames in normal (9.2 seconds). 77% chance to cast this spell after Frozen Armor is active (240/310).

Lightning:

- Level 17 Charged Bolt: 11.5 damage/bolt, 19 bolts total for 218.5 potential damage/cast. 60% chance to cast this spell.
- Level 29 Lightning: 258 damage/shot. 30% chance to cast this spell.

The lightning mercs are clearly lacking in damage output. Fire and cold mercs will deal significantly more damage, although the fire merc will have to hit multiple targets with each spell to reach his full potential. Overall, the cold merc may be the best choice with his Frozen Armor and Ice Blast.


Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints

CODE
Frames FCR%
18----- 0
17----- 10
16----- 15
15----- 30
14----- 40
13----- 60
12----- 90
11-----140


Iron Wolf Hit Recovery Speeds


CODE
Frames FHR%
17----- 0
16----- 5
15----- 8
14----- 13
13----- 18
12----- 24
11----- 32
10----- 46
9----- 63
8----- 86
7----- 133
6----- 232
5----- 600

 

[Gaza0469]

Act 5 Merc

A5 Barbarian Mercenaries
( One Type Only)

These mercs possess the skills Stun and Bash.

? These are the only mercs who can use class-specific items (the barb helms)

->"The act 5 mercanaries have a 5% chance of doing critical hits, the other mercanaries do not." – Ruvanal

-> These mercs can complete the Sazabi Set.

-> They do not have or benefit from +sword mastery such as on Bloodletter

- > Act 5 mercs receive a 70% bonus to their poison resistance in all difficulties." – Zath

- > "The Act 5 merc's normal attack has 2 hits." - Zath

*** Barb Merc Equipment ***

Get a big 2-handed sword. They do the listed damage for both 1 hand and 2 hand swords, so the 2 handers will almost always win out. Life leech, FHR, resistances, etc are also good. They're about the same as A2 mercs except for the weapon differences.

For Armor always go for Ethereal with useful mods , the Runeword Stone is very useful and popular as well.

Helms – Tal Rashas mask is good at the start with its 10% Life Leach, when you find one upgrade to an Ethereal Crown of Theives. An Ethereal Shako wouldn’t go amiss either although you will need to socket this with some form of leach.

These Mercs should really have a minimum of 11-15% Life Leach to ensure they stay alive, as they are very zealous and tend to run off the screen to engage everything in sight.

Keep in mind that you cant leach off all monsters – for example the undead.

Skill Levels

Keep in Mind that Stun and Bash synergieze each other.

Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Bash Freq	Bash Lvl	Stun Freq	Stun Lvl
1	40	7	50	29	145	1	2	8	50	15	0	15	0
2	40	7	52	30	150	1	2	10	50	15	0	15	0
3	40	7	54	31	155	1	2	12	50	15	0	15	0
4	40	8	56	33	165	1	2	14	50	15	0	15	0
5	40	8	57	34	170	1	2	15	50	15	0	15	0
6	40	8	59	35	175	1	3	17	50	15	0	15	0
7	40	9	61	36	180	1	4	19	50	15	0	15	0
8	40	9	63	38	190	1	5	21	50	15	0	15	0
9	40	9	65	39	195	1	5	22	50	15	0	15	0
10	40	10	67	40	200	2	6	24	50	15	0	15	0
11	40	20	69	41	205	3	7	26	50	15	0	15	0
12	40	30	71	43	215	4	8	28	50	15	0	15	0
13	40	41	72	44	220	4	8	29	50	15	0	15	0
14	40	51	74	45	225	5	9	31	50	15	0	15	0
15	54	61	76	46	230	6	10	33	50	15	0	15	0
16	72	72	78	48	240	7	11	35	50	15	0	15	0
17	90	82	80	49	245	7	11	36	50	15	0	15	0
18	108	92	82	50	250	8	12	38	50	15	0	15	0
19	126	102	84	51	255	9	13	40	50	15	1	15	0
20	144	113	86	53	265	10	14	42	50	15	1	15	1
21	162	123	87	54	280	10	14	43	50	15	1	15	1
22	180	133	89	55	305	11	15	45	50	15	2	15	1
23	198	144	91	56	330	12	16	47	50	15	2	15	1
24	216	154	93	58	360	13	17	49	50	15	2	15	2
25	234	164	95	59	385	13	17	50	50	15	3	15	2
26	252	175	97	60	410	14	18	52	50	15	3	15	2
27	270	185	99	61	435	15	19	54	50	15	3	15	2
28	288	195	101	63	465	16	20	56	50	15	4	15	3
29	306	206	102	64	490	16	20	57	50	15	4	15	3
30	324	216	104	65	515	17	21	59	50	15	4	15	3
31	342	226	106	66	540	18	22	61	50	15	4	15	3
32	360	237	108	68	570	19	23	63	50	15	5	15	4
33	378	247	110	69	595	19	23	64	50	15	5	15	4
34	396	257	112	70	620	20	24	66	50	15	5	15	4
35	414	267	114	71	645	21	25	68	50	15	6	15	4
36	432	278	116	73	675	22	26	70	50	15	6	15	5
37	450	288	117	74	700	22	26	71	50	15	6	15	5
38	468	298	119	75	725	23	27	73	50	15	7	15	5
39	486	309	121	76	750	24	28	75	50	15	7	15	5
40	504	319	123	78	780	25	29	77	50	15	7	15	6
41	522	329	125	79	805	25	29	78	50	15	8	15	6
42	540	340	127	80	830	26	30	80	50	15	8	15	6
43	558	350	129	81	855	27	31	82	50	15	8	15	6
44	576	360	131	83	885	28	32	84	50	15	9	15	7
45	594	371	132	84	910	28	32	85	50	15	9	15	7
46	612	381	134	85	935	29	33	87	50	15	9	15	7
47	630	391	136	86	960	30	34	89	50	15	9	15	7
48	648	402	138	**	990	31	35	91	50	15	10	15	8
49	666	412	140	89	1015	31	35	92	50	15	10	15	8
50	684	422	142	90	1040	32	36	94	50	15	10	15	8
51	702	432	144	91	1065	33	37	96	50	15	11	15	8
52	720	443	146	93	1095	34	38	98	50	15	11	15	9
53	738	453	147	94	1120	34	38	99	50	15	11	15	9
54	756	463	149	95	1145	35	39	101	50	15	12	15	9
55	774	474	151	96	1170	36	40	103	50	15	12	15	9
56	792	484	153	98	1200	37	41	105	50	15	12	15	10
57	810	494	155	99	1225	37	41	106	50	15	13	15	10
58	828	505	158	101	1255	39	43	109	50	50	14	50	11
59	855	540	159	102	1295	40	44	110	50	50	14	50	11
60	882	575	161	103	1335	41	45	112	50	50	14	50	11
61	909	611	163	104	1375	42	46	114	50	50	14	50	11
62	936	646	165	106	1420	43	47	116	50	50	15	50	12
63	963	681	167	107	1460	44	48	117	50	50	15	50	12
64	990	717	169	108	1500	45	49	119	50	50	15	50	12
65	1017	752	171	109	1540	46	50	121	50	50	16	50	12
66	1044	787	173	111	1585	47	51	123	50	50	16	50	13
67	1071	823	174	112	1625	48	52	124	50	50	16	50	13
68	1098	858	176	113	1665	49	53	126	50	50	17	50	13
69	1125	893	178	114	1705	50	54	128	50	50	17	50	13
70	1152	929	180	116	1750	51	55	130	50	50	17	50	14
71	1179	964	182	117	1790	52	56	131	50	50	18	50	14
72	1206	999	184	118	1830	53	57	133	50	50	18	50	14
73	1233	1034	186	119	1870	54	58	135	50	50	18	50	14
74	1260	1070	188	121	1915	55	59	137	50	50	19	50	15
75	1287	1105	189	122	1955	56	60	138	50	50	19	50	15
76	1314	1140	191	123	1995	57	61	140	50	50	19	50	15
77	1341	1176	193	124	2035	58	62	142	50	50	19	50	15
78	1368	1211	195	126	2080	59	63	144	50	50	20	50	16
79	1395	1246	197	127	2120	60	64	145	50	50	20	50	16
80	1422	1282	200	129	2165	61	65	148	50	75	21	75	17
81	1467	1332	201	130	2215	62	66	149	50	75	21	75	17
82	1512	1382	203	131	2265	63	67	150	50	75	21	75	17
83	1557	1433	205	132	2315	64	68	151	50	75	21	75	17
84	1602	1483	207	134	2370	65	69	152	50	75	21	75	17
85	1647	1533	209	135	2420	66	70	153	50	75	21	75	17
86	1692	1584	211	136	2470	67	71	154	50	75	21	75	17
87	1737	1634	213	137	2520	68	72	155	50	75	21	75	17
**	1782	1684	215	139	2575	69	73	156	50	75	21	75	17
89	1827	1735	216	140	2625	70	74	157	50	75	21	75	17
90	1872	1785	218	141	2675	71	75	158	50	75	21	75	17
91	1917	1835	220	142	2725	72	76	159	50	75	21	75	17
92	1962	1886	222	144	2780	73	77	160	50	75	21	75	17
93	2007	1936	224	145	2830	74	78	161	50	75	21	75	17
94	2052	1986	226	146	2880	75	79	162	50	75	21	75	17
95	2097	2036	228	147	2930	76	80	163	50	75	21	75	17
96	2142	2087	230	149	2985	77	81	164	50	75	21	75	17
97	2187	2137	231	150	3035	78	82	165	50	75	21	75	17
98	2232	2187	233	151	3085	79	83	166	50	75	21	75	17
Lvl	HP	Def	Str	Dex	AR	MinD	MaxD	Res	Atk Freq	Bash Freq	Bash Lvl	Stun Freq	Stun Lvl

Damage Comparison (synergies)

Stun – the 1.2s = stunned for 1.2 seconds

Merc 
Level------Bash Damage -----------Stun Damage

1----------AR 20%,  Dam 55%------AR 15%, Dam 8% 1.2s

30--------AR 30%,  Dam 80%------AR 30%, Dam 24% 1.8s

50---------AR 60%,  Dam 145 ------AR 65%, Dam 72% 3.2s

75--------AR 95%,  Dam 225 -------AR 110 , Dam 128%4.5s

75 & 
+3 skills---AR 110, Dam 225 –------AR 125, Dam 152% 4.7s

Act 5 Barbarian Mercenary Hit Recovery Breakpoints


CODE
Frames FHR%
9----- 0
8----- 7
7----- 15
6----- 27
5----- 48
4----- 86
3----- 200

 

[Gaza0469]

Which Merc Should I use?

Which Merc Should I Use?


I wil attempt to go through most popular builds in some Detail.

The only Merc you should never use is an Act 3 Lightning Merc as they are bugged.


I will note a few options for each build , as remember Merc choice largely depends upon your playing style. There is no one perfect Merc for each build, ( well except for a summon necro perhaps )

***Amazon – Bow Elemental Damage
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control ( best for fire Amazon)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( but his aura will not benefit you that much )
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.

Poor Choices :

Merc with same elemental damage as you. Act 1 Merc, you really need a tank here, unless you have a Valkrie, and use Decoy a lot.

***Amazon – Physical Ranged Damage (Strafers etc )
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( plus aura is beneficial to your damage)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* An elemental Merc – although only if u use Valkrie and Decoy.

Poor Choices :

No real poor choices, however you probably are more inclined to go with a tank. If you don’t use Valkrie then don’t use a single element Merc as they can get swarmed easily. You may have problems with physical immune, so it is beneficial to have a back up skill that can deal some elemental damage.

***Amazon – Javazons ( Lightning Fury Etc)
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( plus aura is partially beneficial to your damage)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* An elemental Merc – although don’t use same element as you.

Poor Choices :

Javazons are usually able to tank monsters if they invest into the magic skills tab, if so then you could use a cold element attack, if you havnet invested into the magic skill tab then its defiantely a good option to have a tank.

***Assassin - Trapisin
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control (as you cant target enemies)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
*

Poor Choices :

Same element attack as yourself. Would be more inclined to go for a tank so as you can lay traps.

***Assassin – Martial Arts
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control (as you cant target enemies)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.

Poor Choices :

Same element attack as yourself. Would be more inclined to go for a tank so as you can lay traps. If your attack is purely physical then an elemental attack could be a definate advantage. Generally most Martial Arts assassins use one or more elements in their attack.

***Barbarian - Singer
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast , extremely beneficial once you use Shout and Battle Orders on him.
* Elemental ACT1 or ACT3 Merc

Poor Choices :

No real poor choices here, the Singer Barb is more of a party character, you can give any merc heaps of life and defence, so really any Merc is viable as with all that extra life they will live almost twice as long, You can make Might Mercs very powerful and with a Defiance Merc you will have an insane defence level , but perhaps not enough attack.

***Barbarian – Physical Damage
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – To greatly enhance your own damage
* Elemental ACT1 or ACT3 Merc to deal with PI’s

Poor Choices :

If you constantly play in a party and no one is using a Might Merc that would be your best choice. If you play a lot of solo then an elemental merc will be more useful to deal with Physical Immunes.

The only poor choice would probably be a barbarian – they just wouldn’t offer you something different that you need.


***Barbarian – Magic Damage
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – To kill Magic Immunes and Kill in general.
* Barbarian, especially if you have Shout to get his defence up.

Poor Choices :

An elemental attack would not really benefit you as you already mostly do elemental damage. Perhaps a cold one could work but its not the most optimal choice.

***Druid – Fire Druid
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – To kill Magic Immunes and Kill in general.
* Barbarian to use as a tank.

Poor Choices :

Any Fire Elemental attack.

***Druid – Bear / Physical Damage
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – To kill Magic Immunes , increase your damage.

Poor Choices :

Probably don’t really need Blessed Aim, or Defiance as you should have good AR and defence, Aura more useful to you, although its possible to use a single element like cold to help slow down enemies.

***Druid – Summoner
Choices :
* ACT 2 Might – To kill Magic Immunes , increase your damage.

Poor Choices :

Only one real choice – As a note though Blessed Aim is good early on, Thorns can be good when you are of a lower level than your enemies, however in the end there is only one choice, Might.

***Druid , Wind
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( his aura will benefit you somewhat as your main attack uses 50% physical 50% cold damage.
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.

Poor Choices :

Cold Element Mercs as you already do cold damage, you could possible use a fire element Merc, although these don’t offer you anything else very exciting.


***Necromancer - Summoner
Choices :
* Act 2 Might Merc – To increase damge of all skeletons.

Poor Choices

Everything else. Your skellies will be able to hit as you level up as they use your characters level for their AR bonus. Blessed Aim can be ok at low level, as can Thorns , but ultimately you will want a Might Merc.

***Necromancer - Bone
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( but his aura will not benefit you)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* Barbarian – although Act2 is more beneficial

Poor Choices :

Elemental Mercs – With Bone Spear and Spirit you can target enemies plus no one can resist primary attack so there is no need to introduce an elemental attack. Cold Element attacks could be worthwhile early level, but a defiance merc does this so much better

***Paladin - Hammerdin
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control (as you cant target enemies)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( but his aura will not benefit you) ( Plus your blessed aim Aura will benefit him)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* Any Element Merc – i.e Cold Act 1 Rogue, Fire Act3 Sorc etc)

Poor Choices :

Barbarian : You don’t need a tank, and these guys don’t provide you with that something extra.

***Paladin - Tesladin
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control (as you cant target enemies)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( but his aura will not benefit you)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.

Poor Choices :

A single element attack – particualy as its not uncommon to run into monsters with both lightning and one other immunity. A strong preference to a physical damge merc.

 

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***Paladin – Physical Damage ( i.e Zealot)
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control (as you cant target enemies)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( and to increase your attack damage)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* Any Element Merc as a backup for PI.

Poor Choices :

No real poor choices.


***Sorceress Single Tree
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control (best for non cold sorc)
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast (good for cold sorc)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* Barbarian – As most other auras don’t benefit you – plus fast life regen )


Poor Choices :

Element attack that’s the same as yours. You could work with a different element than your primary one, but in the long run you will require a Merc that can take some damage for you since in Hell you will be fairly week. Act 2 Defiance less useful if u have invested in cold armors heavily.

***Sorceress Dual Tree
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* Barbarian – As most other auras don’t benefit you – plus fast life regen )


Poor Choices :

Elemental attacks are rendered useless, you simply need a tank that can take a pounding, since your 2 main skills wont be as strong as a single tree sorc.

***Sorceress Tri-Elementalist
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required.
* Barbarian – As most other auras don’t benefit you – plus fast life regen )


Poor Choices :

Depends very much on your style of play, A tank would be preferable though, probably either Might or HF. HF to slow down enemies, and Might to be a fast killer.

***Sorceress Enchantress
Choices :
* ACT 2 Holy Freeze – For crowd control
* ACT 2 Might – For a Merc that will kill fast ( and make you kill a fraction faster)
* ACT 2 Defiance – to give you more protection if required. (not required though if you invested heavily in Cold Armor or Energy shield.

Poor Choices :

Act 1 Fire Arrow Mercs, Act 3 Fire Mercs. Cold Mercs can work ok.



Ranger Merc Tip from Wassup

The Blessed Aim merc is especially useful to the Shock Ranger should you fail to find a weapon that shoots fire, explosive, or magical arrows (these special arrows have the side effect of always hitting) since you'll be using Holy Shock as your main aura and use Normal Attack to shoot arrows, you'll suffer from serious Attack Rating problems rather quickly. also when facing Lightning Immune/Lightning Enchanted bosses, I found the following tactic useful - turn on Fanatism/Salvation for Lightning Immune/Enchanted bosses respectively and shoot arrows at the boss with him and knockback (thus requiring Knockback equipment) into a wall. with the boss in constant stunlock, you merc can then do the actual damage to the boss (given he's not Physical Immune as well, in which case you should just leg it)

Note: In 1.10, general bow skills such as fire, explosive and magical arrow are now dependent on attack rating to hit. The sole exception is Guided Arrow (provided by Widowmaker)

Assassin & Might Merc Tip from bablyon_f

One thing to be aware of using Might Merc with an Assassin is that your Shadow Master companion becomes a bit of a liability.

The Shadow Master seems to spam Mind Blast all the time & converts some monsters, these then pickup the Might aura from your Merc. This is all very nice until they go hostile again and KEEP the Might aura for a while (5 secs-ish). This is normally more than enough time to completely annihilate your Merc who isnt clever enough to get out of the way & can even be nasty for yourself if your not watching closely!! The only answer is to keep a close watch & run as soon as conversion ends - this gets very boring very quickly though.

 

[Lyrs]

Thoughts on Merc Equipment:

Do the lvls on item-given-auras stack when used on mercs? For example, if I equip an act3 merc with dual dragons + HoJ or dual dreams, would I have the equavalent of the auras stacked?

Naturally, without the Sorceress' Masteries, the dmg won't be comparable with that of a sorceress, but for novelty, would it work?

 

[Gaza0469]

Thoughts on Merc Equipment:

Do the lvls on item-given-auras stack when used on mercs? For example, if I equip an act3 merc with dual dragons + HoJ or dual dreams, would I have the equavalent of the auras stacked?

Naturally, without the Sorceress' Masteries, the dmg won't be comparable with that of a sorceress, but for novelty, would it work?

That question would open a huge can of worms!

The only way to know for sure would be for someone to test it out - I dont know if anyone could afford those runes for a Merc's use though

I would be inclined to think that it would since item generated auras do stack on player characters, just like you said you wouldnt really recieve much benefit in doing that.

 

[Poro]

I have some questions about act3 lighting mercenary.
You wrote:
- Level 17 Charged Bolt: 11.5 damage/bolt, 19 bolts total for 218.5 potential damage/cast. 60% chance to cast this spell.
- Level 29 Lightning: 258 damage/shot. 30% chance to cast this spell.

The lightning mercs are clearly lacking in damage output. Fire and cold mercs will deal significantly more damage, although the fire merc will have to hit multiple targets with each spell to reach his full potential. Overall, the cold merc may be the best choice with his Frozen Armor and Ice Blast.

So I don't know if these numbers are correct because ChB (charged bolt) and L (lighting) are synergies.
So if L damage is not that you mentioned but, increased by 17times 8% so it is average 2,36 times greater (about 601)?
And if ChB damage is increased by 29 times six percent or 20 times six percent (Sorceress it has capped by 20 points in one synergy, so it is here also counted only 20 points in synergy?)?

 

[Zarfol]

I hope this is true

However, the sheer stupidity of the act 3 fire mercenary makes him equal to the lightning. He loves to run into huge packs and inferno instead of sticking back and fireballing.

Anyway to test? I'll see whether I can get a level 98 lightning mercenary in some editor and see the results in the game...

I have some questions about act3 lighting mercenary.
You wrote:
- Level 17 Charged Bolt: 11.5 damage/bolt, 19 bolts total for 218.5 potential damage/cast. 60% chance to cast this spell.
- Level 29 Lightning: 258 damage/shot. 30% chance to cast this spell.

The lightning mercs are clearly lacking in damage output. Fire and cold mercs will deal significantly more damage, although the fire merc will have to hit multiple targets with each spell to reach his full potential. Overall, the cold merc may be the best choice with his Frozen Armor and Ice Blast.

So I don't know if these numbers are correct because ChB (charged bolt) and L (lighting) are synergies.
So if L damage is not that you mentioned but, increased by 17times 8% so it is average 2,36 times greater (about 601)?
And if ChB damage is increased by 29 times six percent or 20 times six percent (Sorceress it has capped by 20 points in one synergy, so it is here also counted only 20 points in synergy?)?

 

[sibilation]

Hey, my first post this is, yay. This thread is cool, helped me a lot... one question I have is... I read somewhere that summons don't teleport with you if they weren't made by you (ie: made by merc). Does that mean then, that mercs summon stuff if you give them the equipment with summon charges, or with summon skills, such as the new Harmony runeword?

Thanks -- SssSSs

 

[Gaza0469]

Hey, my first post this is, yay. This thread is cool, helped me a lot... one question I have is... I read somewhere that summons don't teleport with you if they weren't made by you (ie: made by merc). Does that mean then, that mercs summon stuff if you give them the equipment with summon charges, or with summon skills, such as the new Harmony runeword?

Thanks -- SssSSs

A popular weapon for Act2 Mercs is the Tomb Reaver. It re-animates 10% of its kills. ( much like the necro skill)

Mercs cannot use charges from equipment , just as a note I guess that should be in the guide.

Im glad u have found the guide of some use, it is the collective work of around 200 ppl

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Act 3 lightning Merc Question :

That part of the guide looks incorrect, it appears that the synergy has not been taken into consideration


I get the following figures :


Level 17 CBolt, Level 29 Lightning.

CBolt - 19 Bolts 28-34 damage each bolt - so 532-646 potential damge

Lightning - 2-1217 damage per shot.

The numbers in the guide were the averages ( without synergies)

Hope that clarifies things, my apologies for not seeing this error earlier.

 

[Killer_sss]

ok not sure how long this guide has been out but i got a few necessities to add for equip. Infiity looks like a very nice dual sorc merc weapon, also insight for almost any act2 merc users do to the dmg boost and the godly meditation aura.

a few questions :
the ladder version of gear 4 a normal act3 merc will not quite support the use of the spirit shield and its str requirement so won't you have to use a str jewel or gem to boost his str even at lvl 98?
ive heard that sabizis set is an ausome set 4 an act5 merc due to its wonderful mods and the fast regen of barb mercs would you recomend that to all who can afford? (i noticed you metioned just wondering on ur thoughts)

 

[Gaza0469]

ok not sure how long this guide has been out but i got a few necessities to add for equip. Infiity looks like a very nice dual sorc merc weapon, also insight for almost any act2 merc users do to the dmg boost and the godly meditation aura.

a few questions :
the ladder version of gear 4 a normal act3 merc will not quite support the use of the spirit shield and its str requirement so won't you have to use a str jewel or gem to boost his str even at lvl 98?
ive heard that sabizis set is an ausome set 4 an act5 merc due to its wonderful mods and the fast regen of barb mercs would you recomend that to all who can afford? (i noticed you metioned just wondering on ur thoughts)

Definately - for spirt u really ahve to train a Merc from normal.

They top out at 153 strength.

The required strength for a monarch sheild with 4 sockets is 156.

Therefore a more realistic level is perhaps level 90 here he would have 143 strength.

U would have to give him some rare armor with +20 strength and socket that with say an ammethyst to give another +10 or a jewel with say +9.


all hard gear to get, but if you are rich, definately worthwhile.

Once he got to level 95 then u could socket say Ormus robes with +10 stength gem , or +9 jewel.