Barbarian (mercenary)

Diablo II	Notation	Basic	Class	Skill	Item	Ally	Quest	Area	Monster	Tale

Can be hired in Act 5 from Qual-Kehk in Harrogath after completing the Rescue on Mount Arreat quest.

Attributes

Skills

Attack (two attacks per sequence)
Bash
Stun

Bash and Stun will apply synergy bonuses to each other.

Items

Inventory	Item(s)
Head	Helm, circlet or primal helm
Torso	Body armor
Right arm	Sword

The weapon damage of one-handed swords is doubled (this includes Minimum Damage and Maximum Damage bonuses, but excludes Damage + like that of the Grief Rune Word). [1] Two-handed swords apply their Two-Hand Damage.

Attack speed

The tables below list the minimum Increased Attack Speed required to reduce the number of frames in the attack animation and thus increase attack speed.

Attack

Frames			EIAS	Weapon speed
Total	Action		EIAS	20	10	5	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-30
20	7	16	-20	0
19	7	15	-19	2
19	6		-16	5
18			-15	6
18		14	-14	7
17		14	-10	11	0
17		13	-7	15	4
16		13	-5	18	6	0
15	5	12	0	24	11	6	0
14		12	8	37	22	15	9	4
14		11	10	40	24	18	11	6	0
13		11	15	50	32	24	18	11	6	0
13		10	21	63	42	34	26	19	13	7	2
12			24	70	48	39	30	23	16	10	5
12	4		25	72	50	40	32	24	18	11	6
11		9	34	99	70	58	48	39	30	23	16	5
10		9	46	147	105	89	75	63	52	42	34	19
10		8	50	168	120	102	86	72	60	50	40	24
9			61	250	174	147	125	105	89	75	63	42
	3		67	317	215	180	152	129	109	92	78	54
	3	7	72	395	259	215	180	152	129	109	92	65

[2]

Bash and Stun

Frames		EIAS	Weapon speed
Total	Action	EIAS	20	10	5	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-30
20	7	-20	0
19	7	-19	2
19	6	-16	5
18		-15	6
17		-10	11	0
16		-5	18	6	0
15	5	0	24	11	6	0
14		8	37	22	15	9	4
13		15	50	32	24	18	11	6	0
12		24	70	48	39	30	23	16	10	5
12	4	25	72	50	40	32	24	18	11	6
11		34	99	70	58	48	39	30	23	16	5
10		46	147	105	89	75	63	52	42	34	19
9		61	250	174	147	125	105	89	75	63	42
9	3	67	317	215	180	152	129	109	92	78	54

[3]

Hit recovery

He does not have a hit recovery animation, so he is not put into hit recovery. He also cannot be knocked back. [4]

Reference

Some Misc. Queries (Technical Discussion)
Librarian, Hit Recovery (FAQtoids)
RTB, Animations'n'stuff'n'stats (GamersOasis.net)
Zath, 1.10 Mercenary Stats (Technical Discussion)