Desert Mercenary

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Townsperson Mercenary Pet Rogue Scout Desert Iron Wolf Barbarian Can be hired in Act 2 from Greiz in Lut Gholein. Attributes Normal Combat (Prayer) Defensive or Offensive (Defiance or Blessed Aim) Nightmare Combat (Thorns) Defensive (Holy Freeze) Offensive (Might) Hell Combat (Prayer) Defensive or Offensive (Defiance or Blessed Aim) Skills Attack Jab has just two attacks per sequence, not three like an Amazon Aura, the type of which depends on mercenary type and the difficulty level in which he is hired: Mercenary Normal Nightmare Hell Combat Prayer Thorns Prayer Defensive Defiance Holy Freeze Defiance Offensive Blessed Aim Might Blessed Aim Items Inventory Item(s) Head Helm or circlet Torso Body armor Right arm Polearm, spear or javelin Cannot equip Amazon spear or Amazon javelin. Attack rate The table below lists the minimum Increased Attack Speed required to reduce the number of frames in the attack animation and thus increase its speed. Normal Attack Frames EIAS Weapon speed Total Action 20 10 0 -10 -20 20 14 -20 0 19 -19 2 18 13 -15 6 17 -10 11 0 12 -8 14 3 16 -5 18 6 15 11 0 24 11 0 14 8 37 22 9 10 11 42 26 13 2 13 15 50 32 18 6 9 23 68 46 29 15 4 12 24 70 48 30 16 5 11 34 99 70 48 30 16 8 38 113 80 56 37 22 10 46 147 105 75 52 34 7 58 223 157 113 80 56 9 61 250 174 125 89 63 Jab Frames EIAS Weapon speed Total Action 20 10 0 -10 -20 18 8 13 -20 0 17 -17 4 12 -16 5 7 -14 7 16 -12 9 11 -8 14 3 15 -6 16 5 14 6 10 0 24 11 0 13 8 37 22 9 9 12 44 27 14 3 12 17 54 35 20 8 5 21 63 42 26 13 2 8 25 72 50 32 18 6 11 28 80 56 37 22 9 10 41 125 89 63 42 26 7 43 133 95 68 46 29 4 50 168 120 86 60 40 9 56 208 147 105 75 52 6 67 317 215 152 109 78 8 75 456 292 200 142 102 [1] Hit recovery The table below lists the minimum Faster Hit Recovery required to reduce the number of frames in the hit recovery animation and thus increase its speed. >216 FHR is beyond reach in the unmodified game. Frames 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Faster Hit Recovery 0 5 9 14 20 30 42 60 86 142 280 1,480 [2] Reference Librarian, Hit Recovery (FAQtoids) RTB, Animations'n'stuff'n'stats (GamersOasis.net) Zath, 1.10 Mercenary Stats (Technical Discussion)