No you won't, shut up, I'm not stupid. Now go tank shots from The Cold One till you die four times so I can range him like we both know you're going to.
Ok, hear me out. What I discovered when I play HC key hunting sorcesres that might be very valuable to mention in some videos. Lawbringer runeword sword - Amn+Lem+Ko It will get you 20% decrepify, sanctuary aura pushing away undead, monster rests in peace. It lacks dmg but baba merc is still able to kill countess in seconds or nihltak or whoever comes who is fire/cold immune for my soso. But the fact that I wont die to corpse explosion or dolls or those undead that drag sword.. its huge. Its the safest merc for keys hunting I had and I just came to possesion of all runes for infinity but I dunno if I even want to switch to infinity and respec to lighting or not. I really am comfortable with the dmg and the safety. There is also delirium helmet for additional crowd control and chance for confuse and terror, but I like decrep more
@@oguzcanoguz5977 they are undead and sanctuary aura pushes them away every 2 seconds. Sure I could die, but its far far far less likely than without sanctuarly. Also the dmg of the sword I have is kinda pathethic, so not one jab kill like with eth elite infinity merc
Few things he missed --- All mercenaries except Iron Wolves (Act 3 merc) will do double the amount of damage depending on an equipped weapon. Desert Mercenaries (Act 2 merc) will do double dmg if they're equipped with javelins. One handed damage applies, NOT the throwing dmg. Barbarians (Act 5 merc) will do double dmg if they're equipped with one handed sword. Therefore, making Lawbringer on one handed sword is recommended. Rogue Scout (Act 1 merc) will do double dmg if they're equipped with bows. Yes, they can only equip bows, and that makes them always do double the amount of dmg. It's a bit oblivious about which dmg mod will be doubled or not. +damage mod from Grief certainly won't. Mercenaries from lower difficulty has better stats than those from higher difficulty. It's best to hire them in normal if possible. All mercenaries have 2 range for melee attack. Equipping a longer ranged melee weapons on your merc will not increase their attack range. Act 2 merc's Jab hits 2 times, not 3. Giving either thawing or antidote potions on your merc will not increase their cold/poison res and their maximum res, but will unfreeze/cure them.
Just a warning, if you're making an Insight for a merc, remember the str req on the weapon. I made one with a Collossus Voulge and it's 210 str requirement! Even at 85 he can't wear that without +30 Str from armor/helm.
I used to watch your content back when I was heavy into broodwar years ago. I'm so glad to see that you're a diablo 2 God and you made a bunch of stuff for it
Pro Tip: Tl Dr: Feed mercenary on console is left trigger held down while using from belt. On computer hold shift down before using them to feed your mercenary. Console players hold left trigger to activate alternative use abilities, which include alternative use potions (feeding your mercenary potions) Side note: You can give an act 5 Merc 2 different runeword weapons aswell.
Man, if I had a single magic wish for this game, it would be to make all (or at least most) of the mercs badass in different ways. That way, you could hire different mercs based on what your character needs to overcome in a particular encounter, instead of just taking the obligatory Act 2 NM Merc
Hey llama, I gotta say this channel is probably one of the most informative and open to feedback of basically any video game related channel on youtube. Your knowledge of the game inside and out and willingness to explain things from the ground up are great. I’m sure your numbers are exploding right now and you deserve every bit of it.
After a year of playing and trading I managed to get two perfect Last Wish phase blades (which both had +15% ED and +1 attack rating on the bases) which I put on my act 5 merc. I forgot to take them off when hiring a new merc. It was about 70% of all my wealth. Owie
Reaper's Toll + Guillaume's Face is also a decent combo. Since you already have good life tap from the weapon, and decrepify for additional safety, you don't need even more life tap from the helm, so instead you can equip him Guillaume's Face, which gives 35% crushing blow and 15% deadly strike (and the weapon already has 33% deadly strike, so 48% in total). Guillaume's Face also has 30% faster hit recovery.
Thank you so much for your guides Llama, I'm quite new to Diablo 2 and just recently built a wind druid that you suggested and having loads of fun! I'm even trying to help/teach my other friend how to play their amazon based on your guides and they are really enjoying the game now also! :D
I would like to say my boy Gulzar with Prayer has been really nice on my Windy Druid. Was doing Chaos runs in Nightmare with him and I could often go through an entire run without healing at all.
Sending my love and respect for your work and effort. You are the reason I actually improved my knowledge and gameplay experience. Along the way, I have a new found love for Diablo 2. Thank you.
Dude dropped an Enigma on the GROUND! If I did that (only in my dreams), I'm 99.99% sure that would've been the exact time that AT&T would send me a middle finger.
6:50, remember back in the days when the merc levels was fixed, and you had to level them up afterwards? -All those long days with "just 5 levels more on my merc than he can use x/y/z".
ya his reviews are a must if youre deciding to play this game a lot...diablo 2 isnt a weekend game...you have to commit to years and years to this game to get all the characters and items...it is a feat mrllama is a blessing to our community for sure and helping this games life go infinite...d2 never dies man...it didnt even need a remake..it would have survived another 20 years but now for sure 50 years lol btw...im not sure about this remake but in the og d2:lod your mercs mf stacks with yours...so their kills have the same mf as you...meaning if they carried a shako and other mf gear...ya its nice :P
@@joemsaberon yeah but I have to think about it and look for it. I prefer how he names it and that the topic, even if it’s small tip vids. To accompany his larger vids. Like his character build guides. He could have “addendums” , I guess.
@@kickassandchewbubblegum639 idk man i loved this game when I was younger when it came out, but coming back to it in D2R I realize the game is pretty outdated. Everything is clunky, you can beat the whole game in a couple hours, and there is literally nothing to do except repeatedly farm the same stuff that you beat within those first couple hours, except slightly faster. There's just no content in comparison to today's games
You autistically infiltrated my algorithm by me just simply just looking up two videos on necromancy . You’ve literally dedicated your life to this video game. Impressive .
I basically just gave up on my merc. I have the runes ready for an insight, got a tal rasha's helm, all I need is an armor piece with sockets. I'll try again when I can make a fortitude.
Iv been enjoying your videos the past few weeks while I’m reliving my childhood. Thank you for all the great knowledge. I’m 100x better at reading maps and I lvl super fast now with all the sweet rune words I learned to make. Thank you sir
Favorite merc setup for me would have to be act5 barb merc with a lawbringer sword made in something like an eth legend sword. Then a treachery armor and cannot be frozen mod on helm. Yeah a reapers toll act2 merc does the same job but better. It's much more fun though with the barb merc. Also early on when you don't have gear (I play single player self found) a lawbringer is much easier to make rather than finding reapers toll. Also a very underrated easy to get armor for a merc is the spirit shroud. Exceptional unique lvl 28 item. Gives cannot be frozen and +1 skill. Cannot be frozen is very important and will help with the merc leeching life and doing damage.
@@hardryv3719 lol wtf, diablo 2 forgive a lot, it's a super easy game with the possibility of respects and limited monsters roll. You don't have a lot of surprises in D2, compare to PoE. But anyway, when you have good stuff on the merc, it's generally because it's your 'real' one, you don't gonna change...
OR how bout they just switch the items over automatically... OR if they can't use everything they get put in your inventory OR if you don't have room a message appears telling you that hiring a new merc is not possible (remove your items from your merc!).
they need to buff other merc like allowing act5 barb to dualwield or have him be able to do a barb yell thing. or like give act 1+3 merc more damage/cast/attack rate.
Some great advice. Rune words really make a massive difference to your mercs I have found. In Hell difficulty they are still very fragile though and serve better as a distraction instead of killing a lot on their own.
As a casual player, I like act 1 mercs as they help out a lot with those annoying monsters that fly around, those annoying flayers and those crawling sand beast.
Prayer merch from a2 is sooo underrated.. If you run a melee sorcer energy shield do you know how much prayer actually do for you? it's huge! You won't lose life when you a posioned.. That itself is such a big deal.. Also people seems not to know that prayers stacks so imagine 8 players all uses prayer merc at lvl 18 all those prayer aura's stacks together so people would get around 400 life per second if not more when 8 players has 8 prayer merch.. It's the only merch aura which actually "STACKS".. It's underrated and people not know how much prayer acutally is worth.. Mostly people run holy freeze or defiance.. Yeah it might be good solo but still---> Prayer is alot better. Now imagine this 8 pala dins runnin lvl 18 prayer with 8 merch running lvl 18 prayer..
Thanks for this, I knew very little about mercs and not 3 hours after watching this I did a Hell Countess and thought ah might as well do Andy. On the way there a boss pack drops CoT 11ll - probably the best item I have now and I wouldn't have even known it was good before this vid.
i upgraded duriel curiass with gaze and eth insight and he has no problems anywhere in hell for me works better than treachery until fortitude for me is the best
how do you have a lvl 99 amazon already??? does it take like 5000 baal runs to get from 98 to 99 alone?! the game hasn't even been out long enough and if if someone played all day without sleep I don't see how they could do it
Why does the aura change every time I log in again ... I got one from act 2 with frost aura but when I logged into hell again he had one despite aura ...
I'm rolling with lawbringer, treachery 807 eth, and none eth Andy helm on a5 merc till I find a eth insight or reaper tolls. It works great on my hdin for player 8 chaos runs.
Hello MrLlamaSC. Can You tell me what eth armour i shoud use on merc for Fortitude ? Yesterday i found 4os Dusk . I think i made it into IT . Sorry for my language. 🍀😉
I went to act 2 nightmare and bought a might merc. However, once I go to hell, my merc automatically changes to blessed aim. Is this a bug or is this how the game actually works? Does this mean I should consider a different hell merc?
Hi, i just try to made a Treachery armor but it didnt turn out with the Treachery runewords name on it , i slot the rune in order Shael -> Thul -> Lem into Artisan's Ring Mail of Defiance wonder which part i get it wrong.. appreciate any pro answer
tryin to farm mephisto lately but merc keeps dying after 3 hits. i dont think i have that kind of poor items on him :/ also, i play single player, so i kinda have to take what i get lol. Insight Partizan (need the mana reg, cold sorc here), Stealskull (only helmet with leech i have), and Treachery Scarab Husk Still i cant really use him because he kinda dies every map. I know the bases arent the best but still. Maybe someone can help me out on what bases are best for Insight and Treachery. trying to get Andy Helmet atm too, guess thatll help too
what i do is get a a2 merc at lvl 1 and level him all the way to 85-90. he become pretty much unkillable with no gear (insight/4os chest with 4 p topaz/ 3os helm with 3 p topaz). he never die lol
The Act 2 mercs are the best ones. I think Blizzard should think about an update for the barbarian merc for D2R. Would be nice to have different battlecries on them. Like a cheap alternative to CoA.
Some days ago I entered hell difficulty for the first time. Looking at my mercenary, he had changed his offensive aura to the attack rating one. Back in nightmare - might aura :-/
When you look back, it's really staggering how badly thought out and balanced Diablo 2 is. Lets give this one mercenary an aura and none of the others lol. Now imagine in the Barb Merc had battleorders etc. So that there was some choice. They better make a new balance mode for D2R called Resurrected.
Not a bad video, i just wish you showed some examples of the other mercs in more detail, most people know about act2 merc, i clicked on this hoping it would show some builds for less-used mercs. Still good tho.
Just noticed in D2R it doesn't matter what difficulty you buy your merc it always has the buffs from the difficulty you play in.. My Merc only gives me Might in Nightmare but if i go to Hell i get Blessed Aim... Go back to nightmare and i have Might.
anyone notice that the merc depends now on the difficulty you are, even if you hire a nightmare might merc, on hell he will have blessed aim back lmao - is this a bug? the aura looks might but the icon inside his inventory window says blessed aim but when back no nightmare the icon is correct
I'm a L74 Necromancer. I've got my original Rogue sister. I didn't want to replace her. Silly attachment and all. So I improved her instead. Gave her brand new Runeword _"Harmony"_ Bow. She now does 314-830 dmg and has level 10 Vigor aura. Which makes my 31 minions move ridiculously fast. Skeletons can move from one side of the screen to the other in just over a second.
As a noob, i like to get Act3 merc with cold spells for crowd control untill nightmare. But you explain things really well so i might actually learn something so thanks :)
"As for the suit... I think, you have earned it." A citation from the epilog of Halflife. My sentiment, too, when swapping mercenaries in Diablo II. Greetings, a casual gamer.
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"I'll put that to good use"
I can't use that.
No you won't, shut up, I'm not stupid. Now go tank shots from The Cold One till you die four times so I can range him like we both know you're going to.
I'll put that to mediocre use for 2 seconds before getting deleted by some random rare spawn. Have fun spending 50k gold to res me again :P
“Thanks”
@@KageNoTenshi The amount of times I’ve been seeing this daily.
Without Fort or some high def armor he just dies on every champion mob.
The amount of gold I’ve blown on reviving mercenaries makes me cry 😭
you can give them potions
if on pc hold shift and the potion number
my sorc literally went broke in the middle of act 5
@@blackoutgstar9949 any idea how to do this on the Switch?
if i get 10k everytime i had to rez a merc, id still have less gold than if i never got a merc... XD
@@sugondesenuts69 zl and arrows i think
Ok, hear me out. What I discovered when I play HC key hunting sorcesres that might be very valuable to mention in some videos.
Lawbringer runeword sword - Amn+Lem+Ko
It will get you 20% decrepify, sanctuary aura pushing away undead, monster rests in peace.
It lacks dmg but baba merc is still able to kill countess in seconds or nihltak or whoever comes who is fire/cold immune for my soso.
But the fact that I wont die to corpse explosion or dolls or those undead that drag sword.. its huge. Its the safest merc for keys hunting I had and I just came to possesion of all runes for infinity but I dunno if I even want to switch to infinity and respec to lighting or not. I really am comfortable with the dmg and the safety.
There is also delirium helmet for additional crowd control and chance for confuse and terror, but I like decrep more
He did mention lawbringer in the vid
I get the undead and corpse explosion, but why do you not die to dolls?
@@oguzcanoguz5977 they are undead and sanctuary aura pushes them away every 2 seconds. Sure I could die, but its far far far less likely than without sanctuarly. Also the dmg of the sword I have is kinda pathethic, so not one jab kill like with eth elite infinity merc
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Few things he missed ---
All mercenaries except Iron Wolves (Act 3 merc) will do double the amount of damage depending on an equipped weapon.
Desert Mercenaries (Act 2 merc) will do double dmg if they're equipped with javelins. One handed damage applies, NOT the throwing dmg.
Barbarians (Act 5 merc) will do double dmg if they're equipped with one handed sword. Therefore, making Lawbringer on one handed sword is recommended.
Rogue Scout (Act 1 merc) will do double dmg if they're equipped with bows. Yes, they can only equip bows, and that makes them always do double the amount of dmg.
It's a bit oblivious about which dmg mod will be doubled or not. +damage mod from Grief certainly won't.
Mercenaries from lower difficulty has better stats than those from higher difficulty. It's best to hire them in normal if possible.
All mercenaries have 2 range for melee attack. Equipping a longer ranged melee weapons on your merc will not increase their attack range.
Act 2 merc's Jab hits 2 times, not 3.
Giving either thawing or antidote potions on your merc will not increase their cold/poison res and their maximum res, but will unfreeze/cure them.
I didnt know that. Thank you!
Wow i had no idea giving me those potions would increase my res. Mind blown!
Nice addition thanks
Just a warning, if you're making an Insight for a merc, remember the str req on the weapon. I made one with a Collossus Voulge and it's 210 str requirement! Even at 85 he can't wear that without +30 Str from armor/helm.
Yeah did the same.. had to use +25 str og chest or helm :(
Did it even tho for past half year was practicing like mad.... Now 87, used a tals mask with fal socketed to get it working... :)))
Valid point for sure!
kinda like when I had a superior archon plate enigma, those repairs were insane
An Eth one? Don't bother if it is not Eth, but ya, generally I use a Cryptic Axe
I used to watch your content back when I was heavy into broodwar years ago. I'm so glad to see that you're a diablo 2 God and you made a bunch of stuff for it
Pro Tip:
Tl Dr: Feed mercenary on console is left trigger held down while using from belt. On computer hold shift down before using them to feed your mercenary.
Console players hold left trigger to activate alternative use abilities, which include alternative use potions (feeding your mercenary potions)
Side note:
You can give an act 5 Merc 2 different runeword weapons aswell.
Why everytime i think about something i need i open my cellphone and see a new llama video about it ? You're sick bro keep it up
He could be a University professor of Diablo 2. What a fun class that would be.
I kinda liked the "I raised him pokemon buff".
Made it feel like an extra little buff that I had worked for.
Man, if I had a single magic wish for this game, it would be to make all (or at least most) of the mercs badass in different ways. That way, you could hire different mercs based on what your character needs to overcome in a particular encounter, instead of just taking the obligatory Act 2 NM Merc
Amen brother. Everybody carrying act 2 merc bores the shit outta me
Hey llama, I gotta say this channel is probably one of the most informative and open to feedback of basically any video game related channel on youtube.
Your knowledge of the game inside and out and willingness to explain things from the ground up are great. I’m sure your numbers are exploding right now and you deserve every bit of it.
After a year of playing and trading I managed to get two perfect Last Wish phase blades (which both had +15% ED and +1 attack rating on the bases) which I put on my act 5 merc.
I forgot to take them off when hiring a new merc. It was about 70% of all my wealth.
Owie
I think I'm quitting the game tbh.
@@BrinkMira incredibly valid response after that :(
Reaper's Toll + Guillaume's Face is also a decent combo. Since you already have good life tap from the weapon, and decrepify for additional safety, you don't need even more life tap from the helm, so instead you can equip him Guillaume's Face, which gives 35% crushing blow and 15% deadly strike (and the weapon already has 33% deadly strike, so 48% in total). Guillaume's Face also has 30% faster hit recovery.
Hey MrLlama, just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work. Your content is 10/10.
for real! I wish 14 year old me would have had a MrLlama to guide my path. But now I'm ready!
New to D2 and you’re my go to for learning this game. Thank you for all your work
Great guide overall. Two things i missed were the increased dmg mercs take from bosses and how the aura of the act 2 merc scales with lvls though.
Thank you so much for your guides Llama, I'm quite new to Diablo 2 and just recently built a wind druid that you suggested and having loads of fun! I'm even trying to help/teach my other friend how to play their amazon based on your guides and they are really enjoying the game now also! :D
I would like to say my boy Gulzar with Prayer has been really nice on my Windy Druid. Was doing Chaos runs in Nightmare with him and I could often go through an entire run without healing at all.
who?
My act 2 normal prayer merc is named Gulzar.
My prayer merc sucked and never would run it when I was hurt. Or he would stand so far away from me that I wouldn't get the benefit
YMMV. Since I don't have a lot of FRW yet he was keeping up with me pretty well.
Sending my love and respect for your work and effort. You are the reason I actually improved my knowledge and gameplay experience. Along the way, I have a new found love for Diablo 2.
Thank you.
"There's no 'I raised him Pokemon buff'" I actually lold. thank you.
Dude dropped an Enigma on the GROUND! If I did that (only in my dreams), I'm 99.99% sure that would've been the exact time that AT&T would send me a middle finger.
This happened to me back in 2010 and I put the game down for a decade
Lol. Servers are fixed now. I have yet to be dropped once. I thought it was my 1 gig fiber that was costing it
On a PS controller, holding L2 then using the directional buttons can also give your mercenary a potion.
I think it would be nice if they added shouts/warcries to the Act 5 Barbs. That might make things a little more interesting
Dev's must have read this comment ;-)
@@TaurusGaming717 😁
6:50, remember back in the days when the merc levels was fixed, and you had to level them up afterwards? -All those long days with "just 5 levels more on my merc than he can use x/y/z".
I was shocked the other day when I went to get an act2 hell merc finally, and he was matching my level. Pretty dope.
Lol yes
Is it possible to get a sockets guide as it’s own info vid?
Ty for all the guides, constantly reviewing them for answers. Making life so much easier.
I think sockets have been covered in the runeword bases vid? ruclips.net/video/1lEGVoR3yc8/видео.html
ya his reviews are a must if youre deciding to play this game a lot...diablo 2 isnt a weekend game...you have to commit to years and years to this game to get all the characters and items...it is a feat
mrllama is a blessing to our community for sure and helping this games life go infinite...d2 never dies man...it didnt even need a remake..it would have survived another 20 years but now for sure 50 years lol
btw...im not sure about this remake but in the og d2:lod your mercs mf stacks with yours...so their kills have the same mf as you...meaning if they carried a shako and other mf gear...ya its nice :P
@@joemsaberon yeah but I have to think about it and look for it. I prefer how he names it and that the topic, even if it’s small tip vids. To accompany his larger vids. Like his character build guides. He could have “addendums” , I guess.
@@kickassandchewbubblegum639 idk man i loved this game when I was younger when it came out, but coming back to it in D2R I realize the game is pretty outdated. Everything is clunky, you can beat the whole game in a couple hours, and there is literally nothing to do except repeatedly farm the same stuff that you beat within those first couple hours, except slightly faster. There's just no content in comparison to today's games
@@craigferge4702 whose to say they wont add an act or 2? or a whole thing for pvp added?
You autistically infiltrated my algorithm by me just simply just looking up two videos on necromancy . You’ve literally dedicated your life to this video game. Impressive .
I appreciate this guide. Hope to see some of your D2R farming highlights.
That casual "I have Tyrael's Might right now" knowing how long it took to get it on the Holy Grail Sorc just kills me.
I basically just gave up on my merc. I have the runes ready for an insight, got a tal rasha's helm, all I need is an armor piece with sockets. I'll try again when I can make a fortitude.
Iv been enjoying your videos the past few weeks while I’m reliving my childhood. Thank you for all the great knowledge. I’m 100x better at reading maps and I lvl super fast now with all the sweet rune words I learned to make. Thank you sir
Petition to make mercs dont die, if the player dies the merc open a town portal and wait in town.
Favorite merc setup for me would have to be act5 barb merc with a lawbringer sword made in something like an eth legend sword. Then a treachery armor and cannot be frozen mod on helm.
Yeah a reapers toll act2 merc does the same job but better. It's much more fun though with the barb merc. Also early on when you don't have gear (I play single player self found) a lawbringer is much easier to make rather than finding reapers toll.
Also a very underrated easy to get armor for a merc is the spirit shroud. Exceptional unique lvl 28 item. Gives cannot be frozen and +1 skill. Cannot be frozen is very important and will help with the merc leeching life and doing damage.
That bug is amazing for melee main characters to avoid him dying quite much!
6:54 Incorrect! I've just replaced my 36 lvl merc from normal to 36 lvl merc in nightmare and he has 100 life and 100 def less!
Yup normal mercs are stronger
Str also changes
They should update the game so that when you change your mercenary with another one, it's items drop on the ground in case you forgot to remove them.
You just sometimes have to play this game for yourself - this is not pokemon
Diablo 2 was never forgiving like that, truly a game of choice-consequence.
@@hardryv3719 lol wtf, diablo 2 forgive a lot, it's a super easy game with the possibility of respects and limited monsters roll. You don't have a lot of surprises in D2, compare to PoE.
But anyway, when you have good stuff on the merc, it's generally because it's your 'real' one, you don't gonna change...
OR how bout they just switch the items over automatically... OR if they can't use everything they get put in your inventory OR if you don't have room a message appears telling you that hiring a new merc is not possible (remove your items from your merc!).
So, when your Boss fires you, you strip before leaving?
happy birthday? been binging your content lately, thank you for all the work you've been putting in. :)
Been enjoying your streaming of D2R whilst I am playing. Your guides are always top tier and easy to understand :)
they need to buff other merc like allowing act5 barb to dualwield or have him be able to do a barb yell thing. or like give act 1+3 merc more damage/cast/attack rate.
Yeah. It would be sweet if they all had some kind of buff skills.
Some great advice. Rune words really make a massive difference to your mercs I have found. In Hell difficulty they are still very fragile though and serve better as a distraction instead of killing a lot on their own.
As a casual player, I like act 1 mercs as they help out a lot with those annoying monsters that fly around, those annoying flayers and those crawling sand beast.
One of the best things about D2R release is the amount of content coming from your channel. Hope your channel really takes off!!
Holy shit you are pumping out content like an absolute mad lad these days!
Supply and demand and demand is high and he's making bank while we appreciate him. That's the beauty of capitalism
Prayer merch from a2 is sooo underrated.. If you run a melee sorcer energy shield do you know how much prayer actually do for you? it's huge! You won't lose life when you a posioned.. That itself is such a big deal.. Also people seems not to know that prayers stacks so imagine 8 players all uses prayer merc at lvl 18 all those prayer aura's stacks together so people would get around 400 life per second if not more when 8 players has 8 prayer merch.. It's the only merch aura which actually "STACKS".. It's underrated and people not know how much prayer acutally is worth.. Mostly people run holy freeze or defiance.. Yeah it might be good solo but still---> Prayer is alot better. Now imagine this 8 pala dins runnin lvl 18 prayer with 8 merch running lvl 18 prayer..
Thanks for this, I knew very little about mercs and not 3 hours after watching this I did a Hell Countess and thought ah might as well do Andy. On the way there a boss pack drops CoT 11ll - probably the best item I have now and I wouldn't have even known it was good before this vid.
I'm so tired of having the act 2 Merc with me. This time around I'm taking the barb Merc with me.
i upgraded duriel curiass with gaze and eth insight and he has no problems anywhere in hell for me works better than treachery until fortitude for me is the best
You bag is so full how you can pick up anything ?
how do you have a lvl 99 amazon already??? does it take like 5000 baal runs to get from 98 to 99 alone?! the game hasn't even been out long enough and if if someone played all day without sleep I don't see how they could do it
Fade from treachery will not refresh once the original proc falls off? anyone else getting this? using obedience with my merc cud that be why?
How the fuck do I equip my Mec on the Nintendo switch?
The merc bug is so good as a hammerdin on cows. Thank you so much for that!
do I have to level my Merc ?
what is the best A2 Merc aura for Hammerdin?
Do mercs use the special skills from weapons with charges?
I didn't hear about CTA BO on him to buff him for almost double health.
Why does the aura change every time I log in again ... I got one from act 2 with frost aura but when I logged into hell again he had one despite aura ...
you would think the whole you might lose all your items if you replace your merc should have gone in the forefront of this vid great
Love your Videos. Wish I had more time to play to get all these items :-D
Im so tired of the f**king act 2 mercs, but its the only one worth getting zzzz
remember guys, the best mercenary is from grease
Undress the mercenary 😂
I'm rolling with lawbringer, treachery 807 eth, and none eth Andy helm on a5 merc till I find a eth insight or reaper tolls. It works great on my hdin for player 8 chaos runs.
Hello MrLlamaSC.
Can You tell me what eth armour i shoud use on merc for Fortitude ? Yesterday i found 4os Dusk . I think i made it into IT
. Sorry for my language. 🍀😉
peace everyb
I went to act 2 nightmare and bought a might merc. However, once I go to hell, my merc automatically changes to blessed aim. Is this a bug or is this how the game actually works? Does this mean I should consider a different hell merc?
Visual bug, its still might
They need to give mercs more gear, like just rings and ammy would be good to get more LL
Maybe they will if they make the game harder, but right now, well, if you build them properly, they are very, very strong.
Hi, i just try to made a Treachery armor but it didnt turn out with the Treachery runewords name on it , i slot the rune in order Shael -> Thul -> Lem into Artisan's Ring Mail of Defiance
wonder which part i get it wrong.. appreciate any pro answer
Unfortunately you socketed a magical item. Runewords can only go into grey or white items.
@@stephenphelan626 ahhh i see thanks for explanation
tryin to farm mephisto lately but merc keeps dying after 3 hits. i dont think i have that kind of poor items on him :/ also, i play single player, so i kinda have to take what i get lol.
Insight Partizan (need the mana reg, cold sorc here), Stealskull (only helmet with leech i have), and Treachery Scarab Husk
Still i cant really use him because he kinda dies every map.
I know the bases arent the best but still. Maybe someone can help me out on what bases are best for Insight and Treachery. trying to get Andy Helmet atm too, guess thatll help too
what i do is get a a2 merc at lvl 1 and level him all the way to 85-90. he become pretty much unkillable with no gear (insight/4os chest with 4 p topaz/ 3os helm with 3 p topaz). he never die lol
How do you get these guys with their shit AI to keep following you when you don’t have teleport yet?
The Act 2 mercs are the best ones. I think Blizzard should think about an update for the barbarian merc for D2R. Would be nice to have different battlecries on them. Like a cheap alternative to CoA.
Some days ago I entered hell difficulty for the first time. Looking at my mercenary, he had changed his offensive aura to the attack rating one. Back in nightmare - might aura :-/
yeah i have the same problem but i find no infos on this online
Do people still use ebotd war pikes?
Haha I’m on normal and my merc keeps dying man... I learned to do what tips you gave before I saw this vid
Just wanna to run a mage🥲
How far can a character get with a thorns, max defense, and life steal build?
Question about the items on mercenaries, can you get the items back if you rebuy the previous mercenary or is it gone forever?
Gone, sorry.
When you look back, it's really staggering how badly thought out and balanced Diablo 2 is. Lets give this one mercenary an aura and none of the others lol. Now imagine in the Barb Merc had battleorders etc. So that there was some choice.
They better make a new balance mode for D2R called Resurrected.
Agreed. I was almost hoping he would give the act 3 merc som love, just so I could learn something new about him.
Not a bad video, i just wish you showed some examples of the other mercs in more detail, most people know about act2 merc, i clicked on this hoping it would show some builds for less-used mercs. Still good tho.
I thought in d2r the rogue merc could use the ama bows
Hell is gonna be interesting, I can't even keep him alive in Nightmare :'') The bug will definitely help.
How is everyone getting these rune words on a game that just dropped less then a month ago?
If you get a mercenary from act 2 in nightmare with Might Aura, he loses his Might aura in Hell. He then gets an attack rating boost.. 👎
If you give your act 2 mercenary an insight runeword will he be providing 2 auras?
Yes.
@@icycut9822 thank you!
Just noticed in D2R it doesn't matter what difficulty you buy your merc it always has the buffs from the difficulty you play in.. My Merc only gives me Might in Nightmare but if i go to Hell i get Blessed Aim... Go back to nightmare and i have Might.
Malice is great for super low level normal mode
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I must know... every mercenary? Everyone? Everybody? Every diablo 2 player... Every WHAT?
what about the low level merc bug? we used to level a low level merc to gain extra max hp for him
do u have to do this merc bug everytime u make new game?
There's a Horadric cube in the background...
anyone notice that the merc depends now on the difficulty you are, even if you hire a nightmare might merc, on hell he will have blessed aim back lmao - is this a bug? the aura looks might but the icon inside his inventory window says blessed aim but when back no nightmare the icon is correct
How do I equip merc on Xbox with a controller?
would you want a fast attack polearm for the act 2 merc's? Does Magic find on Mercs stack with yours or is it a useless stat on them?
My Act 2 Holy Freeze merc hired in Nightmare changes over to Defiance Aura when I bring him to Hell difficulty. Is this intended?
I thought in the past, if you level your mercenary from a low level it will have a higher life stats.
It really should be that way
I'm a L74 Necromancer. I've got my original Rogue sister. I didn't want to replace her. Silly attachment and all. So I improved her instead. Gave her brand new Runeword _"Harmony"_ Bow. She now does 314-830 dmg and has level 10 Vigor aura. Which makes my 31 minions move ridiculously fast. Skeletons can move from one side of the screen to the other in just over a second.
Saw this video today, tried to make a insight in a spear yesterday...
As a noob, i like to get Act3 merc with cold spells for crowd control untill nightmare. But you explain things really well so i might actually learn something so thanks :)
act 3 merc can drop u pul mc rune only in hell meffisto
@@simodelafrog3690 I’ve never heard about that, is that really a thing??
Barb: I am overburdened.
Gulzar: Thanks!
Rakanishu: Rakanishu!
"As for the suit... I think, you have earned it." A citation from the epilog of Halflife. My sentiment, too, when swapping mercenaries in Diablo II.
Greetings, a casual gamer.