We can remove the regular aeroshot from the cold and fire arrow counterpart. So they've taken a huge step forward, but there's one small simple change that we don't think would be op that would make a big difference in terms of their dps and their utility and how often people use them. Without a cta, more often than not, the act 1 rogue would survive. Some people did a lot of stony tomb farming with the fire druid, an act 1 rogue that had an inside bow, no life leech and did really well for surviving compared to that to counterpart just because of the ai, they would hang back, they wouldn't jump right into monsters faces and absorb damage don't have life leach. The ai and the ability to roll insight in bows now works very well for budget caster characters.

So if you have a plus three to bone crossbow skills grand machine bow or matriarchal bow, can then roll inside harmony ice etc for more dps. In addition to that, they can now roll over inwards in amazon specific bows and they can equip them and then gain the additional plus stats from those plus skills. The Act 5 mercenary will have the ability to use axe type weapons.įrom patch 2.3 to patch 2.4, act 1 rogues took a huge step forward, so their utility attacking from range to now being able to use freezing error or exploding arrow was a big step forward.

The act 1 mercenary can roll over inwards in amazon specific bows and can equip them and gain the additional plus stats from plus skills, while act 3 mercenary will gain more stats with each level. Mercenaries in Acts 1, 3 and 5 will become more efficient so that player usage is more varied than currently. In today’s guide, we are going to be covering 5 super effective changes for mercenaries in patch 2.5 Diablo 2 Resurrected.ĥ Changes For Mercenaries In D2R Patch 2.5 - Act 1, Act 3, Act 5 Mercs Updates The recent changes to D2R have been significant and Blizzard has continued to roll out other changes for patch 2.5.

Diablo 2 mercenary stats