Hiring a Mercenary in Expansion mode will now always offer mercenaries that match your character's Level, instead of having a randomized Level difference from your character's Level.
Developer Comments: We want to give the Barbarian Warrior more identity while still maintaining his Barbarian fantasy. So, we decided to give him the “Battle Cry” skill as a new way for him to debuff enemies, which should prove to be a useful utility for players. In addition, we wanted to increase his Life and Defense scaling to ensure that he is the tougher mercenary type.
Diablo 2 Resurrected "Crush your enemies" achievement: Hire a Barbarian.
Barbarians (Mercenary) are a type of Mercenary in Diablo 2. Barbarians (Mercenary) are melee attack followers that use One Hand Swords. They can be hired from Qual-Kehk at Harrogath. Mercenaries are special NPCs who act as companions who team up with our hero to fight the forces of evil in Sanctuary.
You have to complete the act 5 mission 2(Rescue on Mount Arreat) to hire the barbarians.
Similar to the Rogues of Act I, Harrogath’s Barbarians have been trying to fend off the demonic armies knocking on the outpost’s heavy doors.
To decimate their foes, they use the Barbarian skills Stun and Bash, which both add a great amount of combat control. For the longest time, the Desert Warriors of Act II outshined their Barbarian counterparts of Act V as the go-to melee mercenary pick. And while they can’t support players through powerful auras, they’re still a great pick if you’re in need of a front-liner with high life regen and total hitpoints.
Difficulty | Type/Ability/Aura | Level Range | Equippable Items |
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Normal Nightmare Hell |
Stun, Bash Stun, Bash Stun, Bash |
28-32 59-62 80-84 |
(Barbarian) Helms, Armor, Swords (Barbarian) Helms, Armor, Swords (Barbarian) Helms, Armor, Swords |
The Hirelings of Act V are available from Qual-Kehk in Harrogath once you have completed the Rescue the Barbarians quest. Unlike Kashya in Act One, he does not reward you with a free barbarian merc.
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The names are randomly assigned to each of the Barbarians when the hireling menu is generated. As with the other mercs, Blizzard North worked a lot of employee and friend names into the list of Barbarians, and honored a few fans as well. Varaya and Khan were two of the best known mod-makers from the days of Diablo, famed for their well-made Lord of the Rings-themed mods. Lanth was another of the early staff members of Diabloii.net, but earned his merc name by being a moderator in the Diabloii.net chat room, which was regularly frequented by Peter Hu (AKA Isolde, see the rogue merc names), the chief architect of the v1.10 patch, in which Lanth’s name was added. Lanth also contributed general gameplay feedback, quality of life improvements and other ideas to Peter, many of which made it into the v1.10 patch.
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