Hirelings

General

In LoD, hirelings hired in higher difficulties have less stats (life, def, etc.). In ES, the difficulty doesn't matter and hirelings of the same act always have the same stats.

In addition to that, you always hire them at your level. You can test multiple hirelings as many times as you want, or you may like to change the hireling from time to time, which refreshes your play and costs only 50000 gold.

In LoD, Act 2 mercenaries are much prefered. In ES, all hirelings are well balanced and have auras, so you are recommended to hire multiple mercs to see the difference for yourself. A full equipable hireling is strengthened wearing the 'Mercenary Set' combined with 'Waves of Ascension'.

Note: Hirelings are balanced to have average +2-3 to all skills to cap their core bonuses from auras and passives. Stacking +skills on them thus is useful only if you want pure damage from them.

Hireling	Lvl	HP	HP /Lvl	Def	Def /Lvl	Str	Str /Lvl	Dex	Dex /Lvl	AR	AR /Lvl	Res	Res /Lvl	Life Regen
Rogue Scout	10-39	110	16	150	4	40	2	65	4	50	36	30	0	3
Rogue Scout	40-84	590	16	320	4	100	2	145	4	410	36	80	0
Rogue Scout	85	1310	16	550	4	190	2	205	4	1490	36	140	0
Combat/Elemental	20-49	225	16	200	32	90	2	60	2	250	24	30	0	5
Combat/Elemental	50-84	875	16	800	32	150	2	95	2	900	24	80	0
Combat/Elemental	85	1575	16	2500	32	230	2	130	2	1400	24	140	0
Defensive/Prayer	20-49	300	16	300	32	90	2	60	2	250	18	30	0
Defensive/Prayer	50-84	1050	16	1100	32	150	2	95	2	900	18	80	0
Defensive/Prayer	85	1928	16	2900	32	230	2	130	2	1400	18	140	0
Offensive/Might	20-49	225	16	200	32	90	2	60	2	250	24	30	0
Offensive/Might	50-84	875	16	800	32	150	2	95	2	900	24	80	0
Offensive/Might	85	1575	16	2500	32	230	2	130	2	1400	24	140	0
Act3 Sorcerer Normal	25-54	230	12	300	28	75	1.75	50	2	120	12	30	0	3
Act3 Sorcerer Nightmare	55-84	900	12	1056	28	125	1.75	112	2	480	24	80	0
Act3 Sorcerer Hell	85	1450	12	1750	28	185	1.75	155	2	1200	36	140	0
Hitproof/Cleansing	30-64	400	24	210	0	120	2.5	60	1.75	263	45	30	0	10
Hitproof/Cleansing	65-84	1190	24	380	0	200	2.5	110	1.75	1050	45	80	0
Hitproof/Cleansing	85	1900	24	500	0	290	2.5	140	1.75	1950	45	140	0
Demolisher/Bear Growling	30-64	260	24	210	0	120	2.5	60	1.75	263	45	30	0	10
Demolisher/Bear Growling	65-84	890	24	380	0	200	2.5	110	1.75	1050	45	80	0
Demolisher/Bear Growling	85	1610	24	500	0	290	2.5	140	1.75	1950	45	140	0

Act 1 Hirelings - Glass cannon archers with innate dodge, low regen, low defense but high damage.

Act 1 Rogue Scout

• Can't equip Amazon specific items.
• +X To All Skill Levels works.
• +X To Amazon Skills/Tabs does not work.
• Oskill bonuses of their inherent skills are capped at +3 per character.
• Their inherent skills work as a synergy for an aura item. As of ESR 5.3, this is no longer the case, the hirelings' auras are weaker copies of the original character skills to reduce the high dependence on aura mercenaries seen in older patches.

Physical/Offensive Rogue

• Energy - 30 + 1 per merc level.
• Arrow Pierce - 50%.
• Level 1 Passive - Dodge. Mercenary has a chance to avoid any damage based on his dexterity, base is 10%, cap is 40%.
• Aura - Blessed Aim. Adds bonus attack rating to party and deadly strike (cap is 25%).
• Level 1 Skill - Multiple Shot. 75% Weapon damage, small flat physical damage. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Needling. Plants a device that shoots multiple arrows in the closest targets. 25% Weapon damage per arrow. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Eviscerating. Releases some arrow novas in big AOE, 150% weapon damage, no flat damage, doesnt scale. Use rate - very rare.

Cold/Defensive Rogue

• Energy - 30 + 1 per merc level.
• Arrow Pierce - 50%.
• Level 1 Passive - Dodge. Mercenary has a chance to avoid any damage based on his dexterity, base is 10%, cap is 40%. Formula: Chance to avoid damage = 10 + Dexterity/10.
• Aura - Ice Shock. Periodically freezes all enemies around for 4 seconds.
• Level 1 Skill - Freezing Arrow. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Mercenary Baal Cold Missiles. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Shatters of Loathing. Plants a Ice Spike that bursts into one nova of cold missiles in big AOE, 100% weapon damage. Use rate - very rare.

Act 2 Hirelings - The best tanks that slow attacker and can heal on attack, have decent regen, high defense and average damage.

Act 2 Desert Mercenary

• Can't equip Paladin specific items.
• +X To All Skill Levels works.
• +X To Paladin Skills/Tabs does not work.
• Oskill bonuses of their inherent skills are capped at +3 per character.
• Their inherent skills work as a synergy for an aura item. There are 3 types:

Offensive/Might:

• Energy - 50 + 1 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Reflexes. Merc slows attacker by 33%, can heal on attack (cap is 120 life per hit) and has 150 FHR.
• Aura - Might. Adds bonus to physical weapon damage.
• Level 1 Skill - Fend. 75% Weapon damage. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Earthquake.  50% Weapon damage and 75% for aftershock with added magic damage. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Spike Storm. Releases multiple slow spike thorn novas in medium area, 25% weapon damage per hit. Use rate - very rare.

Defensive/Prayer:

• Energy - 50 + 1 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Reflexes. Merc slows attacker by 33%, can heal on attack (cap is 120 life per hit) and has 150 FHR.
• Aura - Prayer. Regenerates 100% party's life during 30-15 seconds. Level 20 Merc Prayer restores 100% life in 15 seconds. (cap)
• Level 1 Skill - Wall Breaker. 100% Weapon damage. Berserk-type attack increasing merc's life and giving him immunity to freeze for 1.5 second. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Spectral Shield. Buffs party for a short period giving a cap of flat physical/magic reduction (511). Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Astonishment. Stuns enemies for 4 seconds in medium area, 100% weapon damage. Use rate - very rare.

Elemental/Conviction:

• Energy - 50 + 1 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Reflexes. Merc slows attacker by 33%, can heal on attack (cap is 120 life per hit) and has 150 FHR.
• Aura - Conviction. Reduces enemy's armor (cap is -75%) and elemental resistances (cap is -20%).
• Level 1 Skill - Lightning Strike. 75% Weapon damage. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Incinerate. Releases multiple fire missiles on hit. 75% weapon damage. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Rainbow Hydra. Summons multielemental hydra that scales with spells damage and energy. Use rate - very rare.

Act 3 Hirelings - Pure elemental damage dealers with low life, low regen and decent defense.

Act 3 Eastern Sorcerer

• Can't equip Sorceress specific items.
• +X To All Skill Levels works.
• +X To Sorceress Skills/Tabs does not work.
• Oskill bonuses of their inherent skills are capped at +3 per character.
• Their inherent skills work as a synergy for an aura item. There are 3 types:

Incinerator/Resist Fire:

• Energy - 90 + 2 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Battle Mage. Merc has innate 75% FCR and F/C/L pierce, cap is 35%.
• Aura - Resist Fire. Gives a party fire absorb (cap is 15%), fire resist, max fire resist (cap is 5%) and fire spell damage.
• Level 1 Skill - Fire Ball. Fires multiple fire balls at high levels. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Meteor. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Charred Offering. Covers a targeted area with eruptions quickly dealing fire damage. Use rate - very rare.

Suppressor/Resist Cold:

• Energy - 90 + 2 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Battle Mage. Merc has innate 75% FCR and F/C/L pierce, cap is 35%.
• Aura - Resist Cold. Gives a party cold absorb (cap is 15%), cold resist, max cold resist (cap is 5%) and cold spell damage.
• Level 1 Skill - Glacial Spike. Fires multiple spikes at high levels. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Ice Fall. Throws multiple icicles to nearby enemies. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Ice Clusters. Spawns an ice crystal under a feet of all nearby enemies dealing high cold damage. Use rate - very rare.

Storm Warrior/Resist Lightning:

• Energy - 90 + 2 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Battle Mage. Merc has innate 75% FCR and F/C/L pierce, cap is 35%.
• Aura - Resist Lightning. Gives a party lightning absorb (cap is 15%), lightning resist, max lightning resist (cap is 5%) and lightning spell damage.
• Level 1 Skill - Chain Lightning. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Thundering. Drops multiple storms in medium area also increasing self lightning pierce for 25% during 3 seconds. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Breath of Tempest. A soul of tempest releases her rage to seek far enemies around. Use rate - very rare.

Act 5 Hirelings - Strong warriors fighting like berserks, they almost havent defense but insane regen and life pool keep them destroying everything.

Act 5 Barbarian

• Can equip Barbarian specific items.
• +X To All Skill Levels works.
• +X To Barbarian Skills/Tabs does not work.
• Oskill bonuses of their inherent skills are capped at +3 per character.
• Their inherent skills work as a synergy for an aura item. There are 2 types:

Hitproof/Cleansing:

• Energy - 30 + 1 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Temerity. Barbarians are heavily trained in battles and can absorb up to 15% physical damage taken meantime dealing strong attacks that can pierce enemy's physical resist. (30% cap)
• Aura - Cleansing. Reduces curse (cap is 80%)/poison length on party members and physical/magic damage taken (cap is 50). Getting this mercenary with level 20 Cleansing and Hidden Treasure with perfect 20% Curse Resist roll will make you curse immune. It' s the only way to get it in patch 5.3.
• Level 1 Skill - Revitalize. Attacks up to 6 foes with increased damage healing itself for 2% per second. 50% Weapon Damage. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - War Cry. Stuns enemies around dealing physical damage. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Rampant Run. Headless warriors run through enemies around dealing 12.5% weapon damage per hit+fire damage. Use rate - very rare.

Demolisher/Bear Growling

• Energy - 30 + 1 per merc level.
• Level 1 Passive - Temerity. Barbarians are heavily trained in battles and can absorb up to 15% physical damage taken meantime dealing strong attacks that can pierce enemy's physical resist. (30% cap)
• Aura - Bear Growling. Deals 125% Weapon damage to nearby enemies once in 5 seconds. Doesnt scale.
• Level 1 Skill - Spirits of Hatred. Attacks up to 6 foes with increased damage with added magic damage. 75% Weapon Damage. Added damage scales with strength. Use rate - often.
• Level 18 Skill - Vortex of Souls. Spawns a vortex of homing souls on attack. 25% Weapon damage. Use rate - rare.
• Level 45 Skill - Blade Shield. Places a blade shield around caster for a long duration. Blade shield deals 25% Weapon damage 3 times per second to the closest enemies. Use rate - very rare.

Hireling Skills

Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Physical/Offensive	10-39	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Multiple Shot	3	0.1562
		0	Blessed Aim	4	0
		10	Needling	1	0.1562
		5	Eviscerating	1	0.125
	40-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Multiple Shot	10	0.1562
		0	Blessed Aim	10	0
		10	Needling	7	0.1562
		5	Eviscerating	1	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Multiple Shot	17	0.1562
		0	Blessed Aim	18	0
		10	Needling	14	0.1562
		5	Eviscerating	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Cold/Defensive	10-39	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Freezing Arrow	3	0.1562
		0	Ice Shock	4	0
		10	Merc Baal Missiles	5	0.1562
		5	Shatters of Loathing	1	0.125
	40-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Freezing Arrow	10	0.1562
		0	Ice Shock	10	0
		10	Merc Baal Missiles	1	0.1562
		5	Shatters of Loathing	1	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Freezing Arrow	17	0.1562
		0	Ice Shock	18	0
		10	Merc Baal Missiles	10	0.1562
		5	Shatters of Loathing	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Elemental/Conviction	20-49	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Lightning Strike	4	0.1562
		0	Conviction	5	0
		10	Incinerate	4	0.1562
		5	Rainbow Hydra	1	0.125
	50-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Lightning Strike	10	0.1562
		0	Conviction	13	0
		10	Incinerate	10	0.1562
		5	Rainbow Hydra	1	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Lightning Strike	17	0.1562
		0	Conviction	18	0
		10	Incinerate	16	0.1562
		5	Rainbow Hydra	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Defensive/Prayer	20-49	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Wall Breaker	4	0.1562
		0	Prayer	5	0
		10	Spectral Shield	4	0.1562
		5	Astonishment	1	0.125
	50-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Wall Breaker	10	0.1562
		0	Prayer	13	0
		10	Spectral Shield	10	0.1562
		5	Astonishment	1	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Wall Breaker	17	0.1562
		0	Prayer	18	0
		10	Spectral Shield	16	0.1562
		5	Astonishment	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Offensive/Might	20-49	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Fend	4	0.1562
		0	Might	5	0
		10	Earthquake	4	0.1562
		5	Spike Storm	1	0.125
	50-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Fend	10	0.1562
		0	Might	13	0
		10	Earthquake	10	0.1562
		5	Spike Storm	1	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Fend	17	0.1562
		0	Might	18	0
		10	Earthquake	16	0.1562
		5	Spike Storm	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Incinerator/Resist Fire	25-54	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Fireball	4	0.1562
		0	Resist Fire	7	0
		15	Meteor	4	0.1562
		10	Burnt Offering	1	0.125
	55-84	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Fireball	11	0.1562
		0	Resist Fire	13	0
		15	Meteor	10	0.1562
		10	Burnt Offering	3	0.125
	85-	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Fireball	18	0.1562
		0	Resist Fire	18	0
		15	Meteor	17	0.1562
		10	Burnt Offering	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Suppressor/Resist Cold	25-54	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Glacial Spike	4	0.1562
		0	Resist Cold	7	0
		15	Ice Fall	4	0.1562
		10	Ice Clusters	1	0.125
	55-84	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Glacial Spike	11	0.1562
		0	Resist Cold	13	0
		15	Ice Fall	10	0.1562
		10	Ice Clusters	3	0.125
	85-	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Glacial Spike	18	0.1562
		0	Resist Cold	18	0
		15	Ice Fall	17	0.1562
		10	Ice Clusters	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Storm Warrior/Resist Lightning	25-54	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Chain Lightning	4	0.1562
		0	Resist Lightning	7	0
		15	Thundering	4	0.1562
		10	Breath of Tempest	1	0.125
	55-84	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Chain Lightning	11	0.1562
		0	Resist Lightning	13	0
		15	Thundering	10	0.1562
		10	Breath of Tempest	3	0.125
	85-	0	Normal Attack	--	--
		90	Chain Lightning	18	0.1562
		0	Resist Lightning	18	0
		15	Thundering	17	0.1562
		10	Breath of Tempest	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Hitproof/Cleansing	30-64	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Revitalize	6	0.1562
		0	Cleansing	9	0
		15	War Cry	5	0.1562
		10	Rampant Run	1	0.125
	65-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Revitalize	12	0.1562
		0	Cleansing	14	0
		15	War Cry	12	0.1562
		10	Rampant Run	5	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Revitalize	18	0.1562
		0	Cleansing	18	0
		15	War Cry	20	0.1562
		10	Rampant Run	10	0.125
Hirelings	Level	Freq	Skills	Slvl	Slvl /Lvl
Demolisher/Bear Growling	30-64	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Spirits of Hatred	6	0.1562
		0	Bear Growling	9	0
		15	Vortex of Souls	5	0.1562
		10	Blade Shield	1	0.125
	65-84	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Spirits of Hatred	12	0.1562
		0	Bear Growling	14	0
		15	Vortex of Souls	12	0.1562
		10	Blade Shield	5	0.125
	85-	80	Normal Attack	--	--
		65	Spirits of Hatred	18	0.1562
		0	Bear Growling	18	0
		15	Vortex of Souls	20	0.1562
		10	Blade Shield	10	0.125