All the information to have the best mercenary act 2, equipment, choices, attack speed levels and recovery on Diablo 2!

Auras and utilities

Here are the auras and their power:

• Prayer, heal the group: ok at the very beginning, but Defiance remains better
  • Fight in normal or hell
• Sacred Design, increases your chance to hit: not very useful, damage aura is better overall
  • Attack in normal or hell
• Defiance, increases the armor of the group: the best aura to play normally
  • Defense in normal or hell
• Thorns, adds a damage return: no interest
  • Nightmare fight
• Sacred immobilization, freezes enemies: handy for slowing them down
  • Nightmare Defense
• Power, increases your physical damage: for me the best aura, because considerably increases the damage of your mercenary, as well as the life that he steals. To be taken if you do not need Sacred Immobilization
  • Nightmare attack

Here is the damage difference on my mercenary, equipped with Eth Insight:

• 500 to 3000 without aura
• 1000 to 5000 with

Basic equipment, I have no money but I want him to stay alive

Here's what you'll need to give your mercenary:

• Weapon: Spirituality Insight on an Elite Weapon Ax if you need mana OR a good Elite Weapon such as Bone Slash, Grim Reaper's, Defiler with Shael (Attack Speed) or Amn (Life Steal)
• Helmet: Tal Rasha or Crown of Thieves with Perfect Amethyst for strength or a jewel of 15% attack speed
• Armor: Treachery, Attack and Recovery Speed, Transparency grants 60 all resistances and 15% physical damage reduction
• Stages reached:
  • 35% attack speed (45 total)
  • 20% fast recovery speed

Improved equipment, I want him to hit hard while staying alive

Here's what you'll need to give your mercenary:

• Weapon: same as before, on an ethereal version
• Helmet: Andariel's Face Helmet, with Shael or Damage Jewels, no attack speed needed
• Armor: stay on Traitrise, on elite armor, ethereal if possible but it is not essential
• Stages reached:
  • 59% attack speed (65 total)
  • 20% fast recovery speed
• As soon as possible equip yourself with a CTA, to buff your mercenary's life

Ultimate equipment, money is no problem

Here's what you'll need to give your mercenary:

• Weapon, do these Rune Words on an Aether Elite base with 15% more damage:
  • Pride for the aura of concentration
  • Doom for the aura of ice
  • Infinity for the elemental anti-resistance aura
• Helmet: Ethereal Andariel's Face Helmet with 15% Jewel Attack Speed ​​(Primary) and Damage or Resistances, etc.
• Armor: Fortitude Runic Word on Elite Ethereal Base 15% increased Defense
• Stages reached:
  • 35% attack speed (35 total) or 56% with Doom (70 total)
  • 0% fast recovery speed

Complement, calculation of mercenary attack speed

Quick mercenary recovery speed:

• 5
• 9
• 14
• 20
• 30
• 42
• 60
• 86
• 142

Follow this link, then choose mercenary act 2 and your weapon. Enter the speed of the weapon (for example 45% with Doom) then the speed given by the objects (for example 20% with the Face of Andarielle). This gives you the number of attacks per second. IAS table with a Colossus Vouge:

By Alchemists, November 2021