Merc A5 Lawbringer

Tank gear with Lawbringer for Act 5 Mercenary (equippable at 43-65 level). He is alternative to Act 3 tank Ironwolf, provides more crowd control and is capable of doing more damage (though it is still insignificant if you are in a full game).

Sanctuary aura provides support in Chaos Sanctuary (CS/Diablo Runs), it will Knockback all Undead and help with crowd control. Dream provides additional crowd control (Confusion), which makes monsters attack each other.

This merc works best with characters capable of doing solo CS run in 8 players game like PnB Necro, Ele Druid, Hammerdin or Berserk Barb. If you are not sure which merc is the best for your build, find your setup among our gear packages and check our recommendations.


*Platinum gear includes sockets and fillers. Unique and Set items can get additional socket(s), which will be filled with appropriate runes/gems or jewels.

Important facts about Mercenaries
- Barbarian can wear swords and barb-only items, he has two abilities: Bash and Stun.
- Ethereal items do not lose durability (eth items are 50+% stronger compared to non-eth).
- You can heal them with potions (shift + 1 2 3 4 is the default keybind).
- If merc makes a kill, your MF/GF will add to his (example: you have 200%, he has 30%, his kills will be 230%).
- They deal much less (and take extra) damage from monster bosses (Diablo etc.) and also do reduced damage in PvP.
- Armor type affects movement speed, we sell light armors like Archon Plate in our merc packs.
- If hired on Normal, they will have higher stats than if hired on NM / Hell (e.g. 40% more life). Since Patch 1.11 (2005) leveling merc (hiring at lvl 2+ and exping to 80+) is no longer necessary, they will have the same stats if you hire at high level, as long as you hire on Normal or the lowest difficulty available.
- They can't out level you, they can only match your level (max is 98 lvl). They can only gain experience from monsters that you or they kill (merc will not level up by leeching in the party). They get much more exp if they kill a monster but only a small part if you do. If merc falls behind on levels, you can just hire a new one with higher level (remove the gear first or it will be lost).

	Dream grants level 15 Holy Shock when equipped (Paladin aura usable by any class). It adds 1-648 lightning damage to your physical attacks (+60 per level) and periodically zaps enemies within 13 yards (+0.65 per level) for 1-108 lightning damage (+10 per level). Two Dreams equipped at the same time will stack and create level 30 Holy Shock aura.
	Dream grants 10% chance to cast level 15 Confuse when struck (Necromancer curse usable by any class). It lasts for 10-38 seconds over 13 yards area and makes monsters attack each other, greatly increasing your survivability (they will tank for you). It works similarly to Attract curse and both can be used at the same time.
	Lawbringer grants level 16-18 Sanctuary when equipped (Paladin aura usable by any class). It ignores physical resistance+immunity of undead monsters as well as knocks them back, it also gives 68-96 magic damage (+5-6 per level) and 600-660% physical damage to attacks vs undead (+30% per level).
	Lawbringer grants 20% chance to cast level 15 Decrepify on striking (Necromancer curse usable by any class). It lasts for 12 seconds over 4 yards area and reduces enemy's attack speed (IAS), damage and physical resistance by -50%. It will greatly increase physical damage that you do and it will have nearly 100% uptime.

You can learn more about game mechanics behind those abilities in our game guide.

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