Skill bonus

Skill bonuses listed on this page normally only apply to the native class, unless another class or hireling acquires and can use the skill from an oskill item. Mercenaries benefit from bonuses to a specific skill if they already possess that skill. [1] Act 3 Iron Wolf mercenaries (Fire, Cold, Lightning) thus benefit from the following on Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud, despite stating "Sorceress Only": Fire: +3 Inferno (Sorceress Only); +3 Fire Ball (Sorceress Only) Cold: +3 Frozen Armor (Sorceress Only); +3 Ice Blast (Sorceress Only); +3 Glacial Spike (Sorceress Only) Lightning: +3 Charged Bolt (Sorceress Only); +3 Lightning (Sorceress Only) Act 5 Barbarian mercenaries benefit from the following which can spawn as Staff mod skill bonuses on Barbarian helms, albeit very unlikely: +(1-3) Bash (Barbarian Only) +(1-3) Stun (Barbarian Only)

Amazon Only

Template:D2 Bonus |- !align=left|Critical Strike | +3 |align=left|Melody missile weapon |39||No |- !align=left|Dodge | +3 |align=left|Melody missile weapon |39||No |- !align=left|Power Strike | +3 !align=left|The Impaler War Spear |31||No |- !align=left|Exploding Arrow | +2 !align=left|Blastbark Long War Bow |28||No |- !align=left|Slow Missiles | +3 |align=left|Melody missile weapon |39||No |- !align=left|Impale | +5 !align=left|The Impaler War Spear |31||No |- !align=left|Lightning Bolt | +3 !align=left|Thunderstroke Matriarchal Javelin |69 !Yes |- !align=left|Guided Arrow | +3 !align=left|Magewrath Rune Bow |43||No |- !align=left|Strafe | +(3-5) !align=left|Endlesshail Double Bow |36||No |- !align=left|Immolation Arrow | +3 !align=left|Kuko Shakaku Cedar Bow |33||No |- !align=left|Lightning Strike | +3 !align=left|Thundergod's Vigor War Belt |47||No |- !align=left|Lightning Fury | +3 !align=left|Thundergod's Vigor War Belt |47||No |}

Assassin Only

Template:D2 Bonus |- !align=left|Wake of Fire | +(1-2) !align=left|Firelizard's Talons Feral Claws |67||No |- !align=left|Wake of Inferno | +(1-2) !align=left|Firelizard's Talons Feral Claws |67||No |}

Barbarian Only

Template:D2 Bonus |- !align=left|Sword Mastery | +(2-4) !align=left|Bloodletter Gladius |30||No |- !align=left|Mace Mastery | +3 !align=left|Bloodtree Stump War Club |48||No |- !align=left|Find Potion | +4 !align=left|Heart Carver Rondel |36||No |- !align=left|Leap | +2 !align=left|Gorefoot Heavy Boots |9||No |- !align=left|Find Item | +4 !align=left|Heart Carver Rondel |36||No |- !align=left|Frenzy | +5 |align=left|Fury melee weapon |65||No |- !align=left|Battle Orders | +(1-2) !align=left|Halaberd's Reign Conqueror Crown |77||No |- !align=left|Grim Ward | +4 !align=left|Heart Carver Rondel |36||No |- !align=left|Whirlwind | +(1-3) !align=left|Bloodletter Gladius |30||No |- !align=left|Battle Command | +(1-2) !align=left|Halaberd's Reign Conqueror Crown |77||No |}

Druid Only

Template:D2 Bonus |- !align=left|Raven | +7 !align=left|Ravenlore Sky Spirit |74||No |- !align=left|Feral Rage | +(1-2) !align=left|Cerebus' Bite Blood Spirit |63 !Yes |- !align=left|Maul | +1 !align=left|Islestrike Twin Axe |43||No |- !align=left|Rabies | +5 !align=left|Plague Bearer Rune Sword |41||No |- !align=left|Fury | +1 !align=left|Islestrike Twin Axe |43||No |}

Necromancer Only

Template:D2 Bonus |- !align=left|Amplify Damage | +(1-3) !align=left|Maelstrom Yew Wand |14||No |- !align=left|Teeth | +(4-5) !align=left|Boneshade Lich Wand |79||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Bone Armor | +3 |align=left|White wand |35||No |- | +(4-5) !align=left|Boneshade Lich Wand |79||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=4|Skeleton Mastery | +(1-2) !align=left|Marrowwalk Boneweave Boots |66||No |- | +3 !align=left|Undead Crown Crown |29||No |- | +3 !align=left|Arm of King Leoric Tomb Wand |36||No |- | +4 |align=left|White wand |35||No |- !align=left|Raise Skeleton | +3 !align=left|Arm of King Leoric Tomb Wand |36||No |- !align=left|Poison Dagger | +5 !align=left|Blackbog's Sharp Cinquedeas |38||No |- !align=left|Corpse Explosion | +(1-3) !align=left|Maelstrom Yew Wand |14||No |- !align=left|Iron Maiden | +(1-3) !align=left|Maelstrom Yew Wand |14||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=3|Terror | +(1-3) !align=left|Maelstrom Yew Wand |14||No |- | +2 !align=left|Arm of King Leoric Tomb Wand |36||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ume's Lament Grim Wand |28||No |- !align=left|Bone Wall | +(2-3) !align=left|Boneshade Lich Wand |79||No |- !align=left|Raise Skeletal Mage | +2 !align=left|Arm of King Leoric Tomb Wand |36||No |- !align=left|Poison Explosion | +4 !align=left|Blackbog's Sharp Cinquedeas |38||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Bone Spear | +2 |align=left|White wand |35||No |- | +(2-3) !align=left|Boneshade Lich Wand |79||No |- !align=left|Decrepify | +2 !align=left|Ume's Lament Grim Wand |28||No |- !align=left|Poison Nova | +4 !align=left|Blackbog's Sharp Cinquedeas |38||No |- !align=left|Bone Spirit | +(1-2) !align=left|Boneshade Lich Wand |79||No |}

Paladin Only

Template:D2 Bonus |- !align=left|Sacrifice | +3 !align=left|Bloodrise Morning Star |15||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Holy Bolt | +(2-4) !align=left|The Redeemer Mighty Scepter |72||No |- | +4 !align=left|Hand of Blessed Light Divine Scepter |42||No |- !align=left|Holy Fire | +6 !align=left|Kinemil's Awl Giant Sword |23||No |- !align=left|Thorns | +3 !align=left|Rusthandle Grand Scepter |18||No |- !align=left|Resist Lightning | +(3-5) !align=left|Stormeye War Scepter |30||No |- !align=left|Vengeance | +(1-3) !align=left|Rusthandle Grand Scepter |18||No |- !align=left|Holy Freeze | +2 !align=left|Zakarum's Hand Rune Scepter |37||No |- !align=left|Vigor | +2 !align=left|Tearhaunch Greaves |29||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=3|Holy Shock | +2 !align=left|Zakarum's Hand Rune Scepter |37||No |- | +3 |align=left|Holy Thunder scepter |24||No |- | +3 !align=left|Stormeye War Scepter |30||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Fist of the Heavens | +1 !align=left|Stormeye War Scepter |30||No |- | +2 !align=left|Hand of Blessed Light Divine Scepter |42||No |- !align=left|Redemption | +(2-4) !align=left|The Redeemer Mighty Scepter |72||No |}

Sorceress Only

Template:D2 Bonus |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=3|Fire Bolt | +3 |align=left|Leaf staff |19||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- | +5 !align=left|Bane Ash Short Staff |5||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=4|Warmth | +2 !align=left|Bane Ash Short Staff |5||No |- | +3 |align=left|Leaf staff |19||No |- | +3 !align=left|The Salamander Battle Staff |21||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Charged Bolt | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Ice Bolt | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Frozen Armor | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Inferno | +3 |align=left|Leaf staff |19||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=3|Static Field | +2 |align=left|Memory staff |37||No |- | +3 !align=left|Spire of Lazarus Gnarled Staff |18||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Telekinesis | +3 !align=left|Warpspear Gothic Staff |39||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Frost Nova | +3 !align=left|The Iron Jang Bong War Staff |28||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Ice Blast | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Blaze | +2 !align=left|The Iron Jang Bong War Staff |28||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Fire Ball | +2 !align=left|The Salamander Battle Staff |21||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Nova | +2 !align=left|The Iron Jang Bong War Staff |28||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Lightning | +2 !align=left|Spire of Lazarus Gnarled Staff |18||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Shiver Armor | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Fire Wall | +1 !align=left|The Salamander Battle Staff |21||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Enchant | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Chain Lightning | +1 !align=left|Spire of Lazarus Gnarled Staff |18||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Teleport | +3 !align=left|Warpspear Gothic Staff |39||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Glacial Spike | +3 !align=left|Snowclash Battle Belt |42||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Meteor | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |- !align=left|Thunder Storm | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=3|Energy Shield | +3 |align=left|Memory staff |37||No |- | +3 !align=left|Warpspear Gothic Staff |39||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Blizzard | +2 !align=left|Snowclash Battle Belt |42||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Chilling Armor | +2 !align=left|Snowclash Battle Belt |42||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Fire Mastery | +1 !align=left|Chromatic Ire Cedar Staff |35||No |- | +(1-2) !align=left|Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye Swirling Crystal |65||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Lightning Mastery | +1 !align=left|Chromatic Ire Cedar Staff |35||No |- | +(1-2) !align=left|Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye Swirling Crystal |65||No |-valign=top !align=left rowspan=2|Cold Mastery | +1 !align=left|Chromatic Ire Cedar Staff |35||No |- | +(1-2) !align=left|Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye Swirling Crystal |65||No |}

Staff mod

Tier

Tier	Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
1	Magic Arrow Fire Arrow Inner Sight Critical Strike Jab	Fire Blast Claw Mastery Psychic Hammer Tiger Strike Dragon Talon	Bash Sword Mastery Axe Mastery Mace Mastery Howl	Raven Poison Creeper Werewolf Lycanthropy Firestorm	Amplify Damage Teeth Bone Armor Skeleton Mastery Raise Skeleton	Sacrifice Smite Might Prayer Resist Fire	Fire Bolt Warmth Charged Bolt Ice Bolt Frozen Armor
2	Cold Arrow Multiple Shot Dodge Power Strike Poison Javelin	Shock Web Blade Sentinel Burst of Speed Fists of Fire Dragon Claw	Find Potion Leap Double Swing Polearm Mastery Throwing Mastery	Oak Sage Summon Spirit Wolf Werebear Molten Boulder Arctic Blast	Dim Vision Weaken Poison Dagger Corpse Explosion Clay Golem	Holy Bolt Holy Fire Thorns Defiance Resist Cold	Inferno Static Field Telekinesis Frost Nova Ice Blast
3	Exploding Arrow Slow Missiles Avoid Impale Lightning Bolt	Charged Bolt Sentry Wake of Fire Weapon Block Cloak of Shadows Cobra Strike	Spear Mastery Taunt Shout Stun Double Throw	Carrion Vine Feral Rage Maul Fissure Cyclone Armor	Iron Maiden Terror Bone Wall Golem Mastery Raise Skeletal Mage	Zeal Charge Blessed Aim Cleansing Resist Lightning	Blaze Fire Ball Nova Lightning Shiver Armor
4	Ice Arrow Guided Arrow Penetrate Charged Strike Plague Javelin	Blade Fury Fade Shadow Warrior Claws of Thunder Dragon Tail	Increased Stamina Find Item Leap Attack Concentrate Iron Skin	Heart of Wolverine Summon Dire Wolf Rabies Fire Claws Twister	Confuse Life Tap Poison Explosion Bone Spear Blood Golem	Vengeance Blessed Hammer Concentration Holy Freeze Vigor	Fire Wall Enchant Chain Lightning Teleport Glacial Spike
5	Strafe Immolation Arrow Decoy Evade Fend	Lightning Sentry Wake of Inferno Mind Blast Blades of Ice Dragon Flight	Battle Cry Frenzy Increased Speed Battle Orders Grim Ward	Solar Creeper Hunger Shock Wave Volcano Tornado	Attract Decrepify Bone Prison Summon Resist Iron Golem	Conversion Holy Shield Holy Shock Sanctuary Meditation	Meteor Thunder Storm Energy Shield Blizzard Chilling Armor
6	Freezing Arrow Valkyrie Pierce Lightning Strike Lightning Fury	Death Sentry Blade Shield Venom Shadow Master Phoenix Strike	Whirlwind Berserk Natural Resistance War Cry Battle Command	Spirit of Barbs Summon Grizzly Fury Armageddon Hurricane	Lower Resist Poison Nova Bone Spirit Fire Golem Revive	Fist of the Heavens Fanaticism Conviction Redemption Salvation	Fire Mastery Hydra Lightning Mastery Frozen Orb Cold Mastery

Reference

• The Mercenary Resource (Basin Wiki)