Mercenaries serves as one of the core mechanism complemented to Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred expansion. They will provide you with assistance and protection during the adventure in Sanctuary while you’re playing solo or have built a group.

This article details how Mercenary system works in Vessel of Hatred DLC, along with the function of each Mercenary to help you choose the appropriate one who achieve a fabulous combination with you.

How Does Mercenaries Work?

You are going to unlock Mercenary system as part of Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred campaign.

You will have an encounter with Raheir during the journey heading to Nahantu, who will lead your way to Mercenary Den where serves as a kind of center for all mercenaries in the game. And it is recommended to prepare useful items by spending some Diablo 4 Gold to help you deal with the difficulties along the way.

By completing designated quests, you are available to unlock additional mercenaries and customize them.

There are totally four mercenaries are on offer in the game. And they are:

• Raheir
• Aldkin
• Varyana
• Subo

It is noticeable that if you are a single player, please make sure that you have at least one additional Mercenary before kicking off Vessel of Hatred storyline. Or you will conclude by wasting a lot of Mercenary experience (Rapport) during the campaign. If you want to continue to complete the post-campaign quest, you need to collect all mercenaries.

For single players, you can assign any mercenary as your bodyguard to travel with you and protect you from being hurt. They can also be upgraded by working together to defeat monsters.

According to the game settings, Mercenaries are equipped with four skill points and a small skill tree, offering you the channel to customize them based on your needs. If you find that they are not suitable, you can always change Mercenaries.

If you have chosen a main Mercenary or playing with a team, you can also hire a second different Mercenary as a reinforcement. Reinforcements will only show up on some specific occasion that you have set. For an instance, you can set a trigger with your reinforcement, which supports you to summon them when use the certain skill that appears on your bar.

Reinforcements can also gain Rapport and upgrade with you during the combats.

With the support of hired bodyguards and reinforcements, Mercenary mechanism could make an overhaul change of the gameplay, especially for those players who play solo.

All Mercenary Abilities And Unlock Requirements

Raheir

As the first Mercenary who you are going to encounter in the game, Raheir is a must-see. You can discover him during the main Vessel of Hatred campaign who will introduce the entire system to you. Raheir is born to protect you and take the identity of a tank. The ability of him supports him to interrupt if you’re about to die, or taunt enemies to force them to change attack object.

He also serves as Den blacksmith who can able to fix or salvage your gear.

Aldkin

Aldkin nestles the right of Raheir in the den, who can be hired by completing “A Nameless Mystery” quest. This quest is relatively easy and is recommended to be completed immediately after unlocking Mercenary Den.

Aldkin is a type of Mercenaries who use magic, such as the often referred “kiss/curse”, which means that while they have a powerful benefit, they will inevitably cause harm to you.

Aldkin’s skills are surrounded with shadow and fire magic, and they occasionally transform into powerful demons that can cause significant damage to enemies or even kill them directly.

They also act as Den occultist and are available to enhance the performance of your gear with Legendary Aspects.

Varyana

Varyana nestles on the left side of Raheir in the den. After unlocking Mercenary Den, “Slayer’s Retribution” quest will appear, and completing this quest will allow you to hire Varyana.

Varyana serves as a martial warrior and is equipped with dual axes or a two-handed mace to cause serious damage.

Her primary skill is Massacre, which is aimed at offering you a powerful movement speed buff, making chaining bosses possible.

Subo

Subo nestles the far left side of Den, who can be recruited by achieving “A Feather on the Scale” quest.

The identity that Subo plays is Rogue in the team, which means that he is more suitable for long-range attacks. The weapons he equips are bow or crossbow.

The main skill he excels at is to highlight the location of enemies and valuable items in the area. He occasionally marks enemy targets, offering you a great opportunity to kill them and gain resources.

His abilities revolve around traps and stuns, and he can fire continuously, causing a lot of damage.

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With the launch of DLC Vessel of Hatred, the newly launched Spiritborn Class has begun to attract the attention of players, and many Builds built around Spiritborn have also begun to be used by players.

As a new Class, there are many Builds available for Spiritborn, and a considerable number of them are also very powerful. Evade Spiritborn Build is a more prominent example.

Even compared with other Spiritborn Builds, if the player operates Evade Spiritborn Build properly, it will enter an infinite Attack Loop. You can Boost Damage by Evading and casting Quill Volleys, abusing Storm Feathers Mechanic, to deal more Damage to Enemies to win Battles and earn more Diablo 4 Gold.

Based on the power of Evade Spiritborn Build, we will introduce you to how to use it in the game.

Evade Spiritborn Build Overview

As one of the most powerful Builds in Diablo 4 DLC, Core Usage Mechanism of Evade Spiritborn Build includes Eagle Spirit Hall Choice on the one hand, and requires you to cast Evade as much as possible in Combat on the other hand.

Under Eagle Spirit Hall Choice, every time the player’s Spiritborn Character casts Evade, it will also launch Storm Feathers at Enemy, causing Vulnerable Effect to cause huge Damage to Enemy.

Evade Spiritborn Build combines Skills that reduce Cooldown of Evade with Quill Volley Skills. Based on this combination of Skills, it creates a new style that mixes Movement and Casting. This allows players who use it to deal with various Challenges except the most difficult high-Torment.

Because when Attacking with Quill Volley Skills, it will effectively reduce Cooldown of Evade. So as long as you have Vigor, you almost never need to press Basic Attack Input.

In addition, with the help of Vessel of Hatred’s new Runeword System, players can also Restore a large amount of Vigor every time they Evade.

Besides these, players can of course explore more suitable Skills or Diablo 4 Items for Evade Spiritborn Build, but the selection of Eagle Spirit Hall, Boots that reduce Cooldown of Evade when Attacking, and related Materials that enhance the effectiveness of Vigor and Storm Feathers are indispensable for the effective use of this Build.

Skills Used With Evade Spiritborn Build

There is no doubt that no matter what Build, it is inseparable from the use and coordination of related Skills during use. Skills suitable for Evade Spiritborn Build are mainly the following.

Thunderspike as a Basic Active Skill. It can be developed into Enhanced Thunderspike or Accelerated Thunderspike through Active Skill Nodes.

Quill Volley as a Core Active Skill. It can be strengthened into Enhanced Quill Volley or Advantageous Quill Volley Vigorous through Active Skill Nodes. The relevant Passive Skill that can be matched with Build is Balanced Exertion.

Defensive Skill Armored Hide. It can be developed into Enhanced Armored Hide or Reinforced Armored Hide through Active Skill Node. The relevant Passive Skills are Endurance and Perseverance.

Ultimate Active Skill The Seeker can grow into Harmonious Seeker or Exalted Seeker.

In fact, besides the above Skills, the most important one is the Key Passive Skill Vital Strikes. With it, Damage you cause to Vulnerable Enemies will be increased by 45%.

When Vulnerable Damage is caused, you will Recover 2% of your Health and 5 points of Vitality, and Effect of Vulnerable Damage will disappear. But it doesn’t matter, because you can almost cause Vulnerable Damage every time you cast Quill Volley.

Spirit Hall Choices For Evade Spiritborn Build

If you choose Spiritborn as your Character’s Class, you can choose Primary and Secondary Spirit Guardians from the four Class Hall Spirits. Primary Spirit Guardians are usually more important.

For Evade Spiritborn Build, we recommend Eagle as your Primary Spirit Guardian. This is because when you use any Eagle Skill, you will get a Movement Speed Bonus, and when you Dodge, you will Fire Storm Feathers, making Enemies you Hit more vulnerable.

Secondary Spirit Guardians are also best paired with Eagle or Jaguar. Based on this, Eagle will increase your Critical Strike chance every time you Move a short distance, and Jaguar will allow you to Build up Ferocity Stacks, increasing your Attack Speed and helping you to Attack while Dodging.

Unique Items For Evade Spiritborn Build

When using a Build, some specific Diablo 4 Items can provide additional benefits to Build. In Vessel of Hatred DLC, Items that are suitable for Evade Spiritborn Build are some Unique Items.

1. Band Of First Breath

This Unique Item is a Ring. It helps the player Restore Vigor when casting Evade and doubles Damage done after gaining a stack of Resolve. It also grants Armored Hide Passive.

It is usually Dropped by all Enemies and Obol Vendors with a slight chance.

2. Loyalty’s Mantle

Loyalty’s Mantle is a type of Helm. When the player’s Primary and Secondary Spirit Hall match, it will receive a double Bonus. And Skills of the same type will gain significant Vigor and Cooldown reduction.

This Item can be Dropped by Grigoire, Galvanic Saint and Obol vendor.

3. Sepazontec

This is a two-handed Staff that forces Basic Attacks to always benefit from Third Attack Bonuses. Each Third Attack Bonus will cause 3 Attacks, and each will trigger Third Attack Bonus.

Players can get it from Drops from Duriel, King Of Maggots and Obol Vendor.

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