Can Act 2 Merc use spears?

Yes, Diablo 2 Act 2 mercenaries (Desert Guards) can use spears, along with polearms and javelins, but they cannot equip Amazon-specific spears. Spears are a great choice for Act 2 mercs, especially for powerful runewords like Obedience, due to their fast attack speed, which helps them hit attack breakpoints effectively.
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Can Act 2 Mercs use spears?

Act II - Desert Mercenaries

They are the first melee-based hireling you encounter, using spears to attack enemies and applying buffs to you and themselves. Being a melee attacker also allows them to lure enemies away from you.
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Can Act 2 Merc use Amazon spear?

Auras: These mercs have a variety of auras. There are three types available on each difficulty level, though the auras found on Normal and Hell difficulty levels are the same. Allowed Equipment: Armor, Helms, Spears, Polearms, Javelins (Used solely for melee weapons.) They can not equip Amazon-only javelins or spears.
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What weapons can Act 2 Mercs use?

Act 2 mercenaries (Desert Guards) can equip polearms, spears, & javelins. Act 3 mercenaries (Iron Wolves) can equip shields, Paladin shields, 1-handed swords, wands, scepters, tipped maces (not clubs/hammers), & Sorceress orbs. Act 4 mercenaries (Ascendants) can equip staves.
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What weapons can Merc use in Poe2?

Mercenary Skill Gems
  • Explosive Grenade Launcher.
  • Fragmentation Rounds.
  • Permafrost Bolts.
  • Flash Grenade Launcher.
  • High Velocity Rounds.
  • Incendiary Shot.
  • Rapid Shot.
  • Ice Shards.
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What is the best merc weapon runeword for Act 2?

Obedience is a powerful but cheap Runeword that perfectly fits the act 2 mercenary. It boasts a huge damage boost with 370% Enhanced Damage , 40% Crushing Blow , and a chance to cast level 21 Enchant when killing an enemy.
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What weapons can Act 3 Merc use?

Act 3 Mercenaries can equip Runewords made in 1-handed swords, wands, scepters, tipped maces (but not clubs or hammers), & Sorceress orbs.
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Which act 2 Merc has Might?

Might merc is from act 2 nightmare.
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What is the best body armor for Merc in Act 2?

The best body armor for your mercenary is the Runeword item Fortitude, no questions asked. More damage means more life steal, so it can help your mercenary survive by a big margin. Additionally, the Chilling Armor effect can grant even more defense, and it also has 25-30 all resist.
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Does a spear count as a polearm?

Bills, picks, dane axes, spears, glaives, guandaos, pudaos, pikes, poleaxes, halberds, harpoons, sovnyas, naginatas, bardiches, war scythes, yari and lances are all varieties of polearms. Polearms were common weapons on post-classical battlefields of Asia and Europe.
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Can Merc summon Valkyrie?

I've tested this as recently as a couple weeks ago, and the answer is no. Mercs can't proc Valkyrie.
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Do mercenaries have aura?

All mercenaries now have auras that they activate during combat. There is no cap at which you can hire mercs (i.e merc level) at any difficulty anymore. Mercenaries also come with innate physical and magic resistance, as well as maximum elemental resistances.
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Which is better, a spear or a halberd?

Overall in battle, a halberd has more uses and would be better though. It's not like a video game where if you get wounded, you lose some health but keep fighting on normally. A wound from a spear will usually put a man out of commission even if they don't die right away.
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What aura should I use for Hammerdin?

Concentration is the main aura you will be using, since it's the only aura that affects Blessed Hammer damage directly. It also offers a hidden 50% of efficiency damage increase to Blessed Hammer as well.
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Do lances count as spears?

Yes, a lance is a type of spear, but it's a specialized one designed for mounted cavalry, making it longer, heavier, and built for powerful thrusting from horseback rather than throwing or infantry use, evolving into a heavy, single-use shock weapon with features like handguards (vamplates) for knights. Think of it as a spear optimized for a horse, focusing on impact over versatility. 
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What weapons can Act 2 Merc use in D2R?

Best Merc Weapon (Act 2) The Desert Hireling is a proficient Poleaxe user in D2R. The ideal bases to look for include the Thresher, Giant Thresher, or the Great Poleaxe.
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Which Merc for Javazon?

The Lightning Javazon Build doesn't necessarily need a Mercenary to perform well. However, its recommended to go with a Defiance Aura Act II Mercenary when leveling and/or farming Normal and Nightmare difficulties, since it grants a Defense aura, which will help with survivability.
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What is the best build for sorcs in Diablo 2?

The best Diablo 2 Sorceress build depends on your goals, but the Blizzard Sorceress (Cold) is the top budget/all-around choice for its ease of gearing, strong slowing/freezing, and effective Magic Find, while the Lightning Nova Sorceress excels in end-game damage but needs high-end gear (like Infinity) to shine. For bosses, a Meteorb (Meteor/Frozen Orb) or Fireball/Hydra hybrid offers great single-target damage, especially against fire-resistant enemies.
 
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Is delirium good for Merc?

Looking beyond Druids, Delirium is also a possible choice for a mercenary. Aside from the Iron Wolves (who need to cast spells), the Bone Fetish transformation is much less debilitating to mercenaries.
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Does MF work on Merc D2R?

Mercenary gets the killing blow: Your Mercenary's Magic Find is added to yours, giving them an effective MF on killing blow of 450%.
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Is Duress good for Merc?

Duress is amazing Mercenary armor for the Act V Barbarian mercenaries, due to the boss-killing goodness of Crushing Blow and Open Wounds. The extra defense helps with their melee-fighting style.
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What is the rarest runeword in Diablo 2?

Zod runes remain valuable, however, as they are the rarest rune in the game, and the second rarest item in the game, behind Tyrael's Might.
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Is death a good runeword?

Similar to the Breath of the Dying Rune Word, Death offers indestructibility (for Ethereal weapons) and almost as much damage bonus, as well as a massive 50% crushing blow and leveled chance of deadly strike, making it actually even more damaging on average while being much cheaper to create.
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