Sign up ×  Act II mercenaries are capable of only using
polearms, spears, and javelins. Polearms are the obvious choice
due to the number of good runewords that can be made
(particularly Insight and Infinity). The Arreat Summit lists
stats for the rangeadder (the weapon-related portion of the
melee reach calculation) of each elite polearm (with similar
stats for lower-difficulty polearms).  Are Act II mercenaries
affected by the weapon reach? Against the same size monster,
will my Act II mercenary have a smaller reach with a Scythe or
Thresher than with a Poleaxe or Great Poleaxe?  share|improve
this question The reason why you would want to pick a particular
type of weapon is for the type of runeword you can stick into it
and its attack speed. I don't think reach is that big of a
factor. In the end, I suspect the answer is yes they are
affected by reach, but I can't confirm and its not that
important anyway. –  z ' Nov 4 '11 at 18:13 Availability is
actually fairly crucial as well, as you'll want both a low-