Diablo 4 DLC Vessel of Hatred has been launched for a while now, and most players must have explored most of the mechanisms and content in the expansion. On this basis, you will definitely not be unfamiliar with the mercenary mechanism.

As an important mechanism in Diablo 4 DLC, mercenaries can serve as effective auxiliary NPCs to help players fight. They have their own unique skills and specialties, which can help players deal with different enemies and combat scenarios. Although unlocking them requires Diablo 4 Gold and some slightly complicated steps, their value is worth it.

There are 4 mercenaries in Vessel of Hatred, namely Raheir, Aldkin, Varyana and Subo. Players can choose and unlock up to 2 of them as their helpers in the game. Although the system will not limit your choice, you must want to choose as powerful or suitable mercenaries as possible.

Based on this, we have ranked these four mercenaries from low to high according to their specific performance in Vessel of Hatred for players’ reference and selection.

4. Aldkin

Before the mercenary mechanism was officially launched, Aldkin was anticipated because of his interesting design. Unfortunately, his performance in actual combat was not outstanding. His main skill, Blasphemous Fate, allows him to transform into a demon for 22 seconds and gives him new abilities.

However, during his transformation, not only nearby enemies but also your game character will become vulnerable, and then consume your resources when you cause damage to the enemy. And his transformation is random. So if these problems cannot be optimized, then using Aldkin will be a bit of a loss.

Even if the build or skills you use in battle do not depend on the amount of resources, Aldkin is still unsatisfactory as a companion. Although his Flame Surge skill tree has a chance to cause high damage to the enemy, when facing the higher level Torment difficulty, the damage he outputs is even far less than your own output.

Aldkin does get some pleasant benefits in Haunt skill tree, such as daze, slow or stun, which debuff enemies, but other mercenaries can do similar things. Aldkin may be effective in the early game, but his equipment lacks practicality and his overall potential is low, which makes him the lowest ranking of the four mercenaries.

3. Varyana

Varyana’s core skill Massacre allows both your game character and Varyana to stack massacres when killing enemies, and gain additional movement speed bonuses when stacking to a certain level. This effect can be stacked up to 100 times, at which point the movement speed can even increase by 20%.

If you are using a Build or Class with poor mobility and lack of speed, the benefits provided by Varyana’s skills are undoubtedly helpful. But if you already have strong mobility, Varyana is not the best choice among mercenaries for you.

In Varyana’s Cleave skill tree, she can bleed enemies, giving you another attack speed buff, and applying vulnerability, or a debuff that reduces the amount of damage dealt to nearby enemies. In her Shockwave skill tree, Varyana knocks down enemies multiple times, giving you different combat bonuses by knocking down those she controls.

But no matter which skill tree, Varyana is still more focused on enhancing the player’s mobility rather than damage output. Although both skill trees provide enough utility, if you need a mercenary with stronger damage, Varyana is relatively ordinary. However, if you are mainly lacking in movement speed or mobility skills, you can definitely add her to your team.

2. Subo

From a practical point of view, Subo is very similar to Varyana, and he can also provide players with some damage, crowd control and other buffs. However, what makes Subo special is his main skill Seeker.

This skill marks all nearby enemies and game materials on the minimap. Every 20 seconds Subo will mark a random enemy, and killing a marked enemy will help you restore 50% of your resources and reduce the cooldown of Seeker by 10 seconds. This skill is very useful if you want to farm Diablo 4 Gold or other game materials during Helltide.

In fact, no matter which mercenary, they are not designed as helpers for damage output, so their usefulness depends on how much they help in providing support. Whether it is other buffs or the help provided by Seeker skills, Subo has become the second-ranked mercenary.

Of course, Subo is not completely unable to provide damage buffs. For example, his Wire Trap skill tree provides slowing, knocking down and immobilization effects, while Molotov series has slowing, knocking down and increasing continuous damage effects. And if you hire him while playing a Poison or Bleed-based Build, the effect will be even better.

1. Raheir

Raheir is currently the most powerful mercenary in Diablo 4 DLC Vessel of Hatred. He can provide players with considerable damage reduction effects, as well as healing, enhancements, and debuffs. He can be said to be a powerful mercenary because he is very comprehensive.

His main skill, Valiance, has a great support effect. When you take damage that reaches 15% of your current health, Raheir’s skill will offset the damage you take and knock down nearby enemies, while you will be invincible on the battlefield for 0.5 seconds.

In addition, most of Raheir’s skills in both skill trees have certain practical or support effects. For example, his shield charge line can bring you a variety of benefits such as strengthening, deceleration, additional armor, damage reduction taunts, and which ones you can get depends on the specific skills you choose. This makes Raheir’s practicality shocking, easily surpassing other mercenaries and becoming the first.

The above is our ranking of the four mercenaries based on their overall performance. Of course, the ranking is just a reference. In actual combat, players need to make a comprehensive choice based on their own needs and situations to select the mercenary that suits them best.

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Diablo 4 does not contain complex puzzles mechanics, but its new Vessel of Hatred DLC has changed this situation and introduces a series of puzzle chests. And brazier puzzle remains one of them.

Whether you choose the new class Spiritborn as your character, or continue with the familiar class, you are bound to deal with these braziers, eventually.

Brazier puzzle serves as a part of the main questline “All Good Things”. Only by solving this puzzle can you continue the journey. It also shows up in any standard cellar, making it pretty hard to track down. And the even tricker problem comes to the method to figure it out.

This article introduces the detailed solution of brazier puzzle, paving the path for you to complete the main questline and continue your game journey.

Origin Of Brazier Puzzle

If you are not familiar with the puzzles, then you may feel confused and tricky about its one. But if you excel in solving puzzles and have a deeper study and exploration of puzzles, you will find the fact that this puzzle actually has its own origin and source.

Brazier puzzle is essentially a remake of the electronic puzzle game “Lights Out” released by Tiger Electronics in 1995, which requires you to light all braziers to claim the prize. Although it sounds simple, for those players who are not equipped with enough puzzle knowledge, this task becomes a tough challenge.

Solution To Brazier Puzzle

Once you have successfully tracked this puzzle down, whether during the journey looking for Akarat’s tomb or searching cellars for treasure, please get ready for straining your head.

The overall game rules are very simple, lighting up all braziers to open the door at the far end of the room. Based on the design of the game, when you light one brazier, the state of two braziers directly approaching it–but not diagonal to it–will be changed simultaneously.

In other words, if the adjacent braziers are previously lit, they will be extinguished after you light the target brazier. This is also the trickiest part of the entire process.

In “All Good Things” questline, since there are only four braziers, the overall difficulty is reduced. The one-step solution is to imagine these four braziers as points on a compass. The brazier closest to the entrance is the southern one, and the brazier closest to the exit is the northern one. Then light them up in the following order:

• West
• South
• West
• North
• East
• West

This way you can light up all the braziers effortlessly. If you have messed up the order before getting this answer, you need to exit the game and reset it to help you get back to the previous step. Then solve the puzzle in the order stated above.

Or if you are usually very interested in solving puzzles, you can also try to solve it yourself to add a little fun and challenge to your thrilling game journey.

In the process of solving the puzzle, you must also prevent the enemy’s attack. But overall, these bad guys are not too troublesome and are relatively easy to defeat. If you choose to seek to the correct order by trial and error, then it will drastically intensify the danger that you are going to encounter.

Once you have accomplished this puzzle smoothly, the way leading to the next stage will be automatically unlocked and you are available to access to the last trial and Akarat’s tomb with Eru and Neyrelle.

All Good Things Questline

All Good Things serves as the main questline that is exclusive to Vessel of Hatred DLC. Completing “In His Footsteps” quest will automatically unlock “All Good Things”.

As a main quest, players must complete a specific storyline to get the eligibility to the next difficulty level. And you are required to accomplish the challenges lie below:

• Enter Tomb of Akarat
• Find Burial Chamber with Eru and Neyrelle
• Defend Neyrelle while she accomplishes the trial
• Speak with Eru
• Slay Forgotten Warden
• Enter Burial Chamber with Eru and Neyrelle
• Survive the Onslaught
• Collect Akarat’s Power
• Slay Harbinger of Hate
• Speak with Neyrelle
• Head to Reflection’s Edge by portal

Solving the brazier puzzle earns you the right to enter Burial Chamber with Eru and Neyrelle.

Rewards For Completing All Good Things

• 1,321,962 XP
• 29,400 Diablo 4 Gold

After successfully completing All Good Things, Vessel of Hatred expansion is basically over. Want to know the ending? Then figure out the puzzle to search for the answer by yourself.

That’s the way to figure out the brazier puzzle in Vessel of Hatred DLC. If you have not mastered the keys, then reset this part and try the order that mentioned above to kick off the next journey.

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