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Varyana Mercenary Guide and Best Skills

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Varanya Mercenary Guide
Varyana is one of the mercenaries you can hire to accompany you in Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about Varyana, including how to unlock her and her rapport rewards, as well as see a list of all available skills and best skills to use when hiring Varyana!

How to Unlock Varyana

Complete Slayer's Retribution Quest

How to Recruit Mercenary - Varyana
Once you have unlocked The Den by completing The Hand Remembers the Blade Quest during the Vessel of Hatred questline, you will be able to access the quests for each mercenary. Interact with the Brutal Note on the northwestern side of The Den to begin the Slayer's Retribution Quest and start recruiting Varyana as a Mercenary.

List of All Varyana Skills

Varyana Mercenary Perk Skill

Skill Effect
MassacreMassacre
You and Varyana stack Massacre together on kills. Certain stack thresholds grant Movement Speed:
10 Stacks: 5% Movement Speed
25 Stacks: 10% Movement Speed
50 Stacks: 15% Movement Speed
100 Stacks: 20% Movement Speed.
Massacre resets after 7 seconds of not killing an enemy.

Varyana Mercenary Core Skills

Skill Effect
CleaveCleave
Varyana swings two axes in an arc in front of her, dealing 60% Physical damage and 24% Bleeding damage over 4 seconds.
Weapon: Dual Axes
Basic Attack: Double Strike
Varyana slashes enemies with dual axes, dealing 58% Physical damage. She has a 45% chance to also deal 24% Bleeding damage over 3 seconds.
BloodthirstBloodthirst
Varyana enters Bloodthirst, gaining 30% Attack Speed, 200% Movement Speed, and Unstoppable for 7 seconds. Varyana's Bloodthirst grants 10% Attack Speed to you for the same duration.
Shock WaveShock Wave
Varyana slams the ground for a brutal shockwave in front of her, dealing 80% Physical damage and Knocking Down enemies for 2 seconds.
Weapon: Two-Handed Mace
Basic Attack: Heavy Strike
Varyana batters enemies with a mace, dealing 80% Physical damage with 20% increased Critical Strike Chance.

Varyana Mercenary Iconic Skills

Skill Effect
WhirlwindWhirlwind
Varyana spins violently in a line, repeatedly dealing 65% Physical damage and 30% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
Earth BreakerEarth Breaker
Varyana crushes the ground with her mace, leaving a tremor that deals 180% Physical damage over 3 seconds and Knocks enemies down repeatedly.
Ancient HarpoonsAncient Harpoons
Varyana launches three harpoons ahead of her, piercing enemies for 140% Physical damage. She then rips them back, Pulling In and Stunning enemies for 2 seconds.

Varyana Key Passives

Skill Effect
HysteriaHysteria You gain 1.0% Attack Speed for 5 seconds whenever Varyana damages an enemy, up to 10.0%.
Cleave Cleave required
RecklessnessRecklessness Varyana's Cleave inflicts Vulnerable on enemies for 3 seconds.
Cleave Cleave required
IntimidatedIntimidated While Varyana has Bloodthrist, enemies around her deal 10% reduced damage.
Bloodthirst Bloodthirst required
BloodlustBloodlust Varyana's Bloodthrist further increases your Attack Speed by 5%.
Bloodthirst Bloodthirst required
No EscapeNo Escape Varyana's Whirlwind Pulls In enemies every 1.5 seconds and gains 60% Size.
Whirlwind Whirlwind required
Taste of FleshTaste of Flesh When you are Varyana deal direct damage to an enemy inflicted with any of her Bleeding effects, you Heal for 1% of your Maximum Life.
Whirlwind Whirlwind required
Crushing ForceCrushing Force When Varyana deals damage to an enemy, she has a 30% chance to Knock them Down for 2 seconds.
Shockwave Shockwave required
ReprisalReprisal If you become Crowd Controlled, Varyana leaps towards the enemy that inflicted it, dealing 128% Physical damage and Knocking Down surrounding enemeis for 2 seconds on impact. This can only occur once every 12 seconds.
Shockwave Shockwave required
RampageRampage You deal 15% increased damage to enemies afflicted by any of Varyana's Crowd Control effects.
Earth Breaker Earth Breaker required
DismemberingDismembering Enemies damaged by Varyana's Earth Breaker are left exposed, causing your next hit against them within 3 seconds to be a guaranteed Overpower. This may only occur on the same target once every 5 seconds.
Earth Breaker Earth Breaker required
AnnihilatorAnnihilator Varyana's Ancient Harpoons aditionally Slow enemies by 40% for 3 seconds. During this time, you gain 30% Lucky Hit Chance against those targets.
Ancient Harpoons Ancient Harpoons required
Iron GripIron Grip Varyana's Ancient Harpoons travel 33% farther and reduce enemies' Impairment Resistance by 50% for 5 seconds.
Ancient Harpoons Ancient Harpoons required

Varyana Best Skills

Best Active Skill and Key Passive

Active Skill Key Passive
WhirlwindWhirlwind RecklessnessRecklessness

With these skills, you will primarily focus on her abilities to inflict Bleed, which will serve as the main source of damage. Additionally, you will also take advantage of the Whirlwind and No Escape combo to group enemies together, enabling you to clear the mobs much faster.

Varyana Rapport Rewards

Rewards on All Tiers

Rapport Rank Reward
Tier 1 ・+1 Skill Point
Tier 2 ・+1 Skill Point
Tier 3 ・+1 Skill Point
Tier 4 ・+1 Skill Point
Tier 5 Mobility Aspects (Bartering Upgrade)
・50 Pale Marks
Tier 6 ・Varyana Cache (Rapport Cache)
・50 Pale Marks
Tier 7 ・Varyana Masterworking Cache (Rapport Cache)
・50 Pale Marks
Tier 8 ・Masterworking (Bartering Upgrade)
・75 Pale Marks
Tier 9 Malignant Heart Cache (Rapport Cache)
・75 Pale Marks
Tier 10 ・Grand Varyana Cache (Rapport Cache)
・100 Pale Marks

Who is Varyana?

A Blood-soaked Berserker Crone

Varyana, the Berserker Crone

Varyana is a former cannibal and butcher turned mercenary after she left her tribe. She is a berserker that loves to go up close and personal using moves like Cleave and Whirlwind to deal as much damage as she can throughout the fight.

She is great as an offensive tank and works well with both melee and ranged DPS players.

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