Iron Wolves and weapons

[Zyr]

It's really too bad these buggers don't block, & even try to swing their swords. Coupled with lackluster spell dmg, it's no wonder they don't kill as fast as the others.

I agree it's a shame that the chance to block of, say, a Sigon's Guard is wasted on an Iron Wolf. :(

They do swing their swords, though not often, and not with any great effect that I can see. I don't recall seeing my Cold Wolf swing his at all. However, I made several Normal Cow runs last night with ZyrChipFinder, and on several occasions was amused to see Ajheed the Fire Wolf charge into the herd and swing his Hellplague. :blink:

Zath's Complete v1.10 Hireling/Merc Stats (Warning: Bandwidth Hog) shows, for Normal - Act 3 Fire Wolves: Atk Freq 10, Inf Freq 60, FB Freq 30. For Normal - Act 3 Lightning mercs, the table shows Atk Freq 10, CB Freq 60, LN Freq 30. One would infer that these are percentages, and that Iron Wolves can be expected to swing their swords 10% of the time. The numbers for the Cold Wolves raise doubts in my mind, however: Atk Freq 10, GS Freq 60, FA Freq 1000, IB Freq 240. One would infer that Frozen Armor is "always on," but the Ice Blast figure doesn't fit with the percentage model.