why mercenary kinda hard to play?

[Mika gunhild]

as for now all of my character are level 18 but i fancy to play foot knight nowadays simply because its easy to play, fast attack and shield bash give you easy temporary HP however the starting job mercenary are really hard to play, his swing so wide it took 2 second of animation, not to mention if i dodge back while wind up my weapon sometimes it wont reach the enemy, but when i see a youtuber their swing are so fast what the hell

how do you suggest playing mercenary as a newbie?
oh and my usual difficulity is champion because i dont have enough power for legend haha

[The Fountaineer 🖋]

High Cleave weapons make Merc go swoosh faster.

[ctylsh]

what weapon are u using? you know there is multiple weapons right?

[radz74]

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

as for now all of my character are level 18

how do you suggest playing mercenary as a newbie?

At lvl 18 give all the weps a try but 2h hammer with some speed should have you cruising on champ.

When the going gets tough shout to make some space.

[Red Sabre]

I actually find Footknigt harder to play than mercenary as the latter gives you attack speed, temp health and even increased defense for a few seconds

[Mika gunhild]

Originally posted by ctylsh:

what weapon are u using? you know there is multiple weapons right?

executioner sword and 1 handed sword but it can cleave

[Mika gunhild]

Originally posted by radz74:

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

as for now all of my character are level 18

how do you suggest playing mercenary as a newbie?

At lvl 18 give all the weps a try but 2h hammer with some speed should have you cruising on champ.

When the going gets tough shout to make some space.

rolled 20 chest not a single spear and hammer :(

[Randy Marsh]

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

Originally posted by radz74:

At lvl 18 give all the weps a try but 2h hammer with some speed should have you cruising on champ.

When the going gets tough shout to make some space.

rolled 20 chest not a single spear and hammer :(

You should be able to craft a hammer

[radz74]

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

rolled 20 chest not a single spear and hammer :(

Spears dlc so you need to unlock it and craft it if you own the dlc.

Unlucky on the hammer but work with whatever you got for awhile or like Randy said craft whatever you want to try.

[tools guy-kun]

it might just be because most of your better abilities and weapons come at later levels. but regardless, mercenary, while not the best at DPS, they can be awfully good, given that you know how to use your weapons and properly utilize their talent.

[veracsthane]

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

as for now all of my character are level 18 but i fancy to play foot knight nowadays simply because its easy to play, fast attack and shield bash give you easy temporary HP however the starting job mercenary are really hard to play, his swing so wide it took 2 second of animation, not to mention if i dodge back while wind up my weapon sometimes it wont reach the enemy, but when i see a youtuber their swing are so fast what the hell

how do you suggest playing mercenary as a newbie?
oh and my usual difficulity is champion because i dont have enough power for legend haha

your doing something wrong and thats all there is to it.

most of the time when i have problems with merc but not foot knight its because the teams just bad and its impossible to always position perfectly to make up for it. if the teams sitting in a spawn where they come from everywhere at once then you can only really leave and find a better team.

there are certain things that proveably make the game easier and there are some things people who are just bad or simply arent trying will do and the more you play the more you notice it. there are infact roles for each class and there is infact a need for atleast one person with a sheild or one person with anti monster for example.

[AmesNFire]

Originally posted by tools guy-kun:

it might just be because most of your better abilities and weapons come at later levels. but regardless, mercenary, while not the best at DPS, they can be awfully good, given that you know how to use your weapons and properly utilize their talent.

This and ultimately Mercenary Krubs is not good at anything but party support. Individual players can certainly make them contribute beyond passively boosting the party but the skills aren't really meant to make him shine on his own.

[Licher.Rus]

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

as for now all of my character are level 18 but i fancy to play foot knight nowadays simply because its easy to play, fast attack and shield bash give you easy temporary HP however the starting job mercenary are really hard to play, his swing so wide it took 2 second of animation, not to mention if i dodge back while wind up my weapon sometimes it wont reach the enemy, but when i see a youtuber their swing are so fast what the hell

how do you suggest playing mercenary as a newbie?
oh and my usual difficulity is champion because i dont have enough power for legend haha

Just lack of experience
Practice more and you will see he is the best of all Kruber careers

[Mika gunhild]

Originally posted by tools guy-kun:

it might just be because most of your better abilities and weapons come at later levels. but regardless, mercenary, while not the best at DPS, they can be awfully good, given that you know how to use your weapons and properly utilize their talent.

Originally posted by AmesNFire:

This and ultimately Mercenary Krubs is not good at anything but party support. Individual players can certainly make them contribute beyond passively boosting the party but the skills aren't really meant to make him shine on his own.

i think this is where my mistake come from, because the passive says it get more attack speed if you hit multiple enemies i thought mercenary suppose to be in the front denying horde and active skill for emergency, i guess i just need to stand behind someone while they are tanking and me clearing

[Zoli]

Originally posted by Mika gunhild:

i think this is where my mistake come from, because the passive says it get more attack speed if you hit multiple enemies i thought mercenary suppose to be in the front denying horde and active skill for emergency, i guess i just need to stand behind someone while they are tanking and me clearing

Merc is a frontline career. Support means you don't have a damaging ult, and your abilities are rather for support and not for DPS.
Your weapon choice is crucial. 1h sword is not good enough for for this role. Exec is good, the maul is quite useful. His best weapons are from DLCs the mace and sword and the bret sword.

[ctylsh]

Originally posted by AmesNFire:

Originally posted by tools guy-kun:

it might just be because most of your better abilities and weapons come at later levels. but regardless, mercenary, while not the best at DPS, they can be awfully good, given that you know how to use your weapons and properly utilize their talent.

This and ultimately Mercenary Krubs is not good at anything but party support. Individual players can certainly make them contribute beyond passively boosting the party but the skills aren't really meant to make him shine on his own.

lol what? what part of cleave, crit chance, and attack speed is team support? other than killing things faster i guess. "not good at anything but party support" are we playing the same game?