Mercenary buff

[FRANKHOWITZER]

Ever since the malachite and celestial update getting up close and personal really isn't much of an option now. and considering all other melee classes have at least one ranged item mercenary doesn't have unless you get the special R which is awful compared to the ability to be invulnerable for a few seconds. Loader has a default topaze broach as well as takes no fall damage, she also can deal a massive amount of melee damage at once. acrid can slowly eat away at enemies health from far away and has two different melee attacks as well as two ranged. mercenary should have a default of at least one shield generator for protection and his new R should be his mouse 2 or shift ability, because his damage just cannot compensate enough for how squishy he is.

[FRANKHOWITZER]

I've tried other options such as using equipment to compensate but the only way to really get past his health is either a capacitor build (works for all classes and is very OP) or a jade elephant which is only useful if you have 3 drowned and at least 1 red item (cant remeber the name but reduces equipment cool down on kill)

[Neire]

Mercenary is plenty fine, what do you mean? If you want to cheese your way through the game, just give him the Permatonic build and some Brainstalks and enjoy mashing R to win.

[Assbepis]

bro just time your abilities so you are invincible for 80% of the run

[TrueEvil]

Honestly, Mercenary is by far the most survivable character imo. His base regen gives him an enormous advantage early on, and he has enough i-frames and mobility to do well in the later game.

[phenir]

Merc is fine, be more patient so you have iframe skills when you go in. The only buff I could ask for on merc is to have some extra iframes when a dash ends like his R does.

[Flori281]

lol Merc is far from squishy, please just learn the character
His alt R starts off better sure but as far as I know it doesn't scale off attack speed like the base R so in the long run the base one is better.
With i-frames he's the only character actually given the tools to maintain close range with his opponents. Acrid and Loader don't have ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to stay in melee range because they don't even get i-frames, no heals or anything
his damage seems totally fine to me bro, his left click is fine for early game and has great range. you can honestly sprint strafe better than huntress while throwing out those juicy slashes. And his ability to single target and AoE without any alt skills is good, I don't think many other characters can cover both so easily without ANY additional items besides like Artificer, and she is way harder to play
the only "screw you"s i feel melee characters have are blazing and malachites but even then you can zoom in and out pretty easy on merc. Blazing should not make a flame trail in the air because that's just cancer, the only thing it effects deadass is melee fighters and they already have to deal with it on the ground. Malachites just spam aoe everywhere which is what makes them annoying. Big spike piles AND those little floating spines

[isundre]

Are we playing the same game? Time your R's and Shifts and mercenary is a GOD. imo by far the best character in the game cause iframes and mobility. Maybe learn to manipulate or get around hit boxes (or what you say is a disadvantage to getting close) using M2. If its too hard then turn down the difficulty, I've seen way too many new people go on multiplayer as their first game then play monsoon. Mercenary is the only character to start with a double jump, use it to your advantage.

[FRANKHOWITZER]

i love when people comment without reading the whole thing...

[phenir]

Your complaint was he's too squishy to remain in melee for long enough to kill enemies. Counterpoint is he's the most survivable melee character.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by FRANKHOWITZER:

i love when people comment without reading the whole thing...

Maybe you shouldn't make a thread showing you don't know how to play a survivor while asking for unneeded buffs, Hmm?

[VBro96]

He just needs good abilities that are realistic to get

[Assbepis]

Originally posted by LightbringerVirgo:

He just needs good abilities that are realistic to get

what the hell does that even mean

[Rayquaza608]

Originally posted by Assbepis:

Originally posted by LightbringerVirgo:

He just needs good abilities that are realistic to get

what the hell does that even mean

I think they're referring to the prismatic trial challenge for the alternate R ability, which is not nearly as good as default R.
As far as the good abilities part, alternate R is the only bad ability on mercenary, his kits actually kinda busted if you know what your doing. definitely one of the better survivors for sure.

[Predator Goose]

Keep eyes out for ukuleles, ATGs, and exploding wisps. When you see malachite enemies start looking for other enemies to kill and prioritize them first. Hope that the proc effects reach and nuke the malachites. Then as a last resort go in with your R for its invincibility. GTFO if they're still alive.

[FRANKHOWITZER]

Originally posted by Jimmy Hunter:

Originally posted by FRANKHOWITZER:

i love when people comment without reading the whole thing...

Maybe you shouldn't make a thread showing you don't know how to play a survivor while asking for unneeded buffs, Hmm?

i have his mastery skin... i have all of em, maybe check the player hmm?