Mercenary

Mercenary
Unlocks from: Warrior
Unlocks: Berserker

The Reckless Sellsword

Throwing caution to the wind, this fighter focuses on dealing as much damage as they can, in as little time as possible. Forsakes the healing ability and is left with just the most basic level of HP improvement, but in return, gets natural counter attack, further improves the physical attack of the party, and gets a lot of damage options in their arsenal.

They are often motivated by financial and/or personal gains and are not necessarily bound by any particular code of ethics of loyalty. As such, they are known for being opportunistic and willing to take on any well-paying jobs. This is reflected in their combat style where they are known for taunting and riling up their opponents. They use this tactic to try goad their enemies into making mistakes or acting recklessly. Instead of taking on more difficult opponent, they might opt to wrangle a more vulnerable target, dragging them to the front line of battle in order to take them out easily. They will not hesitate to counterattack when you show any sort of openings in your attacks. While Mercenary may not always be the most honorable or trustworthy warriors, they are skilled at what they do and can be a valuable asset in any conflict.

Unlock

Mercenary is a tier 2 class that is unlocked by leveling the Warrior class to level 25.

Pros and Cons

Comparisons are made considering classes from the same tier

Mercenary has a strong AoE skill Low Sweep very useful if YOLO hunting. Another core skill is Eye For An Eye which improves the damage output. Mercenary can also hit with melee weapons on range 3 thanks to the Bounty Wrangle skill, to make use of this ability you have to min/max script per hunt. Survivability is minimal, but not non-existent thanks to Second Wind. The buff utility is low, because Battle Roar is a flat bonus to PATK, this means it is good early on, but eventually it falls off. Like similar classes, it doesn't have bonus HIT on skills or an HIT passive or buff, which is a major negative.

Stats

Mercenary damages scales from STR and accuracy from DEX.

Like every class Mercenary benefits also from WIS for MDEF,MPREGENERATION and from VIT for PDEF, HP.

Gear

Axe is a must for Low Sweep farming, from tier 4 the COUNTERATTACK branch also stacks with Eye For An Eye.

Heavy Armor gives better scaling with Second Wind.

Medium Armor is good with good pieces, EVA doesn't influence COUNTERATTACK chance.

Scripts

Default

{"script":[{"conditions":[{"key":"selfIfBuffActive","not":true,"number":null}],"action":{"key":"skillBattleRoar","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"self"},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"foeIsGatheringMaterial","not":null,"number":null}],"action":{"key":"skipNextScript","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"self"},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"foeIsGatheringMaterial","not":true,"number":null},{"key":"foeCellFartherAwayThan","not":false,"number":2},{"key":"selfMpHigherThan","not":false,"number":20}],"action":{"key":"skillBountyWrangle","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":2},{"conditions":[{"key":"foeIsGatheringMaterial","not":true,"number":null},{"key":"foeCellFartherAwayThan","number":1,"not":false}],"action":{"key":"stepForward"},"target":{"key":"foe"},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"foeCellCloserThan","not":false,"number":1},{"key":"foeMultiplePresent","not":false,"number":2}],"action":{"key":"skillLowSweep","itemId":0},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"selfMpHigherThan","not":false,"number":20}],"action":{"key":"skillViciousStrike","itemId":0},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"true"}],"action":{"key":"attack","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":0}],"position":"frontline"}

Ideas and suggestions

These are all suggestions, you can't have 1 script which is perfect for every hunt and every gear

• Add Second Wind on low hp or similar conditions to improve survivability.
• Prioritize AoE damage by moving up in Low Sweep.
• Use Step Forward on not reachable foes at the end for script simplicity.
• Change mp checks on attack to have at least 25 MP for casting Battle Roar.
• Add foe conditions on damage skills based on hp, pdef, ... (This is not used in the script below)
• Bounty Wrangle is useful at the top of the damage skills if you want to kill a specific foe at range. This is doable for single hunts: you want to prioritize this foe by using highest/lowest stat conditions after researching the bestiary. This kind of scripts needs to be changed per hunt. (This is not used in the script below)

{"script":[{"conditions":[{"key":"selfHpLowerThan","not":false,"number":25}],"action":{"key":"skillSecondWind","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"self"},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"selfIfBuffActive","not":true,"number":null}],"action":{"key":"skillBattleRoar","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"self"},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"selfMpHigherThan","not":false,"number":20},{"key":"foeCellCloserThan","not":false,"number":1},{"key":"foeMultiplePresent","not":false,"number":2}],"action":{"key":"skillLowSweep","itemId":0},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"selfMpHigherThan","not":false,"number":20},{"key":"foeIsGatheringMaterial","not":true,"number":null}],"action":{"key":"skillViciousStrike","itemId":0},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"selfMpHigherThan","not":false,"number":20},{"key":"foeIsGatheringMaterial","not":true,"number":null}],"action":{"key":"skillBountyWrangle","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":2},{"conditions":[{"key":"true"}],"action":{"key":"attack","itemIds":[]},"target":{"key":"foe","characterId":0},"cooldown":0},{"conditions":[{"key":"foeNotReachable","not":null,"number":null}],"action":{"key":"stepForward"},"target":{"key":"foe"},"cooldown":0}],"position":"frontline"}

Skills (Outdated)

Vicious Strike

active | attack | single target

• Max level: 80
• Range: 1
• Available on: Mercenary, Berserker
• Enhanced to: Execute
• Enhanced from: Bash

A ruthless melee attack, focused on damage output. Enhanced by Bash, adding 0~50% P.Atk on top of it. Damage ranges from 130~200% P.Atk, increased by both skills levels. Cannot be used with Bows and Crossbows.

Skill level	Damage	MP Cost	Other Effects/durations
0	150% P.ATK	4 MP	N/A
10	156% P.ATK	5 MP	N/A
20	163% P.ATK	6 MP	N/A
30	169% P.ATK	7 MP	N/A
40	175% P.ATK	8 MP	N/A
50	181% P.ATK	9 MP	N/A
60	188% P.ATK	10 MP	N/A
70	194% P.ATK	11 MP	N/A
80	200% P.ATK	12 MP	N/A
Table assuming level 50 Bash

War Cry

active | buff | all allies

• Max level: 80
• Available on: Mercenary, Berserker
• Enhanced from: War Cry

Skill level	Increase	MP Cost	Other Effects/durations
0	20 P.ATK	9 MP	5 Rounds
10	23 P.ATK	11 MP	6 Rounds
20	25 P.ATK	13 MP	7 Rounds
30	28 P.ATK	15 MP	8 Rounds
40	30 P.ATK	17 MP	10 Rounds
50	33 P.ATK	19 MP	11 Rounds
60	35 P.ATK	21 MP	12 Rounds
70	38 P.ATK	23 MP	13 Rounds
80	40 P.ATK	25 MP	15 Rounds
Table assuming level 50 Warrior#War Cry

• Bounty Wrangle: A ranged physical attack with a chance to pull the target to their team's front row if they are not in the front row already. Chance to successfully wrangle a target is depending on S.ATK. 175% P.ATK at skill level 100.

Skill level	Damage	MP Cost	Other Effects/durations
Level 0	125% P.ATK	3 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 10	130% P.ATK	5 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 20	135% P.ATK	7 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 30	140% P.ATK	9 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 40	145% P.ATK	11 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 50	150% P.ATK	13 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 60	155% P.ATK	15 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 70	160% P.ATK	17 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 80	165% P.ATK	19 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 90	170% P.ATK	21 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)
Level 100	175% P.ATK	23 MP	Chance to wrangle a target to their team's front row (if not in front row already)

• Eye for an Eye (passive): 30% chance to counterattack your attacker when taking melee damage at skill level 100. This skill gains skill EXP when the Mercenary takes a hit.

Skill level	Damage	MP Cost	Other Effects/durations
Level 0	N/A	N/A	0% to counterattack
Level 10	N/A	N/A	3% to counterattack
Level 20	N/A	N/A	6% to counterattack
Level 30	N/A	N/A	9% to counterattack
Level 40	N/A	N/A	12% to counterattack
Level 50	N/A	N/A	15% to counterattack
Level 60	N/A	N/A	18% to counterattack
Level 70	N/A	N/A	21% to counterattack
Level 80	N/A	N/A	24% to counterattack
Level 90	N/A	N/A	27% to counterattack
Level 100	N/A	N/A	30% to counterattack