Merc specFollow

50 parry is a little extreme, and you would be really gimping your damage if you don't spec higher in your main weapon skill.

50 thrust is nice, but mercs don't evade a whole lot, so be prepared to use a backup style. Slash and Crush are better choices because you don't have to have double duty RA's (thrust is based on both dex and str, while crush/slash are only based on str)

Most ppl will tell you that crush is the best way to go for a merc because of the anytime stun chain. I've seen mercs do well with it and mercs do well without it.

50 DW is probably a smart way to go, simply because the damage from dual shadows is nice.

no, if your heart is set on thrust, saracen would probably be the best option, or briton.

Hello,

Scartissue of Palo here, and I have played all 3 damage type for mercs to 50 and at least rank4.

Crush is the way to go for 2 main reasons:

Lower fatigue costs(lack of pally's these days)
Stun

If you think you will land your Reflection-stun chain often, come RvR with me and watch how often I do, which is NEVER.

Here is the BIG flaw with parry reaction styles that stun, how often do you see a hib or mid caster melee you? Answer=never, so you really only get a small chance to stun other melees, never their healers or casters, all of which have some insta root/mezz/aoe stun, which means you attack them, they insta on you and run, which means 0 REALM points.

Crsuh has an easy to land anytime-stun chain, plus plus plus, a quick rear stun which is not chained. These 2 moves together will make all the difference in RvR since it is all about the crowd control.

As for damage, the crush lines are equal or better that slash, and I had(still have) every Sidi,Dragon, ML? rare slash drop you could imagine, but I respeced after watching just 1 guy in RvR with crush. I held off on Malice/Battler till I was sure I wanted crush, and boy am I glad I did.

From a day1 merc that wasted points in dex to parry more when creating the character at startup, go crush, you will thank me.

Scartissue of Palomides


Edited, Tue May 17 09:57:19 2005 by scartissuePalomides

Edited, Tue May 17 09:59:31 2005 by scartissuePalomides