Mercenary | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

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EVEN Herald has its own niche 12/12 STR/DEX Sunlight Sword Faith build. This has nothing for it except Spook for speedrunners. REALLY lame class

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Just first tried gundyr today with this gear

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Great for rushing the Hollowslayer greatsword, sellsword twinblades are great on their own and melt curse rotted greatwood with fire resin.

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Great for rushing the Hollowslayer greatsword, sellsword twinblades are great on their own and melt curse rotted greatwood with fire resin.

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I take mercenary and fire gem,get fire sellswords and 30 vigor before anything,get dreamchaser ashes and +4,then go to farron coal and get the sharp sellswords and then spend the rest on dex.works perfectly each time

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It actually has the best stat optimization for min/max mages since dex is important for FCR

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Best starting class to become pro pkcs user. Destroy fat Casul scrubs with the gorgeous pkcs WA, and use its jaw-droppingly fast heavy double attack to crush pve. Get ready to know ds3 like never before, and pick up a pkcs, best weapon gaming history

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ngl bro, this class has the only starting weapon i'd actually bother to try in PvP. With all the parry kings in PvP nowadays, i ASSUME that the L1 and WA attacks might actually come in handy (do correct me if i'm wrong please). Plus its also very good in PvE, as it will stunlock a major amount of enemies to death, and is good enough to easily deal with bosses, i've seen a few people doing dancer before vordt with this and they did not actually need to have perfect roll timing at all, there was this one guy on YT in fact, who actually used the kite shield, barely needed to roll, and actually defeated her 4th try

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I love the lore implication of this class. No real strong alleigence to royalty or gods, just your own sword arm. "Who am I killing and how much am I getting paid?"

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this is easily the best starting class.

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DPS with this class is outstanding. Sellsword + 40 dex + lighning = game is done

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It’s like the wanderer class, but better.

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the best class in the game is warrior this class is cool 2 .

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For optimization purposes, the mercenary is generally the best class for pure DEX builds or original DEX/FTH builds. Like a Lightning whip user for example.

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good for melee sorcerer

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Best starting class

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if you compare herald and merc dex\faith stats minmaxing the differences are: herald has more vitality and cant level int, merc has less vit and can level int, thus merc can use some utility sorceries while herald relies completely on miracles, seems logical and good for roleplaying

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this is a good class if your going lothric knigthsword/sorcerer. it starts with 10 str, and 16 dex. only 3 lvls used on the sword. (11str/18dex) then if you go 60 int you have 2 lvls saved from faith, compared to depreved. im almost ng and im depreved because i was dumb. -_-

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I really liked this character because of the cool armor, move-set with the weapons as well as the badass label of being a mercenary! This is the most I've ever been invested in a Dark Souls game and I'm almost at level 100. Some early advice for newbies that just want to get better at the game in broad strokes:
1. Level up as often as possible, not only in health but in endurance ( I prefer like a 3-5 level difference between the two)
2. Stick with one weapon and collect as much titanite as possible. Try to also look for the raw gem as this will help a lot in the early game.
3. I used the sellsword twinblades and used the raw gem on it. After a couple bosses, I actually switched to the sharp gem on it as it's a better long-term investment since it scales up with Dex.
4.The most controversial: use your boss souls to level up. I know the weapons are really cool but unless you see yourself using it for a while just use the souls for more important things like leveling up.
5.. Look for estus shards!

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Is a class that needs to level up it's skills

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Should I use mercenary if I want to go a farren greatsword build later on?

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The most interesting part of this class is being able to use Uchigatana from the very early game.

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this is a good class

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Has the lowest investment in luck/vitality, so it's ideal for late game builds.

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hi

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Easiest starting build in the game choose fire gem starting gift put 1 point into str grab the uchi now you have a weapon with 100 phys and fire bleed and a great moveset pretty much as you hit firelink for the first time, pretty much kills everything initially.

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The Merc class is relatively underpowered early on, and if you're new to Dank Souls I wouldn't recommend a dexterity-based class. If you want to stick with it and git gud, this class can be used to make a large variety of builds, and the starting weapon (Sellsword Twinblades) can take your character a long way if you learn how to use it. This class may seem frustrating to get used to but it can become really overpowered with the right build.

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If your intending a sorcerer build later, does the mercenary makes this a better starting class then sorcerer? Since well.. 12 Luck. Opinions?

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The mercenary is a class based on dexterity. His weapon allows him to spam a lot on his enemies, but overall, at "lvl 1" (actually he's lvl 8), he will deal way less damage than the strength based classes (knight and warrior).On an other hand, his stats allows him to use the Uchigatana (that you can get after the tutorial boss) one handed with a single point investment in strength.His other stats are balanced, allowing you to go early on to a variety of different early builds.On a sidenote, the dual wield mode won't be adding much damage. If you're a beginner, maybe you'd prefer to use the shield with single wield mode to be able to block attacks from non-boss mobs (you will learn very early that blocking a BIG attack with a shield is not a very good idea).I'll share with you a little build you can do to be quite strong during the early game:Infuse your Uchigatana with raw enchantment, and reinforce it as much as you can during your adventure;When leveling up, out a single point in Str so you can "single hand wield" your katana;Put the other lvls in either Vit, Vig, and End, as your convenience. With this build you'll be able to be tough and still be able to hit hard, as long as you reinforce your weapon along your journey.I hope this will help, have fun, and prepare to die !

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I'm thinking between this and thief, aiming for onikiri and ubadachi dex build going "samurai".

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When you level up the mercenary, what are most important to level up first?How should you level up the mercenary to make him optimal?

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Would this class be good for making a build that mainly used bows?

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Which skill points shoud i take ?

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If you pick this starting class, don't expect to use the shield, dual scimitars is way too much fun and hugely effective.

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After trying this class... I can tell that this one is terrible to begin with. The weapons struggle to do any damage to anything that is not a regular zombie, and you will feel miserable when fighting the first boss... while the Knight and the Warrior will make these fights piece of cake.On an other hand, this armor is badass for sure...

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I myself am not really into R1 spamming, this particular starting class seems to have a lot of that( No i'm not a turtle, i prefer heavy 2 handed weapons) for when i will make a dex "build" i'll pick this for sure.Played the beta build, these scimitars could take you a long way from the get go(btw, apart from beta footage I'm 100% virgin, done bloody well to remain might i add haha:)

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Should I use this if I'm just starting some guy told me I should use mercenery however I feel I should use the knight and play it safe yet the thief seems promise img if I use dexterity vigor and endurance and possibly vitilty but if I use knight or merc I could focus on strength as well so what should I go with

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I did it!

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I can't decide if I want to go a Mageblade build or Quality for my next run. The mercenary though has very balanced stats for either type of build; very cool!

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After watching Oroboro destroy a group of four with the mana attack with the dual scimitars, I am definitely starting with this class.

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Just let it play like the Swordsman from DS2 but a tad faster and i'll be so very happy :)

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Strength isn't great, limited starting options in how you can fight, but that cuirass and the overall look of the character is excellent.

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Curious if dual weapons will take up two weapon slots or just one. For example your left hand is reduced to only two active slots.

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