Mercenary is a card type in Mercenaries. In Tavern and collection terms, a mercenary appears in the form of a mercenary card.
Mercenary is the main character the player controls in gameplay. Mercenary is also considered a character.
How to get[]
- Opening Mercenaries Packs - Each pack has at least one mercenary card of rare or better rarity.
- Winning or claiming end-of-season rewards in the Fighting Pit - Reaching at least 12000 rating rewards the player a random mercenary card at the end of the month.
- Crafting in Tavern - Depending on the rarity, the player can craft a mercenary card using its mercenary coins.
- Free mercenaries - All players will get these mercenaries for free after completing Mercenaries/Prologue: Deadmines and new player experience:
- Events - Some mercenaries like Mercenaries/Vanessa VanCleef and Mercenaries/Chi-Ji have different ways to obtain, usually at event occasions.
Properties[]
A mercenary may have these properties:
Role[]
- Main article: Mercenaries/Role
Each mercenary is categorised into one of 3 roles: Caster, Fighter, and Protector. Each has a representing color for their frame, weakness and strength: caster is blue, fighter is green, and protector is red. Casters deal Critical Damage (double damage) to protectors, protectors deal Critical Damage to fighters, and fighters deal Critical Damage to casters.
Mercenaries which do not have a role are considered Neutral and have a black frame. So far, neutral mercenaries only appear uncollectible and only in Travel Point.
Attributes (stats)[]
- Main article: Mercenaries/Level
- Main article: Mercenaries/Attack (attribute)
- Main article: Mercenaries/Health
Each mercenary has three attributes: level, attack, and health.
- A mercenary can be leveled up by gaining experience by just playing, both in Travel Point and Fighting Pit. The max level of a mercenary is currently 30. When leveled up, their health and sometimes attack will be increased. After reaching level 5, 15 and 30, the player unlocks an ability, another ability, and an equipment of that mercenary, respectively.
- Level can be seen placed on the rarity gem (in the centre of the card) and under the card name.
- When a mercenary Mercenaries/Attacks, it deals amount of damage equal to its attack points to its target, decreasing the target's current health points.
- Attack can be seen at the bottom left of the card. Attack has unique look and color depending on the mercenary's role.
- When a mercenary's Mercenaries/Health reaches 0, the mercenary dies.
- Health can be seen at the bottom right part of the card. Health has a water-drop-like look and unique color depending on the mercenary's role.
Ability[]
- Main article: Ability
All collectible mercenaries have three abilities that can be upgraded by spending their own Mercenaries/Mercenary coins in the Tavern. All of them start at tier 1 and can be fully upgraded at tier 5. They are the main source of gameplay interactions and decide the order of action with their Mercenaries/Speed attribute.
At level 1, the mercenary starts with one ability, while the other 2 can be unlocked after it reaches level 5 and 15 respectively.
In Travel Point, special, uncollectible mercenaries do not follow these traditional designs. Most of them have special, much more powerful effects, while some of them are very basic actions, such as Attack or Mercenaries/Fireblast.
Equipment[]
- Main article: Equipment
All collectible mercenaries have three equipments which, like abilities, can be upgraded by spending their own Mercenaries/Mercenary coins in the Tavern. Most of them start at tier 1, but some can start at tier 2, 3, or even 4, the fully upgraded tier. They are additional boosts to the mercenary or its abilities.
Each mercenary has an equipment unlocked after it reaches level 30, one unlocked after its 2nd task is completed, and another one unlocked after its 7th task is completed.
Minion type[]
- Main article: Minion type
Each mercenary may have a unique minion type to represent its race in Warcraft universe or Blizzard Entertainment's game universe. In gameplay, minion type can be an inspiration for synergy between their abilities and equipment, combining into a more powerful effect. It is placed between attack and health.
Rarity[]
- Main article: Rarity
Rarity determines the how many of a mercenary's coins the player needs to craft it and how rare it is when the player opens a Mercenaries Pack.
Card text[]
So far, only uncollectible mercenaries may have card text placed on the black stone area similar to minions in Constructed. They represent special effects.
List of collectible mercenaries[]
As of 27.2.2.184727, there are a total of 122 collectible mercenaries.
Latest mercenaries[]
These mercenaries were added in 27.2.2.184727.
Full list of mercenaries[]
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