Tanky Hammer Mercenary (Solo + Trio) Build Guide - Mistfall Hunter

Mercenary is one of the strongest and most durable melee classes in Mistfall Hunter. This Mercenary (Hammer) build combines extremely high Defense and Physical Resistance with strong damage, allowing you to pressure enemies without being easily taken down.

By building Indomitable Will before each fight and gaining additional resistance while charging, you can enter combat with a huge defensive advantage. You can then remain aggressive with Super Armor, powerful charged attacks and plenty of crowd control.

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There are three versions of this build depending on your available gear:

• Green Loadout Code: s7XrpfPyrL9gL4NAMIrd5gXcS7JS520
• Blue Loadout Code: 17IpUZHIgNDTobfdqMuT0Yafn8uQjhSpCZjkaoHw
• Purple Loadout Code: 17IpUwp9qFKpX3kbvK3J3jZ7KaLFokIMISXz6VV2

These codes allow you to copy the items and gems needed for each version of the build. To import a code, simply do the following:

• Open the Prepare tab in the character screen when in base.
• Select Manage/Import at the bottom left.
• Navigate to Import Loadout and paste the code.

Purple Loadout

• Aegis 7 – Provides a massive increase to your Defense alongside additional Physical Resistance. This is one of the main reasons the build can absorb so much damage and remain aggressive during fights.

• Brotherhood 7 – Increases Defense while also providing additional Attack to you and your allies. Brotherhood is especially powerful in trios because its bonuses affect your entire team. It also improves a Seer's healing and shield strength by increasing their Attack.

• Valor 7 – Increases your overall Attack while also providing Defense Penetration. This ensures that the build remains threatening despite investing heavily into defensive affixes.

• Stoic 6 – Grants additional Physical and Magic Resistance when your Health becomes low and restores some of your Health. This can completely turn around a close fight and is particularly valuable when playing solo.

• Focused 5 – Reduces the time required to charge your attacks and increases your Movement Speed while charging. This makes it much easier to chase enemies, land charged attacks and maintain Indomitable Will.

Victory Wine:

Aegis +2 Brotherhood +2 Focused +2

Your gear only needs Aegis 5, Brotherhood 5 and Focused 3, as the Level 4 Victory Wine supplies the additional levels needed to complete these core affixes.

Stoic is the most interchangeable part of the Purple setup. You can replace it with Strife if you want more melee damage, particularly during crowded trio fights.

Blue Loadout

Aim for Valor 5, Aegis 4, Brotherhood 4 and Focused 3. This provides a good mixture of damage, survivability and Charging Speed without requiring expensive Purple equipment.

The Blue setup is designed to work with either Level 3 or Level 4 Victory Wine, allowing you to improve the core affixes based on what you currently have available.

Green Loadout

Aim for Aegis 5 and Valor 5. These are the two most important affixes for a cheaper Hammer build, giving you enough Defense to survive while maintaining respectable damage.

Despite using Green gear, this setup is still capable of fighting stronger players and absorbing plenty of damage from elite PvE enemies.

Mercenary (Hammer) provides powerful charged attacks, crowd control and Super Armor. This build uses two active skills that allow you to control groups of enemies while heavily punishing anyone you catch.

Hammer

• Earthshaker
• Skullcrusher

Earthshaker is the build’s most reliable active skill. It provides strong area of effect damage and crowd control, making it excellent against grouped enemies or opponents fighting in confined spaces.

Earthshaker can also be released at its first charge level and repeatedly used for quick attacks. These strikes deal less damage than a fully charged Earthshaker, but they provide another option when you do not have time to complete the full charge.

Skullcrusher can be difficult to land, but it deals an enormous amount of damage when it connects. The skill has two different attacks depending on how long it is charged, allowing you to vary your timing and catch opponents by surprise.

These talents greatly increase Mercenary's survivability, improve its mobility while charging and provide additional Super Armor:

• Hammer of Convergence – Greatly increases your Physical and Magic Resistance after a charged skill grants Super Armor. This makes you significantly harder to kill simply by using your attacks.
• Unstoppable (Mercenary) – Prevents your Energy from being reduced during a Super Armor Clash and stuns the enemy involved in the clash.
• Relentless Advance – Allows you to move and dodge while charging Power Hammer and Punishing Hammer. This provides much needed mobility and makes it easier to chase opponents with your charged attacks.
• Dynamic Charge – Allows you to move and dodge while charging Skullcrusher, making the skill considerably easier to position and land.
• Iron-Clad Body – Grants Super Armor while casting a Level 1 Skullcrusher. This turns the skill’s quicker attack into a useful pressure tool.
• Leap Step – Allows you to move, jump and dodge while charging Earthshaker. Without this talent, landing the skill against mobile opponents is much more difficult.
• Indomitable Will– Grants stacks of increased Physical Resistance when you are attacked. It can stack up to 10 times, giving Mercenary a huge defensive advantage.
• Resilient Body – Grants two stacks of Indomitable Will whenever a charge type skill reaches its next phase. This allows you to build your defensive stacks without needing to take damage first.

• Build Indomitable Will before entering a fight. Hold a charged attack until it reaches its next phase to gain two stacks through Resilient Body. Repeat this while moving around until you reach 10 stacks.
• Mix normal and charged Hammer attacks together. You can begin with a normal swing before transitioning into a heavy attack, then use Relentless Advance to move and chase while charging.
• Stay close to your target and remain aggressive. Mercenary (Hammer) becomes less effective when it allows ranged classes to create space and freely attack from a distance.
• Use the Level 1 version of Skullcrusher when you need a quicker attack. Iron-Clad Body grants it Super Armor, and the different timing can catch opponents expecting the fully charged version.
• Tap Earthshaker for quick attacks when a full charge would be too slow. The damage is lower, but the faster version can help finish weakened enemies or apply pressure in crowded areas.