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Mercenary Mode - Hearthstone Top Decks Coverage and Guides
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16.10.2021 в 03:01
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On October 12, Blizzard released Hearthstone's brand-new game mode Mercenaries. The free-to-play mode introduces a new roguelike experience to everybody's favorite card game that shares similarities with games like Slay the Spire or Darkest Dungeon.
To get the most out of your adventuring through Azeroth, our sister site
hearthstonetopdecks.com
has prepared a ton of in-depth Mercenaries guides, including information about all playable Heroes, Village Upgrades, the new Coins currency system, and more!
Mercenaries Overview
The Ultimate Mercenaries Overview
will give players a general idea of how Mercenaries works.
The main component of Mercenaries is its unique encounter design. A trinity system has been put in place to add additional depth in regards to approaching encounters and party compositions. Each of the three colors does double damage to the one and receives double damage from the other remaining color.
Red
units are called
Protectors
,
green
units are called
Fighters
, and
blue
units are called
Casters
.
A damage design component like the trinity system opens up many different ways to build your dream party composition - especially because that system also applies to the enemy team as well!
If you want to learn more about the trinity system and other encounter parts like Speed values or your Bench, please check out the
Ultimate Mercenaries Overview
!
Ultimate Mercenaries Overview
Mercenaries Heroes and Leveling Guides
As always, Hearthstone revolves around the Heroes of Azeroth. With Mercenaries, Team 5 introduced
a total of 51 heroes as playable mercenaries
. Each mercenary hero can unlock a total of
three abilities
and can choose
one out of three items
to wear during an encounter. In order to form a party, players need a total of
six mercenaries
to join - and in this case, colors only matter in terms of strategy.
As already said, and very similar to World of Warcraft, abilities automatically unlock during the leveling process. Leveling rates can be very different depending on the content you're doing - and that is why we prepared a comprehensive
Mercenaries Leveling Guide
to get you to end-game as quickly as possible!
Mercenaries Leveling Guide
During leveling and character progression, all heroes tell their story through abilities and items they're able to use. A prime example would be
Natalie Seline
. The Shadow Priest NPC known as a Champion from
Legion's Priest Order Hall
, she utilizes Shadow damage and Holy healing to take a stand on the Mercenaries battlefield.
Both her abilities and items highlight the iconic Priest weapon
Benediction
/
Anathema
and its three crafting components:
Eye of Shadow
,
Eye of Divinity
, and
Splinter of Nordrassil
. The switch between
Benediction
and
Anathema
offers great flexibility and turns Natalie into a great addition for your Mercenaries party.
The fact that Team 5 decided to showcase characters through their roles in the history of World of Warcraft highlights the developer's intention to stay true to the overall "Heroes of Azeroth" fantasy.
And this fantasy is underlined through cosmetic content as well: Each hero has three different portrait options, showing different stages of character progression. For example,
Sylvanas Windrunner
's portraits show her transition from Ranger General into the Banshee Queen:
To see a collection of every single Mercenaries hero and their abilities or items, visit our
Mercenaries Heroes Guide
! Besides that, all art fans should visit
Blizzard's Press Kit section
to find high-resolution assets for every single character portrait.
Mercenaries Heroes Guide
Mercenaries Village
The heart of Mercenaries operations is the so-called
Village
. Serving as your very personal quest hub, you can start bounties, manage your collection, or start PvP battles.
Over time and story progression, you will be able to eventually unlock all Village features. Learn more about all features, their costs, and potential upgrades with our
Mercenaries Village Guide
.
Mercenaries Village Guide
Mercenaries Coins
Coins are the new currency for everything around Mercenaries. Your mercenary heroes can level up by completing bounties and other activities. However, if you want to craft a new hero or upgrade their abilities, you need to invest coins. Each hero has its own coin - that way, players don't have to make the hard decision whether they want to upgrade hero A or B.
The game offers many different ways to collect specific coins, so if you want to max out your favorite hero, you can just do the bounty that always rewards you with coins for that specific hero.
Upgrade and crafting costs as well as interaction between coins and hero equipment will be covered in the
Mercenaries Coin Guide
- so be sure to check it out to maximize the value of the new currency!
Mercenaries Coin Guide
Mercenaries PvE Party Comps
The main strategical aspect of Hearthstone's Mercenaries game mode is building the perfect party. As already said, Mercenaries parties need a total of six heroes in order to start Bounties or PvP battles. Thanks to multiple system designs, almost every combination between heroes seems possible at first. However, obvious synergies between tribes and even factions exist, creating additional strategy layers of party-building.
Want to try out a healing comp? Or are you going to fire your way through a bounty with three spellcasters? In the end, players are limited only through their hero pool - and Hearthstone Top Decks has a party comp ready for every collection.
Check out our
Best Mercenaries Party Comps Guide
to find the party of your dreams and share unique composition ideas in the comments!
Mercenaries Best Party Comps Guide
Mercenaries Player versus Player
Last but not least, Mercenaries also features a compelling PvP mode. Unlike PvE, players are not exactly able to see what their enemy is up to - so preparing different tactics against different party archetypes is of utmost importance.
Team 5 has posted an in-depth explanation about
PvP Ratings and Matchmaking
, looking to provide an optimal experience for players looking for the ultimate challenge. Since Mercenaries is less than a week old, the evolution of a PvP meta is in full effect. Hearthstone Top Decks will of course update their comprehensive
PvP Guide
according to the PvP meta at the time!
Mercenaries PvP Guide
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