Mercenary

Primary Attack: A Melee Physical Slash Attack dealing damage.

Secondary Attack: Launches himself through the air towards the selected area, dealing damage upon landing.

Usable Weapons: Daggers

Lore: Previously serving as an elite royal warrior, the Mercenary is now a soldier-for-hire that utilizes contracts and bonds created with many strong and strange beings throughout Etheria to get any job done. Whether providing protection, or taking out a single target, the Mercenary has the tools needed. "Any job can be done for the right amount of coin" is the Mercenary way!

Hero Damage Scalar: 0.35

Hero Health Scalar: 1.65

Base Damage Reduction: 0%

Information

		Fan Of Knives: Quickly spin in place, throwing knives in every direction dealing damage to all close by.
		Poison Dagger Throw: Throws a line of poison daggers towards your enemies!
		Combat Preparation: Focuses on the battle ahead, giving an edge in battle by increasing movement speed, and damage.
		Sweeping Strikes: Unleash a spin move in the direction you're facing, dealing massive damage to any enemy unlucky enough to be in the path.

Passive Ability

Predatory Instinct: Gains 50% tenacity and restores 10% of maximum health every 2 seconds (upgradeable to 20% in talents).

		Royal Guard Blockade: Blocks enemies. Attacks with his shield dealing physical damage.
		Nether Spider Spawner: Spawns several spiders that run towards enemies and explode, dealing physical damage and weakening enemy attacks.
		Nether Archer: Fires bolts of dark energy that bounce between enemies, dealing less damage after each bounce.
		Elvish Artillery Cannon: Fires a chaotic ball of energy dealing area of effect storm damage.

List of Mercenary-specific Item Shards:

Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	Item
Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	GearSlot	Shard Pack
	Back Stab	Primary attacks that hit enemies from behind now deal 100-200% (220%) of their normal damage.
	Binding Roots	Your slam ability has a 22-50% (58%)' chance to stun enemies for 0.5 seconds, then root in place for 4.5 seconds.
	Bounty	Restore 1-6 (7) mana upon defeating an enemy.
	Empowered Throw	Increases the damage of Poison Dagger Throw by 3-39% (52%).
	Escape Artist	Reduces the time of disabling effects you sustain by 0-37.5% (50%).
	Explosive Blades	Poison Dagger Throw now sticks to the target and explodes after 3 seconds for 500-2,000% (2300%) of Ability Power.
	Follow Through	Increases the damage of Sweeping Strikes by 3-39% (52%).
	Frenzy	Primary Attacks have a 21-26% (28%) chance to increase attack speed by 5-30% (40%) for 5 seconds. Can only proc once every 7 seconds.
	Knife Club	Increase the damage of Fan Of Knives by 3-39% (52%).
	Lingering Poison	Poison Dagger Throw now poisons the target for 100-800% (940%) of Ability Power for 1.2-5.2 (6) seconds.
	Momentum	Enemies hit by abilities reduce Sweeping Strikes ability cooldown by 0.2-0.8 (1.2) seconds every hit.
	Poisoned Blades	Combat Preparation now applies poison to your blades for 5s, causing you to deal 50-110% (130%) of your Hero Damage as poison damage on melee attacks.
	Shadow Prince	Taking damage has a 7-23% (28%) chance to make you take 3-15% (19%) less damage and stun attackers for 1.2-4.8 (6) seconds over the duration.
	Sharp Thinking	Increases the damage bonus of Combat Preparation by 4-40% (52%).
	Critical Allocation	Increases Elvish Artillery Cannon's Crit Damage by 30-46% (50%) and Crit Chance by 5-21% (25%), but lowers the tower's range by 25%.
	Earthen Guard	Imbues the Royal Guard Blockade's shield with Earth magic that has a 8-18% (20%) chance on dealing damage to unleash a fissure, dealing 200-1,800% (2120%) of your Tower Health as Earth Damage.
	Ghastly Curse	Nether Archer's arrows now make enemies move at 50-42% (38%) speed for 0-4 (6) seconds.
	Ghost Arrows	Nether Archer's arrows can now bounce 1-4 (5) additional times.
	Icy Spiders	Nether Spiders have a 6-16% (20%) chance to spawn a pool of Ice on the ground that makes all nearby enemies move at 90-60% (48%) speed for 5 seconds. The ice pools last 10 seconds.
	Overcharge	Increases the Elvish Artillery Cannon's projectile damage radius by 16-64% (80%), and reduces damage falloff by 18-42% (50%).
	Plated Armor	Imbues the Royal Guard Blockade's armor, making enemy projectiles deal 76-40% (28%) of their original damage.

List of Dryad and Mercenary shared Item Shards:

Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	Item
Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	GearSlot	Shard Pack
	Augmented Explosions	Explosion radius of Nether Spiders and Slimes are 15-65% (75%) bigger.

List of Barbarian and Mercenary Shared Item Shards:

Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	Item
Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	GearSlot	Shard Pack
	Brace for Impact	After using your slam ability, take 4-20% (24%) less damage for 6 seconds.

General Shards

List of General Shards that any Hero can equip.

List of non-hero-specific Item Shards:

Name		Effect (gilded value in brackets)	Item
Name		Effect (gilded value in brackets)	GearSlot	Shard Pack
	Defensive Critical Damage	Increases the Defense Crit Damage of the affected tower by 4-20% (24%).
	Fortification	Increases Defense Health of the affected tower by 2-34% (41%).
	Construction	Increases repair and upgrade speed during Combat Phase by 25-75% (95%).
	Drenching Strikes	Your primary attacks have a 2-30% (38%) chance on hit to drench enemies for 3-7 seconds.
	Retribution	When you take damage, you have a 2-20% chance of dealing 125-425% (485%) of your Armor as damage to your attacker.
	Speed Boost	Increases your movement speed by 100-500 (700).
	Worm Scarf	Reduces the damage you take from enemies by 3-15% (19%).
	Destruction	Increases Defense Power of the affected tower by 2-34% (42%).
	Annoyance	Taunts nearby enemies for 1-4 (5) seconds every 8 seconds.
	Bulwark	Increases armor by 3-39% (52%).
	Critical Strike	Increases your Hero Crit Chance by 3-10% (14%).
	Haunting	Primary attacks generate 1 ghost stack. At 10 stacks you unleash ghosts for 3 seconds, each dealing 10-250% (298%) of your Ability Power as damage. The effect has a cooldown of 5 seconds.
	Defensive Critical Strike	Increases the Defense Crit Chance of the affected tower by an additional 2-15% (19%).
	Panic Fire	When the affected tower takes damage, it has a 5-15% (19%) chance to increase it's Attack Rate by 50% for 1-4 (5) seconds. Does not work with Auras and Traps.
	Press Your Luck	When the affected tower takes damage, it has a 5-15% (19%) chance to increase it's Critical Hit Chance by 30% for 1-4 (9) seconds. Does not work with Auras and Traps.
	Quake	You have a 10-50% (58%) chance when landing to deal 50-250% (290%) of your Ability Power as earth damage to nearby enemies.
	Deadly Strikes	Increases the Defense Range of the affected tower by 3-39% (52%).
	Shielding Guard	When the affected tower takes damage, it has a 5-25% (29%) chance to gain a shield for 50-250% (290%) of it's Defense Health for 5 seconds. Does not work with Auras or Traps.
	Jackpot	You have a 2-10% (14%) chance when picking up gold to quadruple the amount.
	Overwhelm	Your attacks have a 7-15% (19%) chance to stun one enemy for 1-3 seconds. Can only affect one enemy at a time.
	Defense Rate	Increases the Attack Rate of the affected tower by 9-33% (41%).
	Beacon Of The Storm	Once per second your primary attack spawns a lightning ball that deals 10-50% (58%) of your Hero Damage as storm damage. Bounces up to 3 times.
	Electric Retribution	When you take damage, you have a 2-20% chance of dealing 125-425% (485%) of your Armour as storm damage to your attacker.
	Explosive Guard	When the affected tower takes damage, it has 3-35% chance to trigger an explosion and deal 140-500% (580%) of its Defense Health as damage to nearby enemies. Does not work with Auras or Traps. This does not destroy the tower.
	Vampiric Empowerment	Increases the Defense Power of the affected tower by 4-60% (76%) of its Defense Health.
	Anti Air	Deals 4-40% (52%) additional damage to flying enemies.
	Burning Strikes	2-20% chance on hit to burn target for 20-180% (212%) of your Hero Damage stat as magical fire damage each second for 1-5 seconds..
	Health Pylon	Increases the Defense Health of nearby Towers to 102-130% (136%). Does not buff the Tower that equips this shard.
	Sharpened Spikes	Blockade has a 2-30% (38%) chance to stun enemies hit for 1-3 seconds.
	Brain Of Confusion	When you take damage you have a 3-15% (19%) chance to confuse nearby enemies for 3 seconds. This effect has a 15 second cooldown.
	Flaming Retribution	When you take damage, you have a 2-20% chance of dealing 125-425% (485%) of your Armor as fire damage to your attacker.
	Power Pylon	Increases the Defense Power of nearby defenses to 102-120% (124%). Does not buff the Tower that equips this Shard.
	Life Leech	Your primary attacks heal you for 0.2-1% (1.2%) of your max health.
	Mage Gambit	Increases your Ability Power by 10-50% (58%), but increase damage taken from enemies by 60-20% (12%).
	Power Gambit	Increases your Hero Damage by 10-50% (58%), but increase damage taken from enemies by 60-20% (12%).
	Ravenhost	Your primary attacks generate Raven stacks. Once you reach 10 stacks, the stacks are depleted to fire a magical Raven dealing 10-210% (250%) of your Ability Power as damage. Bounces 5 times.
	Water Elemental	The affected tower has has 5-25% (29%) chance on hit to drench enemies for 3 seconds.
	Lightning Touch	Your primary attacks have a 30% chance to deal an additional 5-29% (37%) damage as storm damage.
	Pumpkinator	Primary attacks Pumpkin enemies. When a pumpkined enemy dies, they explode doing 10-210% ability power as damage. Melee attacks against pumkined enemy increase Crit by 3-33% (39%) for 5 sec.
	Radiant Power	Increase the Defense Power of nearby defenses by 5-10% (14%).
	Regeneration	Restores 0.25->1.25% (1.65%) of your Max Health every 5s.
	Serpent God's Fury	When you crit with a primary attack, reduce the cooldown of all your abilities by 0.1-1 (1.2) seconds. The effect has a cooldown of 1 second.
	Sundering Blow	Your primary Attacks reduce enemy's resistances by 5-20% (24%), increasing damage dealt to them.
	Taser Suit	When you take damage you have a 1-16% (20%) chance to electrocute enemies in a small area around you, stunning them for 3 seconds.
	Wave Of The Storm	You have a 4-40% chance when landing on the ground to deal 10-210% (250%) of your Ability Power as storm damage to nearby enemies.
	Auto-Repair System	Restores 0.5-4% (5%) of the affected tower’s Max Health every 5s. Only active during Combat Phase.
	Critical Empowerment	Increases your Hero Crit Damage by 5-16% (20%).
	Radiant Empowerment	Increases the damage of nearby heroes by 5-10% (14%).
	Run and Gun	Your primary attacks have a 10-32% (41%) chance on hit to increase your movement speed by 600 for 3s.
	Tamer's Gambit	Pets deal 20-250% (296%) more damage, but Hero Damage and Ability Power are reduced by 70-30% (22%).
	Tank Gambit	Take 6-26% (30%) less damage, but deal 45-25% (21%) less damage.
	Venomous Strikes	2-20% chance on hit to poison a target for 20-180% (212%) of your Hero Damage stat as magical poison damage each second for 1-5s..
	All For One	Increases Defense Health, Power, Range, and Attack Rate of the affected tower by 2-34% (42%) if only one is built.
	Coup de Grace	Increases your Hero Crit Damage by 10-43.33% (50%), but reduce your Crit Chance by 6%.
	Power Transfer	Increases the Defense Critical Chance by 2-30% (38%) and reduces Defense Health by 30%.
	Radiant Rate	Increases the Attack Rate of nearby defenses by 4-16% (20%).
	Range Pylon	Increases the Defense Range of nearby defenses to 102-120% (124%). Does not buff the Tower that equips this Shard.
	Double Time	Reduces build time for Defenses during Combat Phase by 10-50% (58%).
	Icy Strikes	Your primary attacks chill enemies for 7 seconds making them move at 90-52% (40%) movement speed.
	Long Shot	Increases damage the further you are from your target, up to 5-23.75% (30%) more damage.
	Resolute Armor	Limits potential damage taken from any one hit to 95-90% (87.5%) of your maximum Health.
	Stand Your Ground	While standing still, Hero Damage and Ability Power are increased by 10-25% (30%), and you take 8-20% (24%) less damage.
	Tranquil Haste	Increases your movement speed by 200-600 (800). Not active during Combat Phase.
	Weakness Targeting	Increases damage by 2.5-7.5% (10%) for every status effect on the enemy, with a maximum increase of 30%.

List of Item Shards which can be used by multiple, but not all heroes:

Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	Item		Compatible Heroes
Name		Effect (Gilded value in brackets)	GearSlot	Shard Pack	Compatible Heroes
	Bunny Hop	Gives the ability to double jump! And increases your movement speed by 0-100.
	Channel	Restores 11-25 (29) of your ability resource every 5 seconds.
	Charged Restoration	Charged secondary attacks restore 1-7 (10) mana. Can only activate once per second.
	Charged Shot	Your primary attacks have a 5-25% (33%) chance to fire a fully charged secondary attack. Can only occur once per second.
	Cluster Nades	When attacking flying enemies, you have a 10-50% (58%) chance on hit to drop a bomb beneath them that deals 110-310% (350%) of your Ability Power stat an Damage in a small area.
	Hasten	Increases attack speed by 10-30% (35%).
	Howling Feast	Your Primary attacks generate 1 Feast stack, while at 10 stacks, increase your Hero Damage by 2-30% (38%). One stack wears off every 3 seconds.
	Inspiration	Reduces the cooldown of your abilities by 4-39% (52%).
	Inspiring Strikes	Primary attacks reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 0.1-0.3 (0.5) seconds.
	Mana Capacitor	Increases your maximum ability resource by 10-100 (120).
	Meditation	Increases the base cooldown of Heal Self to 30s. After using Heal Self, gain 8-20 (24) mana per second over 5 seconds and gain a shield equal to 400-1,000% (1200%) of Ability Power for 10 seconds.
	Power Of Storms	You have a 4-10% (12%) chance on hit to restore 20 mana per second for 1-3 seconds. 10 seconds cooldown.
	Struck by Inspiration	Hero attacks have 3-5.33% (7.67%) chance to reset all ability cooldowns. Can only activate once every 5s.
	Superconductor	Reduces ability costs by 1-19% (24%).

Hyper Shards

List of Hyper Shards that any Hero can equip.

List of All Hyper-Shards Items :

With the introduction of mastery mode, several new hyper shards have been introduced to the game. Shards unlock as you earn stars in mastery mode. Each hyper shard can only be obtained once in Mastery mode.

As of the Prime Incursion Update, completing all maps within a prime region awards a hyper shard. Completing all seven regions awards the last hyper shard. This allows you to obtain a second set of all the shards. Note that the order that you obtain hyper shards in Prime Incursions is different than that of Mastery mode (e.g. the first prime region doesn't award Mass Destruction).

Name		Effect	Upgr. levels	Slot	Aquisition
Name		Effect	Upgr. levels	Slot	Mastery Stars	C8+ Prime Incursions
	Mass Destruction	Increases the Defense Power of the affected tower by 2-70% .	34		Mastery Stars	C8+ Prime Incursions	50 Stars	Complete all Regions in either Chaos 8, 9, or 10.
	Vicious Strikes	Increases the Defense Range of the affected tower by 175-2275 units.	12		155 Stars	Prime VI
	Radiant Critical Power	Increases the Defense Critical Damage of nearby defenses by 0-5% and Defense Critical Chance of nearby defenses by 3%.	5		260 Stars	Prime IV
	Explosive Shielding Guard	When the affected tower takes damage, it has a 3-35% chance to gain a shield for 50-250% of its Defense Health for 5 seconds and to trigger an explosion that deals 140-500% of its Defense Health as damage to nearby enemies. Does not work with Auras and Traps. This does not destroy the tower. Does not stack with Shielding Guard or Explosive Guard.	20		365 Stars	Prime II
	Thunderstruck	Your primary attacks have a 2-26% chance on hit to drench enemies for 3-7 seconds and your primary attacks deal an additional 16-40% damage as storm damage. Storm damage has a 3 second cooldown.	12		470 Stars	Prime III
	Destructive Pylon	Increases the Defense Power of nearby defenses to 102-138% and increases the Defense Power of the affected tower by 2-34%. Does not stack with Destruction or Power Pylon.	18		575 Stars	Prime I
	Automation	Each time your defense attacks, it heals for 0.2-2% of its max health. Cooldown of 0.7 seconds.	20		680 Stars	Prime V
	Juggernaut	Increases the Defense Health of the affected tower by 2-70% and increases damage resistance by 2-20%.	16		785 Stars	Prime VII
	Genie King's Blessing	Gain 1-3 defense mana upon defeating an enemy, up to 100 enemies per Combat Phase.	5		880 Stars	Complete all Prime Regions in Chaos 9.
	Tandem Strike	After damaging an enemy, all Defenses deal 5-25% more damage to that enemy for 5 seconds.	20		975 Stars	Complete all Prime Regions in Chaos 10.