Mercenary: Flash of Blades
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| Mercenary: Flash of Blades | |
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| As Mercenary, use 20 abilities in 10 seconds. | |
| Unlock | Focused Assault |
Mercenary: Flash of Blades is a challenge in Risk of Rain 2. It is completed as 
Mercenary
MercenaryThe Mercenary is a high skill melee survivor that uses his many dodges to weave in and out of combat.
Class: Melee
HP: 110 (+33 per level)
Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
Armor: 20
Umbra: Hired Blade by using 20 abilities in 10 seconds.
Tips
- This can be achieved without a single item and when using the default loadout. While fighting a tightly-packed group of enemies, repeatedly using
Laser Sword
Laser Sword (Primary)Agile. Slice in front for 130% damage. Every 3rd hit strikes in a greater area and Expose enemies.
Survivor: Mercenary to
Expose
Expose (Debuff)
Hitting exposed enemies reduces skill cooldowns and increases damage.Hitting exposed enemies reduces all skill cooldowns by 1 second and deals an additional 350% damage. as many enemies as possible can recharge
Blinding Assault
Blinding Assault (Utility)Stunning. Dash forward, dealing 300% damage. If you hit an enemy, you can dash again, up to 3 total.
Survivor: Mercenary quickly enough to reach the number of attacks required. - With 4 or more
Soldier's Syringes
Soldier's Syringe
Increase attack speed.
Increases attack speed by 15% (+15% per stack)., Mercenary's primary attack speed becomes fast enough to complete the challenge.- This is also possible when equipped with
Visions of Heresy
Visions of Heresy
Replace your Primary Skill with 'Hungering Gaze'.
Replace your Primary Skill with Hungering Gaze.
Fire a flurry of tracking shards that detonate after a delay, dealing 120% base damage. Hold up to 12 charges (+12 per stack) that reload after 2 seconds (+2 per stack)., since each individual shot counts as one ability and they stack up to 12.
- This is also possible when equipped with
Backup Magazines
Backup Magazine
Add an extra charge of your Secondary skill.
Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your Secondary skill. and
Hardlight Afterburners
Hardlight Afterburner
Add 2 extra charges of your Utility skill. Reduce Utility skill cooldown.
Add +2 (+2 per stack) charges of your Utility skill. Reduces Utility skill cooldown by 33%. allow stacking uses of secondary and utility attacks. Having enough makes this challenge trivial.
Brainstalks
Brainstalks
Skills have NO cooldowns for a short period after killing an elite.
Upon killing an elite monster, enter a frenzy for 4s (+4s per stack) where skills have 0.5s cooldowns. allow the player to repeatedly use abilities for a short time after slaying an Elite.- It is also possible to complete the challenge between runs by continuously restarting runs after spamming many abilities, since the challenge only counts in-game time and does not reset the counter after each run.
Version History
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed the tracking for the Mercenary: Flash of Blades challenge
- Major Content
- Added New Class Challenge: Mercenary: Flash of Blades
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| Environments |
Abandoned Aqueduct Abandoned Aqueduct (Stage 2)Origin of Tar You dream of sand beneath your feet. Massive skeletons and pools of tar are littered around, and a towering aqueduct pouring down tar dominates the area. • Abyssal Depths  Abyssal Depths (Stage 4)Tectonic Relics You dream of fire. A hellfire-forged zone of blazing heat, the Abyssal Depths are believed to be a continuation and adaptation of the Magma Barracks from Risk of Rain. • Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentAphelian Sanctuary is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info. Aphelian Sanctuary  Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentThis content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Aphelian Sanctuary (Stage 2) Cleansing Center You dream of clarity. • Commencement  Commencement (Final)Moon of Petrichor V You dream of glass and dirt. Large domain located above the shattered breach of  Petrichor V's moon. It is made up of the shattered remains of four individual sections, emblematic of  Mithrix MithrixKing of NothingHP: 1000 (+300 per level) Damage: 16 (+3.2 per level) Class: Melee / Ranged Speed: 15 m/s Armor: 20 and Providence's tools of creation. • Distant Roost  Distant Roost (Stage 1)Ground Zero You dream of waves, crashing on cliffsides. Spires of earth jut through the fog and unknown avian creatures circle far peaks guarding their broods. • Rallypoint Delta  Rallypoint Delta (Stage 3)'Contact Light' Survivor Camp You dream of quiet snowfall. Rallypoint Delta is the remains of a makeshift camp constructed by a group of scattered crew members from the UES Contact Light, somewhere in the frigid tundra of Petrichor V. • Scorched Acres  Scorched Acres (Stage 3)Wisp Installation You dream of wind, blowing through trees. Large, circular platforms make up the majority of the stage, and embers float through the air. • Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentSiphoned Forest is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info. Siphoned Forest  Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentThis content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Siphoned Forest (Stage 1) Ground Zero You dream of fire and ice. The map is blanketed in a layer of snow, with large trees surrounded by platforms spanning multiple levels. • Siren's Call  Siren's Call (Stage 4)Ship Graveyard You dream of wind. • Sky Meadow  Sky Meadow (Stage 5)Sprite Fields You dream of serenity. • Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentSulfur Pools is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info. Sulfur Pools  Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentThis content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Sulfur Pools (Stage 3) Pungent Spring You dream of brimstone. Tiered lakes of shallow sulfur pools. Arcing bridges and underground caves connect the map together. • Sundered Grove  Sundered Grove (Stage 4)Dormant Locus You dream of violent growth. Ancient flora has risen up to reclaim this once sacred refuge. Mazes of roots and overgrown fungus have twisted the landscape, leaving only ruins. • Titanic Plains  Titanic Plains (Stage 1)Ground Zero You dream of rolling hills. Gigantic stone arches bracket the skyline, while the main play-field overlooks a vast fractured tectonic lowland. • Wetland Aspect  Wetland Aspect (Stage 2)Rehabilitation Zone You dream of twisting roots. Full of ruined stone structures and swampy areas filled with water. |
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A Moment, Fractured A Moment, Fractured (Hidden Realm)Hidden Realm: A Moment, Fractured Multiple floating islands in a void, with sharp blue crystals embedded in them. The Obelisk can be found on top of the last island. • A Moment, Whole  A Moment, Whole (Hidden Realm)Hidden Realm: A Moment, Whole A bleak and desolate realm. The refuge of the  Twisted Scavengers, safe from Mithrix'sMithrixKing of NothingHP: 1000 (+300 per level) Damage: 16 (+3.2 per level) Class: Melee / Ranged Speed: 15 m/s Armor: 20 vengeance and destruction. • Bazaar Between Time  Bazaar Between Time (Hidden Realm)Hidden Realm: Bazaar Between Time This stage serves as the shop in Risk of Rain 2. Players can purchase various Items with Lunar Coins or exchange items for higher-rarity ones in two crucibles. • Bulwark's Ambry  Bulwark's Ambry (Hidden Realm)Hidden Realm: Bulwark's Ambry The area consists of block-shaped platforms, with the Artifact Reliquary in the center. • Gilded Coast  Gilded Coast (Hidden Realm)Hidden Realm: Gilded Coast You dream of wealth. This area is where the player fights the boss Aurelionite, the Titanic Goldweaver. • Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentThe Planetarium is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info. The Planetarium  Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentThis content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.The Planetarium (Final) Cell V The Planetarium is an area somewhere within the Void, housing a collection of planets detained by the Void's denizens. It is inhabited primarily by the Voidling, the guard of the Planetarium or potentially the controller of the Void itself. • Void Fields  Void Fields (Hidden Realm)Cosmic Prison Hidden Realm accessible only through the Bazaar Between Time. Until the cell is stabilized, the Void Fields will constantly "suffocate" the player for a small percentage of their current health. • Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentVoid Locus is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info. Void Locus  Survivors of the Void - DLC ContentThis content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Void Locus (Hidden Realm) Cell IIIVIIIIIILVIIIVLVILIVLLLVVVILIVLI You dream of potential. The Void Locus contains many Void Potentials and Cradles in place of chests, and is inhabited by Void monsters. |
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| Survivors of the Void - DLC Content This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Survivors of the Void |
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| Eclipse • Prismatic Trials • Survivors of the Void - DLC Content This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Simulacrum |
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| Armor • Damage • Directors • Enemy AI • Family Events • Gold • Health • Item Stacking • Lunar Coins • Movement Speed • Proc Coefficient • Survivors of the Void - DLC Content This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Void Fog |
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