Mercedes
Mercedes is the third Hero class that was introduced to Maplestory within the second addition of the Legend Update. Just like Aran and Evan's and his dragon Mir's predecessor, Afrien with his rider Freed, Mercedes was one of the heroes that fought against the Black Mage, along with Aran, Afrien with his rider Freed, and 2 others until she was frozen for decades to come. Mercedes is derived from the elf race, residing in the town of Elluel, which also was affected by the powers of the Black Mage. Mercedes' main weapon of choices are Dual Bowguns, automatic portable crossbows that fires powerful Magic Arrows.
Story
The storyline starts off with Mercedes waking up to see her fallen friend Afrien along with Freud. Afrien notifies her that his master had sacfriced his own life in protecting the Onyx Dragon from the Black Magician's curse. He also explained that he has also left behind an egg (which contains Mir) to be opened by a successor (Evan). Afrien sends Mercedes back to Elluel to protect her people from the Black Mage, in which she performs emergency precautions to prevent the curse from spreading. Her actions worked to no avail as the townspeople were eventually frozen and eventually, her as well. only to see that she was too late to help as the curse froze everyone in the town.
A century has passed and the frozen heroine was reanimated from her slumber, but had left her weaker as a result. Now Mercedes must restore and protect her hometown and resume her duty to protect Maple World.
Gameplay
Mercedes, along with the Demon Slayer are the first classes in Maplestory to start at level 10 instead of 1. Mercedes have several traits that sets her apart from the other Bowmen. Other than having a unique weapon of their own, Mercedes is not only specialized in ranged attacks, but in melee also, having several attacks that can damage the enemies up close.
She does not use any arrows at all, instead she uses her own type of arrows known as Magic Arrows. Magic Arrows are given to players at every job advancement and they take up a slot that replaces the Shield slot. Magic Arrows do no have any stats or all and cannot use scrolls or gain potential, except the level 120 arrow.
Like the Cannoneer, Mercedes possesses a link skill that allows the user to gain a 10% exp bonus. This skill can be shared to anyone of your characters once your Mercedes character is level 70 or over.
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Skills
Beginner Skill List
| Icon | Skill Name | Description | Type | Mastered | Element | Prerequisites |
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Elven Healing | Uses energy purified by nature to continuously recover HP and MP. | Passive | 1 | x | - |
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Updraft | Quickly move up on ladders or ropes. Key combination: ↑ + jump. | Passive | 1 | x | - |
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Elven Grace | Rulers of the Elves are naturally gifted with swift movement, and fatal charms. | Passive | 1 | x | - |
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Elven Blessing | Allows you to return to Elluel, in addition to permanently receiving extra EXP through the blessings of the ancient Elves. | Passive | 1 | x | - |
1st Job Skill List
| Icon | Skill Name | Description | Type | Mastered | Element | Prerequisites |
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Swift Dual Shot | Fire arrows at multiple enemies in front of you. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Potential Power | Activates hidden powers within. Increases movement speed and maximum movement speed. Grants a fixed chance of avoiding enemy attacks. | Passive | 15 | x | - |
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Glide Blast | Move forward during a jump by tumbling. Movement distance increases as the skill level increases. | Supportive | 10 | x | - |
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Sharp Aim | Permanently increases Critical Rate. | Passive | 20 | x | - |
2nd Job Skill List
| Icon | Skill Name | Description | Type | Mastered | Element | Prerequisites |
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Dual Bowguns Mastery | Increases the weapon mastery and accuracy of Dual Bowguns. | Passive | 10 | x | - |
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Dual Bowguns Boost | Uses MP to increase the attack speed of your Dual Bowguns by 2 levels for a fixed period of time. | Supportive | 10 | x | Lv. 5 Dual Bowguns Mastery |
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Piercing Storm | Continuously fire arrows containing the power of nature. Arrows can penetrate enemies. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Rising Rush | Pushes back multiple enemies in front of you before launching them into the air. You can deal additional damage by attacking the enemies in the air. | Active | 10 | x | - |
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Spirit Surge | Increases Damage and Critical Chance for a fixed period of time. | Supportive | 15 | x | - |
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Parting Shot | Fires arrows at enemies launched into the air with Rising Rush. Can only be used after Rising Rush. | Active | 5 | x | - |
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Final Attack: Dual Bowguns | Grants a chance to deal additional damage after an attack. Must have Dual Bowguns equipped. | Passive | 20 | x | Level 3 Dual Bowguns Mastery |
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Physical Training | Improves STR and DEX permanently through physical training. | Passive | 5 | x | - |
3rd Job Skill List
| Icon | Skill Name | Description | Type | Mastered | Element | Prerequisites |
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Stunning Strikes | Shoot extremely fast arrows at multiple targets in front of you, with a chance of stunning them. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Unicorn Spike | Summons a sacred unicorn that attacks multiple enemies ahead of you while weakening them for a fixed period of time. Weakened enemies take additional damage from a fixed number of attacks from your party members. For boss monsters, the amount of additional damage is doubled. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Leap Tornado | Spin in mid-air and fire a hail of arrows all around you. This skill can only be used while in mid-air, and requires 120 or more Jump. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Aerial Barrage | A combo skill used after lifting enemies into the air with Rising Rush. Fly towards airborne enemies, peppering them with swift attacks. In addition, permanently increases the damage caused by Rising Rush. | Active | 5 | x | - |
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Gust Dive | Uses the power of wind to dive down onto multiple enemies, dealing damage to all of them. Requires 120 or more Jump. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Ignis Roar | Permanently increases your Avoidability, while borrowing the power of the Fire Spirit to greatly increase your ATT for a fixed period of time. | Supportive | 20 | x | - |
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Water Shield | Borrows the power of the spirits to raise a water barrier around you for a fixed period of time. The barrier absorbs a portion of the damage you receive, and increases resistance against abnormal status and all elemental attacks. | Active | 10 | x | - |
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Elemental Knights | Randomly summons an Ice Spirit, Fire Spirit, or Shadow Spirit to aid you in battle. Ice Spirit: Has a chance to freeze enemies. Fire Spirit: Deals continuous fire damage to enemies. Shadow Spirit: Deals increased damage. | Supportive | 10 | - |
4th Job Skill List
| Icon | Skill Name | Description | Type | Mastered | Element | Prerequisites |
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Maple Warrior | Increases the stats of all party members. | Supportive | 30 | x | - |
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Hero's Will | By focusing your mind, you can ignore some abnormal status effects. However, this will not work on all abnormal status effects. | Supportive | 5 | x | - |
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Ishtar's Ring | Borrows the power of Ishtar, a legendary weapon, to rapidly fire arrows at enemies ahead of you. Hold down the skill key to fire arrows continuously. In addition, damage from Stunning Strikes will be increased permanently. | Active | 30 | x | - |
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Advanced Final Attack | Permanently increases ATT and Accuracy. Greatly increases the damage and activation rate of your Final Attack. | Passive | 30 | x | Level 20 Final Attack |
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Spikes Royale | Jump into the air while raining down legendary spears that deal damage to multiple enemies. Enemy DEF will decrease, and all attacks will become critical hits. In addition, damage of Leap Tornado will increase permanently. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Lightning Edge | Dash forward while attacking multiple enemies in your path. | Active | 30 | x | - |
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Rolling Moonsault | A combo skill used after lifting enemies into the air using Rising Rush. Spin enemies in the air while attacking them. In addition, the damage caused by Rising Rush will be permanently increased. | Active | 20 | x | - |
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Ancient Warding | For a fixed period of time, receive the Ancient Spirit's protection, which increases your damage and HP. In addition, the chance of Avoidability for Ignis Roar will be increased permanently. | Supportive | 30 | x | - |
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Dual Bowguns Expert | Increases Dual Bowguns Mastery, Weapon Attack, and Minimum Critical Damage. | Passive | 30 | x | Level 10 Dual Bowguns Mastery |
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Defense Break | Grants a chance to ignore all enemy DEF. Applies to Boss Monsters as well. | Passive | 20 | x | - |
Job Advancements
Advancing to 2nd Job
- Reach level 30.
- Go back to Elluel and go to your home.
- Talk to the Great Mind and she will advance you.
Advancing to 3rd job
- Simply reach level 70.
Advancing to 4th job
- Simply reach level 120.
Mount
Like all the other, Mercedes will also get a mount, but a higher level. Her mount is a Unicorn, which she obtains at level 70. At level 120, the Unicorn grows.
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