Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Mercenary Class Guide

Overview and guide for the Mercenary, an intermediate class, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Included are details of abilities, attacks and combos, and recommended best character units for the Mercenary class.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Mercenary Intermediate Class Guide

Mercenary Class in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Mercenaries are intermediate classes in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes that have high HP, strength, and speed stats. This makes them great offensive units. They can also withstand both physical and magical attacks as they don’t have any particular weaknesses.

Mercenaries can take on anyone no matter what weapon they use. Due to their versatility, enemies usually swarm a single mercenary to overwhelm them with attacks. Make sure you have units with high defense to accompany and protect mercenaries to counter this tactic.

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Class Information

Class Icon Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Mercenary Intermediate Class Icon
Class Type Intermediate Class
Unit Type Infantry
Skill Proficiency Swords
Strong Against Axes
Weak Against Lances

Primary Class Ability

Ability Level Type
Axe Buster
  • Lv.2
  • Class Ability
Ability Description
  • Grants one tier greater advantage against enemies equipped with axes. Increases damage to them by 85%.

Equipped Class Ability

Ability Level Type
Vantage
  • Lv.1
  • Equipped Ability
Ability Description
  • When HP is at 50% or below: Perfect Guards restore a small amount of the Warrior and Awakening Gauges.
Sword Prowess
  • Lv.1
  • Equipped Ability
Ability Description
  • Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a sword.
Mercenary’s Wisdom
  • Lv.1
  • Equipped Ability
Ability Description
  • Increases damage dealt by Mercenary, Swordmaster.

Attacks and Combos

Combo Input
Normal Attack y→y→y→y
Class Action x
Strong Attack 1 x (spam)
Strong Attack 2 y→x
Strong Attack 3 y→y→x
Strong Attack 4 y→y→y→x
Strong Attack 5 y→y→y→y→x

Best Character Units for Mercenary Class

For Protagonist Characters

▼Protagonist Characters for Mercenary class
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Shez Male Character IconShez (Male) (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Shez Female Character IconShez (Female) (Sword)

Endgame Class Routes for Protagonist Characters

  • Shez (Male) – Trickster, Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant
  • Shez (Female) – Trickster, Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant

For Black Eagles Characters and Allies

▼Black Eagles Characters for Mercenary class
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Edelgard von Hresvelg Character IconEdelgard* (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ferdinand von Aegir Character IconFerdinand* (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Dorothea Arnault Character IconDorothea* (Sword)
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Petra Macneary Character IconPetra (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Monica von Ochs Character IconMonica* (Sword)

*Optional Class Progression.

Endgame Class Routes for Black Eagles

  • Edelgard – Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant
  • Ferdinand – Trickster, Holy Knight
  • Dorothea – Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant
  • Petra – Swordmaster, Dancer?
  • Monica- Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant

For Blue Lions Characters and Allies

▼Blue Lions Characters for Mercenary class
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd Character IconDimitri* (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Felix Fraldarius Character IconFelix (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ingrid Brandl Galatea Character IconIngrid* (Sword)

*Optional Class Progression.

Endgame Class Routes for Blue Lions

  • Dimitri – Swordmaster
  • Felix – Trickster, Swordmaster
  • Ingrid – Trickster, Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant

For Golden Deer Characters and Allies

▼Golden Deer House Characters for Mercenary class
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Hilda Valentine Goneril Character IconHilda* (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ignatz Victor Character IconIgnatz* (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Marianne von Edmund Character IconMarianne* (Sword)
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Leonie Pinelli Character IconLeonie* (Sword)

*Optional Class Progression.

Endgame Class Routes for Golden Deer

  • Hilda – Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant
  • Ignatz – Trickster, Swordmaster, Mortal Savant
  • Marianne – Trickster, Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant
  • Leonie – Trickster, Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant

For Ashen Wolves House Characters

▼Ashen Wolves Characters for Mercenary class
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Yuri Leclerc Character IconYuri (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Balthus von Albrecht Character IconBalthus* (Sword) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Constance von Nuvelle Character IconConstance* (Sword)

*Optional Class Progression.

Endgame Class Routes for Ashen Wolves

  • Yuri – Trickster, Swordmaster, Dancer?, Mortal Savant
  • Balthus – Trickster, Swordmaster, Mortal Savant
  • Constance – Swordmaster, Mortal Savant
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