GUIDE
GOD GUIDE: MERCURY
By Ashley Eaton-Jephcote
Within this article I’ll be talking about Mercury: Messenger of the Gods. I’ll go through his abilities,
capabilities and some tiny tricks to make sure you are the one topping the player damage charts!
S
o, lets dash right
1v1 although when the time is
auto attack will do additional
into it with who
right Mercury is able to be a
damage, up to an extra 50%. For
Mercury is and
powerhouse and take on multiple
every 1ft of travel you gain a 0.1%
opponents, but still one at a time.
bonus on your next auto attacks,
what Mercury does Mercury is an Assassin and
So what are his abilities?
which means to get the max
bonus of 50% you need to travel
very reliant on Basic attacks
(AA in short for Auto Attacks) to
dismiss people as he pleases. He
PASSIVE ABILITY:
FASTEST GOD ALIVE.
500ft (that’s about from base to
the first mid tower in Conquest).
Also keep in mind that ‘Made You
has mediocre clear on a minion
Fastest God Alive is a self
Look’ does not use this bonus
and high damage output. Due to
buff to Mercury that stacks for
nor reset it, so whatever your
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how far he travels. You’ll notice
basic attack power is before it is
this as a bar on your UI that
modified by this passive is what
has a pair of wings on it. The
will be used for that ability.
wave, very efficient jungle clearing
Mercury is
an Assassin
and very
reliant on
Basic attacks
”
being a Basic attack reliant god,
his best matchups are mainly
number you see is the power
Keep in mind that your dash
you gain from your movement
ability ‘Special Delivery’ counts as
speed, as 25% of any item/ability
travelling, since you remain on the
bonuses to movement speed is
floor, and stacks a fair bit on this
given to you as Physical power.
Passive. However, the Ultimate
As the bar fills up, your next
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