Absolution Mercenary's Voll shield charge summon is OP

So I was playing HC SSF... and encountered an absolution/spectre summoning mercenary, one level below my merc of the same type but Infamous (and with a better gear).

The summoned Voll shield charge special summon from that mecenary oneshot me vs 5k ehp (1100 shield, 3900 life), 9% phys mitigation from pantheon, 12% mitigation from channeling damage reduction, 76% crit damage reduction, though only 2k armor. Only on a T2 map (lv 69 mobs and merc).

I had read about shield charging mercs being what kills people often but I guess... summoned huge shield charge bosses are a thing to look out for, too.
Last bumped on Jun 17, 2025, 6:03:27 AM
There are alot of mercs and skills that will oneshot you even if u have 80+ res and 80+ phys reduction and 5k+ hp and endurance charges..

mercenaries is just not doable on HC, they are way to overpowered.. unless you have a deathwish where every single merc has a high chance of sending u back to Hillock.
You might survive one, two, three, but eventually you will die to a merc if you continue doing them on HC because they will kill you before you even have time to react. Fun game aye and league mechanic aye...im a SSFHC player myself, im just not doing mercs anymore, way to high risk for little reward.. and there is no way im switching to softcore to be able to play mercenaries :D

But I hope they do something about them, it would be fun to be able to play the league fully on HC aswell.

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