Mercenary

Mercenary combines Strength and Dexterity and is associated with crossbows and grenades. Fragmentation Rounds is the recorded starting skill. Ammunition and reloading distinguish its crossbow attacks from a bow setup, so a guide should explain its chosen rounds and the sequence in which it uses them. The crossbow itself is a two-handed weapon, as both the wiki and PoE2DB weapon descriptions state.

Witchhunter, Gemling Legionnaire and Tactician are the specialisations listed for this class. Gemling's gem and attribute mechanics make it a different comparison from a guide built around another ascendancy's specific effects. Do not assume that a support-gem interaction shown on Gemling applies unchanged to every Mercenary. Likewise, the presence of grenades in the class description does not mean a crossbow build uses them as its main damage source. Check the actual active skills, reload behaviour and required weapon before comparing equipment. The source card dates Mercenary to version 0.1.0, making it an existing Early Access option. The Gemling detail page explains the specialisation's gem focus, while the weapons and skills hubs provide the narrower compatibility checks useful when moving between ammunition, grenade and other attribute-heavy setups.

Select the class at character creation. Class identity, starting weapon and build routing.