Mercenary Evolution

Mercenary	Evolution Introduced	Changes
#64 Staff Master
#29 Death Knight
#36 Zorro	November 12th, 2014	Stage 1 Added Jump Hold-Attack. 3-hit Z-shaped attack applying faint status (Similar to Weapon Skill). Rolling Speed (Dash Attack>Dash) increased. Stage 2 Changed Jump>Jump Attack (when hitting airborne opponents) from knockback to bounce status effect. Stage 3 Added a 3-meter Gauge. Charges while walking or running. Does not charge while airborne. Added elevation Jump Cancel to all basic attacks. Consumes 1 meter.
#17 Kage Ninja
#7 Robin Hood
#4 Fire Mage
#40 Gladiator
#27 Wild Tiger
#42 Pro Wrestler
#18 Musketeer
#14 Tao Warrior	October 28th, 2015	Stage 1 Overall damage increased Stage 2 Basics attacks hitbox increased. Dash Attack attack speed increased. Standing Hold-Attack knockback increased. Stage 3 Added Dragon-looking energy projectiles on all Hold-Attacks. Standing Hold-Attack releases forward. Dash Hold-Attack releases diagonally upward. Jump Hold-Attack releases diagonally downward.
#33 Samurai
#3 Western Cowboy	January 20th, 2016	Stage 1 Basic Attack damage increased. Added a 3rd attack to standing basic attacks, knockback effect. Changed 2nd attack from knockback to flinch. Pass-through effect added to roll. Rope throw added to counter attack (Similar to Trinket Skill)[Guardbreaker]. Captured state lasts 3 seconds. Aiming range increased. Projectile distance increased. Stage 2 Maximum ammo count increased (9 -> 15). Standing Hold-Attack Changes: After Quick aim, pressing attack again fires another shot (up to 5 shots) with flinch effect. After Full aim, pressing attack again fires another shot (up to 5 shots) with knockback effect [Guardbreaker]. Added rolling after shooting mechanic. Added shooting directly after rolling mechanic. Requires aim position before performing roll.
#25 Mighty Paladin
#34 Running Back	September 28th, 2016	Stage 1 Dash Hold-Attack changed to ball projectile. Jump Attack changed to ball projectile. Added a 2nd Attack to Dash Attack. Pressing Attack again throws ball projectile. Previous Jump Attack changed to jump Hold-Attack. Stage 2 Overall damage increased. Standing Hold-Attack stun changed to 3 seconds. Added Direction Change mechanic with Jump Attack and Jump Hold-Attack. Stage 3 Added a 2nd Attack to standing Hold-Attack, knockback effect. Added counterattack to Deflect. Hold-Attack hitbox increased. Weapon Skill Changes: Cooldown decreased. Added Groundhit. Added jump state cast.
#23 Grim Reaper	November 2nd, 2016	Stage 1 Hold-Attack changed from stand launcher to forward dash launcher and into a jumping state (Similar to Weapon Skill) [Guardbreaker]. Can be performed while standing, running or jumping. Stage 2 3rd attack of standing basic attacks changed from knockback to faint status. Damage of standing basic attacks, dash attacks and Hold-Attack increased. Weapon Skill activation speed increased. Weapon Skill Cooldown reduced. Stage 3 Added a 2-meter Gauge. Charges while walking or running. Does not charge while airborne. Added Teleport ability (Similar to Helmet Skill). Consumes 1 meter. Used by pressing Block after any basic attack or during a jump. Teleports to the backside of the nearest opponent.
#51 Monkey King
#20 Dark Shaman
#13 Justice Defender
#47 Unicorn Lancer
#22 Treasure Hunter		Stage 1 Added rolling after basic attacks and shooting mechanic. Jump reload delay decreased. Added a counter by Block>Attack Pass-through roll. Stage 2 Overall damage increased. Standing Hold-Attack Changes: Range increased. Aiming Range increased. Added Physical Penetration mechanic to Hold-Attack projectile. Weapon Skill Changes: Cooldown decreased. Range increased. Knockback increased. Stage 3 Maximum ammo count increased (6 -> 8). Jump Reload ammo count increased (1 -> 2). Standing Hold-Attack Changes: Up to 3 shots. After Quick aim, pressing attack again fires another projectile with half-faint effect. After Full aim, pressing attack again fires another projectile with dizzy effect [Guardbreaker]. Standing Hold-Attack projectile speed increased when fully aimed. Added an Attack to counter Melee attack applying half-faint status.
#19 Taekwon Do Master	April 12th, 2017	Stage 1 Changed 2nd attack of standing basic attacks from knockback to bounce status effect. Dash input added to standing and dash basic attacks. Kick attack applying faint status. Basic attacks hitbox increased. Stage 2 Overall damage increased. Added Dash Hold-Attack. Heavy down kick applying dizzy status. Basic attacks forward distance increased. Changed counter from Block>Attack to Deflect>Attack. Weapon Skill Cooldown decreased. Stage 3 Added a 1-meter Gauge (4-Second Cooldown). Added Evasion ability. Consumes meter. Used by pressing dash input while hitstunned/flinched/fainted to roll away. Pressing Attack after Evasion performs the same attack of Dash Hold-Attack.
#1 Iron Knight	June 7th, 2018	Stage 1 Weapon Skill changes: Full invincibility frames for the duration of the skill. Added Groundrecovery mechanic. 1st and 2nd hits changed to flinches, 3rd hit changed to faint status. Changed Jump Hold-Attack against airborne opponents from knockback to bounce status. Changed Dash Attack from half-faint to dizzy status. Stage 2 Removed block reset (Infinite Blocking). Stage 3 Added a 60-meter Gauge. Fills up by attacking, blocking, or taking damage. Added Mini Hold-Attack. Hitting blocking opponents applies dizzy stattus Dizzy status. Added dash cancel to standing basic attacks, block, and counter attack. Changed counter from Block>Attack to Deflect>Attack.
#6 Savage Berserker
#78 Zhuge Liang		Stage 1 All basic attacks projectiles speed and distance travel increased. Added projectile to dash input. Jump attack projectile speed and knockback increased. Added Jump Hold-Attack. Ground slam applying whirlwind elevation status [Groundhit]. Changed 3rd standing basic attack from knockdown to dizzy status. Stage 2 Added Standing Hold-Attack (Similar to Weapon Skill) Releasing Hold-Attack places a tornado's initial spawn point, pressing Attack again releases the tornado towards the end point selected. Applies whirldwind status followed by falldown. Weapon Skill damage, travel distance and cooldown increased.
#24 Lightning Mage
#10 Infantry
#70 Barbarian
#68 Zhao Yun
#15 Wild Boxer
#38 Necromancer
#65 Witch
#45 Hawkeye
#61 Gatogacha
#67 King Arthur	July 4th, 2018	Stage 1 Basic Attacks damage slightly increased. Added Air Dash attack, applying Bounce status. Dash Hold-Attack forward distance increased. Stage 2 Mini Hold-Attack 1-meter projectile Changes: Size of projectile greatly increased. Number of hits of projectile increased (1 -> 2). Hold-Attack 2-meter projectile Changes: Size of projectile greatly increased. While Standing: Horizontal and Vertical knockback increased. Jump Hold-Attack makes Arthur enter jump state if projectile hit is successful. Added dash input while blocking. Slightly advance forward, attacking with shield. Applying Flinch status. Gauge Changes: Gauge slightly increases when attacking a blocking opponent. Gauge increase value from hitting opponents slightly increased. Weapon Skill Changes: Range increased. Cooldown time slightly reduced.
#21 Smile Joker	August 1st, 2018	Stage 1 Added Jump cancel mechanic to Dash Attack. Forward distance of Dash Attack increased. Forward distance travel of Dash Hold-Attack increased. Added a second Jump Attack. Added Jump Hold-Attack. Frontflip hammer attack applying Bounce status on opponents. Player re-enters Jump state on hit. [Can be repeated up to 3 times] Added counter Block>Attack. [Similar to Dash Attack, no Jump cancel] Stage 2 Added Jump>Block input. Holds a balloon to glide downward. Speed does not affect gliding speed. Capable of attacking after gliding. Added Mini Hold-Attack. Same multi-hit hammering attack previously executed by Attack>Attack>Hold-Attack. Added Guardbreak mechanic to Hold-Attack. Added Hold-Jump input. Summons a rotating balloon. Pressing Jump cancels the balloon. Pressing Attack advances forward grabbing an opponent, attaching the balloon to the opponent to send them floating upwards (Similar to Trinket Skill).
#72 D'artagnan	August 29th, 2018	Stage 1 Hold-Attack>Attack Changes: Overall damage slightly increased. Forward distance increased. Changed from half-faint>knockback to half-faint>faint. Stage 2 Jump>Dash vertical hitbox slightly increased. Added Hold-Attack>Jump: Jump input is an uppercut launcher [Groundhit with slight knockback]. Added Hold-Attack>Attack>Attack: After third attack, another dash is possible.