Mercenary

For the equivalent Dark Souls class, see Wanderer.

For the equivalent Dark Souls II class, see Swordsman.

"A mercenary and veteran of the battlefield. High dexterity allows masterful wielding of dual scimitars."

— Character Creation

The Mercenary is one of the classes in Dark Souls 3.

It is a Dexterity-based class, with just enough Intelligence to cast several basic Sorceries such as Soul Arrow, Spook, and Magic Weapon, provided a Sorcerer's Staff is bought from the Shrine Handmaid.

The starting weapon, the Sellsword Twinblades, is one of the strongest weapons in the game and is capable of inflicting extreme damage when two-handed since it is a Paired Weapon and therefore will attack with both weapons when the block button is pressed. Its Weapon Art, Spin Slash, isn't strong in and of itself but has two strong advantages in that it is unparriable and that a light attack or a block/dual attack combos directly into the Spin Slash and its heavy attack follow up, allowing a devastating combo against lightly armored foes. The Wooden Shield, however, has fallen quite far since its glory days in the previous games due to its poor physical blocking and is mostly only useful for parrying.

The Sellsword Set it wears is decent, having good defences for its weight and being fairly light but has mediocre Poise, though since the class is unlikely to be used for a build using a Hyper Armor-supported weapon (except for maybe the Astora Greatsword) this might not be relevant.

The Uchigatana is another strong weapon suitable for this class, and is obtainable early on if a slower Dexterity-based weapon is desired.

Starting Equipment

• Weapons
• Armor

Weapons
Sellsword Twinblades	[[Wooden Shield]]

Head	Chest	Hands	Legs
Sellsword Helm	Sellsword Armor	Sellsword Gauntlets	Sellsword Trousers

Starting Statistics

Image	Stat Name	Value
-	Level	8
	Vigor	11
	Attunement	12
	Endurance	11
	Vitality	10
	Strength	10
	Dexterity	16
	Intelligence	10
	Faith	8
	Luck	9

Gallery

Mercenary concept art