Misericorde

The Misericorde is a melee weapon which deals massive critical damage to enemies with 50% health or less, but curses the player for every non-critical hit.

Details

• Special Effects:
  • Deals critical hits on enemies with less than 50% HP.
  • Gives the player 1 curse stack if the attack is not a critical hit.
    • Enemies killed in one hit still give the player 1 curse stack.
• Breach Bonus: -0.25 / 0
  • Base Breach Damage: 19 (113) / 35 (210)
  • Base Breach DPS: 77 (461)
• Combo Duration: 0.7 seconds
  • First Hit: 0.4 (0.3 + 0.1 + 0)
  • Second Hit: 0.3 (0.2 + 0.1 + 0)
• Legendary Version:
  • Forced Affix: Mega Crit
    • "Critical hits +50% damage"

Synergies

• Generally best used as a secondary weapon, as its weak initial hits can build up your curse counter quicker than killing enemies drains it.
• If used as a primary weapon, Demonic Strength is a must-have, as the player is likely to maintain a high course counter, by extension granting the weapon a consistent source of bonus damage.
• Synergizes well with Initiative or Scheme to quickly get any enemy to 50% health.
• It works very well with the Damned aspect, where curses instead double the damage taken and dealt by the player.

Notes

• Similar to the Hayabusa Gauntlets, this weapon works best to speed up boss fights with its extreme critical damage, though evasive skills are required to make full use of it.
• The in-game description matches the weapon’s behaviour before the beta update 35.7, but hasn’t been updated for public release.

Trivia

• The name "misericorde" is French for 'mercy' and often refers to finishing off a severely wounded opponent who is not likely to survive as an act of mercy. The Misericorde weapon in-game does critical hits to enemies with less than 50% of their health left, reflecting that.
  • A Misericorde is also a weapon in real life, however a real Misericorde is a type of dagger and does not resemble the Dead Cells version.

History

3.5: Introduced. 3.5.7: Misericorde now applies curses only if the attack doesn't crit.

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