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Ninja Tabi
Hastened Fatalis
Ninja Tabi
Hastened Fatalis
Jotunn's Wrath
Demon Blade
Malice
Deathbringer
Ninja Tabi
Hastened Fatalis
Masamune
Jotunn's Wrath
Demon Blade
Deathbringer
Y
B
A
X
I remember watching Sonic X when I was 5 every Saturday. And then I came across 
Mercury. IceColdPappsi here to share with you my third guide. I recently took up Mercury after buying the Odyssey chest that featured skins from the past, and got RUN.EXE. These are just some builds I played with, and had a lot of fun with. Again, these guides are for people who are either taking up a god for the first time, or just want to have fun, hence the "For Dummies" part. On to the guide.
Mercury is a basic attack based assassin with a need for speed.
Pros
- Great Clear
- Long Range Ult
- Unique CC
- Great Team Setup
- One of the best Split Pushers
Cons
- Doesn't fit into a lot of team compositions
- Too squishy
- Late game/ takes a while to get online
- Not a lot of CC
- Fairly hard Combo
Mercury's kit may seem like a basic assassin's, but is on a whole other level.
Passive: 
Fastest God Alive
The more distance Mercury travels, the more powerful his next successful basic attack will be. Also, a percentage of his movement is turned into physical power. The first part of the passive also translates into his abilities.
Made You Look Maximum Velocity Special Delivery Sonic Boom
Janus. When you activate this, you channel it for a few seconds as it grows in length. You can fire it at any time, and when you hit a god, they spin around, disoriented. There are three ways to use this. You can use it to pass through towers if you encounter a tower hugger, as you are too fast for them to track and target. You can use it in front of a wall so that even though it looks like you will run into the wall, you can move out of the way of the wall to find that your ult has charged immensely. Lastly, you can fire it in a 1v1 right after you activate it so that they'll get damaged, and you'll be right behind them for you to do your 3, smack them next to a wall, use your 1 for a possible crit and finish them off.
With the removal of 
Golden Bow, Mercury players see him as useless trash, as he now has no more potential. These builds are here to fill that Golden Bow void in your heart. Just like my last guide, these builds are supposed to ignore the meta. The meta is for diamond players that are grand masters in conquest. I'm still in the qualifiers. These are just builds that I've had fun using, as the enemy never suspects them.
Build 1: Super Sanik
This build is all about speed. Hastened Fatalis gives that boost of speed that Mercury needs to be able to chase down opponents, because it makes you faster the more you punch people. Wind Demon gives him more movement speed after each crit, which again, turns into more power. If you are falling behind, you can switch Malice for Masamune Nowadays, it is such an underpicked item. Due to assassin's natural squishiness, it give them an advantage against more beefier gods. Deathbringer has to stay because it sometimes gives you a 1000+ crit. However, you can switch it for Poison Star if you are really far behind and need some more help killing opponents, because it has a nice built in CC that allows you to catch up to them if they're running, or to dish more damage in a 1v1.
Transcendence was included because it gives a big spike in power due to the fact that both Ninja Tabi and Jotunn's Wrath have mana. With Wind Demon and 
Poisoned Star, one crit will make you faster, which makes you also more powerful, and your enemy slower and weaker. If you are behind, the Feeding section gives some great backup. 
Winged Blade doesn't only make you immune to slows every some seconds, but also gives you health and CC reduction for survivability. Also, with 
Runeforged Hammer, one crit will make your opponent slower, causing them to take more damage from all sources. Saying that you use your 3 and throw them into your team or minions, then get a basic off on them that crits, the minions and you will deal a percentage more damage.
Qin's Sais makes your basic attacks do true damage to your opponents, or damage based on maximum health. When fighting against tankier characters, this renders their protections useless. Paired with 
The Executioner, a third of their protections will be reduced for a time, making them more susceptible to your team's damage. On the other note, 
Odysseus' Bow will make your basics chain lightning, making quick work of minions, and giving you more of a team fight presence. 
Titan's Bane replaces The Executioner in the penetration department because it doesn't require stacks, but just gives you the third of penetration. Lastly, Malice will make your crits do Damage Over Time, which can sometimes kill fleeing opponents. The Executioner gives you some nice attack speed. 
Bloodforge is the last item, but the most beneficial. After every kill, which won't be hard because you're fed, you get a shield. On the other side, you will almost completly different items. Wind Demon and Poison Star will take up the crit spot. 
Asi replaces Bloodforge in lifesteal, as its passive procs when you reach low health, and also gives some attack speed. Lastly, Titan's Bane is your penetration in this build.
Flash skin anyone?
Spoiler: Click to viewIn my opinion, Mercury has potential. You can't stop playing a god just because one item got removed. I don't like to include relics in my guides because every one has their preference. On that note, Sprint works well with Mercury's passive. If you have something, please let me know in your comment, but be nice. If you'd like to, peep out my last two guides on Ravana and Agni. Thank you for reading this far. Always remember that after every game, to take a break and drink a tall glass of IceColdPappsi.
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