Mercenary Survival Strategy

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[Passive]
Use a mercenary strategy to Overheat more and obtain increased buffs.
Grant beneficial effects to allies when your HP is below a set %.

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Veteran Commander	60

Skill Level	Level Required	Party BuffMercenary Survival Strategy
Skill Level	Level Required	HP Threshold	Physical / Magical Attack Increase This effect is multiplicative to your current stats. M	Physical / Magical Defense Increase This effect is multiplicative to your current stats. M	Duration	Reactivation Cooldown
PvE
1	60	<75%	6%	6%	15 Seconds	7 Seconds
2	66		8%	8%
3	68		10%	10%
4	99		12%	12%
PvP
1	60	<20%	3%	3%	15 Seconds	7 Seconds
2	66		3.2%	3.2%
3	68		4%	4%
4	99		4.8%	4.8%

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
08/23/2012	08/14/2013	Mercenary Survival Strategy added.
02/05/2015	-	▲ Excessive Overheat HP cap increased. ▲ Elemental Resistance Increase increased. ▼ Physical Defense Increase decreased. ▼ Magical Defense Increase decreased.
08/27/2015	-	Fixed the error where the passive would not give bonuses under 50% HP or extend overheat HP cap.
10/20/2016	-	▼ Physical Defense Increase decreased. ▼ Resistance Increase decreased.
11/03/2016	11/23/2016	Passive effect error fixed.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▼ Physical Defense Increase decreased. ▼ Magical Defense Increase decreased.
04/23/2020	05/20/2020	None	▼ Activation requirements increased.
05/27/2021	06/23/2021	▲ Physical Defense Increase increased. ▲ Magical Defense Increase increased.	▼ Physical Defense Increase decreased. ▼ Magical Defense Increase decreased.
09/30/2021	10/27/2021	▼ Physical / Magical Defense Increase decreased. ▲ The buff will also apply to allies. ▲ Ally Magical / Physical Attack Increase added.
09/30/2021	10/27/2021	▲ HP requirement made easier.	None
07/21/2022	08/17/2022	▲ Buff changed to be duration-based. ▲ Can be reactivated when the duration is less than 5 seconds.
01/04/2024	01/31/2024	▲ Party BuffMercenary Survival Strategy reactivation cooldown decreased.

Server	Name	Translation
South Korea	용병의 생존전략	Shadow Technique of Mercenary - Survival
Japan	傭兵の処世術	Mercenary Survival Strategy
China (Simplified Chinese)	佣兵的生存战略	Mercenary Survival Strategy
Germany	Überlebensstrategie des Söldners	Mercenary Survival Strategy
Spain	Estrategia de supervivencia mercenaria	Mercenary Survival Strategy
France	Stratégie de survie du mercenaire	Mercenary Survival Strategy
Italy	Strategia di Sopravvivenza del Mercenario	Mercenary Survival Strategy
Poland	Strategia Przetrwania Najemnika	Mercenary Survival Strategy
Brazil	Técnicas de Sobrevivência	Survival Techniques