Mercenary

The Mercenary is a Tier 4 Tank that upgrades from the Navyist at level 45.

Design
The Mercenary has a circular body with a slanted base in front and a drone spawner in front of it.

Technical
The Mercenary is a drone tank that controls drones instead of firing bullets. Unlike other drone tanks, though, its drones have Machine Gun-esque guns on their backs that fire and propel them forwards, and have a very high speed.

The bullets from its drones are extremely weak and do not deal damage to tanks and deal tiny damage to shapes. The Mercenary's drones themselves are of regular power, but have higher speed thanks to their guns.

It can control a maximum of 5 drones and has an increased FoV, like other drone tanks.

As the Mercenary

 * Your drones have a very high speed, and most tanks just will not be able to react in time. Creeping up on a tank and then charging drones from the side will usually kill a player.
 * Maximize damage, penetration, and bullet health to ensure you can kill enemies with one blow. Due to higher drone speed, bullet speed is less important, while reload is more important.
 * You are vulnerable if you have no drones or protection, and drones can be easily penetrated. It is advised to stay in the base or near teammates if you run out of drones.
 * In order not to run out of drones, keep them far away from the enemy you see, and then quickly charge them as soon as you are attacked or the enemy is close.
 * The Mercenary should be used with a "hit-and-run" strategy. You get the maximum number of drones, you find a target, and you kill it. Then, you come back to the base.
 * Catching your enemies in battles where they are outnumbered is an easy way to kill them, as they will be defenseless against your drones. Furthermore, you may kill both fighting players if they are on low health.
 * By staying out of AIs FoV, you can easily kill them without them noticing you.
 * You are superior to other drone tanks and Navyist if you will avoid drone collisions at all costs. Wait until the drone user will guide drones away, then charge your drones into him.

Against the Mercenary

 * Hexa Tank branch tanks will be protected from all angles, so Mercenary will not be able to deal damage to you.
 * Smasher branch tanks can just tank through all the drones and easily ram the Mercenary, dealing lethal damage.
 * Lancer branch is the hardest counter and will be easily able to penetrate the drones and kill the Mercenary, even if you are not skilled.
 * Tanks like Seismograph will easily be able to kill Mercenary if they stay out of its FoV.
 * Drones may be hard to control, so very fast and agile tanks like Propellers will easily kill Mercenary if it is distracted. However, you should not attempt to attack it if Mercenary is aware of you.