Atlantica Online Empress: Pincushions Beware!

I'm sure by now you've heard about the upcoming introduction of a new B-class mercenary to the virtual world of Atlantica Online. This new mercenary is called the Empress, and she packs quite a punch, thanks to her weapon of choice, the bow. Oh, did I forget to mention that she's a B-class mercenary?

The Empress is already out in the South Korean servers of Atlantica Online, but I have yet to see her being used to full potential. Oh, sure she makes pincushions out of soft-skinned mercenaries, but skills seem to be a rarity. It's either Empress skill books are expensive or very hard to come by.



Atlantica Online's Empress has two skills, both upgrades of existing mercenary skills:

Empress' Blessing. According to the Atlantica Database, this skill is a clone of Holy Guard in the sense that it blocks the casting of spells on specific mercenaries as long as it is in effect. There are differences, of course, the first—and most important—of which is the fact that Empress' Blessing does not block the effects of scrolls. This is great news for those who depend heavily on scrolls to decrease or remove stun counters.

Empress' Curse. If there's a blessing, there's also a curse. The curse is apparently an enhanced version of Silence, the archer's basic skill. Damage is, for obvious reasons, better than the lowly archer skill, and so is the defense debuff. Empress' Curse doesn't give the targets an attack modifier, though. It is also unclear whether this skill, being a skill of a B-class mercenary, can affect characters, non-player characters and monsters that have immunity to silence.

What makes the Empress more interesting is her damage potential, especially when inserted into a sniping formation. Players of Atlantica Online who frequent Free League and Competition League, and their big brothers, the Weekly Championship and the Titan League, will do well to respect the damage that the new mercenary deals.

To give you a better idea of the damage output of this new Atlantica Online bow mercenary, take a look at how it performs in this video of the Korean Atlantica Online Titan League: