# Explain Mercy to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PlayStation/Xbox)\ **Created:** [July 22, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explain-mercy-to-me/10169 "2016-07-22T23:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tactica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tactica/32/6914_2.png) [@Tactica](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tactica)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explain-mercy-to-me/10169/21 "2016-07-25T15:21:41Z")
For me, she was not used until I had her fully traited. It’s the Empowered trait combined with her color flip ability that makes her top shelf. Otherwise, she is just a clenser that has to be powered up. In my opinion, there’s a clear reason why spirit fox came out and it too had empowered… it’s for a player to have a response to a defence with Mercy full trait on it! Look at them both to appreciate the ying / yang. Back to Mercy (full trait). She pairs very well with anything requiring a lot of yellow… and then you can also run the solid +2 yellow banner if you have a number of things requiring yellow. If you time her well with purple/yellow lined up together, she can insti-charge a Maw or Infernal King, or gorgotha, etc. You can use Mercy to fuel Valkyrie, as valkyerie is gen’ing blue (and souls). Though you would put Valk in to charge another card first (like behemoth, or Queen Mab), mercy can catch the overflow mana… and valk has water link, so helps gening more there. I scrolled through the present top 20 leaders and looked at their defense teams. Here’s some ideas per the top players in the game who are using Mercy (again, full trait teams). Gorgotha Behemoth Valk Mercy Great Maw Infernal King Mercy Alchemist Great Maw Infernal King Sheggra Mercy Great Maw Bone Dragon Infernal King Mercy Great Maw Bone Dragon Famine Mercy Great Maw Valk Mercy Queen Mab Soothsayer Valk Queen Mab Mercy Zephyros Marilith Mercy Dryad Good luck, [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explain-mercy-to-me/10169.md?page=1)