Mercurius Rod

Mercurius Rod メルクリウスロッド This designer analysed a holy relic he owned and then developed this special weapon. It produces energy waves that boost Grants. Type : Rod Requirement : 770 MST Max Grind : 0 Special : Gifoie (Level 2) Targets : 1 ATP DFP MST ATA 390-400 5 80 58 HUmr HUnl HUct HUcl RAmr RAml RAct RAcl FOmr FOml FOnm FOnl H. Dist : 14 ( -3 ) H. Angle : 26° ( -1° ) V. Dist : 18 V. Angle : 26° ( -1° ) Hex : 002201

Mercurius Rod is a rare rod. It offers the highest weapon-based Grants boost in the game, and casts level 2 Gifoie as its special attack.

Despite being weak in range and damage, Mercurius Rod's special attack is useful for multiple reasons:

• Interrupting certain enemies' attacks (e.g. initial Dorphon/Delbiter charges, Zu dives, etc);
• Splitting Pofuilly Slimes can easily be done by using the special attack as the 3rd attack of a combo, as the special attack will not deal enough damage to kill them too early.
• It uses the special attack animation instead of a regular cast animation, and it is possible to perform a full combo of special attacks. This is significantly faster than casting Gifoie in the normal way, especially with Heavenly/Battle or V101 equipped.

The origin of the special attack Gifoie is the tip of the rod rather than the caster. Due to the weapon's size, the spell area will be several units out from the character, at different angles depending on the class animation and combo step.

The special attack Gifoie is affected by relevant technique boosts, such as Gifoie Merge and Class-based Boosts, but it can not have its technique level raised by Heavenly/Technique or other similar units.

Technique Boost

Technique	Boost
	+30% Damage

The Forge

Three individual Mercurius Rods is one of seven trade components for the Red Ring plating Cat Plating in the quest The Forge.

Availability

Claire's Deal 5

Mercurius Rod can only be obtained with 0% attributes by trading the following items to Claire in the quest Claire's Deal 5:

• Caduceus
• Brave Hammer
• Glide Divine
• King's Striker

Trivia

• Mercurius Rod is one of two weapons in the game with Gifoie as a special attack, the other being Twin Blaze.