Stonebreaker Counter
In-game tooltip: after Stonebreaker Slash’s Perfect Block succeeds, the skill gains Super Armor for its duration and deals increased damage.
Applies to 23 September 2026 updateUpdated
In-game tooltip captured
- Class
- Mercenary
- Tree
- Sword & Shield
- Applies to
- 23 September 2026 update
- Balance passes
- Named in none of 6 to 2026-09-23
When to use it
What makes the second parry window worth building around rather than a fallback: landing it turns the follow-up into an uninterruptible, harder-hitting attack.
Builds using this
- Mercenary — Parry Sword & Shield, solo — Master Deemo explains it at 19:30 (caption spelling unconfirmed)For the separate parry skill: grants super armor during the counter so lingering hitboxes cannot cancel it, and increases the parry skill’s damage. Taken as consistency insurance rather than for raw power.
Where this comes from
Opens at 19:40, where the talent is explained. Full citation below.
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Sources for this page
- Master Deemo — Best Mercenary Solo Build and Affix Guide — Launch build, published 2 August 2026. Source for the parry Mercenary talents and the Elusive / Vitality / Valor solo affix core.