As the attentive, tom13king, pointed out, I made a typo in my 4am calculations and ended up leaving it in the script. The first Garrador's body health value is actually 240, giving the plaga a multiplier of 16. The 2nd and 3rd Garradores therefore have health values of 288. This is why sleep is important. xD In any case, it's not the end of the world. Who is going to be shooting a Garrador in the legs to kill it anyway?
@@Sarcosuchas i mentioned that because i remember using tmp against them was pretty good even compared to shoutgun which is literally a crowd control weapon i also could be wrong but pretty sure anytime I played this game against wolfs tmp was the most efficient.
Resident Evil 4: The game where still to this day, we're still figuring stuff out about it. Surprising that it seems like you know how to fight most enemies you encounter in Mercenaries because of their set status and what they're supposed to do.
8:33 that literally was PERFECT timing lol that shield ganado was eyeing Krausers booty to ram his spikes into a bit a second more to spare!!!!! Honestly I don’t play a ton of games and am super new to resident evil and the games and all that… I know.. I’m a decade late… but oh well lol I was disappointed for see how little videos there really are about the mercenaries! I think it’s such a fun and extremely difficult task for a new player w little experience w the games. I mean of course I played it after the game, assignment ada and separate ways … which were much more difficult for me which I loved…. But mercenaries for a new person who doesn’t understand the mechanics and really how to use the boxes and timers and stuff if was so confusing at first until I figured some more out and started not dying lol now working on higher scores…. But my very long winded point is that I’m gonna subscribe just for all the effort on this video and the last couple I watched ….bc there’s a lot of TLC into these videos that take so much work… super impressed my dude
One of the best mini game RE made, I remember spending countless hours trying to get a five star ranking unlocking ever stage just to get the Handcannon without the aid of cheats. It was satisfying af when I completed it. I hope they add more stages in the remake would love to unlock more items, weapons and costumes via Mercenaries.
This was a cool guide! I didn't know about the damage cap mechanic on some of the enemies. I've always assumed it was certain weapons dealing bonus damage rather than stronger ones dealing less.
One interesting topic you could tackle the next time is if there's a damage multiplier for body shots (head, arms, legs, etc) like in RE5, or if every shot always deals the same damage no matter where it lands.
For RE4, headshots deal more damage (along with having the critical chance) while the rest of the body is the same, regardless of arms, legs or torso. Boss enemies do not have the headshot bonus in Mercenaries, as that was something I did check for when making this video.
Wow this one really helps, thanks for the effort mate. I never thought about it this way,but this was a big help for me as an old player of this magnificent game, and thanks again it was fun watching this video, so KEEP IT UP. :)
Hello friend at 5:13 you said 5 arrows but you hit JJ with 6. This is in regards to the 2nd and 3rd JJ. Thank you so much for this video. Damage caps, what a thing lol.
Que buena guia mi estimado, está genial saber cuanto demora en eliminar a los garradores sin darle a la plaga, que los primeros Mega salvador y las bella sister tienen lo mismo de vida y que algunos segundones bosses tienen más vida, aplicaré lo de los tiros a cada jefe algun dia en los lives de mercenarios
I think I've posted a reply here about a week ago but it's gone, not sure what happened. Every enemy in the game has a more accurate HP value. Some trainer features can directly show enemy HP, such as the trainer in RE4 Tweaks. Using firepower to measure HP is a good way, very easy to understand, but the values you gave are only roughly correct, not accurate. It's still enough for most players though. To be exact, for example in Mercs each Bella has 6500 HP, and their damage taken per hit is capped at 1000 (6.67 firepower). They take 150 damage from every point of firepower, just like the villager ganados. TMP does 0.7x damage to Bellas and 1.4x damage to villagers so better don't use TMP to measure enemy HP. Most enemies take 1.2x damage with headshots, and 10x if it was a crit hit (if it was a rifle headshot then 5x). I think I posted a link of an in-depth RE4 mechanics guide here, that probably is why it god deleted?
Yes, UA-cam probably deleted it due to sharing the link. And again, I return to my earlier point about making this information easy to understand for players of all skill levels.
Siempre encontré gracioso que súper salvador se tomara la pierna de dolor al dispararle, casi nada lo inmutaba, pero toma una flecha a la rodilla o bala y terminaba su carrera
@@Sarcosuchas igual no se si observaste en algunos mods, que la motosierra da la propiedad de moverse asi erráticamente al súper salvador o era que darle otra cosa a super salvador aún se movía erráticamente? Hace rato no veo mod
Interesting video! Thank you for the analysis! What's the damage output on frag/ fire/ flash(?) grenades? If Flash grenades do 0 damage, how is it they take out birds?
For birds and plagas, flash grenades have a unique critical hit rate property of 100%. Frag grenades deal approximately 10 damage (to Ganado enemies) while fire grenades deal 6.6 damage in total, however they deal 3.4 damage initially, and then the burning animation is the other 3.2. This is why ganados on the ground often die instantly from a fire grenade, as they receive the full 6.6 damage instantly.
8:05 jokes write themselves right there Do these damage caps apply to their story mode counterparts (explicitly bella sisters)? Of so, upgrading some weapons would be a waste except for bosses (which I would assume don't have).
Yes, the chainsaw's damage caps also apply to the campaign. I haven't checked if any other bosses have damage caps though. Still working on that video.
Is the damage for shotguns per pellet or if all pellets connect? I also heard somewhere the TMP does more damage to ganados? Are there more these properties like these if true?
I heard some enemies takes more dmg from certain type of attack, like krauser with knife for example. There might be more with taking less dmg, like armaduro takes no dmg from door dmg
There's a small multiplier for regular ganado, 1.2x I think but don't quote me on that, I'd need to double check it. But it doesn't happen for boss enemies.
I wonder if regular Salvador from the campaign and chainsaw sisters from story also have damage caps? I need to do another NG+ run before Renake comes out.
@@Sarcosuchas Do you mean the rifle does 14.93 damage or the Plaga's multiplier is 14.93? My point was that if the rifle does 15 damage and the pistol kills the Garrador in 224 body shots, then the rifle should kill him in only 15 body shots (15x15 = 225), not the 16 from the video. Also, shouldn't Krauser's arrows have then killed him in 23 body shots?
@@tom13king I'm saying that the multiplier is 14.93. Having checked my notes, I see now where I have made a small error. Originally, I was working with the values that take into account his different damage factors and how that affects the weapons' performance. Having seen that as potentially confusing for people (suddenly changing all the damage values) I reverted back to the format that we see here. To add to the confusion, I mistyped 224 in place of 240. So my tests, counts and calculations were all technically correct; then I've gone and worked back from a typo. That's what I get for working on it at 4am on 4 hours of sleep. Body HP for first Garrador is 240, giving the plaga a multiplier of 16. This means the 2nd and 3rd Garradores have body HP of 288.
@@Sarcosuchas I know that pain, I'm preparing for a bullshit job interview at 2am and I've consistently been on 6 hours sleep a day for the past 2 weeks. Thanks for the clarification.
@@tom13king I'm averaging 4 hours of sleep a day for the last couple weeks. It's a miracle I function as well as I do lol. Thanks for pointing out the error, fortunately it doesn't matter much, since no one is going to be killing the Garrador that way.
@@modageddon2742 The toggle for manipulating enemies has speed and size together, so putting them all to 10% speed puts them all to 100% size, but as Garradores have a size value of around 125%, it shrinks them down to 100% as well.
@@thirdegree101 Yeah, the knives in Mercenaries deal 1.7 damage, regardless of whether it's Leon, Krauser or Ada. Bella Sisters would take 26 slashes Garrador would take 9 and 11. But if it was to the body then it'd be 132 and 159. JJ would take 22 and 32 and Super Salvador would take 26 and 36.
@@Sarcosuchas I don’t know why you want to argue, I even paused and Zoomed in, still looks like exposed ribs to me, I don’t know what to tell you, yes I see the ripped pants, but it looks like there’s ribs there dude
As the attentive, tom13king, pointed out, I made a typo in my 4am calculations and ended up leaving it in the script.
The first Garrador's body health value is actually 240, giving the plaga a multiplier of 16.
The 2nd and 3rd Garradores therefore have health values of 288.
This is why sleep is important. xD
In any case, it's not the end of the world. Who is going to be shooting a Garrador in the legs to kill it anyway?
Hey what's up my dude, i find it interesting that some enemies have cap damages if i'am correct same thing applies to wolfs, i'm i right?
@@iasked2313 I don't know if they have a damage cap, I'll need to test.
@@Sarcosuchas i mentioned that because i remember using tmp against them was pretty good even compared to shoutgun which is literally a crowd control weapon i also could be wrong but pretty sure anytime I played this game against wolfs tmp was the most efficient.
@@iasked2313 That's because, like Ganados, the dogs receive 40% extra damage from the TMP
@@Sarcosuchas confirmed, much thanks and appreciations to you and the effort you put into your content love you bro.
Resident Evil 4: The game where still to this day, we're still figuring stuff out about it. Surprising that it seems like you know how to fight most enemies you encounter in Mercenaries because of their set status and what they're supposed to do.
I find there's a lack of analysis videos on Mercs as a whole, so figured I might as well make them :P
9:00
The Garrador: "Once I was an adventurer like you, and then I took 32 shotgun rounds to the knee"
It'll definitely help me much more dealing with some bs of this mode to get the hand canon
God bless you man 🙏
You're welcome ^^
I noticed the video and audio desynced a few times but you edited it to have them resend. props to you for that
Yeah, it's an issue with a slightly faulty codec.
8:33 that literally was PERFECT timing lol that shield ganado was eyeing Krausers booty to ram his spikes into a bit a second more to spare!!!!! Honestly I don’t play a ton of games and am super new to resident evil and the games and all that… I know.. I’m a decade late… but oh well lol I was disappointed for see how little videos there really are about the mercenaries! I think it’s such a fun and extremely difficult task for a new player w little experience w the games. I mean of course I played it after the game, assignment ada and separate ways … which were much more difficult for me which I loved…. But mercenaries for a new person who doesn’t understand the mechanics and really how to use the boxes and timers and stuff if was so confusing at first until I figured some more out and started not dying lol now working on higher scores…. But my very long winded point is that I’m gonna subscribe just for all the effort on this video and the last couple I watched ….bc there’s a lot of TLC into these videos that take so much work… super impressed my dude
Many thanks ^^ I hope my videos continue to prove informative and interesting. Never hesitate to suggest videos either ^^
One of the best mini game RE made, I remember spending countless hours trying to get a five star ranking unlocking ever stage just to get the Handcannon without the aid of cheats. It was satisfying af when I completed it. I hope they add more stages in the remake would love to unlock more items, weapons and costumes via Mercenaries.
Yeah, I hope Mercenaries is expanded in the remake too
This was a cool guide! I didn't know about the damage cap mechanic on some of the enemies. I've always assumed it was certain weapons dealing bonus damage rather than stronger ones dealing less.
You learn something new everyday ^^
One interesting topic you could tackle the next time is if there's a damage multiplier for body shots (head, arms, legs, etc) like in RE5, or if every shot always deals the same damage no matter where it lands.
For RE4, headshots deal more damage (along with having the critical chance) while the rest of the body is the same, regardless of arms, legs or torso.
Boss enemies do not have the headshot bonus in Mercenaries, as that was something I did check for when making this video.
@@Sarcosuchas how much more dmg ?
DUDE this is perfect not a good video it is PERFECT.
Intro and everything i cant imagne how much you worked on this video keep it up man
Many thanks ^^ It took about a week to put together
Wow this one really helps, thanks for the effort mate. I never thought about it this way,but this was a big help for me as an old player of this magnificent game, and thanks again it was fun watching this video, so KEEP IT UP. :)
Glad it helps ^^
Thanks a lot Sarco for blessing us again with re4 mercs
My pleasure! ^^
"The youtube algorithm, which has the highest health value of all" alright, that one took me by surprise and made me laugh.
I'm glad xD
9:39 damn look at how he moves those hips
He's a dancer in his spare time
8:00 "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee"
Hello friend at 5:13 you said 5 arrows but you hit JJ with 6. This is in regards to the 2nd and 3rd JJ. Thank you so much for this video. Damage caps, what a thing lol.
Said the wrong number when recording, as it should be 6 and the math is correct for 6 lol
Thanks this guide explains a great deal keep up the good work mistro
Thanks, will do! ^^
Hola,harás una en español? Aprovecho a decirte que me sirvieron mucho tus guías con personajes gracias ♥️♥️
Siempre hago los videos en ambos idiomas
@@Sarcosuchas Gracias ahí te dejo mi sub para que sigas dándonos este contenido 🙂
New sub! I really been enjoying your Spanish videos :)
Much appreciated ^^
Que buena guia mi estimado, está genial saber cuanto demora en eliminar a los garradores sin darle a la plaga, que los primeros Mega salvador y las bella sister tienen lo mismo de vida y que algunos segundones bosses tienen más vida, aplicaré lo de los tiros a cada jefe algun dia en los lives de mercenarios
Muchas gracias ^^
@@Sarcosuchas denada y siga así compartiendo su conocimiento con la comunidad :D
Very interesting and informative video as always sir 💪💪
Many thanks ^^
I think I've posted a reply here about a week ago but it's gone, not sure what happened. Every enemy in the game has a more accurate HP value. Some trainer features can directly show enemy HP, such as the trainer in RE4 Tweaks. Using firepower to measure HP is a good way, very easy to understand, but the values you gave are only roughly correct, not accurate. It's still enough for most players though.
To be exact, for example in Mercs each Bella has 6500 HP, and their damage taken per hit is capped at 1000 (6.67 firepower). They take 150 damage from every point of firepower, just like the villager ganados. TMP does 0.7x damage to Bellas and 1.4x damage to villagers so better don't use TMP to measure enemy HP. Most enemies take 1.2x damage with headshots, and 10x if it was a crit hit (if it was a rifle headshot then 5x). I think I posted a link of an in-depth RE4 mechanics guide here, that probably is why it god deleted?
Yes, UA-cam probably deleted it due to sharing the link.
And again, I return to my earlier point about making this information easy to understand for players of all skill levels.
Siempre encontré gracioso que súper salvador se tomara la pierna de dolor al dispararle, casi nada lo inmutaba, pero toma una flecha a la rodilla o bala y terminaba su carrera
Pues, sabemos lo que dicen sobre una flecha en la rodilla...
@@Sarcosuchas igual no se si observaste en algunos mods, que la motosierra da la propiedad de moverse asi erráticamente al súper salvador o era que darle otra cosa a super salvador aún se movía erráticamente? Hace rato no veo mod
This is gonna be amazing!
I hope so :P
Great video 🙂👍
Thanks ^^
good video!!! your a legend👑, el verdadero domador de cocodrilos
Thanks ^^
Interesting video! Thank you for the analysis! What's the damage output on frag/ fire/ flash(?) grenades? If Flash grenades do 0 damage, how is it they take out birds?
For birds and plagas, flash grenades have a unique critical hit rate property of 100%.
Frag grenades deal approximately 10 damage (to Ganado enemies) while fire grenades deal 6.6 damage in total, however they deal 3.4 damage initially, and then the burning animation is the other 3.2.
This is why ganados on the ground often die instantly from a fire grenade, as they receive the full 6.6 damage instantly.
5:13 "5 arrows"
Me: Wait I counted 6 arrow shots.
Verbal mishap lol
Casi no se ingles pero siempre veo tus videos por que me encantan sigue asi
Haré una version en castellano, no te precupes.
i want super salvador in the remake ! It would be awesome !
I hope they add him too
8:05 jokes write themselves right there
Do these damage caps apply to their story mode counterparts (explicitly bella sisters)? Of so, upgrading some weapons would be a waste except for bosses (which I would assume don't have).
Yes, the chainsaw's damage caps also apply to the campaign.
I haven't checked if any other bosses have damage caps though. Still working on that video.
How can you change the speed of the enemies in the game please ?
I use the Ultimate Trainer
Is the damage for shotguns per pellet or if all pellets connect? I also heard somewhere the TMP does more damage to ganados? Are there more these properties like these if true?
I'll research this for a future video, I'll try to cover some of the other weapons too.
I heard some enemies takes more dmg from certain type of attack, like krauser with knife for example. There might be more with taking less dmg, like armaduro takes no dmg from door dmg
@@yoru8815 This is true, different enemy types receive different damage.
Esto va a estar chido x3:)
Eso espero ;3
@@Sarcosuchas como esta todo bro y con muchas ganas de jugar RE4
And what about headshots? So I assume they don't add a multiplier then?
There's a small multiplier for regular ganado, 1.2x I think but don't quote me on that, I'd need to double check it. But it doesn't happen for boss enemies.
I wonder if regular Salvador from the campaign and chainsaw sisters from story also have damage caps? I need to do another NG+ run before Renake comes out.
They have the same 6.5 damage cap in the campaign as well.
@@Sarcosuchas Good to know, thanks
Very interesting video! Can you do the same for re5?
I can do, though on RE5 it's much easier as I know the exact health values for each enemy.
@@Sarcosuchas great! It's very interesting, good job
which knife is the highest damage?
They all deal the same damage.
My tip is: gain 5 stars in all phases with Leon first because Leon is the hardest
Using my guide for Leon to do so.
@@Sarcosuchas Sorry, i didnt know, this is the first video i saw from your channel
How did you get the time and the enemys to slow down?
Ancient Scottish Magic ;)
(hacks)
@@Sarcosuchas ah ok
Sarco what is the damage output of knife 🔪 🤔
1.7 I believe, I state the value in my Krauser knife video.
@@Sarcosuchas i am going to check out the video your amazing you know everything
@@KCM-op9cf Thanks ^^
This was super interesting, especially learning about damage caps. What kind of damage do the melee attacks do?
That would be a video all of its own, given how varied their damage is lol
@@Sarcosuchas I look forward to it, if you have it planned. Recently finished RE4 again and I'm hyped for the remake and your coverage of it.
@@JuliusKingsleyXIII It wouldn't take too long to do, so I probably can.
wow i always though that bella sisters have more hp than super salvador becouse of killer7 and rifle
Now you know it's not actually the case ^^
@@Sarcosuchas exactly
4:01 I’m new to these games… I know I’m way late to the party… but why are the bosses falling in slow motion ? lol
They only do that when standing up, but it's just a game mechanic. Probably intended so the player can easily identify when a boss is actually dead.
Weird how the bella sisters have more hp and a lower cap for damage than super salvador
Probably because Salvador is more dangerous, and the 2nd Salvador has way more health.
9:30 Wouldn't the rifle have killed it in 15 shots if it had 224 health? There might be a damage cap you missed.
Nope, because I rounded up to 15x for the sake of simplicity. The actual increase is a fraction of around 14.93.
14.93 x 15 = 223.95
@@Sarcosuchas Do you mean the rifle does 14.93 damage or the Plaga's multiplier is 14.93? My point was that if the rifle does 15 damage and the pistol kills the Garrador in 224 body shots, then the rifle should kill him in only 15 body shots (15x15 = 225), not the 16 from the video. Also, shouldn't Krauser's arrows have then killed him in 23 body shots?
@@tom13king I'm saying that the multiplier is 14.93.
Having checked my notes, I see now where I have made a small error.
Originally, I was working with the values that take into account his different damage factors and how that affects the weapons' performance.
Having seen that as potentially confusing for people (suddenly changing all the damage values) I reverted back to the format that we see here.
To add to the confusion, I mistyped 224 in place of 240.
So my tests, counts and calculations were all technically correct; then I've gone and worked back from a typo.
That's what I get for working on it at 4am on 4 hours of sleep.
Body HP for first Garrador is 240, giving the plaga a multiplier of 16.
This means the 2nd and 3rd Garradores have body HP of 288.
@@Sarcosuchas I know that pain, I'm preparing for a bullshit job interview at 2am and I've consistently been on 6 hours sleep a day for the past 2 weeks. Thanks for the clarification.
@@tom13king I'm averaging 4 hours of sleep a day for the last couple weeks. It's a miracle I function as well as I do lol.
Thanks for pointing out the error, fortunately it doesn't matter much, since no one is going to be killing the Garrador that way.
whys the garrador in 8:06 so small??
To slow the enemies down, it also defaults them to 100% size, but the Garrador is normally 125% size or something.
@@Sarcosuchas thought it had something to do with the speed makes sense in a weird way
@@modageddon2742 I could fix it but then the zealots would've been 25% bigger lol
@@Sarcosuchas now I'm even more confused lmao no need to explain though something tells me it'll give me more questions than answers at this point
@@modageddon2742 The toggle for manipulating enemies has speed and size together, so putting them all to 10% speed puts them all to 100% size, but as Garradores have a size value of around 125%, it shrinks them down to 100% as well.
I wonder how long it will take to figure this shit out in the remake.
It shouldn't take me too long lol
@@Sarcosuchas
Curious. With all of the damage calcs, do you know how many knife hits it would take to kill each boss enemy?
@@thirdegree101 Yeah, the knives in Mercenaries deal 1.7 damage, regardless of whether it's Leon, Krauser or Ada.
Bella Sisters would take 26 slashes
Garrador would take 9 and 11. But if it was to the body then it'd be 132 and 159.
JJ would take 22 and 32
and Super Salvador would take 26 and 36.
@@Sarcosuchas
Also, throughout the video you only were taking body shots.
What if you were taking headshots?
@@thirdegree101 Headshots deal extra damage on regular ganado but not on the bosses
Today I learned… Super Salvador’s have Ribs exposed on their Knees hahaha
I don't follow?
@@Sarcosuchas look at the super Salvador’s model, his Knee has a Ribcage on it instead of the proper bones exposed! I never noticed that
It's not a ribcage, it's the tear in his pants
@@Sarcosuchas I don’t know why you want to argue, I even paused and Zoomed in, still looks like exposed ribs to me, I don’t know what to tell you, yes I see the ripped pants, but it looks like there’s ribs there dude
17:04 pause and tell me that isn’t ribs
Why do you sound Scottish lol
Because I am lol
@@Sarcosuchas but you also speak fluent Spanish?
@@jackruby6696 I moved to Spain 14 years ago
@@Sarcosuchas oh gotcha
@@Sarcosuchas you gotta do that no merchant kill everything run still king before the remake comes out