Ada, Carla and Jake's counters can invincible through the lantern zombies' posthumous explosions in the Catacombs which is pretty cool.Īs for the critical counters on zombies, it is in fact triggered by hitting them square in the head. You can use that to your advantage in Mercenaries to avoid using those counters and go for faster generic ones to boost your time.Įach character's unique counter also has different execution speeds, which also makes them invincible for longer or shorter periods of time. I'm glad the author of this video took the time to highlight it on a deeper level.Īlso, on stairs and steep slopes, several enemy-specific counters are turned into generic counters. Setting up counters for the 10-second bonus in Mercenaries is what makes the mode so intense and unique. It's a complicated mechanic that, in addition to the melee, plays into why I love this game.
