Jagged Alliance 3: Mercenary Roles Most Squads Need

Jagged Alliance 3 is a tactical management and strategy game in which players must control squads of mercenaries as they battle across the fictional West African nation of Grand Chien from the grip of a merciless warlord known as The Major and his group of followers, The Legion. Players can select from a range of available Mercenaries in the Browser section of the Satellite View Command tab.

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Each Mercenary has its own specialist class and a different price that can be negotiated with them. Some Mercenaries will not get along with others or might come up with excuses as to why they may not want to work for a particular squad. This dynamic ensures that managing the squad always remains interesting, but there is a lengthy roster of characters to choose from, even if some may be temporarily unavailable at certain times.

6 All-Rounder

All-Rounders do, as their name might suggest, just about everything, but not to a particularly high standard. Nonetheless, this makes them unique in that they can be morphed into just about any category, so long as they have had sufficient training.

Another advantage of All-Rounders compared to other classes is that they are relatively cheap and more expendable than losing some of the more specialized mercenaries. Still, they are sure to prove useful in many situations and with many different types of weapons.

List of Mercenary All-Rounders:

• Grizzly ($3,420)
• Igor ($3,770)
• Grunty ($4,690)
• Meltdown ($6,030)
• Wolf ($10,350)
• Mouse (M.I.A)

5 Marksman

Marksman should be the backbone of any mercenary group in Jagged Alliance 3 since the primary responsibility of the group will be to kill enemies. If there is any class worth doubling up on and recruiting multiple members of, it is the Marksman class. These soldiers excel at precision firing and in some cases have specialist abilities such as throwing knives.

Positioning these characters at the start of each impending combat is crucial since their firepower will likely be the most important among the group. Arming them with assault or sniper rifles is sure to reap plenty of destruction against The Legion. The only downside of Marksmen is their inability to interact with certain items in the game world without triggering traps or alerting enemies, for example in minefields.

List of Mercenary Marksmen:

• Omryn ($4,790)
• Buns ($5,480)
• Hitman ($6,630)
• Blood ($7,670)
• Ice ($8,840)
• Raven ($12,160)
• Tex ($13,270)
• Ivan ($19,530)
• Scope (GOLD)
• Shadow (GOLD)
• Reaper (GOLD)
• Sydney (GOLD)

4 Mechanic

Mechanics play an important role in Jagged Alliance 3, with their main responsibility lying in the maintenance and repair of the squad's equipment. In addition to this, mechanics will also be able to hack and repair certain in-game items such as mounted weaponry. This can provide the squad with a huge advantage compared to fighting without an adequately trained mechanic.

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Most of the available mercenaries in the Mechanic class are also good all-rounders and will be equally as combat effective as many other specialty classes. Some of the strongest mercenaries in the game fall within this class, so it is well worth scouting the available mercenaries within this class.

List of Mercenary Mechanics:

• Kalyna ($4,200)
• Livewire ($4,600)
• Steroid ($4,710)
• Vicki ($16,740)
• Magic (GOLD)

3 Leader

While they might not be as important in the early stages of the game, Leaders' ability to quickly train local Militia Troops at key locations around the map will become invaluable as the mercenaries eventually struggle for control over large swathes of territory.

Given that their skill set leans more towards mid and endgame gameplay, they are usually very expensive to recruit, but will often come with a host of other valuable skills as well, making them an elite version of the All-Rounder class.

List of Mercenary Leaders:

• Raider ($13,270)
• Len (GOLD)
• Scully (GOLD)
• Gus (GOLD)

2 Doctor

Having a mercenary in the Doctor class is one of the most essential roles to have among any deployed squad. While allies can be healed partially in the field by non-doctor mercenaries, they will never be able to fully restore their health to its maximum capacity unless a Doctor is present somewhere on the team.

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Doctors are vital for ensuring that mercenaries are fully recovered before the start of combat since it is one of the most common mistakes newer players make entering into combat with depleted health. This can lead to increasingly difficult missions and in some cases, permadeath for the characters.

List of Mercenary Doctors:

• MD ($3,770)
• Fox ($6,140)
• Thor ($11,200)
• Dr. Q ($8,600)

1 Explosives Expert

Explosives Experts are perhaps the most essential class to include in the makeup of any Jagged Alliance 3 squad since no other class is able to do their job, which can often be extremely important. In addition to being supremely destructive and effective at neutralizing entire groups of enemies at a time, their most essential skill is their ability to disarm traps and land mines.

Without this, players are likely to miss out on a number of good loot items which are hidden behind wired traps, and additionally, many paths across several important sectors of the map will contain minefields that need to be disarmed. If players attempt to disarm these traps with other members of the group, particularly those with a low Explosives skill, they are very likely to trigger an explosion, causing massive damage and possibly death.

List of Mercenary Explosives Experts:

• Barry ($2,230)
• Red ($7,500)
• Nails ($10,190)
• Fidel ($15,930)
• Fauda (GOLD)

Jagged Alliance 3 is available now on PC.

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