So blizzard just nerfed mysterious stranger grinding, now making mercs a harder mode to level up in without paying, free or p2p.
So now that you can’t really level up other mercs as currently, why not spice up the doom and gloom by turning it into a toilet afk? Off mercs are going to matter less since you can’t reasonably grind them in a reasonable time frame.
You get 340 xp a hr in mercs for pve wins (Heroic or not), and 260 xp a hr for pve losses (lmao). While casual and bgs probably match to add up to 300 average xp a hr.
This means you can get 10% more xp a hr, just afking mercs, and any map can be used, but here’s a way you can make lemonade when life gives you lemons and afk mercs without spending a single dime while leveling up the same characters you grind with.
Guide:
- Que into The lowest level and enter a match, then afk for 10-30 minutes.
- Press arcane explosion, and one shot for 340 xp a hr
10 min afk = 61.6 xp.
20 min afk = 123 xp
30 min afk = 170 xp.
You can also just make a party of 3 mercs, or replace the millhouse with any T1 aoe that can one shot like a Varden or Geddon probably whatever. If you do heroic you might want like 12-17 damage to one shot most in one click, but as long as your nova can do 9 damage you can one shot the normal map.
Difference between normal and easy doesn’t seem much, you get 3 coin rewards from a Xyrella/Millhouse/Rokara pool. But the entire map is like 2-3 nodes you can one shot then boss. So you can do it in a minute. So just by virtue of speed, they can come pretty fast if you came late to the boat and need to grind your mercs. The same grind you afk can level up them pretty decently and the map is easy and can be a whopping minute long if you wanted.
(Loot from pressing arcane explosion 3 times in 1 minute)
You get your 3 guaranteed coin drop of 10-20 coins on heroic or 5-20 normal coins. First 2 are the crate bounty (xyrella/millhouse/Rokara, First 2 f2p farming staples), and the third drop is the 5-20 / 10-20 coins for a random merc in your party.
This means if you play 2-3 heros, (Say, Millhouse + xyrella + samuro for just 2 shotting the boss), you can just press ready and play it, or just play millhouse with a merc you want to farm some minor chip coins for.
Nothing is too incredibly groundbreaking, and you can afk any mode you want for the 340 xp a hr.
But, hey, if you got lectures, want to take a poop, or just reading or tabbing out, you can play mercs with sound off in bg. Load into a game, minimalize it. Come back 20-30 minutes later at :30 and :60 clock times, press one button, collect 340 xp a hr, and get a extra 50 g every 4-5 hrs.
Nothing killer, but hey, if you can afk it, you can afk a few free coins for the miniset and gold for normal hearthstone at least.