RE5 Mercenaries Mode Guide Midnight Wesker

Mercenaries High Score Hints, Tips Resident Evil 5 Midnight Wesker

Sep 27, 2009

Unlock new characters and stages by achieving high scores in RE5 Mercenaries Mode. Hints, Tips, Strategies and more for Resident Evil 5 Albert Wesker Midnight Outfit.

Survival horror / action game Resident Evil 5's Mercenaries Mode pits 1-2 players inside a small level, rewarding a high score for surviving long lengths of time and defeating numerous enemies at a time for big combo bonuses.

Midnight Wesker is unlocked by achieving an A+ on The Mines, Stage 2 (40,000 points single-player, 80,000 Co-op). Mercenaries is unlocked by playing through the single-player / co-op campaign mode.

Read this RE5 game guide on Midnight Wesker for hints, tips, strategies, and more on how to achieve a higher score and unlock characters and stages using Midnight Wesker.

Mercs Midnight Wesker Equipment

The following is a list of all the weapons, equipment, and supplies Midnight Wesker carries at the start of the match.

Midnight Wesker receives two weapons (Handgun, Magnum), handgrenades, proximity bombs, and some ammunition.

Midnight Wesker RE5 Equipment Guide

A technique unique to Wesker that is not a piece of equipment is his dash attack. For a little health reduction, Wesker can run extremely fast for a brief moment and even perform a melee strike. To execute the dash, press the Right stick (R3 on PS3). While dashing, press L + A (L + X on PS3) to change direction, and press X (square on PS3) to perform the "Knee Cannon" melee strike.

Midnight Wesker's H&K P8 Handgun is one of the more powerful handguns available in the Mercenaries Mode, killing most common majini in 2-4 shots. However, it's best used as a setup for Wesker's powerful Cobra Strike melee attack. One shot to the head, followed up by the Cobra Strike, should kill any common majini and score a +5 time bonus.

The S&W M500 Magnum is Midnight Wesker's greatest asset, as it deals a massive 4,300 each bullet - the most powerful weapon available in Mercenaries Mode (outside the Rocket Launchers, but those don't count as each is one shot only). No weapon is a more potent boss killer than Midnight Wesker's magnum, and getting huge combo bonuses is easy with this beast of a weapon.

Along with two powerful weapons, Midnight Wesker comes with five hand grenades and five proximity bombs. The proximity bombs are excellent to use at choke points, or while running away to gain time bonuses. And the hand grenades, as always, work well at taking out groups of common majini, or for temporarily stunning boss characters.

Mercenaries High Score Hints and Tips for Midnight Wesker

Wesker's most valuable asset is the Cobra Strike melee attack - setup from a headshot. The attack speed outclasses most other melee strikes in the game, and the power devastates common majini with ease. The strike can even kill multiple majini in close proximity, adding numerous +5 time bonuses. When collecting time bonuses, Cobra Strike common majini along the way to prevent any loss of time.

Unfortunately, Midnight Wesker begins with only 12 bullets total for the magnum, and 71 bullets for the handgun. That's certainly plenty of firepower, but still easy to run low when blasting away large hordes of enemies. At the beginning of the match, while collecting time bonuses, Midnight Wesker should use a few of his hand grenades and proximity mines on large groups to collect extra ammunition.

When playing as Midnight Wesker, it's best to try and save the magnum ammo for boss majini. While other characters, such as STARS Chris, can spare a few magnum rounds here and there to keep a combo going, Midnight Wesker has less ammo and must really conserve those shots for where they count the most. Going head-to-head against a boss character with only a handgun creates a very problematic situation.

As for Midnight Wesker's dash attack, the best way to get the most of this technique is to start the dash, change direction three times, and then finish it off with a melee strike. Simply running into common majini can rack up some kills, and if the final knee strike connects it's almost certainly a kill. Also, when running low on time, using Wesker's dash can reach time bonuses much faster than other characters.

Midnight Wesker in Co-op play

With the most powerful weapon in the game, the most powerful melee strike, and the unique dash ability, Midnight Wesker works well with just about any Mercenaries character out there. Naturally, however, he works the best with characters who can share handgun, or even better, magnum ammo.

Unfortunately, only three characters in Mercenaries Mode have magnums - Midnight Wesker, STARS Wesker, and STARS Chris. Each of these characters is uniquely powerful. STARS Wesker offers a bit more versatility while still retaining tremendous firepower, but STARS Chris offers unique time bonus opportunities with his Grenade Launcher, and his machine gun can help to set up Midnight Wesker's Cobra Strike attack.

Midnight Wesker also pairs well with a fast character like Jill Valentine BSAA, or a character with a rifle such as Sheva BSAA or Jill Battle Suit. Quick characters won't get left behind as badly when using the dash, and Midnight Wesker makes the perfect guardian for long-range sniping.

RE5 Mercenaries Midnight Wesker Conclusion

Midnight Wesker is widely considered the strongest character in Mercenaries Mode. He dominates common Majini with his Cobra Strike, and brutalizes boss characters with the most powerful weapon in the Mercenaries Mode. Midnight Wesker makes works great on The Prison level to unlock Albert Wesker STARS.

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