Why people hate Merric so much?

I wish i knew I mean he might not have the grestest stats but he's definitely not as bad as people say

His stat distribution is relatively awkward and his attack is still very low. 44 is pretty bad for a non brave weapon user and his speed is a middling 32 so he still ends up in a weird place as a result and without TA, he can't even bait kill Reinhardt, the one reason you even use a green mage ever.

I have a 5* Merric, and... he's -Atk/+HP. 37 attack with a legendary tome is just pitiful, and even if he wasn't -Atk, he'd only have 40, which really isn't anything amazing. Now, he's legendary tome is effective against flyers, so that's great, but due to his attack, he (mine) can't one shot :
- Floriana, est, clair, shanna, even when his attack is multiplied by 1.5 x 1.2 (he does 67 against blue flyers total)
- Camilla, Narcian, Minerva, Michalis, Spring Camilla and Cherche : in other words, he can't one shot ANY green flyer...
- And unsurprisegly, no red flyer either.

Now, i am unlucky to have a -Atk one, but that this bane affects him so much (he is supposed to be good against flyers after all), really doesn't make me want to use him. And even with neutral attack (or if i put fury on him), he can only one shot Michalis, Spring Camilla, and still can't one shot florina (but the other blues, he can). In other words, i don't see why i'd use him, when there are so many more usufull alternatives (bows and other green mages). Of course, that's only based on my personal experience.

While he probably isn't the best candidate for a speed boon, 35 is somewhat respectable, which can help him reach 40 if one decides to do L&D.

But you would be trading offense for defense. He would be hard to double, but you would still lose 5 points in both his resistance (which is pretty rough) and defense (which is his best stat. No boon needed, but definitely not worth a bane)

This would trade Merric's bulk for offense, which... his offense overall is average still, but his tome is 14 Might and also has the ability to kill a lot of fliers, which is a decent trade off. Most Pegasus have good resistance, but if does give the ability to pierce a little bit as far as lance and axe fliers go.

Overall, he can run the usual TA and Breaker skill, but his bulk allows him to run QR easily and makes up for his low speed.

This is just me, but CC and the Owl Tome, readily available from your green mage bud Boey, can help him improve his bulk and offense, though it's not as effective since he needs the + version personally. He loses 4 (8 if you do just a normal tome) points of offense if he trades away his legendary tome.

This still would allow him to act as a good wall since all his stats would boost if he's around his friends. It would allow a different playstyle for him altogether if one desires.

Though I think his best setup is still the TA+Breaker, just so he can be the master of some rather than none.

He kills your pity rate when you could've pulled a Hector or a Bike.

Merric got no hatred , it's just because he 's situational option. There're plenty of good-powerful mages who overwhelm him in Arena green position (not to mention , he cant be summoned as 3* - like little devil Nino \o/ ).

But at least, i still use him in arena assault, +atk -hp , TA + bowbreaker ,bonfire, seal res+1 or hp+3 .This guy can tank and counter both Reinhart +atk and Lyn mulagir - except brave bow (you can check before entering match) .
Overall, i once expected "Excalibur" to be something better... (even his skills aint worth to be inherit fodder)

I think it's his low attack, awkard speed, and the fact that other green mage have better stat distributions. He really needs +ATK...but he also really needs +SPD... His resistance is also too low to let him pinch hit aganist other greens even with Green Tomebreaker. If I ever pull +ATK I'll build him but I think he will need a different level of TLC to shine than, say, just about any other green mage.

He works well as a Raventome unit (too bad, as Excalibur was always a cool tome in-game), tho sadly I'm about to feed mine to Soren for that Gronnraven+ (working on building a Cecilia for my Horse Emblem team. and I probably won't be fortunate enough to pull another 5* one, so poor Merric has to die). But yeah, he's definitely usable, just pales in comparison to Nino, Sonya, Julia, probably even Soren and Boey too.

Because he's available on 5* too, aka pity breaker.

I, for one doesn't mind him much since with ta raven build he can be a good Rein/Bow Lyn tank

The origin of Merric's hate is his main role as the worst green pity rate breaker

The origin of Merric's hate is his main role as the worst green pity rate breaker

I have no idea.