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Mercer is not of Redlight, he is of Blacklight. And it does translate as she has been able to control the minds of millions of infected, and was even able to affect Mercer intially. Mercer's resistance to Mind Manipulation is not only valid, but it also scales from that. Though I do agree that there might not be a way around type 4 Madness Manipulation. Though if the Ancestor gets infected by Mercer, he is pretty much incapacitated. The Ancestor's lack of high-level Regenerationn puts him at a disadvantage here. Also, Mercer's range is explicitly stated to be several dozens of meters, with devastators being a bit higher, in his profile. I'm pretty sure The Ancestor starts at that distance, it's not like he starts outside of the city. The Ancestor's clairvoyance being limited to the opponent's ill intents doesn't help him gain information here.Wokistan said:What I am saying that her potency with regards to red light beings don't translate to her potency with regards to other red lights. Regardless of what's decided about that though, Alex has no way around the type 4.
His stealth mastery is by disguising as people and stuff, whereas the ancestor would in character kill anyone before him without a second thought here regardless of their appearance or anything. Void shields are a big issue to Alex, and I don't see him getting overrun before Alex goes insane due to the type 4.
Mercer's Devastators are known to strike the target at a distance from air or the ground. How would the Ancestor even see the Devastators pop up from the ground before he gets injured by it and then get infected? As for void shields, I'm pretty sure the infected gas bypasses that (unless you're saying the void shields surround the Ancestor from all directions, and protects him from gases?). Mercer becoming more powerful the more he absorbs living beings is also a factor here.
Also, what are the effects of the individuals driven to insanity by the Ancestor's type 4 Insanity? Do they simply become beserk individuals that attack anything close to them (or what they see as enemies)? Do they kill themselves? Do they just become unpredictable? What effect does it cause on the victims?