Summoner Wanna Be (Full Support)

First of all I apologize for the non sense title of this thread. Before, I used to read this forum and so on, until something came out in my mind this morning so that I decided to make an account.
Well, the new update gives us a slight advantage. We can now bring an accompany during fight if needed. In this case, I remembered my first char, Full Support build which was discontinued because of the lack in Support skills (the level cap was only 75 when I played my support). Back then, I wasn't able to farm or even find a party. I struggled hard to find those players who willing to accept a full support as their team mate. But with the recent update, I think that kind of issue could be solved. I don't really understand about how Mercenaries work, but is it possible to build a full support character that rely on Mercenaries only? For instance, with completely "supporting" skills, we provides Heals, Buffs, Fast First Aid, etc. So, during fight, all we have to do is keep our mercenaries alive using those supports. For stats, I guess Dex and Vit will do. Dex for casting speed and vit for survivability. For gears, we can use those with Max MP and -Aggro gears. Is it possible? I heard that Mercenaries have decent normal-attacking damage. Though the fight might take long, I would still like it since at least I have somebody to teamed up with. Any suggestion, constructive critism, or whatsoever it is will highly appreciated

 

I never even thought of that, it might be really fun o.o
I suggest adding in debuff moves too, like moeba shot so you can deal at least some dmg while acting as support.

 

A supporter must know how to attack too. Being able to fight is also a great way to support your comrade.

My playstyle is a little different from you. I fight in the frontline and aggro the monster, then I let the merc fight from a distance using projectiles to keep them safe.

Though there is no right or wrong here. It's your own playstyle, then by all rights do it and test how far you can go.

^_^

 

This will take a lot out of u. Since first step is to build a good merc as a "summon" it eats a char slot in a party and also ur own char selection and u have to be lead first. Ur summoned char have to be a balanced defence type with high aspd or a high aggro high hp defence with decent aspd; both which will just do one thing auto attacks just to take aggro away from u. If not, have a attacker summoned char with high aspd high damage and full "play dead" skill. Consider tanking a lot along with ur support skill.

As of now mercs are still just crap load of autos and proration. Better wait for asobimo to develop this or find a way to make the best out of what we currently hav.