Here are all the best tips I can give you for using the talon merc:
1: Skip fitness. We all know as soon as anything even looks in his general direction that he is going to die. 0 points in fitness.
2: Skip concussive arrows. Come on, who here is actually a concussive arrow enthusiast? 0 points in concussive arrows.
3. Skip the passives. You either go all power damage or nothing at all. 0 points in passives.
4. Skip the armor piercing arrows. They are fun to shoot at scions & brutes..past them, I forget to even hit that button. 0 points in armor piercing arrows.
5. Skip the cain mines. Nobody likes a spammer. Unless you are getting kill streaks with every deployment of 1 cain mine..you are just another annoying teammate. 0 points in cain mines.
As for gear / consumables / weapons...you can pick what you want..but I leave all of them empty...It's my preferred play style with the talon merc.
Let's sum it up here...what I see is a 0/0/0/0/0 build. perfect.
cuz I hate this character and I will never use him ever again.