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Similarly due to this virus production and the various strains he can make in his body, Mercer is capable of infecting others with a variation of the virus, either turning others into infected drones which he can control or granting the infected individual a similar subset of powers as his own. However, Mercer changed after discovering that he is in fact, an entity born from Blacklight virus-infected corpse of the real Dr. Lastly due to the Blacklight virus within Mercer’s body constantly evolving, there is a chance for Mercer to develop various new abilities simply due to a random mutation at some point down the line.

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He soon discovered that he had the ability to consume others and take on their appearance and memories, along with their special skills. An upcoming movie, The Prototype, which is not related to the game, has the main character wear an attire similar to Mercer's.Upon their death, Heller became a changed man: he grew grim, rude, cynical and impatient—a dark shadow of his earlier personality. Due to his body constantly healing and replacing any damaged biomass, Mercer is, in a sense, immortal.

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While he had his back turned, Heller charged him and slit his throat, but Mercer regenerated and shrugged him off without so much as flinching. There is no real limit to Mercer’s own intelligence, so long as there are living beings for him to consume, lastly due to the blacklight virus within Mercer’s body constantly evolving. Mercer boarded a helicopter and dropped the nuclear bomb into the Atlantic Ocean, allowing it to detonate at sea but leaving himself well within the blast radius.

He was promptly shot by Blackwatch operatives before having his corpse taken back to Gentek in a body bag. It even showed extreme resistance to the cold in the comics where Alex Mercer was chopping woods in the winter and didn't even show any discomfort to his negative 0 environment. Mercer has the ability to assume the physical form of any human he's consumed, though, for gameplay purposes, the player is limited to the last human they consumed. Cause when I close my eyes, I see the memories of a thousand dead men, screaming as I take their lives. Under the impression that they were working on a 'cure for all diseases', Mercer quickly became invested in the experiment, awed by the constantly-changing and incredibly complex structure of the strain he worked with.

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In the first Prototype game, Mercer demonstrates an insane level of strength, being able to create a concussive shockwave just by thrusting his fists forward, uplifting cars, tanks and throwing people several tens of feet with enough force to kill them if not outright vaporize them. Heller successfully stopped Project Orion but, after consuming the lead scientist, discovered that Koenig was trying to get him killed. Mercer utilizes all of his offensive powers at some point in Prototype 2 except for the Muscle mass power, defensive powers, and his Devastators, leading some to use the fact that these powers go unused as evidence for the clone theory of the second game's Mercer being a clone of the original. After finding him, James explained what he had been through the previous night and requested Guerra's assistance in fighting Blackwatch.

Since its human host was already dead at the point of assimilation and Mercer's DNA was not as resilient as that of the future second Prototype James Heller, the virus wound up possessing Mercer's altered corpse and, believing itself to be the real Mercer, went on a rampage for answers through the outbreak-devastated New York. Upon gaining critical mass, Mercer’s body gains a defense mechanism in which upon taking enough damage. As a reward for completing all 5 weeks of Radnet content, players will receive an Alex Mercer skin for James Heller that allows them to look like Mercer while playing Prototype 2, although all of Heller's monochrome cutscenes and voice lines remain unaffected as the skin is purely cosmetic.