I am a Mercy main that’s been waiting for this since Overwatch 2 started the concept of Mythic skins.
I guess I am not as hugely psyched for this as some other people are.
One, Mercy is one of the “good guy” characters in this game. I was expecting something like Kiriko’s Sun Goddess skin, which would embody Mercy’s concept more than any other skin she has.
Clearly, Bliz decided that since Mercy has so many “good guy” skins and so few “bad guy” skins, they’d make a dip into the “bad guy” territory so that part of Mercy’s fanbase would have something to play with.
I do think it could have been executed better. Namely, the skin should DEFINITELY have been called “Fallen Angel” and should have been a dark mirror of “good guy” skins like Kiriko’s Sun Goddess or Mercy’s Olympic Goddess. To merely put a Talon outfit on Mercy as her trump card seems to miss the mark.
I guess I am happy that the Mythic is finally out, but I guess it’s just not who Mercy is. I can’t imagine the game’s quintessential healer goddess becoming her most popular in the form of her dark mirror.
So, I mean, I am glad it’s there, but I doubt it’ll be the go-to skin that ALL the Mercy Mains will regard as her best skin.
All the same, I wanted to thank Blizzard for putting it out. In my opinion, it misses the mark, but on the other hand, it’s finally out, and it DOES fill that niche Mercy only had as Imp and Devil skins up to now.
There is a large majority of us who don’t like this skin, they have totally wasted its potential, Mercy deserved something better (for example, Gods, Angel and Demon… a mythical skin like that would have been perfect).
Now, it’s already a lost battle, sitting back and watching how other heroes will possibly get better mythics with cooler themes, and the heroes never repeat another mythical skin, so we have already lost the battle definitively (just like the Ana mains).
It is a shame that they wasted such a poor concept on Mercy. Hopefully she gets an Isis skin during the Egyptian mythology pass to compensate for this tragedy.
This skin is vaguely dark Sasuke angel though… That’s the problem. Obviously there are still less of those; however, this is not a radical shift from the standard fare.
I personally like the skin, but I can understand why some people don’t. This is the problem with Mythics. Because we probably only get one per hero, if it’s your main and you don’t like it then it’s going to be very disappointing.
I’m scared for the D.Va mythic. I really want one, but I also hope I like it when it finally gets here. And who knows when that will be?
A mythical skin is something you get once and never get another, having received an ugly skin, completely wasting its potential, has been one of the biggest mistakes.
The ceiling of her mythic was to be equal to Pink/All-Stars in perfection, they have not achieved it, it is one of the lowest levels (next to Dragon, but Dragon is better).
I actually believed Mercy’s Mythic Swan skin was going to be the skin. But that makes her look like a belly dancer.
So I much prefer the family friendly skin here. Then again it just seems…lackluster. and I have Mercy’s Starwatch skin which looks more sinister and brighter, with more details.
I’m sorry.
Speaking of mains I’m not even sure how Blizz is gonna beat their Diablo collab skin for Ball. It would have to amazing when he does get his mythic.
Don’t tell me you just “as a X main” a completely subjective topic.
Ppl asked for talon mercy many times and though I don’t like the idea, it was something that was actually requested.
Not only that but she got 2 more community requested skins just before that.
No other hero has ever got so much attention from the devs based on community feedback.
Fellow Mercy main here, the more I see the skin the more I like it lol. Definitely going with my tops skin picks like Knight and Doctor. Having the three ‘big bad’ color schemes to choose from is nice, and I really like the added bulk to her outfit. It implies she frontlines a bit more and is expected to take hits while dishing out some in return, unlike our home universe Mercy who is very ‘dodge hits, do no harm.’ And something about that slicked back hair…
I don’t mind the mercy mythic but also I just don’t think talon and overwatch skins are that great. It necessarily all just looks so samey which makes it kinda boring.
Amari ana is different because it makes ana young which does actually make a bigger difference compared to a lot of the rest
Lack of imagination and creativity in a nutshell …
What you listed is pretty generic and boring for Overwatch. Those clichés were already covered by the OW team years ago. Not saying recent Overwatch Mythic skins (Mercy included) are any better but still… Gods, Angel and Demon are just lazy ideas as well.
I think the mythic is fine but it’s more of an example that they had to break the glass in case of emergency. Guess the game doesn’t have as many players as people like to claim around here.
As a whole, mythic skins are kind of a mess. They simply don’t release them in the kind of volume necessary to deal with the roster size, let alone player preferences for themes and styles for a particular character.
Add to that a depressing lack of color selection, and they almost always feel bad, even when some aspects are interesting.
They can fix the color problem relatively easily, the rest of my concerns are not as straightforward to address, or at least more expensive to deal with.
Definitely going with my tops skin picks like Knight and Doctor. Having the three ‘big bad’ color schemes to choose from is nice, and I really like the added bulk to her outfit. It implies she frontlines a bit more and is expected to take hits while dishing out some in return, unlike our home universe Mercy who is very ‘dodge hits, do no harm.’ And something about that slicked back hair… 
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