Ladies and Gentlemen, the day has finally come. Mercy is no longer the most picked main healer in Diamond and above. As of this week, Ana has reclaimed her rightful place as the most picked main healer in the higher ranks. FINALLY! The way it should be! Mercy is still the most picked healer in Platinum and below. Take a look at this beautiful sight for yourselves:
Grandmaster:
Master:
Diamond:
Platinum:
This is the day we’ve all been waiting for: The day that we DO NOT see a Mercy in 85% of our games. The day that Ana players can finally go back out there, pick Ana, and not be called throwers.
Now, I know because of private profiles, that Mercy pickrate is probably a little bigger, and there is still the possibility that Mercy could see a resurgence since this is only still a week after the nerf (Shudder to think). But seeing Ana having a higher pickrate than Mercy for the first time since Season 3 was just so beautiful I had to immortalize it, forever, on Imgur.
UPDATE:
Ana just passed Mercy in pickrate in Platinum on Overbuff this week.
Honestly, Sym should have stayed in the support slot. Her utility is more consistent than her damage. That way people stop thinking she has to compete with the likes of tracer and genji.
Give it a month and we’ll see a turnaround possibly. But if not then it’ll likely be cause Mercy isn’t so good at healing as much since that was an issue prior to her gaining 60 HPS due to Ana being able to heal much more than her.
She used to give personal shields waaaay back when. If she still had shield gen as an ult or gave some kind of regen or health, I think she could still be classified as a support.
