Maybe this week she’s fine (I’m very doubtful) but overall her stats in OWL are tragic.
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So what’s your point?
They should make Mercy an exception to the hero pool because her stats were inflated for a week? If that’s what it takes for the devs to show that they don’t hate Mercy then yikes.
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No she wasn’t, those pickrates they showed as based on the last TWO weeks of OWL AND from GM on ladder.
And last week in GM was Echo Mercy because Widow and Mcree and Rein were banned.
Pls learn how the bans work if you’re gonna argue about them
Mercy was not the second most played support in the OWL this week, anyone who watched the matches could see that, lol. Hence why the OWL casters said “It would be hilarious if Mercy got banned” as they were finding out who was banned earlier.
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Its been this way since hero bans got introduced yet she’s somehow conveniently escaped bans on a regular basis while boasting a hilariously high pickrate.
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Mercy has sooo many great skins, though. Winged Victory, Fortune (the one I wear), Witch, Pink, awesome blue/purple Atlantic. That’s just my favorite ones. Only her and Widow have a whole bunch that I actually want to wear.
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You people will find whatever excuse you can to ask for Mercy getting buffed into being a must pick again. Get a hint already, Mercy is doing fine.
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No, the devs were hand-picking hero pools for ladder for the first few weeks. OWL was using pick rates but then they were randomly selecting from anyone with over 10% pick in OWL games. This is only the second week with weighted picks.
I’m not “finding whatever excuse” I’m using my brain.
In the Flaps Ops Tournament played last week, where Echo was a requirement every game and NO ONE was banned, Mercy was not picked at all by the top teams.
Just saying, Mercy isn’t going to be meta with Echo unless Widow/Cree are banned at the same time.
And explaining why her pickrate was high in GM last week.
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And yet she dodged both weeks when she really should NOT have.
It just doesn’t seem fair when you truly compare ana’s pickrate to mercy’s without the artificial inflation of the two weeks with echo’s introduction and ashe buffs.
The system is clearly flawed to have made mercy banned even though her actual picrate is so low while Ana just gets in another week with an almost 100% pick rate
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Clarification Edit: The Devs Hate Mercy Balance.
When I say buff I mean rework because of how dissatisfying
healing in battle can feel in battle.
How is it an excuse? You ended up posting misleading statistics to try and convey your argument that Mercy is fine…
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I wish, Mercy is not getting buffed, deal with it already sigh.
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The devs do care about their balance, no need for some blizz hates her conspiracy. They simply think she is already balanced. Which I agree with too. They have the stats. Your perception of balance doesn’t match with actual balance, or statistics, which they have access to.
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NeptuNo has been advocating for Mercy buffs today on twitter and the pros talk to Blizzard monthly in Discord so hopefully he will talk to them about it soon 
uwu
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I don’t think they hate Mercy, I just don’t think they know what to do with her.
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The only supports devs like are Ana and Lucio, the OG brawl healer duo since brawl is apparently the default way to play overwatch. Other supports outside of that circle who compliment different playstyles can go eff themselves. =)
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… considering the “discussions” had when the subject comes up. I have no doubts that they do. Maybe this isn’t their fault though.
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Look at his response, it’s clear he has no clue what he is talking about “remove 2cp” sigh, talk about bias. Oh and btw, the pros have had contact with the devs since a long time ago, and Mercy hasn’t been buffed, go figure.
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At this point I dont think the devs even dislike Mercy. I just think they’re concerned about upsetting the OWL crowd because god forbid Mercy gets played there.