And she alone will survive it… that player has to watch his/her team be demolished while being incapable of doing anything about it when in the past she could possibly save the day.
She could save the day only if she hid. If she stayed with the team, she couldn’t save it since she would die. That’s not really the same thing as what Zen and Lucio do when they ult, which requires them to be with the team.
And “in the past” isn’t a valid argument. Genji had an 8 second blade in the past. Should he have 8 second blade again? Should Ana have +100% bonus on her nade again because she once had it? Of course not.
I guess it’s supposed to be fun watching your teammates die from the sky box… time to fly back to spawn.
It’s not fun to lose fights. But it has nothing to do with Valk. If your team got wiped out by ultimates that you couldn’t counter, either your team misplayed or your off-support misplayed or you’re running 2 main healers, in which case, you deserve to be punished even more. In all cases, you got outplayed. The fact that you can’t reset that is exactly how it should be. And that’s fair.
Statistically it can be completely countered by a single Winston. His damage is equal to her healing per second and he can hit multiple targets if they are grouped up, her ultimate encourages her team to be that close together. His weapon can go through shields.
Doesn’t matter. That’s not countering it since that Winston isn’t contributing with his damage that he otherwise would contribute if the Valk isn’t active. And that Winston is very likely going to die if no one is taking damage from him and he isn’t forcing the group to spread out.
Not all comps need everybody to be grouped tightly together to work. Snipers aren’t usually grouped up tightly with the team they are standing back at a vantage point. Flankers usually take a different route to get behind the enemy team to surprise them while the rest of the team is being a distraction and waiting for an opening to push. An opening that their sniper or flanker usually provides.
Snipers don’t require heal unless dived in which case, Mercy is the perfect support to quickly get to them and heal them. Flankers when behind enemy lines are self-reliant and they should not be healed until an actual fight erupts and they come in range. In fact, what you described there is Tracer, not Genji. He plays closer to the team since he is more heal reliant than Tracer.
Her resurrect can only be used at the start of an engagement to negate a pick. That’s assuming the enemy team isn’t being to aggressive since she cannot support her teammates until resurrect is complete. If one player falls that resurrect is wasted/pointless. It can be used at the end of a engagement to quickly bring one player back to the point.
And? How does that change my point? Negating a pick is still very important. Otherwise you snowball since the importance of first blood is high. It’s even possible to use it mid-fight if the enemy is distrated, which does happen fairly often.
Remove the invincibility and add a short cast time… this would give her a little more counter play and allow them to add a new ability to make her a bit more engaging to play.
When she didn’t have invincibility, she was UP. That wouldn’t do it. She would be garbage. The moment she became viable in all ranks and in all compositions was when her Rez gained invuln.
Believe it or not she was actually considered a garbage pick for a long time… she didn’t get the must pick status until after her re-work.
No, she wasn’t. Even during the Ana meta, she was perfectly fine in ranks below Diamond. And after Ana got nerfed and Mercy received invulnerability, she became the best main healer in the game by far.
Mercy vs Ana:
Masters pickrate:
https://plot.ly/~twixsnickers/7/
Masters winrate:
https://plot.ly/~twixsnickers/13/
GM pickrate:
https://plot.ly/~twixsnickers/9/
GM winrate:
https://plot.ly/~twixsnickers/11/
Basically she is not allowed to save her teammates from certain doom like the other supports…
You mean, like off-healers? That’s kinda the point since she’s a main healer, not an off-healer.
because she’s one star she shouldn’t have that game making potential…
She has it. In keeping squishies alive that other healers struggle to. That’s her game making potential. That’s “defensive assists” of which she has the most.
if that is the case Soldier 76 shouldn’t have an aim bot ultimate that is capable of destroying an enemy team.
It’s mathematically impossible for Visor or Nanovisor to get a teamwipe by itself.
And it’s by far the easiest to counter DPS ult even without any abilities or ults, simply by positioning.