Every healer has their strengths and weakness. Comps they’re good in and Comps they’re bad in. Comps they’re good against and comps they’re bad against. Except Mercy.
Mercy isn’t completely broken. I would even argue each part of her kit is balanced. The problem is she has too much to her kit. It’s bloated. Which is the reason she can fit any team comp and do reasonably well.
- Best mobility with the best self sustain
- Best healing average with the easiest healing mechanics
- Best utility on top of the best best self sustain, best mobility, best healing average, easiest healing mechanics, a form of aoe heling.
She’s the best at everything she does, and she does everything with little to no drawback.
- she can’t do damage
- she’s team dependent
She doesn’t need to do damage because her mobility and self sustain are so great with bunny hop now that she plays cat and mouse with flankers and will often be the last one to die in team fights because she’s such a pain to try and kill. Her being team dependent in a team based fps is honestly not even a draw back. You’re supposed to play with your team. If your teams bad, sure it hurts you, but if your teams bad, you weren’t going to win anyway.
Other healers could use a tune up or tune down slightly, but Mercy either needs a rework or some parts of her kit need to be gutted in some fashion to balance her relative to the rest of the roster.