I no longer hate Mercy. And it’s got BIG Holy Priest energy, which she channels. She single handedly fixed REZ.
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I mean I agree that this version of Mercy feels a LOT more dynamic and fun and that they finally forcibly made rez into an ACTUAL mid fight ability by lowering the cast time and giving it a temporary duration. I’m also super glad they had to foresight to make it so that when you die the second time you instantly respawn. This card once again shows that Mercy is INFINITELY more dynamic and fun with literally ANY other E ability than current rez lol.
That being said I’m not sure I love this as a final replacement for current rez.
Also idk how this channels Holy Priest energy at all lol. For those who don’t play WoW, Holy Priest has an ability called Guardian Spirit that works like this:
" Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target for 10 sec, increasing healing received by 40% and preventing the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect and heals the target for 40% of maximum health. "
It also has a shorter CD if the effect expires without the target dying during it.
That would probably feel really frustrating to play against in OW lol imagine Mercy using it on ulting Genji or a charging in Rein and you know there’s no point in shooting him because he will just revive instantly if he dies during her buff 
I think if they keep this ability Eskay added they should tune it to give the ally like a speed boost or attack speed boost or maybe even both during their temporary rez. So they are further encouraged to go be aggro and use this opportunity to take someone down with them.
They also would need to add some sort of visual indicator for the enemy team that this person is temporarily alive, maybe a golden effect around them and a timer icon above their head showing how much time is left.
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