This is extremely OP atm. Itās a buff to every compartment of her kit. Even with the nerfs, res will be annoying and incredibly strong (and she still has a slightly nerfed valk???). I like the idea of removing the blaster and allowing her to fire from her staff though. Switching weapons in this game just feels wonky and inconsistent.
You know I bet if someone else makes a suggestion of reworking Mercyās ult into mass rez but this time with line of sight checks and cast time then the devs will listen for sure.
I like these ideas. Personally I would only make cleanse last 3 seconds but on a 12 second cooldown.
The only issue I have is the ultimate. I think It would be better to keep the valkyrie you designed and during this mercy can press Interact on a corpse to resurrect them: takes 1 seconds and can travel away after, could be used 3 times max. I would also increase the duration to 9 seconds. But as a result the ult cost should be increased to around 2100. ]
Overall, really good concept though.
The changes seem interesting and fun outside of Ultimate.
I would just keep current Solo rez and put it as her ultimate. Mass Rez even with cast time is out of question. It doesnāt fit currentās version of the game where long contesting isnāt a thing anymore. Mass Rez would allow that again and itās annoying and a waste of energy during those neverending fights.
A hard no for me to Mass Rez ever coming back to PVP.
Caduceus blaster and ācleanseā sounds fun though.
I like it but people will murder you because you want mass rez back ^^
Mass Rez will most likely come back to PVE. That seems so obvious.
I can already picture Jeff Kaplan saying in a video : āMercy mains weāve heard you and we are proud to announce that Mass Rez is coming back to PVE for those of you that are nostalgicā.
Or something along those lines.
I donāt think itās coming back to PVP ever. Only if thereās a big PVP rework prior to OW2ās release but that seems unlikely.
my main fear
I honestly think this is better tbh since its 70 hps
fair.
Well, i kinda agree and disagree with this statement.
Imagine actually reading and giving a good criticism. Come on at least be constructive.
! To each their own.
I really like all of the ideas until the ultimate, and in my opinion cleanse should also get rid of beneficial effects on the cleansed Target as well, (so you canāt just cleanse a nanoblade genji, or throw it on a zarya bubbled target, things like that. Now for the ultimate, bit controversial, but imo res needs to be gone completely from the game, and I think cleanse is a good mechanic to replace it with. So my idea of the ult, is basically current Valk, but now it gives you 3 charges of cleanse (2 if on cool down when you use Valk). And also an increase to her range of her flight ability where she flies to her teammate. But remove the chain effect during Valk. This would in my opinion make her more fun to play, by making it more desicion and movement based during your ult, rather than just holding a button and healing her entire team.
Iām really suprised they havenāt given her some sort of cleanse ability yet, and I donāt mind ressurection and valkyrie being merged together.
honestly this, especially on the support category at that
Agreed. I think itād be much better suited for this kit to be in another hero instead. Also, reverting back to Rez is definitely not something Blizzard would do.
However, I really like the design philosophy thou!
I did read it. I just get tired of people who have Mercy suggestions that include mass rez as an ultimate and think that the problem is solved by adding LoS checks.
If any current support gets cleanse it should be Moira, sheās the one without utility. Mercy has Damage boost and resurrect, she doesnāt need a cleanse.
And her fade already cleanses certain things, so it would be interesting for her to use some of her current power to cleanse things on her team.
she gave abilities to Reaper who can cleanse himself from things too, which she later improved on herself. So I think it would make sense for Moira to apply something to her team.
Some interesting changes, I think these would do Mercy better compared to the current sorry state sheās in.
To OP: While I do not personally like the changes to her staff, and believe a flat 55-60 flat hp would be more preferred, I would much prefer the Ultimate Ressurect your post has suggested over her current ultimate, and think youāve done a good job with both mass āfreedomā res and Valkyrie. Ergo, I am willing to make compromises to have this existence of Mercy over what I see as a trainwreck of her current form. In short, I find this thread/solution to be a fine job on your part.
Blaster change is fine
Healing change should be simplified to 60 for 400+ hp, 55 for 250+ hp, 50 for 150+ hp.
Cleanse shouldnāt block incoming cc. That would remove counter play to certain ults. (Trying to stop a nano bladed genji who isnāt effected by CC just sounds stupid.)
I canāt see a way to balance cleanse without making it basically zarya bubble or an ultimate.
Mass Rez changes are way too vague for me to give an opinion on.