Mercy in every game

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Firstly every single game i’ve played for the past week easily has had a mercy in it. The damage boost revert was a very bad decision and not needed at all. I’ve noticed that if my team doesn’t have a mercy and the other one does, it’s a lot harder to actually kill anything when she can just sit behind her team and res. It’s especially problematic with projectile heros since they dont have drop off on dmg and mercy requires little to no skill to play and to completely change if someone is able to just stand there and soak damage while giving a 25% boost within a matter of a second… It’s very unfun to play against

Trying to get people to go with me or help me when trying to kill them doesn’t seem to work either as no one responds or people just aren’t in voice. To all the people who always say to ping people that doesn’t work either because people usually dont pay attention to them, which leaves me to just play widow or 1 shot characters and thats a fun gameplay loop.

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So, your feelings were hurt because a character you think doesn’t require enough skill was played with enough skill to deny you value?

Doesn’t seem like a reason to make a change. Seems 100% like a you problem.

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No the issue is that she can do so much while needing to do so little :]. I dont understand how that makes my feelings hurt but you’re a forum user i dont know what to expect. People who say she does require skill are simply wrong as playing her is easy. It takes a bunch of skill for me to fly left, fly right, then hold down click behind a corner. Why can she just sit behind her whole team with a projectile hero and completely deny counterplay unless you can one shot her?

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Cool. Look forward to you getting back to us when you make T500. She’s so easy, shouldn’t be a problem.

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I can’t figure it out… on one hand, she’s in every game. On the other, she’s weak and nigh unplayable. Which is it?

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If I played healer i probably could. Thank you for the encouragement

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Nah in my games, people are being killed mercilessly. Especially Widows, but I ain’t complaining.

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No. 1
It’s “support” not “healer”

No. 2
If you see Mercy every match, chances are your rank is low enough for Mercy to be relevant.

Mechanically easier heroes get played more in ranks where players’ mechanics are not reliable.

And even in low ranks, Mercy is still very far from over performing.

Conclusion: That’s a you problem.

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This was the Silver4 take of the day xD

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This take always comes from someone who has never played Mercy beyond Bronze.

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Meanwhile Zen can do both at the same time while doing damage!

It’s all a matter of perspective. All heroes offer their strengths and weaknesses.

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when i was playing her last it was around masters and that was just my placements :confused: she really isn’t.

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ressing a widow that i just killed around cover isn’t skill. you are coping hard.

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Was this 8 years ago? Because in masters as recently as this year, sitting in the back holding right click was the fast track to deranking. Yes, I mean in my own matches, because teams are smart enough to dive or flank as early as gold.

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Depends on your elo (i’m gold), but a tracer or a soldier can easily get around the enemy team on most maps and take her out if she’s just playing medpack sim.
If your team is blind to pings, it’s likely hers is too. If you keep getting taken out while trying, that just means her team has better teamwork.
Sojourn is also good at getting the afk mercys.

If she’s hiding behind a corner, aoe damage is your friend. Junkrat is an option, and if it’s a bad mercy, even a ground pharah can get her.
Venture can combo kill her easily, and follow her into the sky with drill dash.

A good mobile mercy, you’ll need a good hitscan player or an auto-aim ult (dead eye, tactical visor) to deal with her.

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so pick a dive hero and go for a flank. don’t like someone’s positioning? find a way to punish it, and if you can’t, you got outskilled.

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That’s just OW2 itself. If you play a normal shooter the difference is painful.

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I swear I’ve seen people say Ana, Kiri, Juno and now Mercy are in every game. But you can only have 2 supports on a team :thinking:

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mercy only in comp. Not swapping. Cope.

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Mercy in every game

Guess my rank rubric has never been so obvious.

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