Her low duelist capability is no longer justified by her utility because Baptiste can imitate everything she does and command respect in duels more.
Mercy’s Res: Immortality field (benefits more than 1 target)
Mercy’s Damage Boost: Defense Matrix (benefits more than 1 target)
Mercy’s Passive Regen: Regen Burst (benefits more than 1 target)
-hiding isn’t required to activate.
Mercy’s Guardian Angel: Targetless mobility from Exo-Boots on a shorter CD
So with all this you’d think the justification for playing Mercy despite being so copyable is “the strongest healing,” nope, Moira/Ana who also come with (better duelist capability there as well)
And to add even more, every hero with a sidearm gets a special ability to go with it, Ana’s tranquilizer has a sleep dart, Brigitte’s shield has a bash, McCree’s pocket sand can stun, yet Mercy’s pistol doesn’t change guardian angel into anything reliable or independent for her.
She needs something for sure.
This is entirely hilarious since the only support performing better than mercy is ana. And only in high ranks. The best support by pick rate , win rate, and kit is mercy .
She’s a Swiss army support. So nah, she isn’t the best at anything because she does EVERYTHING lol
You can’t be complaining when 4 other supports are doing worse than her.
Ok, I will do it quickly and won’t respond further and will mute the thread after
Mercy’s Res: Immortality field (benefits more than 1 target)
Immortality field has to be used in anticipation. If you miss, you waste a cooldown. Resurrect is post-hoc ergo more flexible and it doesn’t require your teammates to stand in the field or play around you.
Mercy’s Damage Boost: Defense Matrix (benefits more than 1 target)
Sure, an ultimate is comparable to a RMB ability
And not only that but her damage boost is actually more flexible because it affects all damage and not only projectiles
Mercy’s Passive Regen: Regen Burst (benefits more than 1 target)
-hiding isn’t required to activate.
It’s a CD ability, Mercy has a no cooldown, only a short no-dmg trigger passive. And a much better hitbox and a much better mobility that makes her a much more slippery target.
Mercy’s Guardian Angel: Targetless mobility from Exo-Boots on a shorter CD
GA is infinitely better than exo-boots. You can even emulate boots by super-jumping.
And Baptiste doesn’t heal through barriers, Mercy does.
I don’t really think many of these comparisons are valid. Mercy’s biggest issue is having a playstyle more or less completely dependent on her teammates with limited own agency (not to mention a pretty lackluster ult, although Amp Matrix is far duller).
I dont think Mercy is fantastic in 222. But i will pick her over current Brig, all the time, every time. Current Brig is near worthless. Im not playing her, until they pull her out of the dumpster they put her in.
