Mercy's nerf was unnecessary

[BadWidowEU-2419]

It’s worse than a mini supercharger though???

heals aren’t supposed to be making your team immortal.

And a Winston normally doesn’t out-damage a support ultimate.

[SWFTATOMIC-1446]

If your team isn’t fighting together on point besides snipers then you gotta do something about that.

[Gryphon-12323]

I used to damage boost too and then heal when people we’re critical but I can’t do that anymore I have to start healing as soon as they lose 1 hp cause they die even when I’m healing them.

[Shade-1791]

Honestly not sure why they took valk down with the base kit. That seems pointless and almost spiteful on an already mostly lackluster ult.

If they ever decide to really balance Mercy again (res) I’d love to see what buffs could work with valks heal mechanics - seems like there’s a lot of options there to play with.

[SWFTATOMIC-1446]

There isn;t such a thing as a mini supercharger its just a term that i used lol. and even then its 30 damage across multiple teammates.

[BadWidowEU-2419]

Honestly don’t want them to continue to reiterate this version of Mercy, at all.

I’m more of a rework kinda guy and Titanium’s suggestion left me speechless.

@Titanium-1686

Valkyrie:

• Removed.

Resurrect:

• Removed as a basic ability and placed as Mercy’s ultimate ability.
• 15 meter range.
• Line of sight requirement. Does not apply to destructibles, payloads, or non-fundamental map obstacles that are too small to actually obscure a player. In other words, none of that BS where a player can move behind a lamp post to evade a nuclear explosion.
• 1 second cast time. Basic movement is unrestricted while casting, but all attacks and abilities are disabled for Mercy during this time.
• If Mercy is stunned or killed while casting, Resurrect does not activate and Mercy loses all ultimate charge.
• All living allies within range and LoS of Mercy once the cast time ends receive a burst heal of 150 HP. Mercy also receives this burst heal.
• All dead allies within range and LoS of Mercy once the cast time ends are revived at full health and receive 2.25 seconds of invulnerability (same as current Resurrect and Resurrect pre-rework).
• Mercy does not receive invulnerability upon Resurrect’s activation.
• Resurrect does not require dead allies to be activated.
• 1625 ultimate charge requirement (the same as Mercy 1.x’s Resurrect).

Most importantly, this takes Resurrect off one of Mercy’s basic abilities and places it into a position that matches its ultimate-like behavior. On top of this, various trade-offs were made to the ability to allow for the healing burst and the introduction of a second basic ability.

The healing burst, post-rez vulnerability, cast time, and LoS requirements all incentivise using Resurrect to revive 0-3 players rather than 4+ players. Attempting to use it on four or more players runs a greater risk a failed resurrect attempt due to the cast time. If Mercy manages to use Resurrect, there is a greater chance that she missed some allies due to the LoS requirement. If those two drawbacks do not drag her team down enough, there is also the fact that Mercy is vulnerable post-rez while her teammates are still reviving.

The healing burst and fire-at-will mechanics on Resurrect make the ability more flexible and open up some unique uses for it. For example, Mercy could use Resurrect to grant her team a burst of healing in the middle of the teamfight to keep their momentum going rather than waiting for an ally to rejoin the fight after being killed and revived.

New Basic Ability - Pacify:

• After a .5 second wind-up, Mercy launches a single hitscan attack from her left hand.
• The projectile’s hitbox size resembles that of Symmetra’s secondary fire.
• The projectile deals no damage upon impact with an enemy. Instead, it applies a debuff that reduces the damage dealt by the target by 33%. The debuff lasts for 4 seconds.
• The projectile does not persist once it hits an enemy. It is only able to affect one enemy for each use.
• The projectile is blocked by barriers, Defense Matrix, and Particle Barriers. It can be deflected by Genji’s Deflect ability.
• 10 second cooldown. The cooldown begins after the ability is cast.
• There is a .25 second wind-down time after Pacify is launched.
• During the wind-up and wind-down times, Mercy is not able to use her staff, her pistol, or Resurrect. She may use Guardian Angel, however.
• Does not affect non-player entities and constructs (turrets, Rip-Tire, Supercharger, etc).

[SWFTATOMIC-1446]

Also why should it? You can damage boost the team and you should trust your team to peel for eachother.

[BadWidowEU-2419]

Omg I’m trying to say that you can’t call her ultimate a mini supercharger because one, it’s supposed to be used to sustain your team more efficiently and two, you can’t heal and dmg boost at the same time so it’s a mini supercharger at one point and a mini health bundle at another point. Her ultimate is worse than Orisa’s

[Quest-11845]

Man just link the thread or something and leave it at that. Quoting all that makes scrolling a pain on phone.

[SWFTATOMIC-1446]

But if your team is already at a good health, which you should get them to before even pushing you should damage boost as its a better choice. And I also said bundle. I damage boost but it’s up to the player on how they use it.

[BadWidowEU-2419]

Oh my god. You really think an ultimate is supposed to be outdamaged by a tank who requires no aim to output damage? There’s no reasoning with you…

[Shade-1791]

I’d be in for a rework too, though I hesitate to suggest them since… well, we’ve seen what happens. I was more in the club of a revert and re-balance from the old kit myself since: res in ult is pretty key imo and would be far easier to balance than what we have now. Apparently…

Always like Titanium’s threads, and I do like the res rework ideas - not sure I agree with the new second passive though.

[Sn1per0-1536]

And she still is going to average more heals then the other 2 per game plus have res plus have the best mobility.
So yea she will be a very strong main healer still

I do agree her ult is lack luster and I rather them get rid of chain healing and just up the hps to something like 80

[BadWidowEU-2419]

Why are you using it when your team has full health is the question? It’s supposed to be used to sustain your team better. Otherwise, you’re just turning it into a garbage version of Orisa’s supercharger.

[Kriptho-2111]

Having a ton of nerfs doesn’t mean that the hero will be balance, and in mercy case she is clearly op and broken even after this nerf

[SWFTATOMIC-1446]

But the ultimate isn’t meant to be doing massive heals. It’s supposed to sort of sustain your team. Monkey is a squishy, and brig doesn’t have to aim yet she can do damage on par with monkey. Not to mention a stun.

[BadWidowEU-2419]

Because of Resurrect on E which the dev team is still trying pathetically to balance

[Kriptho-2111]

Yeah this is the problem rez is broken and unbalance in this form

[BadWidowEU-2419]

But the ultimate isn’t meant to be doing massive heals. It’s supposed to sort of sustain your team.

Sustain your team with AoE heals? Hello???

Monkey is a squishy

Keep avoiding the fact that a tank should not be out-damaging an ultimate. Coooool.

brig doesn’t have to aim yet she can do damage on par with monkey

Brig is not a tank and she needs incredible reevaluation. Tank’s are not meant to be doing damage and should certainly not be outdamaging an ultimate. End of.

[SWFTATOMIC-1446]

Brig is known to be a DPS Tank Healer hybrid she can sustain herself very easily. If the tank is focusing him and can last even less than a brig can and doesn’t have to aim as well then why shouldn’t he be able to do more damage than mercy’s heals? Just because it is AOE doesn’t mean that it should be doing way more heals per person.