[OW2] Cut Valk in Half. Cut the Cost in Half

General Discussion
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Here’s a really simple rebalance for Mercy. That is exclusively “Numbers tweaking”.

MERCY

Valkyrie

  1. Cut the Ult duration in half.
  2. Cut the Ult charge cost in half.

And that’s it.

A ton of Mercy players have expressed the desire for Valk to be an ability. And if her actual ability is on such a long cooldown, and even longer to find a safe and worthwhile time to use it, it’s frequency of use is more like an Ult.

This would get closer to the ideal of “Valk as an ability, Rez as an Ult”, without any major redesigns of the hero.

And mechanically, this provides her the ability to use her Ult more “selfishly” without “wasting it” either for

  1. SelfPeels
  2. Briefly go on the Attack

Or for the usual Team Synergy purposes of

  1. AOE Heals
  2. Heal boost
  3. Damage boost, for the purpose of kills
  4. Damage boost, for the purpose of boosting teammate’s Ult charge