How about those abilities were changed like this :
All invulnerabilities become an 85% damage reduction
Rez is changed to a new ability (idea originally from a discussion with ChiefJawa) : “Divine Intervention” (yes, I was a paladin in WoW Vanilla ) : hitscan ability (0.08 size) on a 25 sec CD : protects a target against incoming damage, reducing damage taken by 20% for 2 sec. If the target reaches 1HP, the nanoparticles activate and bring the target back to 75% health. Mercy herself loses 25% of her current HP when she uses the ability.
If rez was reworked to be proactive like that, I’d prefer if rez worked like Guardian Spirit from WoW’s Holy Priest:
Applies a buff that increases the healing received by the target by 40% for 3-5 seconds. If the target dies while it is active, they are instead revived with 50% of their maximum health. If the target doesn’t die, the CD is 12 seconds. If the target does die and is revived, the CD is 25 seconds.
But also it would feel pretty frustrating to play against an ability that makes it so a target simply isn’t worth shooting for the duration of it because they will just get rezzed. Imagine a Genji blades your team and Mercy uses the buff on him. And you just know there’s no point in shooting him lol.
I think Mercy just needs a brand new E ability not related to rez that’s like a normal support CD lol. A burst heal or performance boost or AoE heal or something.
Or even like Divine Star from WoW where she throws out a projectile that pierces all enemies/allies it passes through, doing healing and damage, and then returns back to Mercy after a short distance, doing the same thing. That would be REALLY fun to use with her movement.
As for Immo’s, I agree they should be damage reduction instead!
Hmm… good point ! Yeah, that’s a massive issue with my theory Oh well, I guess rez has to stay the way it is then
Interesting. I like the idea, and yet fights are often so hectic, and people so all over the place, that I’m not sure it would find good use. But maybe…
) : hitscan ability (0.08 size) on a 25 sec CD : protects a target against incoming damage, reducing damage taken by 20% for 2 sec. If the target reaches 1HP, the nanoparticles activate and bring the target back to 75% health. Mercy herself loses 25% of her current HP when she uses the ability.
