The one thing I miss about the old Mercy

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…is actually thinking

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I know! It was so exciting. It was like, ”This is it, this could decide the whole course of the ga-“ Gets shot by their Widow.
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Edit: Wait, what happened to the rest of the post?

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There’s thinking involved in Battle-Mercy :wink:

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this is basically what I meant, it’s good to keep it short.

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I wouldn’t exactly call this post neutral, but it is a start.

HUNT!
CUDDLE!
PURGE!

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Uh oh, incoming, “BBuBUt MreRYC DiDNT nErD to THKINK BeForeZ!”

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Battle Mercy doesn’t fit her, she’s a pacifist.

(:

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You can pass a fist when you pull out your gun and shoot someone.

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Zen’s technically meant to be a pacifist too though?

But he’s like, borderline sniper :rofl:

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This was actually golden.

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Strategy and speed-chess on the fly was a huge part of playing Mercy before her stupid rework. It’s such an undervalued skill. Pulling off a successful Rez meant you out-played the enemy, but having it blow up in your face meant you needed to work on evaluating the situation more.

Valkyrie is easy mode turned up to 11. :/ No thinking or planning needed, it does all the work for you.

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god damnit have my like

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Thinking about what?

By what angle to press the Q button?

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basically anything when playing Mercy

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  • Keeping track of enemy ults. Did they waste theirs?
  • Where is the enemy? Any of them flanking around to try and pin me down?
  • Should I risk my ult? Or should I fall back with the team and wait?
  • Should I wait it out 8 seconds, in case someone else dies? Or is it vital that I Rez our tank and DPS right now?
  • Where are important threats like Widow or the like? I have to stay out of their sights while keeping an eye on the team.

And so on. ALL of these thoughts and more were essential in planning a good Rez. You have to think on your feet, because if even ONE enemy teammate was smart and was ready for you, Resurrect would be wasted.

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Animetic taught me to constantly try and gauge the ult charge of the enemy.

The average Zarya would usually have ult between 2-4 minutes, unless she was either bad (take longer), or fed (sooner), at which point I’d be more cautious and try not to group up with the majority of my team :man_shrugging:

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I made a rework proposition that should make Mercy need to think again… Link if you want to check it out.

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yeah same

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and you know… having fun because you play an impactful hero. I look at Genji’s that get triple kills with their dragonblade and I’m just - “okay why does my ult put me into spectator mode??”

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The one thing I miss about the old Mercy? :thinking:

not having 5000 Mercy topics a day invading the forum

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