What people don't understand about the Mercy Nerf

Zen was meta during triple tank. (Zen, Ana, Rein, Zarya, Hog, Soldier)
He was meta during dive. (Zen, Mercy/Lucio, Winston, Dva, Genji, Tracer)
He was meta during moth. (Zen, Mercy and whatever counter picks were needed)
He was meta during double sniper. (Zen, Mercy/Brig/Moira, Hanzo, Widow, Rein/Orisa, Zarya)
Zen was meta during pirate ship. (Zen, Mercy, Bastion, Rein, Zarya)
The only meta Zen hasn’t been a part of is GOATS.

Let the other supports have their moment.

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So… Let’s imagine, that you play and main a hero because you enjoy playing them. But the drawback is that you get flamed and told to kys just because of a fictional character.

If you are actually good at your hero you can still climb. And why are you roasting your 8 yo sister jesus calm down what did she do to you?!

You’ll understand someday child, when your main get’s as much hate as Mercy and has been nerfed as much as Mercy just because Blizzard wants to keep their precious e ability rez that caused the problems in the first place. :kissing_heart:

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Ana players were upset too, and rightfully so. This isn’t an us vs them thing, we all want our heroes fun and playable.

No. Mercy was a troll pick until invulnerability was added on February 28th, 2017.
She received multiple buffs up until her rework because she was a weak pick.

The second line is just mean. “Let other support mains have their fun because screw Mercy!” Like, no. That shows how much you just hate the character and don’t care about her wellbeing as long as it satisfies your picks.

No.

Again, no. Her winrate is the lowest of all supports, she’s struggling everywhere and she’s unfun to play…

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When Overwatch first came out Mercy was F-Tier Trash tier for nearly 2 years until they decided to really work on her so Idk what the fuss is about.

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No, I don’t. This is your opinion, and it isn’t a very good one.

To be clear: you spent 100 hours learning one character, you KNEW that there was a character in the game that could contribute the same or better with one click (at least I’m assuming what you were trying to say with “a staff that literally holds one click”), and you still decided to stick with that first character?

I’d love to see this logic applied to other areas of life.

“I SPENT 100 HOURS CONSTRUCTING THIS ELABORATE SYSTEM OF WINCHES, LEVERS, AND PULLEYS JUST TO GET TO THE TOP OF THIS SKYSCRAPER AND YOU’RE TELLING ME SOMEBODY CAN JUST GET TO THE TOP OF WITH JUST ONE CLICK OF AN ELEVATOR BUTTON? I FIND THAT OFFENSIVE!!!”

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in b4 the “just switch heroes LUL 4head”

Where’s my vodka, I need to take some shots.

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My impression of OP: “I WORKED REALLY HARD AT SOMETHING AND EVERYBODY SHOULD CARE ABOUT IT AND ITS NOT FAIR MY LITTLE SISTER IS BETTER THAN ME!!! RAWRRRRRRR!!!” (rips shirt Alex Jones-style)

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‘as an ana player I just wanna feel relevant’ is all I just read. Vanilla support player at its finest right here.

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I’ve linked this way too much :joy::

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This is toxic garbage and you should be embarrassed you posted it.

Mercy ABSOLUTELY should be viable. ALL CHARACTERS SHOULD BE VIABLE.

You sound like a bratty child. “My main was bad before so yours should be too”

No. Grow up.

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If you asked the dev’s Ana wasn’t;

By her nerfs.

She was;

Because of the meta shifting to Dive. The devs constantly stated that Ana wasn’t weak she just was an easy target to Dive.

MERCY wasn’t even part of Dive until her rework.

Mercy should still be viable. EVERY HERO SHOULD BE VIABLE.

The fact that people are saying “This hero can’t be viable here is because…potatoes (IDFK)” is just, dumb.

NO Mercy shouldn’t overshadow the supports, but she should be just as viable as any other. She should have her niches.

And NO to prop up another hero like Pharah/Widow/Hanzo IS NOT A NICHE. It’s not making MERCY VIABLE it’s making that other hero MORE viable.

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You describe that as a bad thing, but then think others should be fine with it? If you didn’t like Ana in bad shape, why do you think people would want Mercy to be there?

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What you need to understand that learning Ana is being able to fully utilize her entire kit. Not just healing. Mercy should be able to outheal Ana because she’s a dedicated healer, not a jack of all trades like Ana is. The problem is that Mercy’s current build relies more on dmg boost and rez for value. No one is asking for mercy to be better than ana, people are asking for her power to go back to healing.

Ofc you don’t.

I already smell bias.

Ok? And? That doesn’t mean Mercy should get treated the same.

Nope. She’s consistently been a throw pick before invulnerability.

I mean, how many main healers existed at the time?

This is rich. It’s quite obvious that you don’t understand anything about the topic at hand. You just want Mercy to be a throw pick lol.

What you have to understand is Mercy SHOULDN’T be weaker than other supports. All supports should be equally viable.

You chose to play a mechanically challenging hero. That’s on you. Mercy should still have the same viability as Ana though. Why? Because balancing with mechanical skill in mind adds bias to the equation. Why should I play x if y is way better? Also, I find it offensive that you are calling Mercy a pidgeon.

Statistically, nope. You’re very wrong.

Not according to statistics. Gee, this is a whole load of misinformed.

TL;DR
How dare you play Mercy in high ranks?

This post is making me start to question what your rank is.

Then you shouldn’t have a problem climbing with her.

Think again.

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Oof. Just realised that the 3 people who liked this thread are common Mercy haters. Except Lynn. Lol, don’t even think she read the thread in question.

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Wooohoo there pal, you had to kick that hornet nest, didn’t ya?

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I think a competitive game is one where every person goes in with an equal chance at winning, and the one that comes out on top is the one that met all opponents and defeated them through their own talent. Rather than one where their opponents skills are downgraded until they don’t matter so that a particular type of person automatically wins before the match even begins.

So I think all the heroes should be equally viable and the one that you choose should be based on your own skill set.

But that’s just me.

This is a mediocre troll with mediocre bait. There is no point arguing with this guy as he wallows in his sense of entitlement. Just turn back.

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