What's the point of Mercy?

[Amaro-21901]

@AngryCats-1999

You would know that the Mercy would come in, rez and then at times die while her team was in the stationary invul phase, depriving the team of the primary healer. For that period she needed some type of protection.

That was indeed the period before Mercy gained the Invulnerability buff, and then it was useless.

@AngryCats-1999

Also… Top 500 hiding and rezing eh? I’ll believe it when I see it. See I remember I was glad I didn’t get into Diamond because I didn’t want to get reported for picking Mercy. So… yeah.

Here: "Only bad Mercies hide & rez"

Plenty of videos etc that showcase it in GM/top 500.

@AngryCats-1999

As for SR exploits, yes people will always like to exploit stuff but the only times that’d have worked for Mercy is for low ranks and/or if your team is winning so hard they can afford the Mercy to do gameplay sabotage by not healing as often as possible. That was true in Silver let alone Gold let alone Plat. I tended to group up with people so while player ability varied wildly, in even partial groups hiding would make you lose. And losing is not a recipe for going up in SR.

There were Mercy players that climbed to GM using the exploit, so saying it only happened in lower ranks is false on it’s own.

Now if you please answer the question to your idea.

@Amaro-21901

So exactly how does one give damage reduction during the usage of an ability when it is instant?

Like, you get 50% damage reduction during your instant ability, that doesn’t work.