Instead of giving her the prism beams of healing/dmg boost let Mercy give off an aura like brig healing for the 60hps and dmg boosting for 25% increase allowing mercy to whip out her pistol to assist the team in dishing out dmg (like moira ult) or remove debuffs from rez during valk and allow her to get 2 rezs during valk. Either of these changes would actually make mercy a threat in a team fight instead of a flying heal droid.
Thoughts comments and improvements are welcome even changes to these thoughts.
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they had this before and people hated it (didnt think it was that bad myself but w/e) I think just making it instant cast in valk would be enough, maybe slightly longer range too
I remember when it was like that and i honestly felt like it was justifiable in her ult considering she’s supposed to be activating the FULL potential of her valkyrie suit. If her healing gets increased and drastically better idk why jer ability to rez would remain the same. Not to mention when in valk its almost impossible to move at all without losing your rez target and wasting the ability.
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my thoughts exactly. I think they really over nerfed valk, she’s really slow (i can track her with moira ult in my sleep), rez is just as lame as it is normally, except this time youre missing out on even more healing during the ridiculous cast time. its ugh
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I just find it absurd that the cut 5sec off of valk and you have to spend 1/5th of that if you want to rez during your ult thats crazy there shouldn’t be a cast time in valk period. But what are your thoughts on the aura idea for mercy?
That’d make Valk even more braindead than it already is.
Now you at least need to chose between doing damage, healing or dmg boost, with your suggestion, you can do all in 1. No more gamesense needed at all…
2 instant rezzes were OP that’s why it was nerfed. We could argue that Valk might grant bigger rez range or a faster casttime (1s) but it’s honestly fine as it is.
If you wanna make Valk more engaging, remove the chain heals and give her 75hps beam during Valk.
WOW you must be playing against really bad Mercys. I have Moiras wasting entitre ultimates trying to kill me but I easily outmaneuvre them. It’s not hard to move unpredictably in Valk if you have half a braincell.
The point of the aura ult is to give mercy a better chance at getting that i did something feeling. Brig or moira pop ult and ftmp don’t have to think about anything except hitting their intended targets lucio pops ult and can begin mowing down targets same for ana mercy is the basic healer and the only one that doesn’t really have a moment where she can forgo her babysitting job to shine as a capable hero.
And having instant rez during your ULT where you are supposed to feel the most IMPACTFUL in a team fight shouldn’t have a cast time thats preventing you from doing anything else with your ult but be a sitting duck.
I get what you’re saying but the problem most people have with current Valk that it is unengaging and a skilless ult. I do think going attack helicopter is really fun in Valk, I wouldn’t like it tho to have the healing AND dmg boost handed passively to me while I go and pew pew. I like that I can carry with Valk by switching from heals to dmg boost to attack helicopter at the right times (like take down a Widow to initiate, heal your team and then dmg boost on point to secure kills).
But that’s always been her role. Mercy is supposed to be a “pure healer”, focusing on healing and damageboosting, only whipping out that pistol for self defense. Even old Mercy was like this, just her ult “felt” more like carrying than the current one because it’s impact was visible for all 12 players.
Ana, Zen, Moira and Lucio are all DPS/healer hybrids who can do damage and heal at the same time. Mercy has to actively switch her weapon to do damage, it is not supposed to be her primary playstile. She is the “Mom” of her team, watching over all, helping everyone out.
I strongly disagree here. Instant rez is really really hard to counter given Mercy’s mobility. Say she had the mobility of Zen or Ana, one could argue insta rez could work, since she then would be easier to pin down after a rez. With Valk she has free flight, faster base movement and a faster GA with a bigger range. Noting could really hinder her doing a “drive by rez” where she GA’s to the soul, presses E, bunnyhops further and uses the momentum to escape.
I mean people have trouble killing me already when I normally rez with casttime. They miss shots on me while I’m barely moving. During Valk it’s even harder. Most of my rezzes these days are cancelled because I either get stunned or booped out of range (or insane Widow HS). Even I admittetly have troubles killing Valk Mercys rezzing if only I notice and shoot her. Even harder when 1 or 2 teammates of Mercy peel for her.
Let’s just take a step back and remember that most of us are average players. We don’t have insane aim or gamesense. Most of us fail to kill her while she’s almost standing still for 2 seconds. So most of us CANNOT kill her if her rez were instant. It’s basically a “free” rez per Valk. You’d have the situation again that both teams would need a Mercy to balance that out.
Yes having that insta rez was fun and it felt impactful and yes current Valk doesn’t feel impactful.
There are other ways to accomplish that without making Mercy broken again.
I guess everyone has a different opinion about what they find fun and impactful.
I personally would really like to have a strong single target beam in Valk, so I’d actively need to prioritize targets. I would also like that Valk resets the CD on rez so Mercy could potentially get 2 rezzes off (rez, valk, rez with casttime) tho that might make her too OP.
Others have also suggested Mercy to get a benefit from rez too if she gets it off, like an increased healing beam for 2-3s or a small burst heal.
I honestly would have problem with the rez refresh with cast time. Honestly i’d be happy if she had some kind of emergency heal boost maybe like she charges up her staff for a burst heal of 120 on a 12 sec cd. Idk i just want to have fun playing mercy again bc as she is now in valk if theres a widow you find a spot to hide from her los and keep healing your team unless you can ga to someone and get close enough to end her. Same for an ulting soldier or mcree. Also considering she’s the only PURE HEALER in the game don’t you think the nerf to her hps was unfair while they buffed every other healer. I know we had a moth meta and people were complaining left and right. But it seems to me that only when a support can defend themself and their team they get a nerf hammer to hell first mercy then ana then sym now brig but dps get buff after buff an theres never anything wrong with that.