An ally blessed with Shallow Grave, no matter how close to death, cannot die while under its protection.
https://dota2.gamepedia.com/Dazzle#Abilities
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It makes it so that the person can take damage but can’t go below 1 hp for a given time. It would work well with mercy’s ult when she is connected to her whole team. Not sure how long it would last but I think 2 or 3 seconds is pretty good. I think rez should be removed from the game and something like this would still keep her useful.
An interesting suggestion. At least it could be deemed as a more skillful and less obstructive ability for Mercy as it could require good timing and so helps introduce a potential to be a game changer if used at the right moment.
I’m still on the fence with her ultimate, Valkyrie, however. It doesn’t feel strong or special. A decent Mercy can already do most of what Valkyrie can do for Mercy. It’s essentially lazy mode for 15 seconds.
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she has to stay consistently on someone
I think that is because rez is such a strong ability. You need to balance the character out so they weaken the other parts of her kit, like the ult.
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So essentially it’s similar to Halo, an idea I had 4 months or so ago.
I think having that is a good idea, but I still think that her Res will have to be somewhere - I would propose that it be exclusive to her Ult, even if that means balancing out her Valk to compensate for it. But of course, I’ve said this countless times before.
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Resurrect is the only thing that defines Mercy at lower tiers (such as those I am in). Without it she’d be passed in favour of Moira or double off-healer (Lucio+Brigette I’d wager).
Now as mechanical skill of your team goes up, the more useful Damage Boost is. Damage Boost is an amazing ability and if your DPS is hitting shots it changes the whole game. Mercy would still be the best healer in high tiers without Resurrect.
So I’ll give your point a B+. It’s mostly true but not universal.
without rez mercy would be a throw pick tbh
no reason to pick her over moira or ana if she didnt have rez
Well she’s the only healer who can heal through barriers/shields so she’s still the most consistent healer. Plus playing ana nowadays is really hard.
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A change I would like to see is for Mercy to have a base healing of only 45-50 hp/s, but have her able to charge up to 70-75 hp/s through staying alive and healing/boosting/gunning. You will get more reward for killing a Mercy (her healing rate resets), it will impact when Valkyrie is best utilized (although with Valkyrie she could probably charge it up faster) and it will add more skill and reward for those who play her well.
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Mercy can’t win a 1v1 with most low health heroes. Moira can.
Without rez, she can still build her team ult faster, heal through barriers, consistent healing, and kill Widowmakers.
This post would have caused a laugh before her rework. The two things that have Mercy in the place she is now are:
The rez on cooldown and the great synergy she has with Zen, thanks to damage boost. Impressive it took GM’s a year and a half to realize this combo.
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Moira’s healing orbs and Brigitte’s armor pack both can go through shields, as well as Lucio’s aura.
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Her free res without earning is what’s made her a top healer pick despite 8 straight nerfs to the character. I think it’s unsustainable to think it can be balanced without earning it but they proceeded to nerf every other aspect of her kit besides res.
she is the only healer that can’t defend herself
she might be consistent at healing but she doesn’t bring anything else if rez was removed on top of being the easiest healer to flank
After being a Lucio main after so long, I can say that Lucio’s healing doesn’t go through barriers. The other 2 are cooldown dependent so Mercy is still more consistent.
If she can use GA towards an enemy I think she can, although that would probably P*** off alot of people.
LOL. Mercy is barely above 50% win rate now but somehow she’d be the best healer even without an extremely powerful ability? Good one…
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Yeah she can’t 1v1 everyone but she doesn’t need to. She can just GA from teammate to teammate. It’s difficult to kill a mercy while she’s weaving between her teammates without getting shot at.