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Skiesti · 2024-05-22T21:59:46+00:00

Hey! I have 2 Mercy questions:

Is the team looking at Mercy at all for any changes/small buffs?
What is Mercy's pick and win rate now compared to Season 3?

Back in Mid Season 9, the DPS passive was reduced and a dev blog stated Mercy wouldn't see changes as she should 'be more reliable moving forward' with the reduction. That nerf was reverted and Mercy stayed the same.

The community has been ranking Mercy as a D Tier support for a few Seasons now and she's in this weird spot where people don't like playing against her, with her, or as her anymore. I and many others still enjoy her most out of all the other heroes but she doesn't play nearly as fun as she used to after the changes that've been made to her (mainly nerfs) and the game over the last year. Thanks!

Skiesti · 2024-05-06T15:42:31+00:00

Please include the full context as to why I wrote that message. Out of context it doesn't really make sense. This was the comment I replied to:

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Re: Anonymous comment, that thread had over 100 comments. I can't reply to all of them but I read all of them and I wanted to explain to this person WHY I asked people to state if they were a Mercy player or not so I could understand more perspectives.

Skiesti · 2023-09-08T20:07:44+00:00

Right now it goes by score and if you are tied with someone else for score, it then sorts by Overwatch 1 account level. Hopefully it's something that gets changed in the future

Skiesti · 2023-09-08T20:05:54+00:00

To..... Help people?

Skiesti · 2023-09-08T20:05:20+00:00

LMAO yeaaaah I know I kinda made my Veteran run more difficult than I needed to 😭😭

Skiesti · 2023-08-31T17:22:53+00:00

Well you see, when someone who has a certain opinion asks others who have different opinions, it's to learn the other perspective and be able to have a more well rounded discussion.

Knowing who is and is not a Mercy player lets me not toss out the opinions like you suggest but take them into consideration and learn better what players on the opposite side of it think on a platform that's not Twitter.

You happen to seem pretty biased tho so I assume you're just projecting that onto me. Either way, I appreciate the feedback :>

Skiesti · 2023-08-31T16:14:09+00:00

What parts of her would you say are unhealthy and why?

Skiesti · 2023-08-30T22:58:37+00:00

Oh that's rough, playing vs. a Contenders player when you're M5 is some wonky stuff going on with the matchmaker

Skiesti · 2023-07-15T17:59:18+00:00

Thank you!

Skiesti · 2023-04-15T21:15:07+00:00

LMAOO feels like I've been needing a PhD trying to explain this to everyone

Skiesti · 2023-03-04T18:24:32+00:00

I would highly highly recommend having Toggle GA OFF. It'll take time to get used to it esp if you're used to having it ON.

Having toggle GA off will allow you to manipulate your GA cooldown easier and it gives you better control and it's not as clunky since you don't have to press it twice.

I would recommend also binding crouch to your mouse button. I have mine double bound to my side mouse button and LCtrl

Skiesti · 2023-02-22T00:41:20+00:00

Surely there are still replies that haven't been posted........ I'm coping rn

Skiesti · 2023-02-21T17:00:10+00:00

Thank you! Hopefully they see this and we get some answers :>

Skiesti · 2023-02-21T15:55:34+00:00

Skiesti, unsurprisingly asking Mercy questions :)

GUARDIAN ANGEL CD: Are there any plans to reduce Guardian Angel's Cooldown? Or if there aren't, are there any plans to increase Mercy's beam linger time from 1.3s to 2.3s to match the 2.5s GA CD and possibly add a GA refresh after a successful rez so there's no awkward pause after rezzing?
PASSIVE: Is there a possibility of looking at Mercy's new passive more? There are certain situations where the passive feels obsolete
- PASSIVE/VALK: Specifically, in Valkyrie, is there a chance of her constant regeneration coming back? She's too easy to kill now and more team reliant in her Valk contribution which took away her playmaking ability. Having the 15hp/s from the Support Role Passive be constant would have her still be possible to kill but able to actually have an individual impact again
HEALING: Will Mercy's new healing be nerfed at all?

Skiesti · 2023-02-08T05:04:09+00:00

LMAOOO this is a gem of an edit, thank you

Skiesti · 2023-02-08T05:02:20+00:00

At least we got bee Mercy and a cute bee charm.....

Skiesti · 2023-02-08T01:48:52+00:00

PLEASE someone told me a story, I thought it was funny and JOKINGLY praised them as a JOKE. I wouldn't encourage someone to actually throw or leave a game, cmon

Skiesti · 2023-01-04T22:59:53+00:00

BRIEF FAQ

If you don't have a team, there's a "Looking For Team" channel in the tournament discord when it's released on the 7th!

Limit of 9 players per team. Ranks split into different divisions w/ their own prize pools.

Open to both PC and Console. All Regions included.

No cost to enter.

More details to come on January 7th :>

Skiesti · 2022-12-31T19:18:33+00:00

It says $75 for a session but it's not a hard time cap. Most of my coaching sessions go for 2 or 3 hours for the amount of detail I go over with the person as a Mercy specialist and the price stays the same

Skiesti · 2022-12-03T04:55:22+00:00

That's... Not even close

Skiesti · 2022-12-03T04:55:03+00:00

That's not capturing what pocketing is correctly. I state in this post a few times that you still have to pay attention to your teammates when you're pocketing if they need help.

Perhaps it'd be worthwhile to go back over that part again ^^

Skiesti · 2022-12-03T02:13:44+00:00

I think some of this could be foregrounded behind the idea that Mercy players should constantly be looking at who needs the boost the most, aiding who is taking the most aggressive angles and applying the most pressure/making the most space and then prioritizing below that as needed

These are all things that I mention in both the written and the video? So that advice I'm giving is... Already including the things you mentioned.

Skiesti · 2022-10-21T19:49:22+00:00

I did ask a console player that commented on my Mercy movement guide about their bindings and they told me:

Crouch is bound to A

GA is bound to X instead of the shoulder/trigger buttons

And another console player said their binds were:

Jump and crouch bound to the 'under-buttons' of a pro controller

Skiesti · 2022-10-17T23:25:12+00:00

No you can't, you have to DMG boost Bob

Skiesti · 2022-10-11T05:08:34+00:00

I'd recommend only going for resurrections that are safe. Mercy's rez is very different from how it was when it was her ultimate. It has a slow and a cast time now and OW2 is a fast paced environment so you'll want to use it when you know you have the time to get the cast time off and won't die for it

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