1 MERCY TIP For Playing WITH & Pocketing Each Hero | Niandra

[@Niandra]

Also if you enjoy this but haven't seen my general damage-boost guide, check that out here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJjGhHuZoNN0b5I

[@lemur2839]

great vid, I dont play mercy but is always good to know what u should expect u partner should be doing so u can adapt better. :)

[@Blaze-kf3ds]

have you make a mercy guide on the thresholds of diff heroes like how sojorn rail headshot kills 200hp and mcree kills tracer on headshots with it

[@Kellestial]

Another tip with sigma: when your sigma ults, if you predict someone is about to throw a rock or spear to stun him out the ult it might be worth tanking the stun for him like the phara tip.

[@nissanjuke2013]

i watched our sig get slept out of THREE ULTS, to the point where i just went and killed her myself when he was at 95 again

[@milkchocolate8256]

Your guides have helped me so much. I started in High silver / Low gold but yesterday I finally hit diamond ❤️

[@nathanfowl6454]

I'm in a struggle. If I like your comment you will no longer have 69 likes so I will wait till someone else destroy this beautiful number

[@Froggy_30H]

same here! ive been able to hit diamond 1😭😭

[@ratboygirl]

AYYYY CONGRATS!!!

[@sethescope]

YOOOO that's huge, gg gamer

[@alondrisabel]

I cant seem to get out of bronze 💀

[@ms10089]

Moira has 3 voicelines for when she runs out of resources btw: - I cannot heal you yet. - I must recharge. Hold on. - Need a moment to recharge. amazing video as always niandra :) I was looking for something like this! also, The frog :)

[@paurmac153]

"When roadhog starts vaping don't be afraid to heal someone else" had me dead

[@pr3ts3l]

Dmg boosting Moira isn't the worst idea too when you know shes low on regenerating her heals, it helps her get back to pumping heals faster

[@PurpleMoon799]

also pocketing her for coal goes hard!

[@SieloffAlicia100]

I love dmg boosting her ult. Goes crazy

[@thenamesmango7235]

The doomfist tip is actually sooo good, as a doomfist main you have no idea how many times I punch back into cover just to have my mercy dash towards the position I was straight into the frontline and get annihilated 💀

[@polskistalker]

I don't care that Brig isn't good pocket target. It's just so fun playing backline assasin Poket Brig. It works surprisingly well, cause enemies cannot kill Brig because of Inspire+Shield+Mercy heals and Mercy because of Inspire+Mobility+Repair packs (on my skill level). Also damage boosted Brig's combo (Bash, Primary, Whipshot) can delete 200hp hero if they don't get healing

[@sethescope]

i love this but I also know that my toxic trait is going absolutely feral on Brig and I really shouldn't be rewarded for it 😂

[@PIKIWII]

A tips with sym : you can combo tp rez. Your sym just need to put the tp in the 5m rez range (the shortest distance tp can be from each other) on the soul and you can rez and tp with mercy without canceling the rez. I do it with my mate and it work incredibly well for risky rez. We did it in front of a sigma who tried to rock him while he was rezing but since he used tp the rock don't touched him and the rez worked.

[@Niandra]

YOOO I didn't know this! Thanks for the comment

[@PIKIWII]

@@Niandra you're very welcome. I tough it might be usefull to let other know ♡

[@starzia52]

​@@PIKIWII It is ! Ty it's very smart

[@JoshSaysStuff]

Hey Niandra! Just wanted you to know that thanks to your videos, my average healing has increased from about 11k to 15k per game, and my average damage boost has gone from around 800 to 2,200 per game! Thank you SO much for all of these guides and for providing helpful gameplay footage to use as a reference!

[@Niandra]

HUGE increase!!

[@JoshSaysStuff]

@@Niandra Thank you senpai! 🙏

[@genghiskhan6809]

@@Niandrasame her but for qp (will start competing next season). I went from 0 dmg boosted to 1k and 5k to 10k healing per game.

[@ItSnowsInHell]

Always amazing tips. Been such a huge help as a new OW player in general. I've been able to learn about DPS/tank while being a support and now able to play any role comfortably. Even getting counter picks down. Thanks for the hard work and time put in to this.

[@Fluke2SS]

As a sombra main, the only time you should pocket a sombra is if she's making things happen, and she's playing with the team, If she's flanking don't bother pocketing her you'll get her killed and yourself. Sombra can escape any time she wants, you can't. It is easy to feel a sombra out, if she's hitting her shots, you'll know it when you heal/damage boost her, if she's clearly struggling to hit shots, or is just ineffective in general you should not be pocketing her at all.

[@williamshakespearelusardi6686]

Hey I saw you in my games a couple days ago. I was playing DPS mainly Bastion and I just wanted to say thank you very much for all of the resurrections.

[@GackleBlax]

Perfect footage perfectly edited to match what you're saying. Extremely well done. Thank you, subscribed.

[@fizzlock]

I know at least one of Moiras other "out of juice" lines is "I need to recharge." If I'm on comms, I almost always try to call out that our Moira has low heals if she doesn't, since the team sometimes doesn't hear her voiceline and will W forward without a care. This is a good guide! Cuts down how to play with the roster very clearly, and is a huge resource for new Mercy players. Ty 💚

[@pointlessfeather5830]

This was a really good video, you definitely deserve more subs

[@Jim674the18]

14:57 I love the call out about Lucio Mains because it is so true. Also Winton

[@ajwest5569]

your guides help a lot! i didn't realize how far i'd come playing mercy until i played an all mercy no limits game earlier and starting noticing certain teammates were healing full health allies/not scooching around availible cover during rez and thinking "oh! i only know to do that stuff because of niandra!"

[@zylrat7571]

the effort you put into these videos is crazy.

[@aspireforchange6793]

Your guides are so helpful and informational!! Thank you so much Niandra ♥️

[@melf5883]

i love the description of winton “dancing in his bubble” lmao

[@kaibruh9985]

such a good and surprisingly relaxing video! binging videos while i do other work, such good content :D

[@sebastianrojo8952]

As a sombra main, yesterday I played with a mercy. Once she saw I was doing the most damage and picks, she quickly enabled me, anytime I hacked she would rush to me and boost, and I would just melt, and since I knew she was playing with me my literal guardian angel I used my tp super aggressive to just switch places mid fight but never leave. She was also able to jump around cause of that, pretty fun, I wish more mercy players did that.

[@brisingr0962]

People call mercy a easy character and she surprisingly isn’t

[@kattastrophe7240]

THIS. Say it louder for the people in the back. I wish I could like your comment more than once. I don’t even consider myself a Mercy main, but I have the most time on her at this point. (Because of the pre-role lock says in OW1 and I thought she was the easiest support to pick up. But then I found Niandra’s channel and realized there’s way more to her.) Mercy gets written off as “no skill” because she doesn’t have to aim to heal (or db), and people queueing for the extra battle pass xp for playing support pick her for that reason. They fail to realize there’s a lot of thinking, rapid decision making, judgment calls, ult tracking, etc that goes into playing her. Mercy is a lot of mental game & using your brain. You get focused down because of your utility- especially rez. Sure, her utility is simple at face value, but its value varies based on the player’s quick decision making ability. If the player is rezzing out in the open and getting shutdown via boop/death, then the value isn’t there and is crippling the team. If they’re pocketing a Rein who only knows how to walk around with a shield up instead of pocketing the Sojourn or Pharah laying waste to the enemy team, there’s no value & minimal contribution. Sure, Mercy is “easy” at face value but that kind of playing isn’t doing much overall in terms of contributing. But non-Mercy players aren’t gonna understand because they don’t care to. (They’re also likely the same bunch saying to rework Mercy, get rid of her db and/or rez, etc.) Mercy is easy to pick up but there is so much more that goes into her than you realize at first.

[@PurpleMoon799]

shes quite hard espacially since her only way of defending herself is her movement

[@KluelessTTV]

I love super specific videos like this!!!!

[@cassiesmith7612]

I appreciate this vid so much. I have only just started playing so trying to learn what works for me whilst making sure i am helping the team. This has helped me to look for certain queues and who to prioritise etc. its easy to understand and it has helped a bunch. Thank you❤

[@BONERCRUSHER]

I'm currently a mercy main (I dont want to be but I'm very good at her) and this video actually gave me some great tips that I've never really considered before!. Thank you for this info!

[@RoboVirtue]

When I'm playing mercy & I get a lucio that wont swap, I'll sometimes swap to a support that's more optimal but then half the time that same lucio will instapick mercy the second I'm swapped off. Moments that make me want to punch a hole through the monitor :' ]

[@dankdilly]

I have heard some ppl try to make ppl get off mercy by picking lucio or zen but it's a weird concept to me because if I instantly pick mercy it's obvious I have high intentions of forcing her into any situation. I wish ppl would just ask to play her if they want her, I will just flex moira and usually win as her if they play their one trick hero or whatever. I'm also playing in GM and don't really think playing Mercy and lucio is really bad as long as the lucio isn't throwing lol.

[@vexinsanity4876]

I have a question about Cassidy though. Is it really worth body blocking his ult because as of OW2 he gets 40% damage reduction when using high noon and he has more hp than mercy too so surely it's safer to heal him through it if he starts to take damage right? Some things I didn't see mentioned that I'd like to add: Damage boosting Sojourn increases the charge she earns for her secondary fire as well as damage dealt Damage boosting Sigma during his ult makes it so the lift+2 orbs is a kill combo on a squishy If it looks like brig can kill a squishy diving her boosting her makes the bash+swing+whipshot a kill combo

[@joelmecklenbrauker6651]

Cassidy could still be stunned/sleeped tho

[@kuromiiibby]

I love these mercy videos, I watch em a lot no matter how often I watch these I still find some way to improve

[@firstdooyes1516]

The fully charged headshot not killing is a purposeful change meant for balance

[@MrEpyLeptik]

Damn I can't wait for one of these with more advanced tips. Soon I hope ! :D

[@afkatey]

You are amazing, thank you ♥

[@ArianaOW]

great video niandra! i appreciate all the work you put into your videos and this guide is super helpful when playing mercy and it definitely will help me making decisions when playing her ♡

[@mekhayla]

ariana what are you doing here??😏😏

[@MistarZtv]

i love how in your videos, when we're in a match with a questionable teammate you teach us how to adjust our gameplay to play with and around the bad teammate if they can't pick up and get better thruout the match.

[@gleaming8103]

very very good tips

[@gabrieldartemius9940]

Just wanted to point out that Sojourn doesn't one shot anymore on purpose, it's not a bug but a nerf. So yeah, that will not be getting patched xD

[@Furiousa96]

Winton

[@doernhunt9601]

I'm super glad I saw this, been a fan for a while

[@MortChrist]

Good Wintons will also incorporate combos with their leap damage, getting in a quick melee before landing and very good Wintons can do the big zap mid leap.

[@PapaGeorgio_23]

This video is awesome! Great editing skills and good tips!

[@aliasplaysbs]

Thank you niandra, im now the rezzler

[@soarelia5795]

Something I wanted to add about baptiste and moira is that w baptiste it’s pretty worth dmg boosting him when he ults cuz he also tries to do dmg and bap alone can burst down enemies really quick even tanks, with Moira it’s really great to keep up dmg boost all the time cuz Moira’s sort of utility thing is that she can do so much heal that u don’t really need to focus much on mercy’s healing and Moira’s dmg is extremely easy so dmg boosting her while she tries to gather her resources is worth it

[@crystalkirby]

Gorgeous video, especially on the Tanks given OV2's 1 Tank per team setup. It's hard not to instinctively damage boost them all willy nilly when there are often better targets for you to be focusing on throughout the match.

[@malikjohnson3616]

Thanks for having us over

[@kimcamps442]

sojourn HS has been nerfed to a 1.5x multiplier, that's why it doesn't one shot anymore

[@Amaradeia]

I LOVE that you said WINTON!

[@Cakeses]

Ok...the Lucio and mercy stereotype of not switching is so funny to me...a Lucio/mercy main

[@TheFighter411]

Really great tips Niandra!

[@lewisfdcm]

Such a great video! You have so much Mercy knowledge.

[@iamaylacat3935]

Dmg boost during combat and then healing during downtime when possible means double ult charge, which can make a huge difference in getting your ult on time. Also, on the Ana thing, had a match with a Hog who would not let his own health get low enough that he couldn't self heal to max, and the guy knew every healthpack on the map. This meant I was sharing dps with the Ana, which I was not used to so I ended up having to damage boost the Ana just to get her ult up to make up for stealing most of the healing on the dps.

[@gruntcado]

Love these videos. Great work

[@rinnne_]

11:10 WINTON

[@Spabibble]

im such a child Niandra: "with winton" me: *claps* "WINTON"

[@zombiec4t]

Sojourn not one shotting will not get patched, it's meant to be like that with dmg fall off

[@bobbycorwen2827]

winton

[@MrJoelmur]

So informative thanks! With how much helpful detail you're putting in to these I certainly don't mind them running long! Thanks!

[@InfinitePisces]

I’m bronze 2 mercy and I’m looking to improve. Thanks for the tips!

[@danielgertler5976]

Another suggestion with sym (which should be obvious but) heal her when her beam is weak so she can stay in a fight and charge up her beam stronger then switch over to damage boost.

[@haven2duty49]

I'm pretty sure the phara section was just an excuse to edit in Widow ass

[@shioramenrabbit]

You're really right about dedicated Lucio players. There can be zero reason for them to stay on Lucio and they'll still be on Lucio. Bad map? Bad comp? Nobody on the enemy team they can target? Does not matter, they will not swap. I'll be honest though, and this might just be me, but as a old-timer with the ability to play any support (not to equal levels obviously) and zero effs left for the opinions of my tanks and DPS, I'll support whatever the other player wants to do as long as they're enjoying doing it and not making my life hard in the process. I'm here to support my fellow supports is what I'm saying, and everyone else only as a byproduct lmao

[@Something_Kyle]

15:28 Moira can also say: “I must recharge. Hold on.” Instead of just this

[@INeed333Quid]

Lucio mains are stubborn because our skills are non-transferable.

[@maritapeldoorn1676]

This is so helpfull. Gonna use it soon!

[@sethescope]

re: Sombra, please heal your Sombra even when they are invis. yes, they COULD go get a health kit, but that is time spent outside of the fight. if they are clearly on the flank, sure, don't randomly GA to them and heal them, but if its in the middle of the fight, just heal them. sometimes they stay invisible just for the mobility and not necessarily because they're trying to be invisible. I've watched so many vods of sombras and they just don't get healed for AGES and its heartbreaking. dont abandon them and assume they should take care of themselves. they're still on your team so it's still your job to help them. ignore them if they flame you for it because you should always be ignoring flamers in the first place.

[@shadowphoenix9341]

Having a mercy pocket can make sure that Ball gets enough damage to finish someone off also Ball retreats when in danger make sure to not folow a Ball into combat since he rather have the mercy save and sound near a dps

[@sethy8369]

Just wanting to confirm Sojourn not onetapping with 100% is intended, it was balance change. "Maximum charged damage for alt fire is about 190."

[@rebelrose1992]

We just gonna gloss over the fact that... You can stand on that roof on shambali!!!?? I had no idea

[@RagingAngel]

you said winton

[@SapphicSaphira]

2:41 as a genji player i agree with these points and something i wish alot more people knew and understood at the lower elos rather than still believing in ow1 that hes complete dogwater still when that is far from the case

[@fizzlock]

Dude, I always try to pocket blade, even Nano Blade. At most ranks, the enemy is too busy shitting their pants, trying to deal with Genji, that I can easily stay out of immediate LoS and keep him up without getting focused down too much myself. Plus, Boost Nano Slash does ~214dmg, so he can one-shot squishies, and slash+dash Mei/Reaps.

[@ClaraBennett]

Widow can 1-shot a Tracer with a full-charge damage-boosted scoped bodyshot, so I often try to push the blue beam extra-hard if she’s getting approached by a Tracer and knows it.

[@runcodematias7056]

sojourn not one-shoting people is most certainly not a mistake 5:44

[@brendanhall3181]

This is great, thanks!

Awesome video! As always 🥰

[@javianbrown8627]

12:30 It's true, I hate when I'm Ana and the Mercy is just flying aroung trying to heal everyone and can't even damage boost people as a result and limiting my ult charge

[@quietfawn_qiiszsbrawl5546]

Blue beam on Anna increases her healing as well so it doesn't hurt to let her take over while you buff her for a quick nano

[@PurpleMoon799]

wait really?

[@quietfawn_qiiszsbrawl5546]

@@PurpleMoon799 it might just be a bug if I'm being honest me and my friend tested it he was the one getting the heals tho so who know but if your down a DPS it doesn't hurt in the end

[@johnwilliam4042]

i did not understand the body blocking cassidy in his ult part please someone explain!

[@PurpleMoon799]

cass can very easily get stunned/killed during his ult. so if you stand in front of him you could absorb some of the damage and he could still ult behind you.

[@johnwilliam4042]

@@PurpleMoon799 oh tysm

[@GayRiku]

Winton 😤

[@noah4630]

Sojourn cant oneshot without damage boost as a nerf, so its not a bug, i think they nerfed her two patches ago?

[@Patrick-pk5hk]

sojourn not one-shotting was a deliberate change, not a bug

[@lilm0nix3]

i finally got used to toggle beam off and it's improved my dmg boost stats loads

[@ren92015]

thanks for all ur tips!!

[@sakucelty]

I fully expected Sombra’s tip to be “just don’t.”

[@Coleslaw-wj1qw]

Tracer is my favorite character to pocket cuz it’s so rewarding and challenging

[@ellarebeca7154]

This is sooo useful! I've been needing a guide like this. Thank you.

[@mackenziesmith7100]

Another lovely tip video

[@tkb12]

I actually really like soft pocketing a tracer in ow 2 because the new ga movement makes it much easier to keep up with her and a competent tracer MELTS enemies fast when damage boosted. And what's better than harmony orb's 30 heal per sec? Mercy's 50 hehe

[@AngMortem]

I blinked and the Zarya tip was over.

[@mcpremier3544]

amazing guide

[@Men_Of_Culture33]

Mercys ray does become less visible when healing/boosting a sombra or might even become completely invisible. Or so I have been told.

[@nutellaluvr]

i think that goes for the healing beam ! healing beam fades faster on invis sombra, but dmg boost makes her position way clearer i believe. idk for sure since her recent rework tho

[@enderchickengamer6432]

Thank you so much I'm getting better at mercy : )

[@dawuddockery6118]

last time I was this early Mercy still had multi res

[@RaidenKunii]

5:47 It’s not a bug it was a nerf from a couple patches back since it was so OP (she could oneshot certain tanks at times). It’s not really the best nerf since again, its so easy if someone takes an extra 5+ dmg or like you said, with mercy dmg boost she completely negates the nerf 💀

[@LosingColour]

great guide! loving the educational content. Thank you ♥

[@lemur2839]

I main ana and what she said of really hating healbotting mercy is pretty true

[@HXD007]

Dmg boosted dragon blade lets genji do his one hit blade combo, plz dmg boost ur ulting genjis🙏🙏🙏

[@sierrahill7325]

Winton also thanks for the tips!

[@PurrsianCat90]

Great tips

[@jbbnixon]

Love your content

[@galev3955]

Wait, Mercy doesn't get hit markers for 2nd hand damage to shields? That is honestly kinda big to know. Bc maybe I would think my DPS is not hitting any shots, but they are just blasting the shields... Lots of useful tips