Reviewing YOUR Mercy Hot Takes! | Niandra

[@Niandra]

Hey everyone! I've had this video scheduled for today for a while but please take a moment to consider all the employees at Blizzard who were laid off today - it's really really awful to hear, and the gaming industry can be so cruel

[@Moonvibin3]

Sorry for their pain

[@h_haz]

honestly what was microsoft thinking

[@fionn9816]

even fewer updates!!

[@rockmanbret9028]

Wait WHAT

[@meimeibeilschmidt]

what is wrong with blizzard bro 😭 blizzard try to be a decent company challenge GO

[@fruitlion8]

I miss her old personality from OW1. You got the sense she was having her patience pushed, but that she was strict but kind.

[@Overwatch2003]

I miss her friendship with Genji 2016-2019 we thought they would end up together but nope in OW2 they either fight or just get annoyed from each other

[@SirenRyan]

She has plenty of nice OW2 voice interactions w Genji. @@Overwatch2003

[@cristhianmontoya6648]

​@@Overwatch2003friendship? I thought they were a couple?!

[@Overwatch2003]

@@cristhianmontoya6648 They were never a couple sadly, They only had a crush on each other and than OW2 fucked it up by making them fight and ending their friendship just to make Pharah x Mercy happen

[@cristhianmontoya6648]

@@Overwatch2003 that's so lame. They were so good together.

[@Dawnrus]

Honestly on the mercy code one, I agree until the enemy Mercy starts making it personal. The amount of times I've had enemy Mercys chase me down to kill me and then t-bag or go "Sit" or "Mercy diff" is ridiculous. I get not honoring the code if theres an opportunity to kill the enemy Mercy in a way thats beneficial, but when you start getting toxic over it and competitive over whos the "better mercy" it just goes a step too far. Shoutout to all the times a Mercy has valked ONLY to try and kill me and failed miserably while my team picks off her other support and wins the fight because she's hellbent on me :/ (This happens in comp a surprising amount). I think the code at this point should just be "Cool Mercys respect each other" because making it a competition and trying to make the enemy Mercy miserable is just kinda. High school bullying. I get enough of people going out of their way to make my game miserable as it is from DPS (looking at Sombra mains) and certain tanks as-is. Don't make things worse just because you have an ego problem. We're in the same boat even if we are on different decks.

[@LastAphelion]

I get it and it sucks too cause like I *love* consensual teabag fights too, like sometimes I am teabagging someone to piss them off if they've been mean, but sometimes I want to instigate a teabag fight with someone in a friendly way, not to upset them (I want to teabag my friends if were on opposite teams lol). But I know I can't convey context and that generally everyone interprets it as extremely hostile and even report worthy. Often times if friends are I are fighting we WILL throw (not in comp) to int for each other but that's why we're friends we know its in good fun

[@SajbenPetra]

Sometimes when i see an over aggressive mercy who uses glock too much I just switch or stay out of sight.

[@NightlyMuse]

THIS. I will ALWAYS wave and say hello to my fellow Mercy's, but it always sucks when their little ego is so fragile they MUST kill me. Really ruins the vibes lol. I love my friendly Mercy mains out there

[@a.arslan11]

@@NightlyMuseI played Mercy once and there was an enemy mercy (it was quick play) our team was beefing and we were just chilling in some corner it was so fun

[@wingedvictoryx]

y’all it’s an fps game. just play 💀

[@sosleepy3333]

I totally agree about bonding with the enemy mercy, almost always if we both get ditched alone together in a room we will just wave hi to each other than go find a team mate to fly to lol

[@NovemberStreams]

Mercy content is totally wholesome. Unless it is a pitchfork forum riot because they broke GA for the 56th time.

[@sosleepy3333]

Also yes, do more of these, as much Niandra Mercy content as possible. I could listen to your calming, pleasant voice give me mercy tips for 4 hours straight lol

[@KrisKrisKrisKrisKris]

my hot take is mercy needs a small indicator for when her beam is breaking (from losing LoS or going too far). I genuinely think it's a universal design change that only seeks to benefit the hero. Pro mercy players have internalized when the beam is going to break, but it will only seek to help those who struggle with it while not getting in the way of those who don't need it. Every time I bring this idea up it's downvoted or when I bring it up in discords it's shot down by every other mercy main. IM DYING ON THIS HILL

[@jayandremcmurtry7331]

absolutely this would be the very best qol behind valk beam break

[@-NoNo.]

@@jayandremcmurtry7331 i think an even better qol would be being able to cancel valk early if the mercy chooses to do so

[@bunnyg4464]

they already put superjump on a button for y'all. the hero is simple enough and tbqh, if you can't be ass'd to learn how your hero works in depth and instead demand to be compensated for your lack of skill you can stay struggling? like it's not that hard, dps heros don't have an indicator that their dmg is falling off at certain distances, tanks don't either. mercy doesn't need anymore hand holding. there's a reason it gets downvoted and shot down, it's a god awful idea and works backwards on a hero people are already dumbing down to be able to play with your monitor off these days, don't need to dumb mercy down even more for people.

[@iamtrogg8010]

@@bunnyg4464 1.what an elitist, toxic reply. Just because you don't want or need a feature doesnt mean others couldn't enjoy it. 2. There are already qol-indicators to help use certain abilities, like timers for Orsia Javelinspin or Zen ult. Not much difference to the suggested beamchange.

[@jayandremcmurtry7331]

@@bunnyg4464 it's a quality of life change bro ur acting like it'll make all mercy player masters or something.

[@bre_me]

People asking for a Mercy nerf are just low ranked people who can’t deal with a Mercy, which is partly why you’re low ranked and why Mercy is not an issue at higher ranks

[@Mai_Playz6]

I know this may sound weird or something but i love ur winged victory skin and the rainbow chain on the staff combo

[@DatMageDoe]

IIRC "Mercy Mafia" was coined early on when Seagull called out how unfun Mass Rez was, and was promptly lambasted by every Mercy Main at the time. Its usage by Flats seems to be largely a channel meme, which because of his size in the Overwatch community, translates to a wider Overwatch meme.

[@cynthia5021]

i miss her ow1 movement A LOT. i got back into ow2 late last year and while I have caught onto her new play style and have learned the newer superjump rez, it still feels super clunky to me. my whole thing before was flying across the map constantly, always changing my position and using GA as much as possible. everything feels way slower now, i never thought they’d touch her GA cool down at all and i’m sad to think we won’t get it back

[@heavens3nt]

For real! I don't want Mercy to have easy movement if it means longer GA cooldown. I'd give anything to go back to 1.5s cooldown with Overwatch 1 movement.

[@yoku_UwU]

Moving res to ultimate is a take I like, but it should be a deployable/throwable/shoot able thing. I imagine res being like pulse bomb, a fast building ult that you have to land. But in return give her another movement ability and lean into mercy as a fun mobile support. If that has to come with a health nerf so be it but lean into the mechanics of movement because that is actually super fun. As a dps it’s weird to me to imagine a character that doesn’t have significant aim mechanics or direct offensive potential, but fast paced movement is fun. Overwatch is at its best when the action is fast paced, constant, and polished. No standing around waiting, beaming the same person over and over. That’s also why I argue dive should always be meta and poke should always be niche, but that’s another argument.

[@nerdbrain396]

I think the concept of rez being los like hack could work if rez also had the same range as hack

[@maxchess6734]

maybe a range that's a bit lower... (starts at brig's swing range) would be fine. Valk rez would also be free...

[@josewolf9884]

On the opposite side I wish hack had the same requirements as Rez. Hack is truly a no risk-all reward skill given its range, casting time and aiming requirements.

[@samumm7333]

I don’t mind sticking with a pharah I think the added mobility options with her in the sky all the time is fun but I’ve personally never seen it be very successful. It usually just makes everyone on the entire enemy team furiously focus us like we committed a war crime for existing.

[@jonasgamm3170]

A friend of mine recently gave me a good idea to rework Mercy‘s res. Make it a drone that you place at someone‘s soul. While getting damaged, res goes 50% slower. Give the drone only 50HP so it can easily be destroyed or disrupted while still being impactful. As a countermeasure make placing the res drone reset GA and and lower the cooldown to 20-25 seconds.

[@Aidan-007]

My hot take is that they should’ve kept mercy’s season 3 healing change and just readjusted the hps to make it more balanced. It made her feel more dynamic and raised skill expression through beam juggling, plus it heavily discouraged pocketing

[@thomashigginsmusic]

Heavily? Not really

[@ossifiedtoad798]

I liked it too, and I think a good chunk of the negative feedback about it was because you couldn’t actually see which HPS the beam was on. There were a number of clips passed around that supposedly showed how broken the critical bonus healing was that actually would have been _harder_ to deal with on a flat 55 HPS. I think I was happier with the 2.5s GA cooldown too. Just the fact canceling a slingshot early was actually rewarded still was worth the longer CD to me. It was harder to keep up with flyers, but I actually thought it made the gameplay more interesting, because I had to pay closer attention to how they were moving.

[@starpower1884]

3:04 I would actually nbe fine with this IF the movement speed decrease during rez was removed or changed to be 15% and the range you can move before you cancel rez is increased from 6m to 8m, or 7m. That way she can kinda dodge shots and not just basically standing still hoping that the enemy doesn't kill her in time or only going for the rezs that are 100% safe.

[@DerUberGaijan]

My hot take is I haven't mained Mercy since Lifeweaver came out. He's just a better healer in almost every way. He has more utility, more skill expression, a more satisfying ult, and his long range auto-lockon heals are insane. I don't even have to put myself in danger. I think Mercy ABSOLUTELY needs a rework. I'm not necessarily saying "buffed", though I personally think she could use it, but a rework to make her more interesting and unique again. With part of her kit literally being sold off as the support passive - and now EVERYONE'S passive apparently - losing mass rez, and dmg beam being nerfed, and having only 50 HPS, she could really use some love.

[@Gumidr0ps]

I’ve got a hot take camouflage is my favorite mercy skin 😋

[@mcpartydogj7025]

Personally, mass Rez was so fun to pull off but I’m also happy with Valk, which gives me equal fun to play with

[@WoWbloodcrazy]

Remove Rez, Replace with Battle Mercy Form. Thank you! Because I love Mercy... but I really crave to have some Aiming Mechanics on her that is worthwhile.

[@CarelessBeach]

LMAO, "No Mercy Mode" 😂 But that is genuinely and interesting idea, make Mercy's ult offensive.

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

@@CarelessBeach mercy ult is offensive if you hate your team

[@cameronwest7042]

Mercy jingle bell is just lifeweaver in a mercy cosplay (if I don't comment in 3 days the Mafia got me)

[@-NoNo.]

i think cooldown valkyrie and single target rez as ult is the best for mercy. valk would be on a 12-15 second cooldown with a 5 second duration. we remove the constant regen and reduce the length of beams from 30m in valk to 20-25 meters. healing beam no longer has chain beams but damage boost beam retains its chain beams beams. i would also love the idea of valk damage beams giving 15% increased movement speed to allies for its duration. then we make rez a slow charging, single target ult but it casts quickly and doesn’t movement slow anymore

[@RiskyRez]

I agree with you so much Rez feels like an ult to me and I liked valk as an ability too

[@adiamondtrash9344]

Mercy's current ultimate is quite cheap. If that were added it would be even cheaper say about 35% less than it ccurrently costs for it to even feel effective. But the only problem with that is that its rather inconsistent after you res your ally instantly dies so there would be additional buff like 150 temporary overhealth for roles that are not tanks just so they dont instantly get one shot by widow or extended immortality after res even when movement is given back to the player so they have time to reposition sayyy 1 second of immortality after res.

[@-NoNo.]

@@adiamondtrash9344 rez already has a slight immortality after cast but i feel like this version of rez would be used way differently than it is currently being used. this version of rez would be used commonly through the mid fight as that’s where the most impactful resurrects are taking place and the faster cast time/removed movement penalty would help with this a lot. if someone dies instantly after rez then the mercy will be punished for the bad resurrect and i think that’s healthy. not only will she have to rebuild it but she will have to think deeply about how, where, and when to use it so that it doesn’t go to waste. but most importantly i think the best course of action is to make rez as weak as physically possible while having it feel good for the mercy and have it be uncommon for the enemy team. this is because i want the rest of mercy’s kit to shine and have the capacity to be changed without dumpstering the hero or making the hero super strong. her regular kit should be her carry options and where she shines, rez should be only an addition to the kit.

[@R76505]

My hot take is that much of the hate for Mercy is just pure misogyny

[@saintgold6324]

Absolutely!

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

or just a angry dps main whining about how the tank got resurected in the middle of a team fight

[@bre_me]

4:52 this is absolutely a skill based rez. I get why you’d be mad if it happened but you also get mad when you get one shot by a Widowmaker headshotting you, but that’s because she has the skill to headshot you. Just recognize the skill and move on.

[@infernoboy7392]

Omg, I couldn’t agree more with your words that it’s hard to spot a good mercy, which is why everything thinks all you do with mercy is stand there and hold left click

[@mahino420]

my normal take is that i quit overwatch for over 2 years now but i still come back and revisit your content cause its still awesome

[@spmason9429]

08:15 Thats right, The Mercy Mafia does not exist. 🕴🕴🕴

[@incognitoinhell8742]

I've always said that Rez should be like Pulse Bomb. Make it a fast charging Ult so it's available every fight, but the impact of the rez varies based on who was revived. At most, let her bring back 2 allies, and then just give her an ability that puts her staff into overtime, increasing it's effectiveness for, say, 5 seconds before going on cooldown for 12.

[@Croc.]

That just sounds like a massive buff

[@MageDawnStar]

My suggestion would be valk as a 20-30 second cooldown that lasts for 5-10 seconds. Then have rez as a single use fast charging ult like pulse bomb. And maybe perhaps the 175 hp nerf. I also think valk should increase the damage boost kinda like how healing output is increased, but maybe only an extra 2.5%. Something small. I also think slingshot GAs should be a little longer and regular GAs shorter cooldowns.

[@theemeraldhour]

It seems really weird that so many of these are nerfs. Like... guys... Mercy isnt OP. Mercy does not get played that much vs other meta healers. Im fine with changes, but if you think she should just be nerfed to unplayable your take is shit. So many of these takes are just "this annoys me when mercy outplays me" with 0 thought put into how it would actually affect the game

[@darchandarchan7036]

i think mercy zen is a fair combo, where they can pull it off only if they help each other and actually know what they’re doing

[@hmbHealer]

Hot Take: Toggle Beam Connection: Off is overrated. The amount of times people have said that “Toggle Beam Connection Off makes it so your mean automatically snaps to the next target when your current target dies!” Is too much. It’s because you were holding down your beam! It doesn’t snap to the next target, it’s because you’re already holding the M1/M2. For the record, this also happens in On as well. The only thing going for it is the Default Beam State, which with enough awareness, you don’t even need. (No offense, Niandra.)

[@plat4663]

I think a cool mercy idea could be giving her damage boost and healing a 0.5s linger and damage boosting could give up to +50 temporary HP for added survivability. To balance it out; reduce her max HP to 175.

[@POTGMACHINE]

Some fun takes, and wonderful nuanced responses! I wish more hot take videos were like this.

[@RenbroNL]

The Mercy code thing is one of the wildest takes I've ever heard in Overwatch. I get it it's kind of tied to the state of Mercy herself. But attacking an enemy player being something notable - let alone a bad thing - is really something.

[@LexiHellhound]

Is it just me or is every and all mercy tip videos so calming to listen to nomatter who makes it?

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

i think just the idea of having a support that is really agile and can heal people in need and dammage boost people is great. it comes with the cost of healing per second but her kit and idea is still strong because she can heal or dmg boost who ever she wants. it fits in the game because unlike some games where you are supposed to go back to your support for healing, overwatch works better when the supports come to you.

[@sera48g]

I don't like how mass rez was implemented but I really loved having a big pop off moment. I still think that they should've give it abit more of a chance..

[@bre_me]

Those mass rez clips are giving me nostalgic chills 🥹

[@Meri-Muru]

As someone who just switched to pc from console and who has 5k hours on Mercy I can confidently say contoller feels so much smoother, tho I am enjoying those 180 and easier super jump rezes~

[@oshkoshbjosh]

One thing I feel is that Mercy is easy to pick up but difficult to master. She's not horribly complex and people for that reason say she's an easy hero... but truthfully a good Mercy absolutely is the most crucial member of the team.

[@MarizziPlays]

Just want to throw this in here.. I haven't put much thought into it so this idea might feel awful and I think it might but oh well. So people want res to have LOS right.. How bad would it feel if it did require LOS but have a sort of linger effect like the beam does? Just throwing in random number 1.5 sec linger effect? I think it might feel awful half the time tho.. 🤔 (I do gotta note I am a mercy main but I haven't played for a couple seasons)

[@ShibaInu102]

My hot take is that I honestly feel as though Mercy is a balanced support, compared to the others. I wouldn’t say she’s the top 1 balanced support, but she’s definitely in my top 3 compared to other supports such as Bap, Illari, & Kiriko. I also heavily agree about the fact that it’s very easy to spot a bad mercy (as I’ve seen in many games) compared to one who shows genuine skill expressions. This causes people to get pissy, cuz they believe what the Mercy just did was “easy” in reality it went further into her mechanics than they’d ever brother to try & learn about. I understand why Rez is such a hot topic, but this goes into my whole “Ana nade needs more nerf” issue. These things that used to be not such a huge issue, have now become things we deem as “op”. Why? Becz 5v5 is NOT 6v6. It goes into my topic of, yes SOME Supports are a bit over-tuned, but I honestly feel the community has gotten too bored to the fact that everyone has decided to shit on supports this time as back in 6v6 it used to be tanks. I’m just tired of everyone blaming everything on ONE role, in reality it’s EVERY role that needs a look at, and the fundamentals of this game in general.

[@belikebrett]

"Shooting at a mercy doesnt mean im an evil mercy" --- it does for me lmao. I am an evil mercy

[@josepazelli2653]

I found myself automatically hating when there is a Pharah on my team. I was surprised when i realized this, it really takes the fun out of the character and I love to be in the fight and dodge everything while healing and boosting.

[@aceplante]

1:37 Actually agree with the 175 thing. I dont normally die to chip damage where 25 health would make (much) of a difference. Normally if I die, it's all at once anyways. 2:59 And maybe the res LOS one. Kind of makes sense. 5:44 Hot take: mercy doesn't even need a pistol. If you're ACTUALLY a good mercy, you won't be using it at all. You provide more value to your team by healing rather than trying to be an inferior dps. I have it unbound for a reason. 6:22 I just boost whoever is doing good 10:13 yes 100% Other than that, disagree with the others. 11:34 While I agree with your comment about the new skins being a mixed bag, this does not apply to mercy. They are both good in different ways, whereas soldier/reaper/genji got... sweatpants?

[@ToboOrnotobe95]

I’m a bit late to this but I think mercy’s biggest thing, even bigger than rez, was her mobility. Her GA being slower is not good especially in higher ranks. Mercy felt unkillable in low ranks but now she’s only good in metal ranks. And even then, she falls off in mid plat… I think they need to give her back her fast GA

[@dankdilly]

Yeah I will be the main source of healing for the team even when we have 2 main heals and then somebody will swap to pharah or echo and i tell them its not a good idea and then i pocket them and everybody else on the team dies before the pharah or echo even get a kill. I kinda wish they werent playable lmao

[@bre_me]

5:45 this is so true. I have tears in my eyes every time I kill a fellow Mercy in competitive 😂 like in the first Pokemon movie where the Pokemon and their clones are forced to fight each other and everyone’s crying

[@Overwatch2003]

0:40 Pharmacy is ok, I prefer to help out everyone instead but if I see a good Pharah than maybe pocket them just a bit more than the others but still pocket the others, 5:05 I think more Mercy on attack especially if you’re near spawn, I don’t think mercy’s should Rez near spawn unless the point is being taken over or overtime and overtime is near the end

[@MooMooCow95]

I want the Mercy mafia to be like Barbieland. We all acknowledge that we are similar but appreciate the unique quirks each of us brings to Mercy. At least that’s how I feel when I see another Mercy main. The toxic Mercy mains are just imposters and we don’t claim them.

[@ttargaryen]

What if Mercy got a second “ultimate” Hear me out, DPS players hate dmg-boost and res. What if res had a meter that charged up, and to fill the meter you have to heal a certain amount.m of HP. That way you don’t have res at the beginning of a match. If you Res, it goes on cooldown for 15 seconds, then you’d have to charge it up which would take maybe another 20 seconds of purely healing.

[@ടmelly]

it could work like the soujorn right click charge

[@CarelessBeach]

​@Smellyndo Ooooh that's interesting. Could maybe put Rez as the Ult, and use that "charge" mechanic for temporary beam split or length, heal beam boost, and something for blue beam. Maybe blue beam buffs something other than damage like a lot of people suggest, but the "charged" blue beam provides that temporary damage boost effect. Idk I don't design games.

[@MageDawnStar]

My suggestion would be valk as a 20-30 second cooldown that lasts for 5-10 seconds. Then have rez as a single use fast charging ult like pulse bomb. And maybe perhaps the 175 hp nerf. I also think valk should increase the damage boost kinda like how healing output is increased, but maybe only an extra 2.5%. Something small. I also think slingshot GAs should be a little longer and regular GAs shorter cooldowns. Just no to the LOS rezing, unless they remove the speed reduction or bring back invincibility.

[@dumbleafy]

I just got my first gaming laptop, and it’s so hard to play on mouse and keyboard when all my life I played with controller. I’m switch player but storage is low so I have to learn how to play on pc, I will watch your guides because it’s really helpful, thanks for them. I’m Mercy, Lifeweaver main❤

[@kpcool2877]

The mercy mafia is a great meme, even if it isn't real 😅

[@comet_4054]

Not sure if anyone has brought this up, but I'd like to see how she plays if the window of opportunity to res was shortened by a few seconds. I'd like to see how it plays at least because it'd encourage quicker decision making on whether to go for a res or not.

[@NessimaXD]

wow that rez in the dulcetbunnie clip is insane!

[@PhaxtolgiaLegacy]

Hot take: Rez was better as an ultimate in terms of impact (yes, the mass rez), and wasn't given much of a chance due to how the devs KNEE-JERK reacted to people purposefully letting their team die to get 5-man rez. There are ways they could've balanced this, such as reviving teammates with only 50% of their HP, make it full-heal all nearby alive allies to partially address the aforementioned problem, restrict it to LoS etc! Most complex idea I have to balance Mass Rez is requiring Mercy to remain alive for a period of time to make the revives permanent. The resurrect becomes undone if Mercy dies during that duration. I don't care how long ago Mass Rez was. I still want it back.

[@adec.881]

My position is that Resurrection should be incorporated into Valkyrie. During Valkyrie press the Ultimate Button (Q) again to resurrect one fallen ally. This may only be done once per Valkyrie. In return, give her 2 new abilities: R - Caduceus Overload - burst healing on a cooldown E - Angel's Blessing - dmg reduction, cleanse, making a teammate fly, literally anything just give her a fun ability that she can use more often

[@cagxplays9602]

Mass rez was terrible and abusable, no one wants that.

[@detroviolet326]

Personally I believe Mercy's rez should work more like in Valorant. Mercy revives almost instantly but her allies can be damaged faster, also almost instantly, while they still can't move. This would encourage Mercy to not rush in blindly to revive someone since they can die easier now, or she can use her ally as bait. The most frustrating part about Mercy rez is if you fail to deny it in time, the enemy becomes invincible for 1.5 second, 100% of the time it takes for the revive animation to end, and a good player with the right hero can potentially get away with Mercy reviving them in front of the enemy team, effectively being a "get out of jail free" card.

[@imgonnawinwin3451]

I don’t miss mass res, but I do get nostalgic It was fun to get mass resurrects but so boring having to wait and hide like a coward and then reviving the whole team like a necromancer, and playing against it wasn’t fun either besides that, 4+ resurrects were so uncommon, everyone ended up adapting to the tempo-res tech anyways because of that one mercy main back then. New mercy literally feels so fun like she’s meant to be played, a movement based hero

[@Topaci]

What does unbound res mean? I’ve seen that tiktok that you used as an example and have been wanting to pull a res off like it one day. 4:31

[@karamei]

Unbound means making it so the ability isn't assigned to any hotkeys and therefore not usable lol. Niandra is saying a lot of Mercys make some really bad decisions when it comes to ressing.

[@Topaci]

@@karamei ohhhhh, I see. Thank you. I’ll just keep practicing, I’ll get my res like that one day

[@Furiousa96]

I haven't seen a mercy code in my games in a very long time :( I will admit that I may antagonize the mercy by going for an easy pick because she positioned badly, but if she's just vibing I'll leave her alone. Unfortunately it seems that most mercys in my games will valk just to try and kill me. Also, i LOVE playing with a zen if I can keep the team up enough. Watching sombras or genji's diving him thinking he's an easy pick is funny because I'm right there helping him every time. Also, I personally think of the Mercy Mafia more in game rather than the players. For example, the Mercy Mafia will sneak up on your widow and pick them off. Or they will fly to a teammate getting jumped to help them out of the situation. We are petty that if you don't help us, we won't help you.

[@angryuniicorn]

To me, Mercy code doesn’t necessarily mean not shooting the other Mercy. It’s about not shooting at one another for a cheap kill. I’ve had an enemy Mercy pop Valk to come after me while I was flying away because my whole team was dead. She popped her ult AFTER the team fight just to come get me.

[@user-sc9pv9wp4v]

Went from playing mercy on console to PC and I literally suck with a mouse 😂😭 anyone else struggled with the transition?

[@xsweetsoulx4563]

I am still struggling! Mercy feels better on controller..

[@alisonswiftay]

2:03-2:04 Hey Niandra, can you teach me how to move like this in reverse?

[@Dred-Rivals]

Maybe lowering HP to 175, increasing how much she heals, making her movement better, and putting damage boost on a resource meter, and reducing her self heal from healing teammates could make mercy better maybe, hitting all the pain points but making better movement more rewarding. Also for rez, maybe increase the hitbox of the soul thing, but make it require LOS. Revives through walls are a cool form of skill expression, but there is virtually no counter play to that, which just is not good game design

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

we should have a unwriten rule in overwatch that forbids you from shooting the enemy mercy as mercy.

[@josewolf9884]

Not a hot take but I want to express my gratitude to the Mercy Mafia for being the true patrons of this game. Without them whaling on Mercy skins this game wouldn't be able to stay free to play for everyone. As Moira said: "One hand takes, the other one gives"

[@maxchess6734]

I am a gm junkrat player and i hate mercy... not because of the hero itself, not even because of pharah/echo-mercy, but because when i see a mercy on my team, i don't know if i have the mercy that heals you before you know you've taken damage and that does not die, or if i have the boosted mercy that only pockets 1 player and has more deaths than my negative K-D dive rat.

[@Schae_Bee]

I play mercy on console and my life kinda changed after i got a controller with paddles on the back. I use one with 4 buttons on the back for jump, switching weapons, pings, and i have my healing beam on the top right back paddle with my damage boost on the right trigger. My hands feel more comfortable, i prioritize damage boost, and i never have to take my thumbs off the joysticks.

[@izcube8971]

Pharmacy = Easy to run and boring as hell to play with or fight against

[@Skully.skin.]

I’m a mercy main and my “child” is a zen main. We are always messing around and it’s hilarious

[@Skully.skin.]

Also, I prefer tj play her on a pc. Controller is too hard and I can’t seem to figure out what the res button is🧍‍♀️

[@elsac.972]

im a karq mod, and i just want to say that I'm a proud mercy mafia member >:)

[@Kelly-g4f]

i think mercy w blue hair would be SO cool

[@fatherpleasereturn2088]

jingle bell mercy’s hair is so cute what are they going on about

[@thehypnosisworld]

Hot take: I feel horrible when I kill a mercy. I was playing kiriko on comp and I had just joined a game that someone left so I teleported to my doom fist and he ran away I had to fight a genji, a mercy pocketed cass, and a half health orisa. I fought for my life and killed them all then I just saw the mercy shaking her head so I left and randomly head shotted her from like two miles away from an mis click. She targeted me for the whole damn game I felt horrible

[@alphaniner]

as someone who played over 1000 hours combined on console during OW1- that last point is so wrong. Movement is so much smoother on pc and its not just the changes for OW2 movement compared to OW1. Ive tried to help a friend who plays on controller do some of the things I do and its much more difficult

[@Cheerstothewildones]

I guess I inadvertently follow the mercy code but I only ply qp so a win is never that serious for me. I’d much rather use valk to wave at the enemy mercy and emote while our teams are critical 😂

[@Dizzy205]

as a support non-mercy player, i like the non los rez because i cant do it. i know a mercy player when i see one because they have crazy rez strats. i like having to think "how can i play around that?"

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Oh it's really easy to do

[@Laur_ES]

12:20 it would be so lazy but if they reused the hair asset from Atlantic mercy it would look better imo :p

[@entoeclipse4732]

Im in gold and the ideal boost is sooo true. A lot of the times ill just boost our ram instead of our soldier when i dont hear any hitmarkers for like a whole minute

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

relateble, the soldier also gets mad 70% of the time

[@neondead2.0.15]

The Witch skin is the best imo. Btw how did that rez was not canceled from that far range ?????

[@bunnyg4464]

as far as the mercy mafia thing went, y'all remember how mad the lucio players got when he got a minor change to him back in OW1 and they had that shit gone within 48 hours? yeah plenty of other mains are whiny. i know people talk about how big doomfist players are according to their subreddit as well. but mercy is never, ever, ever going to get away from the hate she gets just for being an 'easy' character so it doesn't really matter what other mains/heros do 'cause Mercy is always gonna be the one to shit on lol. sym got a whole ass rework so she's no longer a little autobeam demon and people **still** talk the same levels of shit, mercy is just in that arena with her lmfao. also god i hope they never, ever, ever bring back mass rez. people are just gonna hate us even more 'cause you know damn well almost 90% of those metal rank mercys are gonna keep on playing it as a 4 ppl dead together? rez time ! nah thanks, ever since they put SJ on a button it's been so meh to see everyone doing what other people had to learn with just a button and ends up touching on the fact that it's a lot more difficult to be able to spot a good mercy 'cause most of the shit they're doing is stuff we were able to do before but required more than just pressing a button. plus i feel like almost every single person asking for mass rez aren't OW 1 vets and idc who it upsets but those particular opinions don't matter. been there, done that, mass/insta rez is fucking ass and was left back in OW1 for a reason.

[@user-hn1dq9mr5i]

Mercy hate is somewhat deserved. Why on earth would someone play mercy? Just play Ana, Bap, Illari or Kiri, or even Zen or Lucio. But why Mercy? The only reason why people play Mercy is because they dont want to actually put effort in their gameplay. All these characters would bring so much more value than mercy but mercy mains just dont have the skill to play them. And playing against mercy mains is also miserable because you cant kill a dps/support if their mercy is alive so you have to put all effort in killing the mercy, which can be a pain in the ass. All while the mercy is just holding leftclick. If I see a genji, Ball or doom in masters/gm, I know they put so much effort in learning their character and are probably the highest skilled player in that lobby. If I see a mercy in masters lobbys, that b**** got boosted by her teammates because she barely does anything and still gets value.

[@jaminsky1235]

4:39 anyone could do that if they played 10min mercy parkour

[@cagxplays9602]

Yeah, idk why mercy players keep telling us that rez is skill based.

[@kjk8193]

but have they ever considered making rezzed teammates come back with less HP? making it a percentage of their health would add a lot more counterplay and feel less bad than bringing back a 1million hp rein instantly

[@gloomyseagull865]

I switched from xbox1 to PC in like Sept 2022, and I'm still having trouble translating all the movements I did on console to PC keys/mouse movements. Didn't have a problem switching over with the other supports 😂 Just Mercy

[@PoisonArr0w]

I feel like I need to share an experience I’ve had with the whole Mercy code thing. I killed a mercy because I had an occasion to do so, and I got called a pick me. Apparently, I tried killing them as soon as they switched to Mercy which I hadn’t even noticed. It’s a FPS game of course players will kill each other, playing Mercy doesn’t mean that I’m a bitch if I pull out my gun. I get it when you hard focus another mercy, solo valk her or if you’re toxic in chat. That is ridiculous. But other than that people are reaching. Also, the term pick me is (to me at least) directly linked to misogyny and putting down other women to impress men, which is probably not what they meant, but still a wild statement. I also feel like the whole Mercy skin language is annoying, no just because someone uses Seolbim doesn’t mean they’ll healbot, just like just because someone is using the Mage skin doesn’t mean they even know how to play Mercy. It’s crazy to get actively made fun of as soon as you load into the game and they see your skin, it’s just all very chronically online. I bought that skin because it looks cute, not because it defines me as a good Mercy in the Mercy bible.

[@ടmelly]

I always disliked the atlantic skin. Didnt know other people shared the feeling lol

[@josewolf9884]

I like Atlantic. Its my "I wasn't playing this game when Pink Mercy was on sale" go-to skin. But she has so many good ones that i always rotate them anyways.

[@coyote2733]

I’m not a fan of Mercy code unless they’re alone because she’s gonna damage boost someone else to kill me if I don’t handle it, but I can’t stand the Mercy players that are like anti-Mercy code. It’s usually less experienced ones, but like half the time I see an enemy mercy she just guns it for me no matter what’s going on. She gets Valk? Guns me down. I just fly away and ignore her while her team dies ):

[@thisisquitter]

My gf and I do have a Mercy Moira combo, and since we tend to gravitate to a brawl/poke playstyle it do be working for us. Lucio and Bap swap for me and Ana Kiriko swap for ma gal, and we can rock on most comps

[@bok9596]

Mine: res should be removed period and replaced with something else, and damage boost should be reworked and/or replaced with something else. This is just an idea but maybe give mercy some sort of mechanic that promotes bouncing around from teammate to teammate to get the most value? Prioritising making mercy fun rather than being meta?

[@skinnishi]

5:24 unrelated but i giggled at the stare u gave ashe

[@yammyjulian3713]

Always a great day when niandra posts 💖🎀

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

2:20 the point of mercy is that she is hard to hit. it really is not too hard to hit mercy in reallity, i was a ashe main in metal ranks and she is not really too hard to hit. in higher ranks mercy movement gets better but your aim should also be better in that rank.

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Hot take, dps players have no right to complain when they lose to the enemy dps with a Mercy pocket. You're doing a 1v2 and then wondering why you're losing

[@Simi1024]

That skin is fire i would buy it if it became available

[@PhilOverwatch-tp1xd]

My hot take is that 99% of pink mercy users are either toxic or have no freaking clue how to play mercy

[@ramones1314]

Ive been saying for years that Mercy needed an on demand steroid ability to her healing. If that were to just be valk on a cooldown, that could work too. But inherent power like they did a while ago was garbage, having it be an ability you use is better for game play and skill expresson

[@eldurakopr]

I love the art work on your thumbnails, Mercy always look so cute or hot 😂❤

[@ffjfvfhu]

I only dislike when a Mercy pockets someone the entire game leaving 3 other people alone the whole game, but I AM okay if they hop off the pocket to heal someone/others and then hop back to the pocket. On the other end of the spectrum I hate buffing my team and their aim becomes ass to compensate.