Why doesn't anyone shoot mercy

[Krusti3]

I'm new to this game, and I'm sure it's for a good reason, but I've lost more games than I can shake a stick at because my teams DPS won't shoot the enemy mercy.

[Basarab Laiota]

i think it's cause mercy isn't shooting at the opponent.. the amount of times i just hang out and watch my teammate take a 1v1 with me healing them while the enemy doesn't shoot me is way too high to count.
On the other hand as Kiriko, the moment I throw a kunai at someone is the moment they realize i exist and make shooting me a priority
but yeah as it matches you up with more skilled opponents that will stop happening

[MBK]

AI prioritizes shooting whoever is shooting at them

[Shaelent]

You're new so that's why, when you're in higher ranks Mercy is targeted a lot more frequently especially if she's good at evading, movement and res's. Lower ranks is where DPS don't have their priorities set straight. This is coming from a Mercy main btw.

[Lady of the Lake]

I don't prioritize shooting her because she usually is flying like she has a god mode or something, I'm a beginner so my aim is very bad. Healers like usual are hiding behind other enemies, if I were to kill a healer I would have to go through tank and at least one dps, I'm bad so all I can do is to try to kill dps and not die in the process and almost all the time it works just fine, as a beginner, on unranked.

[Juri]

Its hard, my silver aim can´t

[Brma]

Because low level DPS think shooting the tank over and over while being pocketed works.

[Ravnin]

I do
A lot of factors that may make doing so not ideal.
Proficient Mercy players are hard to hit with her erratic, high speed movement.

They use cover, breaking LOS positioning and get healed by the other support while their team is doing a good job denying space.
Ulting Mercy needs to be headshot multiple times if only one person focuses on her
Erratic and disorientating positioning where they are directly above or behind you when someone is shooting you from the front while she is ulting around.

Hitscans are the best for when she's in the air, other projectile characters are usually better focusing some where else unless they can reliably hit her while she flies.
Sometimes you just can't hit her or she's getting healed so you go feck it and try to burst down someone else, easier to hit or more of a direct threat or peel for someone else on your team.

But yeah
Higher ranks, the better peoples target priority is and you may find someone else is actually helping ping down the Mercy when they can.

[Sunsetter]

Cause they want to... show her mercy.

Alright, I'm out.

[﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽]

Originally posted by Krusti3:

I'm new to this game, and I'm sure it's for a good reason, but I've lost more games than I can shake a stick at because my teams DPS won't shoot the enemy mercy.

That's because players focus or tunnel vision on the enemies that are on the ground instead of looking up their first person perspective in the sky and even if you ping enemy mercy location players can't be bothered to look up to enemy mercy

[Guyver]

Originally posted by ﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽:

Originally posted by Krusti3:

I'm new to this game, and I'm sure it's for a good reason, but I've lost more games than I can shake a stick at because my teams DPS won't shoot the enemy mercy.

That's because players focus or tunnel vision on the enemies that are on the ground instead of looking up their first person perspective in the sky and even if you ping enemy mercy location players can't be bothered to look up to enemy mercy

or as Moria would say "Stupidity is not alright"

[hi friends]

i'd rather shoot that other support on ground.

[Gerda]

woop woop