Why do People hate on you when you play Mercy?

[TroliFishi]

Hey,
Since ow2 came out on steam I have started playing it again with the boyz, pretty fun so far. Whenever I play mercy (I mostly play support as I find it more chill), a lot of people hate on me, and i'm not sure why. My own team8s say stuff like *healbott*, am I supposed to use my pistol as Mercy? I always try to use my rev when its off-cooldown and my damage boost when healing isn't needed. I had 110+- hours in ow1 and 2, got 18h on steam now. Just curious because I legitimately have no idea what am I supposed to do in these situations.

[DrakEmono]

Mercy is the easiest hero to play as. Unlike every other heroes, you just heal and attack buff, as other support heroes also attack along with healing.
But, really, if you love to play as Mercy, keep playing as Mercy. I absolutely don't care about what others play as as long as they do their support role.

[Tegridy Farms]

I wish Mercy was actually properly balanced because the people who don't want to see her on their team because she's a bad character and their chances of winning goes down arn't wrong but you should also be able to play the character that you are most comfortable with. Guess the real problem is blizzard can't figure out balance or does anyone think my assessment is wrong on Mercy's effectiveness as a character compared too her peers in the roll?

[WhiteRabbit]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από DrakEmono:

Mercy is the easiest hero to play as. Unlike every other heroes, you just heal and attack buff, as other support heroes also attack along with healing.
But, really, if you love to play as Mercy, keep playing as Mercy. I absolutely don't care about what others play as as long as they do their support role.

There are Mercy players, and then there are Mercy players.

She might be one of the easiest to pick up because her tools are easy to understand and use, but to be a GOOD mercy and effective to your team takes significant skill.

In the right hands, Mercy can be the correct choice in many situations - comp included.

[Tegridy Farms]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από WhiteRabbit:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από DrakEmono:

Mercy is the easiest hero to play as. Unlike every other heroes, you just heal and attack buff, as other support heroes also attack along with healing.
But, really, if you love to play as Mercy, keep playing as Mercy. I absolutely don't care about what others play as as long as they do their support role.

There are Mercy players, and then there are Mercy players.

She might be the easiest to pick up because her tools are easy to understand and use, but to be a GOOD mercy and effective to your team takes significant skill.

In the right hands, Mercy can be the correct choice in many situations - comp included.

I have watched some high level mercy play their movement tech and positioning really is top tier stuff. The thing you forget though is for all that to work out their teammates actually need to be in the proper position and atleast somewhat pulling their own weight and probably a bit of coms as well. Try pulling that in a pub lobby even if you are really good at mercy and tell me how that goes for you.

[WhiteRabbit]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Tegridy Farms:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από WhiteRabbit:

There are Mercy players, and then there are Mercy players.

She might be the easiest to pick up because her tools are easy to understand and use, but to be a GOOD mercy and effective to your team takes significant skill.

In the right hands, Mercy can be the correct choice in many situations - comp included.

I have watched some high level mercy play their movement tech and positioning really is top tier stuff. The thing you forget though is for all that to work out their teammates actually need to be in the proper position and atleast somewhat pulling their own weight and probably a bit of coms as well. Try pulling that in a pub lobby even if you are really good at mercy and tell me how that goes for you.

Yeah for sure, that why I was saying you need to know when you should play Mercy and when you shouldn't.

For reference I have over 400hrs on Mercy and am well aware of what planets need to be aligned to make her viable :)

[DUKE]

Because Mercy is only any good at higher levels of play where the damage boost is actually strong. Everywhere else you're just feeding by not picking a better support.

[Kevs]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ♡ ryland ♡:

because mercy is seen as a character that people play when they lack skill due to her passive playstyle

U dont now any about skill then sfup please...If now how too play her is not passive style l2p kidoo...

[AAA]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από TroliFishi:

Hey,
Since ow2 came out on steam I have started playing it again with the boyz, pretty fun so far. Whenever I play mercy (I mostly play support as I find it more chill), a lot of people hate on me, and i'm not sure why. My own team8s say stuff like *healbott*, am I supposed to use my pistol as Mercy? I always try to use my rev when its off-cooldown and my damage boost when healing isn't needed. I had 110+- hours in ow1 and 2, got 18h on steam now. Just curious because I legitimately have no idea what am I supposed to do in these situations.

It's because no matter if you're the best mercy damage boosting the entire game, if the dps aren't good enough, or the hero comp doesnt allow for any specific character to get value with damage boost, mercy is a completely useless character in comparison to any other pick and mercy players will never swap, theres also the fact that since mercys playstyle is best at enabling 1 dps to hard carry the mercy player themselves is almost always elo inflated and should not be in these games without the dps carrying them

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

she has consistent and relatively powerful healing compared to other supports. And she's very hard to pin down. Unless your team is actually coordinating well (which is unlikely in solo queue), she can just make someone basically immortal for most of the match. Plus she's the only hero in the game can bring people back to life.

[DrakEmono]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Batabii • Palia:

she has consistent and relatively powerful healing compared to other supports. And she's very hard to pin down. Unless your team is actually coordinating well (which is unlikely in solo queue), she can just make someone basically immortal for most of the match. Plus she's the only hero in the game can bring people back to life.

And yet, it's not even the reason you're hated... because it's actually your teammates who hate you for playing her. Not the opposing team.
She is hated due to her lack of utility. Yeah, as you say, she is powerful at healing, but utility, it's something else... She just has the attack buff people rarely think of using.

[owless]

keep playin Mercy and report them teammates

[Basarab Laiota]

i get lots of endorsements playing as mercy, maybe you are playing her wrong? idk

[hi friends]

because they keep reviving just like this thread?

[KOS-MOS]

It's funny because the argument against Mercy can completly work for Lucio too.

You don't need any kind of skill to press E and just... exist. Stand still and watch your allies HP goes up veeeery slowly.

But to be good at Lucio and be actually effective it does require skill and very good game sense.

It's the same for Mercy but for whatever reason, idiots keep trashing her and not Lucio

[DrakEmono]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από hi friends:

because they keep reviving just like this thread?

Why would your teammates hate you for reviving them????

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από KOS-MOS:

It's funny because the argument against Mercy can completly work for Lucio too.

You don't need any kind of skill to press E and just... exist. Stand still and watch your allies HP goes up veeeery slowly.

But to be good at Lucio and be actually effective it does require skill and very good game sense.

It's the same for Mercy but for whatever reason, idiots keep trashing her and not Lucio

Doesn't really count as "existing" as Lucio vs "existing" as Mercy, you would just die at least ten times as fast as Lucio than Mercy.