QUOTE(Likesh @ Sep 4 2016, 03:00 PM)
Mercy currently is "Weak" in support after the nerf of her ulti charging
I'm not saying mercy weak in her ability, but she's weak in environment dependency.
She need a "very cooperative teammate", then only can show her potential, meaning that if you feel your team not cooperate enough, please don't choose mercy. Even she's buffed a bit, but still, she's weak.
They say have buff her healing percentage by 20%, but i feel like "meh, almost no different" , the tank that heal by mercy still not able to survive long enough compare than before. The resurrect battle time reduce to 2.25 sec, still, she cant survive within that 2 second, mostly after resurrect then die already. Her surviving still very weak, if no people in your sight, you just waiting to die only.
From all of this, meaning that, you need a very powerful teammate, those teammate that able to survive long enough that able for you coming to save them and able to kill back enemy after they revive. Then only your mercy will be worthy to choose.
Why lucio > mercy
- He can use speed boost, wall ride and push skill to run away. Mercy? no strong teammate around you? amen.
- He heal AOE, so for none cooperate teammate, he still able to perform well to make your teammate survive.Mercy? only can heal 1 at the same time, and need to choose the one that worth your heal.
- He can heal, at the same time, he can kill.Mercy? sry, i only can single task.
Why zenyyate > mercy?
- He can heal, make enemy tank down very quick, at the same time, high dmg support. Can bring down sky unit, and land unit. Ulti almost can fit in all situation and anti most of the ulti, I think it's enough to say, lolz.
She is a very very good choice, if you have a strong teammate.
all 3 are kinda conditional
Mercy is very dependant on the team selection, she pairs well with hogs, 76, pharah, rein. she sucks in if a team has too many forward running flankers. she is exceptionally good at defending a point, her rez means the team can get back up in no time and flanking is limited in defence.
her healing is one thing that can change the course of a game, the "heavy + medic" tactic is quite powerful. but like you said, she cant carry for the life of her, if the team cant hit the wide side of a barn she is as effective as our government.
Lucio on the other hand i feel, is the better healer, but he is not a clutch guy, he is less dependant on the team but his effects are less "obvious" or game changing. which is kinda i feel the critical flaw of his design, say if the team has someone carrying it, you can do almost next to nothing to support him. if a good tank is down on defence and your team needs a tank at that point in time, you can do nothing.
He also has no combos, cannot pair with anyone to make a 2 person wrecking ball.
not to say he is bad, but i dont think he can save teams from the brink of disaster or cause the last and final hurrah to win the game.
Zen used to be damn good, but now he is ok
i think he is the attackers support, where dying is not that much of an issue, and if you team has heros like tracer and winston. his biggest weakness is his down time is very long and cant run away
so say if i die, by the time i get back to support you guys, half of you are dead or dying, the orb of harmony puts up too little healing to turn the tide. mercy and lucio can rush back given if the conditions are right, but zen? slowly float frustratingly.