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Mike Lusareta
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PSA TO MERCY PLAYERS:
Alright, I'm not sure who started this trend, but it's getting annoying. Every Mercy I see thinks they should be focusing heals on tanks and focusing rez's on dps (or tanks too?).
Don't do that. Stop it. It makes no sense.
Reinhart does not need heals or damage boost as he sits there with his shield up. Same with Orisa. Zarya should be managing her bubble and regenerating shields herself, and roadhog HAS a heal. DVA has matrix and literally an extra life.
Meanwhile, your dps are getting spammed or are trying to dive the enemy backline who very frequently have people healing THEM. It's difficult to pull off a 1v2. Make it a 2v2. Your tanks should be able to handle themselves for a minute, as they stand in roughly the same position. DPS however have a lot more active work to do, and you can't always get to a health pack.
Rezzing tanks is good. Tanks have something like 500 hp. Tanks are difficult to kill. So if you rez a tank, you're getting a lot more value out of that rez than if you rez a 200 hp hero who will probably get instantly focused as he glows bright yellow and lets the enemy team know where he is for free shots.
If a genji/doomfist/tracer/whoever dives backline and dies, unless they're on point or in some very specific situation where they can do work alive, don't rez them. I am not sure why Mercy players have some fetish for literally diving into all 6 of the enemy team, who are standing on a genji corpse, just to rez genji, and promptly watch him die again. And usually die themselves too. Stop it.
Obviously there are exceptions and situations where you would want to do things differently, but I have seen way too many mercy's who think sitting behind a tank racking up heal numbers is their job. Your job is to increase survivability and to enable your teammates to do their job. Tanks already HAVE survivability, and have an easy job. Put your heals on the people who need it.
TLDR: Stop focusing heals on tanks, start focusing heals on dps, start rezzing tanks, stop rezzing dps.
PS: As a side note, if you jump onto a dps and start healing or damage boosting them, that's a sign that says "Hey I've got you, you can peek that corner or do something, you won't instantly die." So please god, don't jump on your dps, then IMMEDIATELY ditch them as they peek the corner. You're baiting them into dying so hard and I don't think you realize it.
Alright, I'm not sure who started this trend, but it's getting annoying. Every Mercy I see thinks they should be focusing heals on tanks and focusing rez's on dps (or tanks too?).
Don't do that. Stop it. It makes no sense.
Reinhart does not need heals or damage boost as he sits there with his shield up. Same with Orisa. Zarya should be managing her bubble and regenerating shields herself, and roadhog HAS a heal. DVA has matrix and literally an extra life.
Meanwhile, your dps are getting spammed or are trying to dive the enemy backline who very frequently have people healing THEM. It's difficult to pull off a 1v2. Make it a 2v2. Your tanks should be able to handle themselves for a minute, as they stand in roughly the same position. DPS however have a lot more active work to do, and you can't always get to a health pack.
Rezzing tanks is good. Tanks have something like 500 hp. Tanks are difficult to kill. So if you rez a tank, you're getting a lot more value out of that rez than if you rez a 200 hp hero who will probably get instantly focused as he glows bright yellow and lets the enemy team know where he is for free shots.
If a genji/doomfist/tracer/whoever dives backline and dies, unless they're on point or in some very specific situation where they can do work alive, don't rez them. I am not sure why Mercy players have some fetish for literally diving into all 6 of the enemy team, who are standing on a genji corpse, just to rez genji, and promptly watch him die again. And usually die themselves too. Stop it.
Obviously there are exceptions and situations where you would want to do things differently, but I have seen way too many mercy's who think sitting behind a tank racking up heal numbers is their job. Your job is to increase survivability and to enable your teammates to do their job. Tanks already HAVE survivability, and have an easy job. Put your heals on the people who need it.
TLDR: Stop focusing heals on tanks, start focusing heals on dps, start rezzing tanks, stop rezzing dps.
PS: As a side note, if you jump onto a dps and start healing or damage boosting them, that's a sign that says "Hey I've got you, you can peek that corner or do something, you won't instantly die." So please god, don't jump on your dps, then IMMEDIATELY ditch them as they peek the corner. You're baiting them into dying so hard and I don't think you realize it.
