Your voice is so calming 🥹🩷 I learned the reason why my damage boost has been soo low 🥲 I thought I was doing something wrong!! Felt like I was going crazy! Thank you for all you do, Ski. I hope you have a Merry Christmas ✨️🎄
i got banned from the game until 24 december in the christmas day i have angerproblems and i am autistic, the game kicked me out for abusive chat like spamming racial slurs and being a absolute jerk to everyone ally or enemy tell me how are you always chill and never tilt like others
Great video! Just want to say for anyone reading this to remember that as of a few days ago Ana nade lasts 4 seconds now instead of 3, so keep that in mind when getting ready to heal people after it ends.
I main tank but it's always useful to know how your teammates works to adapt with them, I have been watching guides on every support Heroes to make their job a bit easier.
THANKKK U. ❤❤❤❤ as a support and mercy main. Reins just charge without me and people like u makes my ov2 life still hopefull. And i lov teammated that taxi me or dont play hide and seek
Just get the habit of looking bsckward every now and then, or just be aware of Los, if your position is bad tou force ys supports tonplay in a bad position to help you, if we can bith get fgood angles they aunt going thru
i was inspired to learn mercy recently and your streams/guides have helped so much in my understanding of how to get more value out of her. i’ve noticed i’m dying much less (some games even 0-1 times!!!) or at least recognizing what i did wrong when i do die. she has quickly become my favorite support to play, so thank you for this too!
This guide is AMAZING. When I first started playing Mercy, I... never used my damage boost, because I honestly didn't know any better. I really only started utilizing it regularly within the past year (I know, yikes). This really helps me understand how useful damage boost can be and I can't wait to start applying this new knowledge. Thank you!!
It's okay, a lot of Mercy players when they're first starting out underutilize DMG boost because they're not sure how valuable it really is yet. Good luck with your games and with applying DMG boost more effectively! :>
This is by far the BEST guide I've ever seen for Mercy and I've learned so much. I've got to admit it had been a while since I play OW and coming back I wasn't playing Mercy the way she's meant to be played but I know better now. Thank you so much!
Man you were not kidding when you mention like to just focus on what you know works for mercy. I just had a game where we were putting on a lot of pressure and doing well and one of my DPS's kept pinging that they needed healing, and I was going to go to them but they were at like 3/4 full health and I was trying to help our other healer in a 1v1 by damage boosting The DPS started rage chatting about "Blue beam is useless unless you're in top 500" like bro WHAT 😭😭😭
The section at the end where you talk about what you can and can't damage boost, and the interactions between the abilities was amazing. I feel like that section would probably be one of the main reasons that damage boost finally "clicks" for a new Mercy player.
Great video. Here is my take a new Overwatch player who mains Mercy (never played overwatch 1). In bronze (which I am), being Mercy and DB feels wasteful very often. I still do it majority of the time because it's the right thing to do, but I feel there is an inherent problem. If you're on the team that cannot hit targets (worse than the other team), Mercy is pretty useless. Sure you can keep them alive longer, just to die a little bit slower haha. If I switch to a kiriko, something actually gets done. Mercy has the perfect name. She's completely at the mercy of her team not sucking. By far my favorite character and I often just stick with her to get better at GA and my overall movement/decision making. So I feel many people default to healing because they then feel more useful. You do feel useless when you DB and no one is getting kills. But those awful games force me to play even more smart and then my goal is simply not to die as much as they do by being more clever. I watch all your videos because you are excellent and they are very helpful. Mercy can just be a rough go some times haha.
I would really recommend Mercy players that find themselves in that spot to work on using DMG boost more effectively. I mention a lot of ways to do this in the video. Here's an example: If you have two DPS, let's say a Pharah and a Soldier, you're expected to be with Pharah, right? However, if the Soldier is pushing up and the Pharah is hanging out in your own backline, not really getting anything done, and doesn't have good sightlines, a more effective use of your time/DMG boost is to play with Soldier. As long as you wouldn't end up dying with Soldier or smth then you should be with him. You're producing more value there and can go back to Pharah when she's aggressing. It's not about 'my team sucks' it's more about 'how can I make better use of my DMG boost regardless of my teammates behaviors?'
Yes, Mercys independent value comes from heal beam while damage boost is very dependent on who you give it to and if they hit something in the moments you are boosting. I win many fights by just healing constantly and keeping my team in the fight and find that while solo queuing the damage boost just feels way more inconsistent even in masters and stuff. I even hit GM and top 107 this season practically one tricking mercy in open que and playing her mostly to heal in goats and she was a very valuable pick. My stats were like 1k boost per 10 min and over 16k heal per 10 min and I got lot of compliments as her it was a really fun first season of OW2 for me especially since in OW1 my peak was about 3300 in role and open que and I just was never gonna climb on the OG because the matches sucked and felt like coin tosses to me, maybe it was just too hard to carry in 6v6 idk lol.
@@dankdilly If you applied DMG boost based on the advice here, I'm sure you would see an even higher climb than that ^^ Her biggest independent value really isn't from her healing, I promise you.
@@Skiesti When I was learning Mercy, I found that it was helpful to focus first on learning to identify and safely access allies who were being aggressive. Even following the simple heuristic of healing when they were missing HP and damage-boosting when they weren’t, my damage amp numbers and win rate went up. (At least, after I got through the phase of limit-testing how far I could push the aggressive pocketing. I died a lot during that phase 😅.) Once I felt more comfortable keeping track of who was in a good position and getting to them/staying with them safely, then it was a lot easier to work on pushing the blue beam harder, because I was getting really clear feedback. It also became easier to anticipate damage! Turns out, if you’re pocketing the current biggest threat, there’s a good chance that any damage cooldowns you hear fired are aimed at them. So even if you can’t see who is shooting your pocket, you can flick to heal and see if it hits them and go back if it doesn’t.
After this video I started doing all the tips and guides you’ve stated and actually feel a lot better with mercy! However today I’ve been having the worst tanks. I’d help heal the whole team, but mainly leave my second supports (who were Ana’s, kirikos, and Moira’s) to help the tank while I pocket my main DPS and heal a bit of the second DPS. But, the tank got so angry at me for saying only pocketing the pharah and not pocketing him, a rein, who would constantly charge into the enemy lines alone and expect me to heal and boost him against solider and sojourn who takes high ground in numbani. Makes me realize how little people know how mercy or supports even work. I wish people realized that your mercy’s or supports in general are not just healbots. Yes, their job is to help keep your team alive, but that’s why they have other unique abilities too for damage. They’re not your healers or called healers. They’re supports and not bots.
Here's another tip from a current mercy main and a support main in many other games: The minimum amount of HP anyone (including you) needs to have is 1. T
So much good info, there was a a lot of confusion cleared up for me here. As a new OW2 player, I wasnt always clear on what affect the blue beam was having on certain character abilities, but its nice to see that I was on the right track... and this cleared up a little confusion I had specifically around other players Ult abilities.
damage amplified should be displayed in mercys damage slot on the scoreboard, yes battle mercys wont see their actual damage numbers as easily anymore but its def worth it for low elo mercys that get flamed for not healbotting
I’m new to OW myself, and when I first picked up Mercy, I was mainly a heal bot. Once I learned about how much damage boost works, I try to use it as much as possible. Unfortunately, there are games where everyone is constantly low and it feels real difficult to maintain damage boost. However, most of the time I try to pocket the dps and only help with the tank if I notice they’re low for a while. I guess I was mainly worried about my healing number, but I learned that sometimes the damage boost works hand in hand in keeping your team alive if used correctly. I started playing maybe 2 weeks ago and hit platinum, hoping to build on that with the advice.
I know it's silly to not damage boost just because you play with low level DPS players, but if two soldiers are in a fight and actually only hitting 10% of their shots, they will never be able to out-damage mercy heal beam. In this weird example scenario, healing your teammate after they take damage makes them unkillable. This is what makes pharmacy such a nightmare at lower ranks. Teams can't hit shots in the air very easily, and mercy can usually out-heal the few shots that do land
When dps are shit and sometimes straight up feeding i just boost the tank and the other sup, especially if they are Ana or Rein, Rein's ult is INSANE when boosted
Not going to lie, the psychological benefit alone to most Widows is worth pocketing. I often judge who I pocket based on the kill feed and usually start on a hero such as widow who has the most benefit from psychological backing.
DPS with a mercy pocket is so easy but playing some support without my kitten is so painful, just swap to pistol and kill them youself in ult, surprisingly effective
Your movement is incredible, really like this video, I tend to play mercy to keep the whole team up, I love it but it feels not worth it in ow2, other healers outheal me and have a bigger impact, going to try pocketing more
Thank you! I would definitely urge you to try pushing DMG boost and pocketing more. Since individual contribution and damage output matters so much more in OW2, it's even more important to help your DPS find more value via pocketing ^^
I main sig and I try to get into the play style of my team supports but I can't really understand most things but your guide helped me play better with other mercy players so thanks for that
At the moment my goal as a Mercy main is to reduce the amount of deaths in my games. I'd say I usually don't get more than 5 deaths. But of course there are games where they are all coming for that Mercy booty and you end up with like 8+ deaths. Anyway. Just wanted to say that your guides has helped this dude (me) to take Mercy to another level.
I think decently informed mercy's also try to keep in mind the 2K per 10 dmg boost ratio. I can say that in high gold, i can damage boost 70% of the time and barely readching 1500. So the 2k per 10 is something more as a golden standard spoken in masters and gm. Maybe this might lead to the thought that dps dont hit their shots
Tbh I'm a LITTLE doubtful that the majority of Mercy players are actually getting 2k / 10 anymore. It was the default in OW1 (even tho you would tend to get higher than that in GM) but because of the reasons I mentioned in this video, I'm quite sure it's less than that now which is why I said between 1.7k - 2k
Using mercy pistol as self defence is argueable bc 5 headshots so escaping is more preferable. I would utilize pistol only for pov damage: if no one else can kill the target or if everyone is looking the wrong direction. So both instances are pretty rare
I sometimes play Mercy & ngl, I tend to focus on healing only. But! I will definitely do more of both from now on. Thanks sm for this video 👍 I learned new information. Especially the later part when you go over what can/cant be dmg boosted on heroes.
I’d love to see some document which compares dps between using the pistol and damage boosting each hero. I think it would be very funny and therefore a good idea
Really good video :) I would say though, if you have a decent Winston on your team, do pocket him. If he knows how to play properly (meaning he knows how to jump and melee cancel) it will result in him doing massive aoe damage, having ult pretty much every fight and you getting a lot of value since everything he does is AOE. His main combo is jump/melee which does an instant 80 burst damage, this will make it deal 104 damage, you're also making his primary go from 60 to 78 (do keep it mind, it is also aoe) and his secondary goes from 50 to 65. Overall, it's a lot of value. Zarya is also a very decent good Pocket target as said in the video, her beam deals a LOT of damage and if there's no shields against your team she should be prioritized a lot of the time (having grav more often is extremely good). And full charge she does over 200 dps, so yeah it is valuable. Those two are at the top of my pocket list, especially if they know how to play. Junker Queen is probably the last tank you could theoretically pocket and get good value from, but she's quite weak at the moment, she does ok damage but not enough to justify you pocketing her and she takes a LOT of damage so you'd have to heal her pretty much all the time. Oh and while i do not recommend doing this seriously, you can try pocketing a Moira if you're playing in lower levels, it is quite fun to see the fear in the ennemy team's eyes when they see a pocket Moira running at them. Same with Brig tbh
If you have someone who is decently good at dps, a mercy pocket is really good. If your friend is playing pharah, you can just play mercy, right click and you are instantly gold or plat.
the only time i think hard pocketing is acceptable is if you have a pharah and a really good support partner. I love the idea of getting more mercy’s damage boosting and thinking carefully about where they put their resources, but stuff like what you said at 7:54 is infinitely more important than just chosing one person and never letting go of them. The optimal person to damage boost can change literally any second of the game
Hard pocketing and the type of pocketing I'm talking about in the guide are not really the same. You should have someone that you play with mainly and someone you default to that gets the most value from DMG boost but that's different than ONLY ever being on one person the ENTIRE game
i qued in ranked and wanted to play mercy but someone took it before me which was fine but then i noticed that she didnt damage boost at all, literally at all and when i wanted to heal someone she would already have her healing beam on them, and then one of our teammates complained to me that i wasnt healing enough…
Hii Skiesti! nice guide, look I came across a top500 smurf that picked phara, so we ran pharmercy. he told me that in high elo, phara's benefit more from only being healed as beam heals more the longer it stays on you (or something along the lines) and to not damage boost him AT ALL. I honestly don't know if I should've listened to him, that just doesn't seem correct. Have you come across someone saying this in your lobbies? Old vid but hopefully you get to read this. ty ♥
The only thing I find really tricky abt damage boosting is that often times, my second support doesn’t pick up the healing deficit left behind and we all end up dying. Gotta love silver
Girl sometimes dps really DO suck, but it's not every single time. A lot of times I've gotten stuck with people who have pebbles for brains and don't understand their right from their left. Some people genuinely have no situational awareness or object permanence. Sometimes it is on the support, but a lot of times it really isn't...
omg, when I have a mercy on my team I wanna die inside because they almost always pocket heal the tank or bounce around taking every little bit of healing away from me and I can’t help but judge them for their yellow beam lifestyle to the point where having a mercy on my team that isn’t me is my nightmare which like you said is crazy considering how much I personally love mercy
Man, this vid was super helpful in showing stuff I didn't know. For instance I've been thinking dmg boost works at point of impact but it's the opposite! I've been boosting Bastion AFTER he fire thinking it was more efficient. And with Cassidy I just healed him during his ult since my logic was it was more useful to make sure he doesn't get killed since his ult is an instant kill but nope, I could've made it go faster. Awesome vid, Skietsi and very helpful!
@@Skiesti I actually worded that very poorly, now that I think about it more. I meant that some tips, that I regarded as ”bad” are just too situational, and are more basic gamesense and -knowledge tips, rather than specific Mercy tips. I wholeheartedly meant my comment as a compliment, it really is the best Mercy guide.
As a new player, I do have a doubt about Mercy Res. Sometimes, even though I'm aiming at my dead teamate, it won't res just because i flew a little. Excellent guide btw :D
How does damage boosting Torb work? Like you mention DB only applies to his ult's initial damage but not to damage over time, what does that mean? Does it still end up making all the lava overall 30% more damaging to walk/step on?
ALL the lava doesn't do 30% more overall. It's just if you get hit with the lava AS Torb is throwing it. That's the initial DMG and once it lands it isn't boosted
I was plat 5 in season 1. Been playing Mercy for years but just now getting into competitive play. What do you do when your tank keeps dying and getting upset with you for not healing enough. I always try to pocket DPS and damage boost as much as possible and let the other healer keep the tank up, and I only help the heal the tank when absolutely needed, when the fight is over, or I damage boost them if they’re ulting or something. But if they get upset on the mic and yell at me for more heals then I feel like I need to pocket them, but just keeping the tank alive isn’t enough to win… the DPS then dies a lot because of it and we end up losing. I guess my question is how do you deal with angry teammates that just don’t understand how Mercy works best? Do you ask the other support character to focus the tank? Do you tell the tank to lay off? Just ignore them? Sometimes the other support sucks even if it is an optimal pairing!
A helpful video for all mercy players. Maybe you should make a video on how to prioritize heals and dmg boosting, like who's ult to boost at what time, who should you fly across the fight to, and how much you should heal your tank (or anyone) before the other support can cap them off.
I feel like the video covers a lot of that or at least subtly suggests things related to what you mention. A lot of things about Mercy are quite situational and sometimes comes down to a judgement call based on knowledge/reasoning so it's hard to give very specific tips such as how much you should heal someone before you other support can heal them because that relies on knowing things like what your other supp sightline is and how much DMG the ally is taking which is situational
@@Skiesti Thank you, Ski! That answered my question magnificently! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your content and helping people. You deserve way more recognition, in my opinion. Thanks!
To put it bluntly, just don't listen to them. If they get upset, mute them. If you're worried that they *might* but haven't yet, I would encourage you to just keep playing Mercy as she should be played. You'll get so much more value doing that rather than listening to a few teammates that don't understand how to mitigate damage
I have far more issues with passive tanks that never engage or ones that feed than I do dps that can't aim. I actually find that the dps I pocket does great 9 times out of 10 when our tanks are competent.
I wish that if u dam boost abilities like bleed or disrupt shot. It will boost the whole thing if u boost before it is release but u have to boost the whole thing if u do it late. Hanzo and widow time to charge is reduce instead just amp the dam as a quality of kife change
really need to adjust it for lower rank. i need to know wheter my other support can be trusted with healing the rest of the team or if there's any dps that chooses character that can be well boosted. like i have a game where i would happily pocket one dps but then they change so my choices are tracer or junkyard :/
Usually when I find myself constantly having to switch between teammates with my heal beam, with no "healing downtime" to go offensive beam, because everyone just keeps taking damage non-stop, I switch off Mercy. Is there a way to deal with this while staying as Mercy? Since it feels like I'm not getting any opportunity to damage boost.
Feeding is the biggest problem in this game and especially ranked. People dont realize theyre doing it. Having mindfulness is a skill any high level player in any game has. It's what separates bad players from decent players.
@@aephos.overwatch Is that to say they shouldn't be taking so much damage and expecting it all to get healed? Well then, in such a situation, is it still possible to stay as Mercy effectively?
@@Cloud7050 More than that, Ideally the DPS wants to be near the tank. If tank or healer gets elim'd, they should fall back. I see a lot of teammates not doing either. What I was taught to do with this situation as mercy was to ping to try and get everyone together and only stay with the tank and pocket dps only if they're near you/tank. More importantly realize who is feeding and who actually isn't trying to, let the feeders do their own things. eventually they might realize it and try to group up. When all else fails I just pocket tank all game. You shouldn't be expected to heal them when they're so out of the way or they're not falling back after you or tanke gets taken out. So basically just try to ignore feeders, ping them, res everyone else, etc.
im a gold supp player on console, i got 2 hitscans on my team and after 2 min i boosted them they only had 400 damage total and no kill happend on both teams. i think if i swapped to another hero i could have brought more value to the team, so im kinda conflicted when i get such games, it was only orisa vs orisa at long distance, dps just poked each other and ran away after getting tickled. no one flanked or tried smt different. not all games are as bad as this round but it happens now and then and then i think, picking kiriko ana or zen would be a better option at this point and trying to do damage as well or help with an anti. im dia on damage and my aim and positioning is good enough to maybe get value out of it. but thats the problem, i want a good pick choice but im feeling bad to pick mercy if i dont get a feeling to when i should heal or db. i think with good teammates she is really strong if you can supp your team well, but i just dont see any improvement with such games
Im in plat and i can tell you that less than 10% mercies dmg boost. It's mind-boggling. That's like rein only holding shield and not swinging or lucio only using heal song. You only have 50% value !
its so hard! I try to have a minimum of 1000 per 10 minutes. so like 100 per minute. Same goes for healing but i end up using healing way more since my teammates decide to eat damage lol. As soon i let loose of healing their health DROPS
Amazing video! I agree that tracer and sombra aren’t ideal dmg boost targets but there are definitely cases where it’s worth it to flick your beam onto them For example if your tracer is about to go in for a quick one-clip or a pulse bomb you can simply sit in place and hold damage boost on her (since it takes 2 seconds for the beam to break) and she’ll have the damage boost for that short time
They're not ideal pocket targets but I didn't mention never flicking your beam onto them or anything. I believe I make mentions in the video that would have indicated that briefly DMG boosting some allies even though they're not *ideal* can be valuable ^^
How do you time dmg boosting bastions ult? do you need to boost when he gets into sentry form? When the shots are in the air? The whole time?? I always end up pocketing an ulting bastion that’s tucked away in a corner and I know that’s not good value so I’d like to get a professional opinion :) ty for the awesome guides!
i don't understand if it's better to damage boost a character like sojourn that fires a lot of low damage bullets or someone like ash that with a single shot does a lot more damage.
If you look at what can/can't be DMG boosted section, Mercy increases the charge rate of Sojourn's railgun When you have Ashe/Sojourn as a DPS pairing, I would look to DMG boost whoever has a better sightline/is aggressing (things mentioned in the video). Otherwise if they both have good sightlines and such then I would look to default Sojourn and then DMG boost Ashe for dynamite
If i pocket my DPS i get screamed at by my other teamates that im useless and should unalive myself cause i dont heal them when they get hit by one soldier bullet.
I just recently hit masters as a mercy/support main and i’ve still got games where i’ve only got like 1,3k dmg boost even if my dmg amplifier beam uptime is like 56%, what could be the cause of this? according to the video my dmg boost target priority should be right and I often get plenty of assists but the dmg boost numbers still stay quite low :(
With 100+ frames overwatch looks so nice and playing mercy looks easier. With my 12-40fps i have to focus on when i am starting to really lag so i can hold S and hope i do it before i lag otherwise I will walk right into the enemy team so i have to stay on heal beam for most of my game since even if i swap to heal if it starts really lagging before i do so then it will be stuck even with my hands off the keyboard until the lag spike is done. Other than my issues this video was helpful :) Edit: I only play qp now since ow 2 but moiras ult is fun to dmg boost. Not only is moiras ult good for low health enemies she is good for a means of consistent dmg and healing behind enemy shields, so if you have a flanker or two of your own that are dying behind the enemy and moira has ult not only can she help heal her flankers but also help them dmg whoever they were trying to kill since she can ult through shields.
This video took me FOREVER because of technical difficulties so I hope it's helpful! I'd love to hear what you've learned about damage boost :>
Dont worry, you always bring to us the best Mercy guides
Your voice is so calming 🥹🩷 I learned the reason why my damage boost has been soo low 🥲 I thought I was doing something wrong!! Felt like I was going crazy! Thank you for all you do, Ski. I hope you have a Merry Christmas ✨️🎄
i got banned from the game until 24 december in the christmas day
i have angerproblems and i am autistic, the game kicked me out for abusive chat like spamming racial slurs and being a absolute jerk to everyone ally or enemy
tell me how are you always chill and never tilt like others
Great video! Just want to say for anyone reading this to remember that as of a few days ago Ana nade lasts 4 seconds now instead of 3, so keep that in mind when getting ready to heal people after it ends.
Do you need to dmg boost moira before she throws her orb? Or is it like Soujourn where you can DB whenever you want? Thx for the video!
I main tank but it's always useful to know how your teammates works to adapt with them, I have been watching guides on every support Heroes to make their job a bit easier.
Oh Mercy players are going to love having you as a tank then
THANKKK U. ❤❤❤❤ as a support and mercy main. Reins just charge without me and people like u makes my ov2 life still hopefull. And i lov teammated that taxi me or dont play hide and seek
Just get the habit of looking bsckward every now and then, or just be aware of Los, if your position is bad tou force ys supports tonplay in a bad position to help you, if we can bith get fgood angles they aunt going thru
Thanks cuz I hate trying to pocket a tank for them to SEE THEIR HEALTH GOING DONE AND GO FUTHER INTO THE FIGHT
as a mercy main, you're the best
Nothing makes me wanna go play some mercy more than watching Skiesti’s insane movement
💛💛💛
i was inspired to learn mercy recently and your streams/guides have helped so much in my understanding of how to get more value out of her. i’ve noticed i’m dying much less (some games even 0-1 times!!!) or at least recognizing what i did wrong when i do die. she has quickly become my favorite support to play, so thank you for this too!
Thank you so much Skiesti for the mercy guides and tutorials 🙏🙏🙏
No problem! I'm happy to be able to release more guides out to y'all :>
Always enjoy these Mercy guides as a support main. Support life is stressful right now.
Thank you! I know support can be stressful but you got this!
This guide is AMAZING. When I first started playing Mercy, I... never used my damage boost, because I honestly didn't know any better. I really only started utilizing it regularly within the past year (I know, yikes). This really helps me understand how useful damage boost can be and I can't wait to start applying this new knowledge. Thank you!!
It's okay, a lot of Mercy players when they're first starting out underutilize DMG boost because they're not sure how valuable it really is yet. Good luck with your games and with applying DMG boost more effectively! :>
thank you so much for this... i've been playing mercy myself at a decently high rank for a long time and refreshers like this still help out a ton
This is by far the BEST guide I've ever seen for Mercy and I've learned so much. I've got to admit it had been a while since I play OW and coming back I wasn't playing Mercy the way she's meant to be played but I know better now. Thank you so much!
Aw, thank you so much! I'm glad the video has been so helpful with being able to play Mercy how she's supposed to be played :>
Man you were not kidding when you mention like to just focus on what you know works for mercy. I just had a game where we were putting on a lot of pressure and doing well and one of my DPS's kept pinging that they needed healing, and I was going to go to them but they were at like 3/4 full health and I was trying to help our other healer in a 1v1 by damage boosting
The DPS started rage chatting about "Blue beam is useless unless you're in top 500" like bro WHAT 😭😭😭
The section at the end where you talk about what you can and can't damage boost, and the interactions between the abilities was amazing. I feel like that section would probably be one of the main reasons that damage boost finally "clicks" for a new Mercy player.
Great video.
Here is my take a new Overwatch player who mains Mercy (never played overwatch 1). In bronze (which I am), being Mercy and DB feels wasteful very often. I still do it majority of the time because it's the right thing to do, but I feel there is an inherent problem. If you're on the team that cannot hit targets (worse than the other team), Mercy is pretty useless. Sure you can keep them alive longer, just to die a little bit slower haha. If I switch to a kiriko, something actually gets done. Mercy has the perfect name. She's completely at the mercy of her team not sucking. By far my favorite character and I often just stick with her to get better at GA and my overall movement/decision making.
So I feel many people default to healing because they then feel more useful. You do feel useless when you DB and no one is getting kills. But those awful games force me to play even more smart and then my goal is simply not to die as much as they do by being more clever.
I watch all your videos because you are excellent and they are very helpful. Mercy can just be a rough go some times haha.
I would really recommend Mercy players that find themselves in that spot to work on using DMG boost more effectively. I mention a lot of ways to do this in the video.
Here's an example: If you have two DPS, let's say a Pharah and a Soldier, you're expected to be with Pharah, right? However, if the Soldier is pushing up and the Pharah is hanging out in your own backline, not really getting anything done, and doesn't have good sightlines, a more effective use of your time/DMG boost is to play with Soldier. As long as you wouldn't end up dying with Soldier or smth then you should be with him. You're producing more value there and can go back to Pharah when she's aggressing.
It's not about 'my team sucks' it's more about 'how can I make better use of my DMG boost regardless of my teammates behaviors?'
Yes, Mercys independent value comes from heal beam while damage boost is very dependent on who you give it to and if they hit something in the moments you are boosting. I win many fights by just healing constantly and keeping my team in the fight and find that while solo queuing the damage boost just feels way more inconsistent even in masters and stuff. I even hit GM and top 107 this season practically one tricking mercy in open que and playing her mostly to heal in goats and she was a very valuable pick. My stats were like 1k boost per 10 min and over 16k heal per 10 min and I got lot of compliments as her it was a really fun first season of OW2 for me especially since in OW1 my peak was about 3300 in role and open que and I just was never gonna climb on the OG because the matches sucked and felt like coin tosses to me, maybe it was just too hard to carry in 6v6 idk lol.
@@dankdilly If you applied DMG boost based on the advice here, I'm sure you would see an even higher climb than that ^^
Her biggest independent value really isn't from her healing, I promise you.
@@dankdilly This is not correct. Her value does not come from healing beam at all. DMG boost is how you climb.
@@Skiesti When I was learning Mercy, I found that it was helpful to focus first on learning to identify and safely access allies who were being aggressive. Even following the simple heuristic of healing when they were missing HP and damage-boosting when they weren’t, my damage amp numbers and win rate went up. (At least, after I got through the phase of limit-testing how far I could push the aggressive pocketing. I died a lot during that phase 😅.) Once I felt more comfortable keeping track of who was in a good position and getting to them/staying with them safely, then it was a lot easier to work on pushing the blue beam harder, because I was getting really clear feedback.
It also became easier to anticipate damage! Turns out, if you’re pocketing the current biggest threat, there’s a good chance that any damage cooldowns you hear fired are aimed at them. So even if you can’t see who is shooting your pocket, you can flick to heal and see if it hits them and go back if it doesn’t.
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JunkerQueen: " get this bot out my face"
I Would love to see a follow-up video about damage break points that are affected/unaffected by damage boosting an ally.
After this video I started doing all the tips and guides you’ve stated and actually feel a lot better with mercy!
However today I’ve been having the worst tanks. I’d help heal the whole team, but mainly leave my second supports (who were Ana’s, kirikos, and Moira’s) to help the tank while I pocket my main DPS and heal a bit of the second DPS. But, the tank got so angry at me for saying only pocketing the pharah and not pocketing him, a rein, who would constantly charge into the enemy lines alone and expect me to heal and boost him against solider and sojourn who takes high ground in numbani. Makes me realize how little people know how mercy or supports even work.
I wish people realized that your mercy’s or supports in general are not just healbots. Yes, their job is to help keep your team alive, but that’s why they have other unique abilities too for damage. They’re not your healers or called healers. They’re supports and not bots.
This is such a fantastic guide! Definitely going to use a lot of this in my Mercy play. I can’t wait to try it all out later this evening!😊
Thank you and good luck!
Due to your advice, I get comments like “ ily mercy “ at ends of games now, never thought ide see that in OW chat. Thank you!
im so close to diamond for mercy, im primarily a dps main (masters) but this has been helping me climb so much! i appreciate the tips
Here's another tip from a current mercy main and a support main in many other games:
The minimum amount of HP anyone (including you) needs to have is 1.
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So much good info, there was a a lot of confusion cleared up for me here. As a new OW2 player, I wasnt always clear on what affect the blue beam was having on certain character abilities, but its nice to see that I was on the right track... and this cleared up a little confusion I had specifically around other players Ult abilities.
Another great guide to devour haha, thx for the video it really shows the effort put in it
10:04 "No hate but..." proceeds to say "Bless their hearts"
damage amplified should be displayed in mercys damage slot on the scoreboard, yes battle mercys wont see their actual damage numbers as easily anymore but its def worth it for low elo mercys that get flamed for not healbotting
Yeaaah I wish the rest of your team was able to see Mercy's DMG amp :(
I’m new to OW myself, and when I first picked up Mercy, I was mainly a heal bot. Once I learned about how much damage boost works, I try to use it as much as possible. Unfortunately, there are games where everyone is constantly low and it feels real difficult to maintain damage boost. However, most of the time I try to pocket the dps and only help with the tank if I notice they’re low for a while. I guess I was mainly worried about my healing number, but I learned that sometimes the damage boost works hand in hand in keeping your team alive if used correctly. I started playing maybe 2 weeks ago and hit platinum, hoping to build on that with the advice.
I saw it and i said WOW what a great guide.
you and kiriko slayed at 11:10
Such a great video. More people need to see this. So I don't loose my mind when I see an ally mercy healing a topped ally.
I know it's silly to not damage boost just because you play with low level DPS players, but if two soldiers are in a fight and actually only hitting 10% of their shots, they will never be able to out-damage mercy heal beam. In this weird example scenario, healing your teammate after they take damage makes them unkillable. This is what makes pharmacy such a nightmare at lower ranks. Teams can't hit shots in the air very easily, and mercy can usually out-heal the few shots that do land
When dps are shit and sometimes straight up feeding i just boost the tank and the other sup, especially if they are Ana or Rein, Rein's ult is INSANE when boosted
Not going to lie, the psychological benefit alone to most Widows is worth pocketing. I often judge who I pocket based on the kill feed and usually start on a hero such as widow who has the most benefit from psychological backing.
DPS with a mercy pocket is so easy but playing some support without my kitten is so painful, just swap to pistol and kill them youself in ult, surprisingly effective
I will forever always prioritize my blood thirsty side and use my pistol in times when I shouldn’t
Your movement is incredible, really like this video, I tend to play mercy to keep the whole team up, I love it but it feels not worth it in ow2, other healers outheal me and have a bigger impact, going to try pocketing more
Thank you! I would definitely urge you to try pushing DMG boost and pocketing more. Since individual contribution and damage output matters so much more in OW2, it's even more important to help your DPS find more value via pocketing ^^
I main sig and I try to get into the play style of my team supports but I can't really understand most things but your guide helped me play better with other mercy players so thanks for that
At the moment my goal as a Mercy main is to reduce the amount of deaths in my games.
I'd say I usually don't get more than 5 deaths. But of course there are games where they are all coming for that Mercy booty and you end up with like 8+ deaths.
Anyway. Just wanted to say that your guides has helped this dude (me) to take Mercy to another level.
Gosh I wish I could clip this my partner plays junker queen and I’m so glad I can boost her bleed!
Send them this timestamp really quickly :>
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10:46 This whole segment sounds like advice from a doctor. I just find that funny
mercy lucio combo also makes it easier for you to dodge around using guardian angel as lucio moves,,, quite alot
Thanx for the video, didn't realize I had to keep bosting JQ for it to wook.
No problem! Since she's relatively new still a lot of people aren't sure how it works yet :>
I think decently informed mercy's also try to keep in mind the 2K per 10 dmg boost ratio. I can say that in high gold, i can damage boost 70% of the time and barely readching 1500. So the 2k per 10 is something more as a golden standard spoken in masters and gm. Maybe this might lead to the thought that dps dont hit their shots
Tbh I'm a LITTLE doubtful that the majority of Mercy players are actually getting 2k / 10 anymore. It was the default in OW1 (even tho you would tend to get higher than that in GM) but because of the reasons I mentioned in this video, I'm quite sure it's less than that now which is why I said between 1.7k - 2k
@@Skiesti if only i had waited a few minutes before i heard you talk about it haha
Brig is probably my favorite other supp to play with, a mercy/brig combo is lethal
Using mercy pistol as self defence is argueable bc 5 headshots so escaping is more preferable. I would utilize pistol only for pov damage: if no one else can kill the target or if everyone is looking the wrong direction. So both instances are pretty rare
I sometimes play Mercy & ngl, I tend to focus on healing only. But! I will definitely do more of both from now on. Thanks sm for this video 👍 I learned new information. Especially the later part when you go over what can/cant be dmg boosted on heroes.
Love Love LOVE your explanations! Its super easy to follow and understand and I cant wait to implement these in my own mercy games! ❤️😊
i finally reached plat maining mercy in ow2!! thank you and bless skiesti our mercy savior
If you're newer to Mercy like me and are trying to learn mobility, find some Mercy Parkour maps, they can help you get the hang of it.
That was a great video thank you. I love it when information is laid out so comprehensibly.
Thank you so much! I try my best to organize it so it's easy to follow and understand!
I’d love to see some document which compares dps between using the pistol and damage boosting each hero. I think it would be very funny and therefore a good idea
Really good video :)
I would say though, if you have a decent Winston on your team, do pocket him. If he knows how to play properly (meaning he knows how to jump and melee cancel) it will result in him doing massive aoe damage, having ult pretty much every fight and you getting a lot of value since everything he does is AOE. His main combo is jump/melee which does an instant 80 burst damage, this will make it deal 104 damage, you're also making his primary go from 60 to 78 (do keep it mind, it is also aoe) and his secondary goes from 50 to 65.
Overall, it's a lot of value.
Zarya is also a very decent good Pocket target as said in the video, her beam deals a LOT of damage and if there's no shields against your team she should be prioritized a lot of the time (having grav more often is extremely good). And full charge she does over 200 dps, so yeah it is valuable.
Those two are at the top of my pocket list, especially if they know how to play.
Junker Queen is probably the last tank you could theoretically pocket and get good value from, but she's quite weak at the moment, she does ok damage but not enough to justify you pocketing her and she takes a LOT of damage so you'd have to heal her pretty much all the time.
Oh and while i do not recommend doing this seriously, you can try pocketing a Moira if you're playing in lower levels, it is quite fun to see the fear in the ennemy team's eyes when they see a pocket Moira running at them. Same with Brig tbh
If you have someone who is decently good at dps, a mercy pocket is really good. If your friend is playing pharah, you can just play mercy, right click and you are instantly gold or plat.
the only time i think hard pocketing is acceptable is if you have a pharah and a really good support partner. I love the idea of getting more mercy’s damage boosting and thinking carefully about where they put their resources, but stuff like what you said at 7:54 is infinitely more important than just chosing one person and never letting go of them. The optimal person to damage boost can change literally any second of the game
Hard pocketing and the type of pocketing I'm talking about in the guide are not really the same. You should have someone that you play with mainly and someone you default to that gets the most value from DMG boost but that's different than ONLY ever being on one person the ENTIRE game
Damage boost is so helpful in open queue to help kill the infinite tanks, so knowing how to better use it is actually very helpful
This is such an impressively comprehensive video!
The ticks that tbe game makes when someones dealing damage if you’re boosting tjem helps me too
i qued in ranked and wanted to play mercy but someone took it before me which was fine but then i noticed that she didnt damage boost at all, literally at all and when i wanted to heal someone she would already have her healing beam on them, and then one of our teammates complained to me that i wasnt healing enough…
this was very useful thank you very much
Hii Skiesti! nice guide, look I came across a top500 smurf that picked phara, so we ran pharmercy.
he told me that in high elo, phara's benefit more from only being healed as beam heals more the longer it stays on you (or something along the lines) and to not damage boost him AT ALL.
I honestly don't know if I should've listened to him, that just doesn't seem correct. Have you come across someone saying this in your lobbies?
Old vid but hopefully you get to read this. ty ♥
The only thing I find really tricky abt damage boosting is that often times, my second support doesn’t pick up the healing deficit left behind and we all end up dying. Gotta love silver
Straight up 🔥. Thank you
Girl sometimes dps really DO suck, but it's not every single time. A lot of times I've gotten stuck with people who have pebbles for brains and don't understand their right from their left. Some people genuinely have no situational awareness or object permanence. Sometimes it is on the support, but a lot of times it really isn't...
omg, when I have a mercy on my team I wanna die inside because they almost always pocket heal the tank or bounce around taking every little bit of healing away from me and I can’t help but judge them for their yellow beam lifestyle to the point where having a mercy on my team that isn’t me is my nightmare which like you said is crazy considering how much I personally love mercy
Man, this vid was super helpful in showing stuff I didn't know. For instance I've been thinking dmg boost works at point of impact but it's the opposite! I've been boosting Bastion AFTER he fire thinking it was more efficient. And with Cassidy I just healed him during his ult since my logic was it was more useful to make sure he doesn't get killed since his ult is an instant kill but nope, I could've made it go faster. Awesome vid, Skietsi and very helpful!
I'm glad I was able to show you things you didn't know yet! Good luck in your games, you're gonna be much more effective :>
This video really helped thankies😊👌🏾
Some good tips, some bad tips.
Pretty comprehensive.
Prolly the best Mercy guide even with the minor flaws.
Good vid.
What do you consider to be bad tips?
@@Skiesti I actually worded that very poorly, now that I think about it more.
I meant that some tips, that I regarded as ”bad” are just too situational, and are more basic gamesense and -knowledge tips, rather than specific Mercy tips.
I wholeheartedly meant my comment as a compliment, it really is the best Mercy guide.
Awesome video!!! I didn't know all the things she can't damage boost 😢
As a new player, I do have a doubt about Mercy Res. Sometimes, even though I'm aiming at my dead teamate, it won't res just because i flew a little.
Excellent guide btw :D
How does damage boosting Torb work? Like you mention DB only applies to his ult's initial damage but not to damage over time, what does that mean? Does it still end up making all the lava overall 30% more damaging to walk/step on?
ALL the lava doesn't do 30% more overall. It's just if you get hit with the lava AS Torb is throwing it. That's the initial DMG and once it lands it isn't boosted
This was super super helpful. Thanks a ton!
I was plat 5 in season 1. Been playing Mercy for years but just now getting into competitive play. What do you do when your tank keeps dying and getting upset with you for not healing enough. I always try to pocket DPS and damage boost as much as possible and let the other healer keep the tank up, and I only help the heal the tank when absolutely needed, when the fight is over, or I damage boost them if they’re ulting or something. But if they get upset on the mic and yell at me for more heals then I feel like I need to pocket them, but just keeping the tank alive isn’t enough to win… the DPS then dies a lot because of it and we end up losing. I guess my question is how do you deal with angry teammates that just don’t understand how Mercy works best? Do you ask the other support character to focus the tank? Do you tell the tank to lay off? Just ignore them? Sometimes the other support sucks even if it is an optimal pairing!
super helpful! thank you
A helpful video for all mercy players. Maybe you should make a video on how to prioritize heals and dmg boosting, like who's ult to boost at what time, who should you fly across the fight to, and how much you should heal your tank (or anyone) before the other support can cap them off.
I feel like the video covers a lot of that or at least subtly suggests things related to what you mention. A lot of things about Mercy are quite situational and sometimes comes down to a judgement call based on knowledge/reasoning so it's hard to give very specific tips such as how much you should heal someone before you other support can heal them because that relies on knowing things like what your other supp sightline is and how much DMG the ally is taking which is situational
@@Skiesti Thank you, Ski! That answered my question magnificently! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your content and helping people. You deserve way more recognition, in my opinion. Thanks!
the only problem is
if i don’t heal my team, i either get stressed because they *might* get upset, or *do* end up getting upset.
Then mute/ignore them
Who cares if they get upset at you doing your job? Prioritize damage boosting over healing, but do heal when needed
To put it bluntly, just don't listen to them.
If they get upset, mute them. If you're worried that they *might* but haven't yet, I would encourage you to just keep playing Mercy as she should be played. You'll get so much more value doing that rather than listening to a few teammates that don't understand how to mitigate damage
love this so much!! good to know what you can and cant dmg boost in ow2
No problem! DMG boost has some pretty neat interactions so I'm glad to be able to help y'all navigate them :>
I have far more issues with passive tanks that never engage or ones that feed than I do dps that can't aim. I actually find that the dps I pocket does great 9 times out of 10 when our tanks are competent.
I wish that if u dam boost abilities like bleed or disrupt shot. It will boost the whole thing if u boost before it is release but u have to boost the whole thing if u do it late. Hanzo and widow time to charge is reduce instead just amp the dam as a quality of kife change
Wow I thought I wasnt dmg boosting enough have a 2500 avg dog boosted in a regular off heal game
Skiesti, When I play mercy, my rank goes down even though I play super well with her always pocketing, giving rez, I don't know why else to do it 😔
I don't die much per game
really need to adjust it for lower rank. i need to know wheter my other support can be trusted with healing the rest of the team or if there's any dps that chooses character that can be well boosted. like i have a game where i would happily pocket one dps but then they change so my choices are tracer or junkyard :/
Usually when I find myself constantly having to switch between teammates with my heal beam, with no "healing downtime" to go offensive beam, because everyone just keeps taking damage non-stop, I switch off Mercy. Is there a way to deal with this while staying as Mercy? Since it feels like I'm not getting any opportunity to damage boost.
Feeding is the biggest problem in this game and especially ranked. People dont realize theyre doing it. Having mindfulness is a skill any high level player in any game has. It's what separates bad players from decent players.
@@aephos.overwatch Is that to say they shouldn't be taking so much damage and expecting it all to get healed? Well then, in such a situation, is it still possible to stay as Mercy effectively?
@@Cloud7050 More than that, Ideally the DPS wants to be near the tank. If tank or healer gets elim'd, they should fall back.
I see a lot of teammates not doing either. What I was taught to do with this situation as mercy was to ping to try and get everyone together and only stay with the tank and pocket dps only if they're near you/tank.
More importantly realize who is feeding and who actually isn't trying to, let the feeders do their own things. eventually they might realize it and try to group up. When all else fails I just pocket tank all game.
You shouldn't be expected to heal them when they're so out of the way or they're not falling back after you or tanke gets taken out. So basically just try to ignore feeders, ping them, res everyone else, etc.
Great content!
im a gold supp player on console, i got 2 hitscans on my team and after 2 min i boosted them they only had 400 damage total and no kill happend on both teams. i think if i swapped to another hero i could have brought more value to the team, so im kinda conflicted when i get such games, it was only orisa vs orisa at long distance, dps just poked each other and ran away after getting tickled. no one flanked or tried smt different. not all games are as bad as this round but it happens now and then and then i think, picking kiriko ana or zen would be a better option at this point and trying to do damage as well or help with an anti. im dia on damage and my aim and positioning is good enough to maybe get value out of it. but thats the problem, i want a good pick choice but im feeling bad to pick mercy if i dont get a feeling to when i should heal or db. i think with good teammates she is really strong if you can supp your team well, but i just dont see any improvement with such games
Im in plat and i can tell you that less than 10% mercies dmg boost. It's mind-boggling. That's like rein only holding shield and not swinging or lucio only using heal song. You only have 50% value !
As a junkrat one trick, I love being pocketed. Makes junkrat absolutely lethal
But I found many times mercy's say screw pocketing the junkrat even at masters where I am
its so hard! I try to have a minimum of 1000 per 10 minutes. so like 100 per minute. Same goes for healing but i end up using healing way more since my teammates decide to eat damage lol. As soon i let loose of healing their health DROPS
your videos help me reach diamond !!
I love these overwatch channels!
Amazing video!
I agree that tracer and sombra aren’t ideal dmg boost targets but there are definitely cases where it’s worth it to flick your beam onto them
For example if your tracer is about to go in for a quick one-clip or a pulse bomb you can simply sit in place and hold damage boost on her (since it takes 2 seconds for the beam to break) and she’ll have the damage boost for that short time
They're not ideal pocket targets but I didn't mention never flicking your beam onto them or anything. I believe I make mentions in the video that would have indicated that briefly DMG boosting some allies even though they're not *ideal* can be valuable ^^
@@Skiesti you’re right. Amazing points!
Love these tips!!
Great video! I will try every tip ❤
Good luck! I hope they work out well for you! :>
Well done Skiesti! Thanks for all your hard work here.
thank you skiesti
How do you time dmg boosting bastions ult? do you need to boost when he gets into sentry form? When the shots are in the air? The whole time?? I always end up pocketing an ulting bastion that’s tucked away in a corner and I know that’s not good value so I’d like to get a professional opinion :) ty for the awesome guides!
Is that music in the background stone tower temple from legend of zelda majoras mask?
A guide to the ability that makes balancing the damage role impossible
You had me in the first 7 second
i don't understand if it's better to damage boost a character like sojourn that fires a lot of low damage bullets or someone like ash that with a single shot does a lot more damage.
If you look at what can/can't be DMG boosted section, Mercy increases the charge rate of Sojourn's railgun
When you have Ashe/Sojourn as a DPS pairing, I would look to DMG boost whoever has a better sightline/is aggressing (things mentioned in the video). Otherwise if they both have good sightlines and such then I would look to default Sojourn and then DMG boost Ashe for dynamite
If i pocket my DPS i get screamed at by my other teamates that im useless and should unalive myself cause i dont heal them when they get hit by one soldier bullet.
I just recently hit masters as a mercy/support main and i’ve still got games where i’ve only got like 1,3k dmg boost even if my dmg amplifier beam uptime is like 56%, what could be the cause of this? according to the video my dmg boost target priority should be right and I often get plenty of assists but the dmg boost numbers still stay quite low :(
With 100+ frames overwatch looks so nice and playing mercy looks easier. With my 12-40fps i have to focus on when i am starting to really lag so i can hold S and hope i do it before i lag otherwise I will walk right into the enemy team so i have to stay on heal beam for most of my game since even if i swap to heal if it starts really lagging before i do so then it will be stuck even with my hands off the keyboard until the lag spike is done. Other than my issues this video was helpful :)
Edit: I only play qp now since ow 2 but moiras ult is fun to dmg boost. Not only is moiras ult good for low health enemies she is good for a means of consistent dmg and healing behind enemy shields, so if you have a flanker or two of your own that are dying behind the enemy and moira has ult not only can she help heal her flankers but also help them dmg whoever they were trying to kill since she can ult through shields.
I remembered when I switch to damage boost, the other support like "Mercy focus on healing" and I was like f-ck you and help DPS killing people :D
We do not focus on healing in this house 😈
@@Skiesti yes owo