Overwatch 2: Mercy Hero Guide

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Mercy has undergone some changes during the switch to Overwatch 2. The developers have been trying to find a way to make Mercy's famous Super Jump more accessible and purposeful. With these changes and Overwatch becoming free to play, there will be players who need to learn or relearn a thing or two.

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Mercy is an original Overwatch hero whose difficulty level is very low. Despite this low difficulty level, if you want to climb competitive ranks or be well-regarded, you must learn battle tactics to take her to the next level. We'll go through the basics to help you understand.

It's important to remember that your healing and damage buff can extend through walls, and you're able to hide behind cover while healing a teammate on the other side. This doesn't last; it will break, but it's important to abuse the timeframe when you can heal or damage boost through walls.

As a healer, you want to keep yourself safe above everyone else. Just like in the rules for First Aid CPR, you can't help anyone if you aren't okay first. That's why you want to stay behind cover or behind tanks during team fights.

Be aware of your surroundings so that you can pinpoint structures that are easy to hide behind but still close to the objective or team. Being out in the open is Mercy's number one killer.

Because you can heal through walls, it will be easy to quickly and continuously peak behind cover. A good Mercy is fast.

This may come as a surprise to some, but to climb the ranks as Mercy you need to heal less. Of course, this is situational, especially if you are in low competitive ranks or have a low-skill team. With such, you'll need to focus on healing.

If your team members know what they're doing and