This GOLD Mercy has INSANE Movement... Do they deserve Diamond? | Spectating Overwatch 2 

YOOO THATS ME! I wish I saw this live I had work that day. Thank you for your review I am now in plat 2 again on my way to diamond hopefully. I've been using your critiques and I've definitely improved. edit. I have finally hit diamond now Ill just have to hold it

I really like how different you are from other streamers on critique videos, you’re a lot more encouraging and genuinely seem like you want to help. Your reactions are really fun! I don’t feel like a little kid being yelled at by a parent unlike the other streamers I watch lmao

Learning when *not* to rez with Mercy is honestly one of the hardest things to do. Especially when you have teamates shrieking at you to rez them and demanding to know why you didn't. Learning have the patience, timing and positining to make that split second call on rezzing is a lot harder than most people realize and one of the keys to climbing.

The two trees and dragon in one spot was an interesting sight

I love that in the submission post the player wasn't blaming anyone else, and genuinly wants to improve. I like those kinds of people. I also like that you try your best to help someone, and aren't condescending. You give really good advice, and lots of people appreciate that.

15:54 i love how as a battle mercy i noticed how she was planning to kill that mercy lmaoo

Mercy should have pocketed Soldier a lot more. The hero is generally a better and safer pocket target than Genji, and trying to pocket Genji put her out of position too much. Visor should definitely be prioritized to pocket almost always. This Mercy has very good movement, but she is using her movement as positioning, instead of for positioning. Since slingshot/SJ has a 3 second cooldown, it is really important to not waste it too much. That will get punished at higher ranks very quickly. It is ok to stay in one location for periods of time as long as it's safe and you are ready to fly at any moment. It's also important to accept that some teammates can just not always be saved or res'd. Your life as a support is more valuable. Especially when the teammate in question has been feeding. I think this Mercy can definitely climb back up with some simple adjustments like exercising more caution/restraint and target priority. It also helps to be comfortable on at least 1 other support for situations where your team comp is just not great for pocketing anyone, or your teammates just can't finish kills even with damage boost. I recommend Kiriko.

Really solid movement and understanding of enemy sightlines just from watching to the 3 minute mark.

As a player that like to play a lot of rein, the most annoying thing is going against a rein with any support pocket, but dmg boost mercy and lucio have to be the worst. For the simple fact that you know that could be you and you could be the one having fun instead of getting wrecked.

So I’m a GM Mercy and they mentioned they wanted to play in GM with their friend. They get away with a lot of things here because it’s Gold. Their movement is fine for Gold/Plat but their reaction time would be slow/sluggish in Masters/GM lobbies. They don’t turn around, they tend to watch their healing target. High level Mercy players are paranoid and are constantly looking around (for escape routes, for flanks, for possible danger). They also like to use their movement AS positioning and when the hitscans can hit their shots that’s just gonna get you killed. Their DB priority is also kinda… like they have a perfectly good Soldier but they’re intent on pocketing the Genji. The other Support is a Life Weaver so it’s fine to leave the Genji to him. The Soldier is the safer choice for positioning too.

Omg rein v rein under the 2 trees with a dragon in the middle was amazing 😆

Honestly the thing that massively improved my mercy gameplay was playing mercy parkour on colosseo. I talked with other players and learned how much maneuverability she actually has. Also mercy is a great character in my opinion to up your sensitivity on.

my advice from a gm support is def prioritize your pocket targets. don’t go in the enemy backline with tracer as you’re a huge target. Pocket soldier instead and get more value. Your movement is great actually, you just need to work a bit more with positioning. The best thing about mercy is she can fly and she has pretty solid movement so always play cover so the enemy can’t get you. but also don’t rely on mercy only to climb. Learn other supports. Mercy does not work in every situation when it comes to metal ranks even in high ranks, too. She’s very team dependent and if you’re dps are not doing their job, she has no value at all. sometimes it helps to have extra dmg on your team when your dps aren’t performing. overall, you did a great job.

im enjoying all of the mercy content recently!!! im curious if this mercy was duo'd with the genji or the genji was aggressively asking for heals/damage boost and thats why she was making some questionable decisions

Mercy didn’t even say thank you. As a mercy main, I always say thanks when I’m saved. ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS THAT CLOSE.

That's some really great movement. Very satisfying to watch.

I think her ult usage is also kinda off a bit. There was a moment where she held on to ult too long

They're description is also similar to what I dealt with. I reached diamond for the first time as Mercy and I lost 15 games and now I'm back to plat again

as a mercy main the biggest issue i see alot with climbing is that you kind of have to depend on your teammates. if your team cant preform it doesnt matter how much you heal or damage boost :/

i play mercy a LOT i learned pretty quickly that some heroes are just not followable. Tracer is one of those heroes. As much as it is tempting to dmg boost such a good character, it's just not worth the dangerous positions she will inevitably bring and leave you to die in. that being said, the very last point on this map is great for the highground and easy cover tracer can utilize

a huge help as well is to stop looking at your beam target all the time u can still beam them and look around

6:26 that freeze frame lol

They deserve it. They were very selfish aware, didn't blame anyone, was very confident. I see them getting to Diamond

Another thing that I'm noticing is that he/she is constantly looking at his/her beam target. This reduces your overall awareness of your teammates.

13:50 what overwatch looks like to new players

Why would you pocket a Genji/Tracer as Mercy when you have a Soldier/Hanzo on your team? It makes no sense. It’s essential with Mercy to keep some distance between you and the enemy, because Mercy is easy kill to from close, and really hard to kill when flying in the distance.

5:56 worse than fnaf jumpscares😭😭 im lucky i didnt spill my coffee all over me

As someone that frequently plays against Mercy: there are very few things more annoying than a pocketed Soldier on my flank.

Ways to improve: Let your genji die

I like how the Rein kills the Ram, dusts off and walks away “job done” while the junkrat is still right there literally lobbing grenades at him …. Just keeps walking away “not my problem”

its like im watching myself play. this is exactly how i play, yet im stuck in bronze/silver because i have teammates who dont coordinate or cooperate, not to mention all the throwers and smurfs that i get in the low ranks.. wish it wasnt about wins and more about SR/RP/whatever u want to call the ranked points

its actually insane how much this playstyle looks like my own. like almost to a T with the movement/positioning and only pulling out the pistol when they're low. ironically im also stuck in elo hell as gold. 😑

We should get Skiesti in to help with Mercy VOD reviews.

One thing I can recommend to this mercy is to look around her more and keep notes on where they are at, especially if you cant see everyone on their team. If you are just focused on what your beam target is doing it can often end in death. If she were to look around more she can get a feel for the enemy's positioning and position herself better. She would also be able to notice any sneaky flankers who might be trying to pull off an ult. I personally tend to never look at my beam target after getting a feel for their play style.

"Don't rez that." Oof. GG. Love the coaching from Emongg. Good luck Mercy, I hope you make it to GM sometime soon!

Only issues is learning who to pocket on mercy, if you have a soldier always pocket him. Brings more value and is much safer

i feel like if they went kiriko they win this game. mercy synergy wasn’t really there towards the later rounds and the plays they wanted to pull off (flank tracer, genji dives) all benefit from a kiriko more. not saying they’re a bad mercy but sometimes other heroes are just better. could also make the same argument for the genji/hanzo to switch back to a better pocket but why put it in your teams hands.

Took me two seasons for it to click, saving people in bad positoning not only enables a bad habit on their side, it screws you over most of the time lol

I honestly blame their team. They were an amazing support.

Yeah he is right for sure he deserves higher than gold. I think diamond is very realistic.

I main mercy and i just realize she got super jump meter watching this video 💀

I enjoy how your criticism is actually helpful and isn’t rude. It’s really difficult watching people just being mean to someone who obviously doesn’t know certain things.

When ever my teammates get pissy is always say "healing ypu is subjective if ypur gonna run around like a headless chicken you fkn bastard " then i proceed to no heal them until they get some common sense

personally i try and get 80% or higher damage boost beam usage per match

Okay lets just address the elephant in the room: Mercy sucks to climb with, because your main approach to value is empowering your team mates (who are shit). That doesn't mean you also aren't shit, or not, that part is irrelevant. What matters is that you give up agency over how to influence fights, so unless you are exceptionally great at Mercy and understanding the game, you will have a hard time climbing and that's just what it is. That said, there also wasn't anything truly spectacular here to warrant a climb. The positives are: You seem to have decent awareness and mobility, but then again you're playing vs gold enemies who can't hit their shots so the bar aint that high. But hey, few deaths is great, but ideally you should have zero deaths unless it's a team wipe, so still a lot to work on here - not so much on mechanics, but more so on decisionmaking and how you decide your future positioning. Now to the actually important part: There were hardly any moments where you were the key difference maker, and THIS is a problem if you want to climb. It's hard to be that difference maker with Mercy, but it is nonetheless what you should be striving for. It doesn't take a lot to get near equal value as you're currently getting, even with lower skill. To be the difference maker you should look at 3 key aspects: 1. Uptime. There should ideally be zero downtime where you are navigating the map, catching up to allies mid fight, etc. Your positioning therefore should in general be in accordance with the center of your team where you can contribute to near 100% efficiency. There were lots of times where you neglected your Rein as he was going in, to instead go on a journey with your Tracer that already off the bat wasted 5-10 seconds in the beginning of the team fight. This is a major no-no. So be more aware of when the team fights are being initiated, and plan your positioning accordingly. 2. Focus on critical impact. This means you should damage boost players who either deal a shitton of damage, or players that have potential to burst down enemies quickly - and this choice depends largely on what the enemy is doing. Your general priority of ally to dmg boost is decent, but focus on the ones that have the most potential to deal critical damage - and likewise focus on healing those who are at critical hp, or about to receive damage that could put them into critical territory. Oftentimes you neglected your Rein as he was pushing for a frontline attack, and while he was at full hp at the time, a move like this is guaranteed to ensure he is taking a lot of focus and thus damage, so you should be attentive to him and not just neglect what he's doing to go flank with your dps and waste time. This is gold, so time to kill is very high and you didn't see the consequences of your actions most of the time, but if this was in Diamond then your tank would've been killed 10 times already where you neglected him as he pushed in. 3. Go for incremental advantages rather than high risk plays. Ressing someone in an exposed position is a clutch play, and you don't climb by relying on clutch plays. Likewise use your ult when you have the best chance to gain high overall damage to swing a fight incrementally in your team's favor, as this on average is more likely to consistently win fights. Using valk to hunt for opportunities puts your faith in hopes and dreams, and if there is one thing that is extremely abundant in low ranks, it is hopes and dreams. When you see your team is fairly grouped up and your Rein is making a gesture to push in, pop valk and let him push with confidence. When your Genji is going for a blade, pop valk so you can fly in safely with him and damage boost his hits. When you see the enemy team make a generic push with no easy way to disengage, pop valk to flip the fight or force them to invest in even bigger resources. Be proactive, the ult builds fast and is reliable in output, as long as you apply it to reliable situations where marginal advantages are the goal, rather than clutching a fight or going for big power plays. Also great to stabilize fights where the enemy got an incremental advantage to begin with - but not so much if they have a major advantage.

gold mercy plays like a diamond actually, title was actually right lol EDIT: 9:30 everything after this, within the first round honestly looks like masters/low gm movement (not playing as safe as those ranks normally would, but movement is on point) (10:00 valk after the pin would have more than likely saved the rein, and done a decent bit more than it already did)

I really like the way you make these spectating videos, you arent rude at all unlike others.

Dude getting to Plat is me new high and I legit fell back down to gold 1 after going 5-13 it was heart breaking!!!

wow im gold 1 aswell and im not gonna lie compared to this i suck, i hope they get into diamond they deserve it

Shout out to that genji, just doesn’t care, LOL “I’m going in!”

Im Bronze Silver. I watch many gold and plat Mercy vids that are not as smooth as this Mercy. This Mercy is very much better than me at my Silver. I thats not usually what i see. Well done! EDIT: that Mercy is Diamond now. Makes sense.

2 trees and a dragon flying by is normal ow2 scenery now lmfao. in ow1 we used to sight see on Illios, now we just pop ults

I’ve been gm for the past year, I just lost that ranking last season due to my studies but I’m approaching it again right now I’m master rank in both role and open queue next ranking I’m hoping to be back up there 😢

5:58 i wouldve CRIED absolute lifeweaver w

watching this makes me a little happy that I'm similar in skill even though I'm on console

This is the problem I see in the low ranks, with Mercy and LW, these characters depend on someone on the team to make a difference, don't get me wrong, this mercy played a lot, it was incredible, but these heroes are highly dependent, they are Multipliers, they multiply the quality of the ally, but if the ally is 1, no matter how much it multiplies it will always be one. In this game, the enemy had better individuals, and yours were in the middle of your rank, they were not capable of making a difference and you do not have the tools or have few (Battle Mercy) to win the match, honestly I would have changed support, for a kiriko, lucio or Zen and would have taken the offensive. You can say that we have already seen mercy players making a difference, and honestly if she didn't use the pistol, she made a difference using someone else, what is valid is the character's proposal, but when you depend on someone and no one can overcome the enemy, defeat is certain, because you cannot make a difference on your own, as you do not have the tools to do so.

Fun game to watch. Pretty close one. Mercy did well. Sadly, there's only so much you can do on a Mercy (and LW) though, especially solo queue. You basically just enable your DPS and tank to be able to do their things more. Here I just think red team's Rein was basically equal and their DPSs were better. Keep playing Mercy at that level and they'll climb. Will be a slow climb though. Weave in some equally good play from Ana/Kiri/Bap/Illari/Moria when the team is struggling to capitalize on the damage boosts and they'll climb faster.

Honestly just keep playing, its mercy. Ranking up solo que is a lot of gambling with her. They are decent enough with their understanding of sightlines, they will get to diamond eventually

Mercy is an easy character, but she is ungorfivable to bad positioning once you reach slightly above average players. I already see from first battle positioning that gold is where this person belongs for now. I see boosted people playing like this too, so used to get away with so many mistakes bc of how high mobility their hero is (or tanky, or cheesy etc.), and when actual good players start farming them - they suddenly realise... that it's not them, it's their teammates. Smh.

her movement is pretty good for being stuck gold but her beams arent the best but overall amazing for gold❤

I’ve been watching your videos but this one made me sub. I like how you encourage and critique nicely

Heya! I’m a new player (started last summer) and one thing that has helped me a lot as a support player is to look up the characters best comps. For example, Mercy is great w characters like Ashe, Cassidy, Soldier, Soujorn etc. It depends on stuff like: You’re mobility, is the dps agro or passive?, Are they playing ok? Because as Mercy you should be wary of your position. Think; am I an easy target? From the enemy’s pov, is it easy to get me? Have they been targeting me? (Example: That Junkrat ult would have gotten this Mercy if it wasn’t for Soldier) Also, don’t feel bad if you weren’t getting enough heals or the like, we all start somewhere.

That description on hitting plat 1 and losing 15 games is so real

Really good for gold, you have a good understanding of when to blue beam versus when to yellow (which is good and sets you apart from other golds, your movment is also decent). But you don’t play cover enough. And you kept pocketing that genji which he was good but there is no reason to be on him when he’s so far pushed up. In Gold it’s easier to play your movment rather than positioning but high rank a lot of times you will die if your just flying in the air above everyone. You need to work on positioning a lot, I saw some points where you were in the front of the team with your genji and rein, and that can definitely work sometimes but I feel like pocketing the 76 was way better (unless he was horrible I haven’t watched him much). Pocketing the 76 was safer and he has a higher damage output so it would have helped a lot more. Genji also had the lifeweaver to heal him so he wouldn’t really have room to be like “why isn’t my mercy on me”. Heal him ofc but I would reccomend playing safer. It’s okay to play with the genji i just think the safer you are the better.

the way her shadow moves at 7:46 makes me die

Biggest thing i noticed is using ga too much (using superjump as positioning at times) and get too close to your teammates, or ga to use beam when you can reach without ga and be safer in high ground. Also DMG boosting soldier would have been better and safer, genji and tracer aren't THAT good of characters to dmg boost compared to soldier

Bro is really bad, he stays on the floor 24/7 and jump straight into the enemy's face for a kiss.

This mercy keep looking at the beam target. Could looked around more

i would say that for most low elo mercy's (bronze to low plat) would better with their rez key unbind

This is a case of what I like to call Suicide Mercy. I am one of them we are small collective of merci who are really good at playing Mercy however, when push comes to shove we make ill decisions to Rez and it is a 50/50 split that we pull off the rez however no matter what we give our life to the cause.

I’m done with comp in role queue now it’s open queue, Which I know will be more difficult especially since I have around a week

I'm a diamond mercy and i would say maybe plat for this player. but its great that they move a lot.

this mercy hates high grounds tbh

Okay I’m gonna need your take on my game play. Only been following you and flats now for 4yrs lmao.

damn if that was very good diamond movement i should fr go back to playing comp lol

my sis needs to learn to super jump rez

Put this mercy in jay3’s “Do they deserve a higher rank?”

I’m a high plat Mercy main and my dream is just for this guy to rate my gameplay sometime, it’s more going on than this one and way more coordinated 😭

If this is the movement I have to compete against them I'm uninstalling the game. Dudess movement was insane g.

Hey! I was the McDuck that liked the scuffed PoG video! ❤

I'm hardly STUCK on gold and damn I feel like my teams are...cuestinables, so I created a new account and afer a few qp I went straight to comp, after 6 rounds I got diamon 3 These match making is broken, its impossible Im so done

I don’t really see mercy players blue beaming their tanks. It can be a huge play. Blue beam isn’t only for a dps. Ram nemesis/ult, high charge zarya, Winston leap, rein 1v1/shatter, anything Queen does. It’s a good habit to pocket a tank every once in a while and give them an advantage

As a Mercy player in Overwatch, I would like to know which one is more difficult, playing on pc orplaying on console? I've been playing on both but overwatch specifically I played only on console and its not that hard for me but my friends say they could never... I would like to hear some opinions, does it depend on who you play or just in general?

I like trains

i think one of the most important skills is knowing when to switch off mercy, ana/kiri would be crushing some of these lobbies

How someone deserves diamond if they don’t pocket a soldier on hg over a Genji that can’t hk while being boosted lmao

as a silver player, this is helping me eventually learn how to rank up to gold

If this Mercy is console you can super jump by GA and then circle on Playstion for the other super jump as Mercy, I've done it ever since I started it, Very helpful

Am I right to assume that this mercy played a lot of mercy parkour maps?

Why did he blade the rein😂 oh gold I love you and hate you so much

8 min in, I'm not seeing any jumps. and I feel like they aren't 100% sure how the map looks etc

Damn, this is some high brain cell count gameplay, we rarely see those😔😩🤗

she hasnt been really healing the rein, baby sitting the genji all game and they team wasnt putting much presure on the mercy.. next time screw that genji go rein pocket

I love Mercy!

alright SO!

Damn that really was nice movement from the mercy.

Bro plz bring back chat for the videos

It’s impossible to solo queue in this game.

I don’t know why but new players are always so cute with their lack of game knowledge, but it also pisses me off when we lose because of it.

I also in rank gold but i pretty sure my Mercy is better than this like 10x times.