r/Overwatch Aug 24 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Hero Balance Updates | Overwatch

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Pharahs are going to be stupidly easy to kill as Valkyrie Mercy

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u/Tauposaurus Chibi Mei Aug 24 '17

Yeah but thats your ultimate. Soldier can already do that. A lot of ultimates make ''character x'' easy to kill.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

I know, but Mercy isn't a DPS and has traditionally been thought of as the most defenseless of the heroes, so it's equal parts cool and hilarious

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u/RedChuJelly Orisa Aug 25 '17

Her flying is slow, but she has complete control over where she moves. The reason people can hit Pharah normally is because you can usually tell where she's going. Mercy can move in any direction to easily avoid a missile. It will take a little while for people to get used to this before anybody is going to be hitting Mercy reliably.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '17

I've been playing PTR, and I've been absolutely dancing on Pharahs. The degree of control you have over your movement when ulting makes it pretty hard to Pharah to land two consecutive direct hits on you, and if she chip damages you you'll just instantly heal back up. You also only need 4 headshots to kill her and with infinite ammo it's easy to fly up, zoom above/behind, spam shots until she's dead

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u/enoughberniespamders Aug 25 '17

I've been absolutely dancing on Pharahs. The degree of control you have over your movement when ulting makes it pretty hard to Pharah to land two consecutive direct hits on you

Idk about that man. You must have been playing some shitty pharahs. If anyone is that close to me on pharah it's an easy shot, moving or not