Blizzard hands Overwatch's suffering Mercy mains a lifeline, promises to rescue their healer queen from the bottom of many tier lists in Season 2: "LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL"

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The Overwatch team is finally giving some love to the game's most iconic healer, evergreen support Mercy, after the latest round of balance patches nerfed her six feet under the bottom of most tier lists.

Overwatch Season 1 might have kick-started a massive resurgence for the game itself, but its most recognizable medic was in need of some revival. As multiple posts on the r/MercyMains subreddit will tell you, the hero's latest stat changes significantly slowed down her primary healing to the point where she couldn't even out-heal the damage done by fellow supports, like Moira.

Needless to say, the Mercy mains were delighted. "Let’s hope this doesn’t lead to any nerfs elsewhere in their kit, but this sounds great," one player writes. "LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL," says another.

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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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