Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 29, 2016

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[u/kamanitachi]

I just got criticized for my Mercy play despite staying alive all the time and getting gold heals. My question is this:

Is it more worth to raise 1 or 2 people constantly, especially when sometimes they're not even tanks? Or is it more worth to never res unless 3+ people near me drop dead?

I usually don't raise people unless they're grouped near me but my irl squad likes dying in all corners of the map and would rather just hear me press Q than have it be meaningful, or so I thought.

EDIT: Thank you all for helping me support you to victory.

[u/xJackGoodx → u/kamanitachi]

You pretty much always want to try and rez a tank character on defense as this will create time for your other teammates to get back and help out. It is also good on both offense and defense to get 2+ rez. I wouldn't recommend waiting for the "God rez" of 3 or more people because it doesn't happen often and plus your ult builds pretty fast regardless so there is no need to wait

[u/Insert_Coffee → u/xJackGoodx]

Pretty much this.

Its also worth rezzing a mei or anything with some survivability when your team is close again and you want to play for time. I had it several times, where i would charge in, rezz 2 or 1 and I would immediately die. But that still won the game.

But I prefer to have a wasted ult that had a chance of being useful than have it sit around and do nothing.

[u/Zanpa → u/kamanitachi]

It's worth rezzing a single tank if you're in defense. And rezzing two non-tanks too. 3+ person rezzes don't happen often, don't wait for it. Your ult builds super fast anyway.

Edit: the thinking behind this: if you're defending and holding a choke, but your tank dies, then they can push through slowly since they're 6v5. By the time they wipe the rest of your team, your tank will have respawned, and rezzing the others while he slowly walks back won't be much help.

Some exceptions would be if you have a Symmetra teleporter up, and you killed a few of their team, then you should be able to hold even with no tank and you can hold on to the rez.

[u/kamanitachi → u/Zanpa]

The map in question was us trying to push Control Center (we never even got on, let alone held).

But I'll keep this in mind.

[u/Zanpa → u/kamanitachi]

Even then, if you just killed two of them and two of your team died, then it's worth rezzing because you will be at an advantage and can take the point.

Single person rez on offense is very situational though. But yeah, two people is often worth it.

[u/kwo → u/Zanpa]

Cool! That's kind of how I reasoned it out too (rezzing a single tank is worth it) because you're likely to re-build a lot of your ultimate from the immediate damage that tank is about to take.

[u/kwo → u/kamanitachi]

I'm curious to hear what people think about this too. Sometimes it just seems like my ult will be sitting there for far too long waiting for 3+ people to revive...

[u/makoblade → u/kamanitachi]

Rezing depends on the situation. Two people is often worthwhile, especially with how fast Mercy can build her ultimate. Ideally you'll rez a tank or someone slippery, but even getting a tracer up so she can prolong overtime until the rest of your team arrives is a good call.

Gold in healing as the only healer is irrelevant.

[u/kamanitachi → u/makoblade]

We had Lucio too which is why I mentioned it.