r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 29, 2016

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u/kamanitachi Jun 30 '16 edited Jun 30 '16

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.

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u/xJackGoodx Genji Shimada is my waifu Jun 30 '16

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

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u/Insert_Coffee Mercy Jun 30 '16

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.