An Overwatch <\/em>update now on the game’s live server drastically alters Mercy’s ultimate, Valkyrie, and nerfs Junkrat’s Concussive Mine ability.<\/p>
Fans of the Overwatch<\/em> healer have been dreading the Mercy nerf, but those who frequently play against her\u2014that’s nearly everyone\u2014have been waiting anxiously for the patch to drop. The new Overwatch<\/em> patch does a number on Mercy’s ultimate, making it a much less powerful ability. Valkyrie’s length has been reduced to 15 seconds, down five seconds from its previous length of 20 seconds. Resurrects while using Valkyrie now have a slight cast time, whereas it was previously instantaneous. Likewise, the ultimate no longer grants a bonus charge of Resurrect.<\/p>
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Some players found her much too powerful while using Valkyrie; enemy teams just couldn’t deal with her while using the ultimate. She became an instant pick for nearly every Overwatch<\/em> game, so Blizzard decided to tone down the ultimate with a power nerf.\u00a0The changes have been in testing<\/a> on the Overwatch<\/em> PTR since Jan. 4.<\/p>
The new hero adjustments have been in testing on the Overwatch<\/em> PTR since Jan. 4<\/a>, which is a fairly long incubation period for Overwatch<\/em> tweaks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
