Mercy has dominated the Overwatch <\/em>meta for a while now, but after Overwatch’s <\/em>latest PTR nerf, that might change.<\/p>
The Overwatch<\/em> healer is having her new ultimate, Valkyrie, nerfed\u2014and the changes are significant. She’s not the only Overwatch<\/em> hero getting an adjustment, though. Junkrat will also receive a nerf from the Overwatch<\/em> balance team. Junkrat has felt strong recently, as his Concussion Mines allow him flexibility in movement and play style.<\/p>
“Junkrat has been enjoying the flexibility his double-charge Concussion Mine provides, but it has now become a bit too easy to throw out huge bursts [of] damage in a large area,” Overwatch <\/em>principal designer Geoff Goodman said in the patch notes<\/a>. “With this change he can still dish out similar damage but he must now be more accurate with his tosses.”<\/p>
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“Mercy’s recent Resurrect changes<\/a> have helped in allowing enemies to have more counter play in dealing with her, but she was able to use Resurrect through Valkyrie enough to largely mitigate the impact of the previous changes,” Goodman said. “Additionally, we we’re toning back the amount of mobility Valkyrie provides through Guardian Angel and reducing its duration to overall reduce the power of this ability.”<\/p>
