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Overwatch Update Brings Changes To Mercy, Lucio
A new day, a new patch for Overwatch. This time Lucio, Mercy, and Zenyatta are the ones receiving tweaks. Lucio's speed after a wall run has been boosted by 65 percent while the Cultist variation of Zenyatta has received a few new voice lines.
However, the biggest changes are, once again, for everyone's favorite flying medic. Here's the full log:
Mercy
Guardian Angel
Players can now glide past a targeted ally using the jump key
Cooldown no longer resets when Resurrect is activated
Valkyrie
No longer resets or reduces Resurrection’s cooldown
Now gives players a bonus resurrection charge
Developer Comments: Valkyrie no longer resets or reduces Resurrect’s cooldown. Instead, it now provides an extra 'charge,' allowing you to revive an ally even if it is still on cooldown. If the bonus charge hasn’t been spent when Valkyrie ends, it will be removed.
This method makes Resurrect more flexible when used with Valkyrie. For example, in the past if you wanted to resurrect two teammates, you had to revive the first target, then activate Valkyrie (causing the Resurrect’s cooldown to reset), and then revive the other target. With this change, you can now activate Valkyrie and fly in quickly to resurrect both targets instantly.
However, this still reduces the overall number of Resurrects that Mercy can provide, since Valkyrie no longer reduces its cooldown.
For more on Overwatch, be sure to check out our review.
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