In the Lab today we have a special guest, VALE to help us out on our Going Deep show on Mercy! He is a top 500 and GM regular Mercy player and support main! We also want to cover a few adjustments we saw right after last week’s show to the PTR! You can follow & subscribe to Vale at https://www.twitch.tv/vale

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Going Deep Mercy Discussion

• What role does Mercy fill or what is his job in a game?
• Basically, what is the core to the hero for Bronze to Gold (players of all SR are struggling with this, not just sub plat) to grasp for improvement
• Can we chat about positioning and how to use your position/presence and movement to maximize damage and pressure?
• Utilizing Cover, Who to prioritize keeping up, how can you survive flankers?
• Let’s talk about using Guardian Angel & Resurrect effective use.
• Verticality, Escaping, Dodging, Floating, Cancelling
• When to Rez, where to Rez, how to shot-call to Rez more safely
• How to do we get the most out of weaving primary and secondary beam usage?
• Caduceus Blaster, how the devil do I know when it’s okay to go Battle Mercy?
• Proper timing for Valkyrie breakdown
• When to use, where to be, who to prioritize
• Building Ult tips
• General Use
• Comboing with teammates
• How Map Dependent is Mercy?
• Now let’s work on proper engagement and disengages.
• Now let’s talk synergies and match-ups. What heroes do you need to be careful of for being countered and others that you really think are great/necessary for your comp.

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Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast
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