When Mercy Had A Near 100% Pick Rate - Rise And Fall Of The Overwatch Moth Meta
When the developers decided to give Mercy a rework, little did they know that they would unleash one of the most overtuned heroes to have ever made it onto the Overwatch live client and give rise to the age of the moth meta.
In today's video, we take a look at the rise of Mercy from her time at the peak of Overwatch with a near 100% play rate and her eventual fall from a "must pick" after being hit with multiple nerfs.
Special thanks to Switchfox for his data compilation work that helped to make this video possible.
Chapters
0:00 The infamous moth meta
0:31 Original resurrect mechanics
1:45 The first major rework
2:39 Rise of the tempo meta
4:42 Patch 1.16b balancing
5:34 Mercy in the pro scene
6:41 Ending the moth meta
8:03 Legacy of the rework
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