Valkyrie Mercy

So, Mercy from Overwatch is getting a huge update. If you don't know, Mercy is a support character in Overwatch who can heal an ally's HP or boost their damage- BUT, only one ally at any one time. She can dash to allies who aren't too far away to both support them and re-position herself, and she carries a handgun that does decent damage with a decent rate of fire. Her ultimate allows her to revive any fallen ally within range, basically giving a big middle finger to the enemy team. It's kind of a game changer.

Now, the new Mercy plays a little differently. Her ultimate is now a regular skill; but she can only revive one teammate within a shorter range and her cooldown is relatively lengthy. Her new ultimate is called Valkyrie and it basically transforms this war hating doctor to a warcry driven valkyrie.

This skin isn't right!

In Valkyrie mode, Mercy can fly. She had wings before and she could dash and hover in the air but flight wasn't really part of the whole design. Even Pharah technically can't fly. Her jetpack works how jetpacks usually would; a limited form of semi-vertical locomotion. When they say Mercy can fly, Mercy can FLY. She has no limits to how she moves in the air with full maneuverability. Now, combine this with her higher rate of fire from the handgun and the fact that her healing/damage streams can link to multiple allies at once, then that changes everything. Her dash distance also increases. Oh, and her revive cooldown time reduces too.

Mercy becomes a full-on combat medic.

I think she's a little overpowered at the moment but she's definitely less worthy of cuss words. Her revive works well as it means Mercy can dish out regularly timed revives that don't actually break the game. You'd be able to keep the pressure on your opponents without frustrating them beyond good reason. Similarly, you'd be less frustrated fighting her and you can now prioritise other enemies as well.

There we go!

Her extra damage in her ultimate form also promotes tendencies of yandere violence towards the opponents. This allows Mercy mains to enjoy more combat from time to time. Her multi-stream ability is a little awkward to get my head around as I can't help but see that as something overpowered in conception. She can do what Orisa does and more. She can do what Lucio does and more. This makes her more relevant in fights than those heroes so I'm curious to see how this develops.

Here's hoping Junkrat gets nerfed, NOT BUFFED. PLEASE BLIZZARD. STOP THIS NONSENSE.