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Other than maybe Hanzo’s Storm Arrows and, well, Brigitte’s entire kit, few Overwatch abilities have been as controversial as Mercy’s Resurrect. It went from an Ultimate that could bring an entire team back from the dead to a standard ability with a long, long cooldown. The latest patch (which kicked off the Lunar New Year event) added some more utility to Resurrect. Mercy players will have a way to revive teammates who’ve fallen or been booped off a map.

“Previously, if a teammate died over a death pit their resurrect marker was hidden and fell into the pit,” the developer comments read. “Now, Mercy will see their resurrect marker and can resurrect before it falls to the bottom.”

In practice, that means the resurrect marker (or death marker) will, at least momentarily, stay at an edge where a teammate plummeted to their doom. Of course, that positioning will put Mercy in danger from an environmental death too, making it one of the riskiest of rezzes.

Here are the patch notes for the updated ability:

  • Mercy can now attempt to resurrect teammates who die in environmental death pits
  • When resurrecting, the resurrect marker will now freeze in place for the duration of the resurrection
  • Holding the ability button for resurrect while it's on cooldown will now attempt the resurrect once the cooldown finishes

It’s interesting that Team 4 is rolling out this update without testing it in an Experimental Card or on the PTR first. I’m curious to see how it works in action and whether pros will go for the risky rez when Overwatch League returns.

Elsewhere, the patch squished some bugs. Here’s the full list of fixes:

General

  • Fixed an issue where Season 32 open queue stats were not appearing in career profile

Maps

  • Addressed a geometry exploit on Watchpoint: Gibraltar

Heroes

Ana

  • Fixed a bug that caused Ana’s Scope to activate when cancelling Nano Boost target confirmation
  • Fixed a bug that caused the parrot on Ana’s Corsair skin to disappear in hero select

Symmetra

  • Fixed a bug that caused Symmetra’s name plate to appear in the middle of her model
  • Addressed an audio issue during Symmetra’s “Have a seat” emote

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Kris Holt

I write about the art, business and culture of video games at Forbes, with a focus on Overwatch 2. I also cover casual word games.

 

Along with my work at Forbes, I'm a contributing reporter at Engadget. In addition to games, I write about tech, film, TV and the internet. My work has appeared on Tom's Guide, The Daily Dot, TechNewsWorld, The Daily Beast and Paste, among others.

 

I'm a Scottish expat who lives in Canada. You can email me kris[at]krisholt[dot]net and follow me on Twitter @krisholt 

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