Mercy most popualar hero in competitive, not surprising
and genji in quick play also not surprising
https://dotesports.com/overwatch/overwatch-hero-play-time-16565
on the other side of spectrum orisa 3rd least popular in comp and least popular in quick play (she is kinda boring to play) blizzard said their working on some buffs so we'll see what they come up with
all data is from 2nd august to 9th
They also don't differentiate by rank. Jeff said it himself, these are just numbers with no other information and you'd be prudent not to make conclusions entirely out of them.
The Mercy numbers are more than likely driven by lower ranks where she is MASSIVELY over represented. Not saying that she isn't used a lot at high ranks but a breakdown of usage by skill rating would probably show that. On top of most of the player base being sub diamond.
The problem I have with these types of responses is that they will be taken out of context and you'll see threads pop up everywhere saying things like "Blizz admits Mercy is most played/broken but does nothing". Note that the numbers he posted were in a Blizz Forum thread about Hanzo/Widow being in every QP game according to the OP.
Insert comment about grains of salt.
I'm seeing a ton of videos from creators about this already talking about the numbers but most of them fail to mention that the numbers don't differentiate between Platform, Region or Rank. Low effort content doesn't help the community's perception of apparent issues.
Same issue as with "Your Overwatch" calling Esca the worst (Pro) DPS in Korea, need to have context to be somewhat meaningful and even then, it's a slippery slope.
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