overwatch – Is Mercy’s Out-of-Combat Regen Different from Shield in Overwatch?

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Mercy regenerates health, but only when she has been out-of-combat for a couple of seconds. The only other concept of regenerating health in the game is shield, which also seems to regenerate out-of-combat. Is Mercy's regen any different from shield? Or does Mercy practically just have 200 points of shield health?

Best Answer

Mercy's out of combat (more accurately, 'not being shot for 3 seconds') HP regen is significantly slower than shields. The regen does effectively mimic that property of shields, but at a slower rate (appears to be about 10hp/s for Mercy, vs 25/s for shields).