Had a Baby and Now I’m Not As Good

Hi all<3

I’ve been playing OW since OW1 Season 5, so I’ve grasped a couple thousand hours over several accounts. In OW1 I was pretty firmly in high Masters and creeping at GM. At the start of OW2, I managed to finally climb and stay securely in GM (fluctuating between GM1-GM3). Last year, in September, I had a baby and did not realise just how little I would be able to play OW…or do much else for that matter🥲.

The last time I properly had time to sit down and dedicate myself and have fun on OW2 was in Season 4, with a little here and there during Season 5. Now, my little boy is 6 months old, and finally sleeps during the night, so I have some hours to play in the evening (granted if I’m not working). However, so much has changed since Season 4! Like…more than I could have ever imagined in a whole 5 years of OW1!! I’ve got 1000 hours on Mercy and think I play her pretty well (subjective ofc), but she is so different than I remember. Especially this newest update and Season. I don’t have as much time as I used to, with work and a baby, and I can’t seem to catch up and adapt to the times before a new change/meta comes out and I’ve got to rearrange it all over again!

Are there any fellow Mercy mains with some tips for me to keep my GM rank? (Granted, I’ve dropped to HIGH DIAMOND after doing my placements in the rank reset…which is depressing, but understandable as I haven’t played in a long…long time). I’ve heard she isn’t as viable this Season and from the small playtime I do have so far…it’s quite difficult, more so than before anyway.

Advice?<3 (P.S: I’m on PS4 console).