Pharah
8/10
- ・Mei's primary fire has travel time, making it very difficult to hit airborne targets.
Mei
54.4% Win7.1% Pick
Endothermic Blaster
Short-range spray weapon that slows enemies. Long-range icicle launcher.
Cryo-Freeze
Become invulnerable and heal yourself.
Ice Wall
Create a wall in front of you.
Blizzard
Launch a weather control drone that freezes enemies in a wide area.
Mei countered by
Echo
7/10
- ・Echo has strong poke, so Mei takes damage before getting close. Mei's primary fire has difficulty hitting airborne targets.
Widowmaker
7/10
- ・Mei lacks mobility, so she easily takes Widowmaker's headshots. Once headshot by Widowmaker, even Mei's Cryo-Freeze becomes meaningless.
Emre
7/10
- ・Emre can attack from outside Mei's effective range. Mei lacks mobility, making her vulnerable to Emre's Emre:E.
Jetpack Cat
7/10
- ・Mei's primary fire has projectile travel time, making it very difficult to hit airborne targets.
Soldier: 76
6/10
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Lifeweaver
5/10
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Junker Queen
4/10
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Wrecking Ball
4/10
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D.Va
3/10
- ・Mei's Endothermic Blaster is a beam, so it cannot be blocked by D.Va's DM
. Even if D.Va closes in, Mei can buy time with Cryo-Freeze.
Doomfist
3/10
- ・Even if Doomfist closes in, Mei can buy time with Cryo-Freeze. Since Doomfist often dives, Wall is effective for splitting enemies.
Orisa
3/10
- ・Mei's Wall can isolate tanks like Orisa. Cryo-Freeze can also negate Orisa's Terra Surge
.
Domina
3/10
- ・Domina lacks mobility and has no survivability skills besides Domina:R-CLICK, making her vulnerable to being isolated by Mei's Wall.
Sombra
3/10
- ・Even if Sombra ambushes Mei, Mei can easily shrug it off by becoming invulnerable with Cryo-Freeze.
Tracer
3/10
- ・Mei's Endothermic Blaster beam is hard for Tracer to deal with. Mei can use Cryo-Freeze to survive Tracer's burst.
Venture
3/10
- ・Mei can endure Venture's burst damage with Cryo-Freeze. Against Venture's ult, Wall can protect allies.
Vendetta
3/10
- ・Mei can buy time against Vendetta's engage with Cryo-Freeze. Endothermic Blaster beam is effective for dealing with fast Vendetta.
Anran
2/10
- ・Mei can cleanse the burning effect with Cryo-Freeze. Mei's primary fire requires no aim, making it easy to damage Anran despite Anran's fast movement.
Mei counters
Genji
1/10
- ・Mei's primary fire is a beam with a slow effect, making it very effective against fast targets like Genji. Even when in danger against Genji, Mei can become invulnerable with Cryo-Freeze.
Anran
2/10
- ・Mei can cleanse the burning effect with Cryo-Freeze. Mei's primary fire requires no aim, making it easy to damage Anran despite Anran's fast movement.
D.Va
3/10
- ・Mei's Endothermic Blaster is a beam, so it cannot be blocked by D.Va's DM. Even if D.Va closes in, Mei can buy time with Cryo-Freeze.
Doomfist
3/10
- ・Even if Doomfist closes in, Mei can buy time with Cryo-Freeze. Since Doomfist often dives, Wall is effective for splitting enemies.
Orisa
3/10
- ・Mei's Wall can isolate tanks like Orisa. Cryo-Freeze can also negate Orisa's Terra Surge.
Domina
3/10
- ・Domina lacks mobility and has no survivability skills besides Domina:R-CLICK, making her vulnerable to being isolated by Mei's Wall.
Sombra
3/10
- ・Even if Sombra ambushes Mei, Mei can easily shrug it off by becoming invulnerable with Cryo-Freeze.
Tracer
3/10
- ・Mei's Endothermic Blaster beam is hard for Tracer to deal with. Mei can use Cryo-Freeze to survive Tracer's burst.
Venture
3/10
- ・Mei can endure Venture's burst damage with Cryo-Freeze. Against Venture's ult, Wall can protect allies.
Vendetta
3/10
- ・Mei can buy time against Vendetta's engage with Cryo-Freeze. Endothermic Blaster beam is effective for dealing with fast Vendetta.
Junker Queen
4/10
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…Wrecking Ball
4/10
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…Lifeweaver
5/10
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…Soldier: 76
6/10
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…Echo
7/10
- ・Echo has strong poke, so Mei takes damage before getting close. Mei's primary fire has difficulty hitting airborne targets.
Widowmaker
7/10
- ・Mei lacks mobility, so she easily takes Widowmaker's headshots. Once headshot by Widowmaker, even Mei's Cryo-Freeze becomes meaningless.
Emre
7/10
- ・Emre can attack from outside Mei's effective range. Mei lacks mobility, making her vulnerable to Emre's Emre:E.
Mei's Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
Splitting up via her wall.
Mei can split up the enemy's positioning with Wall
. By using Wall on an enemy who has pushed ahead, she can cut them off and easily create a numbers advantage. This wall has 250 HP per pillar, making it quite hard to destroy.Slow on her primary fire.
Mei's primary fire has a slow, and by keeping it on an enemy flanker or tank she can make it harder for them to escape. Also, since it's a beam attack, it can pierce through attacks like Deflect
, Kinetic Grasp
, or DM.Disengage via Cryo-Freeze
.Mei becomes temporarily invulnerable with Cryo-Freeze
, and status-effect debuffs are also cleansed. As a result, she's very strong against flankers or dive tanks that try to finish her off with burst damage.
How to Counter
Tanks should avoid pushing too far forward.
If a tank pushes forward alone, they can easily be cut off by Mei's Wall
. By fighting in a way that keeps your line even with allies as much as possible, or by having the tank make side-spreading movements, Mei has a harder time judging Wall and positioning.Apply pressure from the side.
Mei generally takes positions toward the front in order to make use of her primary fire and Wall
. As a result, attacks from the side easily become off-angles and easily create an advantage.Fight with a poke composition.
Mei is good at close and mid range thanks to her primary fire, Cryo-Freeze
, and Wall, but due to her large hitbox she's weak at long range, so stacking heroes that can apply pressure from afar makes her easy to kill.
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DPI
800
Sensitivity
9.75
eDPI
7800
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🎮Gaming Gear
DPI
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Sensitivity
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eDPI
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DPI
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Sensitivity
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