I stopped watching during the GOATS meta as the games started to blur together for me, but now I love watching again. Seeing professional gameplay and strategies has been really entertaining, but one questionable hero I’m seeing a lot of is Mei. When I’m watching games, a Mei pick from one team demands a Mei from the other almost every time. That’s fine, for example a Widow pick sometimes creates a similar situation. The thing is that when I watch Mei, her contribution comes from what I feel isn’t professional level performance. Even pro teams have a real problem with her area denial, and it doesn’t take any skill at all to execute. Her abilities are primarily single button presses, and they are almost unbeatable for their entire durations. Almost every other hero in the game feels like they belong in this new 2-2-2 environment, but Mei, with her insane invincibility and cc, feels way to much like a toned-down mini-GOATS. I feel like she needs to either be reworked to require more skill, or she needs to be nerfed through stats. I think this just for entertainment and game-quality purposes, because technically the game’s fairness isn’t being harmed. It just feels like she gets too much value for the amount of skill she takes. A change would make the OWL a more professional environment, making the game more fun to watch and play. Does anyone else feel the same? If so, what changes could be balanced and fair? If not, what justifies her impact?
I still think she plays more like a tank than a DPS, she has the most amazing peel and space creating abilities…
I don’t think she’s OP, just in the wrong role, but that’s probably just me.
Don’t know at this stage. I don’t think she will be, but regardless, she remains wildly aggravating to play against.
One thing that’s nice about Mei, is that Icewall is a very freeform capability.
Which can lead to some very creative usage.
That’s the thing though. Being in the wrong role is a dangerous thing now, because with 2-2-2 being enforced, a Mei is a tanky alternative to dps, creating almost a 3-1-2 composition which could be considered unfair.
Meis only role is to icewall when the other team uses the halt hook combo.
She’s incredibly weak outside of any other comp.
Her freeze spray is also commonly used to deter dives while hiding behind a shield. Her ultimate, once placed, can force a team out of an area effortlessly. Throughout these matches, she is used against dive, slow-pushing comps, and halt-hook comps, and gets value against all of them.
All I’m saying is OWL is becoming infested with Meis, and it’s problematic. The other slots, though, are constantly being changed up now with newer picks like Reaper and Hammond and Moira.
No tank in the game counters reaper or mei. So what exactly are your tanks doing vs. hog/orisa/mei/reaper?
There are only tanks that get hard countered, or soft countered. All you can do is pick tanks that have mobility and can get out before they’re frozen. Now if the entire enemy team is deathballing what exactly are you supposed to do?
You roll around the map like a tard and shoot long distance tank damage in from different flanks, thats it. Because if you get frozen once you’re dead.
I had quit main tanking but i just love the role enough not to but i swear whenever i see a Mei i instantly switch to Hog or just ask to switch for a DPS/Support cause i absolutely hate playing against her.
To quote Wikipedia:
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With 2-2-2 they’re gonna need some serious and faster balance changes cause this is bs.
And especially now without the powerful protection from triple tank comps, she needs to be balanced to be beatable with the protection of just two tanks and healers.
Is it a problem? Other heroes have higher pick rates, are they a problem?
Which hero? she is almost a must pick now lol
I provided an official OWL highlight reel, but I’m not going to link every single highlight reel from Stage 4. Feel free to check out their YT, you can see for yourself 
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Highlight reels are useless as proof. Show us the numbers.
By that logic Hog, DVa, Zen, Brig, Sombra etc… should all be reworked becuase they have traits from more than 1 role.
In honesty, having hybrid characters create versatility in the game qnd their should be more heroes like this.
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Get rid of the space.
Tanks can at least deal with Reaper potentially, Mei is a no go situation for 'em
The only nerf I’d like to see is her ability to freeze multipile people with her primary. I don’t know if damage falloff should be added again but I don’t really mind it as of now.