I know something that will help to make mei’s ice wall more bearable to her teammates, when somebody first picks mei there should be a tip that pops up right infront of her screen that let’s you know how to break her ice wall.
There’s too many who don’t know this feature exists…
I would judge Mei’s balance state, but I can’t tell since she literally cannot perform her role properly. Cryo-freeze cast time makes for terrible interactions, the wall has a bunch of issues, and her ult gets interrupted at random times (throwing it, getting stunned, losing it). I hope the devs fix her, because she’ll never be a reliable pick if she’s broken like this.
Cryo-freeze actually doesn’t have a cast time and it’s a bug that they said they were going to fix awhile ago but never did…sigh
Really? I’m very sure the cast time was implemented in a stealth nerf a couple years ago.
Nope, it has to do with latency, that’s why projectiles like hanzo’s arrows or roadhog’s hook are likely to hit you even though you activated cryo-freeze.
Edit: here’s their response with their infamously trademarked soon
Personally i think Mei it’s pretty fine but she needs more:
About the reload after ulting i think would be a nice addiction, because you would have again 200 ammos and you could try to squeeze the max out from her ultimate. BTW is not strictly necessary
Fix the ice wall placing, because sometimes the wall spawns in non intended places instead of the wanted one. Also the wall blueprint should be visible to teammates to allow more coordination (change proposed by XodiaK)
BTW i link here the Mei-gathread, where anyone can discuss about Mei’s issues and possible buffs:
They responded in a thread that was about Mei’s Cryo-Freeze being interrupted by Roadhog’s hook AND being put on cooldown.
The ability doesn’t go on cooldown anymore if Mei is hooked out of it.
Maybe they were talking about this?
Correct, it has to do with latency, beyond roadhog’s hook there’s also hanzo that can still shoot you in the head and many other scenarios where favor the shooter overrides mei’s cryo-freeze, all they needed to do was make cryo-freeze favor the defender like blink, wraith form of deflect but they said “soon” so they’ll never fix it.
Haha I understand, I’d say Jardio’s fix for the wall cooldown is perfect. Pretty sure he’s like the highest rated Mei player on ladder if I remember? If not he’s fkin high up 
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The other ideas are mine & while I’m unranked, I play quite a bit of Mei. I’m also aware my ideas could be a bit much by far xD.
Good idea, hadn’t even thought of this.
But one would think it’s more start the cooldown at 5.5 seconds if broken immediately, instead of ~10 seconds.
That’s what I meant I’m sure…
At present, the cooldown for Mei’s wall is 10 seconds from the point in time that you set the wall, with the wall able to last up to 5 seconds.
Jardio’s change makes the cooldown 5 seconds from the point in time that the wall is broken by you or the wall’s own 5 second duration expires.
It keeps the max duration & time between walls basically the same, whilst not punishing you for using quicker & often equally as necessary walls.
Sense?
Yeah makes sense now. Cooldown would be 5.5 seconds after wall is broken.
Regardless if it was broken early, or placed for the full duration.
That’s the ticket!
Yeah good point, the wall breaking animation will eat into that time too so 5.5 is probably closer to what it actually ends up being
I’m 99% certain that a 3% increase in Mei’s pick rate will cause the community to completely forget that they hate Brig.
Personally i would like some qol changes for mei.
Primary fire: I like it as it is right now. If anything i would adjust the tracking slightly or bump the range slightly so you can hit people at the bottom of your ice wall.
Secondary fire: The charge up before firing feels weird but i like that it raises the skill floor for mei slightly.
Icewall: a couple things have been mentioned that i like about it. i wouldn’t do all of them but i think some of them would be a decent. Making it visible to teammates before firing it would be a wonderful QOL update for everyone else on the team.
Cryofreeze: Overall i like where it is at.
Blizzard: I like where it is at except the ease that it gets wasted via stuns. I would have it drop at your feet after a certain point in the animation instead of being lost. I dont think it needs a reload.
I’m a Mei main and she’s fine the way she is (except for dying in iceblock). The only thing on my wish list is a mobility move where she expends ammo to freeze the ground and slide across it. (think Frozone).
I think this could be too hard to manage or even code. Ice can hit the floor so easily with her spray that there’d be instances of speed boosting everywhere.
& forcing you to build an uninterrupted line of ice to move on, or guiding it as you slide could be just plain bad xD. The latter might work.
I think it’d be interesting if she retained momentum when using Cryo-Freeze; sliding on the slick base of the ice block. This would mean you can only move in one direction during this (or you turn/strafe super slowly), but you would move faster than normal & possibly dealing damage & knockback when sliding through enemies?
It would be the same as soldier using shift to sprint, except the ammo count would be effected. Pressing the key would auto-point the blaster to the ground in front of her.
Ok, but what key?
Why have a key that does the exact same thing as her primary fire, but just only at the ground?