Because GOATS had Rein, Zarya and Brig to juggle the freezie between all their shields, 3 supports basically made Meiâs damage nonexistent, D.vaâs Matrix wasnât on a cooldown so Blizzardâs only weakness was more pronounced, and even then during GOATSâs dying days Mei did start to see some play in her own modified GOATS comp, SNOATS, replacing D.va once DM got nerfed. These things arenât possible now weâve got 2-2-2.
So is blocking off enemy movement, LOS and repositioning your team, not to mention it blocks off a wider area. Iâd rather Orisa have Ice Wall than the awful barrier sheâs got right now, which is bad since shields are one of the big reasons you pick shield tanks.
Yes, that is what I mean by âdeployedâ not âthrownâ. Blizzard does less damage⌠unless Meiâs alive in which case sheâs guaranteed at least one kill since she can spam headshots into anyone who gets stuck in it. Plus her team can pile into Blizzard much more easily than they can pile onto Gravitic Flux because close range heroes canât touch heroes in the air.
Immortality Field, Coalescence and Sound Barrier are also far better against Flux than against Blizzard. And Blizzard charges faster.
Thatâs true, but Winston and Pharah need jump jets and jump pack to do their job so they need to be really, really good. Mei has lots of other very good things going for her that Winston and Pharah donât have.
Not all tanks have get-out-of-jail-free cards, Zarya actually has better GOOJF cards because her whole kit is dedicated to doing just that and nothing else, but itâs also better than Roadhogâs vape since overwhelming damage, CC and Biotic Grenade beat it. Rein doesnât have a panic button, nor really does D.va, and Winstonâs âpanic buttonâ and âthing he has to use to do the most basic element of his kitâ are the same thing. As I said, it HAS to be good because thatâs all heâs got.
Thatâs fair, itâs just the icing (Heh) on top of an already very powerful cake.
Any shield tank would probably love to have Ice Wall instead of their barrier (I know Sig and Orisa would, Reinhardt even would if he got the range of Ice Wall), any tank who isnât Zarya would love Cryo-Freeze, any close range tank apart from maybe Roadhog would probably be happy switching their primary fire for Meiâs M1 since it auto-wins fights against other tanksâŚ