Why does Mei slow rein down while freezing the shield

It makes absolutely no sense

She doesnt? I think? Its hard to understand what youre asking

Sorry, lol, when Mei uses her primary fire on rein while he holds his shield up, he will slow down (but not freeze)
And it gets very annoying

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Every hero is slowed for about 1 second after being hit with her blaster. This is to make it harder for enemies to escape Mei while she’s trying to freeze them.

Prior to this, it was really difficult to keep a hero around you long enough to freeze them. While it sucks against Reinhardt, the delay is kinda necessary for consistency’s sake.

Thats a bug it shouldn’t be happening

It depends on if OP rose the shield AFTER Mei started spraying him

Reinhardt’s barrier has a bug that allow enemies to hit him by shooting the insignia of his barrier. This could be the cause of it. They have fixed this on PTR:

(Mei’s primary fire is projectile based.)

Mei should not be able to freeze or slow down Reinhardt through his barrier.

And if Mei’s freeze did slow down Reinhardt through his barrier, then he should not be able to move at all. The slow of his barrier and the slow of Mei’s freeze is being stacked causing Reinhardt to not be able to move at all: