Idk whats up with the kiri skins but I'm so happy for 50% off of Flower Child

I've only seen Ocie's videos in passing but this is the person who made the changes to Mei in the community crafted event. The fact that she says Mei's primary fire is what you use to finish people off clearly points to her lack of understanding this hero. Throughout the decade of the game being out Mei's whole gimmick was that she would freeze you first then icicle you. It's such a staple to her design that the devs tried to bring that play style back in seasons 5-7 of OW2 and ever since then she still felt like shit to play. Mei is supposed to have a threating short range so people have to respect her range. She is the ice character how hard is it to understand.

Hey, everyone! In this video I talk about how to use Ice wall as Mei in Overwatch!

Video link: https://youtu.be/LdpbiADv9IE?si=moTXz7-OGBHIok_p

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The Split Wall 

Bait an enemy to commit positionally into your space, Split 1-2 target to cut off their healing and pressure them. Target immobile characters or enemies who have already wasted their mobility/defensive cooldowns. Place the wall near chokes or in enclosed spaces to trap the enemy.

2. Denying the Active Angle 

Use the wall to deny oppressive enemy sightline. Use it infront of Poke angle typically (Example: widow, hanzo) Cut off their dmg → Focus on dealing dmg to someone else after.

3. Getting better positions & Sightline Manipulation 

Use the wall to get on high ground, bypass common rotation paths and get better position this way. Sometimes you can lift yourself up, if you want to deal dmg (if there is no better wall use) OR you can lift up the enemy to expose them more and deal dmg.

4. Denying pressure

Help your team safely cross dangerous open areas before the team fight (poke phase - the time before the fight begins or when you get out of spawn). It is good to do against heavy poke or sniper compositions usually OR just to block cheap dmg. Place the wall directly in front of the enemy's sightlines to cut off their vision.

5. Counter-Walling

A niche, reactive wall  to save your teammates when the enemy team initiates a hard brawl push. Example: The enemy Mei walls off your tank (like Reinhardt) to burst them down, THEN use your wall second. Place it infront of enemy brawl comp or try to split someone front heir team (same as split wall)

It's clear whoever suggested these changes for Mei does not like her or doesn't play her because wtf is even the point of the beam then?

No slow on the beam without increasing the projectile speed makes the extra range feel worthless. You would almost have to predict their movement about 2 steps in advance to keep the beam connected and even then maybe you only get 10% beam time before having to reload.

The icicle slow destroys any sort of muscle memory, adds range fall off for a projectile weapon that already has a charge up time. For funsies, let's add even more charge up time for a measly 1.5s slow. With all that delay there's no reason a full charged shot shouldn't one shot 225hp or 250hp on headshot (see hanzo).

SO SO SO HAPPY!

One day, I'll reach Diamond, then Master in 5v5 and 6v6 Competitive. I won't give up on my Mei journey.

i used to play more mei back in the overwatch 1 days, so it made my day to get this. just coming back to dps after a long stint as tank.

Stumbled into it fighting Reaper, verified in training range.

Doesn't matter the order, the mini blizzards and primary fire both contribute to the freeze.

The Meicicle and Ice Sheet items will extend the duration of those abilities that you can freeze with them alone if an enemy is dumb enough to stay in the mini blizzard the whole time.

I feel like I should've encountered this earlier, but no one seems to mention it.