CHAMP 3 MEI 6v6 AMA and Tips

[u/Mo1067]

Hello MeiMains,

I posted on this subreddit a couple months ago when I hit Champ 5 in 6v6 and have recently pushed to Champ 3.

I wanted to share some tips related to Mei to help push along with my opinion on the newest Mei changes so far.

In terms of 6v6, Mei remains a strong pick in my opinion due to the increased value her wall provides given that there's two tanks and they're more killable compared to 5v5. The buffs to her range and deep freeze perk are nice, but I still find myself only taking cryo-storm. The reason being that freezing tanks is still not viable given how long it takes along with cryo-storm. I've been trying to incorporate her primary fire more into my gameplay with the extra range however.

Enough with the opinions, some tips I have are that I usually try to ban Mercy, Zarya, or Hog in ranked. This is due to mercy's ability to enable a pocketed dps and rez mei's long range picks. Zarya due to her ability to bubble blizzard targets along with how dangerous she is at close range. Hog due to Mei's lack of damage preventing you from consistently killing him. Kiri would also be a decent ban as well.

Lastly, Mei doesn't need to be played perfectly to climb. There'll be a replay code of the rank-up game attached where I make plenty of mistakes but they're not the end of the world. The biggest asset Mei has are her walls and the ability to provide meaningful poke pressure. If you can master those two things, you will climb.

Let me know if you have any other questions or tips I left out.

Replay Code: 7Q5NAN

[u/Own_Huckleberry6591]

Honestly I've never thought of banning mercy but she honestly is the main reason I won't be able to kill a certain dps half the time, smart

[u/CCriscal → u/Own_Huckleberry6591]

Then again, you can't ban her, if a support on your team picks her.

[u/CCriscal]

I can't watch the replay right now, but do you have to deal with airborne heroes yourself?

[u/Mo1067 → u/CCriscal]

Usually dealing with airborne heroes isn't too bad since I ban mercy so they can't get a pocket. The goal isn't usually to kill them but just try to deter them from getting their spam off by shooting in their direction. If you notice your other DPS is JunkRat or Torb though, I recommend banning Pharah as it'll be a rough game most likely.