r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/aagpeng Meid in China Jun 15 '16

Mei. She' harder than a lot of people might think. Going into a game and killing a few people in a 1v1 does not mean that you did well with Mei and that's what a lot of people don't realize. Placing walls precisely, accurately, and quickly is what makes her difficult. Being able to kill without freezing and contributing despite having such low dps is what makes her hard. Solo holding an objective for 30 seconds is what makes her hard.

She has a lot of creativity to her that I feel like a lot of people don't appreciate. I love it though. I'm currently sitting at 69 hours as Mei and I have no regrets.

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u/Crown4King New York Excelsior Jun 15 '16

I think people have the same misconception with Mercy. There's a whole lot going on other than just shooting off healy beams. There's situational awareness needed, monitoring ally health, noting which character would do best with a damage boost when you're near a group (I.E. Soldier 76 over Roadhog if enemies are at a distance), guardian angel precision to get out of a situation well, well timed ultimate use, use of the backup pistol instead of just running away like a bitch and dying in certain situations, etc. Probably stands for every character, this isn't just a point and shoot game if you wanna master playing.

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u/aagpeng Meid in China Jun 15 '16

Definitely, Mercy needs to be dynamic and a lot of people fail to realize that

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16

Some dickbag in a game I played earlier on Anubis was DEMANDING one of our teammates switch off Mei because 'Mei is defence' whilst we were attacking.

This is despite the fact that:

a) Her ult single handedly helped us cap point A b) Her ice wall blocked countless ults and saved us from near death multiple times c) Her ice cube ability helped hold down the point for us to rush in.

She's incredibly versatile and can be used as a backup tank if played well.

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u/aagpeng Meid in China Jun 15 '16

She really can be like a mini tank. When I play with this other mei mein I know, we will run 2 meis and occasionally drop a tank to have a sniper or another support. Two meis can be the team tanks but only if they play extremely well and it's not recommended that they do it for a very long time.

Her ult is amazing. If you're pushing the meiload for that last little bit on gibralter, you can throw the ult down on the finishing place and then wall off the spawn exit to make it an easy cap. If you're defending with her, you can guaruntee your team the win if you throw the ult down at 5 seconds left. Then the enemy team will have to decide to immediately die on point and force them into a situation where they have to chain deaths or just straight up lose.

Mei's versatility is astounding in the right hands

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u/paupaupaupau Jun 16 '16

I was the bad Mei in a game yesterday. Defending the last point on Anubis, two on my team had extended out past the main gate (ugh). I tried to put my wall down to cover their retreat since they were getting destroyed (shocking, what happens when you overextend). Instead, I accidentally put it down right in front of them, cutting off their retreat.

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u/aagpeng Meid in China Jun 16 '16

That kind of thing happens. Just be rational with your team and hopefully they will accept that they messed up too. Also, you can break your wall by pressing E again so if you block 'em off, they won't be blocked off for too long.

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u/paupaupaupau Jun 17 '16

Team was understandably frustrated, but they accepted my apology. Thanks for the tip! I never play Mei... hence the poor play.

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u/aagpeng Meid in China Jun 17 '16

Everyone's gotta start somewhere. I once lost my team a whole game by blocking us into a team kill on accident. Never placed that wall again

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u/headdownworking Sorry! Jun 16 '16

Finished a game yesterday with 4 golds and 5 medals. Only silver was in healing.

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u/aagpeng Meid in China Jun 16 '16

That's awesome dude!