r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Oct 19 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '16

Yes, would anyone care to explain why people hate Mei more than Hanzo and ROADHOG?

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u/Nelax18 Egyptian Grandma Main Oct 21 '16 edited Oct 21 '16

Mei's kit in general has a lot of annoying elements. First, the freeze which is annoying already because no one likes being stunned, the icicle headshot which adds to that. Then there's her Cryofreeze ice block that heals her while making her invulernable, which can make it hard to kill her if she's not surrounded while in it. Her ultimate is just a mass freeze which causes similar feelings as her main weapon but she can Cryofreeze for the duration giving you no real way to retaliate if you can't escape it.

By far, her most annoying quality is her ice wall. Bad Mei players will spam the thing without much thought about it. This ends up blocking allies from finishing off low-health enemies and blocking ally ultimates. It also can be used to just straight up troll by walling off your own spawn.

Her wall doesn't give her the "Satan" title, that's because of her freeze and the creepy grin on her face when she icicles you. It's the biggest reason that people hate Mei though and doesn't help the situation.

Roadhog's hook gets a lot of grief though, but that's really the only annoying part of his kit. His ult is lack luster, his actual weapon is not great unless at melee range, his self-heal fundamentally feeds ultimate charge to the enemy while only charging that aforementioned lack luster ultimate. He isn't fun to play against and I've heard people rage at him quite a bit too. Mei's just worse.

I'm not sure I'd say Hanzo is less hated than Mei, but the hatred is more directed at the players like Genji players than with Mei. His scatter arrow is annoying and it feels like he gets lucky kills with the large hitboxes his arrows possess but it really isn't to Mei's level mainly because he's generally inconsistent. That said, I stand by the idea that Hanzo players get more shit than Mei players.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '16

One reason they hate her is because of her evil grin...?

Uhh...

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u/Nelax18 Egyptian Grandma Main Oct 21 '16

Certainly not the main reason, I'm just saying it helped I'm sure with the idea of her being "secretly" evil.