Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Heavy Pack Increases the duration of Snow Blind's Slow by 1.5 seconds. Each time Blizzard damages an enemy Hero, reduce the cooldown of Snow Blind by 0.5 seconds and gain 3 Mana.
1 Ice Storm Every 3rd hit of Blizzard against enemy Heroes deals an additional 42 (+4% per level) damage. Blizzard's final Stun damage is increased by 150% against all enemies.
1 Heat Transfer Basic Attacks against Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed Heroes deal 33% more damage. Each time Mei Stuns or Slows an enemy Hero she heals for 16 (+4% per level) Health.
4 Slushball Snow Blind deals 75% increased damage and Structures hit are disabled for 3 seconds.
4 Cold Front Reduce the cooldown of Icing by 3 seconds. If Mei enters her own Blizzard while Icing is active, the cooldown of Icing is reduced by 5 seconds and she gains 80 Mana.
4 Crystallize Reduce the cooldown of Cryo-Freeze by 10 seconds. Mei gains 40 Spell Armor while Cryo-Freeze is active and for 1 second after.
7 Induce Hibernation Blizzard reduces the damage dealt by enemy Heroes inside of its area by 40%. When Blizzard ends, enemy Heroes still within its area gain this effect for an additional 4 seconds.
7 Skating Away When Icing ends, Mei and all nearby allied Heroes gain 20% Movement Speed and 50 Physical Armor for 3 seconds.
7 Backup Battery Activate to remove all Roots and Slows and regenerate 20% of maximum Health over 2 seconds. The cooldown of this ability is reduced by 10 seconds each time Mei picks up a Regeneration Globe. 70
10 Avalanche After 0.5 seconds, roll a massive snowball that consumes enemy Heroes in its path. At the end of its path, the snowball crumbles, releasing the consumed Heroes, dealing 220 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds per Hero consumed. 90
10 Ice Wall Vector Targeting After a 0.75 second delay, create an impassable wall that traps enemy Heroes hit for 2.5 seconds. When the wall expires, trapped Heroes are Slowed by 75%, decaying over 3 seconds. 60
13 Flurry While in her own Blizzard, Mei gains 50% increased Attack Speed and Blizzard's cooldown refreshes 125% faster. If Mei is in her own Blizzard when it ends, gain these bonuses for 3 additional seconds.
13 Cooling Servos While Cryo-Freeze is active, Mei's Basic Ability cooldowns recover 200% faster. Passive: Basic Attacks Slow by 20% for 1.5 seconds.
13 Polar Vortex Using an ability causes Mei to deal 24 (+4% per level) damage a second to nearby enemies for 4 seconds. Enemy Heroes damaged by this effect also have their Movement Speed and Attack Speed Slowed by 20%.
16 Fresh Powder Snow Blind gains an additional charge and its range is increased by 33%.
16 Black Ice Icing's Slow effect no longer decays over its duration. Icing deals 300% more damage to enemies very close to Mei.
16 Acclimation Each time Mei Stuns or Slows an enemy Hero, the damage she deals and healing she receives is increased by 1%, stacking up to 20 times. While at maximum stacks, Mei also gains 10 Armor. Lasts 8 seconds.
20 Cascade While traveling, Avalanche constantly launches a volley of untalented Snow Blind snowballs ahead of itself. Passive: Reduce the cooldown of Avalanche by 30 seconds.
20 Shatter When Ice Wall expires, trapped enemy Heroes hit take 210 (+4% per level) damage and have their Armor reduced by 25 for 5 seconds.
20 The Big One Every 15 seconds, the next Snow Blind you cast has 67% increased area and 200% increased damage.
20 Flash Freeze When Mei takes fatal damage she instantly gains Cryo-Freeze. This effect has a 180 second cooldown.
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Snow Blind Throw a snowball that hits all enemies in an area. Enemies hit take 70 (+4% per level) damage, are Slowed by 35%, and are Blinded for 1.75 seconds. 10 35
W Blizzard Command Snowball to create a Blizzard at the target location for 2 seconds. Enemies within the blizzard take 13 (+4% per level) damage every 0.25 seconds and are Slowed by 7%, stacking up to 35%. When the Blizzard ends, enemies within its area take an additional 75 (+4% per level) damage and are Stunned for 1.25 seconds. 14 70
E Icing Slide quickly in the targeted direction. When this effect ends, enemies near Mei are knocked back, take 52 (+4% per level) damage, and are Slowed by 80%, rapidly decaying over 1.5 seconds. Can be canceled during sliding. 14 70
R Avalanche After 0.5 seconds, roll a massive snowball that consumes enemy Heroes in its path. At the end of its path, the snowball crumbles, releasing the consumed Heroes, dealing 220 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds per Hero consumed. 90 80
R Ice Wall Vector Targeting After a 0.75 second delay, create an impassable wall that traps enemy Heroes hit for 2.5 seconds. When the wall expires, trapped Heroes are Slowed by 75%, decaying over 3 seconds. 60 50
D Cryo-Freeze Become encased in ice for 3 seconds, gaining a rapidly decaying Shield that absorbs up to 1104 (+4% per level) damage. While active, this Shield grants Unstoppable and restores up to 35% of Mei's maximum Health. 40

Mei

2024-08-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused abilities to be usable when Ice Wall transitions from timed to untimed.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Flash Freeze to not properly cancel effects that launch Mei.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Shatter's Armor reduction to not be removed by Invulnerable.
  • Fixed an issue where Mei's abilities caused players to highlight enemies.

2024-05-21 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Cascade's Snow Blinds to Blind for less duration than untalented Snow Blinds.

2024-02-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where The Big One was not gaining the full benefit of Slushball.

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Skating Away [E]
      • Skating Away now displays a Block visual.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Polar Vortex's Attack Speed malus to stack multiplicatively with other Attack Speed bonuses and maluses.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Cooling Servos while Blinded or if the target is Evading.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Induce Hibernation to apply to non-Heroes.

2023-09-20 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where The Big One only gained 50% increased damage from Slushball.
  • Fixed an issue where the Skating Away talent did not give 50 armor to nearby non Heroes.

2021-05-18 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health reduced from 2675 to 2625.
  • Health regeneration reduced from 5.5742 to 5.5703.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Ice Storm [W]
      • Periodic damage reduced from 45 to 42.
    • Heat Transfer [Passive]
      • Heal amount reduced from 18 to 16.5.
  • Level 4
    • Cold Front [E]
      • Passive cooldown reduction reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.
  • Level 10
    • Ice Wall [R2]
      • Cooldown increased from 50 to 60 seconds.

Developer Comment: Mei is still slightly overperforming at all levels of play, so she gets a boop from the nerf stick.

2021-01-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Snow Blind [Q]
    • Slow and Blind duration increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Heavy Pack [Q]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from .25 to .5 seconds.
      • Additional functionality: Each time Blizzard damages an enemy Hero, gain 3 Mana.
    • Ice Storm [W]
      • Bonus final Stun damage increased from 125% to 150%.
  • Level 4
    • Slushball [Q]
      • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 75%.
    • Cold Front [E]
      • Adjusted functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Icing by 4 seconds. If Mei enters her own Blizzard while Icing is active, the cooldown of Icing is reduced by 5 seconds and she gains 80 Mana.
  • Level 10
    • Ice Wall [R2]
      • Cooldown reduced from 70 to 50 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50.
  • Level 13
    • Flurry [W]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 100% to 125%.

Developer Comment: Mei has a few talent issues and hasn't been seen in the tank meta recently, so we're giving her some buffs, particularly to various talents that aren't seeing as much play as they should.

2020-08-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Crystallize [Trait]
      • Armor amount reduced from 50 to 40.
    • Cold Front [E]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 7 to 8 seconds.
      • Mana return increased from 50 to 70.
  • Level 10
    • Avalanche [R1]
      • Cooldown increased from 70 to 90 seconds.
      • Mana cost increased from 70 to 80.
  • Level 13
    • ​Flurry [W]
      • Cooldown refresh rate increased from 75% to 100%.

Developer Comment: We are super happy with where Mei is sitting overall, but wanted to continue tuning some talents to help even things out. While doing so, we also increased the cooldown of Avalanche substantially, as it feels like she has too much up-time on its availability in team fights.

2020-07-15 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Heavy Pack [Q]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from .125 to .25 seconds.
  • Level 4
    • Crystallize [Trait]
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 15 to 10 seconds.
      • Duration of Spell Armor after Cryo-Freeze ends reduced from 2 to 1 second.
  • Level 10
    • Avalanche [R1]
      • Cooldown increased from 65 to 70 seconds.
    • Ice Wall [R2]
      • Cooldown reduced from 90 to 70 seconds.
  • Level 20
    • Cascade [R1]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 25 to 30 seconds.

Developer Comment: Mei's introduction to the Nexus has been very cool. Her crisp performance has solidified her as a powerful member of any team. She is doing well but is not showing signs of being too strong just yet, so we are primarily adjusting her talents to be in a more solid place.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Mei's Flash Freeze would cause the trigger enemy to have their movement locked Undocumented

2020-06-23 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

A brilliant mind with a sunny disposition, Dr. Mei-Ling Zhou joined Overwatch to help solve the world's growing climate problems. Armed with a host of weather-altering technologies, Mei now fights to protect her friends and secure a future for a troubled world.

Trait [D]

  • Cryo-Freeze
    • Mei encases herself in ice, gaining a rapidly decaying Shield that absorbs up to 1104 damage. While active, this Shield grants Unstoppable and restores up to 35% maximum Health.
    • Cooldown: 40 seconds.

Basic Abilities

  • Snow Blind [Q]
    • Throw a snowball that hits all enemies in an area. Enemies hit take 70 damage, are Slowed by 35%, and are Blinded for 1.5 seconds.
    • Cost: 35 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 10 seconds.
  • Blizzard [W]
    • Command Snowball to create a blizzard at the target location for 2 seconds. Enemies within the blizzard take 13 damage every .25 seconds and are Slowed by 7%, stacking up to 35%. When the blizzard ends, enemies within its area take an additional 75 damage and are stunned for 1.25 seconds.
    • Cost: 70 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 14 seconds.
  • Icing [E]
    • Slide quickly in the targeted direction. When this effect ends, enemies near Mei are knocked back, take 52 damage, and are Slowed by 80%, rapidly decaying over 1.5 seconds.
    • Cost: 70 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 14 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

  • Avalanche [R1]
    • After .5 seconds, roll a massive snowball that consumes enemy Heroes in its path. At the end of its path, the snowball crumbles, releasing the consumed Heroes, dealing 220 damage and stunning them for .5 per Hero consumed.
    • Cost: 70 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 65 seconds.
  • Ice Wall [R2]
    • After a .75 second delay, create an impassible wall that traps enemy Heroes hit for 2.5 seconds. When the wall expires, trapped Heroes are slowed by 75% decaying over 3 seconds.
    • Cost: 60 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 90 seconds.

Talent

  • Level 1
    • Heavy Pack [Q]
      • Increases the duration of Snow Blind's Slow by 100%. Each time Blizzard damages an enemy Hero, reduce the cooldown of Snow Blind by .125 seconds.
    • Ice Storm [W]
      • Every 3rd hit of Blizzard against enemy Heroes deals an additional 45 damage. Blizzard's final stun damage is increased by 125% against all enemies.
    • Heat Transfer [Passive]
      • Basic Attacks against Rooted, Stunned, or Slowed Heroes deal 33% more damage. Each time Mei Stuns or Slows an enemy Hero she heals for 18 Health.
  • Level 4
    • Slushball [Q]
      • Snow Blind deals 50% increased damage and Structures hit are disabled for 3 seconds.
    • Cold Front [E]
      • If Mei enters her own Blizzard while Icing is active, the cooldown of Icing is reduced by 7 seconds and she gains 50 Mana.
    • Crystallize [Trait]
      • Reduce the cooldown of Cryo-Freeze by 15 seconds. Mei gains 50 Spell Armor while Cryo-Freeze is active and for 2 seconds after.
  • Level 7
    • Induce Hibernation [W]
      • Enemy Heroes inside of Blizzard's area have their damage dealt reduced by 40%. When Blizzard ends, enemy Heroes within its area gain this effect for an additional 4 seconds.
    • Skating Away [E]
      • When Icing ends, grant Mei and nearby allies 20% Movement Speed and 50 Physical Armor for 3 seconds.
    • Backup Battery [Active]
      • Activate to remove all Roots and Slows and regenerate 20% of maximum Health over 2 seconds. The cooldown of this ability is reduced by 10 seconds each time Mei picks up a Regeneration Globe.
  • Level 13
    • Flurry [W]
      • While in her own Blizzard, Mei gains 50% increased attack speed and Blizzard's cooldown refreshes 75% faster. If Mei is in her own Blizzard when it ends, gain these bonuses for 3 additional seconds.
    • Cooling Servos [Trait]
      • Basic Attacks Slow their target by 20% for 1.5 seconds. While Cryo-Freeze is active, Mei's Basic Ability cooldowns recover 200% faster.
    • Polar Vortex [Passive]
      • Using an ability causes Mei to deal 24 damage a second to nearby enemies for 4 seconds. Enemy Heroes damaged by this effect also have their movement and attack speed Slowed by 20%.
  • Level 16
    • Fresh Powder [Q]
      • Snow Blind gains an additional charge and its range is increased by 33%.
    • Black Ice [E]
      • Icing's Slow effect no longer decays over its duration. Icing deals 300% more damage to enemies very close to Mei.
    • Acclimation [Passive]
      • Each time Mei Slows or Stuns an enemy Hero, the damage she deals and healing she receives is increased by 1%, stacking up to 20 times. While at maximum stacks, Mei also gains 10 armor. Lasts 8 seconds.
  • Level 20
    • Cascade [R1]
      • Reduce the cooldown of Avalanche by 25 seconds. While traveling, Avalanche constantly launches a volley of untalented Snow Blind snowballs ahead of itself.
    • Shatter [R2]
      • When Ice Wall expires, trapped enemy Heroes hit take 210 damage and have their Armor reduced by 25 for 5 seconds.
    • The Big One [Q]
      • Every 15 seconds, your next Snow Blind has 66% increased area and 200% increased damage.
    • Flash Freeze [Trait]
      • Upon taking fatal damage, Mei instantly gains Cryo-Freeze. This effect has a 180 second cooldown.