Mei, despite having many tools to control enemies, is ineffective compared to other heroes of her role.
The goal of this rework is to simply make the Adventuring Climatologist more viable.
Note
This concept used to be different. As of 30/10/2025, it has been changed significantly.
Stats
Health increased from 2625 to 2784
Health Regen increased from 5.5703 to 5.8
Attack Damage decreased from 78 to 70
Stats now properly scale by 4% per level, reaching (rounded) 6100 Health, 13 Health Regen, and 153 Attack Damage at Level 20
Combat Trait
1
Endothermic Blaster (New Trait)
Basic Attacks deal 50% more damage to enemies that are Slowed or Stunned.
2
Cryo-Freeze (D)
Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
Shield decreased from 1104 to 828
Healing decreased from 35% to 30%
Tooltip now mentions that Cryo-Freeze makes Mei unable to fight.
Tooltip now mentions that Cryo-Freeze can be reactivated to cancel the effect.
Primary Abilities
1
Snow Blind (Q)
Mana reduced from 35 to 20
Cooldown reduced from 10 to 6 seconds
Now has 2 charges, with a 1 second cooldown between charges
Damage decreased from 70 to 60
Slow decreased from 35% to 20%, but now stacks up to 40%
Slow and Blind duration decreased from 1.75 to 1.5 seconds
Range decreased from 9 to 8
Radius increased from 2.25 to 2.5
2
Blizzard (Reworked W)
Mana: 80 Cooldown: 18 seconds
Command Snowball to create a Blizzard at the target location for 2 seconds after a 0.5 second delay. The Blizzard deals 12 damage every 0.25 seconds and Slows enemies hit by 8% decaying over 1.5 seconds, up to 40%. This Slow effect stacks with other Slow effects.
While within the Blizzard, enemies that reach its maximum Slow effect or become Slowed by at least 60% will be Stunned for 1 second, take 120 bonus damage, and become immune to this effect until the Blizzard ends.
Range: 8
Radius: 4
Bonus damage is taken only after the Stun is applied.
3
Icing (E)
Mana reduced from 70 to 60
Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds
Damage increased from 52 to 80
Slow duration decreased from 1.5 to 1 second
Range increased from 11 to 12
Tooltip now mentions that Icing can be reactivated to end the effect early.
Heroic Abilities
1
Avalanche (R1)
Cooldown reduced from 90 to 80 seconds
Damage increased from 220 to 240
2
Ice Wall (R2)
Mana increased from 50 to 60
Duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds
Now obstructs vision for both teams while active
LEVEL 1
Ice Storm (Reworked)
Increase Blizzard's bonus damage by 100%. Passive: Mei restores 1 Mana each time she Slows or Stuns an enemy.
Skating Away (Moved from Level 7)(Reworked)
While Icing is active, Mei evades all Basic Attacks.
When Icing ends, Mei removes all Slows from herself and nearby allies.
Radius: 4
Heat Transfer (Reworked)
Mei heals for 25% of all damage she deals to Heroes that are Slowed or Stunned. Passive: Gain 1 Attack Range.
LEVEL 4
Slushball (Reworked)
Increase Snow Blind's damage by 50%. ❢Quest: Cause enemy Heroes to miss 50 Basic Attacks. ❢Reward: Snow Blind disables Structures hit by 3 seconds.
Flurry (Moved from Level 13)(Reworked)
While within the Blizzard, Mei gains 50% Attack Speed.
If Blizzard Stuns at least one enemy Hero, reduce its cooldown by 6 seconds.
Crystallize (Reworked)
Increase Cryo-Freeze's Shield by 25%.
Mei gains 30 Armor while Cryo-Freeze is active and for 1 second after.
LEVEL 7
Heavy Pack (Moved from Level 1)(Reworked)
Increase Snow Blind's Slow duration by 1.5 seconds.
Basic Attacks against Slowed or Stunned Heroes reduce the cooldown of Snow Blind by 1 second.
Cold Front (Moved from Level 4)(Reworked)
Entering Blizzard while Icing is active reduces Icing's cooldown by 6 seconds and refreshes the duration of Blizzard.
Polar Vortex (Moved from Level 13)(Reworked)
Mei can now move at 50% Movement Speed while Cryo-Freeze is active.
Enemies near Cryo-Freeze take 6 damage every 0.25 seconds and are Slowed by 20%.
Radius: 4
LEVEL 13
Fresh Powder (Reworked)
Increase Snow Blind's range by 50% and remove its Mana cost.
Cooling Servos (Reworked)
While Cryo-Freeze is active, Mei's Basic Abilities recharge 100% faster.
Each time Mei Slows or Stuns an enemy Hero, reduce Cryo-Freeze's cooldown by 0.2 seconds.
Acclimation (Moved from Level 16)
Bonus per stack decreased from 2% to 1%.
Maximum bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
Duration decreased from 8 to 5 seconds.
Armor bonus removed.
LEVEL 16
The Big One (Moved from Level 20)(Reworked)
Increase Snow Blind's damage by 300%, radius by 50%, and Slow amount to 50%.
Increase Snow Blind's cooldown to 10 seconds and lose 1 charge.
Black Ice
Damage bonus decreased from 300% to 200%.
Backup Battery (Moved from Level 7)(Reworked) Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to become Unstoppable for 1 second and restore 15% of maximum Health and Mana over 3 seconds.
Basic Attacks against Heroes that are Slowed or Stunned reduce the cooldown of Backup Battery by 3 seconds.
Backup Battery and its effects are disabled while Cryo-Freeze is active.
LEVEL 20
Cascade
Cooldown reduction decreased from 30 to 20 seconds.
Shatter
Armor reduction increased from 25 to 30.
Reduction duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds.
Cold Blaster (New)
Increase bonus damage against Slowed or Stunned enemies from 50% to 100%. Passive: Basic Attacks Slow by 40% decaying over 1.5 seconds.
Flash Freeze
Cooldown reduced from 180 to 120 seconds.
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