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Damage hero · counters
Mei counters
Who beats Mei, who Mei beats, and why. The hardest counter to Mei is Pharah. Mei's strongest matchups include D.Va, Genji and Lúcio.
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From WinCon's coaching read of each hero's abilities, the same one the coach uses: a guide, not a measured win rate. Blizzard doesn't publish how heroes do against each other.
Heroes that counter Mei
Pick one of these into an enemy Mei, or watch for them when you play Mei.
Damage heroes
Supports
- Jetpack Cat : flying support out of her reach
- Mercy : flies above Ice Wall and outside her primary
Heroes Mei counters
Mei is a good answer when the enemy plays one of these.
Tanks
- D.Va : her beam ignores Matrix and Ice Wall cuts off her exit
- Wrecking Ball : slows him and walls block his roll
- Domina : Ice Wall cuts off a tank with little mobility
- Junker Queen : Ice Wall and slow stop her Commanding Shout rush
- Sigma : her beam ignores Grasp and Ice Wall splits him from his barrier
- Winston : Ice Wall splits his dive from his team
Damage heroes
- Genji : slows him and Cryo-Freeze survives his burst
- Tracer : no-aim slow on a small target; Cryo beats Pulse Bomb
- Vendetta : the slow cuts her mobility and Cryo survives the combo
- Venture : Cryo-Freeze survives her burst and the slow pins her
- Anran : slows her and Cryo clears burn
- Shion : slows her and Cryo survives her burst
Supports
- Lúcio : slowing stream and Ice Wall stop his mobility
Mei against dive, brawl and poke
- Good into dive: walls, slows and Cryo-Freeze blunt divers who must come close
- Good into brawl: walls split a walking push and her beam slows it
- Bad into poke: long sightlines and fliers keep her out of range