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Heroes of the Storm chills with Overwatch's Mei for Nexomania 2

Overwatch's Mei has come to Heroes of the Storm to investigate a new Nexus Anomaly while the Nexus gets ready to rumble one more time.

Ozzie Mejia

June 15, 2020 11:00 AM

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The first Nexomania event wound up being one of Heroes of the Storm's most unique events. It's one thing to run an MMORPG with a recognizable pantheon of heroes, but to then blend in a professional wrestling atmosphere? That's a fun idea and it looks like Blizzard agrees, because Nexomania is coming back. But on top of that, the game is getting a new character from sister series Overwatch in the form of ice queen Mei.

Mei joins a number of her fellow Overwatch heroes as part of the Heroes of the Storm roster. She'll bring along her various ice-related abilities to the table, working as a tank that specializes in crowd control. If she starts to get in over her head, she can use her Cryo-Freeze trait to encase herself in a block of ice, allowing her to recover health and also become Unstoppable during the duration of the move.

Here are Mei's abilities:

• (Q) Snow Blind: Mei will toss a snowball at her enemy. Any enemy struck will take damage and also be slowed and blinded.
• (W) Blizzard: Mei calls upon Snowball to rain down snow on a targeted area. Any enemies in that area will take damage and be slowed.
• (E) Icing: Mei coats her boots in ice, allowing her to glide quickly down any lane. If an enemy is caught in the path of Icing as it ends, they will be momentarily slowed.
• (R1) Avalanche: Mei creates a giant snowball that rolls down any lane, catching any enemies caught in its path. Enemy heroes will get stuck inside the snowball and roll down along with it until it explodes at the end of its path.
• (R2) Ice Wall: Overwatch players should be familiar with Ice Wall. This allows Mei to create an Ice Wall and block off any path. If enemy heroes are caught inside the Ice Wall, they will be stunned. The Ice Wall eventually explodes and if any enemy is caught in the explosion, they will be stunned.

Mei's arrival coincides with the latest Nexus Anomaly, Climate Phenomena. This adds a number of weather effects to the game, giving a different weather effect to each battleground. Weather events will last a few minutes, but will repeat periodically until the end of each game. How the weather affects your specific hero will vary depending on the hero and the type of weather.

There's a lot of talk about ice and weather, but what about Nexomania? Well, there are a few more lucha libre-themed outfits for some of the Nexus' best heroes. Step into the ring with El Bandido Imperius, El Gato Batalla Lili, and Mal'gucho Mal'ganis. They join the other wrestling outfits introduced back in the 2018 Nexomania event for better wrestling action than whatever the hell that segment with The Street Profits and Viking Raiders from last night was supposed to be.

Mei is available to play right now on the Heroes of the Storm PTR. Look for her, the latest Nexus Anomaly, and Nexomania II to come to the full Heroes of the Storm game next week.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?