
Mei can also use the Blaster to encase herself in a solid ice block that blocks damage and heals her injuries, as well as erect temporary walls of solid ice with many versatile uses, primarily for blocking the enemies. Mei wields an Endothermic Blaster that can either freeze enemies in place with a short-range ice beam or shoot a long-range icicle projectile. Zhang had just flubbed one line and told Michael Chu, lead writer of Overwatch, and the recording engineer "sorry, sorry, sorry." Chu believed this was a great line, and used it along with other new lines to have Mei be apologetic, both sincerely and sarcastically, for her actions in-game. One voice line of Mei's character was added into the game after being inadvertently inspired during a recording session by Zhang. However, as they developed her art style, the team found inspiration in an image of a "cute, nerdy scientist" which they loved, as it gave the idea that normal everyday people could be inspired to be a hero and be part of the Overwatch team. Additionally, her initial design was more oriented towards being a bounty hunter named "Frostbite", using her ice and frost powers in order to trap prey. Later, being impressed by the ice and snow sculptures of Harbin in China, the design team finally decided to set the hero as Chinese. At that time, the nationality of this hero was not decided yet, but the designers once thought to set the hero as a Canadian. At the beginning, Blizzard wanted to design a hero who used frost to battle. Mei was first announced in October 2015 at BlizzCon along with D.Va and Genji, she was one of the last heroes who was introduced into Overwatch prior to its official release. 4.1 Use by Hong Kong protesters and supporters.Mei is voiced by Chinese voice actress Yu "Elise" Zhang in both the English and Chinese language releases of Overwatch. She is a Chinese climatologist and adventurer from Xi'an, China. Outside of Overwatch, Mei also appears in related media, as well as a playable character in the crossover multiplayer online battle arena game Heroes of the Storm. Mei-Ling Zhou ( simplified Chinese: 周美灵 traditional Chinese: 周美靈 pinyin: Zhōu Měilíng), is a fictional, playable character appearing in the 2016 video game Overwatch, a team-based first-person shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Mei ( Chinese: 美 pinyin: Měi or Chinese: 小美 pinyin: Xiǎo Měi lit. Mei and her personal weather modification drone, "Snowball"
