MEI’S ENDOTHERMIC BLASTER
During the short we got an amazing glimpse into the actual creation of Mei’s in-game weapon, her Endothermic Blaster. Although it can look different depending on her chosen skin, this prototype is the basis for its design.
After needing a way to climb a control tower to reach Winston’s transmission, Mei goes all Tony Stark on us and makes a special ice generating gun using only things she finds around the station. Turns out the main portion of the gun is made up of a blow dryer, water jug, whipped cream can, and several other smaller parts making up the rest. She also develops her own special liquid that turns to ice on contact, so it turns out Mei is a chemistry wiz as well.
She is able to attach Snowball to the back of the build and use it as a charger so she can bring him wherever she goes. After she leaves the Ecopoint she field-tests the gear in the Yukon to work out the bugs, and even mistakenly freezes her own arm. In her journal she says that after testing it on herself, she isn’t as worried to test it on the “cute animals” she wants to study. So is Mei out there just freezing bunnies and squirrels like a psychopath? Jeez, hope not.
