Mei’s ice wall may still be combined with an Overwatch 2 Kiriko bug that enables her to skip out of bounds on a few of the FPS game’s levels after the icy hero made a comeback in the most recent Overwatch 2 update. Mei was briefly disabled for two and a half weeks while Blizzard worked to fix a number of difficulties due to a number of persistent Mei ice wall bugs. However, Kiriko may still team up with her to break the game in a variety of ways, along with other heroes like Wrecking Ball, which has some fans wondering why this issue with one of the finest support heroes at the moment isn’t being fixed.
Among the problems created by Mei’s ice wall is an issue which allows it to be combined with Kiriko’s swift step teleport skill to hop neatly through the geometry of certain Overwatch 2 maps and into otherwise unreachable areas. It appears that, despite Mei’s rather lengthy absence that was purported to address all her currently known issues, you can still hop outside the map by leaping to her as Kiriko while she’s atop her ice wall. The video below showcases the glitch in action on the final stretch of Dorado.
Players report that a similar bug caused when teleporting to Wrecking Ball in certain locations on several maps such as specific stair sets in new maps Paraíso and Colosseo is still present in the game also. In certain cases, this can even be used while still inside the spawn area, allowing Kiriko to get into the walls and then switch out to a different hero altogether.
All these continued issues have led some players to question why Blizzard hasn’t disabled Kiriko from play in Overwatch 2, given that she appears to be the key contributing factor. It’s worth noting, however, that other problems with Mei also contributed to her removal, so this glitch likely wasn’t the sole reason. Nevertheless, some speculate that Blizzard may be reluctant to remove Kiriko as she is the game’s newest hero and is currently part of the season one Overwatch 2 battle pass.
“The bug is in Kiriko’s ability,” one user remarks in a thread about the original bug, “Can’t disable her though as there’s a skin in the store.” Another player responds, speculating that “She is the main reason most buy the battle pass. They don’t have the guts to disable the real problem.” Another thread says, “The OW team is not doing a good job at being proactive about bugs, only dealing with them when they become catastrophic.” It’s certainly something that the community will be keeping close watch on to see how Blizzard responds.
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