Can you show me effective Tracer vs Mei then? I must be approaching it wrong, as I ALWAYS lose at that matchup, and I don't think I'm a shit player.
Tracer player here. Don't think I've ever lost a 1v1 to Mei, you can dump a couple clips before she has a chance to freeze you, pop recall to not get frozen and dump more damage. Once she pops any CDs she's dead usually. Tracer outranges her, has the mobility, recall cancels freeze, etc. Only thing keeping her in a standing 1v1 is the health pool.
Only time it works out for her is if icicle pops you in the face.
This is in a straight uninterrupted 1v1 though, which usually won't happen? In a big fight Tracer doesn't have the burst to drop Mei if she has her CDs up, but Tracer can usually get a CD for free out of it. You'll probably be busy killing a character that actually matters instead.