After 1000+ hours of Sombra

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Curse you SMS Protect. You had one job :sob:

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I stand by that statement, actually. She is garbage. She is a reverse Sombra. She wins games despite being really bad. Sombra loses games despite being really good. It honestly makes no sense, but I stick by that sentiment.

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100% swing accuracy.

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I can record a replay later if you want. My last 10 replays are all wins lol. And I don’t really pop off or anything on Brig. I just stay alive, and that has huge impact

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The experience of one random is meaningless.

Statistically, the same would have happened if you played Zen or Ana.

Brigitte is bad out of GOATs.

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inb4 someone says brig is weak lmao

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brig wins by hornswoggling sr from people who want to play their fav skill characters more than they want to win.

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Your acquaintance got lucky twice. OP got lucky over and over again to the point where they are now so lucky they are accidentally beating T500 players. Over, and over again. These situations are totally different.

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They’re not accidently beating T500 players. They were already T500 material before, they just played a hero worse than Brig.

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Ah, but they played 1k+ hours of that hero and almost no Brig. Then they picked up Brig and eclipsed all of that time in 30 hours of Brig. So unless you are going to argue that sombra is THAT much worse than Brig it still points to Brig being pretty easy to play.

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Firstly, just because you’re good with a hero doesn’t make them overpowered or unbalanced.

Second, you’re comparing your Sombra to your Brig. Don’t.

Lastly, Tanks and Supports need more filling, so it’s basically the simple fact you’re playing a support means you’re able to “carry better” because you’re actually fitting in to the team better.

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Yeah I’m genuinely curious. I never really see anyone playing Brig anymore after most of her nerfs unless it’s in a GOATS scenario which is even more rare.

Can I also ask if you notice a difference in how people treat you as a teammate when you pick Brig vs Sombra?

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Sombra is bottom 3rd in winrate in GM at 50.95%, Brig is in the middle of the pack at 54.21% winrate. So yes, I’m going to argue Sombra is that much worse than Brig.
Sombra is completely dependant on how her team uses her abilities, this is less the case for the Swedish lady.
Their winrate on Sombra last season is 51%. Which is the average. 1000 hours cannot compensate for the lack of teamwork, which Sombra desperately needs to be effective.

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She destroyed this game. On a scale that not even mercy managed to do after rework.

the problem could have been reverted a couple of months ago. But now it’s too late to even do that.

Low winrate, high winrate, low pickrate or high pickrate, balanced or unbalanced, her presence in this game alone changed things to a scale that shook this game for years to come in the worst way imaginable.

All because blizzard wanted dive out of meta.

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Proofs that you are a very good player in the first place, but are others able to do the same - is she op?

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I’m definitely not able to do the same on other heroes. I can maintain around 4.3k with Sombra since I have so much time on her, and I can get 4.5k with Brig since she’s really that strong. I’m hardly GM with most other heroes though

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I’m not saying OP got lucky. There’s GM and T500 players of most heroes. It’s not basis for anything. Kolorblind doesn’t show Bastion is fine, Stevoo doesn’t show Sym is fine, Dafran doesn’t show Soldier is fine.

They’re anecdotal examples and have no bearing on whether or not something is “fine”.

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Brigitte is actually bound to be strong in comp. she can tank and heal. Which is always lacking in comp

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Because Sombra is one of the hardest hero to make work on a consistent basis.

Edit: Also a 1000 hours on Sombra is insane xD
I got a fourth of that and i would consider myself playing her alot.

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You just switched from one of the most skill demanding heroes and probably most team dependent, to one totally opposite and also a Support/Tank, which we so often miss in our games.

I rather see a problem with Sombra being weak here, than Brig being too strong. As you said: You are no 1 Brig right now.