🛡️ [Brig] Replace Stun with Chain Trap

General Discussion
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Brigitte

Shield Bash

  • Instantly chains an enemy to the ground with a trap.
  • Enemies can move freely within 5m distance but no further.
  • Certain mobility skills are blocked, such as Recall on Tracer, similar to Junkrat Trap.
  • Chain breaks after 1 second or after a whipshot.

I figure as long as Brig has a strong stun, she’s going to be the heart of what makes GOATs dominate the meta.
A meta which a lot of people dislike because it devalues aiming to get kills, and drastically limits viable DPS hero choices.
Also in general stuns aren’t fun, because the literally prevent you from playing the game.

A change like this would remove the need for a stun, but also be highly effective at preventing range limited dive heroes from chasing down healers and other teammates.

Added bonus, this idea is similar to a concept devs were considering for Torbjorn during beta. It also fits with Brigitte’s engineer tinker aesthetic.

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so…instead people will complain that now there are 2 junkrat traps out at once basically

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Edited the language a bit. The idea is that this would instantly apply to enemies who are hit with a shield bash.

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okay…i mena, sure, but this won’t stop people from complaining

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I figure “playing the game” is a big improvement from being forced to go AFK for one second.

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A similar but more thematic (IMO) effect would be a ‘stagger’ condition where you can still use WASD movement but no other buttons

In addition to this if we alter Whip Shot so it must headshot in order to kill a staggered squishy (maybe in exchange for Whip Shot recovering faster or not slowing Brig as much while performing it), I think the ‘low skill’ complaints would be considerably reduced

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maybe…but unlikely…

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I still advocate more for crippling effect.

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i like this idea. It’ll let her still combo tracer, but people probably wont cry about it as much
5 meters feels a little long to me but im not entirely sure how far that actually is lol

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I like mine, because if a Winston is chasing a healer, it completely stops him from chasing.

I figure Brig flail has 6m range, so it’s almost impossible to miss.

But landing the whipshot might be tricky.
Especially if Tracer is allowed to use blink. Which would make it much more of a skill matchup, instead of a free kill.