I’m not going to argue on this topic anymore. My opinions are, Brigitte is fairly balanced and I don’t mind if she dosen’t get any future nerfs. However, I think there are some aspects of her kit than can use toning down. She’s not OP, and is able to be countered. But she is such a low skill high reward character. Ana and Zen take a lot of skill where people spend ages practising how to aim, and then a Brigitte comes in with 0 aim and stuns them. I just don’t see it as fair.
I didn’t think we were arguing. Ironically, I actually would prefer that she has her flail swing-speed nerfed a bit so it’s not like I think she’s a saint. I don’t like playing against her.
I just think people keep focusing on “support” and judging her based on that, when she has tankiness. Other heroes heal better than her and other heroes tank better than her - and can tank for other teammates, too.
That’s all I’m saying lol. Your opinion isn’t wrong. You’re allowed to have one, and I appreciate you sharing yours. 
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She is the victim of her own success. The meta switched from dive/flankers to dual snipers because Brigitte would wreck the dive heroes. Brig is a lot less effective against snipers, so that is what people play.
Maybe nerf isn’t the right word. Maybe Brig needs some rethinking from a design standpoint. She is so good at her intended design that the entire meta changes to minimize her impact. That doesn’t sound like a healthy game design to me.
Honestly I’d shift some of her power around rather than straight nerfing her. Once she’s on you, it’s hard to get away, so why not do this:
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Attack speed decreased to once every 1 or 1.2 seconds, down from 0.6 seconds
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Attack damage increased to 45, up from 35
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Whip Shot reduced to 60 damage, down from 70
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During Rally her attack speed is doubled, to once every 0.5 or 0.6 seconds (a 0.1 buff or what it is now)
This would encourage the more tanky side of her playstyle, still able to do her stun, melee, whip shot attack for 155 damage, but allow characters who are not flankers a chance to respond instead of her being on your bum all the time.
I don’t really even know what I’m doing on baguette and after playing her for the very first time for ~4 hrs this season I’ve managed to get ~70% wr on her.
With the right support, supporting me while I played baguette such as zen, and a zar shield I feel like I can basically face tank many team comps effortlessly which allows my team to push in with little pressure. Every time I hit that ult button I feel like I can do what ever I feel like doing with very little repercussion.
While it does feel fun to basically walk up to any flanker and either force them to run or take a beating that leaves them wishing they could run, or get in a roadhogs face to farm ult and then stun him out of his heal making him completely useless, or make mccree/76 run for the hills in close combat, or make junkrat look like a useless noob as you smash his face in and then whip shot him mid air as he tries to run… I feel like I could go on forever…
The concept of the hero after learning how to play her a bit is, to be honest, kind of appealing, but I wish more emphasis was put into mastering her mechanics.
With Dive slowly creeping it’s way back into the game like the tumor it is I actually believe Nerfing shield bash even more she’ll no longer be able to shut down the comp if needed… Personally I’d even say go back with the most recent nerf and take down that 1 second again.
It’s not a stretch to say she is niche because her limitations on team synergy definitely keep her from Meta.
You can’t get the same value of Winston+Brig as you can with Rein+Brig. And maps with verticality, sight lines and no ceiling cover hurt her. It’s one of the reasons her pickrate isn’t high, she has unfavorable meta matchups on most maps. She not as niche as Bastion but she is a liability to certain comps and maps.
Owh man. Brigitte is one of my mains D:
She still exists though… so…
YES!! I had a lot of situations where no matter what I did as Brigitte, I would just die!! I played the hell out of her in season 10 ( she became my most played hero ) and it was hard for them to counter Brigitte but now?? my shield melts in seconds.
Pretty sure 11th most picked isnt niche, especially when the meta is 2 of her counters. Lets also ignore her consistently having either the highest win rate or at least in the top 3, once again, in a meta with her counters.
Oh boy.
Last I knew McCree can roll away making Brig having to bash to keep distance with him unless you’re very close to her but any smart McCree wouldn’t do that and if she does, McCree can flashbang Brig while doing his own combo to kill.
Unless in a team scenario a brig going up 1v1 is in favor of Rein. He does more damage, more health so he can eat combo and still charge her afterwards.
Again like Rein, in a 1v1 Orisa has the advantage with halt and fortify to stop her bash.
Roadhog has the advantage in this fight too, his health pool is too much for Brig to solo and one hook can mean death for her. Roadhog can just laugh off the combo with take a breath.
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I main all the support/mei/dva and I find it easy to kill her since I kinda know a lot of her kit. I just bait her shield bash and then freeze her/shoot her easily
also, when I’m playing lucio and I see a Brigitte coming toward someone, I either boop her away or speed boost my teammate away from her.
Never pick fight with any of the tanks unless a teammate is helping you.
Yeah, Brig is asking to be killed if she does that.
Tracer is still the best if your good enough rein out duels her too Ana is able roadhog can junkrat and also pharah forgot mccree
I learnt that the hard way sigh
I learned that the moment I played around with her when she released.
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If you ask me, she may be balanced yet niche, but that doesn’t make her any less obnoxious to fight in said niche.
If they continue to keep nerfing her she will eventually become a hero that people will report you for playing, some do that anyway because they don’t understand how the hero works.
I don’t get the whole low pick rate for her either, I’m having a blast playing her, I recently hit Master 3750 SR with her could potentially get Grand Master with her.
She can easily duel tanks by the way, I have bested Reinhearts no problem, I have the greater reach, he’s a significant threat if he can get on top of you, but he shouldn’t be able to anyway. Roadhogs are easy to beat 1v1 also he only has 5 shots, you simply time your barrier for those shots and you’ll get the best of him easily.
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