The relatively low frequency of tank vs Brigitte 1v1s doesn’t make it any less true that most tanks eat Brigitte for breakfast in 1v1, which is what I set out with that post to prove.
In this team game, however, the idea that Tanks > Brigitte still holds true in the bigger picture. What would you rather have, a 500hp armored Reinhardt doing 75 damage per swing with with a 50 hp/sec Mercy beam, or a 250hp barely armored Brigitte doing 35 damage per swing (30 against Rein’s armor) with the same 50 hp/sec Mercy beam attached to her?
While the answer really does depend on the situation, generally speaking the pocketed Reinhardt is going to get more work done simply because he deals more damage.
Brigitte has a powerful presence on the front lines in a team fight, but she is not a substitute for a real tank, just like she is not a substitute for a real damage hero, or a substitute for a more capable and consistent healer. She’s objectively worse than everyone else in their respective jobs because she isn’t a specialist in anything but her own personal dueling ability against squishies. Every other hero in the game can do one of the three roles that Brigitte performs better than Brigitte. All they have to do…
…is keep their distance from her if they don’t have tank hp.