Please make that thing unviable. Increase her cooldowns by 10 seconds each, reduce her health to 150, remove her armour, strip the movement speed bonus from her ultimate and decrease its duration by 3 seconds.
Or let her die a tragic death in the next event and remove her completely.
The former would suffice though, it’s not like there aren’t other unviable heroes. The last time I saw Reaper being picked in OWL was in the match Gladiators vs Valiant a couple days ago (04/15/2019), which didn’t get the Gladiator’s anywhere.
Brigitte is obviously picked always. I understand that the meta is a thing, but why does it have to be such a meta? How often do we get to see our favorite players pop noggins with Widowmaker nowadays, when was the last time someone went ham on Reaper in OWL?
The meta would of course drastically change if Brigitte was to be nerfed into the ground. So what? Nobody at Blizzard would lose their face because of that.
The meta has always been shifting.
In fact, turning Brigitte from a sadistic raid boss into a decent human being would most definitely draw a lot of players from cowering in a corner of their room back to the desk.
I am but a mere gold player and definitely don’t see and understad all layers of this game, but boy I’d rather get obliterated by a hitscan main who’s working on his hand-eye-coordination daily than getting w-m1’d into oblivion by someone who just picked up video games.
I’ve been addicted to Overwatch since June 2016 and I’ll stay that way, whether Brigitte will get nerfed even more or not.
I sincerely apologise if this post tastes a little salty. The game is fantastic, I just really can’t stand Brig. Thank you for reading.
Dear OP:
I’m sorry you’re getting completely annihilated by entire literal 35 damage attacks , and I’m sorry you keep finding yourself in hugging range of a hero with no mobility.
Life must be really really hard for u, hang in there and try to brainstorm ways to combat this universe-destroying demigod untouchable hero, I’m sure there’s a way if we think hard enough
No one hated Brig more than me, but if you are still pointing your finger at Brig after her 247 nerfs… you may want to take a long look at yourself in the mirror.
Soldier does literal 20 damage attacks. What of it?
Im a large fan of context.
Its true that each hit does “only” 35 damage, but its also important to note that they come at a relatively decent frequency.
And while its also true that you need to be “in melee range” of her to be hit- Her range is 6 meters, giving her a 12 meter threat bubble. Its also important to note that overwatch is an objective based game, and physically requires players to be within finite-distances of said objectives in order to interact with them. The maps also tend to be designed in such a way as to readily encourage close-quarters combat- and shoe horns players into tight ranges / spaces (Almost as if the devs knew that theyd have to do that because they have melee based heroes).
Also worth noting is that her primary attack cleaves, meaning the attack cant be body-blocked for you by other heroes, such as tanks. This very same cleave mechanic also allows it to go through shields, once against negating a very important mitigation tactic.
It has almost no aim demands, no ammo/reload mechanics to contend with. So if you DO get in range, youre pretty much going to be taking enough damage to kill most squishy targets within a couple seconds. PLUS, being in that range allows her access to one of the longest genuine hard stuns in the game. If she gets in range of you for 1 second, then stuns you- Youll be dead within the next second where you have control over your own hero (Or less if she combos whipshot in on this, which is an instant source of 70 damage)
Now dont get me wrong.
I do NOT think brigitte is over powered. Ive openly stated this many times. I consistently advocate that briggs needs a mechanical adjustment to many assets of her kit, to pave the room for buffs.
BUT
Im not going to sit back and pretend like briggs is some wet noodle incapable of contributing damage to the team- Because that simply isnt true.
Briggs CAN be quite lethal. Its a HUGE part of what allows her to be so strong in the meta (along with many other mechanics) at the highest levels. Itd be silly to advertise contrarily to that.
She does about 49DPS (.6 swing time for 35 a hit).
Soldier does up to 20 damage a bullet at 9 rounds a second for 180 damage. If we say he’s only hitting 30% of his shots, that’s still 54 damage a second. That’s before factoring in crits, or his helix rocket for up to 120 additional burst damage.
I’m not saying you’re wrong with the rest of your post (you’re not) but I wanted to supply further context since it’s important to the discussion. I think brig does decent damage given her limitations, especially after the nerfs she’s received. I’m not sure if comparing her to most damage dealers is going to be fair though, because even if we’re assuming some really low accuracy ratings, nearly every DPS should be able to easily out damage her by a comfortable margin.
Edit: 3AM math was off. Brig should be doing more around 58.3 damage a second. This is of course all being looked at in a vacuum anyway, a lot of what’s being looked at here isn’t factoring in full kits, range, outside help, etc.
Brigitte is my main and I can say, Brigitte isn’t OP, just strong. She is a miniature Rein with a small healing buff to let her sustain a battle just a little longer. So, if you want to get rid of her, just counter her as you would a Rein, then you can send her back to spawn REALLY quickly. That or send your Rein to deal with her, he only needs 2 swings to send her flying to respawn.
But that’s the problem here with Brigitte, people don’t really want to switch hero’s and rather let other deal with her so they don’t have to. It’s at that moment Brigitte players will exploit that moment of weakness in a team set-up and they will send your team really quick to respawn.
