For the last time, BRIGITTE IS FINE!

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Sorry for the caps in the title, but the utter stupidity is ridiculous.

There is no real valid argument as to why Brigitte needs to have a nerf as everyone wants. I can understand that being killed by a support feels [Edited by Blizzard], but here’s the secret

She’s not a support

She’s a tank/support hybrid, she’s supposed to have this kind of capability, getting killed by Brigitte isn’t the same as getting killed by Mercy.

"But her Shield Bash is OP!"

Stay away from it, when her shield is down, that is when you push forward and fire. Also, there’s those elevated places where you just might be able to shoot Brigitte, that’s called high ground, incase you haven’t noticed.

Also, with good synergy and teamwork, you pull off things like Flashbanging over her shield, hacking her as Sombra and then getting the team to jump onto her, and so many more countless strategies!!!

I know you’ve been used to Blizzard’s triggerhappy mentality to remove skill, but it’s time to wake up, a new era of Overwatch has begun.

Forum Mod Edit: This post has been edited by a moderator due to masked language as it is in violation of the Code of Conduct.

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I won’t even pretend this is anywhere near the last time, but:

No, she isn’t.

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Just keep your distance LOOOL 4Head

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There’s no convincing either side to change their views. Change will come from experience either way. I think most people will figure out how to deal with her eventually.

The people who hate her are really really full of anger at this point. Better keep your distance from them.

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Really, the only thing I’d like to see nerfed is the shield bash. I would actually like to see buff on her inspire by increasing the healing a tad on her teammates only.

But I just can’t get behind shield bash. Everyone defending it either has the argument “shoot her shield” or “stand really far away”, and always seem to picture a Brigitte approaching 6 enemies by herself from really far away. Not every Brigitte engagement starts from the other side of first-point Junkertown.

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I would be completely fine with it if it had the same cooldown as Mcree’s flashbang.

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Shield bash needs to be nerfed to the ground if not removed from the game.

There are 3 hard CC in the game already and nobody already likes to deal with it

Flashbang
Hook (Mini stun)
Sleep dart.

All of them have huge CD even more Sleep dart, but Brig? nope Stun-wait 4 Seconds - Stun - repeat.

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Her issue is much more in her design than her power level.

Not many things just make the game “less fun”, but a frontline hero that risklessly stuns through barriers on a 5s cooldown certainly did.

I really don’t get why they made her to be a flanker counter, when being in the backlines is hugely out of position for her.

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It’d be different if her shield coming up wasn’t instant, but it is, so. Also, close-range heroes like Reaper may as well never be played because of how disrupting it is and the fact it’s on such a small cooldown.

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OP hasn’t even tried Brig at all, unless he’s got another account.

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Yeah, she’s not that bad for Tracer and Genji. They can’t do a lot to her, but she can’t do a lot to them either once they learn not to get in her range.

The ones she really trashes are all of the other close combat specialists, like Reaper and Symmetra.

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bo she is not fine, if you’re a closed range tank, you’re dead

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Kinda sounds like “Just don’t shoot at him”, doesn’t it?

And with that kind of comment you lost the right to have one as well.

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Fortify?
Am I wrong?

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I think a key difference there is all three of those are extremely difficult to play. If I get killed by Mei or Sombra, I at least know that Mei and Sombra are really hard to get value out of and the player who did it probably had to practice a lot (I know I’m pretty useless with either). But Brig is super easy to play, so that respect factor is gone.

Also all three of those have much more counter play available.

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I do think it invalidates his opinion a bit that he’s never ever tried playing her, though. I mean, if you’re going to go on a forum and argue that a character is balanced and not overpowered, at least try them first.

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I made a topic on this, literally called “Brigitte is FINE”. She is an off-tank/off-support, which is why she runs terribly as solo-heals.

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I feel like none of these guys know what the word “trolling” means, I’m not quite sure though

In all seriousness though, my final post: Brigitte (from playing against her quite frequently and playing a lot of heroes that she is known to counter), is not balanced in the slightest and needs a nerf. This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Sure, stun-resistant Orisa is fine against her and Junkrat but those are rare exceptions. Basically ANY hero is screwed if you go against her close range

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