I main support really just because I like fast queue times, and I decided to try out Brig, and even though we won I was obviously being carried, I felt totally useless. Every time I put down my shield to go for a smack, I’d just instant die to enemy focus fire. I try to play right up with our tank and trigger inspire, but her healing still feels so low. When I shield bash it feels like I’m just having a pillow fight with the enemy.
Can an experienced Brig player tell me the correct strategy for her? Like general positioning, combos, and what not?
edit: Thanks for all the advice, my Brig gameplay has improved immensely and I jumped to a 73% win rate in comp on her.
I think your problem lies in that you keep using it as frontline , the only utility of brig right now is to play with the covers and the tank never exposing yourself to the enemy line of fire because brig is a hero with zero survivability and little mobility , the best you can do is play in corners and covers and only pushing after the tank has done it with some dps or main support then you will have a very clear view of who to heal or who to finish off , A common problem you may encounter is not being able to activate inspiration or lack of healing because the enemy team has a lot of range and damage, the best thing to do in those cases is to try to find an alternate way to face the TF or change heroes, don’t be afraid to change heroes, this game is about adapting to the enemy even if most of them don’t know it
That, honestly, is the biggest problem I’ve been having with Brig in my games. About the only target you can consistently get the hit on is the tank and that usually involves needing whipshot if you don’t wanna put yourself at too much risk… which is a horrible use for the ability.
Prioritize procing your inspire with your flail, and staying relatively safe otherwise, you’ll know when you need to use your health packs to give a bit more healing to allies that need it, or if they are too far away to benefit from inspire.
Other than that, both shield bash and flail have knockback on them and combined they can keep an enemy at bay. Most often I wouldn’t try diving in headfirst without your ultimate on, or if you’re trying to get in the way of an enemy trying to kill an ally.
Brig is really fun right now (imo), so I do hope you stick with it and learn to play her well.
Also, it may be wise to save shield bash as a “get out” option. So don’t use it rashly.
Thanks, the biggest lesson I learned is that despite having a shield, she should really be positioning like a normal healer and just sitting around cover peeking out just to proc inspire then going back into cover.
Yeah. That’s given me the best results. You just gotta be real mindful about that peeking now to be able to get the flail hit if you don’t wanna burn whip.
Unfortunately, as much as I enjoy the concept of Brig, I just feel like she’s the second weakest support now, just ahead of mercy.
Keep in mind that one swing or whipshot is all it takes to proc inspire, and then you’re good for 5 seconds. You don’t need to be swinging continuously. Attack when you’re not the center of attention, put up your shield when you are. You should alternate regularly so your shield doesn’t break. Brigitte is very good at stalling.
Everything this person said here. Brig should be played defensively, with the occasional HUGE pop off. Throw whipshots, play around cover, protect your teammates. Do NOT go aggressive on Brig without securing an advantage (a kill, your rally, some kind of speedboost, enemy mispositioning). Let the enemy team get into your zone, and punish them for it. The second they slip up is when you go in for your burst combos and multi-man flail hits.
Oh, and don’t let your shield break. Keep a little shield health just in case you need it for blocking or dashing, and always try to let it recharge to full before you bring it back out.
well that’s something a little tricky now, because teamwork comes into play, and the skill that requires hitting with the whip shot from a distance but the skill has a relatively short time so don’t be afraid to practice or take risks and more so if for For example, once you can kill an enemy from a distance by hitting it, in the end, the healing of the inspiration is negligible and will not make much of a difference. It is best to always reserve a repair kit for the tank in case of an enemy push.
Truth. I never played much Brig even in OW1 but I’m probably not even the right person to be giving any kind of advice on her, heh. I probably should spend at least a bit more time brushing up on her nuances. But then, that would take away from my Zen time… So many hard decisions.
well first you play with your team. if your squishies need peels u help the back line otherwise you can brawl with your tank if its a rein.
while she cannot stun anymore her booping powers are pretty solid and her dmg is great considering she cant miss (she does about 55-58dps and it can cleave best i remember).
you have to keep in mind how you play everything differs in ow2. sitting in the front and just brawling made sense when everyone is running rein (though reins typically prefer a lucio) but that is not going to cut it now (well as of what we know atleast, this could change very quickly).
the world we are in now is going to have fewer reins but it has more flankers. so brig still has usefulness you just have to make sure to not let yourself get baited by a sneaky tracer or anything like that.
think of your self like a weaker off tank. sure you can deal dmg but your main job is to peel and then assist your “main tank” when everyone else is safe.
that being said dont be afraid to swap to a different support if your team needs it.
you dont have to be brig to counter flankers anymore, almost every support can do that very well (mercy got shafted since she has to swap to pistol to deal dmg).
You want to focus on procing inspire as much as possible for one, that is where a majority of your heals and survivability is gonna come from. As for her barrier you do not want to frontline like you’re reinhardt or something like that, you want to use it to block damage that can take you out instead of spam damage, blocking spam damage will only make your survivability worse since your barrier will be down much more often.
I will happily take that fite because while there are certainly heroes that are struggling, the large majority of the cast can get pretty decent value if you’re good enough with them regardless of team comp.
Thanks for the responses, I took them to heart and tried another comp game as Brigitte and did much better. I had like double the healing per 10 minute than i did the last time I tried playing her.
Well apparently, “if you are good, you can play most heroes in any comp”. When you realise most of the heroes are useless in ow2’s 5v5 atm, you’ll start to gain more wins.
Your best chance to proc inspire is during tank brawls and peeling against flankers and aggressors in general. Flail is there to re-proc inspire and harass. Then its just a matter of avoiding damage when possible.
Overall Brig feels pretty weak in OW2 so I can see why people struggle with her
