How does it make ANY sense to buff the strongest healer in the game and simultaneously nerf one of the weakest in the same patch? Why are the devs so allergic to the idea of brigette being strong? And by the way, I’m not brig is useless, I know she’s a good hero when used right, but she was fine and balanced at 225. The character was always meant to feel tanky and they did it right it with that buff. sometimes it just feels like the devs shoot themselves in the foot, take the bullet out a few months later, and then put it back in.
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…This quote is very good. I’ll steal it if you don’t mind. 
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i think its popular choice thing by the devs. if you think about it, it seems a lot of people hate brigitte more than they hate ana. especially on these forums right
originally when the character was released i loved playing her and not just because she was OP as hell 
but i did like her story arc and how she is something of a paladin type character. a do-gooder thats lovable and cute.
of course being OP as hell is what made people REALLY HATE her especially dps players like genji wich is most of the overwatch poplation lawl
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Only bad players hate Ana. And the QoL change is not a buff, it’s at best neutral because it makes some plays easier and others harder - and the best Ana’s never had an issue with landing their nades before so for them it’s just a change.
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hey hey hey now, i may hate her but I don’t push for more nerfs on the hero. Brig 1.0 however… 
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I too thought the Ana changes were a QoL changes, but now looking at it, honestly I consider it a buff as it change how Biotic Grenade function in terms with by passing full health teammates.
Keep in mind it change minimally, as like you stated, good Ana’s players do not typically have an issue with landing most of their grenade in terms of anti-heal.
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Because once you get to High Masters/ GM/ OWL levels of play; Ana isn’t used that much, and Brigitte was pretty much on her way to being a staple must pick again
Just because Ana is used a lot, doesn’t mean she’s “OP” when the instant Brigitte is anywhere near good, she becomes a staple pick hero
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Because everything has to be ready for the dpswatch when OWL comes.
One could also argue that only bad players had a problem with this in the first place.
I’m sure everyone does it sometimes. But also, improving Ana in low rank is not good because Ana is quickly becoming as OP there as anywhere else and she is feeling more and more obligatory. Moira doesn’t work in low rank anymore, Baptiste never has, and Brigitte just got re-deleted. I’m sick to death of being forced to play freaking ANA.
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Because Brigitte gets used in OWL and Ana doesn’t.
It doesn’t matter to the Devs that Ana has been ruling the ladder for years… it just matters that she hasn’t seen a ton of OWL play. So… buff her! Cause logic.
Brigitte on the other hand has seen lots of OWL level play. Why? Because even in her ridiculously nerfed, terrible state, she’s still the largest concentration of defensive abilities in the Support slot. So if OWL’s meta has see saw’d to a Turtle meta (stack all the defense) instead of a Cobra meta (all out offense), Brigitte will be meta. But… Turtle metas are frequently hated by OWL players, Streamers, and players in general… so Brigitte gets nerfed for the 50th time.
Play mercy or Zen or lucio (heal bot) then, incredibly strong in lower ranks especially since the hitscans won’t land much shots on you while you can land alot more shots because Zen shoots Logs while mercy shoots timber mills
she didn’t need this qol change tho, and it’s definitely a buff
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The only reason why Brigitte is being nerfed is that there are good teams that know how to play with and around Brigitte.
The rest of the Brigitte community may need better teammates to make her work.
or
The teams playing against Brigitte comps simply do not know how to counter. SO NERF IT…CAUSE? LACK OF SKILL.
As someone who neither likes nor dislikes Brig, I can actually see why they did that nerf. However, I still really think they should buff something else then. Maybe up her HPS when she hits something by a small amount so she doesn’t die as easily if the other healer is already dead?
I support reworks for a lot of heroes, however Brig isn’t one of them yet. I still think her kit could work if they tweak the numbers correctly.
Are you talking about Moira? because I think she is the only one who got a buff the others was a “QoL” change. Anyway I assume you mean Ana, and I agree, she does not need this “QoL” it just makes landing her nade so much easier lol, and people already think that nade is OP… lol
Because she’s a terribly designed hero that brings stale metas with her. Brig was broken for 2 years. It took 20 nerfs to get her balanced. That +25 health buff immediately pushed dva and winston down to F tier and double shield became meta. This is why brig needs to be kept at the low end. She breaks the game.
I think the Ana change is a QoL change, I don’t think it helps or hurts her at all. I have over 200 hours on Ana, and I don’t think I’ve ever thought “gee I wish my nade would go through full health heroes.”
It doesn’t really change how nade is played, because no one throws nade directly at another hero. You throw it at the ground next to the hero; then you don’t have to worry about a teammate accidentally dodging it, or Genji deflecting it back at you. If I play 10 hours as Ana, I might get two times where nade was accidentally blocked by a teammate, and I wouldn’t say I’m an amazing Ana. Slightly above average at best. Missing nade just wasn’t a situation I was concerned about.
So this update kind of makes me go; “OK I guess, but why?”
I can see it now, 6 new heroes. 4 of those will be dps.
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Why are the devs so allergic to the idea of brigette being strong?
checks SR
2518 on support
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