Please don’t change her fundementals, or totally ruin ONE part of her kit and say “balanced”
Just. Nerf. Her. simple as that. Look at how effective she is, make her less effective.
Example:
- Reduce Shield bash hitbox size by 10%
- Add a 0.3 second startup delay before shield bash activates
- Reduce Shield Bash damage output by 8 hit points
- Reduce rocket flail primary fire range by 0.3 meters
Don’t destroy shield bash entirely because it’s “ridiculous”, don’t dumb her down to extremely pathetic levels because she’s “no aim no skill”. Her kit is EXTREMELY good, and she feels INCREDIBLE to play as. I’m a support main who has been infuriated by Tracers and Genjis since i started playing comp like 6 seasons ago, and even I understand Bridgitte’s a bit too effective right now.
But for the love of all that is good. This isn’t like Mercy’s 2.0 rez, this isn’t like Hog 1.0’s DPS, this isn’t like D.va’s 4 second long defense matrix.
You don’t need to destroy what makes bridgitte fun and useful just because she’s strong, just tone it down a bit.
Bridgitte SHOULD be able to shield bash Tracer when she’s blinking, Bridgitte SHOULD be able to shield bash Genji when he’s half off the ground, Bridgitte SHOULD be able to punish these characters as she was literally introduced for that very reason.
Character’s hero class means jack in this game. We see our defense boy junkrat on offense all the time, Bridgitte is a support class hero, but her class means jack. she’s supposed to shut down annoying mobile heroes and that’s what she does
TL;DR: I’m a support main and I agree that Bridgitte is a bit too strong, but she doesn’t need a hammer nerf. she needs to be adjusted and that’s it
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Not really. When you nerf a hero, you’re also indirectly empowering both the people she counters and those who counter her. Lots and lots to consider. And honestly, I don’t see anything wrong with her whatsoever.
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I think a hitbox nerf is all it needs. That, or just change it to someone’s suggestion where it dazes instead of stun.
She only has burst damage every 5s, aside from that she alternates between the lowest dps and third lowest (35-70 every other second).
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@barackohmama Im aware of this, and i know it should be accounted for. im just sayin she doesnt need the doomfist treatment
@Anna People aren’t mad about the burst damage, they’re mad about her ability to win 1v1s against most DPS by simply shield bashing and then winning through HP regen duration. The stun should absolutely stay powerful as her DPS and healing output is low. she’s an anti-mobility hero, and that aspect needs to remain powerful for her to be any good. That’s why I suggest making her overall less “brawley” instead of nerfing her stun
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You’d have to up her healing capacity if you want her to be less brawley. Her healing output with inspire is garbage.
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No need to add a delay, it’s a split-second stun. And it’s damage is fair enough, too. The problem with Shield Bash is it’s lightning fast cooldown and ginormous hitbox.
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I could only see a slight hitbox nerf although I think its necessary. That or a better representation of the area like adding a blue shield aura when she does it. She deserves to be strong and useful. But yea the hitbox should show how big the slam is. I don’t think it needs to be reduced however. Because then it would nerf her aoe stun capabilities. (So make her glow more for shield slam). When they added damage drop off to junkrat’s mine they nerfed his ability to cc as easily with his knockback damage. Junkrat can no longer disrupt a Rein in front of him like he used to or surrounding members to displace a formation. I would like Bridgette to keep the size due to potentially fighting death balls as well as dive and make her more desirable.
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The shield bash hitbox needs a huge nerf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT7hapkr3Hc
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I say they add a visual effect.
This is Blizzard we’re talking about. If Brig gets nerfed, she’s going to be gutted and left that way for months.
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Most DPS should be beating her though, McCree has the advantage, Reaper has the advantage, Pharah definitely has the advantage. Junkrat has the advantage, Bastion, Doomfist does too.
The only ones that really don’t in terms of dps are Hanzo/Widow if she gets close (Hanzo can just scattar), but she rightfully should win those match ups if she gets close to them. Tracer it’s 50/50 if she is smart on her positioning. Genji same story but leaning into her favour. Personally vs Mei I generally win vs that. Unless I am on low health or she solo ults me. Sombra, she is just not a dueling hero by default.
Also the game isn’t 1vs1.
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the only nerf I think she MIGHT need is a couple seconds to her cool downs or shrinking her shield bash hit box . anything other than that might just be over kill.
As a support, your survivability should only be high when with the team. But when heroes like Brigitte can solo take on a tank and be fine is outrageous. Although I agree her shield bash is awful, her self-heal should be the main point of focus. If a Brigitte and literally any dps go into a 1v1, 99.98% of the time the Brigitte will come out victorious. Blizzard will literally ruin Season 10 of competitive; she needs to be delayed until at least Season 11.
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I have NEVER been solo’ killed as a tank by her. Never. This is a myth that is spewing on the forums and never shown in game. If it happens you were just playing badly.
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Don’t know what you’ve seen, but she can solo take Winston and sometimes Reinhardt.
Then they were bad, sorry mate. The only thing i can think off is she had 400 armor on. Otherwise it is bad play.
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A change I would recommend to her would be to have shield bash reduce her existing shield amount by a quarter of the max charge.
Raise your hand if you’ve been in a game where Brig pushes the front line like a tank / DPS and goes aggro with her ult and wrecks everyone.
Scroll up and watch the video arrow posted. It’s testing of Brigitte’s shield bash hitbox. With her stun and bs hitbox for it and her high damage output, she CAN solo take on tanks.
She’s not a support though. She’s built to be an off tank and support hybrid. She has more off tank qualities than support qualities.
You can’t really reduce the bash hit box because she’ll be useless against flankers and still just as good against tanks and slower heroes. Even if you say just 10% that means nothing. Blizzard pushed her live like this because chances are that any less than this and the bash wouldn’t fulfill its purpose.
There’s good reasons why the the CD can’t be reduced too. Without the bash at 5s she wouldn’t be able to stay in the fight with her team. On top of that she’d need more shield health, a faster recharge rate or even a more encompassing shape to her shield just to stay near combat. You can also say good bye to her damage potential.
Give her at least a month in comp before you scream about nerfs being “needed.”
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