Why does a support need a stun, and a boop on a stick that does 70 damage? Brig seems like a DPS who they gave a passive and a new E to make a support. The main things that need reworking are her ult and her shield bash. Brig needs more healing in general so buffing her base hps might be a good choice. Shield bash shouldn’t have existed in the first place since brig doesn’t need it; she already has the whip to protect herself. I’d say it should be replaced with a healing ability. Here are a few random ideas
extend your shield to the left/right to protect a teammate
heal anyone standing behind you’re shield (this might work with her small shield
damage dealt to the shield during the next few seconds will be sent back to your team as healing (This could boost brig’s difficulty a little)
Giving armor to her team could work, but it needs to be changed around so it can block enemy ultimates. Maybe make it give more armor( a couple 100 or so) faster but when the ult ends the armor immediately goes away.
If everything I said is horrible plz don’t get mad, You can’t deny that brig is bad out of goats and she should be fixed up a little.
they’ve already had this discussion. in broad strokes, sym or even torb (old one at least) could be “support”, but they decided they fit better in the defense (now dps) section and that support is pretty much = to healer in this game
We’re already deep into semantics at this point, so I’ll just point out that Brigitte already heals more than Zenyatta, ignoring his ultimate. Does he need to be reworked into a healer too?
im not getting into the whole rework brig thing, as I think the devs probably have that better covered than me, just pointing out the direction they went in with the whole support/healer situation
They removed non-healing support roles from the game but if you want brig to have a non-healing support role then how about remove her healing abilities entirely.
Brig needs her bash and whipshot. Whipshot deals with Winston dva. Shield bash deals with genji tracer. The backline in this game was fragile brig still fixes that.
zenyatta is a secondary support, he provides benefits to his team other than healing (discord orb) and his ult blocks enemy ults and attacks. lucio is the same way. plus zenyatta and lucio’s healing don’t require interaction with enemies to enable so they have more time to heal outside battle and don’t need as high hps
Well, I wasn’t around to respond recently but you’re wrong. Symmetra was a non-healing support hero for quite a long time. But you probably didn’t know that.
If you think Brig belongs in the game you’re a fool.
I’m confused at what the issue is. “Why does a support need a stun and a boop on a stick”? Because those are utility abilities. Lucio has a boop (way better than Brig’s whip), Ana has a sleep dart, Zen has a +25% damage taken debuff. These are support abilities, i.e. you use them to give your teammates an advantage. Her M1 is melee range and her M2 is a tiny shield for survivability. She clearly has a support ult. Everything about this character screams support.
well then you aren’t too bright, brig has way too much utility in this current day making her result in a must pick, her stun knockback healing, and 1v1 potential makes it pointless to pick any dps hero in the game right now, and because she stacks a 3rd healer you can stack a 3rd tank with the extra healing. as long as brig exists as is goats will be the meta.
there’s a reason the top level of overwatch is dying and it’s brig.
I see your point, I’ll get better about that. Thanks for the knowledge! Most people here just seem to be full of opinions and insult anyone they disagree with, you’re a breath of fresh air.
The devs aren’t going to remove brig anytime soon. The reality is that they put months of work into her and they’re not going to waste it. I’m not saying she needs to be a main healer. Sym was never a support, she could give ppl extra health but thats not the same as healing. Half of brig’s kit are dps and tank abilities, i just want more healing abilities so she can actually be viable as a healer when 2-2-2 comes around.
