She’s not that hard to counter at all it’s just the new hero mindset. If a new hero comes out and has abilities that are new and different they are considered OP.
I encourage everybody to just try and adapt before running and crying to the forums and demanding them to be gutted.
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Well her counters are pretty crap in the current meta with each one having a plethera of counters themselves. So…
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I think it’s important to build a distinction between “this hero is OP pls nerf” and “this hero introduces unfun game mechanics”.
I don’t think Brigitte is OP, but she introduces unfun game mechanics. Making an enemy Reinhardt have to walk through an unblockable stun in order to lead an attack just isn’t cool. I similarly don’t think 6 second sleeps or silences are cool, nor scatter arrow even though the heroes that use them aren’t overpowered.
I think the only new heroes that really improved the game were Orisa and Moira.
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Hmm, Ana mains don’t feel sorry.
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Funny how I had no problem dealing with Moira when she was first released.
She’s well balanced, yet obnoxious as hell. A factor that gives people incentive to mindlesly demand nerfs.
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Ikr
It’s funny and sad at the same time
Brigitte can barely touch Pharah and the rockets are really good against her shield
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Forums: Flankers are ruining this game! And team wipe ultimates are unfair ever since the mercy rework.
Blizzard: Adds a hard-counter to flankers, and the ability to shutdown ultimates.
Forums: Wow this is not what we wanted! NERF NOW
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I’m more concerned about her match up against Reinhardt
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then buff rienhardt, he’s been weak for a while now.
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Something being ‘unfun’ isn’t grounds for it to be removed. That’s a dumb argument.
Widow headshots are an unfun game mechanic but no one’s complaining about that. You are not entitled to have fun 24/7 in Overwatch.
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I’m fairly sure Overwatch was designed to be as fun as possible, and that incorporates both how fun something is to play AND to play against.
They failed at some points to make things fun, and those often got removed. Tank buster Hog, mass res Mercy, giant AOE Lucio, scatter eventually, etc etc.
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Every single ability in OW is unfun to some degree to their victims.
- Getting hacked isn’t fun.
- Getting headshot isn’t fun.
- Getting McCree stunned isn’t fun.
- Getting charged isn’t fun.
- Shooting at Orisa’s barriers isn’t fun.
- Getting scattered certainly isn’t fun.
Where do you draw the line?
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You seem to be confusing overpowered with unfun.
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I’m not at all. Hog, Mercy, Lucio and Hanzo weren’t overpowered when they were reworked, they just weren’t making the game as fun as they could be. That’s the only reason they got/will get reworked.
To be honest I dont have anything against her, but her CDs are very short for such a strong combo I see no reason for that?
I don’t get why people hate on Brigitte so hard, but many will pass on DVA being #1 across the board on everything…
Brigitte is a perfect solution to the current meta, hate her as much as you want but atm 100% of matches have a DVA/Tracer, I think having a reasonable off healer/tank to deal with that meta isn’t bad.
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It mostly comes down to taking power away from players.
Not fun 'cus I died will always be a gameplay element. It’s required in order to make the game interactive and challenging. Not fun 'cus I spent the last thirty seconds being unavoidably hacked, slept, juggled and stunned as Reinhardt isn’t interactive.
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Ah, you’re a Tracer main. I understand.
What you’re currently experiencing is called ‘having a counter’. It may seem like an alien concept but it’s very normal, the rest of us have had to deal with it since day one.
You may find that your ability to make the enemy team have an unfun time is diminished slightly, but all you have to do is switch off Tracer when the enemy team has a Brigitte.
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I use Winston to counter her since the shield doesnt stop the tesla rays, i can get shield bashed yes but other than that i dont find her annoying at all or OP for that matter.
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