Who counters Brigitte?

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I think Brigitte isn’t too broken but my friends don’t agree. Do y’all know who counters her and how.

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Pharah, Widow, and maybe Junkrat when he has distance between them. She’s a grounded character, so beat her with range.

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She also has almost no healing, especially if she isn’t hitting anyone. By simply denying her melee through distance she losses almost her whole kit and she can’t heal herself.

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Pharah, Doomfist, Junkrat, and Orisa counter her hard. Anyone who plays optimally at mid or long range can beat her by maintaining distance or the high ground. Most CQC characters can go toe to toe with her save for Tracer, Genji, and Winston, who she is meant to counter.

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Pharah, Junkrat, that is all.

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Orisa too, Doomfist I guess

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Junkrat, Sombra, Pharah, Bastion and Orisa are hard counters cause they can take down her shield before she even gets in range which means she’s just a low damage melee hero with no stun and a big hitbox. Hanzo and Widow are soft counters because they’ll rarely ever be in range for her to kill them

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She doesn’t really have a direct counter (i.e. a hero who can beat her at her own game).

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McCree has a chance against her too if he can get a flashbang off, but in a team fight that will not go well typically.

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Any ranged character. Any constant damage burst does. People who get behind her. Anyone who destroys her shield.

I don’t get the whole “Brigitte’s OP.” She can be defeated.

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Anyone with range or high DPS. Junk, Pharah, S76, McCree, DF, WM, Hog, Reaper and Hanzo come to mind.

Oh; Bastion, Orisa (abusing Halt and Fortify) and Sombra as well. Brig’s one of those characters you don’t tackle alone. In that regard, she’s like Mei or Hog.

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Since I know people are going to spam Pharah, Junkrat, and Widow, I’ll give some soft counters.

•Soldier: He plays out of her effective range really well. Even on KotH maps. He can burst down her shield quickly and he has a better escape option and heal if necessary.

•McCree: Same boat as soldier, but is more vulnerable if caught. His Flashbang is easy to land to the sides and above and is difficult to block in those situations, if at all, by Brigitte.

•Hanzo: Yes, the mighty, memey Hanzo counters Baguette :baguette_bread:. Especially with his rework, her shield will be a thing of the past. Also, he plays really well out of her effective range.

•Orisa: I actually see Orisa as more of a hard counter. Orisa can melt Brig’s shield within seconds, pull her away, and Fortify to prevent a stun. Brig is toast if Orisa is on the enemy team.

•Roadhog: While an inexperienced Roadhog will probably die, a smart Roadhog will keep his distance and burst down her shield as much as he can, if she moves in close, she is now in HIS effective range and can do massive damage to her. She will most likely attempt to stun your heal, so watch out.

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Watch this, it might help

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That video is awesome!!!

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Just remember, it won’t be so clear cut in a team fight, but general idea is there.

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Oh i know but that video was to explain to people that complain about her being “OP” whenever you 1v1 her

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Rein is a good counter if it’s 1v1, his hammer does more damage than her healing can take away and it goes through her shield and he can dash back to her if she nails him with her e and pushes him away.

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Pharah, Widow, Hanzo, Junkrat, Soldier 76, McCree, Mei, Reaper, Orisa, Zarya, Lucio, Ana, Sombra, Bastion

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I have best luck against her with junkrat and mcree. Both have the strength of throwing things around her shield that detonate behind her. I imagine pharah works too I just don’t play her much

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I will if nobody else will. Currently there’s only 1 Brigitte.

Edit: My numbers could be off but I’ll triple check.