Why does Ball and Brig exist?

These two heroes do not belong in OW.

Maybe Brigitte, but as a DPS, with inspire removed and the repair packs being for herself. She does not make sense as a support hero.

but whoever green lighted Ball should give me the number to his dealer. This hero’s kit doesn’t even make sense for the game and never has. A tank that leaves his team behind to troll? how was this approved?

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There was a time when a team had 2 tanks. So ball could dive and disrupt while the other tank protects the rest of the team

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the ball is safe. the ball is kind
slam to protec and abuse squishies
orbit a cylinder/payload to stall
double tap adaptative shields to sustain allies
go bowling from the enemy backline up to 3 times to mess their formation
activate language filter everytime a decent sombra saves her hack just for you

about brig, idk

Ball is one of the most innovative designs they have come up with and is extremely fun and rewarding to play since he has a high skill cap.

“Brig isn’t a support, just make her a DPS and remove her support utility”.

lmao what

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It doesn’t make sense no matter how hard I twist my brain into pretzels!

I can’t either, but maybe when I’m more awake it will.

Also she clearly works as a support since she was/is meta lol

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Ball was a fantastic offtank.

Brig exists because blizzard would rather break the game instead of actually nerf tracer.

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I love Brig. She was meant to be a frontline support, kind of a support/tank hybrid. She’s been shifted more toward support since her release, but she still has that fun brawly feel to her.

I think she fits OW well, because no two heroes should be too much alike. Too many hero games make the mistake of making their heroes effectively interchangeable, so I’m glad we don’t do that.

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No she wasn’t. She was released to counter dive.

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She did both. She countered dive, and she could frontline with her bloated stats. Release Brig was disgusting.

That’s not why she was released. She was released with the intent to help deal with dive. Not to front line or create goats.

She countered dive and could also frontline. These things are not mutually exclusive.

Those two are some of the most “Overwatch” heroes this game has because they’re so far off from being typical shooter game characters.

If anything, they fit in better than most. Hot take i know

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Ball exists because this game used to be good and some Tanks like ball were able to do this cool thing called “Off-tanking” where they didn’t have to be tied down to their team while their “Main Tank” secured the frontline.

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I’ve been maining ball lately. I have a 40% WR and i couldn’t care less. My team might not be having fun but my score is 14 and 1 by the end of my quickplay games. Great for spawncamping too

Read the message correctly.

My response was to the person saying she was

That was never Blizzard’s intent.

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You sure about that? The 600hp shield and increased inspire healing on herself beg to differ.