Overwatch

Wanted to hit master in 6v6 comp but man you get stuck with people in placements and they suck =p

Some of the Symmetra changes seem to be made to counter dive. The ability to put the teleport 25 meters away will allow her to put it on high ground and have the group teleport there. Making it easier for non-dive character to reach some high ground.

I like the changes, seems like she might be fun and useful to play.

skribble said:

I have a feeling brigette is going to ruin the game.

Don't get me wrong, she is super fun to play, but she is so anti-fun to play against its unreal. Obnoxious stun, one hits squishies, displacement abilities, shield, can actually do a lot of dps just swinging her noskill flail to run over teams.

I forsee triple tank + brigette gonna be new meta, and it feels so deathbally and unskilled to play against :/

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It's possible, I get the feeling they are just so tired of dive being so dominant on almost every map, offense and defense that they will do anything to try and reduce it, and then adjust if they overdid it. Dive has been the dominant strategy now for close to a year if not more, with nothing to challenge it.

7-3 for 2595SR which is nice since I ended the season at 2505, so a 90pts increase.

I went 7-2 with Brigitte, lost the 1 game I couldn't get her.

Overall quite happy with how it went.

ex-genj said:

do you think she's viable on stuff like 2 cp defense or maybe defense in general?

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In plat, she’s viable pretty much all the time to be honestly. The level of coordination isn’t great at this rank and that usually favours her as she is one of the best duelist in the game.

She does great on most 2cp map, and control as the fights there usually happen in tight areas where she is very strong. She doesn’t do as great in large open area though.

skribble said:

gotta say, when you're fucking around in lower ranks and there's a smurf genji that would normally be carrying the entire team and he just gets insta deleted now, feelsgoodman

there's no way she won't be nerfed though

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Probably at some point, but I doubt they'll do in the short term. They want to stop dive domination the meta like it has for the past year more than anything else, even if it means a somewhat OP hero.

They are going to wait and see what impact she has on the meta, especially in OWL. OWL is 90% dive on offense and defense. The fan hate it, the players hate it and Blizzard hates it. If she does diversify the meta, she won't be nerfed unless she becomes a must pick which I doubt she will.

They'll most likely wait until there a few more heroes that support different strategy than dive, or that counter it and that nerfing Brigitte won't bring back dive.

That is obviously all depending on if she actually has an impact on the meta.

I don't care to be honest, I like her, but I like plenty of other characters. I tend to switch mains every season or 2.

yeah did placements and brigette is a beast that i need to learn. so annoying to play against. gonna do straight her on my smurf placements.

After playing some more Brigitte I am now 11-6-2 with her.

63% win rate which is pretty after 20 games or so.

I think she will change the meta a bit, seeing tons more of Zarya now, her right click splash damage isn't blocked by Brigitte shield like Junkrat and Pharah splash damage. Also her bubbles prevents the shield bash on herself and allies. She's a pretty good counter to Brigitte.

I'm also starting to see her a bit less already, she's not in every game on both sides. I already started flexing out of just playing her, mostly to Zen when there's a Pharah since for one thing she struggles against Pharah, and DPS have such trouble taking out a Pharah still in plat, discord helps a lot for that.

I think it will take a while for her to really find where she fits in. Some people think she's an off-tank, others think she's an off-healer. It leads to really strange comps right now.

She's not a main healer, but people underestimate her healing. I was on Brigitte in a game with an Ana, and one of the tank switch to Lucio saying with needed a second healer because Brigitte healing sucked and she's an off-tank not a support. That was on Gibraltar which is not one of Brigitte best map, lots of verticality and open space...yet I ended the match with Gold healing.

I still think she works best on a 2-2-2 setup with Mercy or Moira as second support, at this rank anyhow. The 3 support thing hasn't been a huge success so far for me, too little damage and we struggle to kill the other team.

I think it will be while before we see the meta settle and for Brigitte to really find her place.

She's so much fun to play though.

On King's Row at the first corner just past the 2nd point, there is a small hole where you can boop people. There was the defending Rein with his shield up standing at the corner...I shield bashed him and then mace to the faced him into the hole. I can only imagine his frustration.

Oh and Retribution event is over and I forgot to buy Reaper's Soldier 24 skin.

I tried to kill her with reaper or soldier but she's so in your face + shield it's ridiculous. Felt like a big disadvantage being a healer flex and not knowing her, shouldnt take long though. One hilarious match up I saw was on 6v6 comp and it was a pharah left vs a rein/brigette rofl, double shields and she kept flailing into the air to hit the pharah.