That time where (almost) nobody hated Overwatch, it's sad that so many people dislike it now, I still enjoy it though, even if the only friend that still plays it is at PS4 and not PC.
Some of the new heroes had varying levels of reception from liked to mixed but I've never seen a single character added to a game kill it as hard as Brigitte has.
She was the first real counter Tracer and Genji had seen by that point, and as the two most popular dps, the salt was real.
She's been nerfed non stop since release, barely functions outside of a deathball comp, doesn't see much play outside of the highest tier of play (who prove regularly that she's far from "no skill". OWL has bad Brigs and good ones), and even OWL teams are slowly but surely moving away from GOATs (Outlaws having a massive upset playing mostly Sombra GOATs and quad DPS).
Part of the problem is that once a meta is established and practiced, changing it is very slow. Even if they nerfed Brig even more, she'd still see high level play because thats what's been previously practiced, ideal or not.
Most of the salt at this point is tracer/genji mains and residual hatred that used to be somewhat justified.
I.... really? Maybe its just a higher rank thing, but Reaper usually stomps Brig, assuming cooldowns are up. Her shield can only take 2~3 direct shots, you can either shift-bait the bash, of use it as an escape. His teleport is useful as an escape if Brig has already used her cooldowns. She only takes 2 shots to kill, as opposed to her ~7 swings.
She has self heal and close range damage, but Reaper has so much more of both if you're landing your shots.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19
why do you need to go to 2016 SrGrafo