The Hero That BROKE Overwatch

In Overwatch 2 Brigitte may be relatively peaceful, but there was a time when she completely broke Overwatch. Not only did she dominate the meta for a LONG time, but the comp she created - Goats - was even so game-breaking that Blizzard had to permanently change the entire game format. So, how did Brig break Overwatch?

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[wingedbluj]

The domino that led to the 5v5 vs 6v6 argument

[yaboytornado]

I like watching the history of OW1 after experiencing it myself…

[junkyporpoise]

I never like Brigitte since Overwatch 1, I didn't find her to play as or against. And whilst it's fine that the community despised the character, what was absolutely NOT ok was the community going after the voice actress of Brigitte, as if she had ANY impact on how the character was balanced. That to me was a huge wake up call to realising how toxic Overwatch was becoming.

[Rygabo]

Despite forcing role lock, I will never hate Brig more than Sombra.

[eireprincess]

i remember when brig launched and people were climbing to ranks they never deserved immediately just by insta locking her

[MercysNo.]

At least she didn't break the OWR34 community...

[AlessandroPioltelli]

I literally just typed in “Overwatch Brigette” and this video came up…. What are the odds you’d post this right when I wanted it!

[taurenplay]

im so tired of seeing the top of the mountain being considered the WHOLE mountain...

[reesyloko]

As dominant overpowered and annoying as brig was i still hate kiriko more

[demigurlxd]

I have been a brig main since goats was in its prime. I never played her cause she was strong I played her cause I love playing paladins. But I will tell you the post goats time frame when she was hated was traumatizing I had never been flamed so much for picking my favorite charecter. But I still played her, and now I have embraced the hatred. I proudly main the most hated charecters in the game because the disabling playstyle has become my way to play. People wanted to be my fun police when all I wanted to do was play my pretty paladin. Now they have created a Dva Sombra Mei Brig Sym nightmare that is just waiting to stop your ults in thier tracks. And if you flame your team mate for thier charecter choice you bet I will be there to spawn camp you for yours... think twice before you flame some one you have no idea what you will create.

[trentgawd]

When a hero is released that’s so strong they had to add role restrictions so half their heroes see play, something’s wrong

[WarsGrasp]

ngl, this video seems more of "Goats sucked" and not brig.

[RRRRRRRRR]

Not a stretch to say she killed the game, straight up. I wonder who will be the Brigitte of Marvel Rivals... maybe Ghost Rider if the devs makes him a tank who has one shot mechanics? Roadhog riding a bike, oh boy, you can see the smoke coming from here

[BigDaddy-mrpu]

id rather fight broken brig than mei ball or sombra every fucking day

[AliA-gm]

As someone who didn’t play much during goats all I can say is wow. Also I’d like to see mercy’s history next or soon since she’s been one of the most popular characters.

[FunyValentyne]

"Release-BRIG?!!"

*hits the cig*

"I haven't heard that name in years..."

I shuddered and looked away with tear falling from my genji main eyes.

[Omnicron]

Tbh I’ve played the game since launch I’ve seen literally everything from shielded turret bastion, to six turret sym, hook 1.0, moth meta, double shield even nothing was more miserable more unfun and less skillful and more brainless than goats with brig on your team her numbers were so strong she could straight duel tanks relatively problem free and she literally justified role lock by just existing as a concept. She to me was the long long spiral downhill and the nail in the coffin for how blizzard tended to release heroes instead of adding more variation and flavor to the game in general each one was a reaction to the community asking for something different to be strong, Ana was a reaction to the sheer lack of burst healing sombra was because disruption and a silence was desperately needed at the time and brig was to just obliterate dive but the thing is when you make the skill floor just above mercy and create an entire character so strong it dominates the meta for like a year it kinda throws balance completely out of whack, brig is in my opinion genuinely the worst example of this style of balancing they were so insistent on at the time so glad she’s just eh no but man nothing ever felt worse mauga was the only similar feeling but even then compared to the release versions mauga is infinitely more counter able and much easier to counter at his strongest than brig ever was and i will die on that hill.

[lenkagiminesrefrigerator]

was a Reinhardt main during the brig goats meta. most of the game was just finding which bring was better. genuinly miserable. she forced the game into role lock.

[nerdstorma]

Honestly, I liked Brig and I felt like she did her job in countering dive but bolstering brawl. She is too generalist, but I prefer her and Mauga to the recent ongoing onshot metas where Widow can one shot you from across the whole map without any contesting or engagement. Brig was strong, but fair. She could still be outplayed if you just played hard enough. Snipers just lock down the whole map and that's just unfun.

I prefer GOATS meta that actually has coordination, participation and movement to maximize engagement and cover risks than Overwatch 2 where snipers just sit the back getting an inordinate amount of leverage for no participation.

[riptose]

I've always hated Brig since OW1. I'm mostly a deathmatch player, and back when competitive deathmatch was added to the game, everyone was using either Brig or Reaper