Brigitte: Overwatch's Tyrant turned Protector

[@linneaglas1598]

No limits in overwatch 1 the hour after Brig dropped was a nightmare. Six Brigs could make anyone cry

[@vss318]

Suddenly Six Flags isn’t so fun anymore

[@masterofinfinity479]

i remember doing team torb vs team brig

[@Hk-ox4bb]

“She was supposed to be a paladin but was broken” “Soooo… a paladin”

[@gentlemankaiju1997]

She protec, she attac and when she ult she get stun bac.

[@p3mikka]

This is amazing

[@simonioos]

glad i am not the only one who experienced the shield just not acting open after its open on my screen

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Anyone with significant time on Brig has experienced it. Shatter, Projectiles and Widow shots are egregious offenders.

[@kmomo5697]

@@blaynegreiner9365ping is a bitch

[@lewiiable]

I had completely forgotten that launch Brig's shield had 600HP and my jaw actually dropped to the floor seeing it on screen

[@hillwoop]

As an Ana main, I always give candies and spam “Good kitty” voice lines when a good Brig peels me and let me freely provide value

[@darcidious99]

Ah yes, the character that single handedly invalidated tracer's entire existence... They were the worst of times, but they were also the best of times.

[@kitparsons6680]

The only time in ow history when tracer wasnt meta tbf

[@queer_paradox]

I never liked that crusty mosquito anyway

[@tonypolk8]

id never forget i remember 1v6ing a whole team with rally activated with brig 😭 good times

[@needless7854]

those werent good times bruh

[@soundrogue4472]

@@needless7854 Literally just don't go Dive against Brig.

[@localmilfchaser6938]

“Good times” gtfo 🤦‍♂️😐🤮

[@localmilfchaser6938]

@@soundrogue4472you are acoustic

[@stellamagdalene3521]

Plus a Mercy Pocketing you? Good times.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

I don't know, I feel like there are still a bunch of people that complain about Brig for various reasons, to the point of outright hating her rather than providing valid criticism. "She's a throw pick" "She's brain dead easy" Blah blah blah

[@Mocha-Latte]

I would like to see her shield at 300 again, sure it’s a big health pool but it still takes full damage wherever it gets hit and it feels like it only lasts 0.5 seconds.

[@raystimphil8280]

Hot take: make it 600 and balance around that.

[@Chmmr]

Big thing that made old brig so messed up was a glitch with her rally armor where each 'chunk' of armor would apply damage resistance separately. Meaning if you had a bunch of rally armor on you it would also give you way more damage resistance than was intended. Not super well know but a very important factor in her dominance

[@marinary1326]

It's funny how much you talk about how effective Brig's rework was cuz like... honestly it wasn't that drastic of a rework. She didn't get any new abilities or any abilities removed, her existing abilities just got some numbers or the exact way they worked tweaked. It was the game around her that really changed. Brig is just kind of emblematic of Blizzard's issues with game balance. Dive was inescapable for a very long time, and instead of tackling thse characters directly or maybe giving other characters some defence against it, they stuck ALL the anti-dive on one character and then took a year to make meaningful changes.

[@MhnFive]

Which is rather interesting because you see something that resembles quite the opposite with ow2s balance direction and (despite rising player count) many players deem 2 to be the worse off one in this regard. 2 has had a break neck by comparison speed of reworks and meta shifts. Seasons have been so drastically different that it's not even comparable. In that sense, I think it's fair to say the rework was effective. It greatly shifted the power budget of brig in accordance with how the new game is played, all without completely removing her identity. Not all changes should be large scale updates like bastion, doom, or sombra.

[@cisconduct]

shield not being frame 1 has cost me quite a few shatters and hooks

[@pumpkandlepie]

you could say brig has never felt so miserable (when the moons reaching out stars lyrics reference) but fr I love brig, definitely my main in the support category lol

[@fettbub92]

Brig on release was 5e Paladin, and is now more balanced lol. And old rally was over armor, which was even harder to chew through than over health.

[@reissyboi7527]

I just feel like brig right now is too comp dependant, you can’t play too aggressive since you’ll get deleted unless your tank is taking all the aggro but your heals are so slow it won’t save them. So you end up playing a bit more passive, but all you’re doing is poking them with flail every 5s because you lack range. She only really shines if the enemy team is rushing or diving in so you can actually get into melee range without exploding in 2s or small skirmishes where you can out heal the chip damage while dealing some of your own I want to play Brig more because she can be fun and is really effective in the right scenarios but my games never have the right opportunity for her to shine

[@gp-1542]

I remember when she first released, he was not joking when she was everywhere She was literally in *everything*

[@alexhughes2754]

Worth mentioning that Joats wasn't even really an OW2 composition - it was played in the OWL over the summer 2022, as the league was playing a pre-launch version of OW2. Queen got nerfed (+ joats ended) in September, about a month before OW2 actually released. Provokes weird questions about what defines 'meta' if the pros are literally playing a different game. Anyway, for most players, Goats is the only time Brig has been a hard meta pick.

[@mattevans4377]

Lucio does require a lot more work to protect his team though, unlike Brig. Really have to watch the enemy and guide your ally to the safe spot. Brig just slaps a repair pack and starts trying to beat them up. At lower levels, she can still do work.

[@necrosis6037]

She also has to put more effort into l fighting them and most of the time she doesn’t even kill them they either kill her or they just leave. Unlike most supports, she doesn’t get to bs her way out, she has to actually fight. She’s niche, and she’s not even the best at her niche

[@bigfudge2031]

As a Lucio main, I do feel that I can play that peel style very effectively and do most of the things Brig does while still being very mobile and having the agency to be proactive. It's very rare that I will switch to Brig unless the enemy is running a Winston or double flank DPS.

[@benstorf2940]

These battle passes really show blizzards favouritism

[@chateau_guillard]

The only thing that annoys me about Brig, is the fact that she is one of the few characters that hasn't got a single one highlight intro in Ow2 while Ashe got 6. But whatever, i thing she's fine now.

[@lemonberry3242]

this !!! mercy has gotten three in overwatch 2, ashe has gotten an ungodly amount and brig has just been neglected cosmetic wise in overwatch 2

[@armorbearer9702]

I never noticed Brig being devoid of new skins. I guess she still is not that popular with fans.

[@nickzh5]

Persona OST as background and overwatch's stupid history, perfection, great video.

[@SToad]

Good video. I climbed to Diamond with Brig when released, same with Moira. Good easier times. Maybe a GOATs video down the line would be good? You’re the documentary guy!

[@akira699]

Bumper, agilities, kariv, space, twilight man I'm getting nostalgic 7:17

[@AwesomeMissB]

wasn't there for the last one, but another BANGER PixelRory vid, Brig has been a weird case bc I remember in OW 1 when she was first added, holy jesus dude she was horrible. but now, i feel she's in an alright, dare i say, pretty good spot. although i havent gotten much time with her with the new armor rework (rework? retune? not sure how'd you'd classify this cuz its going back to an older version of it)

[@yoyoshi5616]

Brig Ult into Bash enemy Rein into friendly Rein Shatter is the closest thing I have to a tank partner nowadays. Too bad Brig is never played with Rein :/. 10/10 wide Shield is great

[@MoonlightBrillance]

Great video as usual! I get the impression sometimes Blizzard is hesitant to give Brig more attention because of the playerbases PTSD from Goats lol. What would I give for Brig’s shield to be Frame 1 and some new legendaries😫

[@blazemenace1208]

3:17 I never knew Cole Cassidy had brig gameplay

[@zc8673]

I love Brig, her and Sombra are pretty much the only reason I play ow. But NGL, I'm not a fan of where Brig is currently. Against decent opponents, FAR too often the best strategy is to just play health pack dispenser for your DPS while afking next your Ana waiting for the enemies to do something. Her Rally rework was a net negative, massively reducing her survivability and mobility, as well as turning it from an engaging ultimate to a reactive and AFK style ultimate, thanks to yhe majority of its power being shifted from the players control into an inanimate object. She is the least interactive and proactive she has EVER been, and many recent changes such as winstons passive, the entirety of Venture, and the MASSIVE boop nerf make her significantly worse at the few things she is supposed to excel at.

[@pslmountain]

I remember finding the whip dash after 5min of her being released and having anime like battles with my friends in customs

[@greedsin555]

You forgot her armour from her ultimate use to be significantly stronger dew to a bug it mitigated way more damage then it was suppose to

[@Abom713]

For some reason I always called her Bridget and I'm in too deep with calling her that now to change it.

[@GarnetDust24]

I want an inspire ui icon so people know they’re actually being healed

[@postalequation5]

As a Brig main, I’d say Brig now is fine where she is. It does such that Brig isn’t that great because Lucio is meta but, if we keep buffing her more that what she has now, she’ll dominate just from over buffing her kit

[@necrosis6037]

Idk I wish she was more durable. It’s dumb that dive can destroy her

[@thelazysloth9655]

Brig is without a doubt the main reason i play ow2 now i feel in love with her the moment i played her back in ow1 although she does feel kinda forgotten at times when it comes to battle pass skins or updates in general hopefully she gets more love soon

[@Kaizure_]

Considering there is so much CC in the game already, I don't see why Brig gets most of the flack for her stun. Especially since they said they were moving away from the CCWatch model, why is hers a problem but Cassidy potentially is getting Stun Nade back?

[@necrosis6037]

Because tracer mains can’t handle having a consistent hard counter. Brig has to be on ground, up close, and have her shield up, but sombra being able to cancel ultimates from range with auto lock is completely fair

[@plushdragonteddy]

i cannot believe i am just now finding out what inspire is and how to use it. this is So Embarrassing I WAS AROUND FOR THE ORIGINAL RELEASE OF BRIG, I- oh my god this is what i get for not looking up info on the game for so long i guess

[@redrover7427]

Every time he posts I get so happy for the rest of the week lol

[@shyjin]

NEW RORY VIDEO LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@davidfarnstrom7241]

i bullied a rein by sheild bashing his charge every time to stun him and he just went afk

[@infoglut7952]

I played her on release and playing her now feels wrong, she’s so squishy, she has range but without a proper melee attack she just feels so much more vulnerable at close range, it feels like you’re swiping at air

[@mypantsarefilledwithbeans6508]

She’s a little finicky to play, but I promise you she’s not that squishy and she can definitely put the work in. It’s all about picking the right moment to attack. She’s really easy to punish if you don’t understand how to play around cover or who has the right of way in a fight.

[@NotGedas]

Low healing supports w/ peel potential can literally save the game in a post off-tank overwatch if we don’t get 6v6 back

[@neonal18]

I really wanted to main Brig when she released because I love melee characters and I am not immune to cute and strong girls, but I always felt dirty playing her because of how busted she was. I still haven’t gotten out of that mindset entirely, but maybe I can go back and give her another go!

[@simplyexplained875]

Try it! She is nowhere near as busted as she used to be. She's much, *much* more fair.

[@h2o684]

Shes so good even today, if you play her right your Ana is basically immortal!

[@necrosis6037]

@@h2o684eh she’s not THAT good

[@necrosis6037]

Unforunately she’s very niche but she can work wonders in the right circumstances

[@creativeusername237]

Even tho i never experienced release brig i can only imagine the horror of her for how busted she sounds

[@vcrypt8048]

As a brig enthusiast, the main difference between lucio and brig is that im a main healer in most of my games and my lucio is currently redditing all over the enemy widow

[@LadySniperSwaggYT]

Really love the videos, my guess is we get doomfist next 👀

[@karlc3278]

Brigs rework for 2-2-2 was a massive mistake. It just made her an issue all over again in the new format. She was meta *a lot* and was one of the primary reasons comps like Double Shield worked which was absolutely miserable. She was *still* heavily complained about during this whole time and everybody still hated her. I main Brig, she was still absolutely ridiculous.

[@artinius565]

I Remember playing Brig, Torb and Sym (Shield Generator) together to get 75 + 75 + 100 Health We discorvered that the best comp with this team is, Torb, Sym, Brig, Lucio, Zarya (Because she is a Shield caracter) and Zen or Mei

[@boringth]

I completely forgot about the old Baptiste ult

[@kairo3201]

Blizzard please for the love of god just allow Brig to dash even with the shield broken. That is all I can reasonably ask (and maybe increase rocket flail velocity).

[@nova1698]

Pretty early to this upload, happy to see it

[@Wexnip]

I use to be a Rein main. Then Brig came out. After that I basically never touched him again. The bash through shield literally sucked the fun out of the character for me that much. Even when it was removed I didn't go back because I didn't trust the devs to not ruin Rein again with a different character release.

[@dukewells241]

Yeah you get a sub. Definitely starting to become a youtuber i watch now

[@mariustan9275]

I really like playing brig. I like melee characters in general, and playing a healer whims doing so feels so unique. But all the guides seem to tell me to play more passive even if I like going aggressive, but hey team player is team player.

[@lemonberry3242]

the most important thing to learn on brig is when to play passive and when to play aggressive. if your team manages to get a pick start being a bit more aggressive and if you get another kill just go all in with your team

[@mariustan9275]

@@lemonberry3242 Yeah that makes sense. Push with your team.

[@cookingwitharek9099]

I like the reference to orisa's video

[@Vanilla_Wafers]

I would love to see you make a video about Sigma. Maybe about how consistently good he’s been?

[@elitexxguy]

I feel like we overestimate how much goats was a result of brig. Sure she was a constant but there was another constant we don’t talk about enough and that’s Lucio. I really don’t know how goats works without a Lucio he’s the main reason they are able to close the distance as a massive group.

[@Julton]

The thing is, she's the one that enabled goats. Lucio was definitely a core part of goats comp, but Brigitte was the one that allowed goats to even come into existence in the first place, or at least gave people the idea of the comp.

[@borutoburrito6547]

Brig was the straw that broke the camel's back but a Goats style meta was probably always going to develop because of the way characters were and still are designed in OW. Tanks doing nearly as much damage as DPS while having more than double the health makes them very fun to play but it also means that if you stack a couple tanks with a few AOE healers and a speed boost you get an unstoppable death ball that could only be met with the same force or with a team comp so split up that the death ball has no one to target. In my opinion, Goats was an inevitable problem that the devs were going to need to address at one point or another and Brig just happened to be the one that showed that problem off.

[@elitexxguy]

@@Julton I mean right before brigs release there was quad tank Moira Lucio. And way before that it was Ana Lucio quad tank when nade was overturned. Speed boost is just one of the abilities that gets multiplicatively stronger the more people can be in it because it allows pressure cycles to come quicker for lots of characters. Tbh there wasn’t much brig added besides just being a tank at the time that healed. If brig wasn’t so tanky herself she would’ve likely been replaced by moira as her aoe heals are stronger. Brig was just easy value cause you didn’t have to even swap to heal you just held the frontline and swung and on top of that goats didn’t even need high healing cause it was just a ton of mitigation abilities stacked on top of each other. By the time people were low your zen built his trance already and they were full health again.

[@elitexxguy]

@@borutoburrito6547 I agree except that brig didn’t exactly enable these comps into the meta. They had been meta well before her release. Brig was just an extra tank that healed which is why she fit in so well. Everyone always says imagine running goats without brig but without a Lucio that comp is nowhere near as deadly.

[@annabellesiegel4335]

another genuis point by goyza!! honestly brig can do no wrong, you’re very smart and know a lot about overwatch. i’ll give you kiss for that :))

[@schwolmart]

Brig has felt near OP since I started playing her in S2 OW2. So insanely good. I also hated her Rally rework.

[@montynoir6694]

17:34 that poor mercy

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Oh, there is a post going around on Reddit right now about assigning Overwatch to Class roles. If everyone could go and flame them for making Rein Paladin over Brig, that would be great.... lol

[@wingedbluj1674]

I think the current state of Overwatch all stems from the creation of Brigitte.

[@alminasanoski3134]

I don't play a lot of brig but tbh she is a lot of fun. Just not to play against so yea i feel mercy for my opponents

[@nolanmackall5165]

She's fine no need for any buffs or changes

[@Skynetdotexe]

She is the reason why I quit OW lol. Release brig was just too much man

[@anartificialbeing8123]

3:17 Ah yes, the gameplay seems like Brig, but the profile pic is Cass. Small indie company strikes again. Also: "Bullying Doom is my favorite pastime." MY MAN. What MaceToTheFace said about not nerfing the meta leading to overbuffed counter heroes is what I think led to Brig's (and probably Moira's) initial design in the first place. The devs, in all their brilliant balancing decisions, gave the supports a character to counter dive instead of nerfing the dive heroes. I never minded playing vs dive when playing tank, but supporting could get real crazy real quick. Those first few months of forcing Genji/Tracers onto Junk to try and counter me were so cathartic. I'm starting to feel that way again with the two guaranteed stuns on her ult. Now adding Sombras to the 'getting-dunked-on' list. :D

[@Sandvichman.]

"During the Overwatch 2 beta..." i thought her stun was removed like 5 years ago???? am i misremembering??????

[@necrosis6037]

No it was removed in ow2

[@redtaileddolphin1875]

17:39 does anyone else hear “I want to hear it from me”?????

[@PixelRory]

"ye" I'm Irish lmao

[@redtaileddolphin1875]

@@PixelRory FECK

[@DankuVoid]

Day 11 of asking for an Irish Review of Risk of Rain 2/Returns (I don't have any strong opinions on Brig, though I will say it's funny whenever a Brig tries to 1v1 me when I'm Ram, always makes them switch when they do it a second time, also did not know about the 1 frame shield thing that's weird)

[@needless7854]

may i ask what the hell is going on with you having cass in the lower left while playing brig on 3:17?

[@acorn1265]

sometimes there's a bug where I think if you were killed by the character say Doom for example and spawned back in, you might have them as their character portrait on the bottom left instead of yours. Idk how to recreate it but it has happened to me a good few times. Just think of it as spaghetti code

[@drippydre9328]

A Doom vid would be nice next if you haven’t made one yet, great video

[@Xneocake]

I kinda wanna try to play brig but I heard she’s really hard should I still try, any tips (I’m like super casual)

[@PixelRory]

Just play her! Who tf cares if you do bad, play her for a bit see if you have fun. The best way to improve is to just enjoy what you're doing. Fr though, look at both teams to decide how you'll play. Do you have a support that can't always protect themselves? Play around them some more Enemy team have a lot of dive characters? Find who they're mostly to jump on and bully them away Don't spam all your packs unless someone is going to die if you don't, you never know when that last pack is needed. Use shield bash for movement, don't always hold it for the minor knockback Sometimes you want to rally before a fight to build up health for your team, but other times you might want to save it for the middle of a fight to get the most out of rally stuns. Knowing which just comes with time And finally, watch some brig players! MaceToTheFace is the biggest name I know, but even looking at guides on YT (do not watch tiktok ones, they don't help 90% of the time lmao) KarQ would be the best place to look for general brig tips

[@Xneocake]

@@PixelRorythis is huge thank you so much, this gives me a ton of direction ! Very much appreciated

[@kitparsons6680]

​@Xneocake if you want learn brig look up holyshiftkid. Hes the GOAT (pun intended) at coaching/ teaching brig. A lot of what makes a good brig is your positioning, and pack management. Best of luck - a masters brig one trick

[@bigharlzz6444]

I beg for Genji next plz

[@silencesteel5246]

8:44 I think Torb is her grandfather. Great video btw💛

[@shreksfatbussyflaps69]

nope torb is brigs father and Reinhardt is her god father💛

[@akira699]

3:55 4k ultra HD wide screen tv FSISLDNF

[@BorkBigFrighten2]

12:45 What's the music in the background?

[@PixelRory]

aquarium park sonic colours act 1

[@-___-__-]

I been praying on brigs downfall since day 1.

[@Karina_do_play]

13:30 sounds different after all the brainrot

[@foxboy3489]

Nice... Uh... Chiasmus.... I think

[@verguco6051]

brigitte was awsome when she was relased, the trick was just going far away from her to not die, is not a coincidence the game started to be trash when she got hard nerfed, this game will never be balanced, so focus on the fun factor, and in ow2 she got more and more uselss, wich by no coincidence the game is more trash

[@ethanhanks200]

PLEASE DONT NERF LUCIO HES SO FUN

[@Asneost]

Love the vid Day 4 ❤

[@PixelRory]

LIVE AS THIS VIDEO GOES LIVE www.twitch.tv/pixelrory

[@madebytrav]

I hate to say that brig is the clear downfall of OW1

[@necrosis6037]

Sure lol

[@Ldutch01]

the proper pronunciation is what you said at the start exept with a rolled r

[@I-am-on-fire]

W vid

[@zpetrie88]

I’ve got 400 hours on brig lol

[@sleepyheadjirachi]

Shield hp nerf unnecessary;-; gib back 500hp shiled pls it always gets 1 shot down

[@Zahri8Alang]

BOOM pregnant

[@NanoNerd09]

I. Hate. Goats.

[@randomr3760]

Honestly whenever brig is meta is kind of miserable to play against like back in season 5 in believe she got a shield buff and she was played with most of the support cast and I was miserable cause you couldn’t kill her or the other support she was protecting, and the pair brig Ana was so dam frustrating you literally couldn’t kill anything because the amount of heals they were putting, I rather played against Lucio, kiriko meta any day they are fun to play and play against

[@theworldsdumbestplansincor7403]

My dream has come true

[@nicoderfeuerloscher1684]

My love

[@billyr2904]

Brigitte is a support, but come on... everyone just calls her a tank.

[@nathanlongstreet9964]

Not your best video title bro

[@yeet76231]

50 likes in 20 minutes, fell off

[@pumpkus9616]

What a funny and original joke. Did you think of it yourself?

[@BadassMcGraw]

My biggest problem with brig in her current state is how unintuitive she is to play and play with. This is a big issue plaguing support in general, but teammates don’t know when she’s healing them either via health pack or with her passive. This makes it hard for new Brig players to feel like they’re contributing to a team. Her value lies in being able to deny enemy with her shift, but that’s not terribly intuitive the way javelin or sleep dart are obviously denial tools. I think the nature of her passive healing is also frustrating to new players who often don’t even know it exists.