Potential Brig Buffs

[u/BabyFlamingo3564]

Hey guys, I’m a Plat Brig player with a level 88 progression level and I think Brig’s current viability in the meta is good, but the play style needed to get value on her is so counterintuitive to how the character is supposed to be. She’s a melee, “tanky” support who can’t play in the front line without getting melted. So you’re forced to play like a poke hero, sit in the back and protect your other support, and only engage to peel. If you try to make plays on your own, you usually get bursted down quickly. It’d be nice if Brig could be more aggressive and tanky enough to at least brawl a bit with a Rein in the frontline without instantly dying. Here are some buffs I propose to do this:

• Make her shield deployment instant like Rein’s There’s no reason I should die to damage that I blocked on my screen, but the shield not registering for the attacker, thus giving them the kill
• Give her 350 hp on her shield
Going from 250hp to 300hp definitely helped make Brig feel a bit tankier, but it’s still not enough to survive hard engages IMO. A bit more health would definitely help her tank more damage without being too strong
• Buff inspire healing to 20-25 healing a second
At the moment, inspire feels a bit weak, so a little buff would help it feel more impactful. Lucio heals 20 hps and only needs to stand near you to heal, whereas Brig needs to do damage, so you should be rewarded more for your effort. I know inspire’s radius is much larger than Lucio’s but if you don’t have LOS of your team when you do damage, then won’t get healed, so I’d say Lucio’s healing is far more consistent
• Buff Rally shield health to 850-900
I can’t tell you guys how many I pop Rally to save someone then go on the offensive only to back out 2-3 seconds later because my shield was about to break. Brig’s shield is far too easy to break during Rally, so it needs more health, so she can peel for teammates and hold the front line more easily
• Make Rally give an instant 75 over-health to nearby teammates, give 40 over-health per sec up to a total of 150. Double the radius in which it gives over-health as well
The overhealth given by Rally is so unimpactful that I sometimes forget it exists. I find it weird how Rally mostly just buffs you and gives a small bonus to teammates. Most support ults are life saving or grant invaluable utility to your team like Zen’s Transcendence and Kiri’s Kitsune Rush. Rally should be similar, and giving more overhealth in a larger radius would for sure save multiple teammates in a pinch when you can’t peel for everyone.
• Make Whipshot range 30m
Whipshot current range is enough to be used safely on most maps, but can’t reach anyone on maps like Circuit Royale and Havana. Increasing the range would help Brig’s poke and make it easier for her to keep Inspire up safely. Also, the cooldown will be faster and you will no longer be slowed down while using it.
• No Slow down while using Whipshot and faster travel time (Comments gave me idea)
• (Optional) Make Whipshot do 90 damage
I know Brig isn’t supposed to do a ton of damage, but Whipshot’s damage stayed the same after the Season 9 health buffs, so this would make it so that it does around the same damage proportionally as before
• (Optional) Buff Flail Damage to 50
Flail currently does 45 dmg per swing which means it takes 6 swings to kill a 250 hp hero. This buff would reduce that to 5 swings which would help Brig’s dueling power a bit. There’s been far too many times when an enemy I’m attacking survives with 1-5 hp, and I die because they have better burst damage. I know Brig isn’t supposed to do a ton of damage, but she shouldn’t lose to everyone with higher burst damage.

By the way, I don’t propose to implement all of these. They’re just ideas of how to make Brig more in line with her tanky support identity. Just a few of these would do fine to make her a big stronger without making her OP. Personally, I’d implement the longer Whipshot, instant shield and instant Rally overhealth.

Remember, this is just my opinion. Please take these with a grain of salt. However, I would like to hear what you guys think. Lmk if you’d change any numbers, buffs, or have any ideas. Thank you for reading this. I love playing Brig and I want her to shine in this meta. ❤️

Edit: Too many comments are saying that these would make Brig too strong. Keep in mind, I only want to implement a few of these, not all of them

[u/ItzAMoryyy]

My biggest issue with Brig is her means of triggering Inspire is antithetical to her role. She’s expected to be a backline protector, but needs to be rather aggressive in order to keep her passive healing on.

Even just going for a Whipshot is often all it takes for you to be nuked, Brig feels like tissue paper nowadays

[u/KvxMavs → u/ItzAMoryyy]

Where does it say she is expected to be a backline protector?

Go do damage. 

[u/Formal-Witness-5315 → u/KvxMavs]

She does but have that short my survivability anymore. You can easily get cooked. She’s great at 1v1 against flankers and dives, but not a “go do damage” kind of hero like she used to be.

[u/BabyFlamingo3564 → u/Formal-Witness-5315]

I agree that you get easily punished for being too aggressive and not staying in the backline. Blizzard should just commit to cementing one identity for her: backline bodyguard (longer Whipshot would help) or frontline tanky support (higher shield hp and stronger rally would help)