New Overwatch character revealed, not to surprising but pretty cool:
Just saw her recently. Considering how fun it is to play Reinhardt, I can't wait to give her a try. She seems decent against Tracer and Genji.
That being said, where are some new Male Heroes? I mean, out of the new heroes since release, Doomfist is the only new Male Hero. Meanwhile, you have Ana, Sombra, Orisa, Moira and now Brigette. 5 new Female Heroes. Like I'm certainly not against female Heroes, but don't forget about male Heroes. I mean, the same goes for Defense Heroes as well. So far, we've gotten 2 new Offense Heroes, 1 new Tank and 3 new Supports.
Yeah I'm not digging her armor.
She doesn't have the pizzazz the other heroes do.
Like, everyone else has something to make them stand out.
What does Bridget have, design wise?
She's a Support/Tank hybrid. Her skills are a mix between her father Torbjorn and Reinhardt, her godfather and who named her.
-She has a shield that allows her to defend teammates and herself, although it's not as big as Reinhardt.
-She uses Repair kits to heal teammates and any additional health they get is converted into armor.
-She does good damage up close like Reinhardt, meaning she can decently defend herself against Genji and Tracer.
-She has a Whip-shot that pushes away enemies and she has a Shield Bash that stuns enemies.
-Her Ultimate gives her additional speed and she provides armor to all her allies around her that stays until they are removed by damage.
Basically, like Moira, where the fanbase were asking for a Talon Healer as well as a Life-stealing character, Brigette is a Support/Tank hybrid that the fanbase was also asking for, especially as it's very common for people to get stuck with teammates that only choose DPS characters and ignore Tanks and Support, thus forcing that "last person" to choose between a Tank or a Support.
The fanbase is hoping that with Brigette being a Support/Tank hybrid, it will reduce some stress on those who have the moment of being forced to pick either a Tank or Healer, as they can now choose a character who can both defend and heal now.
Aesthetically, she's nothing too impressive, as design-wise, she's a mix between Reinhardt and Zarya. But for those who like the Heroes for their gameplay, she's definitely bringing something different to the table. Like I said, she's a semi-Tank who can heal. But she can also give armor(not shields) to allies, something only Torbjorn could do and she can actually defend herself decently against flankers like Tracer, Sombra(who just got a major buff), Genji and Reaper.
Whereas most other Healers are in trouble once the flankers start targeting them and they cannot defend themselves easily(as they have either one or no ways to defend against flankers) and have to hope either their teammates help them or hope their flanker misses alot, Brigette has not one, but 3 skills that she can defend herself with against flankers, with a Shield, a Stun and a knockback.
So it's no wonder why people are excited for her, especially with the fact that Jeff and the Overwatch team have been hyping her and are hoping for her to be meta-changing.