Developer Comments: Brigitte's damage buff to Shield Bash in the core game in the midseason proved to be a large unintended damage buff for Sköldkastning and it has been overperforming. We're bringing down the bonus damage to be more in line with her other powers to ensure variety in her build paths.
Sköldkastning - Power
Shield Bash - Primary Ability
Combat Medic - Minor Perk
Developer Comments: Scavenged Steel was previously allowing players to chain Rallies together, making it feel like she had Rally every fight. This change should lower Rally uptime so there are greater windows of opportunity to counterplay. We're also lightly increasing the healing reliability of Brigitte's Weapon Power build.
Righteous Cleave - Power
Scavenged Steel - Epic Ability Hero Item
Burst Aid - Power
Righteous Cleave - Power
Whirlwhip - Power
Optimizer - Power
Packstacker - Power
God Ray - Power
Maces to Faces - Power
Mender Bender - Power
Sköldkastning - Power
Lindholm Wall - Power
Aura Farming - Power
Consecrated Ground - Power
Omni-Boost - Rare Weapon Hero Item
Haste Paste - Rare Ability Hero Item
Chain Extender - Epic Ability Hero Item
Scavenged Steel - Epic Ability Hero Item
Mitzi's Medicine - Epic Ability Hero Item
Squire's Satchel - Rare Survival Hero Item
Valkyrian Core - Rare Survival Hero Item
Dragon's Incinerator - Epic Survival Hero Item
Nullifier Neuroworks - Epic Survival Hero Item
Hardlight Weave - Epic Survival Hero Item
Developer Comments: Mace to the face was working so well, so Brigitte thought she'd try her shield too.
Developer Comments: Barrier Restoration now grants increased movement speed, offering Brigitte additional options when she is unable to use Shield Bash on opponents.
Developer Comment: The duration has been reduced to limit Brigitte's Inspire uptime, while the healing per second remains unchanged, ensuring that healing output is unaffected when Inspire is triggered consistently.
Developer Comment: Brigitte's healing output over the course of a match is quite high, so this is just a slight adjustment to help bring that in line.
Developer Comment: Resetting the Shield Bash cooldown on ultimate activation was too much potential burst damage for Brigitte when the average maximum health of everyone was lower, but it's much more reasonable now that it won't be as lethal.
Developer Comments: Bigitte
Developer Comments: Brigitte ended up being the best performing support hero in the game by a fair margin since the last patch. It's likely a result of more than just the damage breakpoint change that she received but it was a significant increase to her offense so we're reverting it and will continue to evaluate further.
Developer Comment: This change increases her proficiency at protecting her allies by rewarding accuracy with her most aim-focused ability.
Added the Hero-Specific Options:
Developer Comments: Rally lost some of its power with the change from granting allies additional armor to temporary health, and overall took a relatively long time to build up its defensive benefits. This rework is intended to keep it as a defensive ultimate ability but with a more immediate impact due to gaining an increased armor health pool upfront and the enhanced barrier, which can be utilized to block for teammates while their temporary health builds or interrupt enemies with the stun.
Developer Comment: Repair Pack having a small amount of instant healing will help Brigitte have more agency in saving an injured ally and generally makes the ability feel more responsive and impactful.