Brigitte: Tips, Maps, Counters, Abilities, and Ultimate

Key Takeaways

• Brigitte is best on enclosed maps with tight corners that allow her to get up into the face of her opponents, such as Nepal: Sanctum and Ilios: Well. Download the free Z League app to find teammates who will enable you to dominate on maps like these.
• Brigitte struggles on maps with long sightlines due to the fact that all of her weapons and abilities rely on being close to enemy players.
• Brigitte counters short-range heroes due to her short-range displacement and engagement tools. Although she can’t win 1v1s against short-range damage (DPS) heroes, she counters them by greatly hindering or negating their effectiveness.
• Brigette is countered by long-range heroes like Ashe and Widowmaker who can fire at her from a distance. She also struggles against explosives due to her large hitbox when her shield is up—and her reliance on armor to feel tanky, which isn’t as effective against single shots with high damage output.

Brigitte Quick Tips

• Brigitte was 200 total health, with 50 armor and no shields.
• Brigitte is a brawler that was originally added to the game to counter dive heroes. She still fulfills that role, albeit with a different playstyle due to the change from 6v6 in Overwatch 1 to 5v5 in Overwatch 2.
• Brigitte is not an aim intensive hero, meaning it’s not difficult to hit shots and activate her area-of-effect healing ability. However, she requires smart positioning so that she can hit shots without putting herself in too much danger.
• Brigitte’s healing is most effective when allies are taking sustained fire, such as from a well positioned Soldier 76. Brigitte cannot provide burst healing to counter burst damage like Ana can.

Brigitte Abilities Explained

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Inspire (Passive)

Inspire heals affected allies within a wide 20 meter radius for five seconds at a rate of 15 healing per second. The ability is activated any time Brigitte hits a shot with her Rocket Flail, Whip Shot, or Shield Bash.

Like Lucio, Inspire is disabled if line of sight is broken. Therefore, skilled Brigitte players are sure to both get Inspire active as much as possible while getting as many allies into the healing aura as possible.

Rocket Flail (Primary Fire)

Rocket Flail functions similarly to Reinhardt’s primary fire in that it is a short-range melee weapon that is more effective than a standard melee attack. Rocket Flail does 35 damage and has a maximum range of six meters. Alone, Rocket Flail can’t win many engagements, but when paired with Brigitte’s other abilities, it helps Brigitte become both deadly and difficult to kill. 

Repair Pack

Send a Repair Pack at an ally to heal them for 125 total healing—25 instantly, and 100 over the next two seconds. The range of the ability is a generous 30 meters, but requires line of sight to activate on an ally. Brigitte can store up to three Repair Packs, similar to how Tracer can store up to three Blinks. Repair Packs need to be used intelligently to get maximum value from them—they’re meant for fast but unsustained situational healing, not overall raw healing output. 

Whip Shot

Whip Shot shoots out 20 meters from in front of Brigitte and deals 70 damage if it hits an enemy player. Whip Shot provides a knockback effect, meaning it’s an essential tool in Brigitte’s kit to keep danger away from her and her allies. 

Barrier Shield & Shield Bash

Brigitte’s Barrier Shield has 300 health and functions similarly to Reinhardt’s shield—it regenerates when not active for two seconds, reduces Brigitte’s movement speed by 30% while active, and can be cast instantly. If Brigitte holds the keybind for primary fire while her Barrier Shield is active, she uses Shield Bash, which propels her forwards 12 meters and does 50 damage to any enemy in her way.

Barrier Shield is an essential tool for Brigitte to block incoming damage. Without a massive health pool, it needs to be used sporadically to block only the most important damage that may result in kills to herself or allies. Shield Bash is a helpful tool to counter flankers by enabling Brigitte to move around horizontally more quickly with the potential to also deal a small amount of damage. It can also be used to reposition quickly.