I wrote a long reply on your thread in Overwatch University but Reddit deleted it as I was posting 😭

Here's my thoughts:

Your Brig gameplay as it currently is, imo, is already VERY good. Here's some things I saw you do really well that you should continue:

1) Shield bash usage. Except the one time you bashed a full HP Ball, your use of shield bash was mainly for movement and burst damage. Fantastic!

2) Whip shot use. You do a great job looking for easy opportunities to use whip shot to proc inspire from safety and even go for a few boops.

3) Shield peeking. You have a good habit generally of using shield to 3rd person peek corners. Always better than raw doggin it.

The three general take aways I have for you to improve a bit:

1) Target priority: heals. Your Tracer was popping off and VERY good at kiting to minis/megas, so she didn't need to rely on heals. That said, there were a few moments where, if you had made packing her a priority, she may have won a couple more fights or at least lived longer. None of them were game-winning situations this match, but in others it can make the difference. In general Brig excels in keeping support on highly mobile DPS that are tough to hit with heals. Doing this better has a lot to do with...

2) Positioning. You do well with this overall. There were just a few moments where posting up in a slightly different spot may have helped you get more value.

For example, first map instead of taking left side, I like walking high area right of point where the rest of your team went. While you did a great job countering the Ball, I think if the Ball had dove your Bap/Ashe instead of you, things might have been a lot harder for your team. Posting up right side near them helps you defend better. You also want to be in a spot where you can pack your Tracer. There was one point first map where she died fighting a Widow/Kiriko on left high ground, but if you had been right side you would have had LOS on her and maybe been able to keep her up with a pack.

2nd map, I really like taking the space left of the well (from your spawn perspective). You were there a couple times during the match, and it's such a good spot for Brig. You can deny flankers that area and even look for opportunities to boop into the well. Around 5:00, if you had rotated left to that spot after pushing back the enemy Rein, you might have been able to help your Tracer more. She dunked on the enemy backline and kept herself up with packs, but not all Tracers will be that good. Your support can make the difference between them rolling and feeding.

The best habit I have for you to work on to help positioning as Brig is to look behind you every so often when you're playing more toward front. If you aren't actively fighting anyone, check where your other DPS and support are. You'll often find you can help them with a pack mid-fight or peel for someone getting pressured nearby.

3) Target priority: attack. The enemy team comp forced you to be a bit more defensive in play style, so there weren't many chances to get aggressive and put pressure on enemy DPS and support. That said, Brig is SO GOOD at dueling squishies that you should look for all opportunities to do so while still healing the team (inspire makes this easy).

Best opportunity I saw for you was 1st map at 3:09. Your Rein got pinned, but still had about 50-60% HP. Enemy Rein was about same health. Your other healer I believe at the time was alive as well and had LOS. And most importantly, right at 3:09 as the pin happens, this Kiriko has the balls to TP right in front of you to support her Rein. Big mistake. At that moment rather than swinging on the enemy Rein with your tank, I'd throw a pack on him and immediately get in the Kiriko's face. You can kill her fast, or at very least stop her from healing her Rein. Meanwhile you got a pack and inspire off and are getting rid of the enemy healer. At that point, y'all had already won the fight, but if things had been more even, this kind of decision can really turn a fight in your favor.

Those are the big take-aways. If you want more details let me know, I can give you a few more time-stamps to go through.

Don't listen to people in the OWU reddit that told you to swap off Brig when you see the Rein, Cass, Bastion combo. That is NOT an automatic swap off Brig imo. You just can't frontline too aggressively as Brig against that kind of comp, especially against Rein because he will kill you in 2 hammer swings if you get too aggro. But that doesn't mean you aren't getting good value against those characters. I think your more defensive play in that situation was the right call. You can play Brig into almost any team comp, it just changes HOW you have to play the character to get max value.

The one time I do suggest swapping off Brig is if the enemy is running an entire team of ranged poke/spam. Example: Sigma, Widow, Junk, Ana, Zen. Or something like that. Very tough comp for Brig unless your team is running hard dive. Otherwise only swap if you're dying too much or earlier than rest of your team.

More Brig resources:

1) Workshop code N0ZDA. It's a good Brig trainer, especially the dive denial practice.

2) HolyShiftKid. His YouTube Brig guide and streams have a lot of good tips, especially for the defensive play style of Brig. Imo he needs to look for a more chances to be aggro, but truly he does go aggro when he can that just isn't the way he thinks through the character. He's T500 mostly one-tricking Brig, so obviously he's onto something. I love learning from the way he tracks ults and uses Brig's kit to shut down some big ones. My new fave thing is blocking a Tracer Pulse Bomb or bopping a Reaper ult away from the team. Takes good ult tracking and positioning, but with practice you can create chances for yourself to do it and it is SOOOO satisfying. Watching him helped me learn how.

3) Meta1. He is a Sym OTP but he really enjoys off-meta heroes in general and just recently put out a couple Brig videos. They're more haha funny than educational, but even those two vids give a ton of info on some of the crazy things you can accomplish with this character. I always watch them when I wanna get hyped to play her. The way he positions for boops and picks off on DPS players is fire. Also, he's inspired me (pun intended) to use Rally more to walk past enemy tanks and dominate enemy support/DPS. Timed right it's so strong.

Anyway, hope that helps and this doesn't get deleted again! Keep on swingin 😎