Overwatch is all set to release a new update today. With it, fans will get an opportunity to take a look at the game’s latest hero, Brigitte. As part of the update, a plethora of new items is also coming to the game alongside the new hero.

While the hero had been released on PTR almost three weeks ago, fans had been anxiously waiting to try it in normal matchmaking. However, Brigitte won’t be available for competitive play as yet. This is because Blizzard still thinks there is a lot of balancing to do before releasing the hero for competitive play.

“Starting with the releases of Blizzard World and Brigitte, we made the decision to debut new maps and heroes in Competitive Play at the beginning of the season that follows their release,” Overwatch Developer Scott Mercer told fans on the forums.

Brigitte would most likely be available in competitive play in Season 10, and until then only the normal play mode is where the hero can be played. While Brigitte is in the limelight, there is a nerf for Sombra as well in the patch. As per the official announcement:

Any time Sombra’s hack is interrupted by damage, hacking will go on cooldown for 2 seconds. With this change, Sombra will have to be more careful about choosing when and who to hack instead of just holding down the button and waiting for people to miss and/or reload etc. There is currently a 0.1s window of time at the end of the hack where it cannot be canceled via line of sight or other effects (such as Tracer’s recall, Zarya bubbles, etc). We are removing this window and instead now using multiple LOS checks to make sure the small LOS blockers are still not a problem. In addition to this, we’re speeding up the update rate of her hacking so that it is more responsive in checking for these fail conditions. The combination of these things means it should be much more reasonable to respond to a hack targeting you.

In case you don’t know much about the hero, Brigitte, she is the daughter of Torbjorn and is a support hero with a big hammer and a shield. Her skins coming with the patch can be seen below:

Brigitte Abilities

Rocket Flail – Her melee weapon has an extended range, allowing her to strike multiple enemies with a single swing.

Repair Pack – The hero throws a Repair Pack that can heal an ally. This will, however, give armor to the ally if the hero is already at a maximum health.

Whip Shot – Brigitte throws her flail a long distance, dealing damage and knocking an enemy away from her.

Barrier Shield – Brigitte deploys a frontal energy barrier that can absorb damage in a limited amount.

Shield Bash – Once deployed, Brigitte can dash forward to stun an enemy.

Inspire – When Brigitte hits enemies with her flail, she also heals nearby allies over time.

Rally – Brigitte moves faster and provides all nearby allies with armor that lasts until it’s removed by damage.

If you have been anxiously waiting for the hero’s release, today your wait is over. Brace yourselves as the hero will go live anytime soon.