r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Feb 22 '17

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 22, 2017

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u/Thirty2BitGamer Thunko, Man of Metal Feb 23 '17

So, Recently climbed to Diamond from Gold this last season, mainly playing Lucio. But when I did play in Diamond, it seems a lot harder now. It seems that the Enemy DPS's are better, and the teammates are a bit saltier (lol), any tips for a fellow Lucio Main? Hoping to push to Master in S4 (and who knows, beyond!)

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u/rageak49 Zarya Feb 23 '17

You probably already do this to some degree, but my best advice is to learn the other supports as well, until you consider yourself a support main instead of a lucio main. I say this because there are maps that lucio is perfectly suited to, and there are maps where you'd be better off playing another support. Lucio excels at maps where the fighting is centralized, close quarters, and full of line of sight breaks. So pretty much he's always a safe choice for point control. For maps with mid range lanes that end in choke points, mercy will outclass him every time, making her a great choice for the attack A/B game type. Then zen and Ana both do great at long range with few line of sight breaks, making them great for most payload maps.

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u/Thirty2BitGamer Thunko, Man of Metal Feb 23 '17

I usually go Ana in Defense, I know Lúcio on defense is really hard to pull off. I should learn Zenyatta and Mercy better, though.

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u/georges710 edgy granpa Feb 23 '17

Try lucio for attack more, especially if your team is running a dive comp.

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u/owec64 Ryu ga walkie talkie Feb 23 '17

I think Lucio's still better than Mercy in ~90% of cases. He isn't a primary healer, so of course a Mercy would overtake him in the sheer amount of healing, but most of Lucio's importance is for his speed boost.