A lot of people say this, but something I notice is that they rarely if ever back up their point. And I come to say that: Lucio does not take a lot of skill, especially for the fact that he is possibly a bigger goats enabler than Brig at this point.
Let me explain. I admit to not having played him too much but the times I have, he has just been super easy. The most “mechanically skillful” part of his kit is jumping into walls. And if you don’t need to play a character much to know how easy they are, that may be an indicator.
Of course, I do think he probably takes more skill than say, Mercy, Moira or Brig, but I believe he needs some nerfs. As I just said, he is the second biggest enabler of GOATs
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Eh, its the easy entry point type characters with particular traits that are hard to optimize.
Trying to use hit projectile is a nightmare.
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people can have opinions. People think genji needs no skill
people think widow needs no skill. Every hero at this point needs no skill according to the forums
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I mean sure in the comp he’s very easy but outside of it he’s pretty hard. Same situation as Ana where whenever the meta favors her a bit too much she just becomes extremely easy to pick up and be effective with.
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Except for ana who is ‘the most skilled hero in the game’
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Lucio has a low skill floor, but a high skill ceiling.
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yep indeed xD
literally have been a Lucio main since i first placed and still cant consistently hit more than 2
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His kit enabling a meta shift is not an indicator of skill level, just how well he synergizes with other characters.,
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My Lucio is absolute trash. He takes a lot of skill to do more than exist as a speed boost.
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He literally just had a huge nerf.
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Lucio requires a lot of skill. Especially after the many rounds of nerfs he’s gone through. Sure, at some point in the game, he was able to just heal his way out of a lot of situations, but now you have to rely heavily on wall-riding, jumping, and switching between speed and heals to stay alive and he doesn’t benefit his team anywhere nearly as much as he did. You’re saying “nerf” after a nerf that makes him practically useless
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He has an almost 5% pickrate through all ranks and a 7% pickrate in GM making him the 2nd most picked support in gm and the 3rd most picked in all ranks.
Not to mention he is part of goats.
And wall-riding is not a skillful ability…
If any hero did not take skill, there would be no differences between a good one and a bad one.
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Lucio is a very simple class to play, and so are most other supports in that category. Probably for good reason, mind you.
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[INSERT MAIN HERE] is the only skill hero. Every other hero is braindead and rewards noskill players for no effort.
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His skill floor used to be higher before the buffs, but his skill ceiling is still very high.
Its pretty hard to play lucio at a higher rank.
At its core its simple, peel for your team, but this gets pretty hard im not gonna lie.
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skill or not, he had the nerfs coming to him for a looooong time.
I just wished they nerfed his healing instead of speed, but w/e
Yea well in a goats context, the highly skilled lucio might be 5% more effective than a player with equal gamesense and just doing the basics consistenty right.