WHY are we still nerfing lucio? He’s not broken rn, why can’t we just buff the characters who need to be buffed and leave lucio alone since HE’S FINE
He’s not broken? sure I love seeing a constant Kiriko Lucio meta in Pro play its so boring to watch now days, the nerfs to Lucio and Kiriko were intended to deal with Pro play considering for what 2 to 4 years its been Kiriko Lucio in Pro play with Brigitte Ana on certain maps unless you had Shu then it was Ana Lucio
The only issue is… Do these nerfs even address WHY professionals use them?
I mean yes to a degree, Beat is a really strong support ult usually use to counter certain ult’s where Lucio’s main competition for main support role Brig cannot do with just Rally, from my understanding of Pro play Lucio is mainly used to farm Beat and Kiriko is usually used for the push and pull dynamic because of Suzu but Kiriko is also used to farm her ult as well
Now is it the ult that need the nerf or the ult minor perk I cannot say for sure, because ult perks are required to be strong otherwise they are useless like Mei’s healing blizzard, it just means Lucio’s Beat wont counter every ult thrown at it now and it possibly will be used more as a counter Beat or a Beat push
Then don’t watch it.
Why should millions of players have to deal with balance changes tailored for a couple hundred players ? No one is ever gonna play like pros on ladder. Not even pros themselves.
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Well I dont mind what meta happens as long as it keeps the Pro overwatch scene alive, but I will give them that playing the same meta supports for over 2 years is abit much and doesn’t offer much to entice people to watch Pro overwatch outside of lootboxes to keep it alive, it also shows how stale the meta gets up the higher end of overwatch as well, why play Ana when you can play Kiriko or why play Mercy when you can play Lucio, like losing out on meta’s where Mercy, Brig or Lifeweaver can be apart of is sad cause those supports arent bad its just Lucio is that good
besides things like OWCS and other pro scenes of overwatch do attract new players, so if the player see the same meta as 2 years ago it might make them decide its not worth it if the scene is that stale in terms of meta
I just don’t think changing metas by nerfing meta heroes (or buffing off-meta ones) when they’re not a problem is gonna help, it just makes the game worse for the majority. Just like when they decided it was time for a poke meta and buffed a bunch of poke heroes. Sigma jail is so great. 
I much preferred the old way of the organization banning high pickrate heroes for a set time. Though I’m probably in the minority here.
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Its hard to say though, nerfing Beat when its the perk thats the issue is probably a bad move but I have some faith they have the numbers telling them that beat is the issue in some degree, its just like nerfing Suzu when they havent touched Kitsune other than upping the ult cost over what the last 3-4 years and its stayed the best support ult in the game and Kiriko will probably still be played in Pro play to farm Kitsune I fear
Honestly each meta sucks, but its just what meta will suck the least at the moment and I do kinda miss seeing dive meta and seeing the skill expression through those heroes, but I wont say I always want dive cause that would suck in the long run
I feel that would be a good change if they did ban high pick rate heroes from time to time to freshen up organised play but realistically I feel it wont happen if I am being honest
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