I am going to preface this post by reminding everyone that Reddit Lucio DOES NOT equal throwing.
As a GM Lucio (though currently High Masters cause I can’t play because of my constant Packet Loss, which is around 30%), I will quickly explain why Reddit Lucio is a valuable tactic to learn as well as what impact it can have in your matches.
I have climbed from Low Gold Support to GM and peaked Top 500 mainly playing as Lucio, Reddit Lucio was by far the MOST impactful playstyle.
Why reddit lucio in the first place?
You have probably experienced these matches where there is an enemy such as a Widow, COMPLETELY dominating your team, the usual way to counter her is to pick 1-2 dive tanks or have a widow of your own (both are not so great or guaranteed success options on certain maps and modes, because the first means you sacrifice a good tankline while the other leaves the odds up to the better widow).
If you as Lucio take care of this Widow you are freeing your tanks and DPS to focus on fighting the enemy which puts the odds GREATLY in your favor. You don’t have to outright kill the widow/DPS/Supports, even just distracting them and keeping them on their toes is already TON of value.
A distracted player is a player that can’t help their team, wether it is healing their team or Damaging yours.
You can force out important cooldowns and/or eliminate key targets that hold them such as Zen saving trance for your genji’s nanoblade. You can either force him to waste it to survive or kill him while he is saving it. Which means your Genji is free to Nanoblade. VALUE CITY!
Taking highground as Lucio is something you can easily do with good movement and aim. On certain maps YOU can easily win the fight by booping enemies into your team, like on Dorado Attack First Point, by going from top of your spawn to the top left of the walls to reach the enemies in the top left highground to push them off.
To improve at the Reddit Lucio playstyle I suggest the following:
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Practice your 1v1/duelling mechanics (wallriding and aim), by going into FFA matches, this helps a lot to improve your Lucio mechanics as well as make you comfortable enough to 1v1 enemies in actual matches and go for Reddit Lucio plays!
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Do Reddit Plays in Casual before trying it in Comp to practice in a relatively stressfree environment to get used to it
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Practice optimal hit comboes and boop angles to maximize your damage and one shot potential.
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The main tank you should ever “focus” on hunting down and Damaging is Hog, since he is a HUGE targets with no defensive abilities, meaning you can farm Beat off of him relatively easily and safely. Whenever you see him looking to use hook, position yourself so you can quickly jump ontop of him and boop him into the air the moment he hooks a teammate, this will easily save your teammate’s life!
Comps
You can practically force Lucio into most comps, it all depends on the skill of the Lucio and the value he can provide. I have pretty much played Lucio in every type of composition in GM. Barely anybody rages to me about it since they know Lucio is my best support and I won’t be able to get as much value as any other Support.
I have even played as a Lucio + Mercy in comp with YAZAN, the top Pharah player, on my team, he was pretty happy with me beating for his’ barrage.
I would say the worst composition for Lucio is Poke/double shield with Sigma and Orisa since the only thing you can do for your team, is to speed them into position.
I will edit this post later when I have time with more useful tips, I hope this little post have given you some insight on the Reddit Lucio playstyle, if you have any questions let me know!
