'Overwatch's' Lucio: Partly Buffed & Partly Nerfed; Other Heroes Also Tweaked
"Overwatch's" speedball Lucio Correia dos Santos or simply Lucio received major updates just recently that got fans delighted while some felt otherwise. Players are now debating as to whether the Latino hero was nerfed or buffed.
Blizzard recently released an update within "Overwatch" that focused quite heavily on Lucio. Alongside the patch was a developer comment explaining why they have to do as such with the hero.
Players of "Overwatch" and Lucio mains are very much oriented with the character's wall riding prowess. The patch that is currently on the game's public test realm (PTR) increased the speed of the hero's wall riding skill. Such tweak even made some players think that the Lucio character has gone haywire.
Another thing that was noticed is his sonic amplifier whose rate of fire was increased substantially increased from 40 to 50. Moreover, the weapon's alternate fire now has this vertical orientation when Lucio tries to knock back an opponent.
However, the Song that once has a wider area of effect was nerfed from 30 meters down to 10 which made some players quite furious about it. In addition, the Sound Barrier was also tweaked as its radius went down to 20 meters from the previous 30.
One of the good things though is that Lucio's healing factor was sped up to 50% including his Amp It Up attribute. The hero was also endowed with a burst of speed by the time he jumps off a wall, according to Technobuffalo.
Aside from Lucio, other heroes in the game also received some updates of their own. Ana, for example, will no longer cock her weapon whenever she threw a grenade. Bugs fixes were applied on Mei as her pinky finger tends to bend in an unusual position whenever she dons either her Luna or Chang'e outfit. Lastly, a minor fix was implemented on Bastion's gun as it excessively shines brightly if the hero sports his BlizzCon skin, VG24/7 has learned.
Meanwhile, the tank class hero - Orisa has been officially introduced to "Overwatch" albeit many are clamoring for Doomfist to enter the fray. Watch a video about Lucio here:
