Lúcio Abilities and Strategy (2024)

Last updated on Jan 21, 2021 at 11:20by Derenash25 comments

• Frequently switch between Crossfade - Healing Boost and Crossfade - Speed Boost according to the situation you find yourself in.
• When an ally is chased by enemies, Crossfade - Speed Boost is the better choice to guarantee their survival.
• While chasing or retreating, make sure to use Lúcio's Wall Ride Trait to your advantage, as it provides a significant Movement Speed bonus.
• While rotating from one lane to another, combine Amp It Up and Crossfade - Speed Boost.
• Soundwave is a great Ability to disrupt enemy momentum. It should be used when a melee enemy uses an offensive Ability, like when a Thrall uses Windfury, or when Greymane uses Darkflight. Due to Lúcio's small healing potential in the early game, doing this is crucial to protect your teammates against these Heroes.
• Push Off can be either used offensively or defensively; try to only use it forward when you have other Abilities to peel yourself after it.
• Use High Five on a safe Hero before using it on an advanced ally, so you do not get Stunned before saving the ally Hero in danger.

Push Off provides Lúcio with an extra amount ofmobility and allows him to dash towards a chosen direction.Keep in mind that Lúcio needs to be skating on impassable terrainin order for this Ability to become available.

Soundwave is Lúcio's only source ofwaveclear and thus can be used to damage Minion Wavesand Mercenary Camps. Enemy Siege Giants, in particular, can beknocked in range of your ownStructures, which helps getting rid of them.

With its low cooldown, Soundwave proves to be quite a reliable disengage Ability as well.Use it to keep enemy melee Heroes at bay. However, refrain from using ittoo aggressively, as Lúcio can easily find himself exposed and killed when going for overlyaggressive plays with Soundwave.

Crossfade is Lúcio's most impactful Basic Ability.It can be used in two ways, providing either Healing or Movement Speed boosts tonearby allied Heroes.

Using Crossfade efficiently requires a keen eye and good game sense, as it isoften crucial to have the right beat active at the right time. While Healing Boostcomes in very handy during longer skirmishes, Speed Boost is best used whenrotating around the battlefield in order to either retreat away from the enemy orto chase them down.

Amp It Up can be activated to drasticallyincrease the effectivity of Crossfade's Boosts.It is very important to notice that while Amp It Up is active, Lúcio canfreely switch between Healing and Speed Boost, as the increased effectivitycarries over from one to another.

While rotating from lane to lane, Amp It Up can be used to greatly enhanceLúcio's Movement Speed in order to compensate for the fact that he cannotuse a Mount. During team fights, however, we recommend using Amp It Upmore carefully, as its 15-second cooldown makes using it too early or too latequite unforgiving.

Here we explain how this Heroic Ability works. If you are looking for more information about it,check the dedicated section in the Talent Build page.

Sound Barrier offers an incredible amount ofburst damage protection for short period of time, as its Shield decays rapidly.It is also worth mentioning that Sound Barrier needs to be cast with caution.Before activating it, Lúcio has a 1-second activation timer in which he jumps up in theair before casting the Ability. During that short time window,any Stun, Polymorph,or Silence effect will cancel Sound Barrier's casting animation, causing it togo on a 10-second cooldown.

We generally recommend picking Sound Barrier if the enemy team has multiple Heroes whohave access to a high amount of burst damage, such as Li-Mingor Kael'thas.

Here we explain how this Heroic Ability works. If you are looking for more information about it,check the dedicated section in the Talent Build page.

High Five works as an anti crowd control tool that Lúcio can usewhen an ally is in danger. The additional heal it provides works well to getthe target out of the danger zone in many cases. What makes this Heroic Ability particularly interestingis its short cooldown. Experienced Lúcio players can use their Movement Speed to their advantageand always be in range to use High Five. We recommend picking High Five if the enemy teamfeatures several single-target crowd control and youdo not need Sound Barrier. It is a good option against Qhira as well,since the Unstoppable effect it providesinterrupts her Revolving Sweep.

High Five can be used against area of effectcrowd controls as well, but it requires Lúcio to use it in a specific way.To save an ally hit by an area of effect Abilityyou have to first use High Five on an ally Heroclose to you, getting the Unstoppable for 1 second, to then use it on the Hero in danger.Without this technique, Lúcio will get Stunnedor Rooted by that Ability, cancellingHigh Five and dying alongside his ally.