Lúcio Build Guide “Let's drop the beat.”

Lúcio is a very mobile Healer, who is capable of boosting his allies' Movement Speed and healing them over time. His unique Trait, called Wall Ride, allows him to skate along impassable terrain, causing him to become a very elusive Hero for the enemy team to catch.

Strengths

• Outstanding mobility
• Strong late game healing
• Attacks while moving
• Good at dodging skillshots
• Can disrupt most tanks with correct use of Soundwave
• Excellent against AoE damage

Weaknesses

• Very poor waveclear
• Low health pool makes him susceptible to Stuns and Slows
• Requires good multitasking and map awareness
• Hard to play
• Requires an aggressive playstyle, which can result in dying before a fight
• Low Healing output during the early game

Advanced Build

Recommended

Level 1 ?

Level 4 ? ?

Level 7 ? ?

Level 10 ?

Level 13 ?

Level 16

Level 20 ? ? ?

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Lúcio's Advanced Build is aimed at experienced Lúcio players. In order to get value from Talents such as Accelerando and Smooth Moves, you should be playing more offensively, by either abusing Accelerando's increased Movement Speed to Harass enemies, or by constantly attacking and sustaining yourself through Smooth Moves.

Accelerando takes some practice to maintain the boost constantly up, but once you get used to it, you will feel the difference it makes. Smooth Moves at Level 1 is also good, since it allows you to be more offensive and take some damage for your team.

At Level 20, Mixing Fire should be picked if you got High Five, while Summer Anthem when the enemy team has a wombo combo composition. House Party will be good against compositions without much burst. Bossa Nova can be an option if your team is dying before the fight starts, since the cooldown Reduction is very noticeable.

Crossfade Build

Beginner

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7 ? ?

Level 10

Level 13 ?

Level 16 ?

Level 20

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Lúcio's Crossfade Build is directly aimed for the novice Lúcio players, since it increases Crossfade's range and makes it easier to heal all your team without any concerns. This build has a smaller potential for making plays, and enables an easier and more defensive Lúcio playstyle.

All the Talents at Level 7 are good for this build. You can get Boombox to provide more vision to your team, and even heal them from distance. Reverse Amp is also a good option, since it will increase your damage and add little crowd control to Lúcio. Together with Off the Wall, Good Vibrations adds more resilience to Lúcio, and should be the choice if you are being focused by enemy team. Even though All Together gives Lúcio a much needed increased mobility, Slip is a good choice against dive compositions willing to kill you.

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Lúcio synergizes with

Lucio performs very well with low-mobility Heroes as he can provide useful Movement Speed to them, who will have a much easier time sticking to their targets. This characteristic, combined with the fact that Lúcio has 2 powerful Heroic Abilities, makes him one of the best dive Healers in the game.

Lúcio is countered by

Due to his low Health pool, Lúcio usually has a hard time if he gets Stunned and burst down quickly. Thus, Heroes like Varian or Anub'arak are serious threat for him. Besides those, Lúcio also has a hard time healing against Heroes with high range and single target damage, like Raynor or Sgt. Hammer.

Lúcio's stronger maps

Lúcio's average maps

Lúcio's weaker maps

None

Lucio does well on almost every Map, but he excels on Maps where having a decent waveclear is not a priority. Since Lúcio should be constantly dismounting or getting vision of enemy team, he will not be able to speed his team up in the early game. Furthermore, he is an excellent pick in Battlefield of Eternity, due to the quantity of corridors created by impassable terrain around Objective and the capability to knock someone towards an Immortal's Stun, just like Alarak does.

• 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.

Due to his outstanding mobility that allows him to harass enemies or accelerate the rotation speed of his allies, Lúcio is a good choice on most Maps. He excels against area of effect damage, due to his passive and sustain healing to all allies. However, we do want to highlight the high skill ceiling when it comes to playing Lúcio efficiently. He requires good game sense to determine when to play aggressively and when to remain defensive.

Lúcio maintains a fairly even power level throughout the game, which makes him a decent Hero during the early, mid, and late game. After acquiring his Level 16 and Level 20 Talents, he becomes one of the most solid late-game Healers with incredible healing numbers.

Due to the way his kit works, Lúcio is strong at enabling his fellow team members. Thus, we recommend being a team player at all times in order to unleash his true potential. Experienced Lúcio players will spend most of their time in the early game being annoying to the opposing team, by either dismounting, using Soundwave, or just by getting vision of them.