How to Unlock Lúcio: Changes, Skins, and Rework

Lúcio is a Support hero in Overwatch 2. Read on to learn more about Lúcio, their weapons and abilities, their patch notes history, their backstory, and more!

Lúcio Latest Buffs and Nerfs

May 5, 2022 Patch Notes

Lucio Changes

Lucio Patch Notes (May 5, 2022)
Crossfade	・Self-healing (unamped): 12.3 hps > 10 hps ・Self-healing (amped): 40 hps > 32.5 hps

Lúcio Hero Profile

Basic Information

Lúcio (Lúcio Correia dos Santos)
	Role	Support
	Ranking
	Total HP	・ 200 ・ 200 (Base Health)
	Voice Actor	Jonny Cruz
	Nationality	Brazilian
Affiliations	Overwatch

How to Unlock

Character Redesign

Overwatch 1	Overwatch 2

Lucio's redesign for Overwatch 2 keeps to the familiar color scheme, but completely changes direction for his hair color and skin tone. His dreadlocks are given a neon blue green accent that matches his new glasses.

Lúcio Weapons and Abilities

Lúcio Main Weapon

Sonic Amplifier	Primary Fire
	Damage: 20
	Description: Sonic Projectile launcher.
	Secondary Fire
	Damage: 25
	Description: Create a sound-range blast wave to knock enemies away from you.

Lúcio Abilities

Crossfade	Type: Ability Duration: 8 secs
Effect: Switches between two songs: Healing Boost heals nearby allies and Speed Boost makes nearby allies move faster.
Amp It Up	Type: Ability Cooldown: 12 secs
Effect: Increase the effectiveness of your current song.
Wall Ride	Type: Passive
Effect: Jump onto a wall to ride along with it.
Sound Barrier	Type: Ultimate
Effect: Create temporary extra health for nearby allies.
Role: Support	Type: Passive
Effect: Automatically heal over time.

Tips and How to Play

Wall Ride Increases Move Speed

When playing as Lúcio, use Wall Ride often to increase your movement speed and close the gap between objectives, enemies, and allies faster!

Repeatedly Increase Wall Ride Momentum

You can ramp up Lúcio's momentum quickly by repeatedly riding from wall to wall, allowing him to zoom around as if he were under an amped-up Speed Boost. However, note that Lúcio's momentum rapidly drops once he reaches the ground, so stay on the walls if you want to preserve your speed.

Enable Backward Wall Riding

In the Options menu, under the Hero tab of Lúcio's Controls page, you can enable the Allow Backwards Wall Ride option. We recommend doing so as it improves Lúcio's overall mobility and versatility by allowing him to start Wall Rides from additional angles.

Soundwave Can Shove Enemies Off the Map

While Lúcio generally uses Soundwave to push enemies away from himself, his allies, and crucial objectives, he can also use it to shove enemies off the map, eliminating them instantly.

Optimize Soundwave's Height and Distance

You can adjust the way Soundwave sends enemies flying by aiming the ability at different angles. Aiming your crosshairs closer to the ground increases Soundwave's bounce height, while firing closer to the enemies' center of mass sends them further laterally.

Swap to Speed Boost When Allies are Healthy

Maintain a habit of swapping from Healing Boost to Speed Boost whenever you and your allies are at full health. Lúcio's Speed Boost is quite potent, allowing him and his team to reach objectives and enemies faster and potentially evade deadly ultimates.

Communicate and Coordinate With Your Team

Make frequent use of voice communication or the game's Ping System to make the most out of Amp It Up and Sound Barrier. In particular, we recommend using the Countdown ping as it allows you to effectively coordinate timings with your team.

How to Counter

Slow Him Down

Lucio is a hero with great mobility that can be countered by slowing him down using Mei's primary attack. Winston can also kill Lucio easily as his Tesla Cannon automatically hits targets in the general direction players are facing.

Moira can also be a great pick as her Biotic Grasp does not use up any ammo.

Lucio Hero Counters

Lúcio Skins

Base Game Skins

Hero Skins
Hippityhop (Legendary)	Ribbit (Legendary)	Breakaway (Legendary)
Slapshot (Legendary)	Capoeira (Legendary)	Auditiva (Epic)
Synaesthesia (Epic)	Azul (Rare)	Laranja (Rare)
Roxo (Rare)	Vermelho (Rare)

League Skins

Hero Skins
Atlanta Reign (Epic)	Boston Uprising (Epic)	Chengdu Hunters (Epic)
Dallas Fuel (Epic)	Florida Mayhem (Epic)	Guangzhou Charge (Epic)
Hangzhou Spark (Epic)	Houston Outlaws (Epic)	London Spitfire (Epic)
Los Angeles Gladiators (Epic)	Los Angeles Valiant (Epic)	New York Excelsior (Epic)
Paris Eternal (Epic)	Philadelphia Fusion (Epic)	San Francisco Shock (Epic)
Seoul Dynasty (Epic)	Shanghai Dragons (Epic)	Toronto Defiant (Epic)
Vancouver Titans (Epic)	Washington Justice (Epic)

Event Skins

Hero Skins
Bitrate (Legendary)	Selacao (Legendary)	Striker (Legendary)
Equalizer (Legendary)	Snow Fox (Legendary)	Jazzy (Legendary)
Samul Nori (Legendary)	Satyr (Legendary)	Gorgon (Epic)
Andes (Epic)	Overwatch Contenders (Epic)

Lúcio Cosmetics

Victory Poses

Heroic (Common) Base Game	Confident (Rare) Base Game	Grooving (Rare) Base Game
Ready For Action (Rare) Base Game	Medal (Rare) Summer Games Event	Pumpkin Control (Rare) Halloween Terror Event
R.I.P (Rare) Halloween Terror Event	Toast (Rare) Winter Wonderland Event	Drumming (Rare) Lunar New Year Event
Handstand (Rare) Archives Event

Voice Lines

Emotes

Lúcio Story

Before the Overwatch

Lúcio Correia dos Santos was born in the crowded favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His community suffered greatly from the Omnic War. He wanted to uplift the people's spirits and help them forget about their problems, even for a moment, by performing street shows.

Vishkar Corporation

Vishkar Corporation, a multinational contractor, promised to rebuild the city, which would improve the lives of Lúcio's community. It turns out the corporation imposed control on the community by implementing a curfew and exploiting the population for cheap labor.

The Uprising

Lúcio can't stand the wrongdoings that the corporation is doing. He stole the sonic technology used to abuse his people and modified it to rally the people and start an uprising against the Vishkar Corporation by driving the corporation out of their community. Due to Lúcio's leadership, he became a celebrity that would help inspire positive changes and realize the opportunity to change the world for the better.

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