UPDATE: They fixed Lucio with the current PTR update that put a minimum time that jump key needs to be held to ride around corners. This means that your velocity when doing roll outs does not get decreased when going around corners which fixes nearly all of my complaints. It will now be more beneficially to not hold jump to wallride infinitely, but to use a mixture of wall jumps and rides to peel and stay alive. This update increases the skill ceiling to incorporate both wall rides and jumps at the same time of decreasing the skill floor to help new Lucio players to learn wall riding with the infinite wall rides.

Thank you Blizzard for listening to the community before realising it to Live.

Thanks, PMAJellies <3

[Hello, I am PMAJellies

I have over 1000 hours on Lucio and adapted to each change he was put through from Snailucio to SuperFastBoi. This current PTR change seems like the negative Snailucio where his momentum was completely removed. I will explain the reasons why this current PTR changes are bad for experienced Lucio players like myself.

First, I assume Blizzard wants to raise the skill ceiling for every hero to make the game more competitive. In order to survive with Lucio, experienced plays try to gain speed, move unpredictably and use walls to stay above the fight. Currently on Live, this involves mouse movement and taping jump to move from wall to wall in the middle of a battle. However, on PTR players only have to hold space to perform the same evasiveness that experienced players have. I believe this movement system reduces the skill ceiling for playing Lucio.

Second, in order to get back to the fight and peel for teammates, Lucio needs not just speed but high acceleration. This PTR patch removes Lucio’s ability to peel and get back into the fight effectively with his decrease to wall leap boost from 2.5 m/s to 2.0 m/s. This decrease slows Lucio down to get in and out of fights that I see professional Lucio players perform with elegance, hence again lowering the skill gap between experienced players and new players.

Finally, the new wall riding around corners is great for positioning but ruins roll outs and gaining speed effectively. Seen all over r/LucioRollouts and r/LucioMains, roll outs are used to get back into a team fight quicker and to show case skills obtained from wall riding with Lucio. What this new PTR movement system does is completely stop momentum when trying to skim across a wall when there is a corner at the end of it. It is hard to explain but Lucio will try to wall ride onto the other side of the wall instead of keeping his momentum to go straight. A simple way to fix this is to add an option under Lucio game play settings to disable “sticky walls”.

Lucio is my favorite hero to play in Overwatch for his speed, supportive role, and potential for playing agro. I believe this PTR change takes away from the 1000 hours I put into this hero to become top tier by helping non-Lucio players to be able to wall ride better. This lowers his skill ceiling and hurts experienced Lucio players. Thank you for taking your time to read my feedback, and I hope you (Blizzard) can find a way to improve Lucio in a way that benefits both experienced and new players.

Love, PMAJellies <3]