Blizzard is making it clear that they want no exploits on the competitive side of Overwatch. Right before the Contenders playoff matches were set to begin, they banned binding the jump button for Lucio to the scroll wheel as it made Lucio players slightly faster in matches.

According to players in the Overwatch Discord, this ban came somewhere within the time of 24-48 hours before the Contenders matches were to begin. A ruling like this coming so suddenly could be detrimental to the timing and muscle memory players develop during practice.

Also Blizzard didn't 'BAN' mouse wheel at Contenders, It was buggy on 144hz client and Lucios were going 1.5x as fast as the live client.  — FLAME (@mattr0d) October 8, 2017

Professional Overwatch analyst/caster, FLAME added some more insight into the discussion stating that it was "1.5x as fast" on the live client of the game.





It is understandable that Blizzard would want to ensure fairness within their competition but it would seem that this should have been addressed much sooner.



