LUCIOBALL & Copa Lucioball
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Even though Lucioball is making a return this year, the brawl has some big changes that will definitely mix-up how it plays. Firstly the Rio de Janeiro stadium is coming back, along with a new stadium set in Sydney, Australia being released alongside it as well.
In terms of gameplay, Lucio no longer has the Soundwave ability to boop players away from himself, and his ultimate has changed so instead of having the ball get pulled in towards himself, he now has increased speed, can move the ball much more quickly, and jump higher as well. These changes were introduced due to the “cheesy” strategies of last year when players would hide in the enemy goal, boop the goalie, and simply use their ultimate to draw the ball in towards them for an easy goal. Adjusting Lucio’s Soundwave and ultimate abilities will negate this strategy, and allow skilled Lucio players to shine rather than sneaky strategists.
Another huge inclusion is the new Copa Lucioball mode also available in the Arcade, which like competitive play has 10 placement matches and awards competitive points to the winning team. If you play your 10 placement matches during the event you will get a special spray, and if you are able to climb and become one of the top 500 Lucioball players in your region you will get an additional special Lucioball themed spray.
