I don't know when to punch the ball. Sometimes when I hit the ball, it goes far, other times it's like I just poked it…
When should I hit the ball to get the best results?
When do I punch the ball in Lucioball
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Simply, if you charge directly into an enemy, they won't take any damage and be pinned for the rest of the charge; if you only just graze them, they'll take 50 damage and be knocked back, just like what would happen if you charged into them after pinning another enemy. All of this seems to completely ignore relative height, i.e. there's no vertical graze boundary, and you'll always pin an enemy even if you're just touching their foor or their head, but this scenario is harder to find in regular gameplay.
Imagine, if you will, a spherical Reinhardt, and visualize how enemies' bodies would react to a 200+kg metal ball flying at them. If the enemy were to only touch one side of the sphere, they'd take damage from the hit, of course, but they'd be pushed aside instead of dragged forward. Now if the Reinball were to hit an enemy directly head on, so their body was directly in the way of the center of mass of the sphere, they'd be moved in the same direction as Reinhardt is, dragging them along for the charge. I know it's somewhat of an abstraction, but it works very well to get an idea of how pinning works. I've made a diagram to explain what I mean:
Of course, this is all based on my experience, but it seems like an accurate model.
Testing it with Lucio on the training stage:
- I tested it on this spot with the Lucio spray.
After each trial, I moved one step back, further and further until his sonic amplifier would no longer knock them back.
Although I tested it from different distances (taking one step back from the spray every trial), the areas in which the bots landed always landed on the same line starting with the first target. The line is highlighted in red.
Using speed amplifier or speed boost did not affect how much further it flew. Even using the speed boost ability the bot landed exactly on a point on the red line in the screenshot above.
This leads me to believe that regardless how far you are from the opponent they will always fly a set distance.
When testing on different heroes in a custom game, lighter heroes like Tracer, Genji, and Widowmaker tended to fly further than big-boned heroes like Roadhog and Reinhardt
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Best Answer
There are two methods:
1 - Normal punch, left mouse button. This is the normal punch and the strength is low. This type is good to go to run behind the ball and make the high punch when you are near the goal. You can punch the ball with more energy if before to punch it you use e.
2 - High punch, right mouse button. This is the power punch and the strength is very high. It's necessary to take away the ball from your goal or to make a goal.
And then in pitch there are on the floor some yellow zones, in this areas lucio can make a mega jump. I don´t test if in this area the normal punch could be more powerful, but if you can jump the double could be sense to make double "damage" to the ball.