Overwatch 2 fans are trolling incoming Valorant players with bogus tips

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No, Lucio can't speed up the payload

Lucio sits atop the roof in Overwatch while wearing a new skin
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New players are flocking to Overwatch 2 to check it out after Blizzard’s grand relaunch. Tragically, they’re not getting the best advice from the scene’s more experienced players. 

One of the more popular, ahem, 'tips' doing the rounds is that Lucio’s speed boost not only hastens your team but the payload and robot central to Overwatch 2’s more objective-based game modes. Another personal favourite of mine is that ground attacks don’t hurt murder monk Zenyatta due to their ability to float.

We’ve rounded up some particularly choice clips for you down below:

One group that Overwatch 2 fans are clowning on harder than others come from Valorant. Checking out a new launch – especially one that's free-to-play – isn't anything new or groundbreaking, though several Valorant professionals like Tyson "TenZ" Ngo have been running sponsored streams, bringing Overwatch 2 to Valorant fans' attention. Also, Valorant is often billed as a CS:GO x Overwatch mash-up, with plenty of the scene's pros coming from the Overwatch league, so there was bound to be an extra degree of interest. 

Alas, the great FPS debate between the two has erupted, though we're sure CS:GO would like a word.

Overwatch 2's launch was somewhat rocky due to multiple DDoS attacks and an influx of players, but hey, I doubt Blizzard is complaining about Overwatch 2's daily player count being "nearly triple" the original's peak. 

Some things, though, are still taking time to settle. Blizzard is "not planning any immediate balance changes", despite the current meta proving controversial among fans – that is, fans that don't think Lucio can speed-boost a payload. 

It took days for Overwatch 2 to work, and we're still not convinced it was worth it. 

Iain Harris
Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.