Updated on May 4, 2022, by Rhenn Taguiam: With Bangalore's brother Jackson arriving in Apex Legends as Defensive Legend Newcastle, fans of the acclaimed hero shooter battle royale can finally have another go-to defender in their squads to fight the fiercest of battles. With Newcastle's deployable shields, players can have more intense firefights. However, before players include Newcastle's abilities as part of the best - especially his portable shield Ultimate, some Legends will definitely stand out due to their rather ridiculous Ultimate abilities. Just which Legends have the best slate of Ultimate skil

While in the Arenas mode you have pretty much every weapon available to you immediately, but they must be purchased with crafting metals, and those will be limited, especially as you first start out. You will be able to purchase a P2020 or Mozambique for free, with upgrades being very cheap, but better weapons will be much more expens

[DK] Yes, of course. I mean, that's a thing we have to keep in mind. But we are taking some steps to make sure our loot pool doesn't get too bloated. For instance, there was a limited-time mode earlier this year called Locked And Loaded where all white loot was removed from the ground, but it had some long term balancing problems that we're not okay with. But we are taking steps toward that state. In Legacy you will see everybody starts with a starter kit, so a white armour, white knockdown shield, white helmet, two cells, two syringes. It's really good, by the way, it just feels like you can land and you don't immediately lose if the enemy finds a purple armour and you find nothing. This will allow us to remove white helmets etc. from the loot pool. We have further work going into future seasons where we're hopeful that, if we can pull it off, we can remove even more. And obviously we are always rotating hop-ups out of the game as we put new ones

The Arenas mode has a closing ring, just like the Battle Royale mode, and controlling where the ring will close gives you a massive advantage. If you can lock down where the ring closes with area control Legends , like Rampart , Wattson , and Caustic , and you can get the upperhand pretty easily. But of course, that assumes you get into where the ring is closing fi

The healing DOC drone is a bit mediocre compared to some other tactical abilities in the game; it's outclassed by a handful of syringes or a single medkit, after all. However, her ability to passively revive teammates is perhaps the most useful passives in the game, and her Lifeline Package ultimate can be used pretty freely in the open areas of the

[DK] The way that I always think of it is that abilities set the battlefield, set the context in which the gun game happens. So they should shape your decision making, but they should not be the end-all-be-all of your decision making - you should not die because somebody used an ability correctly, that would not be Apex Legends Tips. But if you die because somebody placed a Gibraltar Ultimate on a certain piece of cover you're holding, and you were forced to run out and they gunned you down while you ran out, that feels like Apex, right? So that's how I like to think about it. Abilities should mould the gun game, and the gun game is ultimately what decides who wins and who loses. Even to the point where maybe you placed your Gibraltar Ultimate perfectly, but they’re just ignoring it and shooting you down because you're showing your face. That's fine, too, ri

[DK] I will say it's interesting that you can choose your weapons freely, particularly for characters like Rampart who have a strong binding to a weapon class, right? If you play Rampart in the Battle Royale, sometimes the RNG will just screw you and you never see an LMG. And you're like, 'well, I guess I don't have a passive this game.' In Arenas if you want to load in and buy a Spitfire every round, more power to you, have

The density of loot on Olympus makes it one of Loba's best maps. While King's Canyon has loot scattered all over the place, Olympus' loot is usually centered within its various locales, with few supply bins available for players between major locations. Her ultimate ability Black Market lets her pull as much ammo as she wants and up to two items from the nearby area. It's an ultimate with a short recharge time, and Olympus has many locations where gold items are practically guarant

Newcastle’s revive ability allows players to direct downed players to a safer area and lead to a safe revive; however, this is difficult to pull off in close-quarter engagements and is easier for long-ranged fights. Owning a gold knockdown shield will make players going for risky revives worth it due to the increased health and shie

The downside to all of this is that the Bocek Bow fires fairly slowly, comparable to the Sentinel sniper rifle - which is exactly why both of those weapons are now able to use the Deadeye’s Tempo hop-up. Interestingly, the Bocek Bow is the first weapon in the game that can equip two hop-ups at the same time, making it potentially very powerful in a variety of situations. Here’s what you need to know about both of those hop-