One of the best abilities in the game, Smoke Launcher (Tactical) gives Bangalore the opportunity to equip her Smoke Launcher and fire a canister that releases smoke. This blankets the immediate area with a smokescreen she can use to her advantage. She can even go guns blazing with Apex Legends LMGs and enemies inside wouldn’t immediately not

Mastiff (Shotgun): Contrary to other Shotguns, the Mastiff Shotgun releases pellets in a horizontal fashion, making it deadly against enemies who like to stay together. This transforms Bangalore’s smokescreens into a nightmare, especially since a shot from this weapon can catch hit an enemy’s center mass and potentially graze the opponent’s other teammates within proxim

Some legends' tactical abilities are only useful in certain situations, meaning that the time has to be right for players to use them. With Lifeline it's different. Often players such as this Twitter user , will throw down the health drone as soon as the ability has charged up. It is a sensible decision to make as having teammates at full health could give the team the upper h

A lot of fans are divided over Lifeline and whether or not she deserves the high praises she receives. The care packages can rarely include fairly useless loot items which means that the team's position had been given away for no rew

Like many live-service video games , Apex Legends earns a good portion of its revenue from in-game cosmetic items. For those who don't feel like opening their wallets, special events usually come with a handful of free cosmetics. War Games' daily challenges will award points, which unlock cosmetics as they accrue. A few stat trackers are able to be unlocked for free, along with two new weapon charms, Crypto and Rampart skins, and a 30-30 Repeater skin (pictured above). Bloodhound, Gibraltar, Lifeline, Mirage, Pathfinder, and Wraith are all getting event-specific skins, as well, but it looks like those won't be available for f

Information on demand is vital to any team on a map such as Olympus, and knowing the locations of nearby enemies is vital. Knowing enemy locations will aid players in avoiding potential ambushes or third parties. Seer's passive has incredible potential for scouting out enemies, but players need to be cautious, as it is audible to enemy play

[AR] So pretty much all I can say without going into spoilers is there is a strange unmanned spacecraft that shows up in Olympus with all these plants. Where did they come from? Why did they get sent here? We might have to find that out, and it may be connected to another Legend. Valkyrie is very big this season, but other Legends play a pretty big part

[Dave Osei] I can say from the design perspective, we wanted to try something different for map updates. We had a trend earlier of just destroying maps for a map update, a Harvester coming down on World's Edge and creating a lava crack, just dropping Skull Town off the map in Kings Canyon. So for Olympus, we wanted to go outside our box and try something new, adding something to my map, rather than taking away from the map or destroying an area. So this Infestation gives us another tool in our toolbox of how to change how we do map updates in the fut

[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. 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 Legends weapons, 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

This season has some massive additions. The new Legend, Valkyrie , is one such addition that we have covered in detail here . But there’s also the Arenas mode, which puts teams of three against one another on brand new maps . We’ve broken down what you can expect in this gui

Deadeye’s Tempo is another new hop-up in Apex Legends , and not an attack from One Piece ’s Nami . Deadeye’s Tempo literally speeds up the tempo, or fire rate, of your weapon allowing you to lick off fully charged shots much more quickly than by defa

In addition to all of that, the Bocek Bow is also much quieter than any other weapon in the game. Yes, you will hear the arrows whiz past your head, but it’ll be difficult to pinpoint exactly where they were coming from, because the Bocek doesn’t let off a loud gunshot when firing. If you like to approach engagements with stealth, this is the perfect weapon for