Apex Legends News

Apex Legends Season 16 is certainly a season of massive change for the battle royale, with seven popular legends getting balancing sweeps alongside that all-important class rework. One thing that definitely won't change though is launch legend Lifeline still being the game's only healer - however, she is one of the special seven getting tweaked and will receive some nice buffs to her kit.

As you'd expect, Lifeline will remain a Support legend in the newly reworked Apex Legends classes, and will be joined in that class by Loba, Newcastle, and Gibraltar. Lifeline's old ability of being able to access additional loot in blue supply bins has now been extended to the entire Support class, so what is Respawn doing to make sure Apex's only healer is still a viable pick?

Well, for a start the slow penalty applied when activating her revive will be "greatly reduced" in Season 16, according to Devan McGuire, Apex Legends' lead legend designer.

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If there's one thing Apex Legends' interdimensional skirmisher Wraith doesn't need in Respawn Entertainment's Season 16 update, it's a nerf. However, that isn't stopping the team behind this battle royale introducing one. In addition to benefitting from a new class perk, thanks to Respawn Entertainment's refreshing of Apex Legends' classes, Wraith is also getting a ridiculous buff in the Revelry update; we can't help but think this is going to help her dominate the game next season.

While the exact details of this incredible buff are hidden away in the latest set of Apex Legends patch notes, lead level designer Devan McGuire has explained just what we can expect to see from the update - and, well, it's quite exciting if you're a Wraith main.

Not only will "Wraith be able to place her portal twice as far as before", says McGuire, but she will also "speed up as she travels that extra distance". This should mean that she can help her team rotate - or escape - quicker. We don't know if this will match the time it takes for Wraith to make use of her portal at the moment, or be faster, but it's certainly still an alteration that can be considered a buff.

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Relax, friend. That momentary disappointment you feel at the prospect of no new Legend being added with Season 16 of Apex Legends? Allow me to assuage it with exciting news about what the devs have been working on instead. Namely - a complete rework of the Legend classes and perks system; a new top-tier burst Assault Rifle; a rotating playlist of limited time modes, including the new Team Deathmatch mode; improved onboarding for new players; and much more.

Read more about all the major changes coming with Apex Legends Revelry on Tuesday 14th February below, and join me as I aggressively chew the walls in anticipation of the five new character classes that are about to shake up the Legend meta.

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14 февраля в Apex Legends начнётся сезон «Разгул», в рамках которого игрокам станет доступен режим «Командный бой насмерть», плейлист «Сборник» и энергетическая штурмовая винтовка «Возмездие».

Perspective is a funny thing. It's been 1,239 days between Phillip 'ImperialHal' Dosen and TSM conquering Apex Legends' first LAN event in Krakow, Poland, and their recent victory at the ALGS Split 1 Playoffs in London - a wait that is "too long," according to the man himself.

However, if you look at it from a different angle, ImperialHal and TSM have won half of the four official, international Apex Legends LANs that have been hosted since the battle royale game launched. While a lot of time has passed, there's still something oddly familiar about ImperialHal hoisting a trophy - a sentiment he shares.

"It honestly doesn't feel that much different to any other LAN win," he admits to me in an interview with The Loadout fresh off the victory in London. "Maybe it'll feel different, you know, after we're out of the moment. But it definitely just feels pretty similar."

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