Respawn Entertainment has released its latest patch notes for Apex Legends and its 25th Season: Prodigy in the hopes of shaking up the current meta.
From character class changes, buffs, upgrade swaps and more, here are the biggest highlights from Apex Legends’ latest update.
Biggest Legend Balance Changes in Apex Legends
Revenant saw a drastic rework into his Reborn counterpart during Season 18, overhauling his kit with new abilities. The biggest change comes from his new class, from Skirmisher to Assault, meaning he loses the ability to scan care packages in favour of opening extra compartments from red Smart Supply Bins.
- Revenant
- Legend class:
- Changed to Assault
- Tactical:
- Minimum pounce velocity increased from 700 to 800, max velocity increased from 1150 to 1400
- Improved ground detection so guns are faster to come up
- Legend class:
Ash has recently become quite dominant in the battle royale’s meta since her Season 24 rework, leading many users requesting an immediate nerf or change to the Legend during the recent Reddit AMA held by Respawn developers. The biggest change is the loss of the Charged Knock upgrade, a perk that used to give Ash an Arc Snare upon knocking down an opponent.
- Ash
- Legend class:
- Changed to Skirmisher
- Ultimate:
- Max distance reduced from 100m to 75m
- Upgrade:
- Charged Knock replaced with Marked for Death, reveals enemy death-boxes on your map
- Legend class:
Alter has also seen increased plays as one of the trickiest Legends to deal with due to her ability to phase through the terrain with her portals. On top of slowing down portals, she loses her Friends upgrade, which allows her to gain all Support class perks.
- Alter
- Tactical:
- Increased time for knocked allies to use portal by 1 second
- Increased chase portal open duration from 8.0s to 10.0s
- Decreased warning time of portal from 3.5s to 2.5s
- Upgrade:
- Replaced Friends upgrade with Controller of Worlds, which gives access to Controller perks
- Tactical:
There were also other smaller changes to characters who have seen increased play this season. With Ballistic, Vantage and Wattson receiving an array of buffs and nerfs to reign in parts of their kit.
- Ballistic
- Ultimate:
- Tempest no longer gives speed boost to allies. Ballistic still has speed boost
- Tactical:
- Base tactical charges reduced from 2 to 1
- Ultimate:
- Vantage
- Ultimate:
- Reduce laser duration from 15s to 10s
- Upgrade:
- Increase Sniper Cover gun-shield HP from 40 to 75 and updated the VFX colour
- Ultimate:
- Wattson
- Upgrade:
- Increase Ultimate Conductor knock burst from 30% to 50% ultimate charge
- Upgrade:
No doubt these changes will affect the in-game meta, and extend beyond to the esports scene. Players can either experience these changes for themselves, or watch them take action in upcoming events such as ALGS Split 2 Pro League Qualifiers APAC North from August 1st to 3rd, 2025.
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