Everything you need to know about todays Apex patch notes.
Respawn have announced a host of changes to Apex Legends, with a surprise reveal of todays Apex patch notes. This is part of a shift towards faster updates, rather than changes coming at the start or half-way point in a season.
These changes bring a Legend back to the table, Revenant. After a period of domination, he was significantly nerfed a few seasons ago. Todays Apex patch notes bring him back and make him viable once more.
There is also some welcome nerfs to Alter and Ballistic, who have both been very strong over the last few months.
Here's everything changing in Apex today.
Todays Apex patch notes in full:
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
Ash
+ Legend class: Changed to Skirmisher
+ Ultimate: Max distance reduced from 100m to 75m
+ Upgrade: Charged Knock replaced with Marked for Death, reveals enemy deathboxes on your map
Alter
- Increased time for knocked allies to use portal by 1 second
- Replaced Friends upgrade with Controller of Worlds, which gives access to Controller perks
- Increased chase portal open duration from 8.0s to 10.0s
- Decreased warning time of portal from 3.5s to 2.5s
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Ballistic
- Tempest no longer gives speed boost to allies. Ballistic still has speed boost
- Base tactical charges reduced from 2 to 1
Vantage
+ Ultimate: Reduce laser duration from 15s to 10s
+ Upgrade: Increase Sniper Cover gunshield HP from 40 to 75 and updated the VFX color
Wattson
+ Upgrade: Increase Ultimate Conductor knock burst from 30% to 50% ultimate charge
Analysis: What will todays Apex patch notes do?
Perhaps where eyes will be most drawn too will be the changes to Ash, who has been very popular since she got a bit of a rework in Season 24. Her Dash was a great addition, being both powerful and fun to use.
Respawn are keen to bring her power down a little, while not ruining that fun. That is why changes include an adjustment to her Class. This removes several perks from Ash, without impacting the more felt parts of her kit.
Revenant gets the opposite treatment, picking up some of the more powerful perks that the Assault Class offers. In addition, his pounce now goes a lot further. This is better for aggression, and escaping which allows you to take a bit more risk when playing Revenant.
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