Apex Legends: Legacy - Arenas Valkyrie Lifeline Tweaks Olympus Changes And Everything From Our Hands-On

Apex Legends crafting guide Legends Season 9: Legacy and the brand new Legend Valkyrie are making their debut in the Apex Games on May 4, and we’ve sat down with the team at Respawn Entertainment to get some details on what we can expect to see from the new sea


[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


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


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


Once you have a weapon purchased, it will come without attachments, meaning it’s not actually very good. You can spend extra materials to get a suite of attachments, with extra spending meaning better grade attachme

Crypto and Valkyrie are also great choices, of course. Valkyrie can buy her Skyward Dive ultimate and reposition the whole team at the start of the game, while also painting enemies on the HUD . Crypto, meanwhile, has his drone , which is the best tool in the game for marking enemy positions, and can help you formulate plans dynamica


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-


On paper, Valkyrie sounds overpowered . However, she’s got some pretty easy counters. For a start, she can’t use weapons while flying and can only use her Tactical. Secondly, her jetpack is loud . There’s no way you can sneak up on people when it’s engaged. On top of all that, she’s basically a clay pigeon when she’s soaring above the battlefield. While I’m sure there will be some amazing Valkyrie players, she’s a pretty tough hero to master. It’ll be interesting to see how she shakes up the g


As mentioned earlier, the Deadeye’s Tempo seriously speeds up the fire rate of the Bocek Bow, and you should use this. The Bocek Bow isn’t good at close range unless using the Shatter Caps, and even then most shotguns are more capable - it’s only there to be used when you have no other weapon capable of a close-range engagement, really, since it’s only barely better than a Mozambique . Deadeye’s Tempo, however, will allow you to shatter even the most robust of shields with only a couple of charged shots, always giving you the opportunity to slide in and begin using a faster-firing weapon, like the R-99 , to finish the


Octane can use all of these methods too but as any true fan knows, these supplies need to be used carefully. Therefore the fact that he can heal on his own so long as he doesn't sustain any extra damage, makes Octane a popular cho


Players who take control of the ship early can find a keycard for the bridge on one of the corpses, allowing them to open it up for some of the best early game loot. However, you need to make sure another team doesn’t take you down and steal the keycard off you before you get the go

There’s still a circle that changes where the final showdown takes place each round, and there’s still a pulsating red wall of death penning you and the enemy team in, forcing you to think ahead and hold the most advantageous piece of the map before your enemy does. But this being a 3v3 mode, the maps are much smaller. The mode launches with two custom maps and some other maps taken from the Battle Royale m


As with most legends, Octane completely believes he looks cool, and fans agree to an extent. That being said, fans such as this Instagrammer can't help but focus on his goggles' similarities to other iconic characters. That piece of clothing has been subject to many memes and jokes across the Apex Legends fan b