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Apex Legends - Beginners Guide

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Apex Legends - Beginners Guide By Siege, of House Inept A guide for all the stuff that the tutorial doesn't tell you. Introduction Hey there, this is my first ever guide so please leave feedback if it was helpful! On too it: Apex Legends is a 60 player, squad based battle royale set in the Titanfall universe so if you are familiar with that game then the basics of movement, weapons and legend abilities will be familiar. The game is coming up on its 2 year anniversary and was just brought to Steam with Season 7. However, the game can appear complicated and daunting to new comers. While there is a very high skill ceiling and movement is very important for higher level play, there is nothing to say you won't have fun as you grow. There are three full time game modes: Duos Trios Ranked There are currently 3 maps: (although there is only ever 2 in rotation and most maps have variants) Kings Canyon World's Edge Olympus There are currently 15 legends in the roster (so far, we get one new legend every season). The legends all have a ton of lore that gets flushed out with every new event, quest or feature. Each legend has a passive ability, tactical ability and ultimate ability. There is a bunch of weapons and loot to go over as well so lets get started with the details. Oh and while this is more meant for beginners, there are some little nuggets of info that even common players don't realize so pay attention! **I intend on keeping this up to date as new season and legends come out. If you find something that isn't in this guide then please let me know and I will update it the next chance I get. Thanks for reading! Maps Kings Canyon - - The above image is the Season 6 and most recent version of the Kings Canyon map. However, it was taken out of rotation with the introduction of Olympus in Season 7. It is likely to come back into rotations or for limited time modes in the future. - KC is the smallest of the maps and the original map, with two updated versions. Due to the size and lack of cover, this map will be the one where you experience the "third party" most. - The map is half grass and half sand desert island with some of the best hiding spots in all of the game. The "hottest" places to land would be Airbase/Gauntlet, Salvage/Market, Artillery/Containment or Capacitor/Labs. - KC has loot bunkers, flyers, loot ticks and the supply ship to find for some potentially game winning loot. Loot Bunkers can be opened and entered. Each one around the map has a different gold gun that remains the same through the split of the season. Loot Ticks are the same design as apex packs. There will make little chittery noises when you are close to them and they shine the color of the tier of loot they contain. Flyers will also make noise when you are around, except they scream and reveal your location to other players. Sometimes they are in a cage, if so, do not walk in front of the cage or every team within 5 miles will hear it and run your way. The ones not in cages will sometimes have a loot box clenched in their grasp that they will release when shot. Charge Towers can be found spread around KC in locations that never change. These towers will fill the ultimate bar of any legend standing on the platform when activated. Great way to get your entire team their ultimate ability at the beginning of a match.

The Supply Ship is present at the beginning of the match as the drop ship comes in. It will fly to a point highlighted on the map and land there. Later in the match another will appear and do the same. Both of these will have weapons and other loot, usually at least one high tier piece, and are a magnet that attracts teams to land on them so be weary. World's Edge - - The above image is the Season 6-7 version (the only difference is the rocket took off from launch site and is docked on Olympus.) - WE is the largest map and was originally introduced in Season 3. This map has also received multiple updated versions. - Fragment East/West were originally one location called "Capital City" so you will often hear one of those words used as a call out for the location. - WE is very different from KC. This map features a lot of green grass, geysers, lava, mountains and cities. The mountains are used to divide the map into sections. This can protect from the "third party" but also make your rotations flow through choke points and sometimes go in directions you don't really want to go. The "hottest" places to land would be Fragment East/West, Skyhook/Countdown and Sorting/Launch Site/Tree. Don't be surprised if you have a game where the entire lobby lands between the two cities of Skyhook and Fragment and takes 10 minutes... if you can survive. - WE has loot vaults and cargo bots. There also used to be a train that acted like the supply ship from KC but was deactivated in the most recent version of WE. Loot Vaults require a key to be opened. To find a key, you need to find a cargo bot that has one of its lights lit up red. Vault keys take a spot in your inventory but also give a voice line for being picked up and will also display all locked vaults on the map. Once you get to the vault there will be high tier loot. Be wary though, anyone around will try to trap you in there and kill you quickly. Cargo Bots, as previously stated, will have one of their lights be lit up red when it contains a vault key. This is the only way, aside from killing someone who has an unused key, to get one. However, they also have other loot and it changes tiers all the time. If you watch the bot it will be blue, purple then gold. Gold will last the shortest amount of time and blue will be the longest. To get the ball, show the bot transporting it and they will drop the ball with one shot. If you hit the ball, they will speed up to get away and it will take numerous shots. Olympus - - Olympus is the newest map, and I dare say my personal favorite. The map size is debated but it definitely feels quite large. - Unlike the other two maps, this is a floating city in the sky that was originally meant for the wealthy so the colors and just everything about it are out of this world. But be aware, there is a lot of open space that you can get caught in if you don't know how to use your abilities and surroundings. - This map is very, very likely to get updated versions as the others did. There is a piece of lore that says the city is controlled by a computer system that can change the terrain and other stuff based on need, so the door is wide open for what they can do. - Olympus has some other unique features the other maps don't but we will get to those in another section. The "hottest" places to land would be Oasis/Estates, Elysium/Hydroponics, Hammond Labs, Gardens and Bonsai. Honestly, this map has the best spread of loot and Points of Interest that allow the lobby to spread out more than the others. - There is currently no feature like a supply ship, cargo bot or loot vault. However, the next event (in a few days on 5Jan2021) will introduce MRVNs around the map that will give you loot similar to the others. MRVN units are going to be spread around the map similar to loot ticks. Just the same, their screen on their chest will show a different face and color that tells you what loot they have. Should you have an arm from another MRVN bot you can give this new one the arm and he will be so thankful, he will give you gold loot regardless of his original tier. Starter Legends Apex Legends currently has a roster of 15 legends. When you first start the game you will start with 6, the others can be unlocked by using 750 Apex Coins or 12,000 Legend Tokens. We will start with the starter legends and then go in order of release. Legend Classes: - Offensive - Defensive - Support - Recon

Tactical : Grappling Hook The grapple has a max length of 21 meters and will attach to the first item, player or zipline that it hits. You can aim your grapple and air strafe to get massive momentum and control. The cool down currently ranges from 10 seconds to 30 seconds and all depends on the distance that you traveled. Ultimate : Zipline Gun This ability takes 120 seconds to charge, but can be lowered to 60 seconds using survey beacons, and activates almost immediately. You can create a zipline up to 100 meters, with 4 active on the map at once and can be used by any player. Wraith (Offensive) Passive : Voices from the Void When a trap is around, an enemy aims at you or people have died around your area then Wraith will get a warning voice in her head that can be shared to the team to warn them of danger. Tactical : Into the Void There is a 1.25 second animation of wraith focusing and then a .5 second animation of activation. When activating, speed is slowed by 20% but once activated, a speed boost of 30% is granted for duration. Upon activating you will be in the void for 4 seconds and you will be invulnerable to all damage. Enemy players can see a blue trail of where you run. You can see them but you can not interact with anything in the world such as enemies, doors or ziplines while in the void. Ultimate : Dimensional Rift This ability takes 210 seconds to charge and lasts for 60 seconds. Wraith will create a portal and can place the ends up to approximately 75 meters apart. Players passing through this portal move at 5x speed and do not take damage. The portal can be used in either direction and by anyone. Players using the portal will be visible by a blue trail similar to wraith's tactical. Wraith can skip the 1.5 second focus animation of her tactical by using these simultaneously. Bangalore (Offensive) Passive : Double Time If Bang is shot or a shot/grenade just misses her she will given a 30% speed increase for 2 seconds. This ability has a cool down of only a couple seconds. Tactical : Smoke Launcher Two smoke grenades that take 23 seconds to evaporate. Canisters can deal 10 damage to players. Ultimate : Rolling Thunder Call in an artillery strike that starts where you mark and lays down a 6x6 square in a wave pattern for 70 meters. The missiles land for 4 second then explode, each doing 40 damage and shell shocking. Unlocked Legends Thru Season 3 Caustic (Defensive) Passive : Nox Vision Caustic is immune to his and enemy gas. Enemies (except other caustics) are highlighted green when in gas similar to a digital threat sight. Tactical : Nox Gas Trap Caustic can hold 3 barrels, but deploy up to 6 at a time. Gas slows enemies and prevents sprinting. Gas deals health damage, ignoring shields. Traps float on water and can be destroyed by shooting the bottom. Ultimate : Nox Gas Grenade Takes 150 seconds to charge and lasts for 20 seconds. Mirage (Offensive) Passive : Now You See Me... When downed, Mirage deploys a decoy and cloaks himself for 5 seconds. Mirage can also cloak when reviving or respawning a teammate. Tactical : Psyche Out Creates a duplicate hologram of Mirage. Decoy will have the same posture and momentum of Mirage when deployed. Decoys can not climb, use doors or ziplines. Decoys have 45HP. Deploy can be controlled to mimic Mirage. Can be activated while skydiving. Ultimate : Life of the Party

Takes 60 seconds to charge, cloaks for 1 second while summoning 6 decoys around mirage that mimic his movements. Decoys have 45 HP. Octane (Offensive) Passive : Swift Mend While not taking damage, Octane restores 1HP per second. Tactical : Stim Activating stim will grant a 30% normal movement speed increase and a 40% sprinting speed increase. Reduces (not removes) slow effects on activation. Ultimate : Launch Pad Takes 60 seconds to charge. Place up to 4 launch pads that have 200 HP. Anyone can use a jump pad. Will launch you in the direction you were moving and will give you one double jump. Jumping before hitting the pad will increase your arc height. Wattson (Defensive) Passive : Spark of Genius Can store 2 ultimate accelerants in one inventory slot. Ultimate accelerants fully charge her ultimate regardless of percent needed. Perimeter Security has 3 sec cooldown (vs 30sec) when near interception pylon. Tactical : Perimeter Security Place up to 12 nodes. Nodes connect to form electric fences that deal 15 damage and slow effect. Nodes can be up to 20 meters apart. Nodes have 25 HP and deploying a new node beyond the max will delete the oldest node. Ultimate : Interception Pylon Takes 180 seconds to charge and lasts for 90 seconds. You can place a max of 3 pylons. Pylons recharge 2 shields per second, have 150 HP and is neutral. There are two radius points on the ground. Any ordnance outside the larger will not penetrate, any inside the smaller will not escape. Crypto (Recon) Passive : NeuroLink Crypto's drone highlights doors, bins, traps and enemies. Crypto and his team can see what the drone sees within 30 meters. Tactical : Surveillance Drone Crypto can fly his drone up to 200 meters. The drone can ping enemies within 125 meters. When not in the drone, it will hover where last operated unless recalled or destroyed. Drone has 60 HP. Drone can open doors, get banners, respawn teammates and reloads crypto's weapon while in flight. Ultimate : Drone EMP Takes 180 seconds to charge and takes 3 seconds to detonate. Requires drone being deployed. Does 50 shield damage to enemies and crypto. Does not damage teammates. Slows enemies for 2 seconds. Unlocked Legends Thru Season 7 Revenant (Offensive) Passive : Stalker Crouch walking speed is the same as walking speed. Can climb walls 2x higher (10-11m) and 25% faster. Tactical : Silence Orb that lasts for 10 seconds on ground. Orb does 10 damage and prevents all abilities for 20 second when an enemy touches it. Ultimate : Death Totem Takes 180 seconds to charge and lasts for 30 seconds. Totem has 100 HP. Any player can use totem. When activated player enters shadow mode and has 100 HP. Shadows can not heal. If shadow is defeated they return to totem with 50 HP less than when they activated it.

Apex Packs: Level 2-20: One pack every level Level 22-300: One pack every 2 levels Level 305-500: One pack every 5 levels * Ranking from Level 1 to Level 500 will give you approx 300,000 Legend Tokens and 199 Apex Packs. Apex Pack Rarity: Rare or better: 100% Epic or better: 24.8% Legendary: 7.4% * Apex Packs have bad luck protection, meaning you can not open more than 30 packs without receiving a legendary item. Heirloom and Heirloom Shards : - Each Apex Pack has a <1% chance of dropping heirloom shards. Heirlooms cannot be crafted. - Apex Packs have Heirloom protection as well. A player cannot open more than 500 packs without receiving heirloom shards. - Once a player has collected all available heirlooms, they are not eligible to get heirloom shards until another set has been added to the game. Cosmetics : Legend Skins Weapon Skins Heirlooms (also referred to as melee weapons) Weapon Charms Skydive Emotes Skydive Trails (only obtained through ranked rewards) Finishers Banner Frames Banner Poses Badges Stat Trackers Intro Quips Kill Quips Loading Screens Music Packs Holo-Sprays Seasons and Events Season Launches : - Season Launches are the largest events/updates. - New seasons bring a new legend - Potentially new loot items (weapons, ordnance, etc.) - Major map updates - Significant balance changes - Seasons typically run for 11-14 weeks Themed Events : - Comes with a Limited Time Mode - Event challenges that rewards cosmetics - Mix of event limited and base game cosmetics available in event store - Sometimes include a small map change such as a town take over. (town takeovers are small parts of the map changed to model after a specific legend) Collection Events : - Come with Limited Time Mode - Event challenges that rewards cosmetics - A collection of 24 event limited cosmetic items for direct purchase or through event specific apex packs. - Collecting all 24 event items will award the featured heirloom. - Sometimes this includes a small map change or town take over. Minor Events : - Minor events usually include a sale for limited time cosmetics and sometimes an LTM. - They do not include prize tracks for challenges - Usually shorter in duration than a main event. * Most seasons have one collection event and one themed event. Battle Pass : Battle Pass - unlocks the full season BP for 950 Apex Coins Battle Pass Bundle - unlocks the full season BP and unlocks 25 levels for 2,800 Apex Coins. (this will carry over, if you are level 10 and purchase then you will be level 35.) * Battle pass rewards are exclusive to that season and will not return. Extra Tips and Tricks These are the hit boxes in order of biggest to smallest. In order to stretch out your flight path from the drop ship; - Drop down and achieve a speed of 145 (on the left side) - Glide until slowing to 130-135 - Rinse and repeat Looking up and repeating the above pattern while flying will let you go further off a jump tower. Spinning while going up a jump tower makes you much harder to hit. Use your pings if you don't want to use your mic. There are TONS of pings in this game. You can ping loot, doors, jump towers, lava, death totems, locations to go or attack, enemies etc. Response Pings can also be used to agree, disagree or dibs pings. RESPECT THE DIBS. Request Pings can be used to request missing gear or attachments, ammo or health. Survey Beacons take 7 seconds to use and you are very vulnerable while using. Every season seems to add more and more legend voice lines that are automatically triggered by teammates, locations and actions. These are tied to the lore and direct relationships of the legends. Bangalore : - While you can use your smokes to cover yourself for looting, reviving etc. One of the best uses is to use your smoke grenade on the enemies that are shooting at you. This will cause them to relocate or wait out the smoke while you get away or cross the street. - Bang's Ult will explode in the order that it landed, pay attention to this so you can dodge them as they explode if you don't have enough time to fully escape.

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