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Saturday, October 16, 2021

Apex Legends - Beginners Guide

11:06 AM / by admin / in Apex Legends / with No comments /

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.

Apex Legends - Characters LORE & STUFF explained casually

10:52 AM / by admin / in Apex Legends / with No comments /

In this guide we'll explain the history of characters in popular video game Ra- um, Apex Legends

Wraith

"Let's do this!" - Wraith

Renee Blasey, AKA Wraith, was a test subject in a lab where the experiments backfired and turned her into the ultimate weeb.

Possibly the strongest Legend lore-wise, as she might look schizophrenic from the outside but from the inside she can find the best outcome to every encounter by talking to herself in other dimensions

- a bouns that stayed with her after escaping from the lab.

Bangalore

"No such thing as auto-aim, Ladies." - Bangalore

Sgt. First Class Anita Williams was born into a military life with all her family serving in the IMC, during her service she lost her brother and now suffers from PTSD. And hatred towards Lifeline?

Bloodhound

"I will never disappoint my brethren." - Bloodhound

An orphan who was taken care of by their uncle, Arthur. Bloodhound learned the old ways at a young age by growing up in a village that rejected technology, Bloodhound broke the rules which proved to be effective when a Goliath attacked and knocked their uncle.

Arthur died because bloodhound forgot to pick up his banner, too busy scanning.

Caustic

“There it is. The final evidence that you are not special.” - Caustic

Alexander Nox used to work in a pesticide company where he created his trademark gas... Nox.

Caustic found using it on on living beings brings better results, a move which he's wanted and criticized for, Caustic refutes this by saying: "they lack imagination".

Mirage

"I won and I’m number one, isn’t that a coi- uh... coinc- coi- yeah, coincidence." - Mirage

Elliott Witt is the younger brother of 4 who went missing during the war. Working as a bartender while also helping his enginner mom who has Alzheimer on Holo-Pilot technology.

In the arena, Mirage is a master of Bambozology and hosts parties on his ship from time to time.

Pathfinder

"Hey, look at this, I won! It must be my birthday - whenever that is..." - Pathfinder

Before joining the Apex Games, this friendly MRVN of mysterious origin and age worked an endless amount of jobs til finally one day he met up with Mirage who told him it's "stupid" to work for free.

Pathfinder is planning to use his new-found fame as an opportunity to find his creator.

Gibraltar

"Great. Good. Wonderful." - Gibraltar

Makoa Gibraltar is a gentle giant, Search and Rescue Volunteer, and a Apex Legend who is known to for protecting his Bruddas no matter the cost.

His large physique and gunshield makes him intimidating when he's not on your side.

Lifeline

"What happens to you happens to you. That's good for you." - Lifeline

Ajay Che, a child of wealthy parents, she left home when she found out how they made their money.

Lifeline uses the money she makes to fund the Frontier Corps, a humanitarian organization.

Plus, she a sick drummer and good friend of Octane, who she fixed his leg.

Octane

"Pick me pick me pick me I'm so bored!" - Octane

Octavio Silva was bored, really bored. That's why he decided to start a Holovids speedrunning channel which got him a lot of fans. His most incredible moment came when got the WR for the Gauntlet in 12 seconds by blowing his legs up.

Wattson

"I'm current-ly at the top of my game! Get it?" - Wattson

Natalie Paquette built the Apex Games’ Modified Containment Ring. Unfortunately, her father died the day it was revealed. She's called the "Eye of the Storm" for knowing every nook and cranny in the arena.

Wattson is hinted at being on the spectrum.

Crypto

"I mean this with respect: you're a hack." - Crypto

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Revenant

"Hope your teammates bring you back-- so I can find you again." - Revenant

Greatest assassin for the Syndicate, Revenant is over 300 years old.

Everyone who did this to him is probably dead by now. Revenant doesn't need a reason to kill people anymore... he does it for fun.

Loba

"Sorry beautiful. It's not you, it's me." - Loba

When Loba Andrade was 9, she witnessed her parents get murdered by Revenant.

Loba survived by picking pockets. As her skills improved, she broke into a supposedly impenetrable facility and got her hands on some sort of "Ender Pearl" technology.

Loba's entrance to the games came with the destruction of a simulacrum facility, unfortunately for her, it was only one of many.

Rampart

"Turret! Turret! Turret! Haha!" - Rampart

Ramya Parekh is the best modder in the outlands, modding since she was 12. She began taking jobs from smugglers, Syndicate members, and everyone in between. Some say it ain’t great unless it’s got “Rampart” written on it.

Maybe that’s what led a group of assailants to ambush her at her shop one night. Her business burned down and she was left with nothing -- except an Apex Card.

Horizon

"Spotted what we science folk call... a baddie."

Almost a century ago, Dr. Mary Somers was brought to solve an energy crisis, she discovered Branthium, a source of limitless energy that can only be found on the accretion disk of a black hole.

Mary's apprentice, Dr. Reid, was kinda sus and ejected Horizon from the ship.

Fuse

"Been puttin' the 'bomb' in bombastic since 2681." - Fuse

Fuse is a one man wrecking crew.

Fuse grew up on Salvo--a brutal planet ruled by a rotating collection of misfit warlords bent on mayhem, murder, and good times. For most of his life, he worked as a mercenary alongside his childhood friend, Maggie.

Fuse was the oldest fighter ever to qualify for the Bonecage bloodsport at the age of 51. He also made history by winning 21 straight matches - 8 more than the previous record.

Guide by JarGoGole