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Apex Legends' highly diverse roster offers players a chance to contribute their best potential when battling in the arena. Whether you’re great at scouting areas and providing much-needed assistance, or someone who likes to stay in the front line, there’s a Legend best suited for your role.
There are 26 Legends to pick from and five distinct classes they specialize in. Based on your preferred class, a character’s abilities can feel extremely unique based on how you use them. Rather than being confused about whom to pick right before the match starts, it’s best to know who you should be playing before you even enter the arena.
What Are The Different Classes?
Like any hero shooter, Apex Legends thrives as a personality-based game, where your Legend provides a unique gameplay experience based on the role you pick. Regardless of how good you are at aimingwith your favorite weapons,it’s equally important to choose the right Legend. These roles are called “Classes” in the game, and there are five types.
Description
Assault
These Legends excel ataggressivegameplay. They’re at thefront line, ready to cross paths with another squad and often lead the way. If you’ve got courage in your heart and apt leadership skills, this role is for you.
Support
Not everyone is keen on getting kills, and some players just like to be there for their teammates. These empathetic heroes providemuch-needed helpwhen it comes tolooting,healingand evenrevivinga squad mate in many cases.
Recon
These are Legends who act asscouts, helping playersstay awareandinformed. They can scan, understand map locations better and act as your eyes and ears in the arena.
Skirmisher
Quick with movementandskilled flankers, these Legends should be your pick if you’re someone who likes to get in and out of fights swiftly.
Controller
These intelligent strategists canhold down locationsandprovide defensive abilitiesfor the team. Staying indoors isn’t the worst idea sometimes, especially when the ring is closing in.
If you’re new to Apex Legends, spend some time thinking about what kind of role you’d like to play in the game, and how you work in a team. Whether you’re playing with friends or strangers online, understanding your role can be the key to success. On that note, choosing the right Legend is thefirst step to mastering a playstyle exclusive to you.
Best Assault Legend - Bangalore
Edgy, aggressive, and a skilled combatant, Bangalore has been at the heart of the Apex Games since day one. She’s an easy pick for beginners and provides a rewarding gameplay loop thanks to her highly versatile kit.
Smoke Launcher
Her tactical ability lets her launch a canister that explodes into a cloud of smoke,making it extremely difficult for enemies to see what’s going on. You can carry two of these at a time, and use them to hide from enemies, confuse them, or simply form a cover for you and your team to heal up.
Double Time
Bangalore’s passive ability improves her mobility every time she’s being shot at.For two seconds, there’s a 30 percent boost in her movement speed. This can be helpful when trying to reposition, or simply getting away from the enemy and looking cool while doing it.
Rolling Thunder
Her ultimate ability calls in an airstrike,covering a small radius of the location with missilesthat explode shortly after dropping. A tactical way to use it is staying indoors, knowing that an enemy squad is right outside.
The Smoke Launcher’s range is pretty impressive, so you can fire it at a distance as a decoy tool. Enemies will likely think your squad is somewhere around that location on the map. Sorry Mirage, you’re not the only one who can bamboozle enemies!
Best Support Legend - Loba
The queen of loot in Apex Legends, Loba, provides an easy way to access the game’s loot. This makes the process of finding your preferred guns much easier, and teammates will surely appreciate your assistance when gaining access to items that improve their chances of survivability in the arena.
Burglar’s Best Friend
It’s easy to mistake Loba as just a Support legend, when, in reality, she has a wonderful tactical ability thatlets her traverse through tricky spaces on the map. Throwing her bracelet (the “Jump Drive”) can save you from an enemy squad’s aggressive push, and even get you to locations that are otherwise tough to get to.
Eye for Quality
Loba’s passive ability allows her tosee Epic and Legendary items through objects, making it simpler for you to know which places are worth looting.
Black Market
Her ultimate ability is one of the strongest in Apex Legends. Loba places a device thatallows you and your teammates to steal weapons and items by having them instantly teleported to you. These are in limited numbers, so be careful about what kind of loot you’re taking.
Loba’s Black Market allows you to steal unlimited ammo. Placing it behind a cover during a battle can help you stay stocked up.
Best Recon Legend - Bloodhound
Bloodhound’s gadgets are complex, their words and style are traditional, and their usefulness in battle is unmatched. Being one of the simplest Legends to pick up and play, Bloodhound is a perfect choice for anyone who wishes to master the Recon class in Apex Legends.
Eye of the Allfather
Upon using this tactical ability, Bloodhoundscans their environment for a short duration. This reveals the enemy’s location, their footprints, and other info that can help you track them down. Your teammates can see this too, so it’s useful for everyone.
Tracker
Even without actively using an ability,you’ll be able to see tracks and traps left behind by enemies. This helps you plan your attacks better, and stay informed about the enemy’s whereabouts.
Beast of the Hunt
Once activated, Bloodhound’s ultimate ability makes them faster (30 percent increase in movement speed) and detect enemies at a distance. Overall, this ability is best activated before entering a fight, asBloodhound’s heightened senses make them more aggressive.
Make sure you interact with a white raven whenever you see one. This clever creature will then fly in the direction of enemies, helping you track them better.
Best Skirmisher Legend - Horizon
Providing verticality and air control, Horizon brings in a much-needed flavor of mobility to the arena. Unlike the complex theories of astrophysics she deals with, her abilities are simple to understand but difficult to master. She’s a skirmisher at heart, and best picked when you’re looking to jump in and out of battle promptly.
Gravity Lift
Horizon’s tactical ability lets you create a small field that acts like a lift,allowing players to gain a height advantage. This is best used when flanking an enemy squad, or moving to a location that’s otherwise difficult to climb to.
Spacewalk
Unlike other Legends, Horizon doesn’t feel disoriented when falling from a great height. Furthermore,she also has stronger air control, helping you aim better when midair.
Black Hole
With her ultimate ability, Horizon createsa gravity well that pulls in enemy players, making them extremely vulnerable to attacks.
Carry more grenades than you usually would when playing as Horizon. You can toss these at the enemy after successfully pulling and keeping them in one place with the Black Hole.
Best Controller Legend - Caustic
For Caustic, there are no enemies, only test subjects. Using his scientific knowledge in the arena, his toxic gas becomes a weapon of ultimate destruction against anyone who falls victim to his traps. If you’re a strategist who likes to think ahead, Caustic is a formidable choice.
Nox Gas Trap
You can deploy up to six gas canisters, and they keep recharging once placed.These trigger the moment an enemy steps near it. The gas lasts for a few seconds, damaging enemies over time.
Nox Vision
Since the gas is thick and poisonous, enemies are blinded by it. However,Caustic can still see through this, letting you know where enemies are, which can be crucial in the middle of a fight.
Nox Gas Grenade
Exploding upon impact,this grenade covers a large radius with toxic gas. This can be used in multiple scenarios, such as pushing an enemy squad out of hiding, or creating a defensive spot to be in.
Place gas canisters in front of doors, blocking them. Not only does this prevent enemies from opening the door, but also activates the trap when they try to break in.
