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With the debut of Apex Legends Season 22, players will see a major upheaval of numerous Legends and their respective kits. Respawn Entertainment has lent a keen ear to community feedback, and as per the changes reported by the official Patch Notes, the Legend buffs and nerfs are truly indicative of the same.
This article will provide players with a detailed brief on all the Legend changes in Apex Legends Season 22. To know more, read below.
Every Legend change in Apex Legends Season 22
As per the official Patch, a number of Legends with lower rates will see improvements to their kits with the debut of Apex Legends Season 22. Let's start with characters such as Wattson and Crypto, who barely see any playtime beyond the professional ALGS scene. A number of adjustments have been made to make the two more viable for competitive play in the game.
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That said, here's a detailed list of all the changes that players can expect with Apex Legends Season 22:
Alter
Void Nexus
- Channel time when knocked decreased to 2s (was 3s)
- Chase portal duration decreased 8s (was 10s)
- Chase portal opening delay increased to 8s (was 6s)
- Increased travel speed to void nexus by about 40% (was 1800)
- Ult cooldown reduced to 3 min (was 3.5m)
- When knocked, you can travel to a friendly Void Nexus without looking at it by pressing character action (H key/D-pad down)
- Removed option to press character action to destroy your own Void Nexus (H key/D-pad down)
Upgrades: Level 2
- Ult Cooldown: removed ( Level 2 )
- NEW Ringmaster: gain access to Ring Consoles
Ballistic
- Whistler: lock-on time decreased to 0.1s (was 0.3s)
Crypto
- Surveillance Drone: cooldown decreased to 30s (was 40s)
- Upgrades
- NEW: It’s called Off the Grid: Crypto becomes cloaked when in drone
- While hidden from sight, Crypto’s cloaking will still emit a close-range cloaking sound to sus his location and ability scans will still reveal his location
- Threat Vision related skills will not reveal Crypto
- Improved Satellite Imagery: Ult now scans anyone it hits for 4s and will track through walls
- Quick Ping: removed, improved handling now integrated into base kit
Lifeline
- Upgrade - Gold-Plated: replaced Gold EVO Cache with Battery
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Rampart
- Sheila
- Ammo drains from pip charge with use
- Maximum number of place turrets allowed is now 1
- Need 1 PIP of Ultimate change to draw or place Sheila
- No longer requires a full charge to equip
- Now uses an Ammo-Style Ultimate model
Seer
- Focus of Attention: healthbars persist for duration of Silence
- Heartbeat Sensor
- Passive move speed has been increased to weapon sprint speed
- Passive is now quieter when active
- Upgrades
- Focus Scan: removed
- NEW Split Focus: gain an additional Tac charge
Vantage
- Echo Relocation: no longer requires LOS to Echo to launch
- Can launch when LOS is blocked
- Can now cancel the tac mid charge
- Tac reticle will turn red when echo is behind you and you are launching
- Will slide-around boxes and geometry as best it can to reach Echo
- Sniper’s Mark
- 2nd Shot Multiplier is now 2.5x (was 2x)
- Can hit "Reload" when in ult to use an Ult Accel
- Spotter's Lens
- NEW Ranged Tracking
- Waypoint on PING within Passive range will track enemy for 10s
- Will not show within 100m (for each ally individually)
- Recon Info
- added to all optics
- expanded passive scanning screen area to be more consistent
Wattson
Upgrades
- Power Pylon: now regenerates shield charge
- Split Current: removed
- Emergency Power - Added
- Increases Shield Regen Rate of Interception Pylon
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Legend-class updates
With all the Legend changes in Apex Legends Season 22 out of the way, we can now focus on all the Legend classes that have also been reworked for the upcoming season.
Starting with Season 22, we can see the implementation of the following updates for different Legend classes:
Recon Class
- Seer, Bloodhound, Crypto, and Vantage now have threat vision when you use ADS.
- The Survey Beacon will now only scan within a 500m radius.
- The Survey Beacon spawn rate has been increased throughout all maps.
- The Survey Beacon's scanning is faster.
- Each Survey Beacon scan grants +75 EVO.
- Scans will now pulse multiple times within 15 seconds instead of giving information for one static scan.
Controller Class
- Controllers get access to a brand-new “Zone Overcharge” Perk, which will allow them to get an additional +25 shield charge when they're playing within the zone.
- This buff disappears as soon as they leave the playable zone and head outside the ring.
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That's all there is to know about all the Legend changes in Apex Legends Season 22. For more related news and guides, check these links below:
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