How to play Horizon in Apex Legends

Horizon in Apex Legends remains one of the most dominant forces in the game. She is one of the most aggressive Legends in the game owing to her high-mobility kit. With the latest seasonal update, Horizon has been actively spearheading the meta alongside other Assault Legends in the game.

Despite a series of the nerfs in the past few seasons, Horizon still possesses some of the strongest abilities in the game, This article will explore all her abilities and provide a detailed guide on how best you can use them even after the nerfs.

Editor's note: The contents of this article are subjective and solely feature the writer's own opinion. Furthermore, the article has been updated to feature the latest balance changes incorporated with the Apex Legends Takeover patch on February 11, 2025.

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What are Horizon's abilities in Apex Legends?

Horizon possesses some of the most unique abilities in Apex Legends. A detailed description of all of them has been provided below:

Spacewalk (Passive): Horizon's custom spacesuit provides her with increased aerial control. It reduces fall impacts and makes her movement smoother than all other Legends. She experiences no fall shock, irrespective of how high up she falls. Furthermore, crouching upon landing will chain the movement into a perfectly transitioned slide without delay.

Gravity Lift (Tactical): You throw a device that propels players and items upwards. It creates a 30-meter upward spiral, and you can move horizontally when inside this lift. It stays active for ten seconds, and the cooldown is initiated as the ability ends.

Black Hole (Ultimate): You can deploy a low-gravity device, which, upon landing, pulls all players within a 10-meter radius towards it.

Horizon in Apex Legends (Image via EA)

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Best Legend Upgrades for Horizon in Apex Legends

Level 2 Legend Upgrades

• Battery Collection: See battery count on deathboxes.
• Big Bang: See ordnance through walls and deathboxes.

Level 3 Legend Upgrades

• Tactical Cooldown: -Reduce the cooldown of your Tactical ability by 5 seconds.
• Ultimate Cooldown: Reduce the cooldown of Black Hole by a total of 30 seconds.

The initial wave of upgrades for Horizon in Apex Legends are quite useless. You can choose either one, and it will not affect your gameplay by any means.

However, when it comes to the Level 3 upgrades, we believe that lowering the total cooldown of your ultimate ability is much more useful. We urge you to pick up the Ultimate Cooldown for the best results.

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How to use Horizon in Apex Legends?

General gameplay guide

Despite being a Skirmisher, Horizon excels at taking the first point of contact against enemy teams in Apex Legends. Her kit is designed to provide players with numerous offensive opportunities, as well as a means to take defensive measures when necessary.

Horizon's passive ability provides you with buttery-smooth movement capabilities. You should spend some time in the firing range and learn new movement techs to chain it with this ability for the best results.

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Tactical ability guide

As for her Gravity Lift, its uses are limitless. From using it as an engagement tool to using it for quick repositioning or even healing, Gravity Lift, despite its numerous nerfs over the past few seasons, remains a meta ability in the game. For the most part, you should use it as an escape tool during a fight. You can even use this ability to block off doorways and prevent enemies from pushing your team when stuck inside a building.

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Ultimate ability guide

Lastly, Horizon's ultimate ability, Black Hole, is a great zoning tool. You should use it to create space between the enemy and yourself, and to make the most of this ability, communicate with your team to pair grenades with this ability.

Using Black Hole (Image via EA)

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That's everything that you need to know about playing as Horizon in Apex Legends Season 24. This Skirmisher excels at engaging in gunfights, and we definitely urge you to keep your fear aside and w-key into the chaos of the battlefield.

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