How to play Mad Maggie in Apex Legends

Mad Maggie in Apex Legends Season 24 is one of the most aggressive and powerful Legends in the game. The latest seasonal update has buffed her kit, and that makes her one of the prime meta characters in the game's current build. Mad Maggie is suited for players who are aggressive and love diving into fights headfirst.

Apex Legends Season 23 was dominated by a Support-class meta with almost no counters in the game. The latest update has buffed her Wrecking Ball, and has made it capable of breaking thorough most deployable shields in the game, including Gibralatar's Dome Shield, and even Newcastle's Mobile Shield.

This article will provide players with a detaild brief on how they can play Mad Maggie in Apex Legends Season 24. Read below to know more.

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 Mad Maggie's abilities in Apex Legends?

Mad Maggie's abilities in Apex Legends reflect her powerful personality. The latest changes made to the entire Assault-class makes her an absolute menace on the field. In case you're not aware of these changes, they're listed below:

Assault-class perks

Combat Reserve:

• Carry extra ammo per ammo stack
• Have two new grenade-only slots in inventory
• Retain access to Red Extended Supply Bins

Stowed Reload:

• Stowed weapons automatically reload after 2s

Battle Surge:

• Breaking an enemy’s shields grants a speed burst, fast reloads, and highlights the target enemy for 4s

Check out: All bug fixes and quality-of-life changes in Apex Legends Season 24

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Mad Maggie's abilities

Mad Maggie in Apex Legends Season 24 is a meta-tier character (Image via EA)

With the general class perks aside, we must now focus on all the abilities provided to her in-game:

• Warlord's Ire (Passive Ability): Damaging enemies with Warlord's Ire will highlight their silhouette. The silhouette will be visible through any obstacles. This effect will stay active for 0.8 seconds. Mad Maggie's passive ability allows you to carry shotguns and run at 1.15x speed (the same as running with your weapons holstered).
• Riot Drill (Tactical Ability): With Riot Drill, you deploy a drill that attaches against any obstacles and deals a burning effect on the other side. This ability can be used while you do other actions, such as shooting your guns, healing, or reloading. Each tick will deal 5 damage. The effect will continue for over nine seconds, dealing up to 160 damage.
• Wrecking Ball (Ultimate Ability): You throw a ball that drops speed-boost pads and detonates upon contact with enemies. It deals 20 damage in the area and stuns any enemies it comes into contact with.

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Best Legend Upgrades for Mad Maggie in Apex Legends Season 24

In the current build of Apex Legends, Mad Maggie gets access to the following Legend Upgrades:

Level 2 Upgrades

• Shots Shots Shots: Auto reload shotguns on knocks.
• Fire Ball: "A little inspiration from Wally." Wrecking Ball catches fire shortly after release. When the ball would normally detonate, it instead generates a shockwave and creates an x of thermites on the ground but continues bouncing. The ball detonates and disappears on the second thermite release.

Level 3 Upgrades

• Drillslinger: +1 Riot Drill Riot Drill charge; -25% active duration.
• Big Drill: +50% depth and width of Riot Drill Riot Drill.

All four of these perks are extremely powerful, and in our opinion, can be used in almost all scenarios. If you're more hands-on with shotguns, and love heading into fights by yourself, we believe opting for Shots Shots Shots would be better suited to you.

Furthermore, you can pair it with the Drillslinger perk so that you can force multiple enemies out of cover. Alternatively, you can also swap out Shots Shots Shots for Fire Ball for gameplay centered around your ultimate ability, the Wrecking Ball.

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How to use Mad Maggie in Apex Legends

Mad Maggie is one of the most aggressive characters in Apex Legends. This Legend thrives in chaos, and her entire kit is centered around flushing out enemies from cover and eliminating them in open ground.

Shotguns are Maggie's best friend (Image via EA)

To use Mad Maggie, you should be proficient with a shotgun because of all the passive advantages it provides. Secondly, use your Riot Drill extensively. Choose either perk that suits your playstyle, and use the ability off cooldown to flush out enemies who are trying to hide behind any obstacles.

As for your Ultimate ability, use it to chase down any squads that try to flee your wrath. Wrecking Ball is a quick-charging ultimate, similar to Octane's Jump Pad. You can use it to close the distance between you and your enemies or to escape from dire situations.

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