100 Apex Legends ideas for Season 2 – Apex Legends information, sensible prime ideas for all ability ranges

Apex Legends, now into its second Season, sunk its claws in us right here within the workplace upon its launch; and none had been as inescapably gripped as I, who spent the subsequent month roughly solidly diving down time and again upon the identical vibrant and characterful island of King’s Canyon in the hunt for weapons, attachments, kills, and wins. Long story brief, I’ve spent lots of of hours in-game collating the under Apex Legends ideas and tips on how one can wipe groups and earn numerous wins.

Our 100 Apex Legends ideas are damaged into 4 ability sections: newbie, intermediate, superior, and knowledgeable. A variety of effort has been made to make sure there’s one thing for everybody right here, even seasoned veterans. There are some actually obscure ideas and methods within the superior and knowledgeable sections, so in case you’re assured that every part there’s to learn about Apelegs, I counsel you skip forward, and put together to be shocked!

100 Apex Legends ideas and tips – Apex Legends information for inexperienced persons and consultants

Our Apex Legends ideas and tips are full of helpful data for all ability ranges; I assure that by the top of this web page you’ll have realized a minimum of one or two (and fairly presumably ten or twenty) stuff you didn’t know earlier than. Click on any of the hyperlinks under to skip forward to a specific part of Apex Legends ideas. And in case you scroll proper to the underside, you’ll discover a checklist of all the opposite (50+) guides in our Apex Legends collection.

Apex Legends ideas (Beginner’s ideas: 1-25)

These ideas are for these new to the game, and can cowl some primary options and good-to-know facets of Apex Legends.

• 1. Apex Legends is a last-man-standing on-line multiplayer shooter – you and each different participant in your foyer drops onto the identical map and should loot and struggle till only one crew is left standing.
• 2. For the time being, Apex Legends is a squads-only game; you’ll be able to enter a game alone or with as much as two associates in your crew, but when there’s area left in your squad of three then it will likely be populated with random gamers inside your area.
• 3. There are as much as 60 gamers in every match of Apex Legends (20 groups of three). You can see the gamers left remaining within the match by wanting on the indicator within the top-right of your display.
• 4. Season 2 of Apex Legends started on 2nd July, bringing with it a brand new Battle Pass, a model new character (Wattson), and plenty extra options which you could learn all about in our Apex Legends Season 2 information.

• 5. Each match is split into 8 Rounds, throughout which the ever-contracting Ring pushes gamers nearer collectively. Most games, nevertheless, will solely final till the 2nd, third, or 4th Round earlier than only one crew is left standing. For way more data on how the Ring and Rounds work, take a look at our Apex Legends Ring information.
• 6. Apex Legends includes a implausible and intuitive Ping system, which lets you talk non-verbally together with your crew by “pinging” areas, objects, and enemies. Many gamers don’t realise simply how a lot you are able to do with the Ping system; learn extra in our Apex Legends Ping/Communication information.
• 7. At the start of every match you select one in every of 9 – quickly to be ten – characters (you’ll be able to’t select the identical character as one in every of your teammates). Each character has entry to a few distinctive skills: a Passive (all the time in impact), a Tactical (activatable on a brief cooldown) and an Ultimate (highly effective activatable means however requires charging over time).
• 8. There is at present only one map in Apex Legends, known as King’s Canyon, with 17 named areas and tonnes of different areas of be aware unfold throughout it. It’s a smaller map than most battle royales have, and you’ll simply cross it over the course of a match.
• 9. Loot is randomised every match, with completely different areas sporting completely different tiers of loot (seen within the top-left of your display once you enter a brand new space). These loot tiers are randomised, however every space does have a specific choice for sure tiers of loot. Read extra in our Apex Legends map and locations information.
• 10. King’s Canyon is roofed in ziplines, each horizontal and vertical, which you’ll be able to connect to and slide alongside to cowl distances rapidly. There are additionally scorching air balloons which function like vertical ziplines, however in case you attain the highest it would redeploy your rocket boots (similar to when touchdown initially of a match) to assist cowl nice distances.
• 11. There’s completely no fall harm in Apex Legends, so you’ll be able to be happy to leap so far as you want. BUT! You can nonetheless fall off the map (which kills you immediately), and touchdown after a protracted fall will end in a quick stun time when you recuperate.
• 12. There are 20 completely different weapons in Apex Legends, all of which you’ll be able to examine in our Apex Legends guns/weapons; however every gun is simply pretty much as good because the attachments you discover and equip it with. For extra data on attachments, check out our Apex Legends attachments information.
• 13. Headshots deal extra harm than bodyshots. The multiplier is often both 1.5x or 2x relying on the weapon you’re utilizing. There are additionally “legshots”, which deal much less harm than bodyshots.
• 14. You can melee in Apex Legends both by tapping your melee button or by left-clicking (attacking) whereas not holding a weapon.

• 15. If you’re dropped at zero well being however you’ve teammates left standing, you may be “knocked”; you’ll be able to crawl round, ping, and open/shut doorways however can’t in any other case act. You can revive knocked teammates earlier than they bleed out by heading over to them and holding the Interact key. If they bleed out or are in any other case totally killed, you’ll be able to seize their Banner from their loss of life loot, and use it to respawn your misplaced teammate at one of many map’s many Respawn Beacons. For extra particulars take a look at our in-depth Apex Legends reviving information.
• 16. When you drop initially of a match, one in every of you is the devoted “Jumpmaster” who controls the place all three of you land. You can disconnect out of your Jumpmaster at any time by holding “CTRL”; and you’ll all the time move on the Jumpmaster position to another person earlier than you drop if you would like.
• 17. Apex Legends is all about mobility. Not solely are you able to dash, leap, and crouch, however you can too slide and climb partitions and different obstacles. It’s closely suggested that you simply slide as usually as potential, as it’s usually quicker than sprinting and makes you a smaller goal. Take a have a look at our Apex Legends basic movement information for tonnes extra data.
• 18. You can holster your weapon to run quicker and climb larger than you’ll be able to with a gun in your palms.
• 19. Apex Legends is all about teamwork. You are in opposition to complete different squads, and also you’re more likely to die rapidly in the event that they discover you alone. Stick collectively, and deal with studying to maneuver and struggle as a crew.
• 20. All characters have the identical well being pool of 100 Health; however you’ll be able to equip Body Shields with the intention to give your self Shields in increments of 25, as much as a most of 100 Shields (200 efficient well being).
• 21. You can use quite a lot of completely different therapeutic gadgets and consumables to quickly regain misplaced Health and/or Shields. It’s good to be taught the advantages and disadvantages of various sorts of therapeutic gadgets – take a look at our Apex Legends healing items information for additional information.
• 22. Some varieties of tools (Body Shields, Helmets, Knockdown Shields, and Backpacks) are known as Gear, and could be present in numerous rarities (from worst to greatest: white, blue, purple, gold). The identical is true of weapon attachments. The larger the rarity, the higher the advantages of that merchandise. Check out all the advantages of Gear and the way Helmets and Body Shields work with our Apex Legends Armor and Gear information.
• 23. Backpacks increase the scale of your stock. It’s essential to ensure everybody in your crew is supplied with a white Backpack on the very least as quickly as potential.
• 24. Gold gadgets have distinctive advantages. For instance, Gold Knockdown Shields assist you to self-revive; and Gold Sights have the flexibility to spotlight enemies by means of smoke. Check out all the advantages in our Armor/Gear information linked above.
• 25. You might solely maintain two weapons at a time. When swapping weapons, the game will swap out no matter weapon you’re at present (or had been final) holding for the brand new weapon.

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Apex Legends ideas (Intermediate ideas: 26-50)

Our intermediate ideas are for individuals who understand how Apex Legends works and have put in a good few hours however wish to know how one can get to the subsequent degree with regards to combating and transferring about King’s Canyon.

• 26. All the characters in Apex Legends have completely different sized hitboxes, which implies some are less difficult to hit than others. Wraith and Lifeline have the smallest (greatest) hitboxes, whereas Gibraltar and Caustic have the most important (worst). To counteract this, Gibraltar and Caustic have the extra “Fortified” passive which reduces incoming harm by 15% and makes them invulnerable to the slowdown attributable to being shot; and the smallest Legends (Wraith, Lifeline, Pathfinder) have the extra “Low Profile” passive which will increase incoming harm by 5%.
• 27. While you’re looting, you’re susceptible, since you aren’t wanting round for close by threats. Looting needs to be finished as rapidly as potential; educate your self by no means to spend greater than a few seconds at most with each bit of loot or loss of life field.
• 28. Gold Gear isn’t any higher when it comes to stats than Purple Gear. A Gold Body Shield offers 100 Shields similar to a Purple Body Shield. The solely distinction lies with the distinctive further profit each bit of Gold Gear bestows.
• 29. Knockdown Shields could be activated whereas knocked down to guard the realm instantly in entrance of you. Different tiers of Knockdown Shield take completely different quantities of harm earlier than breaking. Meleeing or Executing a downed enemy will ignore their Knockdown Shield.
• 30. Jump-sliding is mostly the quickest method to transfer in Apex Legends. To jump-slide, merely dash to construct momentum, then slide, and leap on the finish earlier than you begin to decelerate. Rinse, repeat. Check out our Apex Legends basic movement information for additional particulars.
• 31. All characters transfer at precisely the identical pace. They solely seem to maneuver at completely different speeds due to the pace of their arm animations.
• 32. You can use scorching air balloons to land on one of many very tall cliffs or rocks throughout the map (or land there initially of a match); however you’ll be able to’t keep there lengthy. A countdown will begin telling you that you’re too excessive up and have to get down. However, it offers you a very good 20 seconds or so to go searching and presumably get a bonus in fights.
• 33. The key to success in Apex Legends is to all the time keep on the transfer. Never ever keep nonetheless, each in a micro and macro sense. If you’ve completed with one space, head to the subsequent. If you’re looting one thing, transferring backward and forward as you do it in case an enemy is aiming at you.
• 34. Use contextual Pings on quite a lot of completely different objects. Pinging a weapon or piece of apparatus will inform your teammates what it’s you’ve discovered. You can even ping enemies, provide bins, provide ships, ziplines, and way more. Check out our Apex Legends Ping/Communication information for the complete checklist of prospects.

• 35. Some of the top-performing weapons proper now are (in no order) the Alternator, the Peacekeeper, the R-301 Carbine, the R-99, and the Longbow DMR. Use the above chart as a information in case you’re nonetheless getting a deal with on weapon rankings and preferences after Season 2’s launch.
• 36. Listen out for footsteps, gunfire, and some other audio prompts that point out close by enemies. A superb pair of headphones WILL aid you with this.
• 37. Generally, Apex Legends is a close-quarters game. Think twice earlier than taking that long-range shot with the Longbow, as a result of even in case you hit they’ll probably simply heal up. Wait earlier than you’re close to sufficient to trigger actual harm. This is one thing much more seasoned gamers have issue with.
• 38. Make certain you’ve turned on the harm figures within the Settings menu. These numbers are colour-coded to point the Body Shield of the enemy. They may also gentle up gold for a headshot, and also you’ll additionally hear audio indicators once you headshot or once you break by means of the enemy’s Body Shield; so preserve your eyes and ears peeled.
• 39. There is bullet drop and intention drift in Apex Legends, however not one of the weapons are hitscan or have harm drop-off (besides with the Havoc’s single-shot mode, which options each). Read extra about all this on the prime of our Apex Legends guns/weapons information.
• 40. Hop Ups are distinctive attachments which solely match onto particular weapons. They usually bestow very important advantages upon that gun, equivalent to a full-auto mode for the Prowler Burst SMG, or a tighter unfold for the Peacekeeper Shotgun. Read extra about all of them in our Apex Legends attachments information.
• 41. The benefit in Apex Legends usually goes to the aggressor – to whoever notices the opposite crew first and initiates the struggle. Third-partying (getting into right into a struggle between two different groups whereas each are distracted) can be extraordinarily efficient. If you end up in a troublesome spot, deal with repositioning and therapeutic. Don’t decide to a struggle you’ll be able to’t win.

• 42. Perform a finisher to execute a knocked enemy by transferring as much as them and hitting your Interact key; nevertheless this prompts a size animation which you’ll be able to’t again out of, making you very susceptible. As a basic rule, don’t hassle with these besides in uncommon circumstances, which you’ll be able to examine in our Apex Legends finishers/executions information.
• 43. Inventory administration is a crucial ability to be taught in Apex Legends. Carry solely what you want, and find out how a lot ammo you want for various weapons. Don’t carry multiple stack of Shotgun Shells for a Peacekeeper, for instance.
• 44. While in your stock, you’ll be able to see the Gear (Body Shield, Helmet, Backpack, Knockdown Shield) of your teammates subsequent to their names within the bottom-left nook of your display.
• 45. Attachments will auto-attach onto viable weapons once you choose them up. This could be very helpful in most circumstances, but when for any cause you don’t need it to auto-attach, then merely use your Alternate Interact key (set the keybind for this within the Settings menu).
• 46. You can block doorways from opening by standing in entrance of them. However, they’ll nonetheless be destroyed with two melees, or utilizing explosives. You can even shoot the deal with of a door with a Heavy Ammo weapon to open it from afar.
• 47. While you need to stick together with your Jumpmaster for essentially the most half whereas touchdown (so that you’re not too cut up aside), you need to detach from them simply earlier than you land so you’ll be able to all head to completely different buildings and areas close by to loot up extra rapidly.
• 48. If you ping one thing after which hover over it, then the UI will let you know what number of metres away you’re from that time. This is especially helpful when touchdown initially of a match.
• 49. If you’re proper excessive of a touchdown location, you need to simply drop straight down; but when the situation is additional away, then you need to use the wave-drop method. Learn how to do that to good your landings with our Apex Legends landing information.
• 50. Supply Bins every comprise three items of loot, and so they all the time seem in precisely the identical areas each match; nevertheless different types of loot, equivalent to flooring loot and Loot Ticks, are random. The identical is true for the Hot Zone and the Supply Ships, which differ in location every match. Check out our devoted Apex Legends loot information to be taught extra about all this.

Apex Legends ideas (Advanced ideas: 51-75)

This is the place issues begin to get extra particular and obscure. Our superior ideas will cowl every part from explicit means makes use of to superior motion ideas.

• 51. Jumping simply as you go over an Octane Launch Pad will trigger you to go even larger and additional than regular when bouncing.
• 52. If you discover Ultimate Accelerants, they need to all the time go first to the Wattson after which to the Lifeline, as a result of these two profit from them excess of the opposite Legends.
• 53. Fight across the edges of Bangalore‘s Smoke and Gibraltar‘s Dome relatively than proper within the center, in an effort to duck out and in each time it is advisable struggle/recuperate.
• 54. Learn how one can “A/D spam” successfully (dancing round throughout a struggle and never standing nonetheless). If you’re transferring slowly or predictably then you definately’re a straightforward goal. Take this into consideration when doing goal observe; be taught to shoot successfully whereas dancing.
• 55. You can Bunny Hop by leaping repeatedly whereas sliding (leap each time you hit the ground). This shouldn’t be as quick as sprinting, however greatest used whereas therapeutic as a result of it makes you a a lot smaller and quicker goal to hit when you heal. For extra data on how one can Bunny Hop, take a look at our Apex Legends advanced movement information.
• 56. During (or simply after) a struggle, it’s way more environment friendly to swap out your Body Shield for a much less broken one (from loss of life loot, for instance) relatively than therapeutic up. Saves you time and likewise saves these therapeutic gadgets for once you really want them.
• 57. Helmets scale back TOTAL headshot harm, NOT bonus headshot harm. I do know, we’ve all heard that it’s the opposite means spherical, however it’s not true. They scale back whole harm by 10%/20%/25%. Don’t consider me? Check out our Apex Legends Armor and Gear information.

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• 58. The loot tier of a location is NOT mounted, and might change from match to match. It’s wonderful how few individuals know this, and what number of disbelieve it. While explicit areas might have a a lot larger likelihood of being a particular tier, they’ll sometimes change. Check out our Apex Legends map and locations information for more information.
• 59. Use contextual Pings in your stock with the intention to request a particular kind of ammo or attachment. You can even use it whereas in your Healing Menu to request a sure kind of therapeutic merchandise. Check out our Apex Legends Ping/Communication information for full particulars.
• 60. The L-Star EMG‘s overheating mechanic can by bypassed so long as you hearth in bursts of not more than Eight pictures at a time.
• 61. As lengthy as somebody in your crew has your teammate’s Banner, both of you’ll be able to respawn them at a Respawn Beacon – it doesn’t have to be the one who picked it up.
• 62. The time it takes you to bleed out is 90 seconds at first, however decreases to 60 seconds the second time you’re knocked. Respawning at a Respawn Beacon resets this.
• 63. The Gold Backpack’s therapeutic time discount impact, opposite to standard opinion, DOES NOT stack with Lifeline‘s Passive means. Only the 50% discount of the Backpack is taken into consideration.
• 64. Tactical reloads (reloading whereas there’s nonetheless ammo in your journal) is, for many weapons, quicker than full reloads (reloading when your journal is empty).
• 65. You can squish your self by standing atop Supply Bins as they open, if there’s nowhere so that you can be pushed to. This can be the case generally for Supply Drops and Lifeline‘s Care Package; each can squish you (not knocked however straight useless) in case you are beneath them as they land.
• 66. Switching weapons is faster than reloading, which implies it’s almost all the time higher in close-quarters fight to change to your different weapon to proceed dealing harm relatively than reloading. For tonnes of recommendations on the most effective loadouts and weapon combos within the game, have a learn of our Apex Legends loadout information.
• 67. Jumping off the zipline of a Hot Air Balloon earlier than you’re on the prime gained’t proc the rocket boots redeploy. You have to let the game throw you off the very prime to ensure that this to activate.

• 68. Bangalore‘s Passive movement speed buff procs if bullets are fired near you; you don’t should be broken for it to activate. This makes her very highly effective at closing gaps throughout long-range encounters.
• 69. Use Pathfinder‘s Grappling Hook to swing and canopy massive distances in a short time by seeking to the facet and transferring/strafing as you swing.
• 70. Neither Mirage‘s Passive/Ultimate nor Wraith‘s Tactical means renders you totally invisible once you use them. Mirage turns into an overview, whereas Wraith leaves behind blue trails that are pretty simple to comply with. So don’t depend on enemies shedding sight of you once you use these skills.
• 71. You usually have time to heal even in hectic conditions; all you want is just a few seconds, and you’ll transfer about as you heal to provide your self much more time and security. A single heal is usually all it takes to win a struggle.
• 72. As of the Season 1 replace, Pathfinder can grapple onto ziplines. Read extra about this and all different means modifications in our Apex Legends patch notes information.
• 73. Each gun has a particular spray sample that may be learnt and tailored to (use Training Mode to assist with this).
• 74. The vary markers on long-range scopes are all the time correct, UNLESS you’ve modified your Field of View in your Settings menu to something aside from 90. So in case your vary markers are telling you porkies, that’s the rationale.
• 75. Out of game, you’ll be able to add command line arguments to Apex Legends to do sure issues (for instance, “-novid” stops the EA and Respawn intro movies from taking part in once you load up the game, and “+cl_showfps 4” shows your FPS and Frame MS throughout games).

Apex Legends ideas (Expert ideas: 76-100)

We’ve packed our knowledgeable ideas with all method of superior, complicated, and obscure ideas, on every part from exploitable glitches and bugs to methods on ending fights earlier than they’ve even begun.

• 76. Octane‘s Tactical means, Stim, won’t ever take him under 1 Health, so you can’t die just by utilizing Stim.
• 77. You can block doorways with Wraith‘s portals so it’s tough for others to enter/exit. But you’ll be able to nonetheless move by means of utilizing your Tactical means.
• 78. You can place Gibraltar‘s Dome of Protection atop Lifeline‘s Drone, then push the drone alongside to maneuver the Dome as nicely.
• 79. Wraith portals final 60 seconds, however there’s no indication of this timer. The resolution? Check your Ultimate cost degree. At 39%, your portals will disappear.

• 80. Double-pump (hearth a lot faster) with the Peacekeeper by reloading, then instantly switching weapons and switching again to interrupt the reload. Check out the video above for an indication of this.
• 81. Hip hearth with shotguns. Don’t hassle aiming down sights until you’re at longer ranges (and, usually, don’t use shotguns at longer ranges anyway). Aiming down sights takes time, and it doesn’t present a lot profit in any respect for shotguns.
• 82. Just earlier than touchdown initially of a match, degree out so that you simply’re travelling as horizontally as potential, then slide on the finish. You’ll achieve an enormous pace enhance which is nice for crossing that further little bit of distance rapidly.
• 83. Thermite Grenades are a Caustic‘s greatest good friend. The Thermite harm over time stacks with the harm over time of your Nox Gas.
• 84. Bind your shoot key to  Mouse Wheel Up (utilizing the second hotkey choice), then use it with the Hemlok to show its single-shot mode into full-auto with out the necessity to mash left-click.
• 85. If you’re having bother Bunny Hopping, the issue is actually because you’re forgetting to maintain Crouch held down. But if that’s not the issue, you’ll be able to bind Mouse Wheel Down to leap with the intention to make Bunny Hops simpler.
• 86. If you slide as you activate your Mirage Tactical, then your decoy may also slide, making them extra sensible and presumably fooling enemies for longer.
• 87. You ought to all the time jump-kick (leap and melee collectively) relatively than common meleeing, because the cooldown is quicker and you’ll chain extra melees collectively in the identical area of time.
• 88. You can slide backwards as rapidly as you’ll be able to slide forwards, permitting you to rapidly retreat with out taking your eyes off the enemy.
• 89. The advantages of crouching as you turn weapons (which interrupted your weapon switching animation and allowed you to swtich/shoot considerably quicker) is now not a part of the game as of the Season 1 replace. So don’t attempt it, you’ll simply look foolish now.
• 90. Bloodhound‘s Tactical (Eye of the Allfather) is directional; it does not operate in a sphere all around you, but in a cone where you’re wanting. So be sure to’re wanting in the best path once you use it.
• 91. Bangalore‘s Ultimate and Gibraltar‘s Ultimate are fairly related, however Bangalore’s is best for zoning and defence (as a result of it covers a a lot bigger space) whereas Gibraltar’s is a lot better for offense (as a result of it detonates way more rapidly).

• 92. The pre-Season 1 nerf to the Wingman means you’re now higher suited ADSing relatively than hip-firing with it, whereas earlier than it was higher to hip-fire because of the excessive accuracy and the truth that ADSing takes a bit further time.
• 93. The Precision Choke Hop Up attachment for the Peacekeeper and Triple Take will bear in mind the tightened unfold for a short time even after you cease aiming down sights, supplying you with a small window the place you’ll be able to transfer quicker whereas nonetheless having the great accuracy of the Choke.
• 94. There are a handful of computerized weapons which don’t have the barrel stabilizer attachment (which reduces recoil), which implies the spray patterns for these weapons will all the time be the identical. Take benefit of this to be taught them completely (the weapons are the VK-47 Flatline, Havoc, and Prowler).
• 95. If you activate Bloodhound‘s Ultimate whereas on a zipline, there isn’t a wind-up animation earlier than the Ultimate takes impact; as an alternative, you remodel immediately.
• 96. If you time your melee good as you land after a protracted drop, you’ll fully negate the “fall-stun” impact, and might proceed transferring with none restoration time.
• 97. Caustic‘s traps could be shot on the base to destroy them with out setting off the gasoline.
• 98. You can climb atop doorways with the intention to climb even additional, permitting you to entry hard-to-reach locations. Many know this trick for smaller doorways, however it’s additionally true for bigger doorways equivalent to these present in Artillery, Market and Repulsor. Close the door, climb atop it, then look down and open the door, after which climb as much as the highest of the constructing.
• 99. Coordinate kicking in doorways together with your teammate. Many gamers have learnt that it takes two melees to destroy a door, so coordinating like this can assist you to get the drop on unsuspecting enemies.
• 100. This is my favorite tip of all, as a result of it’s so obscure however so helpful. You understand how there aren’t any attachments in Training Mode? Well that’s not fairly true! There is a means which you could observe firing weapons with attachments. Check out our Apex Legends Training Mode information for full particulars.

Apex Legends guides checklist

You’ve reached the top of our 100 ideas and tips! Hopefully you’ve learnt one or two new issues which you could take into battle subsequent time you drop down into King’s Canyon. But that’s not the extent of our data! We have over 60 centered guides on every part from weapons and attachments to characters and skills, from areas and the Ring to unlocking heirlooms and finishers. Take a glance under for our full checklist of Apex Legends guides – all updated as of Season 2!