100 Apex Legends ideas [Season 1] – Apex Legends information, sensible high ideas for all ability ranges

You could have heard that Apex Legends, the latest slide-n-shoot battle royale from Respawn, is a fairly rattling good game. And now that Season 1 has been launched, it seems set to be even rattling good-er than earlier than. Certainly sufficient for me to spend a whole bunch of hours collating the under 100 high Apex Legends ideas and methods on the best way to change into fairly rattling good your self.

Our 100 Apex Legends ideas are damaged into 4 sections: newbie, intermediate, superior, and knowledgeable. A number of effort has been put into this to make it so 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 the event you’re assured that you recognize every part there’s to learn about Apelegs, I counsel you skip to these sections and put together to be shocked!

100 Apex Legends ideas and methods – Apex Legends information for freshmen and specialists

Click on any of the hyperlinks under to skip forward to a specific part of ideas and methods; I assure by the tip of this web page you’ll have realized a minimum of one or two (and fairly probably ten or twenty) new issues. And in the event you scroll proper to the underside, yow will discover an inventory of all the opposite (50+) guides in our Apex Legends collection. Now, let’s get began!

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 elements 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 combat till only one workforce is left standing.
• 2. For the time being, Apex Legends is a squads-only game; you may enter a game alone or with as much as two mates in your workforce, but when there’s house left in your squad of three then it is going to 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 trying on the indicator within the top-right of your display.
• 4. Season 1 of Apex Legends has begun, bringing with it a brand new Battle Pass, a model new character (Octane), and much extra options that you would be able to learn all about in our Apex Legends Season 1 information.

• 5. Each match is split into 8 Rounds, throughout which the ever-contracting Ring pushes gamers nearer collectively. For way more info on how the Ring and Rounds work, try our Apex Legends Ring information.
• 6. Apex Legends contains a unbelievable and intuitive Ping system, which lets you talk non-verbally together with your workforce 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 eight characters (you may’t select the identical character as one in every of your teammates). Each character has entry to 3 distinctive skills: a Passive (at all times in impact), a Tactical (activatable on a brief cooldown) and an Ultimate (highly effective activatable capacity however requires charging over time).
• 8. There is at present only one map in Apex Legends, referred to as King’s Canyon, with 17 named areas and tonnes of different areas of notice 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 totally different areas sporting totally different tiers of loot (seen within the top-left of your display whenever 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 the event you attain the highest it’ll redeploy your rocket boots (identical to when touchdown in the beginning of a match) to assist cowl nice distances.
• 11. There’s completely no fall harm in Apex Legends, so you may be at liberty to leap so far as you want. BUT! You can nonetheless fall off the map (which kills you immediately), and touchdown after an extended fall will end in a quick stun time whilst you get better.
• 12. There are 20 totally different weapons in Apex Legends, all of which you’ll be able to examine in our Apex Legends guns/weapons; however every gun is barely pretty much as good because the attachments you discover and equip it with. For extra info on attachments, check out our Apex Legends attachments information.
• 13. Headshots deal extra harm than bodyshots. The multiplier is normally 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 might be delivered to zero well being however you may have teammates left standing, you can be “knocked”; you may 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 may seize their Banner from their demise loot, and use it to respawn your misplaced teammate at one of many map’s many Respawn Beacons. For extra particulars try our in-depth Apex Legends reviving information.
• 16. When you drop in the beginning 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 at all times go on the Jumpmaster position to another person earlier than you drop in order for you.
• 17. Apex Legends is all about mobility. Not solely are you able to dash, leap, and crouch, however it’s also possible to slide and climb partitions and different obstacles. It’s closely suggested that you simply slide as typically as potential, as it’s typically sooner than sprinting and makes you a smaller goal. Take a take a look at our Apex Legends basic movement information for tonnes extra info.
• 18. You can holster your weapon to run sooner and climb greater than you may with a gun in your arms.
• 19. Apex Legends is all about teamwork. You are in opposition to complete different squads, and also you’re prone to die rapidly in the event that they discover you alone. Stick collectively, and deal with studying to maneuver and combat as a workforce.
• 20. All characters have the identical well being pool of 100 Health; however you may equip Body Shields in an effort 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 a wide range of totally different therapeutic objects 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 objects – try our Apex Legends healing items information for additional data.
• 22. Some forms of tools (Body Shields, Helmets, Knockdown Shields, and Backpacks) are referred to as Gear, and might be present in numerous rarities (from worst to greatest: white, blue, purple, gold). The identical is true of weapon attachments. The greater 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 develop the dimensions of your stock. It’s vital to ensure everybody in your workforce is provided with a white Backpack on the very least as quickly as potential.
• 24. Gold objects have distinctive advantages. For instance, Gold Knockdown Shields assist you to self-revive; and Gold Sights have the power to focus on enemies by smoke. Check out all the advantages in our Armor/Gear information linked above.
• 25. You could solely maintain two weapons at a time. When swapping weapons, the game will swap out no matter weapon you’re at present (or have 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 know the way Apex Legends works and have put in a good few hours however need to know the best way to get to the subsequent degree in relation to combating and shifting about King’s Canyon.

• 26. All the characters in Apex Legends have totally different sized hitboxes (see above), which implies some are way more straightforward to hit than others. Wraith and Lifeline have the smallest (greatest) hitboxes, whereas Gibraltar and Caustic have the most important (worst).
• 27. While you might be looting, you might be weak, since you aren’t trying round for close by threats. Looting must be accomplished as rapidly as potential; educate your self by no means to spend greater than a few seconds at most with every bit of loot or demise field.
• 28. Gold Gear is not any higher by way of stats than Purple Gear. A Gold Body Shield provides 100 Shields identical to a Purple Body Shield. The solely distinction lies with the distinctive additional profit every bit of Gold Gear bestows.
• 29. Knockdown Shields might be activated whereas knocked down to guard the world straight in entrance of you. Different tiers of Knockdown Shield take totally 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 totally 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 in the beginning of a match); however you may’t keep there lengthy. A countdown will begin telling you that you’re too excessive up and must get down. However, it provides you a great 20 seconds or so to go searching and probably get a bonus in fights.
• 33. The key to success in Apex Legends is to at all times 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, shifting backward and forward as you do it in case an enemy is aiming at you.
• 34. Use contextual Pings on a wide range of totally different objects. Pinging a weapon or piece of apparatus will inform your teammates what it’s you’ve discovered. You also can ping enemies, provide bins, provide ships, ziplines, and way more. Check out our Apex Legends Ping/Communication information for the total record of prospects.

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• 35. The top-performing weapons proper now are (in no order) the Wingman Pistol, the Peacekeeper, the R-301 Carbine, the R-99, and the M600 Spitfire. Use the above chart as a information in the event you’re nonetheless getting a deal with on weapon rankings and preferences.
• 36. Listen out for footsteps, gunfire, and every other audio prompts that point out close by enemies. pair of headphones WILL assist 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 the event you hit they’ll possible simply heal up. Wait earlier than you’re close to sufficient to trigger actual harm. This is one thing much more seasoned gamers have problem 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 even mild up gold for a headshot, and also you’ll additionally hear audio indicators whenever you headshot or whenever you break by the enemy’s Body Shield; so hold your eyes and ears peeled.
• 39. There is bullet drop and goal 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 high of our Apex Legends guns/weapons information.
• 40. Hop Ups are distinctive attachments which solely match onto particular weapons. They typically bestow very important advantages upon that gun, resembling 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 typically goes to the aggressor – to whoever notices the opposite workforce first and initiates the combat. Third-partying (coming into right into a combat between two different groups whereas each are distracted) can also be extraordinarily efficient. If you end up in a troublesome spot, deal with repositioning and therapeutic. Don’t decide to a combat you may’t win.

• 42. Perform a finisher to execute a knocked enemy by shifting 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 weak. As a normal rule, don’t hassle with these besides in uncommon instances, which you’ll be able to examine in our Apex Legends finishers/executions information.
• 43. Inventory administration is a vital ability to be taught in Apex Legends. Carry solely what you want, and learn the way a lot ammo you want for various weapons. Don’t carry a couple of stack of Shotgun Shells for a Peacekeeper, for instance.
• 44. While in your stock, you may 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 whenever 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 also can 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 may all head to totally 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 might be 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 approach. Learn how to do that to good your landings with our Apex Legends landing information.
• 50. Supply Bins every comprise three items of loot, they usually at all times seem in precisely the identical areas each match; nevertheless different types of loot, resembling 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 capacity makes use of to superior motion ideas.

• 51. Jumping simply as you go over an Octane Launch Pad will trigger you to go even greater and additional than regular when bouncing.
• 52. If you discover Ultimate Accelerants, they need to at all times, ALWAYS go to the Lifeline in your workforce, as a result of Lifeline’s Ultimate is the slowest capacity in Apex Legends, and supplies essentially the most constant profit to your workforce over the course of a match.
• 53. Fight across the edges of Bangalore‘s Smoke and Gibraltar‘s Dome somewhat than proper within the center, as a way to duck out and in each time you must combat/get better.
• 54. Learn the best way to “A/D spam” successfully (dancing round throughout a combat and never standing nonetheless). If you’re shifting slowly or predictably you then’re a simple goal. Take this under 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 is just not as quick as sprinting, however greatest used whereas therapeutic as a result of it makes you a a lot smaller and sooner goal to hit whilst you heal. For extra info on the best way to Bunny Hop, try our Apex Legends advanced movement information.
• 56. During (or simply after) a combat, it’s way more environment friendly to swap out your Body Shield for a much less broken one (from demise loot, for instance) somewhat than therapeutic up. Saves you time and likewise saves these therapeutic objects for whenever 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, nevertheless it’s not true. They scale back complete harm by 10%/20%/25%. Don’t imagine me? Check out our Apex Legends Armor and Gear information.

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• 58. The loot tier of a location is NOT fastened, and might change from match to match. It’s wonderful how few individuals know this, and what number of disbelieve it. While explicit areas could have a a lot greater 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 in an effort to request a particular kind of ammo or attachment. You also can 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. Not all finishers take precisely the identical period of time. All final someplace between 4 and 6 seconds, with Pathfinder‘s “Hi-5” taking the shortest time.
• 61. As lengthy as somebody in your workforce has your teammate’s Banner, both of you may respawn them at a Respawn Beacon – it doesn’t should 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 might be 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 capacity. Only the 50% discount of the Backpack is taken under consideration.
• 64. Tactical reloads (reloading whereas there’s nonetheless ammo in your journal) is, for many weapons, sooner 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 also be the case typically 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 at all times higher in close-quarters fight to modify to your different weapon to proceed dealing harm somewhat than reloading. For tonnes of recommendations on the perfect 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 high received’t proc the rocket boots redeploy. You must let the game throw you off the very high to ensure that this to activate.

• 68. Bangalore‘s Passive movement speed buff procs if bullets are fired near you; you don’t need to 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 giant distances in a short time by seeking to the aspect and shifting/strafing as you swing.
• 70. Neither Mirage‘s Passive/Ultimate nor Wraith‘s Tactical capacity renders you totally invisible whenever you use them. Mirage turns into a top level view, whereas Wraith leaves behind blue trails that are pretty straightforward to observe. So don’t depend on enemies dropping sight of you whenever you use these skills.
• 71. You typically 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 combat.
• 72. As of the Season 1 replace, Pathfinder can grapple onto ziplines. Read extra about this and all different capacity modifications in our Apex Legends update 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 at all times correct, UNLESS you may have modified your Field of View in your Settings menu to something apart from 90. So in case your vary markers are telling you porkies, that’s the rationale.
• 75. Out of game, you may add command line arguments to Apex Legends to do sure issues (for instance, “-novid” stops the EA and Respawn intro movies from enjoying whenever 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 capacity, Stim, won’t ever take him under 1 Health, so you can not 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 may nonetheless go by utilizing your Tactical capacity.
• 78. You can place Gibraltar‘s Dome of Protection atop Lifeline‘s Drone, then push the drone alongside to maneuver the Dome as properly.
• 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 (fireplace 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 fireplace with shotguns. Don’t hassle aiming down sights until you’re at longer ranges (and, typically, 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 acquire an enormous pace enhance which is nice for crossing that additional little bit of distance rapidly.
• 83. Thermite Grenades are a Caustic‘s greatest buddy. 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 possibility), 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 may bind Mouse Wheel Down to leap in an effort to make Bunny Hops simpler.
• 86. If you slide as you activate your Mirage Tactical, then your decoy may even slide, making them extra life like and probably fooling enemies for longer.
• 87. You ought to at all times jump-kick (leap and melee collectively) somewhat than common meleeing, because the cooldown is quicker and you’ll chain extra melees collectively in the identical house of time.
• 88. You can slide backwards as rapidly as you may 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 sooner) is 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 trying. So be sure you’re trying in the correct path whenever you use it.
• 91. Bangalore‘s Ultimate and Gibraltar‘s Ultimate are fairly comparable, however Bangalore’s is healthier 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 latest nerf to the Wingman means you’re now higher suited ADSing somewhat 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 additional time.
• 93. The Precision Choke Hop Up attachment for the Peacekeeper and Triple Take will keep 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 may transfer sooner 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 at all times 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 an extended drop, you’ll fully negate the “fall-stun” impact, and might proceed shifting with none restoration time.
• 97. Caustic‘s traps might be shot on the base to destroy them with out setting off the gasoline.
• 98. You can climb atop doorways in an effort to climb even additional, permitting you to entry hard-to-reach locations. Many know this trick for smaller doorways, nevertheless it’s additionally true for bigger doorways resembling 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 it will 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 know the way there are not any attachments in Training Mode? Well that’s not fairly true! Go by all of the step of the tutorial till you name down your Care Package. As it lands, crouch proper behind one of many flap-down human targets, then shoot it. It’ll flap down and crush you, sending you again in time; however your Care Package will nonetheless be there, and might comprise attachments. It’s not an excellent workaround, nevertheless it permits you to name down limitless Care Package drops till you get the attachments you need. But be warned; in the event you die, all attachments in your particular person will probably be misplaced.

Apex Legends guides record

You’ve reached the tip of our 100 ideas and methods! Hopefully you’ve learnt one or two new issues that you would be able to take into battle subsequent time you drop down into King’s Canyon. But that’s not the extent of our data! We have over 50 targeted guides on every part from weapons and attachments to characters and talents, from areas and the Ring to unlocking heirlooms and finishers. Take a glance under for our full record of Apex Legends guides – all updated as of the Season 1 replace!