Apex Legends is remodeling considered one of its least common characters, and the outcomes are fairly scary. Revenant, who first debuted again in 2020, is getting a large visible and gameplay overhaul in Season 18 in an try and make him a extra viable choose within the battle royale’s present meta. Developer Respawn is hoping he’ll scare the shit out of you when his rework drops, because the group is leaning extra into the robotic murderer’s darkish facet.
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“Revenant is a very necessary character to Apex, each to the lore and to the battle royale,” sport designer Evan Funnell mentioned throughout a media preview. “Since his launch in Season 4 nonetheless, Revenant’s play model hasn’t actually been maintaining with the remainder of the sport round him. Due to this, we see his reputation fall off fairly a bit and quite a lot of his play patterns have grow to be fairly problematic over time.”
When Revenant first debuted in Apex Legends Season 4, he shook up the meta along with his heightened motion capabilities and an final capability which gave him and his teammates an opportunity to cheat dying. He was additionally the sport’s first really scary character—a simulacrum (a robotic based mostly off a human being) that was as soon as a human hitman earlier than changing into nothing however metal and wires. It was once terrifying to see an enemy Revenant streaking throughout the map at you, however as extra characters debuted that had higher motion capabilities (Valkyrie) and a extra helpful package (Seer), his viability dropped, and the scariness wore off. In accordance with stat web site Apex Legends Standing, he’s solely received a 2.3 % choose fee, putting him seventeenth out of 24 Legends.
Apex Legends Revenant rework particulars
This rework might change issues, nonetheless, because it’s a drastic one which adjusts his passive and utterly replaces his tactical and supreme talents.
Right here is Revenant’s new package:
Murderer’s Intuition (Passive): He retains his quicker motion and wall-climb capability from his authentic passive, however now has extra horizontal motion, and sticks to partitions extra from a fall. He can even see close by enemies which are low on well being, and if he will get them low himself, he’ll mark them for his squad. “We wished to make use of this passive as a solution to encourage Revenant gamers to be extra aggressive,” Funnell mentioned throughout the preview. Shadow Pounce (Tactical): Revenant performs a strong leap ahead that you could cost as much as go even additional. Cast Shadows (Final): Revenant creates a shroud of shadow round himself that protects him from direct harm. It will increase his higher physique hit field dimension, however absorbs harm earlier than finally breaking. The shroud, nonetheless, recharges over time and varieties a brand new shroud—and in case you knock out a participant whereas ult-ing you’ll get a brand-new shroud, as nicely.
“We actually wished Revenant to really feel scary,” Funnell mentioned.
Together with his elevated motion, short-term invincibility throughout an final, and that Shadow Pounce, I can already see how terrified I’ll get when that steel man comes scrambling over a wall at me throughout a late-game battle.
Apex Legends may also unlock Revenant for all gamers throughout this upcoming season (referred to as Resurrection), and in case you handle to finish a number of challenges based mostly off of him, you’ll acquire entry to him completely. It’s a pleasant little reward for gamers who don’t spend cash in Apex Legends.
Season 18: Resurrection may also deliver a brand-new battle go, add map Damaged Moon to Mixtape (its rotating playlist of community-favorite modes), regulate some weapons (the Cost Rifle will now not be hit-scan), and extra. It debuts on August 8.