Apex is one of the more complicated games, and the unique abilities of each legend only make it more complex. Which legend should you start the battle with as a beginner? We have collected the best starter characters for you.
Apex Legends has a huge learning curve. There are so many modes and so many maps, and the pace of the game requires some serious adjustment for players coming from other shooters. But if you want to make it to the top (and not just use wallhacks like the last global kill leader), you’ll need to learn all the ins and outs of the game. But who should you start with? Who are the best legends for beginners?
The best Apex Legends for beginners
Here are the five best legends for beginners. These are characters that you can use from day one, even if you’re playing solo with others. They should all help you stay effective on a team, even if you haven’t mastered other mechanics yet.
5. octane
- Real name: Octavio Silva
- Home planet: Psamathe
- Tactical Ability: Moves 30% faster for 6 seconds, costs health.
- Passive Ability: Rapid recovery. Automatic health recovery.
- Ultimate Ability: Launch Pad. Deploys a jump pad for you and your teammates.
Octane is all about speed. At first glance, this may sound daunting to new players. How can you take advantage of a fast character when you’re just starting to play? But the truth is that, especially in the lower tiers, you can use that speed to run away from fights. It sounds cowardly, but the overwhelming feeling of fights is a core competency in Apex, you shouldn’t play as aggressively as in other shooters. Besides, the speed boosts really aren’t hard to use.
Another advantage for beginners using Octane is that they can rely on its passive, the automatic health regeneration, to maintain their health. Many new players forget to splash in addition to their shields because automatic health regeneration is so common in other games. At least in Octane you can’t make this mistake.
4. gibraltar
- Real name: Makoa Gibraltar
- Home planet: Solace
- Tactical Ability: Dome of Protection. Bubble shield.
- Passive Ability: Shield of the Weapon. When you target, a shield of protection is created on the weapon.
- Ultimate Ability: Defensive Bombardment. Call in a mortar attack on a position.
Gibraltar is a bit of a chonker, but this is great for new players because using Gibraltar forces you to play the game slowly. His riot shield and bubble shield reward passive play and naturally encourage you to stick together as a zeam. This, at least at first, is much better than trying to go off on your own and do your own thing or flanking enemies.
New players will also welcome the ease of use of his ultimate ability. Unlike Ults, which can be risky to use or depend on combining other abilities, Defensive Bombardment is simple and doesn’t require 200IQ plays to use effectively. It is a type of precision air attack.
3. Bangalore
- Real name: Anita Williams
- Home planet: Gridiron
- Tactical Ability: Smoke Grenade. Smoke grenade that explodes on impact.
- Passive Ability: Double Time. When you shoot while sprinting, your speed is temporarily increased.
- Ultimate Ability: Rolling Thunder. Summon an artillery strike that moves across the map.
Many of you may have already guessed that Bangalore appears on this list. It’s often touted as a “starter legend” and that’s why it’s third on this list, but we think there are even better legends for beginners.
But first, we need to talk about Bangalore. She works in a “selfish” way, but that’s perfect for new players. Her ult is like Gibraltars, basically a killstreak that all shooter fans should be familiar with, and her tactical ability is simply smoke grenades, so again: very familiar to most players. These smoke grenades are especially effective with the Digital Crosshair, which allows her to see enemies as red outlines. But her passive ability is what really sets her apart. She gets a speed boost when shot at, and while that doesn’t help the team, it does help you escape. As we said, she may be “selfish”, but she’s perfect for beginners who are likely to run away from more fights than run into them.
2. lifeline
- Real name: Ajay Che
- Home planet: Psamathe
- Tactical Ability: D.O.C. Healing Drone. You have a DOC that can be used to heal teammates for extended periods of time.
- Passive Ability: Combat Medic. Use the DOC to revive teammates.
- Ultimate Ability: Care Package. Summon a transport pod full of equipment.
Lifeline is a difficult legend and we were close to not picking her up. The thing is, Lifeline is also popular at much higher skill ranks, and you can’t play it right away as a beginner. But we still think that what she brings to a squad and what she can teach is really important for players to gain experience right away.
She’s basically the healer. She can deploy a bot that takes care of healing or reviving teammates, and the effectiveness of that bot in a BR with slow revive speeds is obvious. The Ult is also very well suited for beginners who may be a bit slow at scavenging. It is a drop pod with goodies (guaranteed to be better than what you have) that it can summon. So if you haven’t found enough gear, you can always rely on her. Lifeline’s healing focus is good for beginners because it teaches them to play patiently and appreciate retreating from a fight. It’s also useful to have a drone that can heal, because manually healing another player has to be perfectly timed if you don’t want to get pushed.
1. bloodhound
- Real Name: Unknown
- Home Planet: Talos
- Tactical Ability: Eye of the Allfather. Sends out a scan to detect enemies behind surfaces and walls.
- Passive Ability: Tracker. Sees enemy footprints.
- Ultimate Ability: Beast of the Hunt. Highlights nearby enemies in red and increases your speed.
In first place, and probably a surprise to no one, is Bloodhound. He has easy-to-use abilities that are effective for the entire team. Also, similar to Lifeline, he scales up to higher ranks. So if you make him your main legend early on, you can build this achievement up to Platinum and beyond!
The Bloodhound’s passive ability allows him to see the enemy’s footsteps, which is very helpful in avoiding an ambush and easy to understand. And his tactical ability sends out a pulsing scan that maps the environment and highlights enemies in red. Basically, Bloodhound has wall hacks similar to a Snapeshot grenade in COD or Ji-Soo Pak’s ability in Battlefield 2042. This kind of information makes firefights much easier because you don’t have to anticipate the enemy’s movements, you can just scan them.
However, the ult is a bit more difficult for beginners to understand and it will take some time before you can use them effectively. If you haven’t tried it yet, it allows Bloodhound to go into “hunter mode”, which means he’s constantly hacking walls and gets a significant speed boost. If you’re good at combat in Apex, this ult is one of the best in the game, but if you don’t use it aggressively, it’s basically just a better version of the tactical ability
What is actually… “Apex Legends?
Within 24 hours, “Apex Legends” became the most-watched game on Twitch – after one week, over 25 million people were already playing it. What is the battle royale shooter about?
What is “Apex Legends” about?
Scenario: In a distant future, bandits, adventurers, and outlaws settle their disputes in a sporting contest to the death. The setting is a fertile, industrially developed valley on the edge of the galaxy.
- Genre: Battle Royale shooter
- Game modes: survival battle between a maximum of 20 teams of three.
At its core, “Apex Legends” is a classic battle-royale shooter: up to 60 players land simultaneously in teams of three on the game map called “Kings Canyon” – a densely built-up, fertile valley with many accessible houses, bunkers and towers. Once on the ground, unarmed players must search their surroundings for equipment and ammunition. The goal of the game is to stay alive until the end.
To prevent players from hiding all over the map and waiting to automatically be the last one left, the game area shrinks every few minutes. The longer a round lasts, the smaller the area where survivors can move and hide.
Apex Legends refreshes this now classic game formula with some ideas that are unique to the genre: For example, before starting a round, players select one of eight heroes, each of which has two special abilities and facilitates certain play styles.
Bangalore, for example, is the classic soldier who can conceal her position with smoke grenades and call in an artillery strike in an emergency. The heroine Lifeline, on the other hand, can summon a drone to heal teammates – or directly order the delivery of high-value weapons and equipment via aerial drone. This way, all players can find the right hero for their preferred course of action.
How can I play Apex Legends?
Platform: “Apex Legends” is available for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Price: The battle royale shooter is a “Free to Play” title and can basically be played for free on all platforms.
In-game purchases: “Apex Legends” allows the purchase of cosmetic items and new heroes either by means of in-game currency, which can be earned for free in every round, or with real money. The real-money currency “Apex Coins” can be purchased in five different amounts: The smallest possible amount is 1000 Apex Points for around 9.99 euros, while the largest pack with 10,000 Apex Points content costs 99.99 euros.
The developer emphasizes that it is not possible to buy game advantages with the help of real money: You can only use it to customize the appearance of the heroes, it says, or purchase new heroes.
Age rating: “Apex Legends” does not have a youth rating (USK 18).
Which technical terms should you know?
Respawn Beacon: If a player is shot down, the team members who are still alive have the opportunity to bring the fallen comrade back into the game: Each eliminated player leaves behind a so-called Respawn Banner, which can be collected by the players of the own team and handed in at one of 28 Respawn Beacons, certain locations on the map. If this succeeds, the fallen player returns to the game.
Jumpmaster: At the beginning of the game, one of the maximum three players of a team always takes on the role of the jumpmaster. He decides when and where his team enters the game area.
Ping: Using the middle mouse button, players can alert their teammates to interesting locations in the game world or enemies. These pings are a valuable tool for communicating quickly and efficiently within the team.
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