Are you playing Apex Legends for the first time? Before you embark on the great journey from Bronze 4, you should first perfect your controller settings!
If you’re just getting started in Apex, grab your controller and scroll down. But even if you’ve been playing for a while, you should take another look at our tips below. You can always tweak your settings a bit, and it’s amazing how much the right settings can make a difference in the game. Apex Legends offers us a huge range of different options and with the right combination we can give ourselves a real advantage.
What are the best controller settings for Apex Legends?
Gameplay
These are all the settings that should be changed, everything else should remain on the default setting.
| Setting | Option |
| Crosshair damage feedback | X with shield icon |
| Damage values cumulative | Cumulative |
| Jetpack control | Hold |
| Cross platform game *
| Disabled (if on console) |
*We turn off crossplay on consoles so we don’t have to compete against PC players who have a clear advantage with mouse and keyboard and could cheat.
Controller
These are all the settings that should be changed, everything else should remain at the default setting.
| Setting | Option |
| Interact / Reload Button | Tap to use and reload |
| Look-around sensitivity [Sight] | 4 |
| Look-around sensitivity | 3 |
| Reaction curve | Precise aiming |
| Dead Zone – Look Around | moving Small |
| Dead zone – | moving Small |
| Vibration * | Off |
*If you find the vibration immersive and enjoy the game more because of it, then by all means leave it on. Turning it off is an advantage, but only a small one.
Video
These settings depend on your monitor settings, but should be fine for most players.
Setting Option
Field of view (SF) * 90
SF Skill Scaling Enabled
Sprint field of view jitter
Minimal
*You may prefer an even higher value to have better peripheral vision, but this again makes it harder to hit enemies at range. It’s best to experiment a bit until you find the perfect FOV for you.
Audio
With the audio settings we basically eliminate all unnecessary noise, so we can hear shouts and footsteps better.
Setting Option
Overall volume 100
Sound effect volume 100
Dialog volume 70
Music volume 0
Lobby music volume 0
Disable voice chat Off
Convert voice chat to text Off
What are the best controller settings for a Warzone player?
Use the “Grenadier” button layout, which replicates the Warzone controls as closely as possible. Combined with the above controller ice settings, most Warzone players should feel right at home. The only minor issue with Grenadier is that your Ulti is harder to reach with this control. But since you only use it once per match anyway, it’s definitely worth it.
What sensitivity do the pros use?
The vast majority use a mouse and keyboard, but there are controller pros, and they use between 4 and 5 for normal sensitivity and between 3 and 4 for aiming sensitivity. That’s probably nowhere near as high as you might expect, but that’s true for almost all controller Esports pros. Pros don’t use crazy sensitivity settings either, because the higher the sensitivity, the harder it is to hit accurately as well.
Is Apex Legends easier with a controller?
Apex Legends is easier to learn with a controller, at least for those who have no experience with PC shooters. You just have to acquire a much better muscle memory when remembering the different keys on the keyboard. But once you’ve mastered the basics, it becomes much easier to improve with the mouse and keyboard, because it’s easier to aim with the mouse and virtually your whole arm than with just a stick and your thumb. Only in close combat and at very short distances do the controllers have an advantage thanks to Aim Assisst, but that’s about it.
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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