Season 6 forApex Legendsis out, and the new legend, Rampart, has joined the battle royale. Respawn has madechanges to legendsin hopes of shifting the meta and the legends that reign at the top level. The balance team at Respawn does a great job of buffing and nerfing characters, but there will always be legends that outperform others.
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Fans that play ranked, or players who just want an easier time destroying public lobbies, may want an edge on the competition, and there’s no better edge than playing the best legends. Here are all legends in season 6, ranked.
14Octane
Our fast friend Octane received a highly requested buff during the Lost Treasures Collection event. This buff allowed anyone who bounced off of the jump pad to jump again once they were in the air. It wasn’t significant, and it didn’t make him much better, but it did help by allowing players who used the jump pad to not be easy targets. Octane is a bottom-tier character because he doesn’t bring much to the team. On the other hand, he’s one of the most enjoyable characters to play.
13Loba
Loba won’t be stealinga higher spot on the legend ranking even with her new buff, which decreased her ultimate’s (Black Market) cooldown from 3 minutes to 90 seconds. As the season goes on, it’ll be interesting to see how this change may or may not affect the meta.
It doesn’t seem like a huge change because her tactical ability (Burglar’s Best Friend) is still slow to start up and has a long cooldown, and her passive ability (Eye For Quality) is only useful during the start of a match. The ultimate cooldown reduction will make her passive even more useless.
12Mirage
Mirage, or The Best Competitor in a Battle Royale Based on Skills and Good Looks, received big buffs in season 5. He gained the ability to turn invisible when reviving teammates, control his clones, and he got a new ultimate that throws even the best of players off, allowing him to swing matches in his team’s favor.
Mirage is a team carry legend, so while he doesn’t bring the most to a team in terms of support utility, he makes up for it withstrong offensive abilities.
11Pathfinder
Pathfinder used to be Respawn’s poster boy, but now he’s turning into a thing of the past. Fans were hopeful for a buff with the launch of season 6, but he got a nerf that made his passive ability to scan beacons available to all recon legends (Crypto and Bloodhound).
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His new passive decreases his ultimate cooldown by 10 seconds each time he scans a beacon, capping at 6 scanned beacons. Pathfinder’s new passive is weak because his ultimate ability (Zipline Gun) already has a low cooldown. He does have a great escape and chase tool, but the cooldown was increased from 15 seconds to 35.
10Bangalore
Bangalore is a consistently good legend even though she hasn’t received major buffs or changes to her kit. She did receive a buff in season 6 that reduced the cooldown of her ultimate (Rolling Thunder) from 4.5 minutes to 3 minutes. It’s not a lot, but Bangalore doesn’t need much improvement in the first place.
She has a smoke launcher that acts as a line of sight denial, and she has a passive ability (Double Time) that makes her almost as fast as Octane in a firefight.
9Lifeline
Lifeline earned long-requested buffs in season 5, which brought better utility to her team. She can revive a teammate with D.O.C allowing her to provide cover to downed teammates. Respawn also buffed her care packages, making them drop better loot.
Lifeline is great for dealing with third parties, securing high-level shields with her care package, and saving teammates from the brink of death. All around, she’s great for teams, and she has a hitbox, like Wraith’s, making her hard to hit.
8Caustic
Apex fans' favorite pessimist, Caustic, is still stronger than ever. His ultimate ability (Nox Gas Grenade) allows him to gas almost an entire building. His barrels (Nox Gas Trap) allow him to fortify a building like Fort Knox.
He excels in both defense and offense, so much so that some teams in the ALGS (Apex League Global Series) used him to counter Wattson teams. He does have a bigger hitbox, but his passive (Fortified) helps him soak up more damage before going down.
7Rampart
New legends have a history of being weak on launch, butRampart has broken the curse. Rampart has strong defensive abilities. She has a shield which has three charges and allows her to make a defensive position even stronger. Rampart’s ultimate (Emplaced Minigun ‘Sheila’) tears through teams that try to run past her. Her passive increases the reload speed and magazine size on LMG’s. She goes great in defensive compositions. It won’t be surprising if she shifts the game back to a defense-based meta.
6Revenant
Revenant received big buffs to his kit last season with the Lost Treasures update. His active ability (Silence) was given two charges, and it shut down abilities for a longer period of time. Couple this with the range on his Death Totem being removed and you’ve gotan aggressive monster.
Professional teams used Wraith, Crypto, and Revenant to rack up kill points and place higher in tournaments. He received a nerf this season that stops players from using Wraith’s portal 2 seconds after being respawned at the totem. His nerf isn’t big enough to knock him down from mid-high tier.
5Gibraltar
Gibraltar is stronger than ever even after receiving a nerf this season, which increased the cooldown of Defensive Bombardment from 3.5 minutes to 4.
Back in season 4, he received numerous buffs, and that included the infamous fast revive in his Dome of Protection. That buff, in particular, made Lifeline useless for a long time. Still, he beats Lifeline when it comes to support utilities and fighting in firefights because his gun shield and fortified passive ability soak up a lot of damage.
