Apex Legends: What’s New in Season Two?

On July 2, 2019, Respawn Entertainment officially released everything there is for players to look forward to inApex Legends’ eagerly anticipated 2^nd season. Tons of streamers and popular content creators are sponsored to play the game these days. As a result, the audience for Apex Legends has become even wider. The game’s just plain good. With the launch of the second seasonal battle pass, new changes to the map, and a new Legend to work with(should you purchase her with Apex Legends currency), the battle royale shooter is as alive right now more than it has ever been. In fact, there are even leaks now of the next upcoming Legend! We’ll talk about all that, our Apex Account Calculator, and more with our update for everything Apex Legends has to offer at the moment.

The Redemption Arc: Mozambique’s Return?!

The Mozambique shotgun was the worst gun in the game by far. With the downright disgusting recoil and pathetic damage output, it’s not surprising that it isn’t players’ first, second, or even third choice of weapon. But change has finally come to King’s Canyon and it’s Mozambique’s time to shine. Would you believe that this once-infamous shotgun is now actually worth holding onto? It sounds absurd, but the release of the second season for the game made it happen.

The Mozambique’s improvement is all thanks to the addition of a new gun attachment called the Hammerpoint. The Hammerpoint is an attachment that does additional damage to enemies who don’t have a shield, and it’s compatible with Mozambique. It’s a nasty combination, as it enables you to finish off enemies rather easily. The Mozambique’s stats haven’t changed, however, so you’ll need the Hammerpoint to make the gun worth your while. Luckily, the attachment is found randomly around the map and it’s not hard to find. So the next time you play Apex Legends, grab a Mozambique and see what it can do. You’ll be surprised that the gameplay videos of players annihilating players with the gun paired with the attachment is all too real!

Apex Legends’ Ranked Mode: The Key to Keep the Fire Burning

Perhaps the most crucial addition to Apex Legends is the implementation of a ranked mode. This new mode is split into six tiers, with each ranked tier further split up into four sub-tiers. This will undoubtedly be the “Lifeline” of the game moving forward. This mode will keep Apex Legends engaging, especially for competitive players, fps streamers, and aspiring pros that will likely form the future of this e-sports scene. The ranked mode rewards you with your time, and the progression will feel less oppressive compared to other games like Counter-Strike or Destiny 2.

Since Apex Legends is a Battle Royale game, you don’t need to win every single match to rank up; that’ll be too difficult. The game borrows the concept of Fortnite’s ranked mode, where you just need to have high placements which will, in turn, earn you a specific number of points. However, the comparison ends there. As you climb up the ranks, the requirements will be increasingly demanding. What’s more, Respawnhas implemented an entrance fee system that’ll force you to spend your points to enter matches in higher-tiered ranks. This is a unique take on an otherwise run-of-the-mill ranking system where you just earn and lose points depending on your performance.

Creatures and A New Legend Appears!

Enemies aren’t the only ones you need to worry about, as now there are large-scale monsters that roam around King’s Canyon. Oh, but don’t worry, they won’t disturb you! These include the Leviathan beasts that bop around the water just outside the island’s edges. There are also dragons secluded in cages, as well other reptiles to see.

It’s basically old news now, but Wattson is now officially part of the squad. She was first revealed at E3 earlier last month, and we have since come to know all about her lore and kit. Wattson, known as the Static Defender, is a builder that can destroy incoming missiles, recharge shields, and uses a pylon. Her abilities will literally shock you as they are all electric-based. Wattson is not a free-to-play Legend, so you’ll have to shell out some Apex Legends currency to get her. If you’ve got time to spare, check out our Apex Account Calculator to know exactly how much your account is worth!

SEMI-BASIC: APEX LEGENDS TIPS & TRICKS

Apex Legends is the kind of game that’s easy to pick up but difficult to master. Some have even been playing for months already yet still haven’t managed to grasp the more subtle tricks & skills necessary for higher-level play. Such things are essential if you want to earn more Apex Legend Currency. If you happen to be among those who are a bit slow to grasp the game’s subtle nuances, don’t worry! It’s never too late to learn. So why don’t you read these tips so you can raise your game to the next level?

Choosing Where to Land

First things first–we’re making that literal by teaching you how to land faster and glide further! This is important, as an early lead can give you an advantage; it’s a determining factor that affects whether or not you’ll perform well mid-game or not. And if you’re the Jump Master, this is something vital for you to learn. Here’s how to do this, step by step:

·         Aim straight until your speed is at 140-145

·         Tilt character upwards to slow down

·         Aim straight again until your speed is at 140-145

·         Rinse and repeat until you’re finally able to land to the spot you want

This is a must if you’re aiming for a hot zone, a high-tier zone, or even a zone that’s pretty far from all the action, as it’s virtually impossible to land on your chosen spot if you’re going to rely solely on regular glide speed.

Keep in mind that actually doing this is much harder than it sounds. For this, you’re going to need lots and lots of patience—and an ample amount of practice won’t hurt either. To get the former, you need to pounce on every opportunity you can to be a Jump Master. If you’re lucky enough to be assigned as one, don’t give it up to your teammates! If nobody wants to be one, volunteer! And if you’re playing with friends, don’t be shy to ask them to relegate it to you! Practice will make perfect, and locking this skill down this will ultimately help you and your teammates win. And the more wins you have, the higher your account’s value on the Apex Legend Calculator will be!

Might as Well Bunny-Hop

One of the first things that you should learn is to bunny hop as it makes you less likely to get hit compared to simply just running around the map. To do this, you need to run for 2 seconds, and once you’re at top speed, you need to jump. To make it even more elusive, you need to add alternating directions to your bunny hops. It’s easy: while mid-jump, swing your mouse to the right while pressing D at the same time. When you touch the ground, jump again and this time around swing your mouse to left while pressing A. Keep repeating until there is no longer any need to do so.

To make bunny hopping a lot easier, you can assign theUp or Down Mouse Wheel for the jump so that you’ll no longer need to coordinate your spacebar presses with mouse-swinging. And on top of all this, you can actually heal while bunny-hopping. While it’s more preferable to find cover and heal while safe from enemy fire, it’s actually a good maneuver when you don’t have no other recourse.

Switch and Fire

Another important technique you need to learn is switching from weapon to weapon on the fly, even when in the midst of a firefight. It’s really simple: just switch to your second weapon while firing your first, and then press the crouch button twice to crouch and stand up in quick succession, then shoot with your second weapon. You can even do this while one of your guns is almost out of ammo.

These are just some of the intermediate techniques you need to learn in Apex Legends in order to be among the top tier players. Lots of other tricks of the trade are still out there, and they’re no less important than the ones we’ve discussed. So what are you waiting for? Either you look for them now or start practicing those you’ve learned already!

SOME APEX LEGENDS TIPS AND TRICKS YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW

Apex Legends is all about constantly getting one up on your enemies. It's having the high ground; the advantage, so to speak. That's how you get all the Apex Legends currency you need, as well as getting to be the champion more often than not.

Here are some tips and tricks to improve your game and get the coveted champion spot more often.

Movement Tips

Sure, running with a holstered gun is much faster than when you're brandishing your firearm. However, the latter limits your actions as you can't shoot or heal yourself while doing so. Sliding is another quick movement, but it makes you vulnerable as your movements become rather easy to predict. So how do you move fast while avoiding all potential drawbacks?

You learn how to do the Bunny Hop. Here's a handy tutorial to help you learn how to do it. Basically, the Bunny Hop is all about maintaining the momentum of your slide, all the while being able to heal, shoot, and dodge.

There's also wall climbing, though there's no wall running. You can run and jump up to a wall or ledge so your character will scramble up. What's more, if you release the forward stick or button before the vault animation, your character will hang on the edge. From there, you can peek over and get a little scouting of what exactly it is you're getting into.

Don't be afraid to jump off cliffs and ledges! Fall damage is non-existent in this game. There are also balloons scattered about the map from which you can launch off. Just make sure to face where you want to go before you reach the top.

As the last tip for movement, all characters run at the same speed. Bigger or taller characters only have slower animations.

How to Snipe Better

Scopes have these tiny lines going to the bottom of the crosshair, and they have numbers beside it. They're there to help you aim. Say your target is 300m away (as will be indicated by the scope's distance sensor). You'll miss if you aim the center of the crosshair directly at it. That's when the small lines come in. If you line it up with the 3, you'll hit your target. So match the line with the leftmost number on the distance when you aim!

Throwing Grenades and Arc Stars

The path projection of Grenades and Arc Stars are 100% accurate. You can use them to hit enemies from a distance, especially if you run out of ammo or you simply don't have weapons about you. Grenades have a fuse time of 4 seconds that starts as soon as you throw them. Arc Stars have three, but don’t start until they hit something.

Some Guns Just Need the Right Mod

As an example, nobody likes the Prowler Burst PDW since it's a burst-fire gun. However, if you find (or already have) the Hop-up Selectfire Receiver mod, you can turn it into a fully automatic gun. With a now decent fire rate and heavy ammo, this unpopular gun can become one of your favorites. Other guns could be the same, especially those that aren't purple or golden.

Where to Drop First

Everybody wants the best weapons and armor, so it's should come as no surprise if people will either aim for the hot zone or the supply ship right from the get-go. It's up to you to weigh the risk and reward to decide where to drop first.

Another handy tip for looting is to look for those small bots roaming around the map. They'll give good loot and possibly even refill your ammo or shields. Looting other player's shields also refill yours. Lastly, the color of a defeated player's chest depends on the highest item grade among the stuff in their inventory. If it's gold, they have at least one gold item in their inventory. However, you don't know whether that item is a weapon, armor, or mod. At least you'll have an idea of which chest to prioritize.

You don't have to worry about attaching mods to your weapon as they automatically attach to compatible firearms. This happens whether you got the mod or the weapon first.

Use the Ping System

If you're not the type to use voice chat, the Ping System is your go-to communication tool. It's well thought out, as you can ping chests to let your team know where it is or whether it's been opened. You can even ping enemy positions or the weapon modification you need! Communication is key, and the Ping System is a useful tool for it.

Set Damage Numbers to Floating

Somehow, the game defaults to showing the cumulative damage you deal with the enemy. For players who prefer to keep track of just how much damage they’re dealing while caught in the fray, it's better to set it to ‘Floating' as it would show numbers for every hit you make.

Experiment with Your Character's Skills

Every character has a unique Active, Passive, and Ultimate skill. Mirage, for example, has skills that revolve around holograms. His active deploys a hologram that does the current action upon activation. It can be used as you drop into the arena to confuse enemies. Warning: Remember to warn your team first. Octane's ultimate, the Jump Pad, can be used to reveal enemies behind cover. 

Passives mainly benefit the character itself, but may also benefit your team, as Lifeline's and Wraith's passives do.

It may take some experimentation, but creative use and out of the box thinking can surprise enemies. That can give you the edge you need to defeat them. Figure out counters for any strategy you do, since other players will start to copy good strategies.

And that's that! Pretty soon you'll find some more tutorials and resources (such as an Apex Legends Calculator for damage or value and whatnot). We hope you continue enjoying Apex Legends!

Apex Legends Bunny Hop Technique

If you can't beat them, join them! Many might consider bunny hopping an unfair trick, but the truth is that those are the cries of those who don't know how to do it. So here's how to get in on the bunny hop train and get those levels for your Apex Legends account.

What is Bunny Hopping?

It's a movement technique that maintains the momentum from a former action to clear distances faster. In other words, it's a more complicated but quicker way to move from point A to B. However, since you're not actually sprinting, you can do things that normally aren't allowed while you are. Take healing, for instance. With bunny hopping, you can get away from a skirmish, all while healing yourself. That's very useful if you ever get caught outside the safe zone, too!

It also makes you slightly harder to hit as you zip around the map. Bunny hopping gives you a rather erratic movement pattern. It's harder to predict, but not impossible. Other players would naturally have a harder time trying to hit a bunny hopper than a sprinter.

How to Bunny Hop

Executing the bunny hop in Apex is a little different than it is in CSGO. It's also something that will be easier to do with a keyboard and mouse rather than a controller. That being said, here are the steps of bunny hopping.

   1.       Start out with a sprint (for about two seconds)

   2.       Crouch slide

   3.       Jump (before the slide ends)

   4.       Strafe right as you look to the left

   5.       Jump as soon as you land

   6.       Strafe left as you look to the right

   7.       Repeat steps three to six until you want to stop

For a clearer explanation of the strafing, imagine a point in front of you. As you strafe and move, keep looking at that point.

To make it easier for keyboard and mouse users, bind the jump key to the wheel scroll. It eliminates the bit of guesswork in timing your jumps and losing your momentum. For controller users, the trigger buttons would be a good alternative, though your new control scheme will take some getting used to. If it gets you to bunny hop properly, though, it's worth it.

Also, you don't have to push W or move forward at all, aside from the initial sprint. That actually messes up the momentum built by your initial slide and ruin your hopping. The only movements you should do is the strafing, jumping, and looking left or right.

Practice Makes Perfect

Take the time to try and master the bunny hop in the training grounds. You're not going to be confident using it during battle if you're not actually good at it in practice. It looks easy on paper, but the practice is a whole other perspective. Once you're confident enough, you can try adding healing, throwing grenades, and even shooting as you bunny hop your way to victory.

So go and practice! Learning how to do this is only evening the odds. Getting it removed would be a bit difficult, because how would you go about removing it? Strafing and jumping aren't illegal moves, and it doesn't make sense to prohibit those actions. They can try slowing down the movement, but that will leave about half of the players frustrated. Sure it's an unintentional feature and looks like an unfair advantage. However, it's not like it's a secret forbidden technique.

Who's stopping you from learning it? Wouldn't it be fair if everybody knows how? At any rate, Respawn should tread carefully, lest they alienate many of their players. If they did remove this feature, and you want to quit, consider selling your account. You may use an Apex account calculator to get the most profit from your account. Let's hope it doesn't come to that point, though.

While it's still here, enjoy bunny hopping your way to ultimate victory!

APEX LEGENDS: OCTANE QUICK LORE AND GUIDE

What’s amazing about Apex Legends is that despite starting small, it got big almost overnight. By small, we mean the roster, which is less than half of what Overwatch launched with. But Respawn and EA obviously have plans to expand the cast. Kickstarting this said expansion is Octane, a legend that’s all about speed. Read up and check out if he’s right up your alley.

Going Off on a Limb

As the son of Silva Pharmaceuticals’ CEO, headcap, goggles, and gas mask-wearing Octane, AKA Octavio Silva, is mostly bored with his life. So he does what any red-blooded son of a CEO usually does: perform insanely dangerous stunts. In fact, he’s so passionate about him being a daredevil that he decided to finish with flying colors in a race by using no less than a live grenade.

Unfortunately, this stunt cost him his legs. This would’ve meant that his death-defying days are over, but the ever-defiant Octavio had something else in mind. Not wanting to give up the fast life, he contacted Ajay Che (Lifeline), who then gave him awesome self-repairing bionic legs to allow him to move even faster than ever before. With these new appendages, it dawned on him that his old stunts were no longer enough. It’s high time for him to take on the big league: the Apex Games.

Better, Faster, Higher

If there’s something Apex Legends is good at, it’s how its legends’ design reflects their play style and role. The same is very much true with Octane, whose slim frame and choice of apparel are both very telling of his gameplay being focused on mobility and trickster-like maneuverability.

Octane’s abilities are the following:

•       Tactical Ability: Adrenaline Junkie – 30% increased movement speed for six seconds at the cost of a little health.
•          Passive Ability: Swift Mend – Octane slowly recovers over a period of time.
•          Ultimate Ability: Launch Pad – Octane deploys a jump pad, which he can use to jump great heights and distances.

Now that we’ve defined what his skills are, here are a few more tips about them so you can use them to the fullest.

Getting Your Skills Right

First is Swift Mend. Despite the name, it actually provides a rather sluggish life recovery. So if you don’t have any recovery Apex Legends items, it’s going to take a bit of time if you’re going to solely rely only on this passive. However, when used in conjunction with Adrenaline Junkie, it’s actually a pretty solid skill. This is because while Adrenaline Junkie consumes a bit of your HP, Swift Mend helps in getting it back.

Speaking of Adrenaline Junkie, here’s the thing: don’t be afraid to use it. Like what’s been said before, Swift Mend helps you recover life anyway, so use it liberally, especially in situations that require you to do so. Plus, when you have 1HP left, it’s not going to deplete it any further, so just use it anyway in case you hit 1HP for some reason.

Lastly, for his ultimate, well, it’s just a simple jump pad that makes your jumps higher and/or longer. It might sound like it’s not much, but it’s actually quite helpful, especially when you and your team are mounting an offensive. And yes, your teammates can jump on it too.

Do note, however, that when you’re running and you need an instantaneous boosted jump, you’re going to have to wait a few moments before it’s activated. So if you have plans of using it for a quick getaway, don’t–it’ll be too late for you the moment you bring it out.

Without a doubt, Octane is a solid addition to Apex Legends, and his abilities help him assume a role not often seen in team-based shooters. So, if you have an undeniable need for speed, Octane is definitely your best bet.