Respawn Entertainment has detailed a series of balance changes for Apex Legends, scheduled to go live early next week on Tuesday morning. The adjustments target specific character abilities, including modifications to Axle, Bloodhound, and Seer.
Quick Facts
- Axle Nitro Gate: Launch speed reduced from 750 to 700.
- Axle Ultimate: HP reduced from 200 to 150, base cooldown increased from 90s to 120s, knockback arc widened, max height reduced, and stun duration cut from 1.5s to 0.25s.
- Axle Upgrades: Jump Gate replaced with a Drone Deployer upgrade that restores the ultimate cooldown to 90s.
- Bloodhound Changes: Cloak visibility reduced inside the dome, ring damage no longer breaks cloaks, tactical scan increased by 1 second, and scans provide fading, more frequent snapshots.
- Seer Changes: Turn slow removed when hit by the tactical ability.
Recent Patch Fixes
The upcoming balance pass follows recent small updates for Apex Legends, which included resolving an exploit that allowed Bloodhounds to quickly access their ultimate using Level 3 upgrades, as well as fixing a daily challenge in the Ascended Hunt event where players needed to level up all three wild cards in a single match.