Apex Legends:Defiancereleases tomorrow, February 8. With the release of the new season, Respawn Entertainment made changes to Caustic’s tactical ability, Nox Gas Trap, and Crypto’s ultimate ability, Drone EMP.Apex Legends’sDefianceupdate also includes improvements for the Mozambique, P2020, and RE-45 with the Hammerpoint Rounds hop-up. The update also introduces a new hop-up, Kinetic Feeder.
Mad Maggie is the new playable character ofApex Legends:Defiance, arriving in the new season with a heap of updates. Caustic’s and Crypto’s updates have been requested by gamers in the forums and streams for some time now, therefore these changes should be pleasant news to manyApex Legendsplayers.
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Caustic’s Nox Gas Trap has been debuffed for more balanced and fair gameplay. The gas traps will now have 150 health points, meaning they can be destroyed by other players. This update will particularly please players who often found themselves defeated or trapped by Caustic’s tactical ability. The traps’ expiration time has been reduced from 12.5 seconds to 11. However, the gas effect will linger for two seconds after destruction or expiration.
Crypto’s drone ability improvement has also been requestedfor a while. Gamers kept finding it difficult to control the flying drone to scan the enemies, keep up with squadmates, and attack if detected at the same time with the ability. Activating Crypto’s ultimate ability will now allow players to decide whether to enter the drone’s point of view and scan the area, or gain intel on the surroundings without switching control to the drone.
The Hammerpoint Rounds hop-up is now having an improved, far stronger effect on the Mozambique, P2020, and RE-45 by adding 35-50% unshielded damage. With this hop-up,Apex Legends’ pistols will prove far more powerfulthan before.
The Shatter Caps hop-up now passively affect hip-fire for the 30-30 Repeater and Bocek Bow, and will no longer have a toggling option. With the 30-30 Repeater, it also reduces the pellet damage point from eight to seven, and from 12 to 11 with the Bocek Bow.
The newly introduced hop-up, called Kinetic Feeder, is for the Triple Take and Peacekeeper weapons. Using this hop-up significantly reduces the choke time and automatically reloads the rounds for players.
These updates will introduce more balanced gameplay between the squadmates and adversaries in Battle Royale, Arena, and the newtime-limited mode Control whichApex Legendsplayers want to keep permanently.
Apex Legendsis currently available on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
