How to improve and win in Apex Legends with these tips and tricks

Apex Legends It's currently the most fashionable game on the planet, and since it's so new – it's not been out for three weeks yet – people are still guessing the first entry of Respawn Entertainment into the cluttered kind of royal battle. The game-integrated tutorial is only useful for understanding the basics; the best way to learn how to play Apex Legends is to play well.

But even if you played dozens of hours Apex Legends already a beginner's guide or two, there are many deeper elements of mechanics and design that you may not have discovered yet. We are here to help you!

First, we strongly recommend that you look at the Apex Legends Beginner's video we posted on the Polygon YouTube channel. It's full of important things to know that will help you succeed when you start playing. Once you've seen this, you can dive deeper into Kings Canyon with the following level tips and tricks below.

How to go faster in Apex Legends

As in other Royal Battle games, speed is crucial Apex Legends. When you sprint to catch a ring already closed, you run literally to save your life.

Respawn confirmed that all the characters in the game – yes, even Gibraltar – are walking and running at the same speed (apart from some of the Legends' ability to change the movement, of course). Generally, the key is to move as fast as possible, but how do you stand out?

First of all: if you are armed, you are not going as fast as possible.

According to a video of Apex Legends YouTuber T_status movement tests, each legend sprints to about 7.4 meters per second without a weapon. But when you hold a weapon, regardless of your weapon, the sprinting speed drops to about 6.5 m / s, which is 12% slower. To be clear, the gun you use does not matter: Packing a gun reduces your sprinting speed as much as wearing a sniper rifle, as long as you do not aim the sight. There is a similar speed penalty when you walk without aiming. (When you are According to this T_status tracking video, each weapon type has a different impact on your speed.

If you are exploring Kings Canyon for loot, you will probably want to stay armed. But if you're in a hurry – try, for example, to reach squad comrades in need, escape from a tricky situation or get out of the ring – you'll want to put away your weapons. The default command is to keep the Swap Weapons button (triangle on PS4, Y on Xbox One) or press 3 on PC.

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It should be noted, however, that the sprint is not the absolute fastest way to move in Apex Legends – sliding is the name of the game there. To slide, start running then press the squatting button (O on PS4, B on Xbox One, Ctrl on PC).

Sprinting in a sledge along a flat terrain provides a modest increase in speed, especially if you jump out of the slide at the end. But if you head to a lower altitude, there is no reason not to slip. In the above-mentioned tracking video, an unarmed player skidded to 11.9m / s, nearly 61% above the maximum speed. Even with a weapon unsheathed or aimed, the slip speed was 11.3 m / s, which corresponds to a speed increase of about 53% compared to the sprint.

Here is a protip to put it all together. In Apex Legends, the health and shields of your character do not recharge themselves; you must restore them with consumable items such as syringes and shield cells, respectively. Each healing element takes a few seconds to use and you are vulnerable during this time. Attempting to sprint while you are healing will cancel the process. however, you can totally heal while slipping, without penalty of movement speed. So why not kill two birds with one stone (and maybe a bloodhound)?

How to deposit in Apex Legends

Learning to move in the air is just as important as the ground game because your prospects in a match at Apex Legends will often depend on where you decide to land. Of course, the random generation of equipment plays an important role, even in the areas supposed to have high-level spoils, but it is quite clever to answer the age-old question of "where do we drop, gang?"

It is quite easy to target a Kings Canyon area located along or near the trajectory of the transfer ship. However, if you want to reach an area far away from the map, you will have to get used to it with some skill and basic knowledge of physics.

This may seem like the best way to maximize your range (horizontal distance) as Jumping master – who, by the way, is always the third person to choose his character (unless he chooses one) – must fly straight ahead or as close to him as possible. But if you take stock of the gauges that appear on the left and right of the screen as you go, you will quickly realize that this is not the case.

The left gauge measures the size of your team speed, while the right gauge marks your altitude. Unlike Respawn's Titanfall series, the characters in Apex Legends no jumping jets for the double jump – but they are equipped with jetpacks for the fall. As a master of jumps, you should always propel you (left stick on PS4 / Xbox One, W on PC) to maximize your speed; otherwise, you will fall to the ground in free fall.

But if you simply go straight ahead, you will quickly lose speed and avoid any point more than 750 meters from your launch point. How do you maintain your speed over longer distances? Well, use gravity to your advantage! Here is a fall guide:

1. Fly straight, but watch your speedometer. When the number goes down below 130 or, dive a bit to speed up. (Your team will move in the direction your camera is in. To dive, tilt the camera down to the ground.) Note that you only have to dive a second or two to find your speed, and you do not have to. do not need to dive. – and should not, if you want to maximize your distance – dive straight down.
2. Once your speed resumes above 140you can flatten yourself and go back to flying right. You will be able to roll for a few seconds before slowing down below 130 again. From there, simply repeat these two steps until you reach the desired landing zone. It looks like your team is moving in the air like Porpois dolphins.
3. Avoid flying too close to natural or man-made structures, such as rock formations – this can trigger landing animation because the game assumes you are near solid ground.
4. In flight, use the free look or have your teammates do it (hold down the L2 / LT key on the PS4 / Xbox One, right-click on the PC) to watch other groups fly to the same landing zone. If you want to fight, it's okay. But if you prefer to avoid fighting at the start, change course and head to a place that seems less popular.
5. Anyway, once you are near your final destination, you must separate all three just before landing (square on PS4, X on Xbox One, Ctrl on PC). Staying together is smart once you've all acquired some weapons, but there's no point in competing with each other when you're hunting frantic gear early in the game.

Because it is difficult to find good loot and your survival in a congested area depends on the collection of weapons before your enemies, speed is of paramount importance during the drop. Determine a landing zone as soon as possible and get started. It may seem logical to wait for the drop ship to approach your target, but you'll get there first first if you start earlier, as long as you keep your speed in the 130-140 range. (The caveat is that the maximum range with the hopping technique is between 1300 and 1400 meters.) Ping your target and aim to see how far it is.)

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Tips and Tricks on Gambling, Characters, and Objects in Apex Legends

There are many smaller things that did not fit the above, so let's get in touch with the many tips and tricks we learned from our own experience with Apex Legends as well as places like Twitter and Reddit.

• Doors can be blocked by other players, death boxes and Caustic gas traps. But you have a recourse if you're stuck behind a door that will not open (as long as it's on hinges, not a sliding door): You can destroy the doors with grenades and melee attacks.
• Speaking of which, it is possible to destroy Caustic's gas traps without triggering: Pull on the base of the trap (the red part under the inflated black gas tank).
• You probably understand that Legends can cross low obstacles such as railings by pressing the jump button (X on PS4, A on Xbox One, PC space). But it is also possible to climb to higher places that seem to be out of reach, and even to resize walls and cliffs. Try holding the jump button – As long as you have edges or something to grasp, you should be able to keep climbing (this helps keep your weapons tidy). Oh, and if you've reached the top of a wall, you can hang on and take a look over it without breaking.
• How to use the sniper glasses: Apex Legends is a game with a falling ball, so if you want to reach distant targets, you will have to compensate with your goal. The numbers next to the hash marks on a remote reach correspond directly to the distance (in hundreds of meters). When you look through an oscilloscope, you will also see a real-time measurement of the exact distance between you and what you see. You can combine these two elements to shoot accurately at long range: If an enemy is at 190 meters, aim it over so that the line "2" on the viewfinder – and not the reticle – rests on its head. (Look at the YouTuber annotations explain the system here.)
• There are two types of replenishing pods that come out of the sky in Apex Legends. You can use Lifeline's ultimate ability to call a Care package, which accelerates to the ground and still contains three objects focused on defense (eg, armor, shield batteries). A few times during each game, the game will generate a Drop in the offer. These ships take a much slower path to the ground and have a chance to contain powerful gear. The game currently features two legendary weapons – the Kraber .50 caliber sniper rifle and Mastiff shotgun – and you can find them only in the supply drops. (You will not find any ammo for them in the world, what you'll get when you pick them up, that's it.) Note that both types of pods are identical, with the exception of one. colored accent along the top edge: blue for Care Packages and red for refill drops.

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• While we are talking about Lifeline, here is a suggestion: if anyone in your team finds a Ultimate Accelerant, let her pick up. It is quite risky to call a package of care – it's visible and audible from a distance – but it's worth giving Lifeline the chance to use it as much as possible, as defense equipment is almost always useful . (Note that the Ultimate Accelerant is a consumable item: you must open your inventory and use it.)
• In addition to weapons and props, there are legendary (golden) variants of four types of player gear in Apex Legends. They are not stronger than the Epic (purple) versions, but each has a unique passive advantage. the Legendary helmet Reduces the cooldown of your tactical and ultimate abilities. the Legendary Shield has a less useful bonus: removing a finisher completely regenerates your armor. On the other hand, the Legendary strike shield gives you a self-reactivation (when you are shot, not dead). And the Legendary backpack halves the time needed to use care items.
• Apex Legends Communicates a lot of information through audio and visual signals in combat. For example, damage numbers that exceed enemies are color-coded. Hitting someone in the head will result in a yellow number. The numbers of the bodily damage can be of four colors, depending on the type of armor that an enemy wears: purple for Legendary or Epic shields (up to 100 HP extra), blue for Rare shields (up to 75 extra HP), white for common shields (up to 50 extra VP), and red for no shields. You will know that when you shoot down an enemy's armor because of the loud sound you hear, take this as a signal to darken in his area and finish him off.
• the fallen state in Apex Legends is completely forgiving. Really, the only things you can not do while you are bleeding are the attack, the revitalization of teammates and the sprint. You still have the opportunity to crawl – to a decent clip, no less – and you can also use doors and even go through the portals of Wraith. Of course, holding an assassination shield can keep you alive a little if you are under fire. More importantly, you can continue to use pings in this state. If you're down but you're not missing, keep interrogating enemy locations to give your teammates a better chance of surviving!