Apex Legends devs reveal Legend they feared would be too OP but isn\u2019t used Respawn\/EAApex Legends devs have revealed the one legend that they expected to catch on in high-level games but hasn\u2019t done so just yet, especially as they were \u201cextremely concerned\u201d about the power in testing. Whenever a new season of Apex Legends comes around, players can pretty much always bank on a new legend also being added to the mix. Only one season \u2013 Season 18 \u2013 hasn\u2019t added a new legend to the roster yet, and that was because they focused on a makeover for Revenant. As soon as a new legend is released, they quickly jump to the top of the pick rate charts \u2013 staying there for at least a few weeks. Once the hype dies down, they settle into a position more fitting of their power. The top three most-used legends have, pretty much always, been a combination of Octane, Wraith, and Pathfinder, but the devs expected Ash to be up there too. And they\u2019re surprised the Incisive Instigator hasn\u2019t made it into high-level play on a regular basis. Apex Legends devs surprised Ash isn\u2019t used in competitive more often That\u2019s right, Ash is the character that the devs are most surprised about not catching on with players, given that they were \u201cextremely concerned\u201d about her powering in testing. \u201cDuring development we were extremely concerned over the power of her tactical. Seems like a joke, right? But for a long time it was very potent and internal feedback on it\u2019s power was loud. Even after reeling it back to what we eventually launched with, a well-coordinated team could snag an enemy and reign inescapable grenades on them securing a kill more consistently than a Horizon ult combo,\u201d Respawn\u2019s Devan McGuire said in the devs\u2019 AMA on the competitive Apex subreddit. The devs added that Ash \u201cseemed poised for a strong foothold in the meta\u201d but noted she has \u201ccumbersome elements\u201d with her abilities and that her \u201cult is still unreliable\u201d at times. \u201cSomething to look at for the future to help her find a place \u2013 but also still be mindful of. The wrong push and she could end up being as oppressive as super-stun Seer was,\u201d they concluded. Ash\u2019s pick rate hasn\u2019t completely bottomed out, given she\u2019s got a 2.3% usage rate according to Apex Legends Status, but the average rank using her is Bronze 4. Maybe a future buff would see her vault up a little bit and, possibly, get into the ALGS meta. We\u2019ll just have to wait and see on that front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs reveal Legend they feared would be too OP but isn\u2019t used Respawn\/EAApex Legends devs have revealed the one legend that they expected to catch on in high-level games but hasn\u2019t done so just yet, especially as they were \u201cextremely concerned\u201d about the power in testing. Whenever a new season of Apex Legends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}