Apex Legends devs scrapped wall-running and a 1v1 Ultimate for Revenant rework Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment, developers of Apex Legends, revealed some of the Revenant abilities left on the cutting room floor for his Season 18 Rework, including wall-running and a 1v1 Ultimate. Revenant, the \u201csynthetic nightmare\u201d formerly known as Kaleb Cross, had lost popularity leading up to the recent update. His pick rate had plummeted from earlier seasons, and Respawn needed to address it. But, after Revenant \u201cwoke up with his abilities torn from him and replaced with new ones,\u201d players have loved the Legend\u2019s revamped gameplay in Season 18, as his pick rate skyrocketed. The legend now brandishes an aggressive and individualistic playstyle, allowing engagement-hungry players to be a menace for other teams on the map \u2013 whether it\u2019s from his passive that marks low-health enemies or his leap ability to surprise unsuspecting enemies. However, getting him into a state that players were much happier with had its fair share of hurdles in development. Respawn\u2019s devs opened up about some of the challenges with redesigning Revenant during a press conference. Apex Legends devs tested various Revenant abilities Developers at Respawn didn\u2019t rush the Revenant rework for Apex Legends. They went through multiple iterations and options for each of his unique in-game capabilities \u2013 his passive, tactical and ultimate. Here are some of the scrapped ideas that didn\u2019t make it to the live client. Wall-running: Revenant has kept his improved wall climbing and crouch capabilities from last season with only minor adjustments to each, but there was a period where Respawn were testing out Titanfall-esque wall-running for him. While players would have loved this, under rigorous testing, the developers of Apex Legends found that the ability was far too situational, and specifically mentioned that the maps in Apex simply don\u2019t allow for that many wall-running opportunities, like Titanfall maps were designed for. As a result, wall-running was not \u201cconsistently useful,\u201d and the idea was scrapped. 1v1 Ultimate: Revenant\u2019s Ultimate provided some of the most interesting inspiration for the developers. Revenants signature totem almost crept into the rework, but the developers found that like before the rework, it was too situational, requiring the \u201cperfect\u201d scenario in terms of position and timing, to have great effect. They also considered and designed a \u201c1v1 Ultimate\u201d. Revenant players would be able to to transport both themselves and an enemy into a \u201cshadow realm\u201d to duel in a straight-up 1v1. But, developers found that the Revenant player, despite the unique nature of the ultimate, didn\u2019t feel as though they got enough benefit from what should be their most powerful ability. Ultimately, they settled on a low-health marking passive, synergistic \u201cShadow Pounce\u201d tactical and the damage-blocking \u201cForged ultimate\u201d \u2013 which pro and casual players have loved so far. It remains to be seen where Revenant lands in the meta long-term with his new rework, but the early signs are positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs scrapped wall-running and a 1v1 Ultimate for Revenant rework Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment, developers of Apex Legends, revealed some of the Revenant abilities left on the cutting room floor for his Season 18 Rework, including wall-running and a 1v1 Ultimate. Revenant, the \u201csynthetic nightmare\u201d formerly known as Kaleb Cross, had lost popularity leading […]<\/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-14819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819","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=14819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}