Apex Legends players discover trick to deal damage with Newcastle\u2019s tactical Respawn EntertainmentNewcastle has certainly shaken things up a bit since his arrival in Apex Legends Season 13. Players have been selecting him and seeing how he performs in the game, but many haven\u2019t actually realized that he\u2019s capable of landing some extra damage with his Tactical. One of the many appealing charms of Apex Legends is how updates can tinker with Legends, add new ones, and ultimately shake up the game\u2019s pick rates and meta. Each season a new Legend is introduced into the fray with Newcastle being the latest recruit to the roster. The Defensive Legend has a great Mobile Shield that\u2019s incredibly effective during a game of Battle Royale, but some digging has found that the useful ability actually possesses offensive properties as well. Newcastle\u2019s Mobile Shield Tactical dishes out damage A Reddit post titled \u201cMight be common knowledge, but TIL [today I learned] you can deal damage with Newcastle\u2019s tactical if you hit enemies directly,\u201d has surprised quite a few players and questioned its power compared to other Legends\u2019 abilities. The OP for the thread shared a video of the Tactical Ability in action, and with some precise aiming, you can indeed launch the shield as a projectile and damage an opponent for 20 HP if you hit them. Some players had absolutely no idea you could do such a thing: \u201cWell it\u2019s not common knowledge to me. Thanks op,\u201d one player said, to which the OP replied by saying they accidentally stumbled across this \u201cduring a hectic fight right off of a hot drop.\u201d A few players commented on how ridiculous it is that Newcastle\u2019s small Shield throwable can cause 20 damage, whereas Mad Maggie\u2019s drill does nothing: \u201cA blunt drone the size of a dinner plate thrown by hand: 20 damage. A f**king drill designed to pierce\/dig into surfaces and spew fire launched by a handheld machine designed to propel it long distances and pierce objects: bounces off.\u201d All these factors are usually considered before a Legend is released into the game, so Respawn must have reasoning behind the decision to make Newcastle\u2019s Tactical inflict damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends players discover trick to deal damage with Newcastle\u2019s tactical Respawn EntertainmentNewcastle has certainly shaken things up a bit since his arrival in Apex Legends Season 13. Players have been selecting him and seeing how he performs in the game, but many haven\u2019t actually realized that he\u2019s capable of landing some extra damage with […]<\/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-15887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15887","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=15887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}