Apex Legends pro Albralelie blasts \u201cbraindead\u201d meta for ruining the game EA \/ Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends content creator and pro player Mac \u2018Albralelie\u2019 Beckwith slammed the game\u2019s current meta as \u201cbraindead\u201d and explained how the super-aggressive playstyle encouraged by Octane\u2019s jump pad is hurting the game. There\u2019s plenty on offer for Apex Legends players to enjoy as the battle royale\u2019s eighth season winds down. Players have their hands full with the War Games event in full swing to close out the season, but there are still plenty of issues they\u2019re calling out as well. Despite several balance passes this season, many players are unhappy with the game\u2019s current meta, and Octane in particular. The speedster Legend was buffed in Seasons 7 and 8 with changes to his stim ability and jump pad, making him (arguably) one of the most powerful Legends in the game. TSM\u2019s Albralelie, the latest pro to criticize Apex\u2019s balancing in Season 8, called the current meta \u201cbraindead\u201d and explained how Octane\u2019s buffs have favored a more aggressive playstyle, and reduced the opportunity to pull off strategic plays with characters like Wraith. In his Twitch stream on April 16, Albralelie was grinding ranked with fellow pros Mikkel \u2018Mande\u2019 Halle and Noyan \u2018Genburten\u2019 Ozkose when the topic of the game\u2019s meta came up. All three players were quick to voice their concerns with the current state of the game. \u201cI hate the meta right now. I think it\u2019s the most braindead [it\u2019s] ever been,\u201d Albralelie remarked. \u201cThe only thought process now is we\u2019re gonna [go] all in and we\u2019re either gonna win the fight or we\u2019re gonna die,\u201d he continued, referring to the style of play that Octane encourages. The TSM player also pointed out that abilities like Wraith\u2019s portal provide more strategic flexibility, whereas Octane\u2019s jump pad is used almost exclusively to push enemy teams quickly and aggressively. \u201cIt\u2019s so braindead and I absolutely hate it,\u201d he said, as he expressed his unhappiness with the game\u2019s current state. While Albralelie\u2019s thoughts on the matter were mostly negative, he did point out a simple change that could potentially combat the Octane meta. \u201c[Respawn] can fix it [by] reducing Wraith\u2019s portal cooldown and increasing Octane\u2019s [jump] pad cooldown,\u201d he explained, offering up a simple solution to reel in the high-speed daredevil\u2019s power while also buffing another character in the process. While the pro doesn\u2019t believe both abilities should share the exact same cooldown, he thinks this change would help encourage more players to choose Wraith over Octane and improve the game\u2019s Legend meta. Respawn have already confirmed their plans to nerf Octane\u2019s stim ability in Season 9, but it remains to be seen whether this will be enough to bring him in-line with other Legends and shift the meta or if additional changes to his jump pad will be needed, as Albralelie has suggested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends pro Albralelie blasts \u201cbraindead\u201d meta for ruining the game EA \/ Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends content creator and pro player Mac \u2018Albralelie\u2019 Beckwith slammed the game\u2019s current meta as \u201cbraindead\u201d and explained how the super-aggressive playstyle encouraged by Octane\u2019s jump pad is hurting the game. There\u2019s plenty on offer for Apex Legends players to […]<\/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-16164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16164","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=16164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}