Apex Legends devs eyeing Bloodhound nerfs to keep tracker in check Respawn EntertainmentBloodhound has been a staple on everyone\u2019s Apex Legends line-ups since Day 1. However, Respawn are keeping an eye on the tracker to see if any nerfs are needed in Season 9, primarily looking at their scan\u2019s power in ranked play. Chances are that you\u2019ve queued up with a Bloodhound more times than not in Apex Legends. The tracker has been a core part of many squads since the game\u2019s release, with their intel-gathering being second-to-none to this day. The Season 6 buffs to Bloodhound only strengthened their place in the roster. With the shortened Eye of the Allfather cooldown while Beast of the Hunt is active, and reduced activation time, it became incredibly powerful. Bloodhound is now one of the most picked Legends in Apex, according to the devs, and that has put them in their sights for a potential nerf in Season 9. \u201cI\u2019ve been keeping an eye on Bloodhound. Seems rare to come across a squad without one in my experiences in ranked, and they have the third highest pick rate at the moment,\u201d developer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson admitted on Reddit. The first change Respawn are looking at is a big change to their power in ranked: assists from scans. Being able to farm kill participation for points by just scanning enemies \u2014 not even firing a bullet \u2014 means most Bloodhound players can avoid losing RP in every game. Before they actually touch the rest of their kit, they want to test if removing the assist will nudge their play rate down. Read More: New Apex \u2018Compound Bow\u2019 weapon being tested – \u201cI\u2019d be curious to see how much that may dip if we removed assists from scans. I know it\u2019s a super-powerful ability regardless, but I\u2019m curious if it\u2019d move the needle at all before looking at nerfing the ability itself,\u201d JayBiebs said. Season 9 is just around the corner \u2014 less than a month \u2014 and Respawn has already made their intentions clear about Lifeline, Loba, Revenant, and more. Bloodhound would be joining that ever-growing list of Legend changes, but exactly what the devs want to do isn\u2019t locked down just yet; we will make sure we update you once any and all changes are finalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs eyeing Bloodhound nerfs to keep tracker in check Respawn EntertainmentBloodhound has been a staple on everyone\u2019s Apex Legends line-ups since Day 1. However, Respawn are keeping an eye on the tracker to see if any nerfs are needed in Season 9, primarily looking at their scan\u2019s power in ranked play. Chances are […]<\/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-16538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16538","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=16538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}