Gibraltar changes in Apex Legends

Gibraltar gets a speed boost after sprinting for a moment and a faster dome cooldown, and the ultimate is bigger, lands faster and throws sooner; Thunder Dome, Healing Dome and Triple Bombardment are the new upgrades.

Passive: New Passive - Momentum Boost: If Gibraltar maintains sprint speed for a couple of seconds he will get a speed boost.

• Passive
• New Passive - Momentum Boost
• If Gibraltar maintains sprint speed for a couple of seconds he will get a speed boost.
• This will only trigger while unarmed or if the weapon doesn’t have a sprint speed restriction (ex. The Fast Shotties Upgrade)
• Gibraltar punch will deal double damage to Hardlight
• Tactical: Cooldown on Dome of Protection reduced (was 17s, now 13s)
• Defensive Bombardment (Ultimate)
• Integrated the size increase upgrade into his base kit, increasing radius by 20%
• Call in time for the missiles has been sped up
• Can now throw your ultimate before the ultimate equip animation finishes
• Upgrades
• Level 2
• Thunder Dome: The dome becomes electrified when placed, and will deal 50 damage and slow the first enemy to enter
• Healing Dome: Dome duration increases 4s and any player within the healing dome will get double small meds healing
• Level 3: Triple Bombardment: Splits the ultimate into 3 charges, reducing the radius and number of missiles for each
• Removed Big Bruddah, Bubble Bunker, Baby Bubble

Gibraltar's dome comes back much faster and survives Crypto's EMP and Maggie's Wrecking Ball, Baby Bubble cuts the cooldown further, and Big Bruddah and Fast Shotties replace two Level 2 upgrades.

Dome of Protection: Cooldown 30s → 17s

• Dome of Protection
• Cooldown 30s → 17s
• No longer destroyed by Crypto’s EMP or Maggie’s Wrecking Ball
• Upgrades: Level 2
• Fresh Start: removed
• Shots Shots Shots: removed
• NEW Big Bruddah: increase Ult Radius by 20%
• NEW Fast Shotties: move faster with shotguns and auto-reload shotguns on knocks
• Upgrades - Baby Bubble: now reduces cooldown to 12s (was 25s)
• Shockwave: Level 2
• Fresh Start: Revives allies to 50HP.
• Shots Shots Shots: Auto-Reload Shotguns on knocks.
• From the Rift: Level 2
• Big Bruddah: Increase Ult Radius by 20%.
• Fast Shotties: Move faster with Shotguns and Auto-Reload on knocks

TipDeploy your dome more often and rely on it lasting through crowd control attempts - use it actively.

Gibraltar, Caustic, Pathfinder, Newcastle and Revenant now use medium-rig first-person running animations, so they feel less sluggish even though their actual speed is unchanged.

• Now use medium-rig first-person movement animations
• Actual game speeds have not changed, these Legends will feel less sluggish when running

Gibraltar's Defensive Bombardment takes longer to come back, so you can use it less often.

Defensive Bombardment: Increased cooldown from 3 minutes to 4.5 minutes

Gibraltar's Dome Shield lasts a shorter time, so the cover goes away sooner.

Dome Shield duration 18s → 12s

TipPlay around the shorter duration; retreat faster or use dome only for critical revive moments.

Gibraltar's Dome Shield throws farther and speeds up healing inside it but has a longer cooldown, while Defensive Bombardment comes back sooner and throws farther but lasts a shorter time.

• Players in the Dome Shield use healing items 25% faster.
• Increased the throw distance by 60%.
• Cooldown. 20 seconds → 30 seconds
• Defensive Bombardment
• Decreased cooldown.: 4.5 minutes -> 3 minutes.
• Duration 8 seconds → 6 seconds
• Increased throw distance by 36%.

TipUse dome for healing plays instead of shield spam; time Bombardment to cut rotations, not for zoning.

Gibraltar's Dome of Protection lasts longer, so your squad gets more time under cover.

Dome of Protection: Increased the duration by 3 seconds.