Mad Maggie changes in Apex Legends
- 5documented changes
- 5patches
- 1fix
Abilities
Warlord’s IrePassive
Riot DrillTactical
Wrecking BallUltimate
Every documented change to Mad Maggie
5 changes across 5 patches, newest first
Season 29 Overclocked Midseason Monday, 22 June 2026
- CHANGELegends
Mad Maggie
Mad Maggie's tactical takes longer to come back, and the wrecking ball pucks now only speed you up while sprinting instead of for all movement.
Riot Drill (Tactical): Cooldown 22 seconds → 28 seconds
Ultimate: The speed boost granted from running on the pucks dropped by the wrecking ball has been replaced by a sprint boost.: Will no longer speed up all movement, just when sprinting.
Season 26 Raise Hell Event Thursday, 9 October 2025
- FIXLegends
Mad Maggie
Official source
Wrecking Ball no longer causes a crash when thrown near a door.
Season 26 Wild Iron Event Wednesday, 10 September 2025
- CHANGELegends
Mad Maggie
Mad Maggie's
Riot Drill and
Wrecking Ball come out faster. Wrecking Ball hits harder and moves over obstacles better but lasts less time, and its speed pads now fortify you but expire sooner.Abilities:
Tactical: Riot Drill: Drill now comes out immediately after releasing the button (was delayed by a few frames)- Abilities
Tactical: Riot Drill- Firing animation sped up by 10%
- Drill now comes out immediately after releasing the button (was delayed by a few frames)
Ultimate: Wrecking Ball- Throw animation sped up 25%
- Wrecking Ball is now more reliable at moving around/over obstacles
- Explosions deal up to 25 damage (was up to 20)
- Lifetime 10s → 7s
- Speed pads increase movement speed for 3.5s (was 2s)
- Speed pads give fortified buff for the duration, doesn’t stack with already fortified Legends
- Speed pads last 20s (was 60s)
- Speed pads deactivate 6s for the player using it after being used
- Speed pads no longer drop from the final explosion
- Upgrades
- Level 2
- Shots Shots Shots: removed
- NEW Gunrunning: Passive movement speed increase also works with SMGs and Pistols
- Fire Ball: now drops magma patches along the ground as it moves and Mad Maggie takes 50% less fire damage from all sources
Season 20 Breakout February 2024
- CHANGELegends
Mad Maggie
Mad Maggie's
Wrecking Ball no longer breaks on the first enemy hit; it keeps rolling for a second explosion and bounces through devices it destroys, but each player gets shellshock and knockback only once.Wrecking Ball: Will no longer be destroyed on first enemy hit: Instead, the Wrecking Ball will trigger an explosion then keep going, allowing for a second explosion to trigger later
- Wrecking Ball
- Will no longer be destroyed on first enemy hit
- Instead, the Wrecking Ball will trigger an explosion then keep going, allowing for a second explosion to trigger later
- The same player cannot be hit again by the ball for 2s after first impact
- Players can only be affected by the shellshock and knockback effects once
- Will now bounce through devices it hits and destroys
Season 14 Hunted August 2022
- CHANGE
Mad Maggie
Mad Maggie's
Wrecking Ball launches twice as fast, travels twice as far and lasts longer while dropping the same number of magnets, and now damages enemy placeables and destroys Gibraltar's dome.- Projectile Launch Speed doubled.
- Wrecking Ball:
- Will travel twice as far while dropping the same amount of magnets.
- Duration 5 sec → 10 sec
- Magnet Spawn delay 0.4 sec → 0.8 sec
- Wrecking Ball will deal damage to enemy placeable objects: Black Market, Castle Walls,
Exhibit, Death Totem,
Mobile Shield,
Black Hole,
Amped Cover, and Gas Barrels. It will also destroy Gibraltar's
Dome of Protection.
TipLonger ability duration and range improve zone control and destroy enemy utility, but magnet spawn delay gives enemies more time to react.
Official source