Newcastle changes in Apex Legends

Newcastle now has Heroes Hustle and Swift Shield built in, so the movement penalty is reduced and the tactical shield moves faster, and new upgrades Ready To Rumble and Defensive Line take their place.

• PASSIVE: Incorporate Heroes Hustle into base kit: Movement speed penalty reduced from 25% to 75%
• TACTICAL: Incorporate Swift Shield into base kit: Movement speed 160 → 250
• UPGRADES / Two new upgrades to replace Swift Shield and Heroes Hustle
• Stronghold moves down to replace Heroes Hustle
• Ready To Rumble: Reviving a player auto loads Newcastle's weapons and triggers full regen. (Replaces Swift Shield)
• Defensive Line: Tactical and Revive Shield knocks back enemies once (Replaces Stronghold)

Newcastle's revive shield has less health at every tier and Mobile Shield has a longer cooldown and no invulnerability, though Thick Shield's health is now base and Swift Shield lowers the cooldown.

Revive Shield: White 300 → 250 HP

• Revive Shield
• White 300 → 250 HP
• Blue 450 → 400 HP
• Purple 750 → 600 HP
• Mobile Shield
• Base CD 15s → 20s
• Removed invulnerability, Thick Shield HP now integrated into base
• Swift Shield upgrade now also reduces CD to 12s

Newcastle's Mobile Shield no longer takes damage and can be moved while downed, revive shields are stronger, and new upgrades Hero's Hustle and Ultimate Savior add faster movement while reviving and shield regen.

Upgrades: Level 3: NEW Ultimate Savior: Castle Wall grants shield regen to allies in impact radius: Regen effect lasts for 15s and damage will pause regen for 2s

• Mobile Shield
• No longer takes damage
• Can now be repositioned even when Newcastle is downed
• Retrieve the Wounded: revive Shield HP/Tier increased by +50%: White 300 (was 200), Blue 450 (was 300), Purple/Gold 750 (was 500)
• Upgrades: Level 2
• Thick Shield: removed
• NEW Hero's Hustle: greatly increases move speed when reviving
• Upgrades: Level 3
• Stronghold: Castle Wall HP improvement 250 → 500
• NEW Ultimate Savior: Castle Wall grants shield regen to allies in impact radius
• Regen effect lasts for 15s and damage will pause regen for 2s
• Won't begin regeneration until revived if downed
• Shockwave: Level 2: Thick Shield: Mobile Shield HP Increased by 250.
• From the Rift: Level 2: Hero’s Hustle: Increased move speed while reviving.
• Shockwave: Level 3
• Miracle Worker: Revive allies with 75HP regen.
• Stronghold: Castle Wall HP increased by 250.
• Extends energized duration to 3min.
• From the Rift: Level 3
• Ultimate Savior: Allies in impact range gain shield regen for 15s.
• Stronghold: Castle Wall HP increased by 250.
• Extends energized duration to 3min.

TipUse your shields aggressively since they don't break - position them in fights and don't hesitate to revive with them active.

Newcastle throws Mobile Shield much faster, and the energized Castle Wall now lasts longer and destroys projectiles hitting its front, with Stronghold also extending the energized time.

• Mobile Shield: throw anim speed increased (~2.5x faster)
• Castle Wall: Will now destroy incoming projectiles headed towards the front of the wall while energized. It will not destroy projectiles fired from behind the wall nor bombardments from other Legend’s Ultimate projectiles.
• Castle Wall energized duration increased to 1m (was 30s)
• Upgrade - Stronghold: Energized duration 2.5m → 3m

TipShield lasts much longer. Great for blocking incoming ability spam.

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

Newcastle's Castle Wall leaps higher and recovers faster on landing, Revenant's Forged Shadows has a much shorter window for assists to extend it, and Vantage's Sniper's Mark gets one more bullet.

Newcastle’s Castle Wall: Reduced recovery time on landing

• Newcastle’s Castle Wall
• Reduced recovery time on landing
• Increased max leap height
• Revenant’s Forged Shadows: Time extension window for assists 30s → 3s
• Vantage’s Sniper’s Mark: Bullet count 5 → 6

TipNewcastle has more vertical mobility for rotations, Revenant must finish kills immediately for assists to extend effects, and Vantage's spam potential increased.

Newcastle moves and turns more freely while reviving and gives a sturdier knockdown shield, Mobile Shield has more health and moves faster, and Castle Wall's barrier now slows turning and slows movement more.

Increased move speed during revive by 25%.

• Retrieve the Wounded:
• Increased move speed during revive by 25%.
• Reduced turn slow while reviving by 50%.
• White Knockdown shield health 150 → 200
• Blue Knockdown shield health 250 → 300
• Mobile Shield:
• hp 350 → 500
• Doubled max movement speed.
• Castle Wall:
• Added turn slow to electrical barrier effects and increased the severity of the slow effect to movement.

TipRevive windows wider under fire; shield health lets you tank harder; speed and walls enable aggressive repositioning.