Apex Legends Season 7 Ascent patch notes

What changed

• FK

  CHANGEWeapon Meta

  Fully Kitted Weapons

  The fully kitted Devotion, Mastiff, Triple Take, Flatline and Volt leave, and fully kitted versions of the Wingman, Sentinel, Havoc, G7 and Alternator replace them.

  • Removed: Devotion, Mastiff, Triple Take, Flatline, Volt
  • New: Wingman, Sentinel, Havoc, G7, Alternator

  TipThe kitted pool has tilted toward single shot guns, so a free find now rewards steady aim over spray. Pass one up for an automatic you can build yourself if that is not your strength.

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• CHANGELegend Meta

  Caustic

  Caustic's Nox gas no longer blurs your vision while you stand in it, but it now deals more damage per tick.

  Nox Gas Trap/Nox Gas Grenade: Legends no longer get a blurred vision effect while in the gas. Damage updated from 4-10 ticks of damage to 6-12 ticks of damage.

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• EA

  NERFGame Meta Changes

  Evo Armor requirements increased

  Evo Armor needs more damage dealt at every level to upgrade, so it takes longer to reach the higher tiers.

  • Level 0 -> 1 : 100 damage (from 50)
  • Level 1 -> 2 : 150 damage (from 125)
  • Level 2 -> 3 : 300 damage (from 250)
  • Level 3 -> 4 : 750 damage (from 500)

  TipYou'll evolve armor more slowly - focus on landing shots to unlock each tier and maximize effectiveness.

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• CHANGELegend Meta / Pathfinder

  Grappling Hook

  Pathfinder's Grappling Hook now counts as finished without landing, its cooldown can never go above 35 seconds, and you can travel about twice as far before hitting the maximum cooldown.

  • Pathfinder no longer needs to be on the ground for Grappling Hook to be considered finished.
  • The speed to which Pathfinder needs to drop for us to consider Grappling Hook finished was increased from 300 units/second to 500 units/second
  • The maximum cooldown grapple can be set to was lowered to 30 seconds, from 35 seconds
  • the maximum amount of travel time before a new cooldown is set is now 5 seconds, rather than being uncapped. This means that effectively, you can never incur more than a 35 second cooldown.
  • The amount of distance you can travel before you hit maximum cooldown was roughly doubled.
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• CHANGEWeapon Meta

  Havoc

  The Havoc has a new recoil pattern that kicks up, then right, then left, then up again.

  Updated recoil pattern. Kicks up, then right, then left, then up again.

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• CHANGEWeapon Meta

  Hemlok

  The Hemlok has more recoil, mostly in burst mode, with slightly less in single fire, and its headshots do less damage.

  • Increasing horizontal recoil of the first 3 shots slightly to the right (first burst when in burst mode)
  • Increasing recoil magnitude in the later stages of the pattern
  • Reducing recoil multiplier in single fire mode to help compensate for additional recoil in pattern.
  • Recoil should mostly be increased in burst mode rather than single fire mode
  • Reducing headshot multiplier 2.0 -> 1.75 (44 -> 39 damage headshot against no helmet base character)

  TipEA moved the recoil into burst mode and eased it in single fire, so tap at range and keep burst for close fights. The head to body damage gap also narrowed, so steady body fire costs you less than chasing flicks.

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• CHANGEWeapon Meta

  L-Star

  The L-Star has a new recoil pattern that kicks sideways at first and then settles into a steady upward climb, and feathering the trigger keeps it in the good part of that pattern; it also vents and cools faster when not overheated.

  • LSTAR has a new recoil pattern that kicks horizontally at first and then settles into a relatively consistent upward recoil. Players who feather the trigger will be able to keep the LSTAR in the good portion of the recoil pattern.
  • LSTAR venting time after letting go of the trigger 0.4s → 0.15s
  • LSTAR will now reduce heat faster when not overheated -- 1.15s from 99.9% to 0% charge if not overheated, still 2.45s if overheated.

  TipLearn the new recoil pattern to dominate close range - the weapon now punishes trigger discipline less and stays heat-efficient longer.

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• BUFFLegend Meta

  Octane

  Octane's Swift Mend heals twice as fast.

  Swift Mend: Doubled healing rate (from 0.5 hp/s to 1.0 hp/s)

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• RU

  ROTATION

  Replicator Updates

  Replicators no longer craft weapons and offer Shield batteries instead, and items you craft are reserved for you for the first 5 seconds unless you ping them.

  • For Season 7, we have removed weapons from the crafting pool and have replaced them with Shield batteries. The high level attachments will still be tailored towards a weapon category.
  • We now prevent other players from picking up items that you crafted for the first 5 seconds after crafting. This can be disabled by pinging the item.

  TipCrafting a battery for a teammate still locks it to you at first, and pinging the item is what releases it. Ping as soon as it drops so nobody stands over it waiting.

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• RD

  WEAKERGame Meta Changes

  Ring damage reduced

  Ring damage is lower from Ring 2 onward, with Ring 1 unchanged, so you have more time to heal or get out of the ring, such as popping a syringe in Ring 2.

  Ring 2: 3% per tick (from 5%): Particularly this change should allow players enough time to pop a syringe if they are picked up in Ring 2.

  • Ring 1: 2% per tick (same)
  • Ring 2: 3% per tick (from 5%): Particularly this change should allow players enough time to pop a syringe if they are picked up in Ring 2.
  • Ring 3: 5% per tick (from 10%)
  • Ring 4: 10% per tick (from 20%)
  • Ring 5: 10% per tick (from 20%)
  • Ring 6: 15% per tick (from 25%)
  • Ring 7: 15% per tick (from 25%)
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• BUFFWeapon Meta

  Sentinel

  The energized Sentinel now gets a flat damage boost against everything instead of bonus damage only against shields.

  • Energized Sentinel now has a pure damage increase, instead of bonus damage only vs shields
  • Energized Sentinel base damage 70 → 88

  TipCharged shots are now lethal to armored players - charge and peek to punish positioned enemies.

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• CHANGELegend Meta

  Bangalore

  Bangalore's Rolling Thunder explodes sooner after being thrown.

  Rolling Thunder: Time it takes for explosion 8 seconds → 6 seconds

  TipThe ultimate activates faster - enemies have less time to escape before the detonation wave hits.

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• BUFFLegend Meta

  Loba

  Ammo taken with Loba's Black Market no longer counts toward its limit, so you can grab all the ammo in range and still take other items.

  Black Market: Ammo taken no longer counts towards Black Market’s maximum. You can scoop up all the ammo in range.

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• CHANGELegend Meta

  Mirage

  Mirage's decoys from both Psyche Out and Life of the Party now have a set amount of health.

  Psyche Out/Life of the Party: Decoys now have 45 health

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• BUFFLegend Meta

  Rampart

  Rampart's Sheila spins up faster and the Amped Wall builds faster, so both are ready sooner in a fight.

  • Sheila: Now takes 1.25 seconds to fully spin up, down from 2 seconds.
  • Amped Wall: Now takes 3 seconds to fully build, down from 4 seconds.
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• NERFWeapon Meta

  Triple Take

  The Triple Take fires slightly slower.

  Fire rate 1.3 → 1.2

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• BUFFLegend Meta

  Wattson

  Wattson's Perimeter Security fences deal more damage each time an enemy touches them.

  Perimeter Security: Damage per touch 10 → 15

  TipHer pylon punishes pushing much harder - place it at chokepoints to lock down aggressive teams.

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• AD

  CHANGE

  Air Drop Clarity

  Airdrop beams are now colour-coded, tan for normal drops, blue for Lifeline's and teal for Replicator drops, and beams stay visible up close until the pod is opened.

  • The colors of the beams have been changed to differentiate between normal airdrops, Lifeline's airdrops, and Replicator airdrops. Normal drops are a light tan, Lifeline's drops are blue, and Replicator drops and teal.
  • All of the airdrops' landing area FX while it's coming down matches their colors.
  • Airdrop beams still stay visible when close to the airdrop, instead of fading when you get close. The beam still disappears when the pod is opened.
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• SD

  CHANGEWeapon Meta

  Supply Drop

  The former care package weapon goes back to its normal pre-season 6 version, with slightly lower bullet damage and standard ammo, magazine and reserve sizes.

  • Damage: 12 -> 11 (from Care Package version to normal pre-season 6)
  • Ammo 20/22/24/27
  • Magazine size: 35; reserve ammo: 175

  TipThis is the care package version returning to the normal pool, so it hits for less than the drop copy did. Pick it up expecting to build it, not to inherit a kit.

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