Summary
EA and Respawn have shadow buffed Wattson and Ash in the latest patch, but the changes were not mentioned in theApex Legendsmid-season patch notes.Apex Legendsis quite well known for surprising players with hidden secrets, easter eggs, buffs, and nerfs to keep them intrigued and invested in the game. As part of that, the devs released these unexpected buffs, which will definitely change howApexmatches play out and may affect the existing meta.
It’s been quite some time since the launch ofApex’s Season 21: Upheaval, which introduced the new legend, Alter.Apex Legendsreleased Double Take, the mid-season collection event, on June 25, which marks the beginning of the second ranked split in the season. This mid-season patch introduced several changes to gameplay and mechanics, which included several weapon buffs, along with changes to character abilities and level upgrades. On top of that, players are now discovering secret buffs to their favorite legends.
Wattson’s buff involves her Passive ability, Spark of Genius, which recharges the body shield when she’s out of combat for more than six seconds. Previously, Wattson’s Passive used to recharge one shield HP every two seconds, which took 50 seconds to recharge one shield bar, which equals 25 shield HP. With the secret new buff, the recharge time is cut down to half, meaning Wattson will now recharge one shield HP per second, taking her just 25 seconds to regenerate one shield bar. This means recharging a full red body shield will now take only 125 seconds, while it took 250 seconds before the buff. This will makeplaying with Wattson inApex Legendsa lot more effective.
Apex Players Discover Shadow Buffs to Ash and Wattson
Ash, the 122-year-old scientist, has received a buff to her Ultimate ability, Phase Breach, which tears open a portal. Before the shadow buff, the maximum length of the portal used to be 63 meters. After the mid-season patch, Ash’s portal can now be 77 meters long, which is a huge change in terms of distance in the game. This is a game changer forAsh mains inApex Legends, as they can now make a portal that’s pretty much half the length of Wraith’s portal. While Wraith’s portal can only reach places where she can go on foot, Ash’s portal can reach places where she can’t physically go without the portal, giving Ash mains a great advantage.
Though these buffs are great, the same can’t be said for all the changes in the Double Take collection event patch.Apex Legends' Bloodhound has received a big nerfin this patch, which is making the players very frustrated. Some of them even think that this nerf will make the recon legend useless and totally change the existing meta involving Bloodhound. It seems like players will be busy inventing new strategies and team compositions for the rest of the season.Apex Legendsplayers are hoping that these changes won’t affect the meta to the point where a legend becomes useless, making the gameplay experience worse.
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