AfterApex Legends’ lackluster Switch release, many may have believed it would stick to its guns: PC and consoles. But an all-newApex Legendsgame, built from the ground up for mobile, is releasing worldwide today, May 17.Apex Legends Mobilefeatures a limited cast of characters for now, but it will likely introduce old ones alongside its exclusive game modes and characters too.
In fact, for launch, a new face is joining theApex Legends Mobileroster: Fade. Fade can be described as a more offensive version of Wraith, who gets a speed boost after sliding, can flashback in the void, and can cast everyone into the void (which has a serious number of potential competitive plays). However,Fade’s role as an offensive legendmay be concerning for some fans.
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Apex Legends’ Overstuffed Offensive Roster
As it stands, there are 21 characters inApex Legends(as opposed to the10 characters inApex Legends Mobile). These characters are divided into four classes, as seen below:
Offensive: Ash, Bangalore, Fuse, Horizon, Mad Maggie, Mirage, Octane, Revenant, Valkyrie, Wraith
Support: Lifeline, Loba
Recon: Bloodhound, Crypto, Pathfinder, Seer
Just looking at thislist ofApex Legendscharacters, there’s a pretty obvious preference for offensive, assault-based legends. There are 10 offensive legends, making up essentially half the roster, to the 5 defensive legends, 2 support legends, and 4 recon legends. Many have called for new support characters for quite some time, as Lifeline is a launch legend and Loba was all the way back in season 5.
It’s worth noting that the recent,massiveApex Legendsleakshowed a ton of Defensive, Support, and Recon characters in the works, but the rate at which they release will likely take another year, at least, to perhaps even this out.
Apex Legends Mobile Roster Can Avoid These Offensive Character Overload
With that in mind, it’s worth looking atApex Legends Mobilecharacter roster:
Support: Lifeline
Recon: Pathfinder, Bloodhound
There is a similar occurrence here, where the offensive legends are half of the launch roster, with two defensive legends, one support legend, and one recon legend filling it out. Now, given themeta ofApex Legends, more assault characters than other classes may make sense; at the same time, half the characters being offensive is a bit much.
Apex Legends Mobileshould focus on filling out its Defensive, Support, and Recon characters equally from here, alongside its offensive legend releases. There are plenty of these characters to choose from, andexclusiveApex Legendscharacters should focus on support, as well as non-offensive classes. It’ll be interesting to see how future exclusive characters are received, but while some base game fans may not be happy with them, a better balancedApex Legends Mobileis good for its future.
Apex Legends Mobileis available now on Android and iOS devices.
