Apex Legends Guide
Respawn Entertainment2019PC, PS5, Xbox, SwitchBattle RoyaleRating: 88
Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale by Respawn Entertainment. Teams of 3 (or duos) drop onto a map, with unique Legends having special abilities. Features fast-paced movement, ping system, and seasonal updates. One of the most popular battle royales.
🎮 Beginner Legends
- Wraith: Phase shift — escape danger, high mobility
- Bangalore: Smoke and artillery — easy to use
- Lifeline: Healer — essential for teams
- Pathfinder: Grappling hook — high mobility
- Bloodhound: Tracking — find enemies easily
💡 Start with Bangalore or Lifeline — they're forgiving and useful.
🔫 Weapon Guide
- R-301: Best AR, stable and accurate
- Flatline: Hard hitting AR, no stock needed
- R-99: Fast SMG, high DPS
- Peacekeeper: Shotgun, devastating if accurate
- Longbow: Sniper, consistent damage
- Kraber: Legendary sniper — one shot body kills
🏆 Winning Tips
- Stick with team: Don't go solo — you'll get third-partied
- Use pings: Communicate without voice chat
- Slide jump: Crouch while sliding to jump farther
- Manage inventory: Don't hoard ammo and heals
- Positioning: High ground wins fights
⚠️ Don't loot too long — the ring moves fast in Apex.
🗺 Drop and Rotate
- Land a named area off the drop line, loot fast, then rotate along the ring edge rather than through the middle
- Fragment East is a coin flip; if you land there, take the tall building and hold the zip instead of pushing the lobby
- Always know your third-party exit before you start a fight
🔫 Guns and Shield Swaps
- R-301 + Peacekeeper: flat recoil at range, shotgun for the door push - the most consistent pair
- Flatline: better hipfire than the 301; run it with a 1x, not a 2x
- Shield swap: in a box fight, taking a dead enemy's armour is faster than healing your own - practise it
🥇 Ranked Habits
- Points come from kills plus placement; ratting to top five with zero damage still climbs, just slowly
- Play one legend until you know the cooldowns without looking - Wraith, Bangalore and Lifeline punish mistakes least
- Third party, don't initiate: in ranked the team that starts the fight usually loses it to the team that arrives late