Apex Legends‘newest season is here, and it is arguably one of the biggest season changes the game has ever had. The Season 8 update will include Fuse, the game’s latest legend, the new 30-30 Repeater rifle, and a recently destroyed version of Kings Canyon, which should provide many new areas to explore.
The biggest new addition this season is Fuse, a legend completely dedicated to explosives. His passive ability allows him to hold more grenades than other Legends and throw them more accurately. His tactical ability is a cluster bomb that fires small explosions that can stun enemy players, and his ultimate ability brings down a missile defense that creates a wall of flame around a small area.
This season also brought some big changes to Kings Canyon, after a ship crashed on the map and destroyed several of its cities. Players can now explore new areas of the map, including Spotted Lakes, which has a sniper’s nest. In terms of weapons, Season 8 adds the 30-30 Repeater, a heavy-hitting, slow-firing rifle that has to comb another round in between each powerful shot.
For an overview of all the changes Respawn Entertainment has made Apex Legends season 8 you can view the full patch notes. The Apex Legends season 8 patch will drop when the season kicks off February 2 at 1 p.m. ET.
Apex Legends Season 8 Patch Notes
Quality of life updates
Damage counter
- We have now added a damage counter to the HUD. This was a much-requested feature, so we’re excited to make folks easier to follow for chasing those badges and challenges!
Ping ammunition
- By pinging weapons or ammo in your inventory, quick chat will show your current ammo count along with ‘player wants ammo’.
Update for color blind
- Healing and reviving will now follow color blindness rules when color blind settings are enabled
Lore Blurbs on Canon Skins
- Some of our skins are canon and some are just for fun. For the skins that represent an important part of that character’s backstory, we’ve added a small blurb to describe the significance of that skin in the Legend’s life.
Legend Meta
Wraith:
Dev Note:
We know Wraith will always be a popular choice given the amount of combat features in her kit. After many tweaks to her skills and animations, the fact remains that her win rate remains on top, as it has been since day one. Season 7’s hit box tweaks to Pathfinder allowed us to control his power without disrupting his gear. We hope to do the same with Wraith.
Wraith now has a slightly bigger hit box than her fellow little legends, but the changes remain true to her model. Even with these changes, Wraith remains small and hard to hit. She will maintain Low Profile while we monitor her usage and profit rates to see if other ways of power return are available in the future.
Wal:
- Sheila angle increases from 120 ° to 180 °
- Wall health increased from 1 hp to 45 hp in the build phase (snipers still pierce)
Dev Note:
Rampart has been at the bottom of our performance statistics since its release. Her kit is built heavily around proactively establishing a powerful position, but in a game that moves as fast as Apex, we found that her walls need some reactive power as well. We keep a close eye on these.
Horizon:
- Gravity Lift effective cooldown increased from 21s to 25s. The 15 second cooldown will now start when the gravity lift disappears.
Dev Note:
Horizon came out strong, to the point where it rivals Wraith in win percentage and pick rate. For now, we’re monitoring her usage and seeing if the cooling changes have a significant effect.
Octane:
Launch Pad Remastered: Many players may have known about Octane’s “super jump” that was possible with a well-timed jump while hitting the pad. Once the double jump option was introduced, there was an input clash leading to unreliable usage. We decided to add some launch options that are better defined than the old super jump.
- Hitting the bouncer from a standing position launches players along a high arc (the speed and trajectory of the old super jump).
- From a crouched position, players launch along a low arc, meaning they fly lower but farther horizontally.
Crypto:
- Remove the ability to stick arch stars to friendly drones.
Loba:
- Loot in unopened healthcare packaging is now visible with Eye for Quality and accessible through the Black Market Boutique.
Corrosive:
- All gas will now disappear once Caustic’s team is out.
Mirage:
- Mirage decoys create footstep sounds.
Dev Note:
This change was incorrectly mentioned in Fight Night’s patch notes when it actually came with this patch. Mirage decoys now have footstep audio in a limited capacity. There won’t be a tornado when an enemy Mirage comes close, but it should be a little more difficult to get the real Mirage from audio signals alone.
Weapon Meta
Fully equipped rotation
- Removed: Wingman, Sentinel, Havoc, G7, Dynamo
- Added: R-301, 30-30 Repeater, Mozambique, Longbow DMR, Spitfire
Attachments
- We remove the golden barrel from the loot
Hop-ups
- The Double Tap hop-up is removed from the loot pool
- The anvil rounds hop-up is added to the loot inventory
Volts
- Bullet damage dropped from 16 to 15
Dynamo
- Bullet damage increased from 15 to 16
Spitfire
- Bullet damage increased from 18 to 19
- The reload speed has been increased from 2.8 seconds to 3.2 seconds
- The speed of the empty reload has been increased from 3.33 seconds to 3.8
EVA 8
- Rate of fire increased from 2.0 to 2.1
Bug fixes
Corrosive
- Sonar capabilities no longer stop Caustic’s highlight vision.
Loba
- Fixed a few exploitable areas on Kings Canyon that Loba could reach through her bracelet.
Wal
- Jumpads in Octane’s city takeover no longer allow Rampart to place Sheila on them.
- Fixed an issue with Rampart’s passive persistence even after switching characters in the shooting range
Havoc
- Fixed an issue that caused the Havoc to have 100% accuracy when shooting through Rampart’s Amped Cover with the hip.
Peacekeeper
- Fixed a POV issue that occurred when using Horizon’s abilities and then immediately went to ADS with a Peacekeeper.
Clubs
- Re-enabled ability to invite friends from the Friends list to the club
- Fixed an issue that caused some users who opt out of Last Squad Invites from appearing in club event timelines when placed in the top 5 of a match
- Failure to connect to the club database will no longer result in a misleading “Kicked from club” message
- Players will no longer be kicked out of clubs when switching profiles on Xbox.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where crowds were not cheering on the Pathfinder’s Town takeover.
- Fixed an issue that prevented some heirlooms from appearing in the Heirloom Store.
- Fixed an issue that allowed Thermites to deal damage through certain walls on Olympus.