Apex Legends Season 20: Breakout launches subsequent week, and at the moment, Respawn gave gamers a style of what the long run holds through a brand new gameplay trailer that exhibits off Apex’s shocking new defend system.
Though it’ll carry 100 new Legend-exclusive perks to the sport, Apex’s new Legend Upgrades system may even see EVO Shields totally faraway from the loot pool. As of Season 20, EVO Shields will probably be changed with Defend Cores, which solely spawn in deathboxes, and should solely present gamers with momentary safety.
Beforehand, EVO Shields spawned on the ground and in Provide Bins, and getting your palms on high-tier physique safety was considerably random. With the launch of Breakout, physique shields will probably be tied to every participant’s “Legend Degree,” which will increase as they do injury and carry out sure class-exclusive actions, like scanning Survey Beacons and ring Consoles.
When a participant’s defend ranges up from white to blue, they will be confronted with a alternative between two buffs which might be distinctive to the Legend they’re enjoying and final till the tip of the match. A alternative between two extra distinctive perks is offered when a Legend’s defend ranges up from blue to purple, giving gamers a bit extra flexibility with regards to customizing their gameplay expertise. The trailer featured a clip of Lifeline selecting a perk that enables her to revive herself after being downed.
The trailer additionally confirmed that one other long-awaited function will probably be hitting the sport when Breakout goes reside: a 120 FPS efficiency mode for console gamers.
Apex Legends Season 20: Breakout launches Tuesday, February 13. For extra info on the brand new season, check out our behind-the-scenes chat with Apex Legends lead author Ashley Reed.