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We now know what Apex Legends’ Legend Meta looks like in Season 14 as Valkyrie receives a gigantic nerf alongside other balance improvements
The patch notes for Apex Legends Season 14 are out and we’re in for a spicy shake-up with the legend meta! The competitive scene in season 13 was full of Valkyries flying around, pulling offrotationswhenever their teams found themselves in sticky situations. In fact, Valkyrie was at a 96% pick rate at the ALGS championship. She’s so dominant in the meta right now that the competitive meta has seeped into the casual meta. Valkyrie is everywhere even in regular matchmaking with players trying to emulate the professional scene.
Meanwhile nobody really cared about Newcastle. You know, the new Legend that was added to the game in season 13. The poor guy’s been languishingoff the gridwith Crypto at a 1.6% pick rate. The player base on reddit has been predicting a nerf for Valkyrie for a while now. And boy have Respawn Entertainment delivered. Onefly-swattersledgehammer nerf coming right up in season 14! Meanwhile, Newcastle will essentially receive buffs across the board, making him much more viable, along with Maggie. Horizon is down bad, too, with her ultimate receiving nerfs across the board.
Everybody asksWhy is Valkyriebut nobody asksHow is Valkyrie
Valkyrie mains are going to be really disappointed with Season 14 because she’s been bonked by the nerf hammer quite hard. Worse than Caustic’s hammer, in fact. Her ability to simply leave messy fights is no longer as seamless as it was. Her missile swarm is no longer as oppressive as it used to be and she’s much easier to shoot out of her skyward drive.
Here’s a post-mortem from the season 14 patch notes.
Horizon’s Blackhole has beennewtered
Horizon, another legend that enjoyed immense popularity in season 13 is going to be much weaker in season 14. Her ultimate ability has been weakened quite a bit and is much easier for opponents to escape. Essentially, her blackhole bot,Newtis now made of paper machete and goes down quick, even to Horizon’s own squadmates.
Black hole sun,won’t you come?
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Is Newcastle finally going to see some popularity?
Newcastle has had an underwhelming launch season, to say the least. By the end of season 13, he’s sitting at a 1.6% pick rate alongside Crypto, who’s supposed to beoff the grid. Respawn has taken notice of this and is showing him some love with a whole range of buffs across the board. Here’s what they entail.
Maggie was already a great legend but she isn’t too popular because of her high skill-ceiling. She’s sitting at 1.9% in terms of pick rate, just above Crypto and Newcastle. There is a case to be made, however, that she’s actually really strong against defensive legends. She’s going to be much stronger in season 14, because Respawn Entertainment is showing her some love with their latest buffs.
Mirage is now the anti-scan king in Apex Legends Season 14
He’s now a certified anti-recon legend, in that all his abilities will now bamboozle scanners (Not you, Pathfinder). His decoys can now be picked up by Valkyrie’s Skyward Dive and Seer’s Passive. They’ll have to think twice before they just rush to engage any team they catch unaware (if Mirage is picked enough, that is).
Is Apex Legends Season 14 a whole new meta
Looks like we’re going to see a whole new meta in Apex Legends Season 14, with lots ofweapon changesand balance updates. Hopefully, we see more fun legends like Maggie, Newcastle, and Mirage in the competitive scene, and thankfully, less of Valkyrie and Gibby the pick rates get more diversified. There are a few tiny adjustments to other legends which you can read in thefull patch notesby Respawn Entertainment.
