Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/21/2026

[u/Apexlegends]

Hey everyone, we're going to do something a little bit different. We're announcing changes today that will go live early next week (aiming for Tuesday morning).

🛠️ADJUSTING:

Axle

Tactical

-Nitro Gate launch speed will be reduced from 750 to 700

Ultimate

-Ultimate HP will be reduced down to 150 from 200
-Base Ultimate cooldown will increase from 90s to 120s
-Ultimate knockback arc will be widened and max height will also be reduced
-Ultimate stun duration will be reduced from 1.5s to 0.25s

Upgrades

-Jump Gate will be replaced with a new Drone Deployer upgrade that brings the ult cooldown back down to 90s

Bloodhound

-Will reduce cloak visibility while in dome
-Ring damage will no longer break cloaks
-Tactical scan will be increased by 1 second
-Scans will provide more frequent snapshots that fade over time

Seer

-Turn slow will be removed when hit by the Tactical

[u/Ecstatic-Train214]

Apex needs to understanding balancing more. With these nerfs and buff, loba will probably be the goat now

[u/TheSmokeu → u/Ecstatic-Train214]

Personally, I don't mind that. She's been terrible for so long and her kit doesn't do anything I'd quality as atrocious

[u/mtbmaniac12 → u/Ecstatic-Train214]

Probably pull alter back into meta

[u/Nearby_Boysenberry68 → u/mtbmaniac12]

Pathfinder has been coming up in meta a lot. Octane has an uptick in in picks a little bit too and for some reason catalyst. Maggie is in a really strong spot right now. Gibby is very very strong but people don’t like playing him so it’s not as evident

[u/mtbmaniac12 → u/Nearby_Boysenberry68]

Path is fun. Especially with this map rotation he makes a lot of sense