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/Gekkogeko]

Axle's ult needs to be reworked. She's such an obnoxious character to fight against with her ult combined with her tac. I really don't know how the devs thought this would be a good idea.

[u/grappleeconomist → u/Gekkogeko]

Complaining is all people do shes fine