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Apex Legends: Season 24 “Takeover” has seen the long-awaited rise of the Assault Legends. These Legends have been underpowered for long enough, and are now dominating the battlefield with amazing new perks.
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You may be wondering what the changes are, and you may find yourself finally wanting to try out some of the Assault Legends you’ve been waiting to get buffed — so we’re here to give you a full guide to the new Assault Class.
What Are The Assault Class Changes?
Last Season, Season 23, was the “Season of Supports”, and now it’s the Assault Class’s turn with a revamp of their Class Perks. Apart from this, many of the Assault Legends have seen a great buff this Season, so they’re more than viable for you to try out. And if you’re already a main of one of these, rejoice! This Season will be especially fun for you.
New Assault Class Perks
Apart from the Perk that was already here beforehand, two more have been added, and so the current Assault Class Perks are as follows:
- Battle Surge: Breaking enemy shields increases movement speed, reload speed, and highlights victims.
- Combat Reserve: Carry extra Ammo and Ordnance. Access the hidden loot in red Weapon Supply Bins for High-Value Weapon Attachments.
- Stowed Reload: Automatically reload stowed weapons after a short delay.
To break these down further, essentially, combat has been made far easier for Assault Legends, which is their role anyway. When in a fight, upon breaking shields, your reloads become far faster, and you get a slight movement speed increase.
The reload speeds are additive, however, so getting a Boosted Loader Hop-up makes reloads very close to instant. This is especially useful on the Eva-8, for example. All enemies around you are highlighted through walls as well, for a short period.
You have two extra slots for Ordnances (grenades) and the same Perk from before to open Weapon Supply Bins and stack additional Ammo in each slot.
Arguably better than Battle Surge, however, is Stowed Reload. You essentially have a golden magazine on any weapon you pick up, permanently (without the magazine size increase), as it will automatically reload after three seconds of being stowed. In many situations, this means you never have to reload.
Assault Legends Buffed
The madness doesn’t stop there though, as two Legends in particular have seen an incredible buff this Season: those being Ash and Ballistic, and a minor buff was given to Mad Maggie.
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Legend |
The Buff |
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Ash |
Ash gained a midair dash and new level-up Upgrades, among which you can gain a second dash charge. This dash makes her more mobile than most Skirmishers, and she still has the Ultimate Ability, which can now have two charges as well if you’re Evo 2, each of which has a greatly boosted range. This, paired with the Assault Class changes, makes Ash sit atop tier lists and her pick rates are higher than ever. |
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Ballistic |
Ballistic, on the other hand, hasn’t been viable for very long, which is changing this season. Changes to him include twice the amount of charges on his Tactical Ability, with increased damage, the Sling being capable of holding Care Package Weapons (which do get infinite ammo when using the Ultimate), and, by default, the weapon in the Sling will gain attachments based on your Evo Level. |
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Mad Maggie |
Mad Maggie also now destroys Gibby’s Bubble and can destroy Newcastle’s Ultimate. |
How To Play Assault Legends
Assault Legends are now made for combat. Your role is to maintain and win fights whilst controlling the enemy to where they have far more trouble pulling through; but keep in mind, the popularity of the changes will increase the odds you’re going to go up against a team with an Assault Legend on their side, too.
Your main objectives will be the following.
Keep Those Shields Broken
Your main priority is giving your team intel via breaking shields and reloading quickly to decimate each enemy individually first. After this, you can mow them down as they’ll all be low, and quite possibly panicking.
Stash As Many Grenades As You Can
Fuse mains especially, filling out just three slots with grenades and the two bonus ones means you’ll have eight grenades to work with. This lets you control the enemy very easily, and otherwise, the Rampage can become the gorgeous weapon it was always meant to be by filling it up with Thermites.
Land On Weapon Supply Bins
Early game, you can get many attachments that will give you an advantage right away. Don’t look for specific weapons you like, instead look for weapons that can benefit the most from the Attachments you just found in the early game. Once you’re at mid-game, you can look for any weapon you like.
Always Switch Weapons
Empty your weapon, stash it away, and use your other weapon. Once it’s empty and the other reloaded, switch back, rinse, and repeat. This will ensure you’re always pushing the enemy away and scaring their socks off. Fear is a very powerful advantage on the battlefield.
These tips can be applied to any Assault Class Legend (except maybe the grenade tip, as it is viable, but Fuse can benefit from it the most), but because of the massive reworks to Ash and Ballistic, we find it important to add a bit to these two as well.
How To Play The New Ash
So, with the new dashes, she can act as a semi-skirmisher. A great tactic we found is to take a shotgun, and then dash around the enemy to confuse them whilst blasting their HP down with volleys of pellets.
Her escape is bigger now, so don’t be afraid to be aggressive and land as much damage as you can on a single enemy before retreating. Her tactical can be used to initiate fights, and then an Ult charge can be spent to disengage, without at all needing to rely on your team for help!
A counter to this is hard to find, and many Legends have no choice but to sit there and accept defeat, as they do not have time to get out of the snare before they’re dead.
How To Play The New Ballistic
Upon dropping, get a weapon into the sling immediately. This will give you at least optics, and some basic attachments, and — well, you already have a great advantage over most enemies around you! And this applies vice versa; do not land close to an enemy Ballistic, as they’ll try to do the same.
Upon engaging, immediately hit them with a smart bullet. Don’t forget to let it lock onto the enemy first, so you have no chance of missing it, and you have an immediate advantage.
Finally, your Ultimate is there for when the fight has started, and you’re not stuck behind cover healing. The moment you’re not losing the fight, use it, and the fight should be yours for the taking!
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