Apex Legends Likely Won't Be Getting An "Anti-Scan Legend" Any Time Soon
It looks like Apex Legends won't be getting a hard counter to any of the legends who can scan enemies anytime soon. Though the meta of Respawn's battle royale has favored squads that have at least one recon legend--particularly Bloodhound and Valkyrie--Apex Legends live balance designer John Larson isn't for putting in an «anti-scan legend» to outright counter that strategy.
«Not thrilled about the idea of an anti-scan legend,» Larson posted on Twitter. «Mostly because in a scan meta, now the counter is tied to a specific legend, which limits options.»
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In Apex Legends, there are a lot of different types of scans. Bloodhound, Crypto, and Seer can all use their tactical abilities to reveal the positions of enemies and traps, and Bloodhound and Seer can also passively track enemies through their passive abilities. Seer can scan and reveal the location of all enemies within a select space with his ultimate ability, Exhibit, as well.
Additionally, Mad Maggie scans anyone she damages, Ash scans deathboxes to reveal the positions of all the victim's killers, Fuse scans and reveals the positions of anyone caught inside his ultimate ability, Valkyrie scans and marks all enemies that she spots while dropping at the start of a match and then whenever she's redeploying, and Horizon highlights the position of enemies sucked into her ultimate ability.
Wattson and Caustic also get notified when their traps damage an enemy, and Mirage reveals an enemy's location when
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