Apex Legends' New Character Classes Explained

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This season, Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment is shaking up the meta like never before. Nowhere is this more evident than in the developer's recently revealed plans to sort the legends into new character classes, a change that will go into effect when Season 16: Revelry launches on February 14.

In a recent blog post announcing the changes--collectively referred to as Remastered Legend Classes--Respawn confirmed that players can still expect to see new playable characters in the future, and explained the reasoning behind the decision to re-work all 23 legends. «We wanted to see how the core Legends could evolve the ways players have been using them,» the blog reads.

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The new Remastered Legend Classes system rearranges the legends into one of five character classes: Assault, Controller, Recon, Skirmisher, and Support. Each class has its own unique perk that only applies to the legends in that class. The legends within each new class, and the Class Perk that applies to them are listed below:

Assault legends have a special Class Perk that allows them to hold more ammo per inventory slot. Assault legends can also upgrade loot via a Smart Loot system located in hidden compartments located within new Weapon Supply Bins. Weapon Supply Bins work just like the ones in the IMC Armories on Storm Point--they only contain attachments that are compatible with a player's current loadout.

Regarding the changes to the Assault class, lead Apex Legends designer Devan