Apex Legends players fear that Newcastle’s abilities will make Lifeline irrelevant
As Apex Legends continues to grow in popularity so will its extensive roster of playable legends. While expanding the roster of legends and giving players new ways to compete in the Apex games is always a good thing, some older legends tend to be forgotten about and fall below the curve. One of these legends is Lifeline, a support and healing focused charecter that has had a little done to her over the years, leading her to be outclassed by several of the more recent legends.
The newest legend, Newcastle, almost seems to be in direct competition with Lifeline as his abilties somewhat match Lifeline’s abilties, only they do it better. For example, Newcastles passive ability retrive the wounded allows you to revive downed allies as you drag them to cover and protect them with your revive shield. This ability is very similar to an older version of Lifelines passive that was since removed due to it previously being too strong.
Furthermore, Newcastle’s mobile shield tactical ability is essentially a reworked version of Lifelines old ability that would deploy a shield infront of your ally whilst reviving them. This ability gives Newcastle even more effectiveness as a combat medic as he can practically always be protected while assiting a downed ally.
Through the years Lifeline has lost her ability to heal herself faster, revive faster, and apply cover to those that she is reviving. Currently within Apex Legends it is almost always a better idea to pick Gibralter over Lifeline as he has the ability to revive faster wihtin his bubble shields. With the addition of Newcastle aswell, it really seems that Lifeline is being left out as a support legend.
The Apex Legends community has continued asking for a rework or large buff to
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