Apex Legends Season 18 launch date confirmed and a reworked Revenant is on the way
Apex Legends: Resurrection, the 18th season of the popular battle royale, will land on Tuesday 8th August. The biggest change coming to the game is the total re-work of the Synthetic Nightmare Revenant. Also, Broken Moon is being added to Mix Tape, the Charge Rifle gets some changes, and early Apex fans may be pleased to hear that Season 2's Disruptor Rounds are coming back!
First thing's first, let's get the big one out of the way — the revamp of Revenant. If you've been playing this deadly Legend throughout season 17 you may have noticed that he's beginning to act strangely, glitching and other out-of-character actions starting to come through. This is the start of the revamp of Apex's Synthetic Nightmare.
It's not a secret that the popularity of Revenant has dropped off in past seasons with their previous abilities not really keeping up with the fast paced combat laid out by the newer Legends.
The reworked version of Revenant brings in a brand new (and arguably more chilling) base look for the deadly simulacrum and completely changes all of their abilities. His new Passive is Assassin's Instinct and this gives Revenant a faster crouch speed and wall climb, but this isn't the most interesting part. Revenant will now also be able to see nearby enemies that are low on health and mark them for their team. The enemies will only be marked for a period of time, but there's no limit on how many enemies Revenant will be able to spot so this could really give your team the advantage.
Revenant's new Tactical is Shadow Pounce, so, yes — we are saying goodbye to Silence (one of my personal favourites) but the new ability combined with Revenant's abilities make them truly lethal. Shadow Pounce will let you unleash a powerful leap
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