Apex Legends Season 18 - Revenant Rework Abilities and Weapon Changes Explained

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After this month's in-game teases of Revenant getting a major change up, the time is finally here! Apex Legends Season 18 Resurrection sees the huge rework of Revenant, completetly changing the way his Legend kit works. Not only are his abilities completetly altered, but there are major weapon changes on the way, and new gameplay updates. The new season Resurrection launches August 8th so here’s everything you need to know to prepare.

Revenant has been reworked with a new set of abilities. Here’s how Revenant’s kit works now:

For players who don’t have Revenant unlocked, he will be free all season long free to use. But if you want to unlock him permanently, Revenant can be obtained by completing some challenges.

As with every season update, there have been a few weapon changes made to try and balance gameplay. All SMGs are getting a slight nerf with lowered headshot multipliers and less mag capacity.

The R-99 is getting an increase in vertical recoil and a decrease in base ammo capacity. Eric Canavese, Lead Weapons Designer, wanted to give Shotguns a season to shine and that’s been reflected in seeing the Mastiff getting its blast pattern tightened for consistency.

The Charge Rifle has been reworked as well. It will no longer be a hitscan and will be instead a projectile based weapon that will also have bullet drop. There will no longer be the prefire beam and will have different handling timings with reloads and draws. It won’t automatically fire and it will have to charge, like the Titanfall Charge Rifle where you had to fully charge the weapon before it would actually fire. It’s still a remaining a Sniper Rifle and will now do more damage the further a target is.

Care Package weapons have been switched around for Season