Apex Legends Season 20 Gets Rid of EVO Shields and More
Apex Legends is celebrating its 5th year anniversary and season 20 is bringing about a complete overhaul to the classic battle royale mode. Not only is Apex Legends getting a new performance 120fps mode for consoles, new shield system, and a new leveling system in matches, and more. Here’s what you need to know about Apex Legends Breakout.
New Leveling System
When playing battle royale in Ranked or Casual in Apex Legends, you will now be using a Leveling System to unlock better shields and modified abilities. When entering a game, you’ll enter at Level 1 with a basic Shield.
When you do Class actions, do damage, or get kills you’ll get XP that will increase your Level. Additionally, you can find Evo Harvesters around the world that will grant your team 400 XP. Think of this system like the FPS version of League of Legends match leveling.
When your teammate performs a Class Action, you’ll also get some points to your level. Class actions include Support Legends opening the extra Support Bins, or Controller Legends scanning Ring Consoles.
There are four total Levels and each one comes with a Shield upgrade and two modified abilities. At Level 2 you get a choice between two modified abilities and at Level 3 you get your final choice between two modified abilities. These additions are meant to encourage different playstyles within the battle royale.
When you earn a level up, the prompt will come up on your screen and you can select your new modified ability immediately or open your inventory screen and select from there later.
Shields Overhaul
Evo Shields were the previous iteration where you could earn new Shield levels by doing specific amounts of damage. The new armor will only upgrade now through the new XP Level system in each match.
When you earn a new Level, your shield will upgrade and you’ll earn a new pip (another bar). After you hit a new level, your shield will also automatically regenerate slowly but will pause if you take damage.
Shields are no longer
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