Gibraltar Guide - Apex Legends

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Balancing your team composition in Apex Legends is a huge part of winning. Developer Respawn Entertainment has shaken up the battle royale genre by adding characters with unique abilities to the proceedings, and in order to be effective against other teams, you'll need to know how they support each other. Respawn's changes to what players are used to in battle royale have been enough to attract some 50 million players to the game.

Of the initial eight characters in the game's roster, plus new addition Octane, Gibraltar is among the most defensive, with abilities that are all geared toward standing his ground and protecting teammates. Used effectively, Gibraltar can save teammates' lives and turn the tides of fights by making your team's position more defensible than the enemy's. But perhaps more than most other characters in Apex Legends, effective communication with Gibraltar is key, because he can do as much harm as he can good at times.

Playing as Gibraltar takes some getting used to, but once you've put some time in, you'll be saving your squad with dome shields and potentially dropping whole squads with effective mortar strikes. We've got all you need to know about Gibraltar's abilities, plus a whole mess of tips to help you make the most of any situation when playing as him.

We've also run down a whole lot of useful information Apex Legends doesn't tell you, and spent some time myth-busting to find out exactly what is and isn't possible in Apex Legends, so check those out. You might also want to read our Apex Legends review.

Gibraltar is called the «Shielded Fortress» on the Legends select screen, and that's the best way to think about him. Most of his abilities are about absorbing damage and pushing the other team