New Apex Legends character Vantage comes with her own custom sniper rifle

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Apex Legends: Hunted is soon to release, and leading the charge is Vantage - the youngest Legend ever inducted (or abducted) into the Apex Games. Vantage hails from the icy world of Pagos, and her skills as a sharpshooter are borne out in her three powerful abilities - not least of which is her custom sniper rifle Ultimate, which she can bring out before the ability has even fully charged in order to snipe enemies and mark them for increased damage for her entire team.

Take a closer look at her dangerous-sounding abilities in the new Apex Legends vignette trailer below.

It's early days for predictions, but so far it seems like Vantage may end up being a very strong addition to the Apex Legends characters roster. Her Spotter's Lens Passive ability provides some amazing detail for both ranked and unranked players alike, allowing you to scope in on an enemy and see the colour of their Evo Shield, the number of players in their team, and a bullet drop indicator for long-ranged scopes.

This dovetails perfectly with her Ultimate, Sniper's Mark, which gives Vantage the use of her own custom sniper rifle, modified from an old predecessor of the Sentinel. What's interesting is that this Ultimate ability doesn't charge up like regular Ultimates. Instead, she can use it at pretty much any time, but leaving the Ultimate charging for longer increases the number of shots she can fire one after the other, up to a total of 5 shots.

It's a pretty punchy rifle too, dealing 50 damage with the first shot on an enemy, but marking them for increased damage in the process. For the next 10 seconds after being shot, that enemy will take a bit of extra damage from Vantage's teammates, and a whopping 100 damage from each subsequent shot of