Respawn has teased upcoming support Legends coming to Apex Legends in the future.
Fans of Apex Legends have been wanting more support legends in the game for a long time. Respawn hasn't given much attention to Support characters in recent seasons, and it seems that the developers are looking to change this. After the release of Mad Maggie in the upcoming Season 12, Respawn has confirmed that they'll be working on a new support Legend to add to the roster.
Apex Legends has only two support Legends in the game right now, which are Loba and Lifeline. There is only a single option for players who prefer to play a healing playstyle in the Outlands in the form of Lifeline. Respawn plans to boost the underserved playstyle in future updates.
Fans of Apex Legends have been waiting patiently for years while Respawn has been releasing Assault Legends back to back. Loba was the last support Legend that was released in Season 5, after which Fuse, Horizon, Ash and now Maggie belong to the attacking class of Legends in the game.
The wait seems to be almost over as gameplay engineer Chris Winder has confirmed that they are working on releasing more support legends in Apex Legends.
Winder said:
He continues to say that the devs are always looking for what's not being serviced adequately in the game and that after releasing so many assault Legends they are going to look at other playstyles not served by these recent characters' skill sets.
He confirmed that Support is one of those underserved playstyles and they'll have to start working on introducing more support Legends to the game. There may also be other playstyles that aren't serviced that the developers will also look into as time goes on.
Although players can feel hopeful, it should also be kept in mind that Winder's tease may not mean that these changes will
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