Apex Legends desperately needs a new Support Legend in Season 12
After six seasons of Offensive and Recon characters, Apex Legends needs a new Support Legend to counteract the chaos and provide an alternative style of play.
Since Apex’s release all the way back in 2019, Respawn Entertainment has added 11 new characters to the roster, giving players a huge selection of 19 Legends in total. Each of these personalities have their own set of abilities and unique mechanics that can take thousands of hours to fully master. However, over the last six seasons, the devs have continuously introduced Offensive and Recon-style Legends that push players to take aggressive gunfights and hunt down their opponents. While this design choice does ensure matches are always action-packed, it doesn’t cater to players who prefer to take up a more supportive role, and it only adds to the long-standingthird-party problem frustrating the community.
One new Support Legend in 11 Seasons
Not only that, Respawn’s decision to continue adding location and recon-style abilities to the game with Ash and in particularSeer, has only accelerated the third-party issue plaguing King’s Canyon, World’s Edge, and Olympus. After the infamous “scan meta” that arose with Seer in Season 10, it felt like a perfect opportunity to introduce a Support Legend in Season 11 that could act as a counter to the abundance of Recon and Offensive abilities. Instead, Titanfall’s Ash arrived, another Offensive character with an unbelievably fun kit that unfortunately still pushes the same search and destroy play style.
The difficulties of designing a Support
WithSeason 12on the horizon, it’s an opportunity for Respawn to deliver a well-thought-out Support that’s engaging and fun to play.
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On top of this, a Legend that slows down the pace of matches and potentially even counters a lot of the Recon abilities could help aid the frustrating third-party issues the community has been facing. Either way, after six seasons with no Support, the anticipation has been building and the devs will need to knock out of the park when the Legend finally arrives.
