The free-to-play battle royale-hero shooter game Apex Legends, developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, features a diverse cast of playable characters known as Legends. Apex Legends is set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall series, with several characters from the Titanfall series appearing either as minor characters or playable Legends.

The game launched with 8 characters, with at least 16 more added in each subsequent new season post-release. A match starts with each player selecting from one of the available hero characters for a bloodsport competition known as the Apex Games, which operates in an area called The Outlands. The games involve combatants entering an arena on the island and battling each other in squads of three. The victors among the contestants of the Games or "Legends" are known as "Apex Champions".

While each of the game's characters have their own unique abilities and play styles, they are broadly divided into five role classifications: Assault, Skimisher, Recon, Support and Controller. Each character comes with a passive ability, a tactical ability and an ultimate ability. Season 16 implemented a new system that emphasizes new class-specific perks to add a new layer of strategy to this shooter, with each of the five classes having a unique perk attributed to it.

The game's cast of Legends is notable for its diverse inclusion of different cultural, ethnic, gender and sexual orientation identities. The characters have an overall positive response from critics and academic publications.

Assault

Ash

Ash was originally Dr. Ashleigh Reid, a scientist who worked on working on Project Iris alongside her mentor Horizon to research the existence of a material called Branthium, which can only be found in black holes. She is reconstituted as a simulacrum, a robotic construct, prior to her death.

Ash's playstyle favours aggression.

Ballistic

Ballistic is the call sign of August Montgomery Brinkman, a billionaire orphan who decided to use the financial resources he had access to early in life to dominate the battlefield. He can shoot a projectile that causes an enemy's projectile to overheat as they shoot. He can also support nearby teammates by granting them faster reload and movement speed, as well as infinite ammunition.

Mad Maggie

She was introduced in Season 8 of the game as the childhood friend of Walter "Fuse" Fitzroy. Maggie and Fuse became mercenaries together while dong some shady deals to increase their power. She can move very fast with shotguns. Mad maggie also has a riot drill that can phase through any surface and deal damage to the enemy.

Also, she can throw a giant wrecking ball that destroys everything in its paths, including players. The giant ball also, creates an path that increases her speed. Mad Maggie's playstyle favours aggression.

Bangalore

Bangalore is the callsign of Anita Williams, who was separated from her family during a military mission and wants to make some money in the Apex Games in order to be reunited with them.

Fuse

Walter Fitzroy, or Fuse, is a mercenary from Salvo.

Skirmisher

Horizon

Dr. Mary Somers, also known as Horizon, is an astrophysicist and gravitational expert originally from the planet Olympus. She survived being stranded near a black hole for 87 years as a result of Ash's treachery, and is intent on searching for the whereabouts of her son that she left behind.

Her Passive and Tactical abilities involve adjustments to her custom spacesuit for navigation purposes and the manipulation of gravity respectively.

Valkyrie

Kairi Imahara (Japanese: 今原カイリ; Imahara Kairi) better known as Valkyrie, is a high-flying Legend introduced in Season 9 of Apex Legends. Her equipment includes a jetpack built from the parts of a salvaged Titan. Her purpose for joining the Apex Games was to find her own path in life apart from her father's legacy. her father is very iconic for his role as viper in titanfall 2 as a Apex predator.

Pathfinder

A robot with an overly cheerful personality within the roster of Apex Legends. His kit is oriented mainly on movement, which in itself is centered on various ziplines to reposition himself or even teammates. His tactical is to shoot out a grappling hook then swing himself through the air with it whilst his ultimate is to erect a zipline that he and his teammates can ride on.

Wraith

Dr. Renee Hope Blasey, better known as Wraith, is an amnesiac scientist from another dimension. She entered the Apex Games to discover secrets about her past.

Octane

Revenant

Horizon

Recon

Bloodhound

An enigmatic technological tracker and expert huntsman that utilizes high-tech gadgetry to pursue their enemies on the battlefield.

Bloodhound see footprints left behind by other players as a passive ability. The Eye of the Allfather, which invokes elements of Norse mythology. Their Tactical Ability reveals hidden enemies, trips and other secrets, and their Ultimate ability and enables them to move faster and highlight opponents for the player's benefit.

Crypto

Crypto is the alias of Tae Joon Park, a hacker and encryption expert who was framed for a murder.

Crypto deploys a series of aerial surveillance drones to aid him in battle.

Seer

Obi Edolasim, or Seer, was named a cursed child at birth and branded an outcast by his community, although he is loved by his parents and raised to be kind and compassionate. He gains renown after he accumulates a series of victories in the Apex Games, by using his skill with micro-drones to his advantage, eventually gaining a fan following.

Vantage

Controller

Catalyst

Catalyst is the alias of Tressa Crystal Smith, who hails from the planet Boreas, where the residents learn early to manage resources efficiently. She is the first transgender character introduced in Apex Legends.[1][2] Catalyst has the ability to manipulate a substance called ferrofluid and apply it in combat situations. She can use ferrofluid to barricade doors, throw out a patch which turns into spikes, and raise a permeable wall of ferrofluid to hinder her enemies as her Ultimate ability.

Caustic

His real name is Alexander Maxwell Nox, he is also known as Dr. Mikhail Caustic. He grew up in the planet Gaea which is home to legends like Crypto and Rampart.


Rampart

Wattson

Support

Gibraltar

Makoa Gibraltar is a large built man whose strong defensive abilities is intended to fulfill the classic "tank" role in a team.

Lifeline

Ajay Che, or Lifeline, is a healer who renounced her association to her family, who made their wealth profiting from war, and dedicates herself exclusively to good causes.

Most of Ajay's abilities are administered by her companion drones. Her D.O.C. drone revives downed party members as part of her Passive Ability.

Loba

Loba Andrade is a master thief with teleportation abilities. She grew up an orphan after her family was killed by Revenant, which forced her to survive by picking pockets and cultivating her instincts.

Newcastle

A defensive legend who had no choice but to join the Apex games in order to protect his family. He can res players while being protected with shield that block damages. He can also jump and pounce to ground to create cover for his team.

Mirage

Mirage is one of the oldest legends in the Apex games. He can create mirage of himself to convince the enemy. He also has the ability when resing someone to become invinsible to everyone.

Reception

The characters of Apex Legends have received significant coverage for the perceived diversity of its playable characters, although some reviewers felt that the nature of the game did not allow for a narrative which properly highlights this diversity.[3][4][5]

Several characters are LGBTQ, including one non-binary character,[6] and a trans woman.[1] Catalyst received a nomination for Best LGBTQ+ Character at the Gayming Awards 2023, but lost to Lor from New Tales from the Borderlands.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Faulkner, Cheri (October 17, 2022). "'Apex Legends' introduces first transgender Legend Catalyst" – via NME.
  2. ↑ Chung, Stella (July 1, 2023). "How Respawn Created Catalyst and Championed Inclusivity in Apex Legends — IGN". IGN.
  3. ↑ Hoon Chan, Khee (February 20, 2019). "Apex Legends review: a more welcoming take on battle royale". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ Calypso, Mellor (June 28, 2019). "Apex Legends' diverse cast is great for the present, but E3 left me excited for the future". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ Jackson, Gita (June 2, 2019). "Sadly, It's Surprising That There Are Two Black Women In Apex Legends". Kotaku. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ Morrow, Emily; Walker, Alexis (November 1, 2022). "Who are Apex Legends' LGBTQ characters?".
  7. ↑ Gayming Staff (April 24, 2023). "Gayming Awards 2023 Winners Revealed". Gayming Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2022.

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