

And if you eliminate someone, swipe it from their deathbox.

If you miss, simply retrieve the arrow from whatever structure it’s punctured. This means that your success rate of striking enemies won’t permanently affect your ammo reserves. A small quality-of-life feature that players will appreciate is that arrows get lodged in whatever surface that they hit.

Arrows are a new ammo type that can be found alongside the items you’re used to picking up, but, to prevent the bow from becoming too powerful, it’ll be a less common spawn. Of course, if your accuracy with non-automatic weapons is as mediocre as mine, you’ll really have to time your shots. The Bocek Bow is optimal at medium-range and can shred shield and flesh health bars alike. Nevertheless, the latest weapon to join the loot pool is a force to be reckoned with. It took me a while to get half-decent with the wingman (I’m inconsistent with the popular hand canon, at best), but the bow will likely take me even longer to reach amateur proficiency. I was downright awful with the Bocek Bow. How About The Bocek Bow? Is It Worth Using? Solo-queueing in casual matches is understandable, but Arenas appropriately emphasizes team play. Often I would ask less-mobile players to spend most of their crafting materials on shield cells and syringes so that our dps all-star could prioritize high-tier firearms. Strategizing with teammates on what to buy each round made for some truly rewarding wins. I enjoyed Arenas so much because of how Apex Legends’ fluid combat mechanics and strategy-focused loop were masterfully translated into compact engagements. With the ring slowly pushing firefights to specific choke locations and the complete absence of respawn points, rounds went by quickly (unless, I ran into an absolute beast that could clutch 1v3s like a pro). This means that you’ll need to micromanage your inventory quite often and decide what’s most important to you: myriad healing items, charged-up abilities, or kitted weapons. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Arenas is that each player will have to purchase their equipment with crafting materials before every round. If you’re tired of third-parties, then hop into Arenas where you’ll be pitted against one other squad in small- to medium-scaled maps specially made for the fast-paced game mode. Ultimately, I don’t think that Valkyrie will shift the ranked meta in any substantial ways (at least, not like Horizon did back in Season 7), but you’ll definitely see a lot of her in casual play.Īrenas brings another competitive experience to Apex Legends, and I love it. Here’s a quick tip: if you play with a premade squad, consider making your Valkyrie player the shot-caller as she can spot enemy positions and advantageous rotations with an all-encompassing perspective. Her ultimate – a visually stunning redeploy that even her squad can capitalize on – is also pretty awesome to say the least. Valkyrie can fire missiles at her enemies, dealing a decent amount of damage but, more importantly, stunning them for a short amount of time. I mean, we’ve all been practicing our accuracy on Horizon these past few seasons. Airspace travel also makes you an easy target for snipers and just about anybody else that has above-average aim. However, your greatest strength is also a particularly deadly weakness. Her kit is similar to Pharah from Overwatch in that you’ll spend most of your time maneuvering at high altitudes to find solid high ground. Many years later, Valkyrie decides to enter the Apex Games in memory of her father’s legendary legacy. In Titanfall 2, protagonist Jack Cooper played an important role in the ultimate fate of Viper. Valkyrie is Apex Legends' most Titanfall-adjacent playable character she’s the daughter of Viper, an incomparable pilot and a member of the notorious Apex Predator mercenary unit.
