Legend

— Kuben Blisk throughout the opening cinematic

**Legends** are the playable characters of *Apex Legends* and *Apex Legends Mobile*, each different from the other due to their abilities, playstyle, personality, and backstory. A new legend is typically introduced at the beginning of a Season.

## Available Legends

###  Assault

Assault Legends are those with abilities useful in the middle of combat. Their class perk allows them to open the secret compartment in Weapon Supply Bins, which always contains attachments. They can also carry more ammo in a single inventory slot.

* **Bangalore**
Professional Soldier
* **Fuse**
Bombastic Explosives Expert
* **Ash**
Incisive Instigator
* **Mad Maggie**
Rebel Warlord
* **Ballistic**
Refined Gunslinger

###  Skirmisher

Skirmisher Legends are those with abilities that help to get in and out of fights with ease. Their class perk allows them to see the contents of a Care Package from a distance, and if the Care Package has already been looted, they can see what was taken from it.

* **Pathfinder**
Forward Scout
* **Wraith**
Interdimensional Skirmisher
* **Octane**
High-Speed Daredevil
* **Revenant**
Synthetic Nightmare
* **Horizon**
Gravitational Manipulator
* **Valkyrie**
Winged Avenger

###  Recon

Recon Legends are those with abilities for scouting and gathering enemy intel. Their class perk allows them to interact with Survey Beacons to reveal enemy positions on the minimap for 30 seconds.

* **Bloodhound**
Technological Tracker
* **Crypto**
Surveillance Expert
* **Seer**
Ambush Artist
* **Vantage**
Sniper Savant

###  Support

Support Legends are those with abilities for protecting, reviving, or resupplying squadmates. Their class perk allows them to open the secret compartment in Extended Supply Bins, which always contains regen items or survival items. They also give their team the ability to use Replicators to craft respawn banner cards for their eliminated squadmates.

* **Gibraltar**
Shielded Fortress
* **Lifeline**
Combat Medic
* **Mirage**
Holographic Trickster
* **Loba**
Translocating Thief
* **Newcastle**
Heroic Defender
* **Conduit**
Shield Healer

###  Controller

Controller Legends are those with abilities that fortify a location or trap enemies. Their class perk allows them to interact with Ring Consoles to reveal where the Ring will shrink to next.

* **Caustic**
Toxic Trapper
* **Wattson**
Static Defender
* **Rampart**
Amped Modder
* **Catalyst**
Defensive Conjurer

## Common Abilities

Each Legend is defined by their unique Tactical ability, Passive ability, and Ultimate ability. However, the following are common to all Legends (unless modified by their abilities):

* Legends can walk, sprint, jump, crouch, crouch walk, slide, mantle, and climb walls up to 5-6 meters tall.
* Through the use of their jump kits, Legends can skydive from high altitudes, boost themselves along zip lines, and negate fall damage.
* Legends can equip two weapons of any type, as well as one of each kind of gear.
* Legends have 10 inventory slots that can be used to carry ammo, ordnance, regen items, and spare attachments. Equipping a  Backpack adds more slots.
* Legends can perform melee attacks at any time. It has a short windup, but deals 30 damage and knocks enemies back.
* When downed, Legends can still crawl slowly and defend themselves with a  Knockdown Shield if they have one. Squadmates that are still up can revive them.
	+ Legends can perform Finishers on downed enemies, which completely refill their  Body Shield while also killing the enemy.
* In Battle Royale:
	+ After dying, Legends drop their Death Box which contains all the items the Legends had. As well as their loot, Legends also drop their Respawn Banner, which allows their living squadmates to respawn the dead Legend by using a  Respawn Beacon, but it must be collected within a certain time limit, otherwise the Legend is out for good.
	+ Each Legend is part of a class, which are categorized between  **Assault**,  **Skirmisher**,  **Recon**,  **Support**, and  **Controller**. Each class has its own perk that applies only in Battle Royale.

### Hitboxes

Legends come in three different sizes: large, medium, and small. Though each Legend's hitbox is a bit different, in general, Legends of the same size use the same hitbox "rig" in which their hitboxes are based off of. This means that Caustic's hitbox is the same size as Gibraltar's, Mirage's hitbox is the same size as Bangalore's, Octane's, Crypto's, etc., and Bloodhound has the same head hitbox as all the other medium Legends, despite their head looking bigger. Because hitbox sizes significantly impact gameplay,  Fortified and  Low Profile were added in an attempt to even the playing field. In  Season 9, Low Profile was removed, causing the small Legends to receive boosts in win rate thanks to them being objectively smaller than other Legends with nothing to counteract it. In response, efforts were made to bring hitboxes closer together.

Exceptions:

* Pathfinder and Revenant's hitboxes sit between the large and medium rigs, leaning towards large.
	+ Pathfinder was originally on the large rig (like Gibraltar and Caustic), but this made little sense with his skinny model. In  Season 1, his hitbox was reduced to the point that it was skinnier than a medium Legend's; however, this increased his win rate so much that he was given  Low Profile. In  Season 7, Pathfinder's hitbox was increased, and Low Profile was eventually removed.
	+ Before being released, Revenant had the same skinny hitbox Pathfinder had (at the time), but it was adjusted to be bigger last minute. The developers were not aware of the last-minute hitbox change, which caused Revenant to be released with Low Profile even though his hitbox did not warrant it; Low Profile was later removed. In the  Genesis event, Revenant's hitbox was reduced.
* All the small Legends—Wraith, Lifeline, and Wattson—have gotten their hitboxes increased to bring them closer to the medium Legends. They are still smaller than medium Legends, but they now sit in-between the medium rig and the old small rig.
	+ Wraith's hitbox got increased in  Season 8.
	+ Lifeline's hitbox got increased in the  Genesis event.
	+ Wattson's hitbox got increased in  Season 11.

Even with the same hitbox, some Legends are still more difficult to hit due to having unique animations. For example, Wraith used to tucked her head in a lot during her sprint animation which made her harder to hit than other small Legends (back when they were all on the small rig).

## Trivia

* It takes roughly 9-11 months to create a Legend. Pre-production, each Legend's design goes through many changes, but once the design is approved and finalized, the next nine months are spent getting the character out. By that point, quick and sudden changes to the design cannot be made.
* Pathfinder is the Legend who has changed class the most times. He was originally classified under  Support. He was later moved to  Recon at the start of  Season 4, and once more to  Skirmisher at the start of  Season 16.
* Forge was announced as the Legend for  Season 4, but it was a misdirect. Forge was killed by the true  Season 4 Legend, Revenant, in "Up Close and Personal".
* Some Legends have an alternative descriptor on the official website.
	+ Fuse is "Explosives Enthusiast" in the game and "Bombastic Explosives Expert" on the website.
	+ Newcastle is "Mobile Guardian" in the game and "Heroic Defender" on the website.
	+ Vantage is "Survivalist Sniper" in the game and "Sniper Savant" on the website.
* Season 9 lore implies that the Legends also have additional duties for the Syndicate, such as search and rescue.
* Season 16 and  Season 18 are the only seasons to not introduce a new Legend.

## See also

* Abilities
* Heirloom
* Lore
* Season
* Town Takeover

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Original eight legends are listed in the order on the character select screen prior to Season 16
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carlos Pineda on Twitter
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 DanielZKlein comments on SEASON 6 PATCH NOTES
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Balance w/ Respawn Dev Jaybiebs & Liquid Hodsic|"The Bird's Eye" Competitive Apex Legends Podcast
5. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
6. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
7. ↑ DanielZKlein comments on SEASON 6 PATCH NOTES
8. ↑ DanielZKlein comments on SEASON 6 PATCH NOTES
9. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
10. ↑ Bloodhound's hitbox
11. ↑ Bangalore's hitbox
12. ↑ DanielZKlein comments on We’re the team who brought you Horizon, Olympus, and the rest of Apex Legends Season 7 (yes, including the Battle Pass). Ask us anything!
13. ↑ Daniel Zenon Klein on Twitter
14. ↑ John Larson|JayBiebs on Twitter
15. ↑ SEASON 8: MAYHEM PATCH NOTES
16. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/nfpbzb/official\_apex\_legends\_legacy\_update\_ama\_with\_the/gyn27hz/?context=3
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 DanielZKlein comments on SEASON 6 PATCH NOTES
18. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
19. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
20. ↑ John Larson|JayBiebs on Twitter
21. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
22. ↑ Moy Parra on Twitter