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Bloodhound

??? — Bloodhound

Technological Tracker

“I am the hunter the Gods have sent.”

Voiced by: Allegra Clark (English), Inga Smetanina (Russian)

Bloodhound is one of the Outlands' most skilled hunters, fabled for their ability to track their mark and hunt them down — and known for little else. Name, face, history, little about their personal life is known, despite their competition in the Apex Games as one of its champions. Just about the one thing that could be said for certain is that they fight for the Games' glory: calling upon Old Norse Gods of ages long since passed, it seems that they aim to appease the gods through their fight.

Bloodhound is a skilled hunter who excels at tracking down enemies in hiding and giving chase to fleeing foes. Their tactical ability, Eye of the Allfather, scans the area in front of them and briefly reveals the position of enemies and traps - not just to Bloodhound themself, but to the rest of their squad too. Their passive ability is Tracker, which allows them to see "clues" that indicate recent actions of enemy players, such as spent bullet cartridges or skid marks from sliding, forming a trail that Bloodhound can follow. Their ultimate ability is Beast of the Hunt which causes Bloodhound's senses to kick into overdrive upon activation and highlighting enemy positions and footprints, as well as granting them a speed boost for the duration of the ability.

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• The Ace: While Bloodhound’s true past and history is unknown in-universe, they're considered by the general public to be one of the best hunters in the Outlands.
• Ambiguous Gender: Bloodhound wears concealing clothes, and is referred to with non-gender specific pronouns in their character bio. They have a female voice actor all of the languages the game comes in, but their dialogue is pitched down and filtered to sound androgynous. Word of God has stated Bloodhound is non-binary.
• Ancestral Weapon: Their axe is inherited by them through their deceased uncle, Artur.
• Animal Motifs: Ravens. Bloodhound’s raven companion, Artur, is often seen posing with them. Also, ravens spawn near tracks generated by Bloodhound’s “Tracker” passive, and their legendary skin, "The Plague Doctor," gives them the real-life plague doctor’s signature beak mask which is reminiscent of birds in general. Season Two further upped this trope by revealing Bloodhound's heirloom, which is named "Raven's Bite" and has the visage of the raven on the side opposite the blade.
• Big Damn Kiss: In this video with Fuse, after a Dramatic Unmasking and surrounded by his mortar flare.
• Birds of a Feather: They're quite receptive to Catalyst. As pagans who don't conform to the gender they were assigned at birth and were raised into communities that shunned their beliefs, it's not for no reason.
  [When thanking Catalyst] "Thank you. This hjarta recognizes yours."
  [Ditto] "My thanks. I trust your eyes to see the same world."
• Blood Knight: Bloodhound seems to treat the Apex Games as a way to honor themselves, which makes sense considering the Norse mythology of Valhalla.
  Bloodhound (intro): "The hunt begins."
• Butt-Monkey: The launch trailers treat Bloodhound as little more than cannon fodder. They are killed no less than three times in the first trailer, sniped by Wattson in the second, blown up by Mirage in the third, and then dispatched by Horizon in the seventh. Whenever there is combat between the legends on screen Bloodhound rarely makes it out on top.
• Calling the Old Man Out: After being shamed by their uncle Artur for using a Charge Rifle to take down a massive beast, Bloodhound called out their uncle as a coward who stuck to “The Old Ways” simply because he feared what he didn’t understand, and stormed off in frustration. Sadly, Artur’s refusal to use advanced weaponry is what seals his fate - as well as the fate of many of his villagers - when the beast Bloodhound thought they killed came back for revenge.
• Classical Hunter: They're effectively this trope IN SPACE!: they fight for glory, their skills are just being trained to track and hunt down opponents, and they have an affinity for nature.
• Cold Sniper: Typically shown with various Sniper Rifles, reflecting their usually-distant nature from the matters of other Legends. Their "Downtime" and "Dead to Rights" banner poses respectively show them with the Longbow and Kraber, and The Old Ways has them with a Charge Rifle. Said Charge Rifle is significant enough to be important to them, as their Bloodhound's Trials has a lore event only unlocked if they bring a Charge Rifle to the location. Sniper rifles are generally also a decently useful pick for them, as sniper scopes also allow Bloodhound to see Tracker clues from further away.
• Combat Compliment: When Bloodhound scores a kill, they sometimes praise their enemy for having fought with bravery. Also, see Honor Before Reason below.
  Bloodhound (to a kill target): "We fought. This makes you brave and no coward."
  Bloodhound (to a kill target): "Your strength showed life... be proud."
• Dramatic Unmask: Unmasks so that they can kiss Fuse. Doubles as The Unreveal, since their face remains obscured from the camera.
• Difficult, but Awesome: Bloodhound’s kit allows them to access recon beacons in order to find the next ring, and specializes in stalking opponents as well as finishing them off - which includes multiple stat boosts to help accomplish this - but using their abilities will create loud as well as visual cues which can alert third parties to Bloodhound’s location.
  • “Tracker” allows Bloodhound to detect visual icons which reveals actions taken by opponents within ninety seconds, like where they ran as an example. Where it gets tricky is the large amount of visual icons a player must remember in order to make sense of their opponent’s actions, and they must also avoid being too distracted with the visual clues; an opportunistic enemy who watches Bloodhound investigating the area can get a jump on the unsuspecting tracker, turning them from hunter into a victim.
  • “Eye of the Allfather” is a tracker ability which scans the immediate area in a wide radius, and reveals the location of any opponents and/or traps caught in the vicinity. It’s useful to pinpoint the exact location of enemy hostiles, but it also warns opponents Bloodhound is in the area.
    • A buff introduced in Season Four tripled the scanning distance, and added a extra second of seeing marked opponents. It’s recommended to use this ability when visiting a new area; the scanning distance is usually enough to cover portions of a battleground where enemies without sniper rifles are likely to fight from, and knowing which enemy teams has trap users (e.g. Caustic) can inform Bloodhound’s team which enemies they should attack first - if they fight at all.
    • Another buff was included in Season Six that lowers the cooldown of this ability to a mere six seconds while “Beast of the Hunt” is active. It also scans much faster than normal, all of which makes it a lot easier for Bloodhound’s team to track down opponents in a chaotic firefight.
  • “Beast of the Hunt” grants stat bonuses to Bloodhound for thirty five seconds, including infrared vision of their opponents in a monochrome view to see opponents easier along with a speed boost. When combined with “Eye of the Allfather,” there is little hope of Bloodhound’s prey escaping them, but it unleashes a loud screeching sound which can be heard from a considerable distance; this can draw unwanted attention from a third party. Therefore it’s great for finishing opponents, but your team needs to loot and recover from wounds fast; a third party might arrive to take advantage of your weakened team.
    • During Season Three a secret buff was added - which didn’t appear on the patch notes - that gave Bloodhound the ability see the level of armor worn by opponents who are shot at. This helps players focus down the weakest opponent in a fight, and smart teammates can capitalize on this by concentrating fire on the opponent Bloodhound is hunting down.
    • During Season Six, even more buffs were added to increase this ability’s power. The duration for which is lasts is extended even longer when Bloodhound scores a kill during the final seconds of the ability’s duration, making it easier to keep it active.
• Due to the Dead: The "With Honor" finisher involves Bloodhound showing respect to their victim by placing their weapon back in their hands after death and saluting them.
• Expy: In terms of abilities (especially the tactical), Bloodhound is similar to the Pulse Blade pilot from Titanfall 2.
• The Fatalist: Bloodhound considers victory or defeat as being at the whims of the gods, although they don't pretend to know what their fate is.
• Flirtatious Smack on the Ass: Pulls a gun on Fuse when he moves in to do this at first. "Butt smacks" become his go-to way of expressing affection to them, and Bloodhound's reception to them generally becomes more accepting as their relationship deepens.
• Forced to Watch: A young Bloodhound watched helplessly as their father tried to reach safety from New Dawn’s flash freeze disaster, only to die before their eyes. In real life, technology has oftentimes broken down to the point of inflicting massive casualties, and making certain areas uninhabitable in the aftermath; the Chernobyl disaster is a grim example.
• Foreshadowing: Before "The Old Ways" cinematic video revealed much of Bloodhound’s backstory, Season Three introduced a few loading screens with information which players theorized was part of their origins. A full video was released in regards to these theories, and listed below are some of the theories involved:
  • The loading screen “A New Dawn,” introduced in Season Three, introduces a man named Johann who landed on the planet Talos. Johann was excited to live a new life there with his wife, child, and brother named Artur. Bloodhound’s raven companion is named Artur, and the human Artur was noted in the loading screen to have a dislike of electricity, hinting that human Artur hated advanced technology. Just like how the raven Artur hates Pathfinder, an advanced robotic being.
  • The loading screen “World’s Edge - Meltdown” mentioned a community of hunters whom spurned modern day technology and lived on the borders of the ravaged town. Bloodhound was later confirmed to have grown up among these hunters under the care of their uncle Artur.
  • Finally, the Season Three cinematic launch trailer revealed Bloodhound seems to have a particular beef with Pathfinder, declaring the latter’s death by gunfire in Artur’s name. The human Artur displayed an intense hatred towards modern technology, blaming it for the devastation of New Dawn. He refused to hunt using advanced technology of any kind, and called out Bloodhound for taking down a mark with a Charge Rifle. While Pathfinder, or any other MRVN robot, doesn't seem to have played a direct role, it's likely that the raven Artur simply shares his namesake's loathing towards machines.
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: In line with being a Norse Neo-Pagan, Bloodhound likes to sprinkle what sounds like Icelandic or Old Norse into their voice lines.
• Hoist by Their Own Petard: In “The Old Ways” cinema, Bloodhound’s uncle Artur - along with several of the villagers - die in a Curb Stomp battle from the beast due to their primitive weaponry not even scratching the fierce creature. Had Artur allowed the villagers and a young Bloodhound to arm themselves with advanced weapons he had forsaken, they would’ve stood a better chance against the beast. Bloodhound learned from this encounter that advanced technology should not be scorned if it can save lives.
• Honor Before Reason: Bloodhound behaves this way often. The "With Honor" finisher, for instance, involves them placing their victim's weapon back into the latter's hands and saluting. While this can be considered “honorable,“ it isn't the wisest thing to do in combat if the victim isn’t confirmed to be dead yet.
• Hyper-Awareness: Bloodhound's tactical ability - “Eye of the Allfather” - reveals hidden enemies, traps and tech (such as Lifeline’s D.O.C. Healing Drone) through structures and smoke. Their passive, “Tracker,” allows Bloodhound to see clues left behind by enemy players as well as what actions they took within ninety seconds (e.g. healing themselves).
• Iconic Item: “The Raven's Bite,” Bloodhound’s heirloom.
  • Also, the respirator they wear. After Bloodhound finished off the beast which killed their uncle along with several of the villagers, they wore a respirator they found inside the tunnel in order to survive the gas which ended the beast’s life. However, they continued to wear to it as a symbolic means of having embraced both advanced technology as well as their uncle’s teachings of the hunt, combining the two to become the Bloodhound we know of in the present.
• In Harm's Way: Bloodhound mentions feeling most alive while straddling the line between life and death.
  Bloodhound (intro): “The place between life and death is where I feel most alive.”
• It's All My Fault: Sees themselves as part of the reason why Talos is destroyed from Hammond Robotics' destructive mining of the planet. Some of their interactions with Fuse have him reassure them it's not their fault.
• Just Friends: In the Season 14 story: Bloodhound comments that they aren't romantic partners with Fuse. Fuse gets bewildered at this comment, having believed otherwise, Vantage has already seen the two as romantic based on previous interactions, and Bloodhound isn't sure of their own answer either.
• Limit Break: “Beast of the Hunt” shifts the view to monochrome, highlights enemies in red (even through minor obstructions like smoke, though not walls), and provides a movement speed boost. This ability is useful when opponents flee, giving Bloodhound a major advantage when hunting down prey who do not take a final stand.
  • In a meta sense, Bloodhound punishes opposing players who run, rather than fight. Their quotes of honoring those who fought with bravery is a hint to not run when their ultimate ability’s signature screeching noise is heard in the distance. Those who do have little chance of escaping an opposing Bloodhound in pursuit of them.
• The Lost Lenore: Some of their voicelines reference a mysterious "Boone" person. According to Pathfinder's Quest, Boone was a past lover of Bloodhound who met them on Talos, looking for a beast to fight in an arena only to be killed dishonorably by it. Bloodhound fights in the Apex Games to this day in the hopes of redeeming Boone's chance into Valhalla.
• Malevolent Masked Man: Played with. Bloodhound wears a gas mask in most of their skins and, unlike Caustic, you can't make out any of their features. They also appear menacing, though personality-wise they aren’t malicious - unlike Caustic - and thus are a non-villainous variant of this trope.
• Meaningful Name: "Bloodhound" is the name of a dog breed renowned for being excellent at hunting as well as unmatched by other dogs for tracking a particular scent. In-game, Bloodhound’s passive “Tracker” allows them to see visual tracks let behind by opponents within ninety seconds, and can also see what actions they committed as well, giving Bloodhound and their team a visual summary of what their opponents were up to.
• Mysterious Past: Nobody other than the villagers from Bloodhound’s hometown on Talos knows their background or real name.
• Not Afraid to Die: Many of Bloodhound’s quotes make this apparent.
  Bloodhound (to a kill target): "I am ready for my end. There's no fear."
• Not So Above It All:
  • As Loba discovers when Bloodhound and herself are teammates Bloodhound is afraid of tall heights - which is ironic considering their bird motif. A special voice interaction takes place when the two enter the OL-Energy Depot on the Olympus map revealing Bloodhound is terrified of the see-through catwalk in the area as well as the zip lines going across the clouds:
    Loba: "Beautiful - Whatever is on your mind... you're hiding it poorly."
    Bloodhound: "I... cannot see the ground. It is bothersome. That is all.”
    Loba: ”Ohhh. Of course.”
  • In the Season 9 Twitter comics, they get floored by Fuse's gesture in learning Icelandic. In return, they give a flustered "toast to more buttsmacks". Fuse loses his head laughing at the silly toast, and while Bloodhound denies saying it at first they eventually start chuckling along with him as well.
  • A Season 6 loading screen following Bloodhound's narration claims they're above the petty squabbles of the Legends, noting that the others fought in unison once — including villainous Legends like Revenant and Caustic. Come Season 12, their interactions with Mad Maggie have them be very defensive and protective of Fuse, concerned over both their safety around her from his remarks.
  • Season 8 introduces Bloodhound's relationship with Fuse by having them point a gun at him when he moves in close for a butt slap. As of becoming an Official Couple with him starting Season 15, they've actually gotten fond of his flirting, though they'll usually ask him to wait until after the games.
    Fuse: [Thanks for item] "Aw, I could kiss ya. Get over 'ere!"
    Bloodhound: "Not now. But, perhaps soon."
• Not So Stoic: The climax of the Season 11 Apex Chronicle has them deliver increasingly anxious, frustrated, and loud Big "NEI!"s at their vision pinning the blame on them for everything wrong on Talos.
• Not the Intended Use: “Beast of the Hunt” utilizes psychological warfare, and in the hands of a crafty player it can be used to manipulate opponents' decisions.
  • First, it can be used to scare off wounded/ill-equipped opponents with the screeching sound it makes. Opponents who are hurt from a battle might flee if they hear the sound, giving Bloodhound and their team free loot from a defeated opposing team the victims of this tactic had just killed themselves. This is also useful if Bloodhound lost a teammate - or is alone - and knows they are outnumbered against an enemy team in order to secure useful loot. However, an opposing team who falls victim to this ploy might heal themselves up; recharge their shields; then go back to investigate where they heard the sound come from. Loot fast if you have no intentions of fighting the opponents.
  • It also allows Bloodhound to see opponents from a distance with ease, which can be useful for sniping purposes. Even if opponents know Bloodhound activated their ultimate ability they won’t know where Bloodhound’s exact location is, which can make opponents fearful they’re being watched in the distance by a sniper.
  • Finally, you can use the ability to draw third party attention on purpose if opponents are nearby. Since third parties won’t know exactly where Bloodhound is, they’ll investigate the area, which can cause the two hostile teams to clash with each other. This is potent later in a match when the arena is smaller, and you want to avoid fighting opponents yourself.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Bloodhound's real name is unknown in-universe, and they go by their callsign at all times (itself a translation).
• Plague Doctor: Bloodhound has a legendary skin which utilizes this appearance.
• Poirot Speak: Peppers their sentences with words of a strange foreign language similar to Icelandic and Old Norse, though their meanings are still clear by context as well as resemblance to English words.
• Post-Apunkalyptic Armor: While the Outlands can be considered a Crapsack World, it’s not to the point of total societal collapse, yet Bloodhound’s outfit has a "salvaged" look with special credit going to the nuts and bolts hanging off the headgear.
• Religious Bruiser: Bloodhound is a devout Norse Neo-Pagan; many of their lines reference the Allfather and the Norse gods. Part of their motivation for joining the Apex Games appears to involve honoring their gods.
  Bloodhound (to a kill target): "I win as the gods will it."
• Replacement Goldfish: Boone, their past lover, is described in Pathfinder's Quest as having night-black hair and a sharp chin. Such a description could be likewise applied to Fuse, who Bloodhound has been bonding with since his introduction.
• Scarily Competent Tracker: Bloodhound’s entire kit in a nutshell.
• Scary Scarecrows: The aesthetics of their Season Three Halloween “Fight or Fright” event skin.
• The Stoic: Bloodhound doesn’t show a hint of emotions, if at all, and their speech doesn’t reveal much in the way of their feelings. Even during Season Six, Bloodhound remained focused on an unknown goal while being in contempt of their teammates’s bickering (after the events of the Season Five “Broken Ghost” storyline) over matters which Bloodhound considers petty.
• Super Mode: Bloodhound's ultimate in a nutshell.
• That Came Out Wrong: Some Season 14 interaction voice lines with Fuse end up being this.
  Bloodhound: [While giving first aid to Fuse] "Back on your feet, my mate."^note Fuse, an Awesome Aussie, usually uses the term "mate" for teammates and friends; when Bloodhound, a Classical Hunter, says it, it's easy to assume they mean "mate" as in a bond between two animals.
  Fuse: "Haha... mate, eh?"
  Bloodhound: "Oh, uh, nei, uh, I am veikr^TL "sick" in Icelandic with your tongue... language!"
• This Is My Name on Foreign: Bloodhound refers to themself as "Bloth Hoondr."^* Which would be spelled "Blóð Hundur" in proper Icelandic, but the subtitles are simplified to be legible to English-speakers. However, they also are fine going by the same call name in English, "Bloodhound".
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Starting from Season 8, Respawn seems to have given Bloodhound a break from endlessly jobbing to the other legends in trailers. In Season 8, they pull a Wingman on Fuse when the latter attempts to swat their butt, in Season 9 they get knocked down by Fuse, but is rescued by Lifeline and Valkyrie, and in Season 10 they get their revenge on Fuse for the aforementioned two incidents.
• Tragic Keepsake:
  • Their heirloom is essentially this, as it's a family axe that their uncle Artur gave to them as he was dying.
  • Their wrist-mounted scanner is this as well; Pathfinder's Quest suggests that it's a gift from a dead partner, Boone.
• Vague Age: While we do see Bloodhound as a child in The Old Ways, there's no indicator of how long ago that was, and their age remains a mystery. Their relationship with Fuse suggests that they're somewhere on the older side of the roster.
• Vein-o-Vision: Enemies are highlighted in red when detected by Bloodhound’s tactical ability, “Eye of the Allfather,” or when Bloodhound activates their ultimate ability, “Beast of the Hunt.”

Crypto

Tae-Joon Park — Crypto

Surveillance Expert

“It’s hard to be scared when you’re prepared.”

Voiced by: Johnny Young (English), Alexander Dzyuba (Russian)

Word is that Crypto knows everything about anything. Using his drones to spy on enemies in the Games, Hyeon Kim is an expert on information, but little is known about the man himself — though his drones resemble those of wanted murderer, Tae-Joon Park. An orphan raised on Suotamo, Tae-Joon and his foster sister Mila Alexander escaped poverty by becoming computer engineers, up to and including creating drones to watch the Apex Games with. But after being caught for the murder of Mila Alexander for unknown reasons, Park mysteriously vanished. Kim insists that he has no association with Tae-Joon, and is participating in the games to "seek justice", but for who and why isn't known.

Crypto is an expert hacker who scouts the arena with his deployable drone and pinpoints the locations of enemy squads. As such, his kit revolves around his tactical ability, Surveillance Drone, which allows him to pilot the drone and fly it around the battlefield up to a distance of 200 metres away from his current position. A short button press will throw it forwards, and while looking through his drone he can scan Champion banner screens to determine if enemies are near. His passive ability, Neurolink, highlights the location of any enemies, traps, doors, and supply bins in sight of the drone even when he's not controlling it. His ultimate ability activates the Drone EMP, releasing a shockwave from the drone that temporarily slows nearby enemies and deals damage to their shields, as well as disabling any traps in the vicinity.

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• Arch-Nemesis: Caustic. These two hate each other to the point they’ll make petty insults towards each other, even when teammates working together, though the in-story reasons why stem from the fact Caustic holds a grudge against Crypto for unknown reasons.
  • The book “Apex Legends: Pathfinder’s Quest” revealed that Caustic is Crypto’s stepbrother, and the two hate each other due to this. They also both admire Wattson, but whereas Crypto managed to befriend her once more by revealing his true identity to her, Caustic continues lying to her about his involvement with Revenant during the Season Five “Broken Ghost” storyline. This has put a wedge between him and Wattson, and he hates Crypto since Wattson only wants to be around him.
• Arc Symbol: Crypto’s signature logo is a stylized picture of a hooded man with electronic implants on his face. It appears on everything related to him, and as shown in the "Forever Family" trailer it was designed by himself.
• Asian and Nerdy: The game's first confirmed Asian legend - Korean, to be exact. He's an expert at hacking computer systems, and used to wear Nerd Glasses until the Syndicate captured his foster sister and framed the crime on him.
  Mila: "Hello?"
  Tae-Joon (Was too distracted from designing his logo to respond): “...”
  Mila (eyes roll): "...Aaaand this is why you are single."
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Based on his early appearances, it appeared as though he was a sword user thanks to some object's handle poking out from over his shoulder when viewed from the front; as it turned out, said object was his drone, not a sword. When he finally got his own Heirloom, it was a sword whose hilt resembles his drone.
• Badass Bookworm: He started as an IT specialist who used his drones alongside his foster sister to broadcast the Apex Games to its audience, but showcased an impressive amount of athletic prowess during his cinematic background story, “Forever Family,” where he escaped from several Syndicate mercenaries who tried to murder him.
  • Also, he managed to overpower Mirage - who was caught off guard since he wanted to have a fun conversation with the “second smartest guy in the Outlands” about who destroyed the tower (from Season Two, unaware Crypto was the culprit). Then the two worked together in tandem, albeit grudgingly, to defeat opponents in an Apex Games match.
• Bash Brothers: With Mirage, ever since the Season Three cinematic launch trailer was released. Season Five further expanded on this with new exclusive voice lines between the two if they’re on the same team, and while they still grate on each other’s nerves it’s clear they will back each other up.
  Mirage: (When a neutral care package is dropping on the map) “Care package... they found you Crypto, run! Heh heh heh, I’m just busting your pork chops, you paranoid weirdo.”
  Mirage: (When reviving Crypto) “No it’s ok no need to thank me, just remember that I saved your life, and you owe me for all eternity. Simple as that, Cryppy.“
  Mirage: (When being revived by Crypto) “W- Aww, no! Aww, you couldn't have just let me die, Crypto!? Just so- it's embara- so... so dumb.“
  Crypto: (When thanking Mirage) “Thank you. Maybe you’re not the fool I took you as... for now.”
  Crypto: (When rescuing Mirage while downed) “Yeah, don’t worry, I’ve got you old man.”
• Break His Heart to Save Him: The Season 14 story has Mila confide in Wattson that Crypto can't find her at all costs. Despite his constant quest to reunite with his foster sister, Mila insists that he can't make contact with her, since doing so would just be foolish and end up attracting attention from the Syndicate.
• Broken Ace: He's a talented hacker who discovered the Syndicate was illegally fixing matches in the Apex Games to determine which legend(s) would win, is described by Lifeline as someone who "knows everything about anything,” and is also athletic enough to be a bloodsport superstar. At the same time he is paranoid everyone is out to get him (which is unfortunately justified in regards to the Syndicate), moody, and shuns almost everyone while he continues to find ways to destroy the Syndicate for good. The other legends almost never see him outside of the Apex Games because he leaves whenever he gets the chance before others can even talk to him, thus no one knows him on a personal level (other than Wattson, as of Season Seven) as well as the struggles he faces.
• Byronic Hero: An Anti-Hero example. Crypto is cynical, revenge-driven with a Dark and Troubled Past, and entered the Apex Games to destroy the system from the inside out - which means eliminating other contestants along the way, and those who interfere with his plans. Yet he has strong personal beliefs, does respect those who are humble, and has a softer side which he makes known to those he cares about. And while his primary reason for his actions is to get revenge on the Syndicate, he has several good reasons to take them down.
• Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Has this with Caustic after Season Five whenever they’re teammates.
  Crypto: (reviving Caustic): "You're necessary. Get up!"
• The Cracker: When Tae-Joon and Mila found the cheating algorithm which could be used to predict Apex Games results, Tae-Joon refused to use it - despite the fact it would let him cheat his way to predicting victors in the Apex Games, or at least sell it for a good amount of money. But after the Syndicate captured Mila and framed Tae-Joon as a murderer he went all-out cracker.
  • Crypto was responsible for destroying the repulsor tower at the start of the Season Two cinematic launch trailer, and became a legend in order to sabotage the Apex Games for revenge.
    Crypto (intro): "I'm not a pawn. I'm here to break the game."
• Crazy-Prepared: Crypto's quote above invokes this. His play style encourages careful planning since his drone enables players to surveil an area before entering it, therefore rewarding players who like thinking ahead as well as coordinating attacks with their teammates.
  • As a bonus, Crypto’s drone can pick up teammates’s banners as well as revive them from a safe distance, so if his squad is wiped he has the means to bring them back with greater ease than most legends. It’s also armed with an EMP to screw with opponents who try to stop you.
• Cute Machines: His drone, which is tiny, views the world through a single eye, and adorable.
• Cyborg: Implied. Crypto has visible cybernetic implants all over his chin and neck. However, it’s unknown if they were grafted onto his skin - like traditional examples - or can be detached. A dev revealed the cybernetic implant on his chin makes his face appear different when viewed upon by cameras as well as cybernetic devices. This helps him infiltrate places while keeping his true identity a secret.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Was orphaned during the Frontier War while he was still a child. It doesn’t get any better for him as an adult either.
• Difficult, but Awesome: Crypto’s entire kit revolves around his drone, which has its pros and cons:
  • The drone is able to scan all enemies/traps within thirty meters of its front view - highlighting them to make it easier to see their location - and will relay this information to his allies as well as himself thanks to his passive, “Neurolink.” It can fly indefinitely up to two hundred meters, will continue to scan opponents/traps for his team even while he isn’t actively piloting it, and will tell him how many enemy squads are within the local area when he looks at an in-game banner while in drone view; he can ping the banner to tell his teammates in-game. As a bonus, his weapons will begin to reload when he enters drone view.
    • However, the drone can be destroyed, and while its small as well as nimble it only has fifty health points (which restores itself when recalled by Crypto), plus it has a forty second cooldown to revive itself when destroyed - effectively leaving Crypto without any of his abilities until it’s ready once more. Furthermore, enemies will know if Crypto’s drone has successfully scanned them by being warned of said action, and the drone itself makes a loud buzzing noise which can clue in opponents to where it’s stationed. Finally, while in drone view Crypto himself is a sitting duck, therefore he must place himself in a safe spot where enemies cannot hurt him with ease.
  • While in drone view, Crypto is capable of picking up teammate death banners when the drone is close enough to the death boxes in order to revive them, and can also revive legends when close enough to a respawn beacon. Furthermore, he can access the survey beacons remotely while in drone view mode. And unlike the other legends, there is no prolonged wait time to activate either beacons when done through drone view mode.
  • His ultimate ability - “EMP” - is an effective tool for dismantling camping fortresses set up by legends like Wattson and Caustic. Considering the EMP can be used outside walls and still work, it becomes a nightmare for legends who use technological devices to protect themselves if they’re camping inside of a building or enclosed area. Also, it combos well with other offensive ultimates: its slowdown effect, partial shield drain, and HUD interference are lethal.
    • As of Season Six, Crypto’s drone will slow his allies if they are hit by the EMP. And while they do not take damage to their shields, Crypto will if he’s within the blast radius.
• Dracula: The aesthetics of his Season Three Halloween “Fight or Fright” event skin.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Crypto appeared in the Season Two cinematic launch trailer; he sabotaged the King's Canyon arena, and could be seen on the map for a short moment in an abandoned room (along with his drone). It would not be until about four months later when he would be introduced as a playable character for Season Three. An early concept model of his appearance also showed up in one of Pathfinder’s art concepts.
• EMP: His ultimate ability utilizes his drone to unleash this attack; it deals fifty damage to enemy shields, damages armor sets which were dropped by players, slows everyone in the blast radius, inflicts HUD interference on enemies and disables/damages various enemy technological devices. A patch released later in Season Three made Crypto’s allies - and their tech - invulnerable to the EMP’s attack (with the exception of the slowing effect due to a nerf introduced in Season Six), making it even more effective at harming opponents who try to ambush Crypto’s squad.
• Family of Choice: With Mila - his foster sister, and Mystik - the caretaker of Mila and himself at Ticacek Orphanage. Those whom Crypto is close to are part of his “forever family,” and it’s a recurring theme within his storyline.
• Fire-Forged Friendship: With Wattson, after Crypto revealed his true identity to her. After several seasons of icy relations due to her not trusting him, the two have reconciled their misunderstandings and now consider each other close friends who are investigating the Syndicate.
• Foreshadowing: During Season Five, a hidden video recording from Mila reveals that someone is keeping a close eye on Crypto, and she warned him that it’s someone in the Syndicate...
• Fragile Speedster: Crypto's drone. It’s small and flies with haste, but has a mere thirty health. However, the drone used to have only one health, but was buffed to thirty by a patch late in Season Three. Another buff during Season Six doubled it to sixty.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Crypto's drone was designed by himself, making him one of the few legends who engineer their own primary equipment.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: When piloting his drone, Crypto can secure a ton of information — whether there's a team nearby or not, how many teams there are, and where they are — but piloting his drone requires that he becomes a sitting duck and vulnerable to attacks. This mirrors his story: he knows a ton about current events and can hack to figure out anything he can't immediately see, but at the same time is extremely paranoid about being caught by the Syndicate.
• The Glasses Come Off: After his narrow escape from the Syndicate, Tae-Joon ditched his Nerd Glasses, and became determined to get revenge on the shady organization.
• Gratuitous Korean: He sometimes sprinkles Korean into his lines.
• Heartwarming Orphan: Despite not being blood siblings, the relationship between Tae-Joon and Mila was this in a nutshell. So when Tae-Joon lost his foster sister to mercenaries who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit, he began his operation seeking justice for the two of them as “Crypto,” and became a legend to destroy the Apex Games from within.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: His current outfit sports this appearance, making him far more menacing than his old self.
• Heroes Prefer Swords: Double Subverted. Before Crypto was released, people were - based on datamined pictures of him - speculating he would use a sword as part of his kit. He sheathes his drone on his upper back when he isn't using it, and when viewed from the front his drone's lower half sticks out like the handle of a sword. Come the Season 12 Warriors collection event, his new Heirloom weapon is a sword.
• Hidden Depths: Crypto isn’t without humility. The Season Three loading screen, “Books and Covers,” revealed he didn’t respect his fellow colleagues at first - whom he believed were mere troublemakers out to prove something to themselves. However, when he learned more about Gibraltar - whose primary motivation is protecting other legends in the Apex Games - Crypto learned there were legends with standards and benevolent motivations, which made him realize he was becoming that which he scorned: an arrogant person trying to prove something to himself. This has softened his views on the other legends, especially those he sees as humble.
• Hypocritical Humor: Used to call Mirage an "old man" before Season Seven began. Crypto is officially listed as a year older than Mirage, something that Crypto gets called out on when Mirage finally learned about this. Despite this, it’s possible Crypto faked that age along with the rest of his identity and is younger than Mirage, though Crypto’s true age — if it's different from his listed age — hasn’t been revealed yet.
• Iconic Item: His puzzle cube, which he played with before going to bed in his cinematic trailer, “Forever Family.” It turns out to be what he uses to access his drone's camera.
• Important Haircut: He received one of these after he escaped from the Syndicate. Part of the reason is to disguise himself from the Syndicate; the other half was shedding his past to confront the malicious organization.
• Improbable Weapon User: His "Drone Scan" finisher involves him grabbing his drone and using it to assault his victim as a bludgeon. He did this to Gibraltar as well during the Season Three cinematic launch trailer.
• Insufferable Genius: Many of Crypto’s lines invokes this:
  Crypto (to a kill target): "It appears that intelligence is just a word to you."
  Crypto (to a kill target): "You really mess up. But what do I know? I'm just a genius."
• Interface Screw: Enemies hit by Crypto's EMP will have their vision blurred via HUD interference for a short moment.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While Crypto comes off as rather haughty and aloof he appreciates the company of some legends. Despite his initial dismissiveness towards Mirage, they became somewhat close, if begrudgingly at times. Likewise, Crypto became rather fond of Wattson due to their love of technology.
• Jack Frost: The aesthetics of his Season Three Christmas “Holo-Day Bash” event skin.
• Like Brother and Sister: Mila Alexander and Tae-Joon Park were "forever family" - though their appearances and names made it clear they weren’t blood siblings.
  Tae-Joon: "영원히 가족?" ^note Forever family?
  Mila: "Forever family."
• Long-Range Fighter: Crypto is best suited fighting from afar. While his drone offers recon to his teammates, Crypto himself is immobile when controlling it, and thus vulnerable; this means he needs to find a safe place from enemies where he cannot be found with ease. Therefore it helps to take cover from a distance which he can use to snipe opponents, and his drone complements this if positioned in a spot which allows him to have a constant fix on their exact location. As a bonus, if opponents want to get rid of Crypto’s drone, they might have to expose themselves to take a shot at it depending on where the drone was placed, giving players a good opportunity to shoot their adversaries.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Crypto - which stands for "a person who belongs to a group in secrecy" - is a hacker legend who wants to get revenge on the Syndicate, the organization which runs the Apex Games.
  • In order to hide his true motives, Tae-Joon Park entered the Apex Games under the alias "Hyeon Kim". In Korean, "Hyeon" can be written as the Hanja character "玄", which means dark or mysterious.
• Mechanically Unusual Fighter: He scouts from a distance with a recon drone, and stays immobile while he flies it around, which is an ability not seen often in shooter games which emphasize fast paced action.
• Momma's Boy: The positive version in that he loves his adoptive mother Mystik. Also, the Twitter comic "How to Wake Up" has him go out of his way to help Horizon with what she thinks is the next step in reconnecting with Newton, despite being aloof with all but a few Legends — implying that he places value in loving mothers.
• Mysterious Past: For everyone who watches the Apex Games at least. In-Universe, Crypto has done a good job hiding the fact he is Tae-Joon Park. However, as of the events of the Season Five “Broken Ghost” storyline, the other legends learned that Crypto holds a serious grudge against the Syndicate and wants to take them down, albeit they don’t know the full reasons why. Only Wattson knows as of Season Seven when he confided with her the truth.
• Nerd Glasses: Used to wear these. Not anymore.
• Noodle Incident: The book “Apex Legends: Pathfinder’s Quest” reveals that at one point Caustic tried to visit Crypto in his home, but the former was denied and kept outside. In retaliation, Caustic unleashed Nox Gas all over the place, and since then Crypto has learned it’s better to at least humor Caustic rather than ignore him.
• Not Quite Dead: Crypto’s foster sister Mila was believed to have been murdered by the Syndicate at first, but Season Five revealed she is still alive. She even escaped the Syndicate’s control, and is on the run while finding a way alongside Crypto to bring down the Syndicate for good.
• Not So Stoic: He’s one of the less emotional legends in the lineup, but does have a passionate side which he will show to those he cares about, as evidenced by his interactions with his foster sister Mila. He also took Wattson disowning him in Season Six very hard on himself since he wanted to be friends with her - seeing her intellect as a reminder of Mila. When he finally revealed to Wattson his true identity during Season Seven he struggled to keep his emotions in check, thus appearing clumsy when compared to how he portrays himself under normal circumstances - but this act of humility ended up helping convince her that he was innocent in regards to what happened during the events of the Season Five “Broken Ghost” storyline.
• Not the Intended Use: Crypto’s drone can draw aggro from opponents since no one enjoys having their location being revealed to an enemy Crypto’s entire team. As a result, people tend to be trigger happy upon seeing an enemy drone, but this can also draw third parties to their location since gunshots being fired can be heard from a far distance in-game. Some Crypto players will abuse this fact by purposely trying to annoy enemy teams with their drones, thus drawing third party attention to the enemies’s location and giving Crypto’s teammates a solid chance at ambushing both enemy squads.
• Older Than They Look: The Season Five “Broken Ghost” storyline revealed that Crypto is listed as thirty one years old. Mirage immediately called Crypto out for calling Mirage an "old man" when he is considered a year younger (despite the likelihood that Crypto faked his age and is possibly younger than Mirage in reality).
• Pet the Dog: A meta example. Beginning in Season Four, Crypto is rewarded with assist points in ranked mode if an opponent dies after being scanned by his drone within seven and a half seconds. Not being rewarded ranked points for using his tactical ability with success was one of the biggest gripes people had about playing Crypto.
  • In Season Seven, Crypto finally summoned the courage to tell Wattson the truth about his past, and even who is really is: Tae Joon Park, a man being hunted by the Syndicate after being framed for murdering his sister (who is actually still alive). Despite the fact Wattson works for the Syndicate, she decided to trust Crypto because she was won over by his honesty. As a result, Crypto has an ally other than his missing sister, and said ally has a way to find out direct information from the Syndicate which can help him.
• Precision F-Strike: In response to Caustic taunting him over Wattson.
  Caustic: "No use pouting. It had to be this way."
  Crypto: (in Korean) "Fuck off."
• Properly Paranoid: Considering the Syndicate is out to get him, it’s not hard to see why he refuses to associate himself with most people on a personal level. Then there’s the matter of Mila revealing to him that someone from the Syndicate is keeping a close eye on him...
• Puppet Fighter: His Surveillance Drone is the puppet; it's fast and agile, but Crypto needs to take himself out of the fight to use it and the drone has no offensive capability if Crypto doesn't have his ultimate.
• Retractable Weapon: His heirloom, the Biwon Blade, is a sword with a collapsable blade.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: His primary motivation, ever since the Syndicate ruined his life and kidnapped his foster sister. To this end, he joined the Apex Games to ruin it from the inside out, and learn more about the Syndicate to make his next move against the organization afterwards.
  • During Season Five, Crypto discovered from hidden video records that Mila escaped the Syndicate, and is on the run while she also investigates the shady organization. Thus the two of them are working together to find a way to bring the Syndicate down for good. Wattson also decided to help during Season Seven, granting him a much needed way to gather information from within the Syndicate.
• Scarily Competent Tracker: Overall, there’s little chance of escaping Crypto’s purview if his drone is nearby. It detects enemies within scanner range while his passive lets his teammates and himself see them highlighted in red. It also highlights traps and technological devices employed by enemies, which can tip off what kind of opponents Crypto’s team is up against.
  Crypto (intro): "You think you're not being watched right now? Don't be an idiot."
• Ship Tease: While the aftermath of the Season Five “Broken Ghost” storyline appeared to sink any chances of this happening with Wattson, he managed to summon the courage to tell her his true identity as well as why he is secretive from others during Season Seven. She decided to trust Crypto once more, and while it appears they’re only friends, that hasn’t stopped the fanbase with the shipping between them, though even the tabloids have wondered how close these two are.
• Shock and Awe: Downplayed. Crypto isn't as focused on using electricity compared to Wattson, but he does use an EMP as his ultimate ability.
• The Smart Guy: One of the more intelligent legends, and is observant of other people’s behavior to boot.
• The Sneaky Guy: Crypto is immobile when controlling his drone, so when piloting it he needs to find a safe place to hide. Also, when logging out of his drone, he should place his drone at a spot with good sight line and hard-to-shoot positioning so it continues to track enemies. In both cases, utilizing Crypto well requires a player to hide themselves as well as bail under cover when enemies come looking for him.
  Crypto (when dropping): "I will try to keep us under the radar."
• Starting a New Life: Tae-Joon Park was trying to do this with his foster sister Mila, but he refused to use the Apex Games cheating algorithm he discovered - despite knowing it would make them rich enough to accomplish this trope (and Mila even encouraged him to use or sell it for said reason). However, the Syndicate had other plans when they discovered what he found. In the end run, he did invoke this trope as Crypto, but it was far from what he envisioned.
• The Strategist: Crypto's ability to safely gather information for his team, use his drone to collect banners and respawn teammates, and determine precisely how many squads are within third-party range alongside his innate ability as a recon legend to scan for rings encourages him to be used tactically, rewarding players who take things slow and focus on the bigger picture rather than immediately push down every squad in sight.
• Surveillance Drone: He's seldom seen without his drone by his side, and in-game his tactical ability deploys it. His drone detects all enemies; traps; and technological devices within thirty meters.
• Techno Wizard: Downplayed. Crypto is this game's resident IT expert. What he's been shown to do is more realistic than what is expected from your standard fictional hackers.
• Vein-o-Vision: Enemies are highlighted in red when detected by Crypto's drone.

Seer

Obi Edolasim — Seer

Ambush Artist

"I fight for the refused, the cursed... the exceptional."

Voiced by: Ike Amadi (English)

An old legend said that Seer was a cursed child; born with striking blue eyes, the night where he took his first breaths coincided with a meteor destroying his homeworld's moon. His community saw this as confirmation of his omen, but his parents refused to believe them and loved him unconditionally. Through them, his creative spirit was born, and his flame was eventually drawn to the Arenas, where spectators sympathized with him: the outcasts, the downtrodden, and forgotten saw themselves in Seer and cheered him on as his performance moved to the Apex Games, the stage set for him to perform for an even greater audience.

Seer is a sharp-eyed performer who utilizes a unique set of micro-drones to reveal and track hidden enemies. His passive ability is Heart Seeker, which allows him to hear and visualize enemies' heartbeats when aiming, even through walls. Once he's pinpointed their location, his tactical ability makes them the Focus of Attention: Seer sends out his micro-drones in a forward blast that interrupts their current actions (such as healing or using abilities) and reveals their location and health bars to the rest of Seer's squad. Finally, his ultimate ability, Exhibit, surrounds a selected area with a sphere of micro-drones. Within the sphere, any enemies who are moving quickly or firing their weapons will be made visible to Seer and his squad.

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• All the Other Reindeer: He was seen as a cursed child just because it was foretold that he would bring pain and suffering to the world, and his birth happening on the same night that a meteor hit the moon just cemented it for the community he lived in.
• Animal Motifs: Moths - a symbol of the ancient curse that foretold his birth. In his adult life, however, Seer seems to have reclaimed that symbol, and his micro-drones frequently form the shape of moths in battle and elsewhere.
• Blind Seer: Subverted, given his general adherence to related tropes: he has pale eyes, is said to be cursed, and has extraordinary means to bypass blindness^note His tactical and ultimate deploy drones to identify his surroundings and his passive is acute hearing that lets him hear heartbeats if he had it. Yet, it's not explicitly stated that he is blind or was born blind.
• Clarke's Third Law: They're explicitly stated to be micro drones, but you'd be forgiven for thinking he's using actual moths considering his backstory and "mysterious wanderer" aesthetic.
• Creepy Blue Eyes: Supposedly a mark of the curse that he was born with, and a large part of the reason why he was shunned by people before finding success in the Arenas.
• Dance Battler: Seer is a performer first and a fighter second, and both in trailers and gameplay he displays just how fluidly he can move in battle.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Seer is a sinister-looking legend, with the shadows cast over his eyes in his HUD icon, his dark clothing reminiscent of a witch doctor, and of course the destructive prophecy surrounding his birth. Despite this, he lives to entertain. He's also aware of this trope, as if his squad is spread out, he will mention that while he's "intense", he stresses that he's still very friendly.
• Drone Deployer: His abilities are all based around sending off micro-drones to maintain awareness of enemies' locations, often before they can give a proper response.
• Eye-Obscuring Hat: While he's generally seen with his eyes visible, he's sometimes posed with the brim of his hat hiding his eyes. The best example is in the main menu when he's selected.
• Food as Characterization: This teaser has Seer bring vegetable pad thai, tea, and organic fruit juice to a meeting with Octane, painting him as health-conscious and ascetic. This is especially in contrast to Octane bringing a 12-pack of energy drinks and multiple boxed strawberry shortcakes.
• Good Parents: While the rest of his community shunned him purely because he happened to be born when a meteor hit his homeworld's moon, his parents still loved him no matter what.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Seer's motives are pretty innocent — wanting to provide entertainment and represent people who see themselves as outcasts — but an interview on a news station has led to Seer's reputation on his home planet going straight down the toilet, thanks to the interviewer Lisa Stone being given inflammatory questions that challenge Seer's motivations to play in the Apex Games, juxtaposed against the ongoing lunar disaster on Boreas that he's not doing anything to help with — and is still believed to have caused.
• Injured Vulnerability: Adding onto his skill in ambushes, his Passive is better at tracking enemies that are on lower HP since their hearts beat more often.
• Interface Screw: The original version of his Tactical ability effectively flashbanged his enemies when they got hit by it, blinding their entire screen for a split second. This proved problematic enough such that it eventually got removed in a balance patch.
• Morton's Fork:
  • Seer can impose this on enemies in hiding using his tactical ability: they can either move out of the way of the blast, potentially exposing themselves to fire in the process, or stay still, and end up taking damage and having their location revealed anyway.
  • Likewise, enemies within the radius of effect of his ultimate are forced to either move quickly and give away their position, or move slowly and avoid firing their weapons in an attempt to stay hidden.
• Moth Menace: His main motif, with his micro-drones styled after moths, used to expose enemies and get the drop on them.
• Noodle Incident: Apparently Octane injected him with Stim at least once before, supposedly while trying to apply first aid.
• Not So Above It All: One voice line during the Legend select has him proclaim that he loves pinball, hinting at a nerdy side of him beyond the dramatic persona he embodies on the stage.
• Out of Focus: He didn't feature in his season's storyline, as Season 10 had no unlockable story; the only other character not to appear during their debut season's story is Horizon, who still had a Season 7 lore event dedicated to her.
• Seers: It's in the name, and a big part of his aesthetic.
• Super-Hearing: He can detect the heartbeats of nearby enemies to get a better idea of where they are. This is represented by a blue ring around his crosshairs when ADS, and it shows yellow icons when he's very close to an enemy.
• Support Party Member: Seer's kit is similar in many ways to Bloodhound's, what with being able to reveal enemy positions to his squad. However, Seer lacks Bloodhound's tracking abilities, as well as the speed boost given by their ultimate that allows them to give chase to foes on the run. Where Bloodhound specializes in chasing down enemies, Seer is more suited for setting them enemy squads up for an ambush, working together with his own squad to take them down. Downplayed in that he is still more than capable of dealing damage himself, like every other character in the game.
• Trailers Always Lie: The Emergence launch trailer shows his tactical ability seemingly disabling an enemy Wattson's freshly-deployed Interception Pylon, allowing Valkyrie to successfully attack with her missiles. In-game, his tactical has no such interaction.
• True Sight: He's able to see enemies through any form of obstruction (including smoke and solid surfaces), whether it be via Focus of Attention (which also helpfully displays their shield and health) or Exhibit.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Downplayed. He wears a vest that covers up the top part of his torso (and is where his Exhibit device is mounted), but leaves his belly exposed.

Vantage

Xiomara Contreras — Vantage

Sniper Savant

I've been shooting since I was a baby. I was a very dangerous baby.

Voiced by: Natalie Cañizares

Xiomara Contreras was born and raised in the frozen wilderness of Págos by her mother, Xenia. She proved herself to be an excellent marksman from the day she could shoot, but what she was really interested in was learning about the world around her. One day, that led her to explore the wreckage of the G.D.S. Vantage on her planet, and discover that her mother was a prisoner of the crashed ship. When the ship came online, it fell apart into a nearby crevasse, gravely wounding Mara. Desparate to get her child the medical attention she needed, Xenia called for the Syndicate, turning herself in to save Mara. And, in an effort to bail her mother out, Mara joined the Apex Games to spread awareness about her mother's wrongful conviction.

Vantage is an eagle-eyed sniper whose long-range capabilities are second to none. Her tactical ability Echo Relocation sends out her pet bat Echo to fly to a targeted location, so that Vantage can jump to its position. This allows Vantage to move to high ground and regroup with her team after sniping enemies from range. Her passive ability Spotter's Lens allows her to snipe more easily: when unarmed, using mid-range optics, or sniper scopes, aiming down sights highlights enemies, reveals their squad's armor tiers, and shows a bullet drop indicator to aid in positioning her shots. This includes the scope of her ultimate, Sniper's Mark: a unique Sniper Rifle that causes its victims to take additional damage from all other sources.

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• Annoying Younger Sibling: While she's assumed to be an only child, she definitely acts this way towards the rest of the cast. While it's entirely unintentional on her part and mostly due to her having No Social Skills, she even frustrates Wattson of all people with her nosing around others' lives and being Innocently Insensitive.
• The Baby of the Bunch: At the tender age of 18, she's the youngest character on the roster; the previous recordholder was Rampart, at 21. The Season 14 story has most of the cast treat her like a clueless Tagalong Kid, whether it's Loba getting frustrated that she's caused a ruckus at a fine dining establishment or Mirage imparting onto her lessons on how to make friends. Fuse even sees her like a child in the Season 14 gameplay trailer:
  "What's the Syndicate thinking, eh? Letting a pup join the Games..."
• Clear My Name: Well, her mom's name, rather. Her motivation for joining the Games is to bring attention to her mother's wrongful conviction, in the hopes of convincing the authorities to let her free.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While she's not really informed about what's acceptable or standard behavior in public, she's really good at noticing behaviors and mannerisms, piecing together a fairly accurate truth from them. This gets established in the second chapter of Season 14's comic where she pretty quickly dismantles the facade that Wattson puts up between herself, Caustic, and Crypto based on how she sees them interact, and then understands that Mila Alexander is an important person based on Wattson's reaction to seeing her... before obliviously commenting that friends take care of each others' secrets and help with each others' problems, in a way that almost reads like she's unintentionally blackmailing Wattson into helping her mother.
• Damage-Increasing Debuff: Her ultimate will mark enemies and cause this. Damage from all sources is increased by 15% for a short period of time after they take the first shot. The exception is followup attacks from Sniper's Mark: those get a whopping 2x damage multiplier instead, making Vantage incredibly deadly against anyone who is out in the open and can't duck into cover for safety.
• Enemy Scan: Spotter's Lens not only calculates distance to the target and bullet drop, it also lets Vantage ping enemies and inform her teammates about their current armor status (including evo shield level and if it's cracked or at full power) as well as if they're alone or if they still have squadmates around.
• Friendless Background: Growing up in the middle of nowhere with just her mother resulted in this. She doesn't know anything about socializing, friendship, or personal relationships of any kind. A lighter example, however, because she didn't seem to mind and doesn't appear to have been lonely. Making new friends is a cool experience, but she was fine on her own, too!
• IKEA Weaponry: Her sniper rifle is separated into two halves, so she can quickly assemble it as needed. The front part with the barrel is holstered on her hip, while the back half with the rest of the body is slung on her shoulder.
• Innocently Insensitive: Much of the way she gets on others' nerves is through this. She is very nosy about others' lives and doesn't hesitate to bring up things that irritate them. She doesn't realize that it's hurtful, though.
• Jack of All Stats: One might get the impression that she's a "weapon specialist" for Sniper Rifles in the same way that Maggie specializes in Shotguns and Rampart in LMGs, but Vantage's kit has generally been designed so that sniping is something she can do in addition to other stuff:
  • Echo Relocation is a good way to move up to higher ground from which Vantage can snipe from, of course. But it also can be used to rush enemies down and close the gap to push an advantage, or escape combat with sudden bursts of speed.
  • Spotter's Lens allows her to shoot long range and notice enemies from a distance, with its highlighting and bullet drop indicator. Despite the description, it actually also works on the close-range 2x sight (albeit without the bullet drop indicator).
  • Sniper's Mark essentially lets her wield a sniper rifle innately, in addition to her actual two weapon limit. She can use it alongside other snipers to further bolster her long range potency, or become a Multi-Ranged Master by pairing it with weapons that excel in other ranges.
• Laser Sight: Vantage's ultimate indicates where she's aiming with one of these; it's cyan if the Vantage is allied, and orange if she's an enemy. It's most noticable when the laser is in the viewer's proximity, or when they're staring at Vantage's barrel.
• Mirror Character: She was raised in relative solitude in a hellish winter landscape, has a small flying pet that follows her around and aids in her abilities, and her preferred weapon in animations is a Sniper Rifle. She's basically just a second Bloodhound.
• Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Unlike every other character, she can activate her Ultimate before it reaches full charge; each 20% of Ultimate charge lets her shoot one bullet with Sniper's Mark.
• No Social Skills: Good lord, she gives Pathfinder a run for his money. Thanks to being raised with only her mother as company, she has no idea what is acceptable behavior with others; this is established immediately in the Season 14 comic, where she barrages Mirage with painful questions about his deceased family when he remarks his brothers died in the Frontier War.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Her bat Echo averts being a Bat Out of Hell by being a tiny, fluffy critter that imprinted onto Mara as its mother and hides under her hood when not active.
• Swallowed a Fly: She may sometimes swallow an insect if she deploys as the Jumpmaster.
  "Let's land here — '[choking noises]' — I swallowed a bug. Good protein!"
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: A downplayed variation. Vantage is 18 years old, and yet a lot of her dialogue includes lines about tracking prey, hitting her mark, and natural selection and similar. A much older character would make it sound more natural and badass. From Vantage, though? It just highlights how young she is in the Apex Games, something that much older Legends like Fuse immediately pick up on.

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