Apex Legends - Season 12

Apex Legends Season 12 is the first season of 2022, releasing in February with the new legend Maggie, an Olympus map update, and the new control mode. Here is what the new update will contain.

"Escape", the current Season of Apex Legends, started on November 2nd, bringing about the arrival of Legend Ash in its wake. Weapons like the C.A.R. SMG pleased fast-paced players, while the new map Storm Point brought another level of diverse level design to the game. As the end of Season 11 comes to an end, we have yet to see what Respawn has in store.

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The twelfth season of Apex releases just after the third anniversary of the game's release, and brings with it the game's 20th character - and it's a familiar face.

Most new Legends have been mysteries until their reveal, but this has changed with Ash in Season 11 and now Mad Maggie in Season 12. Maggie is Fuse's (ex) friend, from his Salvo days.

New legend

Mad Maggie will be the new Legend in Season 12. Maggie is the childhood friend of Season 8 legend Fuse, featuring in the Ring Fury takeover (you may remember her voice as the announcer).

They've noted that "for all her crimes, Mad Maggie's been condemned to fight to the death in the Games. But just who's being punished here?"

From this little excerpt, it appears that Maggie is going to be a more damaged-focused Legend similar to Bangalore.

Technically this new Legend has two passive abilities that form Warlord's Ire. First, when Mad Maggie damages other players, she'll visually highlight them for a brief moment. Currently, it is unknown how long this highlighting effect can last. Second, when the player is wielding a Shotgun as Mad Maggie, they'll be granted a temporary speed boost. 

New game mode

For a limited time, players will get to duke it out nine versus nine in the brand new game mode called Control.

Respawn has noted the following on this new mode: "For the first 3 weeks of Defiance, see whether you can handle the madness in the new Control mode. Select your loadout and drop into a 9v9 experience where teams battle to hold control points with infinite respawn."

Let's see if later on Respawn will launch ranked for this new mode?

Weapons and lot changes

Apex Legends players were stunned to log onto Season 12 and find an assortment of secret nerfs to their favorite SMGs like the R-99, Volt, Alternator, and Prowler. However, Respawn has confirmed the secret changes were "unintentional" and reverted them.

The Flatline and the Longbow will no longer be available on the floor loot. Instead, they're going to be strictly Replicator loot.

As well, the Volt SMG is going to be placed in Care Packages from now on only. This also means the Alternator is back!

Moving on, new attachments are in the game, Kinetic Feeder is the new one, and it'll be useable on the Peacekeeper and Triple Take. Last but not least, Hammerhead rounds are back!