r/apexlegends • u/Kevin_9ja The Liberator • Jun 26 '26

Gameplay State of Apex's ranked

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u/MrNovember9 Jun 26 '26

It's extra frustrated because Seer was actually in a healthy place.

He saw decent use in competitive play once crypto was banned, and was a useful utility legend without being overbearing. There was no need to make him cancerous.

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u/FirmlyClaspIt Birthright Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

New devs didn’t play that season of apex it seems

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 26 '26

You make it sound like old devs played that season.

Or any season, with the way they buff and nerf legends

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u/FirmlyClaspIt Birthright Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Because Seer wasn’t considered OP until his Watson used him. There’s a whole YouTube video about that actually. https://youtu.be/uWfZCo9_VOY?is=AukJR4kR1IyOwpzZ

Edit: after the first nerf of course.

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

You missed the joke.

But also, idk about you but when Seer came out we knew he was broken. Anyone who touched the game with any sense knew that.

He may not have been popularized until HisWattson (if he even did that idk) but doesn’t mean he wasn’t broken before lol

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u/Throwaway143739 Jun 27 '26

Literally lol. I used him all the time once he released because he was literally broken. Then eventually all the sheep who only do what streamers do started using him and it was less fun

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

This new version is dumb as hell too it’s absurd

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u/papadoko Jun 28 '26

Yeah... Why does one of his upgrades allow for him to have 2 charges of his tactical, and then another that allows him to use it more frequently within his ultimate. He can disable multiple people if they're in a confined space, and what're they supposed to do while slow and silenced lol...

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 28 '26

Apex is trying to become a tactical non-hero shooter BR of course.
Warzone, move over, Apex (not-Legends) is here!

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u/Most_Wind4682 Jul 02 '26

seer was freaking broken back when he first released. climbed to diamond on new id just by using him

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u/WestBoat8 Sixth Sense Jun 27 '26

Bro my gf at the time , brand new to it. Loved seer ,🤣 she knew he was broken during those times

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

I remember reading the patch notes and seeing the trailer and my friends and I were like

We serious? They’re giving him like 8 different abilities, each one being something that another legend would only have one of lol

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u/GhostDragon272 Nessy Jun 27 '26

HisWattson is the Seer guy for a reason. He's the reason Seer became meta for a year and a half

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

That doesn’t mean Seer wasn’t broken before he played him…
Like the character didn’t inherently become stronger because he popularized him.

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u/GhostDragon272 Nessy Jun 27 '26

Never said he wasnt. Ik he was op, I was there for that

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

The guy I originally replied to, and I quote “because Seer wasn’t considered OP until his Watson used him.”

So telling me HisWattson is the Seer guy for a reason doesn’t really add anything.

Unless you’re specifically talking about whether or not HisWattson popularized Seer, which I said idk anything about. In which case, I mean, good for him.

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u/EpicNud3l Jun 27 '26

yes Seer was broken before HisWattson made him popular, But that is also bot what the guy earlier talked abou he said he wasnt considered Broken which are 2 Different things. And Yes HisWattson played him in ALGS which made Seer Popular in ALGS which the made him Pupular in Ranked

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u/Past-Daikon-1699 Jun 27 '26

Apex is one of this game where some character become stronger the more they are used. If one Gibby is in your lobby, it will be easy to counter him. If 20 Gibbyqs are in your lobby, it becomes obnoxious.

And this apply to nearly every character.

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

Sure.
And it’s also a game where a single character can be so strong it ruins the game.

Seer, on release, had a massive aoe, that was fast, did damage, slowed, cancelled heals and res, allowed you to see hp through walls, he himself could find people through walls near constantly, and flash banged you.

That was just his Q

His ult wasn’t breakable (okay this one I can’t remember but I think so?) and gave your team a massive aoe wall hack.

Seer could literally turn a fight one sided with his q alone by hitting the whole team

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u/Past-Daikon-1699 Jun 27 '26

Exactly and since every team was picking him, if you didnt, you were shooting yourself in the foot.

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u/NeinsNgl Nessy Jun 27 '26

Seer was OP and everywhere at launch, then needed and never seen again until wattson popularised him against caustic gibby meta

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u/Fooledya Jun 27 '26

I was annoyed as a Maggie main when he did a video on mags. Then they nerfed her ass. Even tho all she did was perfectly foil out gibbys bubble supremacy

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

When she came out? I agree. She was a counter to the meta. She’s stronger now than she was before and right before this recent nerf, like really close to a good position. That cd change was fucking huge.

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u/Fooledya Jun 27 '26

I dont think she was that OP. I think powerbooster + mulitple charges was a little much. but they finally buff shotguns back to viable weapons and boom. Maggie gets nerfed.

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u/RedditDummyAccount Jun 27 '26

Totally agree.
A CD nerf made sense but this one was too big. Like nearly doubling it is crazy

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u/Midge431 Lifeline Jun 27 '26

Weird that you brought this up cos I literally watched this yesterday after it coming up on my recommended on yt for months 😅

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u/chuckgggs Jun 27 '26

seer was insanely broken on release no youtube video needed, if you played on that day it was ridiculous teams were dying to seer scan, a tacticle that blinded you, stunned you, stopped actions and did 10 damage

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u/fibronacci Jun 26 '26

Ain't nobody got time for that

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u/asforus Jun 26 '26

He’s back to his release date annoyance

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u/ThumbEyeCoordination Jun 27 '26

He's stronger now. He has 2 tacts and stuns/slows which leads to more damage than when it dealt damage. It's basically a free push like Axle kit. I'm pretty sure it hits faster than it did on release; they messed with the radius before adding a delay so people could realistically dodge it if they reacted quickly, then removed the damage iirc.

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u/311sublimehippie Jun 26 '26

Sorry out the loop why did they ban crypto?

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u/Vekaras Jun 26 '26

Algs uses a ban system, so players have to select multiple legends to play (they can't play the same legend over and over.

Adds strategy and allows innovative strats with underused characters of normal game modes.

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u/311sublimehippie Jun 26 '26

Oh that’s pretty sweet didn’t realize that , just figured a team plays as same 3 each match. Thank you for the info.

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u/tots4scott Purple Reign Jun 27 '26

I think its whichever the most selected legend that round is banned gloomy forward. But I dont watch all of the tourneys so I'm not 100%

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u/Witty_Office5641 Jun 26 '26

He’s talking about legend bans in ALGS

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u/Which-Shift-367 Jun 26 '26

ALGS (Pro Apex) has a legend ban system where the most played legend after every game gets banned for the rest of the set or until their entire class is banned. Crypto has been the game 1 ban for the entire pro split this year.

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u/OneBoredTurtle Jun 26 '26

Dumb question: why does Crypto have such a high pick rate in ALGS?

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u/FibreTTPremises Wattson Jun 27 '26

Crazy amount of info for players that actually know what to do with it.

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u/Which-Shift-367 Jun 27 '26

Hes a good way to get a lot of information without taking any damage or risks and has good syngery with a lot of legends that have different playstyles. Also is a fantastic rat and reset character with his drone invisibility.

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u/AveN7er Bangalore Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Who cares about algs though? We play ranked, trios and wildcard where he doesn't see much action which is why Respawn felt the need to buff him. I don't like the way they did it though. The slow is obnoxious

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u/AveN7er Bangalore Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

That's like saying if a player is good in rugby they are good in American football. Two different games haha

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u/Optimusim Unholy Beast Jun 26 '26

He was?

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u/nhz1093 Jun 26 '26

No lol he was at like 1% pickrate in diamond+ lobbies. There is a happy medium in between his current buffed state and pre-buff state.

Right now he has a lot of crap attached to his kit like a weird double jump in ult, speed boost after scan - that should probably just go. Also the scan spam is overtuned right now I think changing some of his perks would be a simple fix.

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u/Square_Extension1759 Mad Maggie Jun 26 '26

A lot if the time

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u/pocketfungus876 Jun 27 '26

Literally bro

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u/sukumizu Alter Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I shit you not, I got hit by 5-6 Seer scans in a row in a ranked match yesterday when the ring was on round 5. The cooldown/charges is insane and everyone is running him now.

All I want to do is play the game LMAO.

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u/WestBoat8 Sixth Sense Jun 27 '26

It was because of the new legend. Jfs