Apex Legends Season 25 has announced Prodigy, the 25th season of Respawn’s battle royale, which introduces a brand new bow-toting Legend called Sparrow. Additionally, Arenas make a return, the Bocek gets some love and Pathfinder receives a few buffs. There are also a couple of ranked updates on the way.
This news comes amid a week of layoffs that have impacted numerous EA studios, including team members who worked on Apex Legends at developer Respawn. Incredibly, the writer of the game’s new Legend introduced in this update, was among those impacted, just days before today’s announcement that showcases their work.
Apex Legends’ Sparrow will be the first archer to grace the games and, for the first two weeks of the season, everyone can test out this new addition for themselves. If you want to keep Sparrow, however, you will need to complete the set challenges to have him permanently added to your roster.
Sparrow, like all Legends, has three abilities unique to him. His Tactical ability is ‘Tracker Dart’, which will highlight and reveal any nearby enemies. Sparrow’s passive is the self-explanatory ‘Double Jump’, meanwhile. Finally, his Ultimate ability is ‘Stinger Bolt’, which lets Sparrow hit multiple enemies at once with six energy blasts in a row, meaning if two squads try to cross you, they’ll all become targets at the mercy of your Ultimate.
Speaking of Legends, Pathfinder has seen some changes to bring him back into the Fight. The cooldown for his Tactical ability ‘Grapple Hook’ now has a 15-30 seconds cooldown and Zipline Zen returns with a 50 percent increased damage reduction. That’s not all though, he’s got new upgrades to make use of too. You can trade a Double Tactical Charge for the Variable Grapple cooldown, and a Double Ultimate Charge has been added too.