Rampart’s Ultimate saw a big change in Season 10. The minigun can also be placed and used by other teammates. Ultimate ability: Mobile Minigun "Sheila"ĭescription: Rampart can carry around her minigun, which she can fire at walking speed. Enemies can view the health of the energy barrier portion thanks to an icon made up of hexagons which disappear with damage dealt.The top has 175 health and the bottom has 400 health. The top and bottom halves of the Amped Cover have different health pools.Purple cover protects you, while orange cover leaves you vulnerable.
The orientation of the barrier matters hugely, because the barrier can only be shot through from one side.This means you have to dissuade enemies from vaulting over by outputting a tonne of damage into them through the cover as they attempt it. The top portion can be passed through by character bodies, meaning the cover can be vaulted through by both allies and enemies.You can retrieve the Cover with a single tap and immediately pass through it, giving you the power to control the engagement. Deploy Amped Cover in a doorway to help fortify an indoor location, or protect yourself while pushing towards an indoor enemy.Undamaged cover can be picked up to restore a charge. While up to five Amped Covers can be in play at a time per Rampart, you only hold a max of 3 charges at a time.In the first 3 seconds of its lifetime, the barrier spawns an amped barrier above it, which blocks incoming shots (until destroyed) and increases the damage of outgoing shots by 20%. Rampart's Tactical ability allows her to place down a half-height barrier. Check out our best weapons in Apex Legends tier list for more advice.ĭescription: Build a crouch-cover wall, which deploys a full-cover amped wall that blocks incoming shots and amps outgoing shots. However, one thing to keep in mind is what LMG is currently topping the meta, and what you should look out for. In this case, Modded Loader will increase the number of shots you can fire before the L-Star starts to overheat, and also speeds up the cooldown time before an overheated L-Star can fire again. It's worth noting that the L-Star EMG does not have traditional magazines or reloads thanks to its unique overheating mechanic. There's not much to master here: it's just a nice little boon to enjoy if you have an LMG in your hands. This passive will increase the magazine sizes of LMGs and the Minigun by 15%, and decreases their reload times by 25%. Modded Loader is rather a boring ability, it's true - but it's still rather useful, particularly in the current LMG-dominated meta. If you can use a Recon Legend to track the final circles and get into a building and fortify it, you will be in a strong position to win.ĭescription: Increased magazine capacity and faster reloads when using LMGs and the Minigun. Like many defensive Legends, Rampart gets stronger as the ring gets smaller. Even if you put a lot into fortifying a building, be willing to leave it at the drop of a hat in order to take better positions for longer-term gains. While Rampart is all about being defensive, Apex is still a mobile game, from its Legends to the fact that you need to keep moving to get into the ring. Don't be afraid to abandon a fortified area.Pick up a G7 Scout or Sentinel and find out the damage it can cause while amped. Use this to influence your weapon choice. As discussed, Amped Cover is less useful in close quarters (though a skilled player can still make it work!), which means Rampart is best suited for medium-range encounters. Rampart excels at mid-to-long-range fights.Much like characters such as Caustic and Wattson, as Rampart you need to learn to survey a battlefield for good spots to set up strong defences from which to fight. Focus less on your Passive, and more on your Tactical and Ultimate.We'll go over the ability-specific tips and tricks below, but first here are some general tips and tidbits of advice to take into the Apex Games with her: Let's start by looking at the general strengths and weaknesses of Ramparts toolkit.
If you’ve avoided Rampart, which is likely as she has historically been one of the least played Legends, now might be the time to finally pick her up and see what she can offer your team. That includes the Ultimate rework that has been added partway through Season 10.
She is thus, unsurprisingly, a Defensive Legend alongside Gibraltar, Caustic, and Wattson.Įach of Rampart’s abilities will be explained and discussed below. All three of these make Rampart one of the hardiest and most fortifiable Legends on the defense. Rampart has access to three abilities: Modded Loader (Passive), Amped Cover (Tactical) and Moblie Minigun “Sheila” (Ultimate).