🔗 Share this article The Battle Royale's Niche Traversal Techniques Become Widely Accessible During This Update Respawn Entertainment have an exciting surprise in store for Apex Legends players, perfectly timed for the holidays. Fans of this game's highly fluid traversal can rejoice to learn that an innovative traversal feature is being implemented when Season 27: Amped launches on November 4th. Introducing The Mantle Boost Named "Mantle Boosting" by Respawn, this feature provides gamers a surge of forward momentum when scaling obstacles. According to key developer Eric Canavese, Mantle Boosting was previously existed of Apex Legends for some time, usually referred to as "mantle jumping." But it's no easy feat for the average player, and is mainly used by competitive players in competitive play or tournaments. This season, the team is making it easier for players of all skill levels to execute these tricky movement boosts. "Mantle Boosts existed in Apex for a while, but executing it requires skill to perform and a player might not realize it's possible without outside knowledge," Canavese explains. "Now including a Mantle Boost indicator so users can easily see when and how to trigger the fast-paced traversal skill, making accessible the mechanic and adding fresh strategies to play for more players." Why Opening Up Advanced Mechanics Why make a previously obscure movement quirk available to all players? Lead Legend designer the development lead says developers wants gamers to feel powerful — including ones who are inexperienced. "[The playerbase] is doing other crazy stuff like super-gliding and tap-strafing, and we looked around at other games, observed what our players execute, and we wondered, 'How can we extend some of this power to a broader audience?'" Mohan clarifies. "Since right now, certain techniques are kind of janky to access — it requires to change controls and execute within one-frame windows. So we said, 'What if we create a polished implementation?'" Season 27 Emphasis on Mobility Movement is largely the name of the game in Season 27, with Legends the gravity mage, the defensive specialist, and the aerial combatant receiving enhancements to maintain them mobile. The cooldown period on Horizon's Gravity Lift has been decreased, and this skill will boost users into the air faster than it used to. Rampart's Amped Cover now include a roof and capability to grant movement bonuses to those nearby. But it's aerial Valkyrie receiving significant improvements this season, with various adjustments applied to enhance her as stronger, faster, and more lethal. "I think there's quite a consensus that her moment has arrived," says Legend designer the designer. "There's no doubt she was top-tier in the past, but due to the addition of other characters, mobility perks, and Evac Towers, it seemed like she's not very relevant in today's the game. It was an ideal chance for the team to reexamine a bunch of aspects in her abilities and essentially restore her to her glory days." Valkyrie's Upgrades To restore her competitive status in the game's meta, the developer says the team evaluated all her skills and introduced some powerful modifications. Her VTOL Jets received improvements, boosting velocity while airborne, and the jets themselves now recharge three times faster, enabling the player to remain longer in the air. Now she won't be harmed from her ultimate ability, which has also been upgraded to tag opponents who are hit from the missiles. Her Skyward Dive skill — which launches teammates skyward for repositioning or retreat — requires much less time to activate. She's also getting some new perk choices that users can choose to reduce fuel consumption, widen the area of her rockets, or further speed up her Skyward Dive activation. "Her jet pack fulfills that jet-fighter fantasy," Holstead says. Olympus Improvements Additionally, the only floating arena, this location, receives a movement-friendly facelift, with major changes that opens up choke points and makes claiming the high ground more manageable. The developers says Apex Legends this update is all about providing gamers the resources they need to keep up with matches. "Essentially, we examined the game's core identity as a fast-paced FPS," says principal designer the lead. The battle royale Season 27: Amped releases November 4th at the specified times.