Apex Legends Mid-Season Patch Notes

The Apex Legends Mid-Season Patch Notes are finally here with a few balance changes and quality-of-life updates

Apex’s collaboration event with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is a new stepping stone for Apex. With that, the game is also bringing some balance updates in the wake of the new ranked split.  We will look into all the important changes the game is bringing forward going forward with the season.

Apex Legends Mid-Season Patch Notes:
The patch brought forward changes to both Legends and weapons, which we will look into. There are also some map changes that we will discuss.

Legends
Catalyst: 

Her spikes do not activate unless enemies are in the line of sight with the core of the trap. This will prevent her from damaging enemies through walls and doors.
The spikes will still slow down enemies if stepped on.

Horizon:

She has improved audio when she falls
Soft landing audio will play for everyone in the world
Gravity lift exit audio increased so that players can know when she is entering and exiting the lift

Newcastle:

If a castle wall breaks, he’ll have voice lines play, indicating the wall has been broken
His ultimate can break through Catalyst’s ultimate
Crypto EMP can break his mobile shield
Balance changes that were not added before will be added now

Rampart:

Friendly Maggie Wrecking Ball and Crypto EMP no longer break her walls

Mirage:

His decoys will no longer break as easily, and any decoy broken by terrain will be refunded.
Decoys will not perform reviving animation
Decoys will ADS like the player now

Weapons
Mastiff:

Faster empty reload time
Faster tactical reload time
Faster unholster time

R-99:

Reduced damage by 1. Used to do 12, now does 11

Car SMG:

Damage reduced by 1. It used to be 13, now does 12

Additional:

Alternator replaces Volt in crafter
Hemlock replaces R-301 in crafter

Mixtape Map Changes
Map Rotation
Control

Hammond Labs and Production Yard are out
Lava Siphon and Caustic Treatment are in

Gun Run

The Core, Estates, and Wattson’s Pylon are out
Skulltown, Fragment East, and ZEUS Station are in

TDM

ZEUS Station, Skulltown, and Phase Runner are out
Wattson’s Pylon, Party Crasher, and Overflow are in

Battle Royale (Casual)
The Final Fantasy event will take over Casual Battle Royale, which will feature a unique game mode with elements from Final Fantasy.

Overall
The changes brought forward will bring forth some meta-changes. Horizon finally got the audio update we all wanted. There also seems to be a focus on shifting the SMG meta with the two SMG nerfs this patch brought.