Probably the most fashionable Apex Legends characters all through your entire 12 months has dropped all the way down to their lowest level ever, having been sidelined and forgotten by each the informal and aggressive communities.
According to Apex Legends Status, Seer has tied for final place within the world decide fee, with just one % of the participant base selecting to make use of the Ambush Artist. Beforehand, Seer ranked within the high 5 out of 24 playable legends however now sits at his lowest-ever decide fee since his season 10 introduction.
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Seer’s launch dominance may very well be attributed to his distinctive Recon skills, as he was ready immediately scan for enemies at any time with out cooldown due to his passive, whereas different legends like Bloodhound must burn lengthy cooldowns for a similar impact. His tactical additionally supplied probably the most info and utility mid-fight, because it broken, silenced, slowed, blinded, and canceled the therapeutic or reviving actions of any enemies caught within the radius whereas revealing the precise armor and well being to his whole group.
These traits would lead Seer to the highest of the decide leaderboards and trigger Respawn to target him in multiple seasons with all kinds of nerfs that slowly took away integral options of his package. A mid-season 10 patch would remove his tactical’s damage and blinding effect, and season 15 would make Seer’s passive audible to enemies while in use, taking away his skill to ambush enemies.
Nevertheless, probably the most notable modifications would come within the Season 17 Dressed to Kill replace, which launched nerfs to all three elements of his package: a further delay and lowered vary to his Heartbeat Sensor, Focus of Consideration dropping the power to cancel enemies who are healing or reviving teammates, and Exhibit dropping throw distance and the diamond physique markers for enemies within the final.
These nerfs destroyed a number of skill combos, like with Cataylst’s Darkish Veil, as Exhibit was the only scan ability in the entire game to still work through the wall earlier than the nerfs, making him a useful asset in any group composition.
On the aggressive facet of Apex, Seer was universally acclaimed as crucial Recon legend, maintaining a 60% pick rate in both Split One and Split Two Playoffs. Nevertheless, groups would slowly part Seer out of their compositions all through the Professional League as extra aggressive legends like Horizon and Bloodhound took his place, capable of achieve info and capitalize on it faster than a nerfed Seer.
The 2023 ALGS Championship additionally featured the least quantity of Seer play ever in a LAN setting, as he wasn’t even picked till day three of the competitors, utterly ignored by all 40 worldwide groups in the course of the Teams Stage.
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He would finish the match with solely seven picks, making up lower than one % of the Championship legend decide fee. Compared, Mad Maggie and Wraith, who weren’t even picked in any respect in your entire ALGS 12 months, made their debut within the Group Stage and ended with extra picks than Seer earlier than his arrival on day three.
Seer now sits as probably the most unpopular legend within the recreation, having misplaced his whole id as an offensive scan legend that enabled his group to determine weak targets in a combat, a job now taken by Revenant Reborn. Now solely seen as helpful for his tactical’s silence length, Seer mains should wait till subsequent season’s patch notes if Respawn will stroll again any of the myriad nerfs to his package.
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