Apex Legends devs are finally reverting accidental Wattson nerfs ruining Legend
Respawn have revealed they’re finally working on fixing the accidental Wattson nerfs that broke the Apex Legends character’s defensive ultimate and punted the French legend deeper into meta irrelevance in Season 10.
Wattson has been struggling to make an impact in Apex Legends over the past few months, thanks toa Season 10 glitchaccidentally shipped in the battle royale’s Evolution update.
The main problem, Wattson players quickly discovered, washer Pylon ultimate wasno longer blocking projectilesat the same range it wasin Season 9 and earlier. Some grenades would alsodetonate in the radius despite the ult being live, directly nerfing Wattson’s strongest ability.
The glitchimmediately tankedWattson’s win rate.
Even worse, what Respawn has now confirmed is a coding error was popping up in Arenas and the Firing Range too, ruining Wattson across the entire game.
That was on September 16, exactly a month ago, and Wattson has yet to be touched, despite the problem being flagged. The issues have seen many fans of the French defender jump ship over the past few weeks, dropping her Apex Legends play rate down to a meager 1.7% this season.
Breathe easy though Wattson players — the wait is over.
Respawn have remained relatively quiet on the accidental nerfs outside ofa brief promise it had been “sent to the team”a month, but dev Ryan K. Rigney broke that streak on October 14 during animpromptu Q&Aon Reddit.
Rigney confirmed Respawn’s dev team is already “working on the ultimate fix now,” but remained hushed about any other planned Wattson changes. He also added he was “unsure” about when the ultimate fix will ship.
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There’s a good chance the solution may come sooner rather than later, however. Dexerto expects Respawn to aim forthe Season 11 updatein just over two weeks.
Wattson is alsoin line for several changesin the Apex Legends Season 11 update, including a handful of buffs to make up for Respawn removing Low Profile from her, as well as several hitbox nerfs to “keep her in check.”
That’s not all Wattson players can expect next month either; designer John Larson has revealed the Apex Legends devs are working on increasing the French legend’s “fun factor” to bump her play rate up. He said, “There’s a lot of usability there we can change, a lot of changes with the ultimate.”
Wattson will be joined in the upcoming Season 11 patch notes byGibraltar and Crypto. Valkyrie’spopularity spikeput her in Respawn’s crosshairs too.
