Hello my fellow Apex Legends players! If you're a mouse and keyboard warrior like me, I know you clicked through with the same urgency Octane injects shoals into his veins. Aim assist has been a long-standing topic of debate in the Apex Legends community, and we've been calling for a nerf to balance it out.
Hal talks about Aim Assist Nerf, does it feel NERFED?
No one likes to be singled out the moment they meet a controller player. The vision aid is too strong; even pros like Phillip "ImperialHal" Dosen agree when switching inputs after years of playing at M&K. But five years after the game's release, Respawn Entertainment is finally listening to the community's complaints and geeky aim help.
Yes, you are not dreaming. Aim assist will be down with the release of Apex Legends Season 22, Shockwave. Respawn confirmed this change to Beebom in an online press conference. Here are the top tips for aim assist nerfs in Apex Legends:
During the briefing, Apex Legends game designer Eric Canavese said, "Simply put, aim assist is way too strong in these PC lobbies. So [we're] reducing its strength by about 25 percent." It seems the weight of the community's complaints about aim assist being too strong became too heavy for Respawn to ignore; hence down.
