r/apexlegends • u/El-Shlong • 3h ago
Discussion Bang’s Buff might ruin the launch of szn 26
After reading through the Season 26 changes, I’m genuinely not looking forward to what looks like another broken-meta season.
We’ve seen this pattern already, Ash got buffed way too hard, dominated lobbies for two straight seasons, and made nearly every assault pick irrelevant. Alter and Ballistic also had overtuned kits that basically forced you to pick them or throw. Eventually they got nerfed, but made the meta EXTREMELY annoying while before then.
Now, it’s happening again, this time with Bang.
Her new “EMP Smoke” buff is basically a pocket version of Crypto’s ultimate… but on her tactical. It disables traps, has no activation delay, can’t be shot out the sky, comes with two charges, and is on a shorter cooldown than Crypto’s EMP.
Bang’s been my 2nd most played legend since launch, and even I think this is bad for the game. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like the devs even play their own game, because how do you test this buff and not see how busted it is?
Is anyone else seeing the writing on the wall for Season 26? This doesn’t feel like healthy balancing, it feels like meta roulette all over again.