🔗 Share this article The Battle Royale's Niche Traversal Techniques Become Widely Accessible During This Update Respawn Entertainment have a special treat prepared for the popular battle royale gamers, perfectly timed for the holidays. Fans of this game's super-slick traversal can rejoice to discover that a new movement mechanic is being implemented when Season 27: Amped goes live on November 4th. Introducing Mantle Boosting Dubbed "Mantle Boosting" by the developers, this ability gives players a burst of forward momentum when climbing over ledges and walls. As explained lead battle royale designer the design lead, this technique has unofficially been a feature of the game for quite a while, often called as "mantle jumping." However it's challenging for the average player, and is mainly used by pro gamers in competitive play or tournaments. In this update, the team is making it easier for players of all skill levels to successfully perform these advanced movement boosts. "Mantle Boosts have been in the game for a while, but executing it isn't easy to pull off and gamers would never know it [is in the game] without external guides," Canavese explains. "We're adding a visual cue so users can easily see when and how to activate the fast-paced movement ability, opening up the mechanic and introducing fresh strategies to play for more players." The Reasoning Behind Make It Accessible Why make a previously obscure movement quirk available to all players? Principal designer Josh Mohan says the team wants gamers to feel powerful — even those who are inexperienced. "[The playerbase] performs advanced techniques like super-gliding and tap-strafing, and we examined at other games, observed what the community are doing, and we said, 'How can we provide some of this power to a broader audience?'" the designer clarifies. "Since right now, some of these advanced [movement] mechanics are kind of janky to access — it requires to change controls and execute within precise timings. We proposed, 'What if we make a more official implementation?'" The Amped Update Movement Focus Mobility is largely the name of the game in this season, with Legends Horizon, the defensive specialist, and Valkyrie all getting buffs to help keep them mobile. The cooldown period on Horizon's Gravity Lift is shorter, and the Gravity Lift will boost players into the air much quicker than it used to. Rampart's Amped Cover feature overhead protection and the ability to provide speed boosts to those nearby. However it's the high-flying this Legend who's getting significant improvements now, with various adjustments implemented to enhance her as more potent, quicker, and more lethal. "I think there's quite a consensus that Valkyrie's time has arrived," states character developer Ian Holstead. "Certainly that she's been top-tier previously, but with the introduction of new Legends, movement[-based] passives, and redeployment tools, it felt like she fell behind in current Apex. It was a really great opportunity for us to reexamine a bunch of aspects in her abilities and essentially restore her to former prominence." Valkyrie's Upgrades To reclaim her competitive status in current strategies, Holstead notes Respawn assessed all her skills and introduced some powerful changes. Her VTOL Jets received improvements, increasing her speed during flight, and this equipment now recharge much quicker, enabling her to spend more time in the air. She can no longer take damage from her own Missile Swarm, which was enhanced to mark opponents who are hit from the missiles. Her Skyward Dive ability — which lifts her entire squad into the air for redeployment or escape — requires reduced delay to fire up. Additionally, she gains recently added perk choices that users can select to conserve resources, widen the area of her rockets, or accelerate her Skyward Dive takeoff time. "Valkyrie's equipment fulfills the pilot experience," Holstead says. Olympus Improvements Even the game's lone airborne map, Olympus, is getting a mobility-focused facelift, with major changes that opens up choke points and makes securing elevated positions more manageable. Respawn state Apex Legends Season 27 focuses on giving players the resources required to keep up with matches. "Really, we examined the game's core identity as a movement shooter," explains lead Legend designer Josh Mohan. The battle royale Season 27: Amped releases Nov. 4 at the specified times.