In today's video, I'm going to explain to you
how to play Apex Legends,
from your initial drop out of the ship
all the way up to your final battle
to become Apex champion.
Use our clickable sections below
to keep track of what step you're on
during this tutorial.
Let's start with explaining what Apex Legends is.
Apex Legends is a free-to-play hero shooter game
in the battle royale genre.
The objective is to outlast
the other 19 teams of three in trios mode,
or 29 other teams in duos mode
by any means necessary.
Everybody starts in the sky above in a drop ship.
The first step is to decide
where you want to land.
This all depends upon play style.
If you are more of an aggressive player,
you might find yourself wanting to land
at one of the innermost locations on the map.
This way, you can engage in combat right away
and stay in the action.
If you are more of a passive player,
you might find yourself dropping closer
towards the edge of the map
and/or at the furthest location
from the current drop-ship route.
The first thing you want to do
is prioritize finding a viable weapon
to defend yourself with
or attack the opposition right away,
since they are most vulnerable upon landing.
This could be whatever you find yourself comfortable with,
but I would recommend a full auto weapon
or shotgun if possible.
Make sure you avoid prioritizing
higher-level armor
over a weapon to protect yourself with.
Rotations are when the game forces you
to relocate from your current location
in order to keep the matches competitive.
These can make or break your entire match.
Late rotations can find you being held in the ring flare
by an opposing team.
Know that the ring flare can kill you
if you are in it for too long.
On the flip side,
rotations that are too early
could make you public enemy No. 1,
and the remaining teams in the lobby
could place focus on you.
Finding the happy medium
can help you re-enter the safe zone,
which is the area where the ring flare
has not gone to yet,
or go from location to location unscathed.
You should try to engage in gunfights
only when your team has a better position than the others.
This could be having high ground on them,
being in the safe zone when the opposing team is not,
or jumping into a gunfight as the third team
when you know both teams are already damaged.
This is known as third-partying.
If you try to take a fight
and you are not in any one of these positions,
you are putting yourself at the greatest risk
to lose the fight.
Endgame occurs when there are only five teams left
or you've reached round three in a match.
This is where decision-making has to be pristine,
and how you play depends on the remaining teams.
By now, you want to make sure
you are located in an area
that has adequate cover
as well as solid positioning
so you can take any type of gunfight.
At the same time,
you want to make sure you are either in the safe zone
or have a location that you can rotate to
in the safe zone.
From here, gunfights should only be taken
as a third party
or if an opposing team tries to attack you
and forces close to mid-range combat.
Once it is just you and the final opposing team,
how you play this is dependent upon your play style.
If you are an aggressive team,
you all can hunt them down
using the ability of a recon character,
or just visually scout them out
and begin taking shots at them.
If you are a passive team,
then you will stand your ground inside the safe zone
at a well-guarded location
and wait for the enemies to come to you.
Either way, the key to winning this final gunfight
is to defeat one of their players first.
This puts you at a three-versus-two advantage
and can leave the opposing team frantic.
From here, I advise playing a bit more aggressive
and try to eliminate the remaining players.