Apex Legends Season 26 patch notes breakdown

Respawn patched Season 26 on August 25. The trailer sold a new cosmetic event. The notes sold a ranked tax and an SMG pass. Play the notes.

Weapons

• R-99

  nerf

  Close-range multiplier cut. Mag size on purple 28 → 26.

• CAR

  buff

  Hipfire spread tightened. It is a CAR main’s patch in disguise.

• Nemesis

  buff

  Charge-up delay reduced. Mid-range poke is back on the menu.

The R-99 was doing too much work in pubs and ranked alike. It is still a good gun. It is no longer the only gun. If you have been postponing a CAR swap, this is the week.

Legends

Alter’s ultimate now has a visible landing tell for a half-second longer. That is a huge deal in ranked, where her portal was being used as a get-out-of-jail card rather than a rotate. Bangalore’s smoke duration ticked up by one second. Support players, you already know what to do.

Ranked

They raised the Diamond entry cost and left the kill cap alone. That is a placement patch. Hot dropping Diamond lobbies just got more expensive. If you are climbing, play for fourth, then play for first. The inverse is how you stay Diamond for a month.