Bangalore has been a meta staple for the past few Apex Legends seasons, but the nerfs to her coming along with the Shadow Society event are set to knock her off that pedestal.
The Bangalore Mains subreddit was in shambles following theApex Legends Shadow Society patch notesdrop that revealed her kit is getting massively nerfed.
Bangalore’s been one of Apex Legends’ most popular picks for a few seasons, with the emergence of the so-called“can’t see sh*t” metareally selling just how prominent she is. As a result, her abilities have been almost universally nerfed, with only a minor buff and some sidegrade changes. Here’s what changed about Bangalore specifically in this patch:
The biggest changes are around her smokes. The duration has been almost halved, with smoke disappearing much faster than it did before. It’ll take two smokes to get the duration of cover you’d have gotten from one in the prior patch.
Following these hefty nerfs, the Bangalore mains sub was up in arms. Apost titled, “Welp, there goes 750 hours on Bang” made the rounds as Bangalore-dedicated Apex players came together to determine whether or not she’ll still be worth playing post-patch.
“Smh we bang mains sat through the scan meta, gibby meta, revtane , conduit rev lol bang has been the most balanced for a while. I mean we went SEASONS while other legends got crazy buffs and bang just recieved nerfs smh,” one Bangalore main lamented.
The general sentiment on the sub is that she’s long existed as on of the most balanced Legends in the game, and that these nerfs may have been a little heavy handed.
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