Apex Legends pick rates: Most popular Legends in Season 21
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With Apex Legends Season 21 underway, here’s the latest pick rate data to see who is dominating the meta. Here are the best characters by popularity this season according to pick rates.
This information is invaluable for players of all experience levels in Apex Legends, offering guidance when you’re looking to switch up your character roster.
Thankfully, there’s an easy way to see what Legends are being played the most in the game thanks to pick rate information. These numbers are pulled from a database of 25 million players, so while it doesn’t include the entire player base for the battle royale, it’s still a big sample size.
Here’s a full list of the pick rates for each Legend in Apex.
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Apex Legends Pick Rates
Here are all of the current pick rates for each Legend as of July 2, 2024. Make sure to check back weekly as we’ll keep you updated as the percentages change and various pick rates continue to move up and down.
Rank | Legend | Pick Rate |
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#1 | Lifeline | 10.2% |
#2 | Pathfinder | 9.9% |
#3 | Octane | 8.3% |
#4 | Wraith | 6.9% |
#5 | Bangalore | 6.7% |
#6 | Bloodhound | 6.0% |
#7 | Revenant | 5.2% |
#8 | Horizon | 4.9% |
#9 | Fuse | 4.8% |
#10 | Conduit | 3.9% |
#11 | Loba | 3.4% |
#12 | Ash | 3.3% |
#13 | Mad Maggie | 3.2% |
#14 | Alter | 2.9% |
#15 | Mirage | 2.8% |
#16 | Valkyrie | 2.0% |
#17 | Wattson | 2.0% |
#18 | Caustic | 1.9% |
#19 | Crypto | 1.6% |
#20 | Vantage | 1.5% |
#21 | Gibraltar | 1.5% |
#22 | Catalyst | 1.5% |
#23 | Newcastle | 1.4% |
#24 | Ballistic | 1.4% |
#25 | Rampart | 1.4% |
#26 | Seer | 1.3% |
Pick rate data via ApexLegendsStatus.
The most used Legends in Apex Legends Season 21
Mad Maggie has massively grown in popularity, with her upgrades being a major game-changer for her entire kit. She can snowball matches hard and is a pubstomp machine, making her an appealing pick for players and the most picked legend in the game.
Octane and Pathfinder continue to sit up high, with Wraith and Lifeline trailing behind. Meanwhile, Horizon and Bangalore’s pick rates have dropped dramatically in comparison to earlier in the year.
It’s also worth noting that Conduit has stuck around as a meta mainstay, something newer Legends rarely do.
Most played Apex Legends characters
As previously stated, a higher pick rate doesn’t always equal a more effective Legend, but the current build of the game has seen the same few characters occupy the top spots for a while now.
While mainstays like Wraith, Octane, and Pathfinder are still around, there’s always a fluctuation in the order.
Wraith
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Wraith was the face of the game back at launch, and it’s easy to see why. Her abilities have yet to be replaced or challenged, even by Ash, with her portal allowing for smooth and strategic rotations. Alongside her phase, you can take more risks and still retreat with your life intact.
Wraith hasn’t exactly stuck around when it comes to the pro meta, and the slew of nerfs that have hit her over the years since she dominated when Apex released have knocked her down a peg. However, she remains a popular and fun pick for most players.
Pathfinder
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Pathfinder has slowly managed to reclaim his spot as the top mobility-based Legend in Apex Legends. Ever since Season 5, Respawn has continued to adjust Pathfinder’s abilities while also giving other Recons Legends like Bloodhound, Seer, Crypto, and Valkyrie his original ability to scan for upcoming ring locations.
Starting in Season 16, his speed on ziplines was doubled, and he can place his ultimate twice as far, which undoubtedly gave him another boost to his pick rate.
Additionally, while the friendly robot can no longer interact with Survey Beacons as he is now classified as a Skirmisher, he can instead see inside of incoming Care Packages to shorten his Ultimate’s cooldown.
Octane
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Octane often finds himself in the top spot of the most picked Apex Legends characters. He is a consistently high-picked Legend in Apex despite the nerfs he’s received since the game’s release. His easy-to-use and highly effective abilities make for great solo play but also mean that he fits right in with team-based matches.
If you’re looking for more information on the characters of Apex Legends, check out all the voice actors here. Or, if you want to know which Legends we actually recommend playing, our tier list will help.