{"id":223228,"date":"2026-05-16T22:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2149363"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:16:23","slug":"apex-legends-update-nerfs-spitfire-and-bocek-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/apex-legends-update-nerfs-spitfire-and-bocek-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Legends update nerfs Spitfire and Bocek Bow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apex Legends’ Legacy update has now been live for over a week – after a somewhat wobbly start<\/a> – and Respawn has already rolled out some balance changes for two weapons. The Spitfire and newly-added Bocek Bow, both considered overpowered by the player community, have been adjusted to make them a little less lethal. <\/p>\n

As explained on the Legacy patch notes page<\/a>, the Spitfire’s bullet damage has been reduced from 19 to 18, while gold and purple magazines will now hold 50 bullets instead of 55. The Bocek seems to be getting a much more severe nerf, with maximum damage decreased from 70 to 60, stack size decreased from 16 to 14 and inventory slot count decreased from 48 to 28. The Bocek’s charge up time and Deadeye’s Tempo hop-up charge time are also being increased by 0.2 seconds. I imagine this is all to prevent this sort of thing from happening:<\/p>\n

The update also brings a number of fixes to the game – including one for those low-detail character models<\/a> (“goodbye derpy blob Legends, you will be missed” say the patch notes). At one point Valkyrie’s passive was highlighting players that were “not alive and\/or in spectator mode,” something that has also been fixed. Creepy. More importantly, the update brings some general stability improvements, which should hopefully help prevent some of the server issues we saw last week. <\/p>\n

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Apex Legends’ Legacy update has now been live for over a week – after a somewhat wobbly start – and Respawn has already rolled out some balance changes for two weapons. The Spitfire and newly-added Bocek Bow, both considered overpowered by the player community, have been adjusted to make them a little less lethal. As explained on the Legacy patch notes page, the Spitfire’s bullet damage has been reduced from 19 to 18, while gold and purple magazines will now hold 50 bullets instead of 55. The Bocek seems to be getting a much more severe nerf, with maximum damage decreased from 70 to 60, stack size decreased from 16 to 14 and inventory slot count decreased from 48 to 28. The Bocek’s charge up…<\/p>\n

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