{"id":4764,"date":"2026-04-15T07:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2126510"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:44:24","slug":"respawn-reveals-apex-legends-most-popular-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/respawn-reveals-apex-legends-most-popular-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Respawn reveals Apex Legends&#8217; most popular characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/respawn-reveals-apex-legends-most-popular-characters.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id>\n<p class=\"strapline\"> #4 kind of blows my mind,&nbsp;though. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section class>\n<p>Respawn has lifted the lid on which are our favourite characters in its battle royale, Apex Legends, and while the top spot is unlikely to shock you, I can&#8217;t pretend I wasn&#8217;t surprised by some of the other entries on the list.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Respawn asked players to select which Legends boasted the highest pick rate, and rank them from 1-5. Though it promised to respond &#8220;in 1 hour&#8221; it actually took a full day for the team to return to Twitter, where it confirmed that &#8211; yep, you guessed it &#8211; Wraith continues to be the game&#8217;s most popular character.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The correct order is:<\/p>\n<p>1. Wraith<br \/>2. Bloodhound<br \/>3. Horizon<br \/>4. Octane<br \/>5. Lifeline <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fhDYoXQBUw\">pic.twitter.com\/fhDYoXQBUw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Apex Legends News (@TitanfallBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TitanfallBlog\/status\/1332122214473162753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <span class=\"message\">This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view.<\/span> <button id=\"ot-sdk-btn\" class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\">Manage cookie settings<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bloodhound clocked in at second place &#8211; which is pretty good given they&#8217;re not a character that has a particularly impressive win rate &#8211; with newbie Horizon taking the bronze (thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbltap.com\/posts\/apex-legends-most-played-season-7-01er51xtwtsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DBLTAP<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Lifeline comes in in fifth, but it&#8217;s fourth place that surprises me &#8211; Octane. Yes, the same Octane that offers very little in terms of team support besides a jump pad and the ability to run ahead of you and steal all the best loot, leaving nothing for the rest of the fireteam.<\/p>\n<p>In related news, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-02-heres-a-further-look-at-apex-legends-season-7-gameplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Season 7&#8217;s new map, legend and vehicles<\/a> have gone down well with players, slow progression in the latest battle pass caused some players to complain about grind &#8211; angering much of the community and forcing an emergency change from Respawn. <\/p>\n<p>Director Chad Grenier recently acknowledged that the team was &#8220;slower&#8221; at releasing new content such as time-limited modes because the studio &#8220;refuse[s] to crunch the team&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-10-we-refuse-to-crunch-the-team-says-apex-legends-director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We refuse to crunch the team<\/a>, so we&#8217;ll probably be slower at making content than if we worked 15 hour days but that&#8217;s just not something we&#8217;re willing to do,&#8221; Grenier recently said. &#8220;We have nearly doubled our team size since launch to accommodate the content demands, so we&#8217;re really trying to bring you quality content at a healthy pace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"video-container\"> [embedded content]<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"message\">This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. 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