Apex Legends Season 16: Team Deathmatch revealed, new Legend class system, and balance changes are incoming
Nerfs/Buffs for six Legends will be arriving for Seer, Wraith, Lifeline and others.
Respawn Entertainment has revealed a whole new class system to change Apex Legends' meta. The developers are abandoning the old system of classifying Legends and the newly adopted system will be coming in with new class-specific perks as well.
Apex Legends new class system
The studio has also revealed that balance changes for six different Legends will arrive alongside the release of Apex Legends Season 16. Nerfs/Buffs will be arriving for the likes of Seer, Wraith and Lifeline, among the six Legends.
It won’t just be these six legends that will be receiving changes. Since there’s an overhaul for classes and perks incoming, that means all Legends will be receiving an update to their functionality.
Respawn has announced the new class list which is viewable below:
- Assault
- Skirmisher
- Support
- Controller
- Recon
Team Deathmatch replaces Arenas
The highly-anticipated Team Deathmatch mode is finally coming to Apex Legends with Season 16. Respawn has confirmed the arrival of Team Deathmatch and it will replace Arenas in the game.
The developers have announced the sunset for Arenas, which means the mode will be permanently removed from the game.
Team Deathmatch will feature a 6v6 format, but the developer clarified that players will only get to create a squad of 3 when going into a TDM match. They will be paired with a random trios squad to make up a team of 6.
The first team to get 30 kills wins a round, and there will be a Best-of-3 format to decide the winner.
Mixtape
Respawn also announced that a new playlist will be coming to the game mode selection. Similar to how map rotation works, Mixtape will feature several LTM modes that have been released in the past.
These LTM modes will be in rotation at an interval of 15 minutes. Apex Legends Season 16 will feature Gun Run, Control and Team Deathmatch in the Mixtape playlist.
Mixtape will be added on March 7, three weeks after the launch of Season 16, revealed Respawn Entertainment.
