Octane for noobs: A Beginner's Guide To Octane

 

Overview


If you want to pull off a win in Apex Legends, you'll often want to find a healthy balance between being defensive and being aggressive--both in your thinking and your character selection. The fast and furious Octane is one of the game's most aggressive characters--a quick and deadly legend capable of closing the gap between you and your opponents rapidly before they know what hit 'em.

Octane is an attack-oriented legend, great for catching players off guard or running them down when they've had their shields broken--but this speed demon mentality can also leave you vulnerable. To use Octane effectively, you'll need quick reflexes, a willingness to push fights, and the know-how to keep yourself alive. We've got everything you need to know about his abilities, how to pair him with other characters, and what pitfalls you should try to avoid along the way.


A flurry of lightning-fast abilities


Describing Octane as "The Adrenaline Junky" is Respawn giving you a sense of how you should think about the character. He's all about big risks and big rewards. His abilities boost his speed, which can make him a devastating skirmisher and front-line fighter, but he generally can take less damage than other heroes, since his tactical ability trades health for speed. That means you should be using him as a fast fighter up close with enemies to try to drop them fast, while the rest of your team supports you and mops up the people you damage.

Octane's tactical ability Stim grants him greatly increased speed for a short time at the cost of some of his health. Luckily, this works hand-in-hand with his passive ability, which regenerates health over time.

That passive ability Swift Mend will regen his health by 1 HP every second that he's not taking damage. It's not much, but it can be a massive help to not have to stop and spend your time manually healing minor wounds.

Lastly, his ultimate is Launch Pad, which tosses a pad on the ground that can launch you and your enemies vertically or horizontally to reach areas quickly. This makes it an amazing tool for opening up an offensive push or aggressively running down escaping squads.

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