Apex Legends Season 2 details: Battle Charge, Wattson and L-Star revealed

Season 2 of Apex Legends is called Battle Charge and will arrive on July 2. Check out all of the exciting new things it’ll bring.

During EA Play, Respawn Entertainment hosted a 30-minute panel highlighting all of the big changes coming to Apex Legends with Season 2. A new Battle Pass, called Battle Charge, promises tons of new cosmetics, but that’s just the start of it. Season 2 will bring a new, but familiar weapon, daily and weekly challenges, a ranked mode, a tenth Legend and more.

For starters, Battle Pass will kick off on July 2 and will feature daily and weekly challenges for the first time. As previously detailed, the new season will bring more Legendary rewards to unlock; there will now be a Legendary item available every 25 Battle Pass levels, with the level 100 reward being an evolving weapon skin with a special recolored version for players who make it to level 110.

Season 2 will also introduce a new weapon that Titanfall players will be quite familiar with. The L-Star is a plasma-fueled EMG. This fully automatic doesn’t use ammunition picked up from the ground and is only found in care packages; that’s because it’s “so OP.” While the weapon doesn’t use ammunition, sustained fire will cause it to overheat and temporarily stop working. A brief highlight video showcased the deadly new weapon which actually has the ability to shoot open doors. Talk about a game-changer.

Also debuting with Season 2 is the game’s tenth Legend (character). Wattson, whose real name is Natalie, was revealed with an animated story trailer narrated by her father.

A scientific genius and electrical engineer, Wattson is a defensive-focused character designed to counter the aggressive third-party meta in Apex Legends.

“If you plan and you adapt to the environment and really know the map and work really closely with your team, you can create these strong defenses that people are going to think about in terms of how they push on you,” Respawn explained.

Wattson abilities emphasize a more “stance, RTS” approach that gives players an alternative to the hyper-aggressive playstyle that’s currently dominating the meta. Wattson has more interrelated abilities than any other current character.

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She can place electrical fence nodes to create a defensive structure around her team. If any enemies pass through the fence, it’ll ping your team of their location.

Her ultimate is the Interception Pylon which shoots down bombardments and incoming grenades, while also charging your teams’ shield. Being near the Pylon will also speed up the recharge of Wattson’s Tactical ability, allowing you to build up a larger fortress more quickly. This will allow for all sorts of defensive strategies, including flank control and fencing off towers.

Her passive is that ultimate accelerants give you your Ultimate 100 percent Ultimate charge so “if you save up ultimate accelerants over the course of a match, that allows you to place more Pylons which means you don’t have to play conservatively as long as you save up Ultimate Charges.”