Apex Legends is approaching Season 17 of post-launch content, with Ballistic now chalked to come soon and officially revealed. In the Season 16 update, alongside the usual buffs and nerfs, all Legends were reclassified into one of five categories. That’s translated to the list of Apex Legends character pick rates, detailing the most used and most popular Legends right now.
All Legend Pick Rates in Apex Legends Season 16
Using ApexLegendsStatus‘ tracking, here’s every Legend’s pick rate, as of 2 May, 2023.
| Position | Legend | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pathfinder | 13.1% |
| 2 | Octane | 10.1% |
| 3 | Wraith | 9.5% |
| 4 | Bangalore | 7.5% |
| 5 | Bloodhound | 7.1% |
| 6 | Horizon | 5.8% |
| 7 | Lifeline | 5.3% |
| 8 | Valkyrie | 4.9% |
| 9 | Loba | 4.2% |
| 10 | Maggie | 3.6% |
| 11 | Ash | 3.5% |
| 12 | Fuse | 3.2% |
| 13 | Seer | 3.1% |
| 14 | Catalyst | 2.7% |
| 15 | Caustic | 2.7% |
| 16 | Mirage | 2.5% |
| 17 | Vantage | 2.0% |
| 18 | Wattson | 1.9% |
| 19 | Rampart | 1.6% |
| 20 | Crypto | 1.5% |
| 21 | Revenant | 1.5% |
| 22 | Gibraltar | 1.4% |
| 23 | Newcastle | 1.3% |
Season 16 has always been dominated by the perpetually popular Legends – Wraith, Bangalore, Bloodhound, Pathfinder and Octane. The Forward Scout remains in the gold medal position, boasting a pick-rate just over 13%.
It’s also interesting to note Seer’s massive drop off across Season 16, with Respawn’s attempts to counter Apex’s ‘scan meta’ successful on this front.
There’s also been a big fall in popularity for Mirage and Ash, while Rampart, Gibraltar and Newcastle remain amongst the most unpopular characters, with players clearly struggling for reasons to pick them in their matches.
Revenant is similarly neglected but the landscape looks slightly more promising for him, with rumors of a rework and new Passive Ability hotting up ahead of Season 17.
That’s all there is to know about the pick rates for all Legends in Apex Legends Season 16. We’ll be updating this page regularly so be sure to check back for all the intel on who your enemies will be using, and who you should be using.
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