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Apex Legends, the free to play battle royale by Respawn Entertainment, has an extremely diverse cast of Legends that has been regularly updated since 2019. How many female characters are in Apex Legends and exactly how popular are they? Find out below as we break down the stats of Apex’s girl boss cast!
How many female characters are in Apex Legends?
As of Season 23, there are 14 playable female characters in the PC version of Apex Legends. Their names are Alter, Ash, Bangalore, Catalyst, Conduit, Horizon, Lifeline, Loba, Mad Maggie, Rampart, Valkyrie, Vantage, Wattson, and Wraith. Here’s a breakdown of each of them and their abilities.
Alter
A manipulative Void Breachr that can bend dimensions to her will.
Ash
A simulacrum with a split personality, Ash used to be Dr. Ashleigh Reid before she died in an explosion.
Bangalore
Born into a military family,Bangalorefought for the IMC before the war ended. Now she fights in the Apex Games with her brother and her found family — the other Legends.
Catalyst
Catalyst fought to protect her home, the moon Cleo. But when the Apex Games arrived on her beloved moon and took everything away from her, she decided to join into the Games and fight for her home.
Conduit
On her rebuilt homeworld of Nexus, Rowenna Valentina Coffey Divina chose joy, her ever-present smile offering hope amidst the rubble of a government coup. She used the remnants of a fallen Monarch Titan to boost her quest to be an Apex Legend.
Horizon
A scientist trying to solve an energy crisis, Horizon was sent to the future through a black hole and now fights in the Apex Games to fund her research to find a way back in time.
Lifeline
The daughter of war profiteers, Lifeline fights in the Apex Games to help fund communities in need with her winnings. She is one of the original female characters that came out with the game.
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Loba
Despite intially infiltrating the Apex Games to kill Revenant,Lobadecided to stick around for the treasures and the women.
A freedom fighter for Salvo, Mad Maggie was forced into the Apex Games as a death sentence after her home planet signed a treaty with the Syndicate.
Rampart
A gun modder with a big attitude, Rampart joined the Apex Games after her modding shop was burned down by her rivals.
Vantage
An accomplished sniper since she was little, Vantage fights in the Apex Games to raise awareness for the wrongful conviction of her mother.
Valkyrie
Valkyrie, the daughter of Viper, joined the Apex Games to create a legacy for herself.
Wattson
Wattson joined the Apex Games after her father’s funeral to help protect her new family — the other Legends.
Wraith
After losing her identity and memories to science experiments,Wraithjoined the Apex Games to learn more about her past by investigating old IMC bases.
How popular are the female characters of Apex Legends?
The most popular female character in Apex Legends is Lifeline, at 20.9% pickrate, according toApex Legend Status.Lifeline has just had a rework, which is why she is so popular at the moment.
In fact, six of the top ten Legends are female. The least popular female Legend is Catalust, at 0.5% pick rate.
It’s honestly refreshing to see a game just create female characters without any sort of focus on sex appeal. Every single female character in Apex Legends is a fully-realized character with fun character quirks and unique personalities. They’re all completely competent people who would absolutely murder you in a second if you saw them in the Apex Games. From the most hardened military badass to the cutest electrician, each one is an effective little murder machine and that’s queen stuff.
It’s fantastic that the developers of Apex Legends are committed to creating more equality in video games for women, even through the simple act of creating good characters who happen to be women.
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