Mad Maggie Buffed However Nonetheless Fails to Develop into Meta: Here is Why

Mad Maggie was launched in Apex Legends again in Season 12 however the legend hasn’t seen a lot play. In line with , her choose charge in any respect ranks has by no means gone past 3%. Her common rank can be the very best amongst all legends at Platinum 2. In Season 14, Respawn determined to buff the legend’s tactical and supreme talents. Regardless of this Maggie appears to be flying beneath the radar. Her choose charge hasn’t gone up an excessive amount of. Let’s have a look at why Mad Maggie fails to develop into meta regardless of buffs.

Mad Maggie talents and buffs

Every little thing about Mad Maggie’s package screams aggression. Maggie’s passive Warlord’s Ire quickly highlights enemies she’s broken, permitting her to trace them for a brief time period after they’ve moved behind a wall or object. The passive additionally lets her transfer sooner when holding a shotgun. A buff to EVA-8 and the addition of the Double Faucet Set off hop-up has tied in nicely along with her passive which lets her run sooner with a shotgun. Many gamers choose up the EVA-8 within the early recreation earlier than switching over to the Peacekeeper. With the Double Faucet Set off, there's a case for sticking to the EVA-8 as nicely.

Her tactical Riot Drill helps her deal harm to enemies behind partitions, and obstacles like Gibraltar’s bubble or Newcastle Protect. With the Season 14 buffs, Riot Drill’s launch pace has been doubled making it journey sooner and farther. Her final Wrecking ball additionally travels twice as farther now and offers harm to enemy objects like Amped Cowl Shields and Sheila. It outright destroys objects like Black Market, Fortress Partitions, Exhibit, Dying Totem, Black Gap, Dome of Safety, and Fuel Barrels. In consequence, Wrecking Ball now lets her and the staff push aggressively into fights and attaching a Riot Drill to her final causes much more mayhem.

So why isn’t Mad Maggie widespread?

Regardless of these buffs making Mad Maggie a robust legend on paper, she nonetheless not often seems in informal and professional play. As talked about earlier than her common rank is without doubt one of the highest in response to Apex Legends Standing at Platinum 2. Whereas gamers like HisWattson are enjoying her in ranked video games and scrims, she nonetheless hasn’t gained traction total.

In line with Apex Legends commentator Raynday Gaming, “legends who begin out being poorly picked and underpowered take a very long time to get into the meta”. That is true for legends like Seer who're at the moment within the professional play meta and a staple in tournaments. When Maggie first got here out, she didn’t depart a lot of an impression so now it’s going to take some time for informal gamers to return to her and make the most of her package. On the subject of professional play, till Respawn additional optimizes her final, she's going to doubtless stay a really area of interest choose. Though Wrecking Ball really wrecks issues now; participant ultimates, shields, it nonetheless stays barely unreliable. It nonetheless typically travels in odd methods or bounces round unpredictably.

One other issue is that regardless of with the ability to push aggressively, Maggie’s utility to the staff (and people of offensive legends typically) is sort of restricted in comparison with defensive and recon legends; meta favourites like Seer, Valkyrie, Newcastle and Wattson. Raynday brings up this subject in stating, “there's a completely different kind of Apex that typically it's a must to play to carry characters that aren’t within the meta, into it. And what that does is it basically collapses the economic system (and) how Apex professionals behave”. Professional gamers wish to “be protected, much less aggressive” at greater ranges of play. “They like extra utility in fights, that they will actively use to be defensive and Maggie’s utility is all about pushing.”