Tiny potential ALGS change threatens pick rate of character that previously dominated pro play

The new Spellbound update in Apex Legends brought private matches with it, giving players the ability to create their own custom lobbies and play in them with their friends. These private matches come with several different settings and game modes, including using the tournament settings that pros use in the Apex Legends Global Series.

Or, settings that pros might use in the ALGS going forward, it turns out. While many competitive Apex fans were familiar with some of the more minute details of the tournament settings, a version of the battle royale that excludes a champion squad and heat shields, among other things, another element of the game was listed as being eliminated from the mode that hasn’t been in competitive Apex yet: skydive emotes. And it seems the pros weren’t even aware that the change was so imminent.