Get to know Apex Legends’ first trans Legend, Catalyst
On Thursday, Respawn and EA released a new trailer giving more details on upcoming Apex Legends character, Catalyst, who will debut next week alongside the Eclipse update. Catalyst is an openly transgender woman, the first in the game so far. She is also its 23rd Legend.
Catalyst, also known as Tressa Crystal Smith, is a defensive Legend who hails from Cleo, the moon of the planet Boreas. The moon was hit by an asteroid and a large part of it was destroyed. It was repaired by a terraforming project that made it habitable again and a settlement called Broken Moon was set up there by the Cleo Recovery Council before it was taken over to be an Apex Games arena. Seer is also from this area, and is tightly connected to the Apex Games coming to Cleo, which has put him at odds with Catalyst.
Tressa Crystal Smith has “an almost magical control” over ferrofluid — a dark liquid that Catalyst can manipulate and harden at will. This is what she uses to power her abilities in the Apex Games. They are as follows:
- Passive – Barricade: Using her ability to manipulate ferrofluid, Catalyst can block paths and reinforce doors, buying time to regroup and turn the table on her enemies.
- Tactical – Piercing Spikes: Catalyst is able to conjure ferrofluid to lay spikes when enemies are nearby, while Catalyst herself remains immune to enemy spikes.
- Ultimate – Dark Veil: Slow incoming enemy movements and block their vision with Catalyst’s Ultimate, Dark Veil. Catalyst can raise a permeable wall of ferrofluid that will slow and partially blind enemies who attempt to push their way through it. Players can use these barriers to divide the battlefield or resurrect their team in a safe place.
Players will be able to check out Catalyst and her abilities starting November 1 when Apex Legends: Eclipse launches on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Origin and Steam.
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