Apex Legends‘newest character, Rampart, is on his way. Following her revelation last week, Respawn Entertainment has continued to double down on slow and stiff hints about her character and abilities on Twitter, but now we have her animated Outlands finally short, titled The Endorsement. It helped fill in a lot more about her backstory.
The short begins with Bangalore and Gibraltar hanging at a bar and talking about Rampart’s skill with both wrenches and cannons. Then, a small gang – who seem to be led by a mysterious new figure – appears in the middle of the night in Rampart’s mechanical shop and Rampart jumps into action. She activates some of her store’s defensive works, including a heavy revolver, but she is eventually overwhelmed.
She was deliberately beaten, then awakened by a character appearing to be from Kuban Blisk Titanfall 2. Blisk gives Rampart a card with the Apex Games logo on it, saying it’s time to pick them up, apparently inviting them to join the games – that would make sense, because he’s in it first place is the creator.
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But this trailer did more than reveal Rampart’s backstory. It also gave us a brief look at their capabilities, if at least one of them. Near the end of the animated short, she constructs a massive heavy revolver, complete with a shield, which seems like a very good candidate for her Ultimate ability. We’ll have to wait until Respawn reveals her full kit to know for sure what she can do.
Rampart must arrive at the same time as Apex Legends season 6, which is set to finally begin on August 18th.
