Apex Legends strategy Legends ’ brand new game mode, Arenas , has finally landed in the game. After a rocky first day, Arenas is now available for all players, and there is a lot to learn in order to master this new permanent game mode.
Arenas is a 3v3 team game where the goal is to eliminate the other team at least three times. A winner will be declared once three games - with a two-game lead - have been won. You’re forced to buy weapons and equipment at the beginning of each match with a limited amount of funds, and getting better weapons is costly and depends on your performance.
In this guide we’re going to breaking down the rules of the Arenas mode, and explaining everything you need to jump into the game and start fighting. For a breakdown of each of the Arenas maps , make sure to check out our full guide, where we explain strategies and tips for each .
Arenas Ruleset In Apex Legends ranked guide Legends
To win in the Arenas you need to have at least three total round wins, with a lead of two - meaning you need to go 3-1, at least, to win quickly. If both teams manage to get two wins, you’re pretty much guaranteed to be in for a longer game.
You won’t be picking weapons up off the ground, instead, you’ll be using a limited crafting metal currency to buy weapons and equipment. This does give you the option to be flexible with weapons for each round, but you won’t be swapping weapons mid-round unless you’re abusing a death box.
Closing rings are still present in Arenas, and if you don’t immediately get into a gunfight, the ring will decide the victor. If you can control where the ring will close well in advance, you’ll have an advantage overall.
Arenas Team Compositions
Team compositions will be a big part of the Arenas game mode. You need to cooperate with your team and assign one another ideal roles. Lifeline and Gibraltar can act as decent healers and provide impromptu cover, while Valkyrie and Octane can provide movement options to the team, which might become necessary in select situations.
Legends like Bloodhound become more important in these smaller maps too, as Bloodhound’s Scan ability will be able to cover a huge amount of space, and locate hiding opponents. His abilities combine well with Bangalore’s, but there’s no need to have more than one Recon Legend in any given team.
Unfortunately, Legends like Caustic won’t be anywhere near as effective as usual while in the Arenas, since his gas was recently nerfed quite heavily, and there aren’t many confined situations to use gas in outside of Golden Gardens and the one chamber in Thermal Station . Think hard and communicate with your team to decide on solid compositions.
Arenas Weapon Selection
While in the Arenas mode you have pretty much every weapon available to you immediately, but they must be purchased with crafting metals, and those will be limited, especially as you first start out. You will be able to purchase a P2020 or Mozambique for free, with upgrades being very cheap, but better weapons will be much more expensive.
Once you have a weapon purchased, it will come without attachments, meaning it’s not actually very good. You can spend extra materials to get a suite of attachments, with extra spending meaning better grade attachments.
If you want better weapons ASAP, then you can do two things. First, kill. Eliminating opponents will give you extra materials to spend in the next round. Next is to collect crafting metals . Crafting components can be found throughout the map in vats, similar to the Battle Royale maps. You can pick up metals during the battle, and they’ll be available for spending at the start of the next round, letting you upgrade that gun or carry a grenade into the next round.
Stick Together, Pick A Route
Yes, team compositions are important, but not as important as teamwork. If your team splits up, then you’re much more likely to get individually overwhelmed and ended.
If you stay close together, able to spring into action at a moment’s notice, you’ll be much safer as a group. The likes of Bangalore and Gibraltar can quickly make cover when bullets unexpectedly come flying by, and of course Lifeline is borderline essential to heal - just remember that her revive drone no longer deploys a shield, so you need to use it behind cover.
Knowledge Is Power, Recon Is God-Mode
I’ve mentioned multiple times how important a smart team composition is, and a Recon character like Bloodhound is amazing. Being able to paint your targets on your map or HUD quickly and easily makes it easy to find enemies that are straggling alone, and can be neatly picked off.
Crypto and Valkyrie are also great choices, of course. Valkyrie can buy her Skyward Dive ultimate and reposition the whole team at the start of the game, while also painting enemies on the HUD . Crypto, meanwhile, has his drone , which is the best tool in the game for marking enemy positions, and can help you formulate plans dynamically.
Ring Control
The Arenas mode has a closing ring, just like the Battle Royale mode, and controlling where the ring will close gives you a massive advantage. If you can lock down where the ring closes with area control Legends , like Rampart , Wattson , and Caustic , and you can get the upperhand pretty easily. But of course, that assumes you get into where the ring is closing first.
If the enemy team has already taken where the ring closes before you get there, then you’ll need to find alternate ways to sneak up on them and do damage. If enemies are able to hunker down, only a two-pronged assault will work efficiently at taking them down. One Legend needs to distract them from their flank, and that can open up the other two members of the team to push and take the team down. If you’re the one hunkered down, make sure to never lose track of all three enemy players.
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