Re: Shadowfall first impressions!

For everyone struggling to get a first win as a legend, here is how it worked for me:

Of course, in the end you need some luck with the position of the evac ship, but this is how I did it several times now (mostly as lone survivor):

- land not too far away from first ring

- do the work (looting)

- if possible avoid bigger fights, this will only attract shadows

- if you have a good equip, camp somewhere, when you have time left

- when the final ring appears including the location of the evac ship, position yourself in a good spot 100-200m away of the ship

- start running with Wraith's ultimate, about 20-30 seconds (depends on the distance) before the evac ship arrives

- (if ultimate ends too seen, throw all grenades you have on the LZ in order to clear that location)

- use Wraith's tactical for the last few meters

When it is good timed, you enter the evac ship in the second it arrives. Mostly it is better to be there in advance, once it arrived, all shadows will camp there.

Surely, this will work not every time, but for me it works most of the time 🙂 I prefer this when you have to focus on yourself. I did it 3 times and was always the only survivor.

A lot more fun it is to play with Wattson or Caustic. Just camp near final LZ in a building, with traps and fences used of course.

The shadows will non stop try to enter the building and you can get a lot of kills. Depending on the distance to evac ship, getting there from your camping spot could be tricky.

Good luck all.

@JjumpingJjack 

Grenades are something I haven't really used much in the event. I always think it's best to focus on shooting Shadows. But I'll definitely be trying some nade spam on the LZ now. 🙂

I agree with what you said, about Wattson and Caustic being fun. I've seen players putting Wattson's Perimiter Security fences up around the LZ to great effect. There are also some great spots at the Runoff LZ, where you can use Wattson's fences inside the buildings. It can take lot of ammo to defend in this situation, though. You often get a large queue of Shadows waiting for you to go outside your perimiter to the LZ and you have to keep picking them off. It's good fun. 🙂

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@warslag  schrieb:

@JjumpingJjack 

Grenades are something I haven't really used much in the event. I always think it's best to focus on shooting Shadows. But I'll definitely be trying some nade spam on the LZ now. 🙂

I agree with what you said, about Wattson and Caustic being fun. I've seen players putting Wattson's Perimiter Security fences up around the LZ to great effect. There are also some great spots at the Runoff LZ, where you can use Wattson's fences inside the buildings. It can take lot of ammo to defend in this situation, though. You often get a large queue of Shadows waiting for you to go outside your perimiter to the LZ and you have to keep picking them off. It's good fun. 🙂

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It is great fun, you are right.

Grenades are super powerwull agains shadows!

I saw someone kill 12 shadows with one arc star, out of evac ship. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/did68d/save_your_arc_stars/

I don’t use grenades but arc stars got a couple of them out of dropship. I think 4 with one.

I did it! As of almost an hour ago got 25 wins out of dropship, sitting at 26 now, wanted to go rambo next match, did it and still got out xD.

Now I might just play Shadows from time to time just to harass ppl. Later on I’m gonna make a thread on how to get on the damn ship ^.^ look forward to it

And I can confirm that your deaths as a Shadow don’t count (at least now, probs when they sneaked in that you can’t do the 20 kill with shadows as well) so don’t worry bout your K/D. The only death that gets recorded is the one as a legend. You’re welcome 😉

Finally unlocked the 25 escapes badge. It feels good. There were ups. And a lot of downs. But I made it! So happy to get that out of the way. I can get pretty competitive at times. Now I can actually enjoy the game mode. My first round afterwards felt good. I didn't care if I won or lost. It was about enjoying the atmosphere and game play. Which I was. Now all that's left are the daily challenges for the Alternator skin.  🙂

P.S. My main was Wraith. Try to do all your killing in the first round. People are less likely to come back because they'll see all the other victims around. Afterwards it's all about stealth. Don't shoot unless it's a must. If you do, they'll be back and with friends. Wait for the evac ship to arrive while maintaining a distance. Then try and time it with whatever distance you think will get you there seconds after it shows. Not before. The shadows will be preoccupied with the others that beat the ship landing. When getting close use Dimensional rift. Hold off on using Voices from the Void as long as possible. If you use it too early, you might end up short and you'll be dead. After that, enjoy the ride and toss out some grenades for a parting gift. Hope this helps!  🙂

@Koochi-Q  Awesome! We did it!  🙂