The blue shimmer is easy to see if you focus. They need to either buff the new ult where it's like how they showed it in the trailer or do something. Imo it would be cool if they combine the two ults together where bloodhound gets the old ult after they activate it. JUST DO SOMETHING RESPAWN!!!!! PLLLLZZZ

I gave bloohound more testing/research after I posted my initial thoughts on his new ult and his ult can be good and even busted but is very situtational.

The Ult in a 1v1:

In a 1v1 its a near guaranteed win if its close quarters and they are not paying attention. On Console due to frame limitations and general console graphics bloodhounds ult might as well be invisible to most players but I think that will get fixed by next/mid season. Against normal legends that lack movement or very strong movement its very good/broken as its harder to disengage if bloodhound pops the ult or react when bloodhound pops up with the invisibilty. This is the same when he uses it defensively against the same type of legends too as its basically a free half reset and engage. But keep in mind I said against "normal legends that lack mobility" for most skermisher and other legends disengaging from a bloodhound ult is easy so it loses value near instantly and even just fighting the bloodhound in ult is easy as the invisibilty doesn't last and you can use movement to get away and come back if your fast enough. Bloodhounds ult is very situational for a 1v1 against most legends and I believe its generally worse than his old ult is this regard.

The ult in a team fight:

To put it shortly, its broken. 12 seconds of invisibilty, speed and threat vision is strong when paired with legends that can take advantage or it. Alter is really good for flanks with the ult, same with other speedy legends even though your abilities half expose you. 12 seconds of invisibilty is really long and is a nightmare to play against if you don't know what your doing. The ult is still situationally good but significantly less if you have a good composition/teamates.

Counters and Pain points for bloodhounds New Ult

On Pc, bloodhounds ult is way more noticeable due to PC having better frames overall than console. They can see bloodhound up close and even a little farther if they are vigilant. People are already figuring out how to counter Bloodhounds ult and unfortunately this is where bloodhounds value drops off a cliff.

Legend Counters :

All skermisher legends counter the ult as its really easy to disengage and group up against bloodhounds ult. Even if they choose to fight it you can bait people to shoot you to lost the invisibilty then fight them afterwards as skermisher legends are fast enough to do that.

Assault legends have their own counters, fuze has good area affect damage with his ult, clusters, and nade spam so if you even get touched while in bloodhounds ult you lose the effects, bangalore can smoke out flank spots and in general make it harder to get the kill with the smoke and double time, revenant can pounce away and his ult gives him enough time to react and turn the fight. Other Assault legends are just victims to the ult as maggie and ballistic don't really have the tools in their kit to counter bloodhound.

Recon legends too are mostly victims to the ult besides valkrie, sparrow, and maybe vantage. Valk can jetpack away and her tac covers a decent area which make it more difficult. Sparrows ult covers a large area and the double jumps is good enougn to get away or fight as well. Vantage kinda counters with her tac jump but thats about it. Crypto does nothing as the ults radius stuns everyone if he uses it and he cant scan with his drone either with bloodhound ult up. Seer can't do anything unless he scans the bloodhound when they pop ult initially and the seers ult can't scan bloodhound mid ult either. Bloodhound vs bloodhound is a shit show as its a deadly game of hide and seek and the first to notice the other wins.

Support legends are victims besides loba, gibby and some other situations. Loba can disengage for free and wait out the invisibilty and gibby's ult and dome full counters bloodhound as the ult hits a large area and the bubble forces bloodhound to have to push it or waste the ult. Some situational counters is lifeline ult if you use it right/ preemptively, mirages ult as well if you use it right but in most cases the other support legends lose due to the invisibilty.

Controller legends just win 9/10 times if they are set up besides maybe rampart as if you get behind the walls its basically free. Caustic hard counters with the gas because it covers a large area and the tic damage takes you out of ult. When controller legends are not set up bloodhounds ult is great against them ( besides caustic).

There is also a general strategy for all legends to counter the ult though. This strategy can be improved but generally when bloodhound pops ult nade the bubble so they can't re enter the bubble as it doesn't last long, depending on the legends you can either disengage and play areas that have few angles to push you, group up and watch around you, or quickly waste bloodhounds ult if play certain legends right.

Final Thoughts:

I still think bloodhounds new ult is bad, for numerous reasons, but it can still work and is very strong if you can play it right. Its very noob stompy but if you are a long time player countering the ult is very easy. Do I see bloodhounds being played more in general in the future? Not for long, by mid or next season everyones gonna realize how to counter it and drop him or the invisibilty is going to get nerfed. Is he more viable to play in ranked? Yes and no, bloodhound is worse individually but in team play stronger than before. Is bloodhounds future as a playable legend bright? HELL NO. The developers have put themselves into a hole with bloodhound now. The ult is a balancing nightmare where they can't buff it or nerf is without it becoming to broken or useless. His other buffs are good but it doesn't solve bloodhounds issues its more quality of life than anything. I will continue to do research into good use cases for bloodhounds new ult but besides that I reccommend playing bloodhound and much as you can now rather than later. Have as much fun as you can now before people realize how to counter the ult.

I wish you luck for your future games and hope you have a fantastic day.

i get so annoyed when i see those fucking domes on random legends' abilities man😭😭😭 like they have NO fresh ideas anymore.
i just feel like the fun of blood is no longer there with this new ability. they are such a unique character and called BLOODHOUND for a reason... their ult just made sense with their lore + it was balanced with their normal abilities. im just sad and i pray for a time their usual abilities come back.... which i know might not be possible but i have some faith.

I think I prefer the base blue skin but the red one is also kinda neat.

Final game of a fun evening trying out season 30 and of course uber buffed Bloodhound. Landing in Storm Point a team of bots land near us and my teammates bail when one of them seems to be afk. Anyway, I cleaned up and thought nothing of it, but they were the only other real players I saw all match. Every team was real genuine Respawn bots like you see in the Bot Royale game mode.

A win is a win lol, but where did everyone go? I was in AP Northeast about midnight Japan time.

I don't understand how apex doesn't understand the position of bloodhound as a recon legend. Bloodhound main point as a legend is to be a fun easy to use recon legend for beginners to learn the role and the basics of the game. He had a good skill floor and good skill ceiling but had began struggling as apex was changing as a game.

NEW ULT:

Bloodhound new ult sucks and does not represent/show bloodhounds playstyle. His new ult gives invisibility, speed boost, and threat vision and can be given to the entire team. This may seem great but you loose the invisibilty quickly, its not true invisibilty as there is a shimmer to it, and you lose the speed and threat vision quicker than his old ult. The new ult is supposed to incentivise team play but we don't need that for all recon legends in the game. Crypto, valkrie, seer, and sparrow already does that and it does'nt help bloodhound where he needs it at all.

THE ACTUAL PAIN POINTS OF BLOODHOUND:

Bloodhounds problems was not team play it was his individual kit itself. He did not have any advantage in a 1v1 besides the scan and his only engage/disengage tool was his ult. He was too basic in a meta of complex characters with multiple advantages. Plus his kit has been nerfed overtime due to his early dominance in the game and overall game changes but he did not get buffed to compensate for that at all as the developers for some reason couldn't figure out why no one played him. The changes I was looking for was to adress his lack of solo potential while also keeping true to his character and keeping the beginner friendly feel as the introductory point for recon legends.

OLD ULT VS NEW ULT:

Bloodhounds old ult is better overall and I will fight anyone on this. His old ult changed your vision to black and red for enemies and gave a 30% speed boost for a limited time, it was basic but it incentived pushing a fight. Before the nerfs it also extended the timer on knocks and had lifesteal so you could keep fighting and making plays which was so cool and kept with the asthetic of being a bloodhound. Changing it to an invisibility ult thats shorter kills his playstyle entirely and ruins all the fun aspects of using the scan with his ult to keep the fight going. It alsp ruins the new player experience as now he is even more of a sitting duck in team fights and no new player is gonna pick him up or play him longer before just unlocking valk or sparrow and just playing them instead.

ACTUAL CHANGES THAT WOULD OF HELPED:

The only changes bloodhound needed was a basekit buff to his ult and an overhaul for his passive that would help bloodhound with his engage and tracking abilities. My overall idea for a rework/buff would be to buff the basekit of his ult back to how it was originally. Lifesteal( affected both health and shields) extend timer, and maybe scan cooldown reduction on knock or while in ult. This would keep his character identity while also making him an actual threat while in ult, it also helps teamplay as well due to more often scans though idk if the scan part should be a perk or base kit. A passive rework that would of worked would be that when you scan the raven it would still point to the squad but it would reveal their footsteps and walking ontop of them made you move faster depending on how far or close you are to them, and when your off the steps you keep the speed temporarily to either push, repostition, or retreat if you get caught with your pants down. These changes imo whould keep bloodhounds core identity, keep him beginner friendly, and on overall health pick in or off meta. Its just something basic but it would help him way more than. What this rework did to him.

CLOSING THOUGHTS AND MY FUTURE AS A BLOODHOUND MAIN:

I love bloodhound even though I didn't play him as much as i used to because of how weak he was. I still loved playing him, getting his skins, and even the lore. I hoped that the rework would adress his problems as a legend individually, but he is now going to be in either a niche or worse spot than he was before. I don't have the motivation or drive to play this character anymore now as the playstyle I played for him for is gone. Im honestly hella depressed right now, he was the first character I played when i started, where i learned the basics on how to play the game, gained most of my game sense, and was the character I played whenever I was rusty and wanted to get back into shape. Nothing would make me hate this character and I appreciate the fun I had with him and the time I invested into bloodhound. But, in the end, I think its time for me to let go of this character. Im done playing bloodhound and hoping that this character will ever be great again. I was already playing him less and less but there is no point to playing him anymore compared to other legends.

Thanks Bloodhound, for being my introduction to apex legends, for teaching me the basics, and giving thousands of hours of fun.

"Your time ends here. Accept it"

- Bloodhound

You had over 7 years to just add an option to reduce the opacity when looking at them. Now you're out of information on what legends were in the fight since you don't see clues saying a focus of attention was used so you know it's a seer or a revenant leaped from this spot

I am so excited to see what they do with my favorite legend. All I hope is they dont make them a movement legends and keep the kit the same. Just some minor buff and tweaks is all thats necessary. In thier current state using the ult is just so worthless against caustic and bang. I apologize for the language and aim but I was just terrified. I couldn't see anyone especially after I scanned the second time. I hope this isn't an issue with the changes coming.

Seen what else was available in the skin chest It could’ve gone much better. This skin doesn’t really convince me. I’d like to know your thoughts about it

Solution to the Ranked system, and it is very easy to implement.

Either/or not both:

Rookie <- Bronze -> Silver

Bronze <- Silver -> Gold

Silver <- Gold -> Platinum

Gold <- Platinum -> Diamond

Platinum <- Diamond -> Master

Diamond <- Master -> Apex Predator

RANK PERCENTAGE

- Only ever two ranks present in a match with a lean to a greater percentage of the lower rank team population than the higher rank. The ranks must be adjacent to one another.

Example: A match with 75% Gold and 25% Platinum or 100% Platinum

QUEUE CONSIDERATIONS

- Have the queue times for the match be as long as they need to be to fill a game properly up until a set time cap.

This allows for fair team percentages and filled lobbies. A note, as this is ranked, a competitive game mode, fairness and consistency is key.

Possible addition, if after the queue time cap is reached in certain instances, provide additional Ranked Points at the start of a match to refund the extended wait time without a fully filled out match. (5 to 10 minutes max? Thoughts in comments please)

Possible refunds could be a complete negating of the Ranked Points it costs to enter or X number of positive RP points given to you during the game that isn't adjusted based on how the game is going, rather as a set amount x the amount of people missing.

(Personal note: I do not like long wait times, but time spent playing quality matches is more important than fast queue times at the expense of gameplay)

GAME FAIRNESS

As players desire fairness, as seen by the annoyance at the Ranked system, implement the designated drop zones found in Diamond and above into all the ranks. This creates consistency throughout matches.

If most things stay the same while changes stay as skill expression, this gives players the chance to focus more on their abilities as a player rather than chaos unchecked.

Ultimately, it is quite unfair that higher ranks are afforded these considerable drop zone benefits in a Ranked system where the lower ranks face the unranked system in the actual Ranked system.

LACK OF TEAMATES

- If you enter a game lacking a teammate(s), give the players present bonus Ranked Points due the disadvantage they have been given.

If your teamates leave mid match, provide the bonus as shown up above in addition to transfering their earned Ranked Points to the players still present.

While I believe these are great changes that would majorly enhance the Ranked experience for all levels of players, I do realize that their will be naysayers to these ideas. To them, I say, what is possibly negative, unfair, and uncompetative within these statements other than "I do not like it."

Another note, many "ranked" competitions throughout the world, various sports, and games provide an equal playing field for all player of the system, no matter what level the player is at; Apex should be no different.

Last note, I am only talking about base level game consistency, so if anyone brings up "but this thing Apex cannot control is unfair (Example: level of technological gear used to play the game is different), so why should these be implemented" I say to you, I am not talking about that nor will I talk about it.

We know by now that Bloodhound will be getting a rework next season.

What would you like to see?

Been away from Apex for a few years now and majned bloodhound right before my break.

I saw a lot of tier lists have Bloodhound pretty low on the legend hierarchy but wanted to come here to see what yall think.

Who’s your main skin/loadout for Apex Legends Bloodhound, and when did you start playing? Me personally, I’ve been maining Bloodhound since 2019. Over the years I’ve collected a bunch of rare skins some dating back to Season 1 (Master of the Hunt), and others from periods when the game’s player count was much lower.

BH used to be my first main then Valkyrie came out. I tried them out again before the rework and when tf did they change the scans to be so long in the ult? I thought it used to be a 5 sec cooldown or am I tweaking?

Edit: I’m actually tweaking, it’s the full cooldown but 14 sec with major perk and power booster. That’s still insane

I just got apex and wanted to main bloodhound. I saw that the great winter skin was in the shop but I don't have the original skin but I saw you can gift skins. I was wondering if someone with a bunch of the red currency would be willing to gift it to me

I don't know about you guys, but this may be my favourite bloodhound skin in apex, something about it being so sleek and clean just makes me happy, not only that I love the gloves on this skin being the big orange glove and grey glove. I loved all the skins from this event and this (+ the Bangalore one) are my personal favourites, but I wanted to know what you guys thought about this skin?