Overview of Legend Upgrades in Apex Legends Season 20

Apex Legends Season 20 introduced Legend Upgrades, which can be chosen during battle. There are no new characters but this huge change makes up for it. This is probably the biggest game-changing feature since the Launch of Apex Legends. Here are all available Legend Upgrades in Apex Legends Season 20:

What are Legend Upgrades?

Every Legend in Apex Season 20 has four perks to choose from, available at Evo Shield Level 2 (blue) and Level 3 (purple). The selection can be done during battle. Gaining Evo Levels can happen through take-downs, interacting with Survey Beacons, Ring Consoles, and Evo Harvesters, and assisting with respawning and reviving, Players can choose upgrades that suit their playstyle.

Ash Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Murder Machine: Call out the number of squads within 150 meters after a squad wipe.
• One Minute to Live: Track the enemy position on the map for 60 seconds, after using Marked for Death.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Greedy Snare: Arc Snare stays active for 24 seconds and can catch multiple enemies.
• Twin Snares: Gain an Arc Snare charge.

Ballistic Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Care Package Insight: This perk can reveal Care Packages like the Skirmisher Class.
• Ammuvision: You'll be able to see ammo in deathboxes.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Extra Bullet. Gain a Smart Bullet charge with this perk.
• Lasting Bullet. Tripled duration of Smart Bullet.

Bangalore Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2)

• Big Bang: You'll be able to see nearby ordnance through walls and on deathboxes.
• Ultimate Cooldown+: This perk reduces Ultimate cooldown by 60 seconds.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Cover Me: Auto-Ping enemies who trigger Double Time.
• Refuge: This perk regenerates HP while inside Smoke.

Bloodhound Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Tactical Cooldown: 5-second cooldown reduction on tactical ability.
• Raven's Blessing: When activated, White Ravens give a 25% Ult charge.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Taste of Blood: On knocks, Gain 25HP while Beast of the Hunt is active.
• Odin's Glare: Doubles the duration of a full-body scan from tactical ability.

Catalyst Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Sister Spikes: This perk Increases the maximum number of active Spikes by 1.
• Long Cast: Spike throw range is increased by 40%.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Long Veil: Increase Dark Veil length by 15 meters.
• Resilient Veil: Increase Dark Veil lifetime by 5 seconds.

Caustic Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Parabolic Force: Throw range of tactical ability is increased by 75%.
• Particle Diffuser: Nox Gas Grenade's gas cloud area increased by 50%.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Residual Toxins: Nox Vision persists for longer.
• Breathe It In: Regenerate HP while inside Nox Gas.

Conduit Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Bigger Jammer: Each Ult mine's damage radius is increased by 10%.
• Battery Collection: Shield Battery count shown on deathboxes.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Split Charge: Gain a Tac charge but halve shield heal duration.
• Radiant Transfer: Tac range is increased by +10 meters.

Crypto Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Tactical Cooldown+: Tactical cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds.
• Ultimate Cooldown: 30 seconds reduction to the Ultimate cooldown.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Network Expansion: 25% increased range of Neurolink and EMP.
• Network Traffic: Deploying the Drone calls out squads in the area.

Fuse Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Scar Tissue: Take 50% less damage and avoid slow effects from your Ultimate.
• Big Bang: This perk allows you to see nearby ordnance through walls and on deathboxes.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Knuckle Hustler: Receive a short speed boost on successful Knuckle Cluster hit.
• Wreckless: Take 25% less explosive damage.

Gibraltar Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Fresh Start: Revive allies with 50 HP.
• Shots Shots Shots. Automatically reload shotguns when you knock an opponent.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Baby Bubble: Dome of Protection size and cooldown are reduced by 25% with this perk.
• Bubble Bunker: Dome of Protection lifetime increased by 4s.

Horizon Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Big Bang: This perk allows you to see nearby ordnance through walls and on deathboxes.
• Battery Collection: Be able to see Shield Battery count on deathboxes.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Tactical Cooldown+: Reduces cooldown on tactical ability by 5 seconds.
• Ultimate Cooldown: 30 seconds reduction to the Ultimate cooldown.

Lifeline Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Tactical Cooldown+: Reduces the cooldown on tactical ability by 10 seconds.
• Rapid Response: 20% increase of Revive speed.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Last Stand: Gain a Self-Revive.
• Gift Wrapped: The next Lifeline Care Package is a Supply Drop.

Loba Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Market Expansion: 25% range increase of Black Market Boutique.
• High Value: Increase Tac height and range.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Tactical Cooldown: Reduces cooldown on tactical ability by 5 seconds.
• Shopping Spree: Loba can get an extra item from Black Markets.

Mad Maggie Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Shots Shots Shots: This perk allows you to auto-reload shotguns on knocks.
• Fireball: Wrecking Ball catches fire and causes a thermite fire on detonation.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Drill Slinger: Gain a Riot Drill charge and reduce active duration by 25%.
• Big Drill: 50% increase of the depth and width of the Riot Drill.

Mirage Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• More of Me: Gain an Ult Decoy and reduce cooldown by 30s.
• Miracle Worker: Allies are revived with health regen up to 75 HP.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Bamboozle Bonus: This update refreshes Tac on successful Bamboozles.
• Me Two: Gain a Decoy charge. You can have both of them active at the same time.

Newcastle Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Swift Shield: This perk increases Mobile Shield speed to weapon sprint speed.
• Thick Shield: Mobile Shield segments get 250 HP.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Stronghold: Get +250 Castle Wall HP and extend the energized barrier duration to 2 minutes.
• Miracle Worker: Allies are revived with health regen up to 75 HP.

Octane Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Wreckless: Take 25% less explosive damage.
• Thick Skin: Take 25% less damage from Stim.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Mad Hops: Get an extra Launch Pad charge.
• Airborne Agility: Change directions with the Launch Pad double-jump.

Pathfinder Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Field Research: Gain access to Survey Beacons.
• Ringmaster: Gain access to Ring Consoles.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Down and Away: Grapple cooldown is reset on knock with this perk.
• Zipline Zen: Ziplines are now energized for a short time and they grant 25% damage reduction while riding.

Rampart Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Ultimate Cooldown: Reduce Ult cooldown by 30 seconds (90s cooldown for the ultimate).
• Bandolier: Carry extra ammo per stack.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Ramped Up: Improved Mobile Sheila handling and spinup time by 20%.
• Amped Reloads: Reload faster with Sheila or when behind Amped Cover.

Revenant Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Murder Machine: Call out the number of squads within 150 meters after a squad wipe.
• Tactical Cooldown: Reduces cooldown on tactical ability by 5 seconds.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Grim Leaper: Tac refreshes on knock.
• Agile Assassin: 20% reduction of Total Shadow Pounce charge time.

Seer Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Racing Hearts: Heart Seeker movement penalty is removed.
• Long View: Increase Heart Seeker and Tactical range by 25 meters.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Artist's Reach: Increase the throw range of his UItimate by 20 meters.
• Focus Scan: Increase Tactical ability scan duration by 1.5 seconds.

Valkyrie Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Afterburners: Launch 15% higher with Skyward Dive with this perk.
• Aerial Expert: Horizontal Jetpack speed and acceleration increased.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Fuel Tank: Jetpack fuel is increased by 25%.
• Full Coverage: Modify Missile Swarm pattern from 4x3 to 3x5.

Vantage Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Ultimate Reload: +2 bullets from Ultimate Accelerant.
• Ringmaster: Gain access to Ring Consoles.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Bat Bounce: This perk improves Echo Relocation double-jump.
• Sharpshooter: You'll be able to refresh Echo Relocation on hits with Sniper's Mark.

Wattson Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Falling Stars. Ultimate Pylon interceptions spawn Arc Stars.
• Fresh Start. Revive allies to 50 HP.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Power Pylon: Double Wattson's Ult HP and regen capacity.
• Split Circuit: You'll be able to place up to 2 Ults with half healing capacity. You'll also use Ultimate Accelerants twice as fast.

Wraith Upgrades

Blue Evo Shield (Level 2):

• Tactical Cooldown: Reduces cooldown on tactical ability by 5 seconds.
• Sixth Sense: Passive will be triggered when nearby squad count increases.

Purple Evo Shield (Level 3):

• Fast Phase: Reduce Tac wind-up by 20%.
• Ultimate Cooldown+: Reduce Ult cooldown by 60 seconds.

Final Thoughts

Apex Legends Season 20 offers fans a groundbreaking addition with the introduction of Legend Upgrades. This is probably the most significant change in the game so far. Despite the lack of new characters, this feature offers many customization options for players. With upgrades available for every Legend at Evo Shield Levels 2 and 3, players can adapt their abilities to suit individual playstyles. Choose the ones that will work the best for you and enjoy your next Apex Legends game!