How to Track Airborne Targets in Apex Legends
The movement in Apex Legends is highly complex, ranging from core techniques like tap-strafing, wall jumping, and bunny-hopping, to abilities that let you swing yourself like Tarzan with a grapple or jump-pad onto rooftops. The movement potential in Apex Legends is vast to say the least, and there are many ways to set yourself apart from your opponents using movement.
For newer players, abilities that allow opponents to cover large distances are difficult to deal with, usually because of two variables. One is that the velocity the target gains during abilities like Pathfinder’s grapple or Octane’s jump pad tends to be substantially higher than base movement speed. The second is that people are used to restricting their aim within the general direction they are looking in. Movement abilities tend to reposition the target “off-screen,” forcing the other player to make much larger mouse movements.
This might sound tough to deal with, but as you gain experience, you will realize that airborne targets become the easiest to deal with. See, once a target has left the ground, they can no longer control their movement much past air-strafing. This means that airborne targets follow a movement arc that is easier to track once you get used to it. A skilled Wraith jiggle peeking you with a Wingman on flat ground or a speed-boosted Octane strafing with an EVA-8, are both much harder to hit than an airborne target.
The task provided today will help you familiarize yourself with Octane’s jump pad movement. This ability launches the player a significant distance once interacted with, even allowing for a double jump. This tends to fuel a lot of frustration for beginners when they are playing against it, as the movement your enemies will be able to cover with the ability is significant. That being said, you will soon realize, after running the task a few times, that airborne targets are a lot easier to deal with than you initially thought, given proper practice.
The task fires a pill-shaped target up and over your position, emulating an Octane flying through the air off of a jump pad. The targets will respawn from the reset point (which is marked on the wall), so after you have tracked each target, return your crosshair to that position to prepare for the next!