Apex Legends: how to best play Winter Express during the Marauders event

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Do you hear this noise? That's right, it's Apex Legends' Winter Express! The "conquer the train" mode, which made its appearance last year during the winter season, is back to the delight of fans for a limited time. In fact, from 7 to 21 December players will be able to try their hand at this mode, a versus open to only three teams where one will defend the wagons of a moving train while the other two will try to conquer. A truly tempting opportunity, especially for players who have just started (or restarted) playing Apex Legends as Winter Express is the perfect training ground. But there's more, because the event that includes the return of Winter Express is the Raiders Collection event, which will allow you to purchase legendary pirate-themed skins. We tell you everything you need to know about the Marauders and Winter Express event below.

About Pirates and Nutcrackers

The Legendary Skin of Revenant in the Marauders Collection Event Let's start with a short recap of all the useful info of the Predoni collection event. As we said, the Marauders event allows players the opportunity to unlock a series of legendary pirate-themed cosmetic items for a limited time for Valkyrie, Loba, Revenant, Bloodhound, Pathfinder, Wattson and Wraith. As you can read on the official event page: "Each legendary skin will be paired with a weapon skin, available in the collection or in the prize counter. You can get up to 1,600 points per day and the challenges will change every 24 hours. There will also be of the challenges that, if completed during the event, will allow you to obtain four unique badges. The challenges can be combined with the battle pass, so you can complete more challenges at the same time. "

Last but not least speaking of cosmetic accessories, unlocking all twenty-four items in the collection will also allow access to the Energy Reader, the new family heirloom linked to Wattson. The launch of an event is a moment also useful for fixing small game bugs and fixing some problems, which affect both the game and the experience in general; some of these relate to Wattson's abilities or Ash's bleeding, which now sparks when KOed.

Winter Express: How to Play

The Winter Express is back on track of World's End As we said, another important addition to this limited-time event is the return of Winter Express, a particular mode introduced for the first time in the Holo-Day Bash event. For those who haven't played it before, here's how it works: The Winter Express train track is found on the Worlds Edge map and the train is made up of just three wagons. To compete are only three teams, composed as always by three legends: two attack and one defends the train. Each round, two teams parachute into the area around the train and win the match either by occupying the train for a few seconds or by killing all opponents. The first team to three captures wins, and the team that won the previous round will reappear on the train instead of the air ships.

No loot spawns naturally on the map. Players start with preset weapons, gear, health kits, and grenades they choose from a spin.Health kits are endless in this game mode and are used 50% faster. Killing enemies will drop ammo. In this game mode there is no KO state, nor are there any death boxes: once you are dead you are out of the game until the next match.

Improve by playing Winter Express

Enjoy the view from the window of the Winter Express ... and beware of snipers If you play Apex Legends it is likely that the competitive dynamics of battle royale will satisfy you more than those dictated by more traditional multiplayer modes, such as capture the flag or conquer the area. Yet Winter Express is an excellent training on the pitch, even more so than the Arenas; the latter in fact develop on a relatively large map, which contains only two opposing teams. A duel with a lot of space in which to fight, a scenario that does not, however, match the really difficult situations that we find ourselves facing in Apex. Even playing the classic trio mode is not synonymous with improvement: it is true that practice makes perfect but actually practicing in Apex Legends is very complex because the "opportunities to shoot" are not so predictable, unless you specifically research them. It is no coincidence that in every map, season after season, a privileged place for the fight is elected, such as good old Skull Town, where all the players throw themselves. An almost inevitable process but very time-consuming given the time it takes to get in and out of a game.

What are the aspects that can be improved by playing intensively Winter Express? First of all, playing this mode will teach you how to manage the simultaneous attack of two opposing teams. How many times have you found yourself in the classic "sandwich" situation, with two attacking teams on opposite sides ... and you doing mincemeat for the filling? Winter Express is the best way to learn how to handle this, especially if you play with an established team. You will therefore learn to coordinate better in the defense phase, communicating and also managing the stress caused by the situation. The tension that a battle royale like Apex generates, added to the consistent duration to start a new game, usually does not match the time needed to become familiar with the game.

Winter Express games are much faster , with short and very intense matches, and if you die you will be waiting as a spectator until a new match begins. In these excited minutes, however, you can train on a real battlefield, a concentrated training in which to refine your engagement in attack, become familiar with the shooting angles by exposing your hitboxes to a minimum, find the right point to take cover to regenerate armor and health points. It should not be forgotten that all this obviously applies to both short and long range fights, because if you are the attacking team and you will start from the ship, you will have to approach the train from afar: this will give you the opportunity to learn how to manage positioning on the map and familiarize yourself with marksman weapons.

Strategies for playing Winter Express

The Winter Express loadout is constantly rotating. Express and take home some wins. The first suggestion will seem obvious to you, but it is precisely in the easiest things that you get lost. Rule number one: use the right Legend. Having a fixed main for standard games does not make that same choice suitable for other modes. Obviously it depends on your style of play, more or less aggressive, but it is clear that there are more suitable legends and others that totally lose their usefulness. At least one Caustic, one Rampart and one Wattson should never be missing from a team. These three legends are ideal for barricading the team inside the train and maintaining as much control as possible: Caustic's venom hurts and slows, Rampart creates defensive barriers and if necessary his ultimate is perfect for a violent breakthrough, while Wattson protects the train from bombs. Here, another tip before continuing with the Legends: do not be afraid to use explosives, even if you are not used to it!

With a little training and the right precautions, you will soon become Winter's champions Express Other very interesting legends for Winter Express are Bangalore, which gives its best with its tactic launched in the wagons (and with a Digital Menace mounted on an SMG there is none for anyone), and the classic Pathfinder and Wraith, the better in terms of mobility. You can change legend between matches but finding one that is as versatile as possible will allow you to maintain a certain game consistency over the course of the various battles. The choice of the legend goes hand in hand with the set of weapons, which is supplied in five different solutions: the guns are already equipped with stock, magazine, barrel stabilizer, bolt, hop-up and optics, of different tiers. The second piece of advice is therefore to manage your loadout in the best possible way. This should be chosen based on your position, in attack or defense, and the legend used: as mentioned, a Bangalore with a Digital Threat is perfect, while the same optics with a Caustic are wasted. With regard to the optics, remember that you can change it during the weapon selection phase, even if you cannot choose a scope at will for one of the two weapons but you will always be bound by the weapon tier. Do not be afraid to experiment with new combinations of weapons and above all do not be fooled by the category of weapons, for example a rifle like the Prowler can give you great satisfaction even over long distances and a Triple Take will do its damage even over short distances without having to aim from. far away.

The last piece of advice is to study the teams well and their way of engaging, especially the one that will attack with you when the third defends. The big risk that you run in Winter Express is in fact that of being in too much of a hurry to attack, for the same reasons that make this mode perfect as a training. The games are fast, the waiting time is not too long, Winter Express is made for those who want to shoot. But giving in to this temptation too quickly risks putting you in the unpleasant situation of storming the train, conquering it exhausted and paying dearly for the arrival of the third team. If you can't hold the trigger then maybe it's best to get rid of the attacking contenders first, always making sure the defenders don't accumulate enough free seconds to redeem ownership of the train and win the match.

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