Apex Legends: This Strategy Makes Rampart’s Ultimate Ability More Useful

Apex Legends Season 6 saw the introduction of another legend to the diverse combat roster. The quick-witted modder, Rampart, has certainly amped up the competition. As a defensive legend, her abilities help fortify an area or provide cover for teammates, keeping the squad safe.

Rampart’s tactical is perhaps more viable compared to her other two abilities. Her amped cover can lock down doors and create diversions. It stops opponents from pushing certain angles and can turn the tables in critical situations.

There are several other legends, however, who are way more popular picks than the expert modder. This is due to the fact that Rampart’s passive and ultimate seem lackluster compared to other legends who have been in the game for a while now.

Therefore, The Gaming Merchant has come up with a trick that makes Rampart’s ultimate ability better. This simple strategy pushes her ultimate to the furthest possible limit, making it slightly more useful.

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A strategy to use Rampart’s ultimate in a viable way in Apex Legends

To use Rampart’s Sheila minigun, a player has to place it, let the animation play through, and zoom in to start firing. This tedious process takes about 5 seconds, while the player is a sitting duck. It is definitely not the best spot to be at while using the not-so-great ultimate ability.

Therefore, The Gaming Merchant figured out a somewhat aggressive workaround. The trick is to place the minigun and get on it as quickly as possible. After that, start spamming left and right, with your movement buttons or by dragging your mouse. Point the minigun’s nose upwards to the sky and make sure to hold down the fire button as soon as you get on the turret to charge it up. And now, it’s time to aim at the enemy and rain bullets down.

This would make it harder for enemies to connect their shots precisely while you set up the minigun. It almost appears to them as if you are strafing back and forth extremely fast. It is an effective way to dodge some bullets to get through the charge-up time for Rampart’s Sheila.

The Gaming Merchant tested out the strategy thoroughly in the Firing Range as well as in matches. He also illustrated another method for using the same strategy by placing the minigun behind cover. Rampart’s ultimate ability is certainly not the most effective, but this trick makes it more viable to use aggressively in combat.

For a detailed breakdown of the strategy, check out The Gaming Merchant’s video below.