Here's how Apex Legends' launch pads work

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Every time I bounce I feel I touch the sky.

According to a recent leak the next legend coming to Apex Legends will be able to deploy launch pads players can jump off as an ultimate ability. These pads have begun appearing around the market area so you can test them out yourself. YouTuber Mokeysniper has gone all out with those tests, making a video that demonstrates every legend in the game launching off the pads and also shows off the other possible interactions. 

While Lifeline's ultimate can't be summoned on top of a launch pad, they can be used to bounce grenades, traps, and other projectiles around, which skilled players will doubtless find some use for. Also, here's your confirmation that hitting the jump button on a pad gives a boost to your leap height.

Jody Macgregor
Jody Macgregor
Weekend/AU Editor

Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame.