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The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Year 2 Championship 2022 concluded on 10th July and DarkZero, formerly known as Reignite, secured its second consecutive LAN title and became the first-ever Apex Legends world champion. It took home the lion’s share of $500,000 USD of the total prize pool of $2 Million USD to the Asia-Pacific (APAC) South region. At the start of the ALGS Year 2 Championship 2022, legends including Seer and Mad Maggie made quite a few appearances but as the tournament progressed, teams from across the worlds went back to comfort picks which are also very strong in the current meta.
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Most teams in ALGS leaned towards one particular team comp
According to the statistics shown in the PlayApex livestream, teams were heavily prioritizing the following legends:
Valkyrie
Gibraltar
Caustic
At the end of Game 2 of the grand finals of the ALGS Year 2 Championship, the official stats revealed that Valkyrie, Gibraltar, and Caustic completely dominated the meta as a team composition (comp). The three legends as a comp had a pick rate of 46.89%. Interestingly, the legend composition which was in second place was nowhere close to this pick rate since the comp – Gibraltar, Seer, and Valkyrie – had only a pick rate of 13.85%.
Valkyrie dominates the meta
Valkyrie has always been a player favorite in Apex Legends and has a dedicated player base. As of 11th July, she has a pick rate of 10.7% across all ranks in the game, a 7.32% increase in picks. Thanks to her mobility, utility, and her powers as a Recon Agent, the Winged Avenger is one of the most powerful playable characters in the game at the moment. In the recently concluded ALGS Year 2 Championship, all the teams seemed to run a composition surrounding Valkyrie. In the Championship, she has a staggering pick rate of 98.05% and has been picked 1159 times. Notably, following Valkyrie is Gibraltar who has a pick rate of 72.59%. Given this massive spike in Valkyrie pick rates, the Apex Legends community is asking Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment to nerf the legend.
All in all, the ALGS Year 2 Championship showed the incredible community support that the esports scene of Apex Legends enjoys. The ALGS broadcast ended with a piece of really exciting news: the ALGS is coming back for its third year of competition and was also widely hinted at by several of the game’s casters.
