In Apex Legends is one of the heroes (Legends) particularly popular. Especially the healer Lifeline is currently played a lot and is always welcome. There are also already plenty of fan arts and memes about her.
Who is Lifeline? Aja “Lifeline” Che is one of the eight playable Legends in Apex Legends. She is a petite, lively young woman with dark skin and red hair. All her traits are focused on support and healing.
She can set up healing drones, revive friends quickly, and request supply drops directly.
In the game, Lifeline is currently the absolute number 1 in the tier lists. In the eyes of many players, she is clearly in the overpowering S-tier and there is hardly a team that complains if someone wants to play Lifeline in the squad.
But what is the reason for that?
Why is Lifeline so popular?
Lifeline fits perfectly with the gameplay of Apex Legends. It is primarily about teamwork and collaboration. The practical ping system allows for complex team actions without voice chat, and with a attentive team, even death is not the end, thanks to respawn beacons.
This gameplay naturally favors heroes who fully dedicate themselves to the team. Therefore, almost every hero has skills that are team-based. But with Lifeline, it is not just one skill, but all!
That is why Lifeline is a perfect team player: Lifeline’s passive ability is useful and team-oriented all around. She can revive friends faster and creates a shield in the process. Since you always play Apex in a team and in a battle royale game everything depends on surviving as long as possible, a quick revive is worth its weight in gold.
And the shield even allows Lifeline to reliably perform a revive in a hail of bullets. Therefore, Lifeline players often throw themselves bravely into battle to heal their friends. This is very well appreciated.
Lifeline’s active ability is extremely useful: Lifeline is already a huge asset passively. It gets even better when she pulls out her cute healing drone. It heals all friends nearby and works even in the heaviest hail of bullets. This can make the difference between life and death.
Additionally, the drone heals damage from the death zone quite well, and a squad with Lifeline hardly needs any healing items anymore. This frees up space in the inventory for more ammunition and other goodies.
Lifeline’s ultimate is already a meme: Lifeline’s ultimate ability is particularly popular. She can drop one of the coveted care packages directly to a location of her choice. Although it only contains defensive items and no legendary weapons, nobody says no to a golden shield or an optimal scope.
Since Lifeline should request as many of these packages as possible, it is an unwritten rule that teammates immediately give her every single ultimate accelerator they find. This charges Lifeline’s ultimate 20 percent further, which means she can request packages faster and more often.
Those who do not give Lifeline accelerators are often seen as a big fool. Likewise, Lifelines who refuse to use masses of accelerators and thereby spam their care packages.
The obsession of Apex players with Lifeline’s ultimate has already made it into numerous memes.
Lifeline is just cool: Apex Legends has a selection of cool and original heroes. Lifeline stands out here with her appearance. She is small, colorful, packed with healing stuff, and speaks with a funny accent that players categorize somewhere between Jamaica and South Africa. But nobody seems to really know. Most players just think she sounds cool.
On top of that, she has some cool, colorful skins and some really brutal finishers. In one, she stabs the poor victim in the head with a thick syringe, and in another, the healing drone becomes an instrument of murder.
Players who value diversity are pleased that Lifeline has dark skin. Female characters of this skin color are still underrepresented in games.
By the way, new heroes are expected to be available in Apex Legends soon:
