Respawn dropped patch 2.19.2019 for Apex Legends today and along with some fairly standard patch notes regarding crash issues and movement bugs, the patch came loaded with information dataminers gleefully sifted through to find some juicy bits for us to speculate over, including new legends, hoverbikes, and a ranked league play system.

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New Legends

What we know so far is two new characters are named in audio files discovered by dataminers, potentially the same two characters teased in Apex Legends’ “Deep Dive” trailer from the game’s release on Feb. 4. The files seem to point toward abilities though it’s unclear if these are passive, tactical, or ultimate abilities. Of course, all of this could easily change before their official release.

Wattson – An ability named “Tesla” may point toward multiple electrical traps with stunning effects similar to the Arc Star.

Octane – Grifting a “Stim” ability from Titanfall 2 pilots, this could allow for a speed boost similar to Bangalore while simultaneously giving a burst heal to the player.

Scraping strings off the audio files reveals audio for two new legends, and their abilities, Wattson has a Tesla Trap and Octane has a Stimpack. #ApexLegends #Leaks (btw all legends have a wallrun entry, nothing big there) pic.twitter.com/w0aj9MXALX

— Shrugtal (@shrugtal) February 15, 2019

Hoverbikes

Movement across King’s Canyon is arguably not difficult, but getting from Swamps to Airbase might become easier as you and two passengers could hop on a Hoverbike and cruise.

LEAK: More details on the previously Leaked HoverBike. It’s called a “Rodeo” in the game files.

It can away 3 players, 1 driver and 2 passengers.

Also it has a description and a description of a Rodeo Driver.#ApexLegends #ApexLegendsleaks #ApexLegendsBattleRoyale pic.twitter.com/PNqDRYRxC8

— Apex Legends – News & Leaks (@RealApexLeaks) February 19, 2019

All assets listed for League (Ranked) play in #ApexLegends pic.twitter.com/qH2ZmqjpKz

— Shrugtal (@shrugtal) February 19, 2019

The exclusive #ApexLegends Twitch Prime loot is officially live! https://t.co/G1McbyiRc8

— Apex Legends News (@TitanfallBlog) February 19, 2019