Apex Legends Valkyrie

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Flavor nine of Apex Legends is just around the corner, and ahead of its launch Respawn released the first cinematic trailer for the season. It focuses on the upcoming new legend Valkyrie, her origin story, and her relationship with Titanfall ii airplane pilot Viper, which was heavily referenced ahead of the trailer's launch.

Valkyrie is Kairi Imahara, a confident young pilot and Viper's girl, as it turns out. During the events of Titanfall 2, Imahara was a teenager, deeply addicted of her male parent and aspiring to become a Titan airplane pilot like him anytime. All the same, after she takes Viper's Northstar Titan for a joyride and near gets herself and her begetter killed in a reckless accident, Imahara is told she will never exist immune to airplane pilot a Titan.

Sometime later, Viper leaves to join Cuben Blisk's Apex Predators mercenary outfit, and later dies at the hands of Jack Cooper during the Titanfall two campaign. Imahara blames Blisk for her begetter's death, and she tracks him down, but her ultimate goal is non vengeance. Instead of killing Blisk, she gets him to induct her into the Apex games to prove herself equally the pilot she always wanted to be and comport on Viper's legacy.

Valkyrie will non be piloting a Titan in Apex Legends, however. Instead, she volition utilize a jetpack-like rig made by Rampart from parts salvaged from Viper's Northstar. The rig also notably features two racks of micro-missiles. In Apex Legends terms, Valkyrie will exist a legend with a small hitbox, strong aerial mobility, and a damaging ability. If the jetpack gives her truthful flying instead of the modest boost of things similar Octane' jump pad, Valkyrie will be the kickoff truly flying grapheme in Apex Legends, if nosotros don't count the short-lived Drone Turret.