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You, Rampart and Sheila. The dream team.
Rampart is the ultimate aggressive defender. With a love for LMG’s, a huge weapon on her back and a feisty personality Rampart can shred through enemies in no time at all.
She is also a great team legend too. She can make your weapons deal more damage, and feels fun and flexible to play around. Plus, nothing feels as satisfying as putting a team on a t-shirt with your Sheila!
Follow our Apex Legends Rampart guide to hold down the fort like a professional.
Apex Legends Rampart Guide: What makes Rampart a good Legend?
Her strength is in her aggressive style of defense. Where legends like Wattson and Caustic are all about sitting back, stalling and delaying fights, Rampart is about being aggressive. Your deterrent is the damage that you can output on enemies near by.
Weaknesses:
Rampart Tactical:
The Amped Cover is Rampart’s tool for securing a position. It has a glass portion that increases the damage of bullets shot through it. Rampart can deploy these walls very quickly, but they can be destroyed easily while they deploy.
Tips for Amped Cover:
Tip #1:
It can be tempting to think you’re able to stack multiple Amped Covers in a row to multiply their damage. Or at least have extra layers before your glass gets broken. However, shooting through multiple barriers will only Amp the damage once and all Glass on the barriers after the first one will be destroyed.
Tip #2:
The Amped Covers can be a handy way to doge Grenades or other ordinance. This is especially valuable against Bangalore Rolling Thunders. While the Amped Cover is vulnerable to explosions, it will block all damage. you may deploy these walls fast enough that they are fully built before a grenade or other missile will explode.
Tip #3:
Amped Cover is undoubtedly strongest when keeping players away from you. In close range it is less effective. If you are setting up inside a building, or a holdable spot in the open, try and place cover facing your biggest threats. For example, a choke someone is likely to come through. With the Amped Cover you can repel enemies before they ever even get close to your position.
Rampart Passive:
Rampart loves an LMG. The Modded Loader passive is pretty simple. Rampart is in her element with LMG’s and they are faster at reloading, and hold more bullets when they are in her hands.
Tips for Modded Loader:
This passive makes the L-Star a very powerful weapon. One of the benefits of that LMG is the fact you can avoid reloading, and the reload itself is rather quick. the L-Star is the best LMG at the moment and well worth combining with Rampart.
Rampart Ultimate:
The Sheila is Rampart’s not so secret weapon. Everyone will know when you spin this demon up, but that is part of the power. Nothing is more intimidating than seeing a Rampart point the Sheila at you! It can do serious damage but be warned, it can leave you vulnerable.
Tips for Mobile Minigun Sheila:
The strength of the Sheila is when you are being aggressive and oppressive. In a 1v1 the initial poor accuracy, and slow strafe speed can actually be a pretty big hinderance. Whereas, shredding a team in the back, third partying a fight or thirsting through a high level knockdown, the Sheila excels.
Sheila is also the nemesis of the EVAC Tower. If a team is trying to escape via EVAC and you have your Sheila you have the power to completely foil their plan. Unload the Sheila into the Tower and it will be destroyed in no time at all.
If you’ve emptied your Sheila in your hands, you’re able to place it. Placing it will start your ultimate cooldown, but will also provide an on the floor Sheila that your teammates can use. 3 Sheila’s staring at a choke? Your enemies will surely rotate the other way!
Tom Bull
Apex Legends Rampart Guide: What legends work well with Rampart?
Rampart is certainly another one of those Apex Legends that suits a much more passive playstyle. However, buffs to the speed at which her Amped cover deploys has given her a lot more playability on the edge of zone and in an aggressive manner.
Aggressive Playstyles:
Rampart works really nicely with Horizon in particular, thanks to her ability to take height. If you may get Rampart up to a nice high ground where they can place Amped Cover and use their Sheila in a safe position they can be extremely devastating in fights.
Passive Playstyles:
Loba is always a good combination with legends that want to play in zone, thanks to her ability to gather loot throughout the game. Catalyst can help reinforce doors, which is free’s up Rampart’s Amped Cover’s to be placed more aggressively. Valkyrie lets you rotate to zone much faster.
Take to the skies, and soar to victory.
Rampart is a bit of a niche legend. If she is in the situations she is designed for, she can be unstoppable. Her Sheila is incredibly fun to use, and her walls add a lot of playability for your entire team.
