HOW TO WRAITH LIKE THE PROS [Apex Legends]

a chaotic, full-coverage, helpful survival manual for your endeavors on becoming the team's smallest hitbox and largest problem. read this, equip kunai, ignore pings, achieve enlightenment.

HOW TO MASTER WRAITH - a slightly cursed guide

(written by a certified solo-queue philosopher)

PREFACE

are you small, fast, and fueled entirely by spite? congrats, you're wraith. congrats on choosing the smallest hitbox and the largest main character energy. this guide may not make you better, but it will make your teammates type ??? in chat, which is basically the same thing

— QUICK START —

    
• LOCK IN WRAITH, hover over icon at light-speed. ignore your teammate hovering over her icon. they will understand (they won't)
      
• EQUIP that kunai. if you don't have it, sell your plasma at the nearest center and buy apex packs until you can give Respawn/EA all your money
      
• SET audio to 400% so you can still claim "no audio" with confidence
      
• BIND crouch to every key you own. miss the superglide timing 23 times in the firing range and call it "tech"

— ABILITIES —

passive - voices from the void

    
• the voices will tell you "danger" 3 seconds after being knocked. use this to confirm that the guy with the charge rifle does in fact exist
      
• pro tip!: reply to the voices out loud, so that your team knows that your fully locked into your role "wraith says they're flesh - send it"
      
• if the voices don't warn you before you get one-magged, tell your teammates "no audio," and calmly report the bug. next, ESC -> LEAVE MATCH

tactical - into the void (aka mom come pick me up)

become untouchable for 4 seconds while sprinting directly into even worse danger

USE WHEN:

    
• one pellet grazes your toenail
      
• your portal goes somehwere embarassing
      
• you want to look cool for a tiktok clip

ultimate - dimensional rift (the friendship rope)

HOW TO USE
start your port. make sure to use your tactical so that you can phase-port your team from safety to a loud 3rd party release the port once you ensure that you are in the middle of two squads fighting. trust the science
pro tip!: make portals slightly uphill so everyone stumbles out like baby giraffes

premium uses:

    
• place exit directly behind your teammate when they're pulling a finisher, so they finish them through portal-assisted execution
      
• portal downed teammate off a cliff to "safety." technically, it's farther from danger. technically

— MOVEMENT 101 —

    
• wall bounce into a door frame, say "lag." ESC -> LEAVE MATCH
      
• tap-strafe 270° into a tree to assert dominance over nature
      
• practice supergliding. if you hit a "dead superglide" while running away from a team, ESC -> LEAVE MATCH

— DROP ETIQUETTE —

    
• hot drop. always. if there are 6 other squads landing with your team, type "free kp"
      
• if landing with your team, make sure to land directly on a teammate, ensure you have bind INTERACT/EQUIP to scroll wheel, take all surrounding loot.
      
• if your jumpmaster pings a safe location, ping the hottest area nearby, break off the team, and land solo !!! IF KNOCKED: ESC -> LEAVE MATCH

— TEAMPLAY —

    
• when knocked, repeatedly ping as fast as you can. don't stop until you're finished. after that, begin pinging your banner until you're rezzed
      
• if someone says "stick with the team," say "i was phasing, couldn’t hear u" every time
      
• make sure not to revive so that you can take that shotgun bolt from your teammate once they're fully finished

— COMMUNICATIONS —

    
• "we hold this" pings a field
      
• "one shot" use this no matter the enemy's health
      
• "rotate left, free kp" (you have no idea where left is)

— TRUE WRAITH MAIN LOADOUTS —

    
• wingman + anything = because confidence is a stat
      
• r-99 + peacekeeper - jittery goblin mode
      
• car smg + nemesis - i don't wanna talk about the balance patch

— LOOT THAT YOU'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO STEAL —

    
• purple/gold shotgun bolt even if you have no shotgun
      
• two bats, zero cells, 18 syringes
      
• every phoenix kit, so you can cancel at 99% for kunai inspect discipline

— RANKED WISDOM —

    
• if you're the last one alive: phase -> rat -> craft banner -> portal -> die heroically -> type "worth" in chat
      
• insert
      
• remember: kp stands for kunai presence

— HEALING PHILOSOPHY —

    
• bunny-hop syringes down a staircase, fall off, keep. hopping. if you stop, you die. if you continue, you die, but stylishly
      
• pop a phoenix kit in the open because the voices told u to. cancel at 99% to inspect kunai
      
• use a single cell during a 3rd party, state "resetting," and re-peek at 50 hp because bravery

— FASHION TIPS —

    
• skin: FLASHPOINT WRAITH FLASHPOINT WRAITH FLASHPOINT WRAITH
      
• banner: dark to light
      
• pose: fearless, obviously???

— EXCUSES FOR ANY SCENARIO —

    
• died in 0.2 seconds? "de-sync"
      
• missed every shot? "i just switched to mouse and key"
      
• whiffed portal? " insert here "
      
• team got wiped? "i was phasing, couldn't hear u

— THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T SAY IN VOICE (so say them) —

    
• "full send, i have portal" with 12% charge
      
• "ONE SHOT, ONE SHOT" at anyone above 100 hp
      
• "knocked 2" when you cracked one and emotionally damaged another

— FAQ —

Q: when should i use phase??
A: yes.

Q: how long should my portal be?
A: long enough to regret.

Q: why do people say that wraiths are selfish?
A: projecting. anyway, i'm looting.

Q: is wraith still meta?
A: yep, as long as you follow this guide.

— CLOSING THOUGHTS —

remember: ESC -> LEAVE MATCH when you're not being properly respected. play wraith gracefully, loudly, and with max kunai twirl. if anyone dare questions you, simply whisper "no audio," phase away -> ESC -> LEAVE MATCH

see you in the deathbox, fellow portal poets 💜

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checklist to create while practicing!
☐ ego equipped
☐ locked wraith first (if not ESC -> LEAVE MATCH)
☐ phased into danger
☐ portal made at least one teammate mad
☐ stole at least one dibsed loot
☐ looted first, then revived
☐ kunai inspect performed mid-fight
☐ "ggs, carried" (even if you did not carry)

[ÆtherKnight]

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