Bangalore

Bangalore
	Professional Soldier
	Details
Real Name	Anita Williams
Gender	Female
Age	38
Homeworld	Gridiron
Weight	180 lbs (82 kg)
Height	6'0" (183 cm)
	Gameplay
Legend Type	Offensive
Tactical Ability	Smoke Launcher
Passive Ability	Double Time
Ultimate Ability	Rolling Thunder
	Real-world Info
Voice Actor	Erica Luttrell

“	▶️ We'll win this thing together. Semper Fi or die.

Bangalore is an Offensive Legend. She is unlocked by default.

Bangalore is a strategic Legend. Her tactical ability Smoke Launcher deploys a smokescreen that heavily reduces visibility in the affected area. Her passive ability Double Time gives her a movement speed boost when fired. Her ultimate ability Rolling Thunder drops several damaging and stunning missiles on the indicated area.

Abilities

Smoke Launcher

	Smoke Launcher
	Tactical	`Q`///
	Description	Fire a high-velocity smoke canister that explodes into a smoke wall on impact.
	Cooldown	33 seconds

Has two charges, allowing it to be used twice in a row.
The launcher allows Bangalore to fire canisters farther than grenades can be thrown.
Upon landing, the canister splits into three, which land in a line perpendicular to where it was launched from. Takes 23 seconds to evaporate.
The canister's explosion deals 10 damage to enemies.
Melee to cancel the launch.

The launcher can be used at the same time as other actions: firing, reloading, healing, etc.
Threat highlighters, such as the 1x Digital Threat, 4x-10x Digital Sniper Threat, or Bloodhound's Beast of the Hunt, can see through the smoke.
Wattson's Interception Pylon can shoot down the smoke canisters.
Wattson's Perimeter Security fences can't be seen through the smoke.
The smoke residue can be tracked by Bloodhound's Tracker.

The Smoke Launcher can be used both offensively and defensively; to ambush an unsuspecting squad by removing their ability to see you and respond, or as a weapon of escape to obscure yourself and your team from enemies.
- However, to effectively use this ability to attack, use a 1x Digital Threat and/or 4x-10x Digital Sniper Threat, or use a legend such as Bloodhound or Seer to reveal the enemies inside the smoke.
Bangalore can also use the smoke canister while she is currently using a consumable item such as a Med Kit or Shield Battery, as both only require one hand. Use this to your advantage to cover yourself while you heal.
The smoke can be seen by other teams from some distance and attract them.
The smoke should be on the enemy, not your team. The smoke can also be between you and enemy, effectively acts as a visual barrier between you and enemy.
- If smoke is on your team, the enemy sees everywhere you cannot, but they know generally where you are.
- Conversely, smoke on the enemy obscures their vision, forcing them to move out and possibly disperse to engage, while your team retains a wider range of movement and vision, giving your team an advantage.
- Thus, using smoke to cover your team's revive can be considered a gamble, as your vision is just as obscured.
Throw a Frag Grenade or some explosive device into a smokescreen. This will either deal damage to enemies inside it, force them to come to you, or force them to retreat. You can also have Caustic's Nox Gas Grenade in the smoke to obscure the enemies' vision and deal damage.

Crouching and hip-firing while the smoke launcher is primed will increase your accuracy.

Double Time

	Double Time
	Passive
	Description	Taking fire while sprinting makes you move faster for a brief time.
	Cooldown	?

Double Time activates upon being hit, or when bullets/grenades barely miss you, giving you a 30% increase in movement speed for 2 seconds.

The passive can activate if enemies shoot at you while inside Gibraltar's Dome of Protection.

Bangalore's passive is a reactive one that responds to enemies engaging you. Utilize the short term speed boost whenever you can either by running for cover or returning fire with the increased speed as it makes you a difficult target to hit.

Rolling Thunder

	Rolling Thunder
	Ultimate	`Z`/+/+/+
	Description	Call in an artillery strike that slowly creeps across the landscape.
	Charge time	3 minutes

Bangalore throws a flare, and several rows of missiles land sequentially in front of the flare then stick for 6 seconds before exploding. Since they land in rows, this creates a sort of wave of explosions moving forward from the flare.
The missiles land in a 6x6 square, with the maximum distance of 70m ahead from the flare.
Each explosion deals 40 damage and slows enemies. This ability cannot damage squadmates, but it will still cause a slowing effect.
Rolling Thunder is referred as "Creeping Barrage" in death recap, obituaries and its corresponding stat tracker.

Wattson's Interception Pylon can shoot down both the missiles (before landing) and the initial flare.

Note that unlike grenades which can be held in the throw position by holding down the fire button, the flare will be thrown the instant you press the fire button.
Unlike Gibraltar's Defensive Bombardment, the missiles land in front of the flare instead of around it, so throw it between you and the area you want to bombard.
Rolling Thunder should be best saved for large team engagements or ambushes, or ultimately to cover your team while escaping. It can catch an unsuspecting enemy team off guard and have them running for cover.
A good time to use Rolling Thunder is right after downing an enemy in a long-range outdoor fight. It'll make it dangerous for their squad to try to revive them, and give your squad space to push into a 3v2 fight.
This ultimate ability isn't independently powerful enough to be fully effective on its own, so it is strongly recommended to chase the enemy down as they get bombarded.

Lore

Main article: Bangalore (Character)

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Born into a military family where she, her parents, and her four older brothers all served with the IMC, Bangalore has been an exceptional soldier her whole life. Dedicated to the IMC cause, she was top of her class at the IMC Military Academy and the only cadet who could take apart a Peacekeeper, equip it with a Precision Choke hop-up, and put it back together in under twenty seconds – blindfolded.

In the months following the Battle at Gridiron, the IMS Hestia, with Anita and brother Jackson on board, was attacked by unknown assailants. A bomb on the outer hull blew out a chunk of the ship… but not before Jackson shielded her, sacrificing his own life to save hers. Anita watched helplessly, as Jackson was sucked out into the vacuum of space. After crashing on a Syndicate planet, Anita looked for both work, and the brother she refused to believe had died, so they could begin the decades-long trip back home. Now, she fights to raise money in the Apex Games, in the hopes of finding a pilot willing to take the epic trip back home to reunite with what remains of her family.

Cosmetic items

Skins

There are a total of 75 Legend skins for Bangalore: 24 Legendary, 9 epic, 26 Rare and 16 Common.

The Enforcer
1,200
Officer Williams
1,200
The Spacewalker
1,200
Apex Overdrive
1,200
Viceroy
1,200
Full Metal Jacket
Needs The Spacewalker
Killer B
Needs Apex Overdrive
Outland Warrior
1,800
La Catrina
Cherry Bomb
Needs The Enforcer
Stay Frosty
Killing Machine
Mint Condition
Needs The Enforcer^{[Note 1]}
Sky Marshal
Level 50
Soldado de la Muerte
2,000^{[Note 2]}
Dressed To Impress
Radical Action
Level 25
Crimson Queen
Decorated Line^{[Story 1]}
Super Soldier
High Visibility
Needs Officer Williams
Solar Soldier
MIL-SPEC^{[Story 2]}
1,800
Violet Veteran

Note:

↑ Officer Williams was needed between March 7 and 8, 2020.
↑ Included in the Dame of Death Bundle.

Story of Bangalore:

↑ Decorated Line: Sergeant First Class Anita Williams was born into a military family, both parents veterans of the Titan Wars. This IMC soldier's first uniform was more than a badge of honor, it was a symbol of family.
↑ MIL-SPEC: A product of her military family, Bangalore’s loyalty has always lain with the IMC. However, those loyalties were tested when they came to kill her brother.

Daemon Hunter
400
Fiber Optics
400
Hack the System
400
Heat Sync
400
Neural Net
400
Nerve of Steel Bangalore.png

Nerves of Steel
Royal Reign
Fire with Fire
Air Raid
1,000

Arachnophobia
60
Circuit Breaker
60
Death Adder
60
Dire Wolf
60
Disruptor
60
Electric Synapse
60
Fire Support
60
Free Reign
60
Kingslayer
60
Molten Core
60
Purgatory
60
Sizzle Reel
60
Snakeskin
60
Stained Glass
60
Varsity
60
Valor
Level 01
Dino Dynamo
July 2019
Counter-culture
500
Hidden Tracks
Season 3
Victory Lap
Level 01
Blue Chipped
Battle Bouquet
Ocean's Spear
Lethal Enforcer
Hard Target
Level 74
Splashdown
Season 11

Original
Default
Arctic
30
Cardinal
30
Clearwater
30
Evergreen
30
Flamingo
30
Hydro
30
Limelight
30
Mandarin
30
Midnight
30
Orchid
30
Rage
30
Sahara
30
Skyward
30
Vino
30
Yellowjacket
30

Finishers

Main article: Finisher

Badges

See: Bangalore/Badges

Heirloom Set

Main article: Heirloom

This set was made available during the Chaos Theory Collection Event. Anyone who completed the Chaos Theory Collection set was be given this automatically.

The set contains:

A Banner Pose: No Gun, No Problem
A Melee weapon skin: Cold Steel
An Intro Quip: "Hope you're not afraid to get your hands dirty"

Emotes

Main article: Emote

Charge - 1,200
Guiding Lights - 1,200
Present Arms - 400
No Sweat - Default

Skydive Emotes

Main article: Skydive Emote

Banner Frames

Bulletproof
1,200
Fire and Fury
1,200
Stormchaser
1,200
There It Is
1,200
Weapon Check
1,200

Taking the Crown
Level 68
Explosive Ordnance
Level 91
Muscled Up
Level 28
Stocked and Locked
Level 43
Danger Close
Level 27
Honor and Beauty
Level 43
Sun and Gun
Level 72

Armed and Dangerous
60
Full Spectrum Dominance
60
Smoke Signal
60
Tag. You're It
60
True Patriot
60
Sharpened Senses
Level 98
Melted Grounds
Level 75
Snowday
Season 3
Streamlined
Level 49
Cosmic Fracture
Season 11

Rookie Card
Default
Fatigues
30
Full Mag
30
Frag Out
30
Lost Track
30

Holosprays

Main article: Holospray

Poppin' The Chimney^{[Note 1]}
1,200
Boom!
400
Come Get Me
400
Cold Steel
400
Earned My Stripes
400
No Such Thing As Auto-aim
400
Oscar Mike, Ladies!
400
Safety's Off
400
Lock and Load
Level 04
Stay Sharp
Level 75
Active Duty Williams
4,350^{[Note 2]}
You Can Choose Your Friends
Level 90

Note:

↑ Originally its name and display text was Respect The Uniform.
↑ Included in the Gridiron Bundle.

Music Packs

Main article: Music Pack

Bangalore
Level 35

Transitions

Main article: Transition

A Hero's Fall
Level 74
Send in the Clowns
Level 39
Mean Girls
Level 04
Qualified
Level 09
A Declaration of War
Level 17
One Up, One Down
Level 81
Subject: Random Thoughts
Level 46
In Session
Level 65
Living with it
Complete Chapter 1 of The Williams Sendoff
The Taste of Loss
Complete Chapter 2 of The Williams Sendoff
Broken Hearts Break Hearts
Complete Chapter 3 of The Williams Sendoff

Voice lines

See: Bangalore/Voice lines

History

Patch notes

May 04, 2021 Patch

Smoke Launcher: Thickened the smoke.

March 15, 2021 Patch

Fixed an issue with her Cold Steel heirloom not making sound effects when performing attacks.

March 09, 2021 Patch

(Undocumented) Reduced the amount of particles from the smoke, effectively providing less cover from the outside (confirmed to be unintentional).

February 02, 2021 Patch

Fixed an issue with the Dressed To Impress skin blocking vision while aiming down sights.

January 05, 2021 Patch

Fixed an issue with Bangalore’s Rolling Thunder missile passing through hatch doors when they are closed in World's Edge.

November 04, 2020 Patch

Rolling Thunder: Reduced the time it takes for explosion from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.

August 18, 2020 Patch

Rolling Thunder: Decreased cooldown from 4.5 minutes to 3 minutes.
Smoke Launcher: Fixed an exploit with being able to see through the smoke when looking through a chain-link fence.
Fixed an issue with the La Catrina and Killing Machine skins obscuring views when ADS with certain optics.

March 03, 2020 Patch

Fixed bug for cases where Bangalore would appear invisible when equipped with certain skins. The Apex Overdrive and Killer B skins have been re-enabled now for affected players.

November 05, 2019 Patch

Rolling Thunder: Fixed bug where sometimes the missiles would disappear after landing on the train.

October 01, 2019 Patch

Rolling Thunder: Increased damage from 20 to 40.

August 13, 2019 Patch

Fixed a bug where activating a healing item would cancel the Ultimate for Legends that need to prime it.

March 19, 2019 Patch

Double Time: Reduced move speed bonus from 40% to 30%.

Trivia

Bangalore's abilities came from the gameplay need to have a character who could help their team advance on enemies through large open areas. The name 'Bangalore' comes from the Bangalore torpedo, as well as from the city in India, since Indian troops in World War I made use of creeping barrages to cross no man's land.^[2]
Former Senior Game Designer Daniel Klein considers Bangalore to be the bar for what a balanced, healthy character should look like.^[3]
If Bangalore reloads while simultaneously launching a smoke canister, the weapon's magazine will load by itself. Before being patched out, a third arm used to come into view.

Gallery

Videos

Images

An article about Bangalore and her brother.^[4]
Concept art of Bangalore.^[5]
Concept art of the smoke launcher.^[6]
Concept art of Rolling Thunder's missiles.^[7]
Bangalore's character sheet for "The Endorsement".^[8]
Concept art for Bangalore's The Enforcer skin.^[9]
Concept art for Bangalore's The Spacewalker skin.^[10]
Concept art for Bangalore's Killing Machine skin.^[11]
Concept art for Bangalore's Violet Veteran skin.
Concept art for Bangalore's Sky Marshal skin.

Merchandise

A Funko Pop of Bangalore released on November 2019.
A MiniEpics figurine of Bangalore released by Weta Workshop. ^[12]
Pin depicting Bangalore's bottlecap.

Notes

References

[2] Officer Williams was needed between March 7 and 8, 2020.

[3] Included in the Dame of Death Bundle.

[4] Decorated Line: Sergeant First Class Anita Williams was born into a military family, both parents veterans of the Titan Wars. This IMC soldier's first uniform was more than a badge of honor, it was a symbol of family.

[5] MIL-SPEC: A product of her military family, Bangalore’s loyalty has always lain with the IMC. However, those loyalties were tested when they came to kill her brother.

[6] Originally its name and display text was Respect The Uniform.

[7] Included in the Gridiron Bundle.

[1] Erica Luttrell on Twitter

[8] Every Legend in Apex Legends Explained By Respawn | WIRED

[9] Daniel Klein Senior Game Designer Interview | Talking Legends | Apex Legends

[10] The Frontier War Cover-up - Bangalore - Apex Legends Characters - EA Official Site

[11] Hethe Srodawa on Artstation

[12] Danny Gardner on Artstation

[13] Danny Gardner on Artstation

[14] y on Twitter

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[18] MiniEpics figurine of Bangelore

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