Valkyrie soars to top of Apex Legends pick rate charts after ALGS The Loadout The Loadout Valkyrie soars to top of Apex Legends pick rate charts after ALGS Following the Year 2 ALGS Championships, Apex Legends players have flocked to Valkyrie after she was used in almost every game in the tournament Jamie Hore Published: Jul 12, 2022 07:58 ET Apex LegendsApex Legends Global Series If there were two main takeaways from last week's Apex Legends Global Series Year 2 Championships, they are that Australians are bloody good at Apex (congrats again, DarkZero), and that Valkyrie is the queen of the pro scene. Valkyrie's ability to make huge rotations and escape from tight spots with her whole team, coupled with her offensive prowess, meant that her pick rate was hovering around the 98% mark throughout the entire four-day Championships. If you weren't using Valk, you either had an incredible Plan B, or you misclicked in legend select… With over 630,000 people tuning in to the ALGS Championships according to Esports Charts, there were a whole lot of players witnessing exactly what Valkyrie could do in a sweaty pair of professional hands. While she has always been a viable pick, her ALGS dominance has seen her pick rate climb over the last couple of days, to the point where she is currently the most popular legend in the battle royale. Valkyrie is now top of the charts with a pick rate of 10.8%, according to Apex Legends Status's statistics at the time of writing. This is across all ranks and game modes. Apex Legends Status claims this is the first time since Season 9 a legend not named Wraith or Octane has topped the overall pick rate charts. Here we go – Valkyrie is now the most picked legend across all ranks. 👀 This is the first time since season 9, otherwise it was always either Wraith or Octane. pic.twitter.com/dHHjXK8nQp - Apex Legends Status (@_ApexStatus) July 11, 2022 While in the upper echelon of the Apex Legends ranks Horizon is still the number one choice at the moment, Valkyrie's pick rate has climbed there as well. Seer has also seen a massive spike in pick rate from players in Master or Apex Predator after he too was well-utilised by plenty of teams during the Championships in Raleigh. When you're watching the world's best Apex teams using a certain legend in pretty much every single match they play, then players are bound to be inspired and compelled to try said legend out in ranked. Even though team compositions were dominated by Valkyrie, Seer, Caustic, and Gibraltar, there was still a wide variety of legends played throughout the entire tournament, with Mirage being the only legend to not see a single bit of action. More from The Loadout Here’s when Apex Legends’ Gun Run returns in Fight or Fright event This Week in Apex Legends news: rockets, roller coasters, and ranked Apex Legends Season 14 trailer scopes in on Vantage's kit and story Apex Legends Season 14 release time - when does Hunted begin? Apex Legends’ Vantage makes you a better sniper in more than one way Apex Legends might be getting a heavy rocket launcher in the future Jamie Hore Jamie started out his journalism career rambling about FIFA esports, but today he covers much more, like the best Warzone guns and the Apex Legends tier list. He's also rather excited for the Starfield release date. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. Apex Legends ranks - RP, Season 14 ranked splits, and more Apex Legends patch notes - what's new in Season 14? The best battle royale games Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games