Apex Legends Season 30 Tier List: Best Legends by Role in Marked Split 2

Season 30 Marked Split 2 started 15 September 2026. Official midseason notes landed 14 September. Axle: Kickstart drone HP 150, Ult cooldown 120s, stun 0.25s. Seer: turn slow on the Tactical is gone. Conduit, Fuse, Catalyst and Bloodhound received kit buffs. Pubs and Ranked maps this split: World’s Edge, Olympus, Broken Moon. Ranked ladders: 6 windows of 5 days from 22 September to 1 November. The S row on the live board is Axle, Loba, Pathfinder and Seer.

Primary high-elo read = the Predator board Predator top-100 pick rate (August 31, 2026; the board updates daily at midnight GMT). Cross-check = the August 24 Predator snapshot of that same Predator board, plus August 11 Master/Pred (wider ladder). Patch truth = official Marked notes (Aug 3) plus the official mid-season balance package announced on Steam Aug 21 (aimed live Aug 25). Where Predator top-100 and August 11 Master/Pred disagree, both numbers stay in the sentence. Currency sibling: Apex Coins guide.

Axle Skirmisher · S · #1 · 23.3% Pred (August 31)

Loba Support · S · #2 · 22.8% Pred (August 31)

Pathfinder Skirmisher · S · #3 · 9.9% Pred (August 31)

Seer Recon · S · #4 · 9.5% Pred (August 31)

The #1 pick changes with your rank. Primary read = the Predator board per-rank pick-rate boards (August 31, 2026; 34.3M-player DB, players currently in that rank, any game mode), with the August 11 Master/Pred and rank-band numbers quoted where it still disagrees. The Pred row is the live Predator top-100 board (Aug 31) with the Aug 24 Predator snapshot in parentheses.

Rank band	#1	Then	Do not default
Bronze / Silver	Octane · 9.1% Bronze / 8.4% Silver (August 31 wide data); Bloodhound was #1 in Bronze and Silver on August 11 (6.2% Bronze on)	Bloodhound, Fuse, Wraith, Lifeline, Pathfinder (5.7–6.2% Bronze)	Axle as a must-pick · 4.1% Bronze / 5.2% Silver (August 31). Separate from the lobby
Gold	Pathfinder · 8.4% (August 31); August 11 had Loba #1	Loba 7.7%, Fuse 7.1%, Octane 6.9%, Mad Maggie 6.6%, Axle 6.4%	Bloodhound as a climb ticket · 2.4% at Gold (August 31)
Platinum +	Pathfinder · 10.9% Platinum / 13.7% Diamond (August 31); August 11 had Axle	Loba 9.5–12.1%, Axle 8.2–12.1%, Mad Maggie 8.4–9.4%, Fuse	Bloodhound (1.4% Plat / 0.9% Diamond, August 31) or a pubs main.
Master / Predator	Axle · 23.3% Pred (August 31) / 25.2% (August 24) / 25.4% Master/Pred (August 11)	Loba 22.8% Pred (52.2% WR; 12.4% August 11 Master/Pred), Pathfinder 9.9%, Seer 9.5%	Bloodhound 0.4% Pred; Mad Maggie as S (3.3% Pred, 6.8% August 11 Master/Pred)

2-slice law still holds: Master/Pred pick places the S–C table. All-ranks (All-ranks last 7 days, August 31: Octane 7.4%, Wraith 7.1%, Pathfinder 6.9%, Axle 6.9%, Bloodhound 3.2%) is novelty and pubs. Separate from a ranked argument · Bloodhound’s rework spike has already faded from 9.3% all-ranks (Aug 8) to 2.8% (Aug 31).

The same season’s ladder · not the legend pick · is the Apex rank distribution this season. How that ladder itself works · every tier’s RP floor, the entry cost per match and what the split reset does to your RP · is in our Apex Legends ranks guide.

All 28 Legends, 1 row each. The tier is the Predator top-100 pick-rate cluster (the Predator board, Aug 31). Every percentage in the Why column names its month. Filter chips jump by role or tier.

Tier	Legend	Role	Why
S	Axle	Skirmisher	23.3% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 50.4% WR / 156,099 games, #1) · 25.2% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 49% WR) · 25.4% Master/Pred (August 11) · 6.9% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Still #1 on every high-elo high-elo boards · through 2 nerf waves now: Marked cut her slide boost 5s→3s and made Kickstart damage her and displace her squad, and the official Aug 21 mid-season package cut her Ult again (CD 90→120s, HP 200→150, stun 1.5→0.25s). Pred pick slid 25.2→23.3 between Aug 24 and Aug 31; she still sets the pace. Official EA listing: Skirmisher, she/her.
S	Loba	Support	22.8% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 52.2% WR / 152,507 games, #2) · 22.8% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 50.3% WR) · 12.4% Master/Pred (August 11) · 6.4% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). The loot-season pick. Separate from a leftover slide-meta. Pred share jumped from 1.9% on the Aug 7 page to the low-20s and has held. The wider Master/Pred ladder still has her #2 at 12.4% · same place, smaller slice. Marked sped Black Market (equip 0.6→0.4s, +15% range, Ult CD 150→120s) and cut gold/purple/MRVN loot.
S	Pathfinder	Skirmisher	9.9% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 52.4% WR / 66,593 games, #3) · 9.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 50% WR) · 10.5% Master/Pred (August 11) · 6.9% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Untouched in Marked and in the Aug 21 mid-season package · and he passed Seer for Pred #3 between Aug 24 and Aug 31, with the highest win rate in the S-row (52.4%). #1 at Gold (8.4%), Platinum (10.9%) and Diamond (13.7%) on the Aug 31 per-rank boards. Double tactical charges and the flat 20s cooldown carry from the Season 29 midseason. The safest S-tier if Axle’s slide does not fit your hands.
S	Seer	Recon	9.5% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 50.6% WR / 63,892 games, #4) · 11% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 49.5% WR) · 7.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.8% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). The only Recon with a real Pred share · but slipping: 11% → 9.5% between Aug 24 and Aug 31, and Pathfinder took #3 back. The turn-slow saga: the launch ‘reduction’ actually shipped increased by mistake (Respawn admitted and corrected it Aug 11), and the official Aug 21 package then removed turn-slow entirely. Still S at Pred; watch the next board.
A	Revenant	Assault	5.5% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 48.8% WR / 36,749 games, #5) · 5.1% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 47.1% WR) · 3.4% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.4% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Highest Assault on the Pred board and the only Assault still rising into the top 6. Held in A. A 4-point Pred gap sits between him and the S-row.
A	Mad Maggie	Assault	3.3% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 46.4% WR / 21,889 games, #8) · 3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 44.7% WR) · 6.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 5.1% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). The page had her S on Aug 7 at 9.7% Master/Pred. Pred top-100 now has her #8. August 11 Master/Pred still reads 6.8% (#5) · that is the range, and neither number is S. Softest win rate of the A-band on both dated Pred snapshots.
A	Octane	Skirmisher	3.8% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 49.3% WR / 25,769 games, #6) · 3.4% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 47.2% WR) · 3.5% Master/Pred (August 11) · 7.4% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Stable A at Pred · and #1 in Bronze (9.1%, August 31 band board) plus #1 all-ranks (7.4%): pubs and low elo. Separate from the ladder. Pad + stim stay the readable climb kit.
A	Alter	Skirmisher	3.5% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 49.5% WR / 23,588 games, #7) · 3.1% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 47.8% WR) · 3.5% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3.8% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Holds A on both Pred snapshots and on August 11 Master/Pred (3.5%). The August 24 ranked list also parked her in S; our S-row stays pick-rate clustered, so she stays A.
A	Gibraltar	Support	2.4% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47.9% WR / 16,181 games, #9) · 2.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 46.3% WR) · 1.7% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3.3% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). 2nd Support at Pred behind Loba. The bubble still pays as Marked cut close-range damage (R-99 13→12, Alternator 19→18, RE-45 17→16).
A	Bangalore	Assault	2.2% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 45.9% WR / 14,588 games, #10) · 2.2% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 43.7% WR) · 3.4% Master/Pred (August 11) · 5% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Soft hold. August 11 has her top-10 from Bronze through Diamond and the community S30 list still names her best solo-q. Smoke teaches resets; Marked did not touch her kit.
A	Vantage	Recon	2.1% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 52.3% WR / 14,323 games, #11) · 1.9% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 49.6% WR) · 1.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.3% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Quiet overperformer · 52.3% Pred win rate on a 14,323-game sample at 2.1% pick. Marked fixed her Ult failing to multiply damage on successive shots. Share keeps her in A.
A	Horizon	Skirmisher	2.1% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 46.2% WR / 13,922 games, #12) · 1.9% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 44.1% WR) · 2.4% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.4% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Holds A on Pred and on August 11 Master/Pred (2.4%). Soft win rate next to Vantage/Sparrow. The lift comes from pick presence. Conversion is flat.
B	Sparrow	Recon	1.6% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 55.1% WR / 10,569 games, #13) · 1.5% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 55% WR) · 1.4% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.7% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Best Pred win rate of all 28 (55.1% on 10,569 games, Aug 31; stable across both August snapshots, tied by Crypto on a quarter of the sample) · and not enough share to price S or A. Some Pred trios run Axle/Loba/Sparrow instead of Seer; that is a stack pick. Separate from a default.
B	Valkyrie	Recon	1.2% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 54.7% WR / 8,176 games, #14) · 1.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 53.5% WR) · 3.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). The Aug 7/12 pages still had her at 6.5% Master/Pred. Pred top-100 has now settled at 1.2–1.3% across the Aug 24 snapshot and the August 31 Predator board. August 11 Master/Pred still shows 3.8% (#6) · quote the range. Marked cut tac 25→15, Ult height −15%, Eye In The Sky 250→100m.
B	Wraith	Skirmisher	0.8% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47% WR / 5,201 games, #18) · 0.7% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 45.4% WR) · 2.1% Master/Pred (August 11) · 7.1% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Demoted from A. Pred share is 0.8% (Aug 31) / 0.7% (Aug 24) against 2.1% on August 11 Master/Pred. All-ranks last 7 days still has her #2 at 7.1% · pubs. Separate from the ladder. Untouched in Marked.
B	Fuse	Assault	0.8% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 49.6% WR / 5,631 games, #16) · 0.6% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 49.4% WR) · 1.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 4.4% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Pubs and low elo kept him (4.4% last 7 days; 5.8–7.3% from Bronze through Diamond on the Aug 31 per-rank boards) and Pred dropped him. Marked moved the 30-30 Repeater off floor loot into the care package.
B	Conduit	Support	0.9% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 48% WR / 5,788 games, #15) · 0.9% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 46.9% WR) · 1.6% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.7% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Was S on the Aug 7 page. Pred share is 0.9% on both the Aug 24 snapshot and the August 31 Predator board · 3rd Support, behind Loba and Gibraltar. Point-and-click shields still forgive beginners; they do not win Pred.
B	Caustic	Controller	0.8% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47.6% WR / 5,610 games, #17) · 0.8% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 46.9% WR) · 0.6% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3.5% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Best Controller on the Pred board. The only Marked note that touches him is a skydive-animation bug fix. All-ranks last 7 days 3.5% is pubs.
B	Wattson	Controller	0.3% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 50.4% WR / 2,093 games, #25) · 0.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 51.6% WR) · 0.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3.1% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Thin Pred share, high win rate on a small sample. Held at B with Rampart and Caustic · Controllers do not have an S or A this season.
B	Rampart	Controller	0.3% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47.1% WR / 1,754 games, #26) · 0.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 48.7% WR) · 0.6% Master/Pred (August 11) · 1.7% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Marked was a real buff (wall 400/600/800→600/700/800, deploy 0.5s faster, Sheila move 70→104). Pred share is still 0.3%. Respawn’s own note said she still struggles outside a good position.
C	Crypto	Recon	0.6% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 55.1% WR / 3,915 games, #19) · 0.5% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 53.2% WR) · 0.6% Master/Pred (August 11) · 1% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). 55.1% Pred win rate (Aug 31) / 53.2% (Aug 24) on a ~4,000-game sample · tied with Sparrow for best on the board; the conversion is real and the share is not. Needs a premade; do not sell him as a solo-q climb.
C	Catalyst	Controller	0.4% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47.2% WR / 2,826 games, #20) · 0.4% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 45.3% WR) · 0.5% Master/Pred (August 11) · 1.2% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Community ranked-rat pick. Separate from a Pred pick. 0.4% Pred on both dated Predator snapshots. Do not promote her off a pubs or rat anecdote.
C	Lifeline	Support	0.4% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47.6% WR / 2,460 games, #23) · 0.4% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 45.2% WR) · 0.8% Master/Pred (August 11) · 4.3% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Loba took the Support slot. All-ranks last 7 days still has her at 4.3%; Pred is 0.4%. Adoption is not a ladder argument.
C	Mirage	Support	0.4% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 50% WR / 2,629 games, #21) · 0.4% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 47% WR) · 0.6% Master/Pred (August 11) · 2.6% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Same Pred share as Lifeline. Experienced-lobby read. Separate from a climb pick.
C	Bloodhound	Recon	0.4% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 48.3% WR / 2,592 games, #22) · 0.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 43.8% WR) · 0.5% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3.2% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). The 2-slice law in 1 row. August 11 had them #1 in Bronze and Silver; the fresher Predator Bronze board (Aug 31) has Octane #1 with Bloodhound #2 at 6.2%. Pred 0.4% (Aug 31) / 0.3% (Aug 24) / 0.5% August 11 Master/Pred. The rework novelty has faded: all-ranks 9.3% (Aug 8) → 2.8–3.2% (Aug 31) · even after the official Aug 21 package buffed the cloak (less visible in the dome, ring damage no longer breaks it, +1s tactical scan). Cloak is a low-elo IGL tool. Separate from a Diamond ticket. Official they/them.
C	Newcastle	Support	0.3% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 47% WR / 2,126 games, #24) · 0.3% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 45.8% WR) · 0.6% Master/Pred (August 11) · 1.1% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Marked removed the Extended Supply Bins his Support class perk existed to open. 0.3% Pred. Do not pick Support for a bin that is gone.
C	Ash	Skirmisher	0.3% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 44.3% WR / 1,700 games, #27) · 0.2% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 37.7% WR) · 0.9% Master/Pred (August 11) · 3% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Lowest Pred win rate on both August snapshots (44.3% Aug 31 / 37.7% Aug 24). Official EA listing: Skirmisher.
C	Ballistic	Assault	0.1% Pred pick rate (Aug 31, Predator top-100, 54.4% WR / 870 games, #28) · 0.1% Pred (Aug 24, August 24 Predator snapshot, 51.1% WR) · 0.3% Master/Pred (August 11) · 0.8% all-ranks last 7 days (August 31). Last on the Pred board. Marked removed the Weapon Supply Bins his Assault class perk existed to open. High win rate on 870 games is not a pick-rate argument.

Note: these are pick rates 1st, win rates 2nd. A Master/Pred number and a Pred top-100 number are not the same slice · Loba 12.4% (August 11 Master/Pred) vs 22.8% (Predator top-100) is the cleanest example, and both stay in her row. Bloodhound sat at #1 on the August 11 Bronze/Silver board while the August 31 Bronze board has Octane #1; they are last-tier at Pred either way · that disagreement is the story. Separate from a reason to put them in S.

What is live: Season 30 Marked, launched August 4, 2026 (patch notes Aug 3). This is a rework season. Separate from a new-Legend season · the roster is unchanged at 28.

What Marked changed for this table:

• Bloodhound reworked. Brand-new Ult, Allfather’s Cloak: throw a dome that cloaks anyone inside it for 8s, cloak persists 12s after leaving, and cloaked players get +20% move speed and threat vision. It breaks on damage, firing or most abilities · but not on Bloodhound’s own abilities, and the level-3 upgrade downgrades shooting from ‘breaks’ to ‘interrupts’. Passive and tactical were rebuilt around it: white ravens now fly 400m (was 190m base), you can trigger them remotely, and the tactical is a 3s full-body scan followed by 4 snapshot scans.
• Buffed: Loba (tactical equip 0.6→0.4s, +15% range, −30% travel time, Ult cooldown 150→120s) and Rampart (wall health 400/600/800→600/700/800, deploy 0.5s faster, Sheila base move speed 70→104, passive earns locked hop-up progress 50% faster).
• Nerfed: Valkyrie (tactical base damage 25→15, missile dive angle reverted, Ult height −15%, Eye In The Sky through-wall scan 250→100m, Supersonic 50%→40%), Axle (slide boost 5s→3s, Ult now damages Axle and stuns/displaces allies), Seer (less turn slow; Home Base moved to level 3).
• Mid-season package (official): announced on Steam August 21, aiming for Tuesday August 25 · Axle nerfed a 2nd time (Nitro Gate speed 750→700, Ult HP 200→150, base Ult cooldown 90→120s, Ult stun 1.5→0.25s), Bloodhound’s cloak buffed (less visible inside the dome, ring damage no longer breaks it, +1s tactical scan), and Seer’s tactical turn-slow · which had shipped increased by mistake at launch and was corrected August 11 · removed entirely.
• Weapons: close-range damage came down across the board · R-99 13→12, Alternator 19→18 with mag cuts, RE-45 17→16, Hemlok 22→21 with Breach Charge cooldown 25→30s. G7 Scout returns to floor loot nerfed (37→33, no Double Tap, no sniper optics) and the 30-30 Repeater moves into the care package at 51 damage with Shattercaps.
• Energy ammo rework: energy ammo is gone as a lootable item. Havoc, Nemesis, Devotion, L-STAR, Volt, Triple Take and RE-45 now carry a regenerating stockpile (1 magazine per 18s, paused while firing or reloading). Strong in short fights, weak in long ones.
• Corrupted Attachments: a new high-tier rarity, 1 per weapon, each with a real downside · Overflowing Magazine, Headseeker Barrel, Tactical Laser, Agile Standard Stock, Rapid Sniper Stock.
• World’s Edge reworked: Sorting Factory and the Fragment construction stacks are back, Tree Settlement replaces The Tree, War Camp replaces Survey Camp, Big Maude merged into Landslide.

The pattern to read, 3 weeks in: the 2 data slices still disagree, and that disagreement is now stable rather than a launch spike. All-ranks last 7 days (Aug 31) has Octane at 7.4%, Wraith at 7.1%, Pathfinder and Axle at 6.9%, Bloodhound at 3.2%. Predator top-100 (Aug 31) is Axle 23.3%, Loba 22.8%, Pathfinder 9.9%, Seer 9.5%, Bloodhound 0.4%. August 11 Master/Pred sits between them on Loba (12.4%) and Maggie (6.8%). We place the S–C table on the Pred cluster and keep the other numbers in the sentence.

Ranked in Marked Split 2: ladders are 5 days. Official windows: 22–27 September, 29 September–4 October, 6–11 October, 13–18 October, 20–25 October, 27 October–1 November. The mid-season balance pass is official. Separate from a rumour: Respawn announced it on Steam on August 21, aiming for Tuesday August 25 · the 2nd Axle nerf, the Bloodhound cloak buffs and the full removal of Seer’s turn-slow listed above. No separate ‘now live’ post followed (the Aug 25 Steam post is an AMD crash advisory), but the Aug 24→31 Pred board drift · Axle −1.9pp, Seer −1.5pp, Pathfinder +0.6pp · is consistent with it landing on schedule.

Verdict: take 1 Legend per role from the A-band that forgives mechanical mistakes. In Bronze/Silver that also covers Octane and Bloodhound. Ignore Pred 1-tricks until you can win gunfights.

• Assault: Bangalore. Smoke teaches you resets, and she is unchanged in Marked so nothing you learn this week goes stale.
• Skirmisher: Octane · #1 in Bronze (9.1%, August 31). The pad and stim are readable; move to Pathfinder once rotations start deciding your games · he is #1 from Gold through Diamond on the Aug 31 Predator boards. Axle is S at Pred · not a beginner default.
• Support: Loba. She is #2 at Gold on the fresh Predator board (7.7%, Aug 31; Loba was #1 in Gold on August 11) and 22.8% Pred pick rate (August 31). Conduit is the easier shield kit and sits in B. Use her to learn. Keep her as the easier shield kit in B.
• Recon: Bloodhound is a reasonable beginner pick in Bronze/Silver (#1 on August 11; 6.2% Bronze on the Aug 31 Predator board, behind Octane). The cloak is forgiving and the scan does the map-reading. Do not expect Pred results: 0.4% Pred pick rate (Aug 31).
• Controller: skip as a 1st main. If you want a rat kit later, Catalyst is the community ranked-rat read. Separate from a Pred pick (0.4% Pred, August 31).

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• Primary: Predator top-100 pick rate, August 31, 2026. The board updates daily at midnight GMT and is top-100 Preds on PC, PlayStation and Xbox · not every Master.
• August 24 cross-check: the August 24 Predator snapshot of that same Predator Pred board (Axle 25.2%, Loba 22.8%, Seer 11%, Pathfinder 9.3%, Maggie 3%, Bloodhound 0.3%).
• Rank bands: per-rank pick-rate boards, August 31 (34.3M-player DB, players currently in that rank, any game mode · quoted with that caveat), plus August 11 Master/Pred and Bronze–Master tables (30M+ players, page published Aug 11). Used for #1-by-band and for the range when they disagree (Bronze #1: Octane on Predator Aug 31 vs Bloodhound on the August 11 Bronze board; Loba 12.4% on August 11 Master/Pred vs 22.8% Pred top-100; Maggie 6.8% vs 3.3%).
• All-ranks novelty: insights, last 7 days, August 31. Quoted only where it diverges from Pred by more than a band.
• Patch truth: official EA Marked notes (August 3, 2026) plus the official mid-season balance package Respawn announced on Steam on August 21, aiming for August 25 (2nd Axle nerf, Bloodhound cloak buffs, Seer turn-slow removed entirely). No separate ‘now live’ post exists; the Aug 24→31 Pred board drift corroborates the landing.
• Off this page: Season 29 editorials stay off this page. A rework does not rank on all-ranks hype. A percentage without a published board stays off the page.

The honest caveat for this edition: Pred top-100 and Master/Pred-all are different populations. When they disagree the sentence keeps the range. Win rates on the Predator Pred board are quoted because the samples are now 5-to-6 figures on the S-row (Axle 156,099 games; Loba 152,507) · they were not quotable on August 7.

Predator top-100 pick rates sit on the live board and refresh at midnight GMT. The written percentages on this page are the August 31 snapshot. The August 24 Predator snapshot is the cross-check: Axle 25.2%, Loba 22.8%, Seer 11%, Pathfinder 9.3%. Per-rank boards cover 34.3 million players currently in that rank, any game mode. August 11 Master/Pred and Bronze-to-Master numbers sit next to them when the 2 populations disagree. All-ranks last 7 days, August 31, is pubs and novelty.

Kit numbers come from the official Marked notes (August 3) and the mid-season balance announcement on Steam (August 21, aimed live August 25). Split 2 notes: Marked Midseason Patch Notes (14 September). Axle is a Skirmisher and she/her on the official EA Axle page and the Skirmisher hub. Currency sibling: Apex Coins guide.