Alter Guide: Abilities, Tips & Lore - Apex Legends Wiki
Alter: Overview
Alter is a Skirmisher Legend introduced in Season 21. Known as the Void Breacher, she manipulates rifts to reposition, ambush, and rescue teammates. Real name: Ying Ling Lui. Voice actor: Crystal Yu. Alter is not part of the base roster and can be unlocked with 12,000 Legend Tokens or 750 Apex Coins.
Table of contents
Abilities
Tactical: Void Passage
Create paired portals on opposite sides of a surface, allowing instant passage through walls, doors, or obstacles. The gate arms in about a second, lasts roughly 15 seconds, and can breach depths up to around 30 meters. Placement range is approximately 45 meters.
- Travel is instant and briefly phases the user into the Void. You’re immune to damage during transit but still vulnerable to the ring.
- After exiting, you remain in the Void for a short moment and cannot immediately re-enter until you fully clear the portal’s hitbox.
- Steep surfaces can generate a climbable “void string,” letting you ride up to a ceiling portal while phased.
- Enemies nearby receive a warning indicator when a portal is placed.
Passive: Gift from the Rift
Remotely peer into nearby deathboxes (about 75 meters) and claim a single item from one of them. Shield cores cannot be taken via remote loot.
- Deathboxes are highlighted based on the highest rarity item inside.
- The remote pull does not prevent you from manually looting the box first.
- You can check if a deathbox is being looted in real time—useful for timing third-party pushes.
- Teammate banners can be retrieved remotely if they’re in a deathbox.
Ultimate: Void Nexus
Deploy a persistent regroup device that allies can activate through obstacles to teleport back to its location from up to roughly 200 meters away. Each player can use it once per 60 seconds.
- Knocked players can activate Nexus (including via a character action input) and travel faster than standing players.
- Activation requires a brief hold and a short channel; weapons are holstered on arrival.
- A residual rift appears along the user’s path after a delay, allowing others—friend or foe—to follow for a limited time. Alter receives a warning if an enemy takes the rift.
Legend Upgrades
In Battle Royale, Legend Upgrades unlock as your Evo Armor levels up. Choose one per tier:
- Level 2: Eye to Another World (Survey Beacon access; threat vision while ADS) or Friends (support bins access; improved revive; more MRBs in deathboxes).
- Level 3: Staring into the Void (Void Passage scans last longer) or Void Breacher (passing through the portal boosts allies’ speed and handling).
Lore
Alter’s past is wrapped in mystery and Void energy. Her sardonic style and surgical precision suggest a life spent navigating dangerous corners of the Outlands, with motives that rarely surface beyond the mask.
Cosmetic items
Skins
Alter has an extensive wardrobe featuring Legendary, Epic, Rare, and Common looks. A few standout examples are shown below.
Finishers
Alter’s finishers embrace theatrical flair—expect dramatic Void effects and taunting one-liners that fit her persona.
Emotes
- Burning Passion (Legendary)
- Elevated Applause (Epic)
- Getting Started (Rare, default)
Skydive Emotes
Stylized descents that showcase her Void motif during drops.
Banner Frames
A mix of ornate and ethereal frames echoing her Void aesthetic across Legendary, Epic, Rare, and Common tiers.
Banner poses
Confident stances with elegant motion—perfect for intimidating the lobby.
Holosprays
Signature sprays with cheeky, mysterious messages—ideal for calling your shot before a breach.
Music Packs
Dark electronic tones and eerie swells that complement Alter’s otherworldly identity.
Transitions
Menu and banner transitions laced with Void effects and clean motion design.
Voice lines
Wry, cutting, and composed—Alter’s lines often needle opponents while keeping teammates focused.
History
Key balance and quality-of-life updates since her debut have refined portal placement logic, Void visibility, and team interaction cues tied to Nexus and Passage.
Development
Alter’s kit explores high-risk, high-reward positioning tools. The team centered her identity around fast breaches and precise retreats without duplicating existing teleport archetypes.
Teasers
- Season 21’s reveal highlighted Alter’s portal technology and its role in dynamic entry plays. Watch the launch trailer: Season 21 Launch Trailer
Trivia
- Alter’s portals briefly obscure her exact position, rewarding players who vary their exit timing and stance.
- Void Nexus enables creative bait-and-switch plays; delayed rifts often lure overconfident pursuers.
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