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Mad Maggie: Complete Apex Legends Guide

Mad Maggie

Mad Maggie is an Assault Legend built to crack defenses, flush enemies from cover, and overwhelm squads with relentless aggression. Introduced in Season 12, she can be unlocked with Legend Tokens or Apex Coins.

I give as many craps as prisoners I take. None.

Mad Maggie portrait

Quick Details

  • Real name: Margaret Kōhere
  • Alias: Rebel Warlord
  • Gender: Female
  • Age: 56
  • Homeworld: Salvo
  • Class: Assault
  • Voice: Nicola Kāwana

Abilities

Riot Drill (Tactical)

Riot Drill icon

  • Description: Fires a drill that latches to surfaces and burns enemies on the other side.
  • Cooldown: 20 seconds
  • Behavior:
    • Hold the Tactical input to delay launch; melee cancels the launch.
    • Can be used while firing, reloading, healing, or performing other actions.
    • Direct hit deals minor impact damage and bounces off enemies.
    • Once attached, a burning flare pierces through up to ~13 meters of surface and reaches ~5 meters beyond the exit.
    • Activates ~1 second after attachment and can inflict up to 160 total damage over ~9 seconds.
    • Moves with the object it is attached to; if that object is destroyed, the drill disappears.
  • Interactions:
    • Attaches to most map props, walls, and doors.
    • Can latch to placeables like domes, shields, covers, traps, and vehicles; may burn through multiple thin barriers.
    • Affected by vertical-lift effects; bounces off knockdown shields.
Tip: If an enemy turtles behind cover, tag the surface with Riot Drill to force a reposition and create a push window.
Heads-up: Sometimes the drill may appear to travel a shorter distance on irregular surfaces due to collision calculations.

Warlord’s Ire (Passive)

Warlord's Ire icon

  • Description: Temporarily highlights enemies you damage and moves faster while using shotguns.
  • Behavior:
    • Damaged targets are outlined through obstacles for ~0.8 seconds.
    • Movement speed is increased while wielding shotguns (comparable to holstered movement).
    • ADS with shotguns retains near-holstered mobility for tighter strafes.
Tip: Thermite grenades and Riot Drill damage extend your tracking window on enemies concealed by cover.
Tip: If shotgun is your primary, keep it out while rotating—no movement penalty and instant combat readiness.

Wrecking Ball (Ultimate)

Wrecking Ball icon

  • Description: Throws a ball that drops speed-boost pads and explodes near enemies.
  • Charge time: ~2 minutes
  • Behavior:
    • Bounces off floors, walls, and ceilings while deploying pads in a zig-zag trail.
    • Stepping on pads grants a burst of speed for a short duration (does not stack with other speed boosts).
    • Explodes after a set time, on max bounces, or on hitting an enemy; deals light damage and stuns in a small radius.
    • Can break doors and damage or disrupt many enemy placeables (e.g., shields, traps, ultimates).
Tip: Use Wrecking Ball to break blocked doors and instantly stun defenders to open a clean entry.
Tip: It’s a great rotation tool—just remember enemies can sprint your boost trail too.

Legend Upgrades (Battle Royale)

Legend Upgrades unlock as your Evo Armor levels during BR matches. Choose one per level for up to two perks total.

Level 2 Upgrades

  • Shots Shots Shots: Automatically reload shotguns on knockdowns.
  • Fire Ball: Wrecking Ball ignites shortly after release, creating thermite shockwaves on its detonation point before continuing; detonates fully after a second release.

Level 3 Upgrades

  • Drillslinger: +1 Riot Drill charge; shorter active duration.
  • Big Drill: Increased drill depth and width for greater coverage through cover.

Lore

Margaret Kōhere—later feared and famed as Mad Maggie—grew up on Salvo with no family and few prospects. She found purpose alongside her closest friend, Walter “Fuse” Fitzroy, as their teenage antics evolved into mercenary work and eventually the Cracked Talon, a notorious operation fighting for Salvo’s independence.

When Salvo’s rival warlord signed with the Syndicate, Maggie’s vision of a free Salvo was shattered—and Fuse’s decision to chase glory in the Apex Games felt like betrayal. Determined to expose Syndicate weakness, Maggie sabotaged Fuse’s debut, setting off a chain of conflicts that ultimately forced the two to confront their differences: Fuse would always follow the fun; Maggie, the cause.

Presumed dead after a pivotal encounter, Maggie was instead captured by the Syndicate and sentenced to fight in the Apex Games. If it’s a death sentence, she intends it won’t be hers.

Cosmetic Items

Maggie’s cosmetics emphasize her renegade aesthetic—punk grit, improvised kit, and Salvo pride. Highlights include multiple Legendary skins, dynamic Emotes and Skydive Emotes, Banner Frames and Poses, Holosprays, and a Music Pack. Below are selected examples.

Selected Skins

  • Mob Boss (Legendary)
  • Above The Law (Legendary)
  • Mad Metal (Legendary)
  • Blood and Plunder (Legendary)
  • Non-State Actor (Legendary)
  • Necro-Smasher (Legendary)

Mob Boss skin sample

Finishers

  • Hello From Salvo (Default)
  • Renewed Hostility

Emotes

  • Firestarter
  • Guitar Tuner
  • New Whirl Order
  • Come Get Some (Default)

Skydive Emotes

  • Flip Off
  • Pre-Game Warmup

Banner Frames & Poses

  • Frames: Big Finish, Most Wanted, The Original Fire, Riding In The Red, Tear It Down, Burning Embrace, Rise Above
  • Epic Poses: Armed and Dangerous, Fearless Leader, For Salvo, Good As Gold, Settle the Score
  • Rare Poses: Eat This, Hell Akimbo, Out Of My Way, Primal Scream, Resolute Leader, Ripping the Cord, Salvo Stomp, Taste My Steel, Whiplashed
  • Common Pose: Bring Your Best (Default)

Holosprays

  • Fire Starter
  • Always Armed
  • Break a Few Necks
  • Chaos is Comin’
  • Freedom for Salvo
  • Need a Hand?
  • Put a Pin In It
  • The ‘War’ in Warlord
  • Try And Kill Me
  • You’re Cracked

Music Pack

  • Mad Maggie (unlockable via Battle Pass tier)

Voice Lines

Maggie’s voice lines blend gallows humor with revolutionary zeal, taunting foes and rallying allies—especially when shotguns are involved.

History

February 8, 2022

  • Mad Maggie joins the Apex Games (Season 12).

August 9, 2022 Balance Update

  • Riot Drill: Projectile launch speed doubled.
  • Wrecking Ball:
    • Travels farther while dropping the same number of pads.
    • Duration increased from ~5s to ~10s; pad spawn interval increased.
    • Now damages many enemy placeables and destroys protective domes.
    • Fixed issues with blinding and slowing enemies.

Teasers

  • First appeared as an NPC antagonist and announcer during earlier seasons before becoming playable in Season 12.
  • A sky event showcased her capture and phase-transit set pieces that foreshadowed map changes and her forced entry into the Games.
  • Pre-release materials hinted at development with files referencing “Maggy Character Selection.”

Trivia

  • Maggie has served as a limited-time mode announcer, joining a short list of Legends who’ve voiced takeovers.
  • She is one of the few Legends with extensive story presence before becoming playable, and one of the rare Legends with a two-word codename.

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