Bangalore and Bloodhound provided one of Apex Legends’ simplest and most effective synergies: Bangalore blocked vision with her smoke, and Bloodhound’s ultimate let them see through said smoke. But after changes to both characters that had huge implications on their playstyles, ALGS players could turn to an old favorite: Seer.

In the patch notes for Apex's Double Take event, the legend balance changes noted changes to Bangalore and Bloodhound that alter fundamental aspects of their ability kits that both have had since the early days of Apex. Enemies in Bangalore's smokes will now display as white outlines to other players who are also in the smoke. While these outlines won't display to players outside of the smoke, it's still a huge change that impacts the effectiveness of Bangalore's smokes to make fights more difficult and help her team reset. But it also gives her a sneaky buff in situations where teams want to be aggressive and have a fair fight, giving the teams fighting a clear line of sight of each other while keeping the action hidden from those outside of the smokes. Meanwhile, Bloodhound's ultimate will no longer see through smokes or gas. Enemies will only be highlighted in red if there is nothing blocking their line of sight to Bloodhound.

Those are huge changes for both the casual Apex crowd and ALGS pros alike. Bangalore and Bloodhound have rarely been unpopular with Apex players, with Bloodhound currently the fourth-most picked Legend and Bangalore coming in sixth, according to Apex Legends Status. But those numbers are even more impressive in ALGS play: the lowest pick rate for either Legend in a major ALGS region in the current split is Bloodhound in APAC North, where they’re picked 80 percent of the time. Every other region currently selects both Legends in over 90 percent of games, leading to lobbies full of teams running the pair.

That will almost certainly change, as the pros used both characters for the same reason you did in ranked: the combination of Bangalore's smokes and Bloodhound's ultimate is just too good, and if another team has that synergy while you don't, you're at a huge combat disadvantage. Without that synergy, teams might look to an old recon king to fill the void in Seer.