Support

Lifeline

Combat Medic

A Legend with healing abilities, Lifeline is best at keeping her team alive and healthy in a firefight. Her tactical ability, D.O.C. Heal Drone, heals all nearby friendly players over time as long as they are not receiving damage. D.O.C. can also be assigned to follow a teammate. Lifeline's passive ability, Combat Glide, allows her to fall much more slowly for a few seconds. Combat Revive, Lifeline's second passive, uses D.O.C. to revive teammates automatically and also provides healing over time; this healing stacks with healing from her tactical. Lifeline's Ultimate ability, D.O.C HALO, uses D.O.C to create a large, 360-degree shield that blocks all incoming damage. Inside the Halo, use time for healing items is reduced by 50% for both friendly and enemy players. The shield does not have a roof, and grenades or airstrikes can be used to flush players out.

Abilities

Checked against every EA patch note up to Apex Legends: Cipher Patch Notes (2 November 2026).

TacticalQ

D.O.C. Heal Drone

Cooldown 15s

The Drone Of Compassion (DOC) automatically heals those near it over time.

Places a hovering healing drone that heals all players within 6 meters.
Heals 8 health per second with an infinite healing pool, and lasts 20 seconds.
The drone moves with the player it is applied to.
Since Season 23, D.O.C. can be assigned to follow an ally once deployed.

Passive

Combat Glide

Hold jump in mid-air to glide briefly with D.O.C. D.O.C. also revives downed teammates, leaving Lifeline free to defend.

Hold jump while in the air to glide briefly with D.O.C.
D.O.C. revives downed teammates, so Lifeline can keep fighting during the revive.
Since Season 31, D.O.C. heals Lifeline while she is gliding.

UltimateZ

D.O.C HALO

Replacing her previous ultimate (Care Package), D.O.C summons a small area around the placed D.O.C that blocks bullets and decreases Regen use time.

D.O.C HALO can be placed down. Once it is placed, the ultimate is consumed and needs to recharge.
Once used, spawns a 6m circle around itself, about 1m high.
This circle acts like a shield, blocking all fire in or out.

Who is Lifeline?

Real name: Ajay Che
Age: 26
Home world: Psamathe
Voice actor: Mela Lee

Lifeline's heirloom

Lifeline has an heirloom set — Shock Sticks.

Lifeline heirloom details

Lifeline skins

The wiki lists 87 skins for Lifeline, each with its rarity and how it was unlocked.

Every Lifeline skin

Apex Legends meta this season

The Apex Legends meta page tracks every legend buff, nerf and rework this season.

Apex Legends meta: every buff and nerf

Other Support legends

Recent changes

Season 31 · 2 November 2026

D.O.C. Heal Drone cooldown cut to 15 seconds (was 25), and D.O.C. now heals Lifeline while she glides.
Upgrades reshuffled: Enhanced Radio moves to level 2 and Improved Flight improves glide handling and duration; level 3 now offers a 60-second ultimate cooldown cut or Revive Shield (D.O.C. raises a shield while reviving). BattPack and Tactical Cooldown were removed.

Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Cipher Patch Notes

Season 23 · 5 November 2024

Season 23 rework: the new Combat Glide passive lets Lifeline hold jump in mid-air to glide briefly with D.O.C., and D.O.C. still revives teammates for her.
D.O.C. Heal Drone can be assigned to follow an ally once deployed.
New ultimate D.O.C. Halo: throw D.O.C. to raise a shield, and everyone inside uses health and shield items faster.
Upgrades: Battpack and Extended Flight (1.5 seconds more glide fuel) at level 2; Enhanced Radio (50% more assignment range) and Tactical Cooldown+ (10 seconds off the tactical) at level 3.

Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: New Updates Coming with Apex Legends: From The Rift