Skirmisher

Octane

High-Speed Daredevil

Octane is a Skirmisher Legend. He was introduced in Season 1 and is locked from the base game. He can be unlocked using digital currency: either 12,000 Legend Tokens, 750 Apex Coins, or by purchasing the Champion Edition downloadable content.

A high-speed Legend, Octane’s tactical ability Stim causes him to run much faster for a short period of time, at the cost of health. His passive ability Swift Mend regenerates health over time after a short delay. His ultimate ability Launch Pad places a pad on the ground that launches any player that steps on it into the air and also allows them to double jump.

Abilities

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

TacticalQ

Stim

Cooldown 0.7s

Increase walk speed by 30% and sprint speed by 40% for 6 seconds. Costs Health to use. Reduction to slows while active.

Costs 20 health (or all health but 1, if Octane has 20 or less health).
On activation, stim removes all slow effects, except the intended slows players receive while healing. Slows that are applied after activation will only be reduced, not removed.
Since Season 27, Stim is 5% faster and Octane can sprint and use consumables while stimmed.
Stim Surge: use the tactical again while stimmed for 6 seconds of Fortified (15% damage reduction and immunity to bullet slow). Costs no health and has its own 20-second cooldown.

Passive

Swift Mend

Automatically restores health over time.

After avoiding damage for 6 seconds, Octane restores 1 health per second.

UltimateZ

Launch Pad

Charge time 1.5 min

Deploy a jump pad that catapults anyone through the air. Press the jump button to double jump.

Launch Pads have 200 Health.
Maximum 4 on map.
Will send players in the direction they were moving when they touched the launch pad.
Players cannot double jump while healing or while downed, regardless of what the UI says.

Who is Octane?

Real name: Octavio Silva
Age: 26
Home world: Psamathe
Height: 5,9
Voice actor: Nicolas Roye

Octane's heirloom

Octane has 2 heirloom sets — Butterfly Knife and Octane's Prototype.

Octane heirloom details

Octane skins

The wiki lists 100 skins for Octane, each with its rarity and how it was unlocked.

Every Octane 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 Skirmisher legends

Ash

Recent changes

Season 28 · 23 March 2026

Launch Pad's double jump now works while healing.

Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Aftershock Event + Midseason Patch Notes

Season 28 · 9 February 2026

Daredevil extends Stim Surge by up to 3 seconds (was 6).

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

Season 27 · 5 January 2026

Stim can be reused after 0.7 seconds (was 1.8), is 5% faster, and lets Octane sprint and use consumables while stimmed.
New Stim Surge: reuse the tactical while stimmed for 6 seconds of Fortified (15% damage reduction, immune to bullet slow) that triggers Swift Mend. It costs no health and has its own 20-second cooldown.
Swift Mend heals 3 HP per second (was 1.5), up to 9 per second at low health.
Launch Pad now has two charges and can be used immediately after landing.
Upgrades replaced with Thick Skin, Squad Rush, Daredevil and Triple Jump.

Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Grab your Hoverboard for the Winter Wipeout Event