Devotion LMG
Full-auto energy LMG.
Devotion LMG stats
Checked against every EA patch note up to Apex Legends: Cipher Patch Notes (2 November 2026).
Shots to kill
Shots needed to down a legend through each Legend Armor level, at 16 body damage per shot. Every legend has 100 health with the armour on top — since February 2024 that armour is inherent and levels up on EVO points rather than being looted as a body shield.
| Legend Armor | Total HP | Body shots | Head shots |
|---|---|---|---|
| No armour | 100 | 7 | 5 |
| Level 1 | 150 | 10 | 8 |
| Level 2 | 175 | 11 | 9 |
| Level 3 | 200 | 13 | 10 |
| Level 4 | 225 | 15 | 12 |
Counts assume every shot lands on the same body part with no damage falloff and no attachments fitted. Compare weapons in the damage calculator.
In the game files
Devotion LMG ships in Apex Legends as mp_weapon_esaw.
Other light machine guns
Recent changes
Season 30 · 3 August 2026
- Energy ammo rework: carries a regenerating stockpile of 3 magazines instead of using ammo boxes.
- The Turbocharger now takes 500 points to unlock (was 425).
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Marked Patch Notes
Season 29 · 4 May 2026
- The Turbocharger takes 425 points to unlock (was 500).
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Overclocked Patch Notes
Season 28 · 9 February 2026
- The Turbocharger takes 500 points to unlock (was 600).
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Breach Patch Notes
Season 27 · 3 November 2025
- Reverse hip-fire removed, with tighter base hip-fire to compensate.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Amped Patch Notes
Season 26 · 10 September 2025
- Locked hop-up: Turbocharger (600 points to unlock). The perk that turbocharged it with a full purple barrel, magazine and stock was removed.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Get explosive in the Wild Iron Event
Season 26 · 4 August 2025
- Wider reverse hip-fire spread, and high-tier barrels and stocks no longer scale better.
- Magazine reduced to 48 (was 52) in an earlier hotfix.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Showdown Patch Notes
Season 25 · 20 June 2025
- No longer takes the Accelerator hop-up.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Face Off in the Future Icons Event
Season 25 · 5 May 2025
- A full purple barrel, stock and magazine now turbocharges the Devotion, cutting spin-up time.
- Better scaling from blue and purple barrels and stocks, and purple magazine capacity increased to 52 (was 48).
- Now takes the Accelerator hop-up instead of the Gun Shield Generator.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Prodigy Patch Notes
Season 24 · 10 February 2025
- Damage increased to 16 (was 15); headshot damage 20.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Takeover Patch Notes
Season 23 · 5 November 2024
- Returned to floor loot from the Care Package.
- Spin-up time is shorter, reverse hip-fire tightens more slowly, and the Turbocharger slot was removed.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: New Updates Coming with Apex Legends: From The Rift