Wattson

Wattson
	Static Defender
	Details
Real Name	Natalie Paquette
Gender	Female
Age	24
Homeworld	Solace
Height	5'4" (163 cm)
	Gameplay
Class	Controller
Tactical Ability	Perimeter Security
Passive Ability	Spark of Genius
Ultimate Ability	Interception Pylon
	Real-world Info
Voice Actor	Justine Huxley
Added	Jul 02, 2019

“	I'm ec-static to fight! (laughs)

Wattson is a Controller Legend who was introduced in Season 2. She can defend against advancing squads by placing Perimeter Security to shock intruders, and an Interception Pylon to shoot down ordnance. She can also use Spark of Genius to recharge her ultimate and her shields.

Wattson can be unlocked using digital currency: either 12,000 Legend Tokens or 750 Apex Coins.

Abilities

Perimeter Security

	Perimeter Security
	Tactical	`Q`///
	Description	Create electrified fences by connecting nodes. Fences damage and slow enemies.
	Cooldown	15 seconds

You can hold up to 4 charges of this ability.
- You gain one charge every 15 seconds, and can pick up unused nodes to regain a charge.
Up to 12 nodes can be active on the map at once. Deploying a new node at the max amount will destroy the oldest node.
- Fence nodes can be placed as soon as the weapon is readied, instead of waiting for the animation to finish.
- Wattson moves at Unarmed-speed while readying/placing Fence nodes.
- Nodes must be within 30 meters to be able to create a fence between them. A node can be connected with up to 2 other nodes at the same time.
- Fences cannot connect through walls/terrain.
- Each node has 25 health and no set duration.
When an enemy passes through, the breached fence's location is pinged on the screen and map.
- Fences deal 20 damage once every second if an enemy is in contact with them.
- The slow lasts 3 seconds.
Fences will disengage for 0.4 seconds when Wattson or her squadmates pass through them.

Doors that get in the way of a fence will shatter.
Wattson can connect her nodes to nodes placed by enemy Wattsons. The fence in between will belong to the Wattson who linked them.
The fences cannot be damaged by friendly fire.
The fences cannot be damaged by the Ring.
The fences can trigger Caustic's Nox Gas Trap.
The fences can be damaged by an enemy Caustic's Nox Gas.
The fences ignore Knockdown Shield health and will damage the health of those affected.
The fences can't be seen through Bangalore's Smoke Launcher.
Gibraltar's Dome of Protection will block line of sight for nodes like any wall would.
Crypto's Drone EMP will destroy every node in range.
Tridents passing through fences will be disabled for 5 seconds.

The fences are NOT traps. Like the name implies, the fences are to guard your flanks and alert you to enemies, slow them down or force them to a choke point your squad is guarding.
Most of the time, your goal is not to get enemies to run into your fences. It's to scare them into avoiding a particular route.
Fences are only effective defenses if you or a squadmate is present to punish enemies that walk through them. An unattended fence is barely a threat.
Hide the nodes behind cover and close to your Interception Pylon so enemies must approach to destroy the fences.
The best spots to place fence nodes are spots where an approaching enemy can't easily shoot them without leaving themselves wide open. This includes:
- Placing wide fences across narrow doorways.
- Placing fences at the top of a ledge an enemy might climb.
- Placing nodes behind railings, planter boxes, or other existing cover on the map.
- Placing fences at the end of a zipline, especially a vertical one.
If a fence spot is really effective, use a third node to turn it into a triangle. This way, enemies will be hit multiple times if they go through it. This is especially effective at the top of vertical ziplines.
Don't just use fences on the inside of buildings to keep enemies out; also use them on the outside of buildings to keep enemies in.
Stand in the way of fences to disengage them and trick enemies into thinking it's safe to rush you down.
Be careful using fences near destructible doors. If the doors open into the fence, they'll break, and you won't be able to use them for cover anymore.
When defending an area with a larger, indestructible door, place fences through the door so they'll deactivate when the door is closed. If an enemy opens that door, the fences will reactivate, and could catch them off guard.
The fences don't require solid ground between nodes, so you can place them over gaps like stairways or vertical ziplines.
Remember that you can 'select' an unconnected node to make the next node you place connect to it. Use this to quickly place a fence without having to cross dangerous areas to place both ends.
Place fences in front of hallways like ones in the Pit, Bunker, etc so if an enemy squad is escaping the Ring, they will likely panic and run through them, slowing them and may result in a kill because of fatal damage involving the Ring. Extremely effective in later rounds.
Don't place your nodes in a hallway unless you are forced to, as they can be easily shot by enemies.
When working with a Wraith, place fences through her Dimensional Rift to instantly electrocute enemies that chase you through it.

On very rare occasions, enemy Wattson fences can be invisible to certain players.
On very rare occasions, placing too many fences in a certain area can cause the game to crash.

Spark of Genius

	Spark of Genius
	Passive
	Description	Ultimate Accelerants fully charge Wattson's ultimate and she can carry more Ultimate Accelerants. Wattson slowly restores her shields over time.
	Cooldown	?

Wattson recharges 1 shield per 2 seconds, after avoiding damage for 6 seconds.
- This also stacks with Interception Pylon’s recharge rate.
Wattson may store up to 2 Ultimate Accelerants per inventory slot.

Wattson will pick up 2 Ultimate Accelerants, instead of one, when using Loba’s Black Market Boutique.

If you find an Ultimate Accelerant at the start of the match, use it as it'll give Wattson much more potential.
It's best to carry at least one stack of Ultimate Accelerants in your Inventory at all times.
Try saving an Ultimate Accelerant for the last few rounds (especially on Rounds 5 or higher) as her abilities increase in utility as the play area shrinks.
This ability can allow you to save up on shield cells and shield batteries.
Just like Octane's Swift Mend, this ability will take a very long time to fully recharge your shields, so it should only be counted on when you only have a few shields to heal.

Interception Pylon

	Interception Pylon
	Ultimate	`Z`/+/+/+
	Description	Place an electrified pylon that destroys incoming ordnance and repairs damaged shields. Standing near Pylons boosts Wattson's tactical recharge rate. (Max: 1)
	Charge time	3 minutes

The Pylon has 150 health and no set duration.
Deploying a new Pylon while already having one deployed will automatically destroy the existing Pylon.
The Pylon is neutral and therefore can recharge enemy shields and shoot down your squad's ordnance if they enter its 25 meter radius
The Pylon can recharge up to 250 shields, shared between all legends.
- Recharges 1 shield every 0.2 seconds.
- Taking damage while regenerating Shields via the Pylon delays continued regeneration by 1 second.
- Remaining shields can be seen as a countdown around the base or by hovering over the placed Pylon's ping.
Ordnance is zapped when the Pylon detects that it would hit any surface within the 25 meter radius and line of sight of the Pylon.
- The Pylon cannot destroy ordnance that has already landed.
Perimeter Security charges have 3-second cooldowns instead of 15 when near an Interception Pylon, made by either you or another Wattson.

The Pylon is climbable and can block doors.
The Pylon is susceptible to friendly damage from both Wattson and her allies.
The Pylon can be damaged by an enemy Caustic’s Nox Gas Trap.
The Pylon cannot be damaged by The Ring.
The Pylon will be instantly destroyed by Crypto's Drone EMP, regardless of health.
The shield recharge effect doesn't stack if there are other Wattsons' Pylons nearby.
Crypto can receive shields from a Pylon through his Surveillance Drone while in drone view.
Affected ordnance includes:
- Grenades: Frag Grenades, Thermite Grenades and Arc Stars.
- Misc: Throwing Knife
- Tacticals: Bangalore’s Smoke Launcher, Caustic’s Nox Gas Traps (while midair), Horizon's Gravity Lift, Fuse’s Knuckle Cluster, Valkyrie's Missile Swarm, Mad Maggie's Riot Drill, Catalyst's Piercing Spikes and Ballistic's Whistler.
- Ultimates: Bangalore’s Rolling Thunder (only the airstrike), Gibraltar’s Defensive Bombardment, Caustic’s Nox Gas Grenade, Horizon's Black Hole, Fuse’s The Motherlode, Seer's Exhibit, Mad Maggie's Wrecking Ball, Catalyst's Piercing Spikes, Ballistic's Whistler, and Conduit's Energy Barricade.
The Pylon will not shoot down neutral throwable objects, like D.O.C. Heal Drones or Domes of Protection.
The Pylon can only target things "above" it. Thus, if placed under a ceiling (eg. beneath the pipes of Hydro Dam) despite having the sides opened, Bangalore's missiles can still land to the pylon's side.
Gibraltar’s Dome of Protection will block line of sight for the Pylon like any wall or cover would.
With her EVO Shield LV2 upgrade: Falling Stars, all affected projectiles will become Arc Stars.

Hide the Pylon into a place where it cannot be shot, like building corners.
While fighting and behind cover and you're in need to heal, you can place a Pylon nearby and while using a consumable, you'll be regenerating shield health at the same time. This can also be done if you need to recover some shield health while reviving a teammate at the same time.
Try saving a Pylon for the last few rounds (especially on Rounds 5 or higher) as her abilities increase in utility as the play area shrinks.
Try to always have at least one available, so the second you hear an airstrike, you can place it on your position and it will intercept every explosive, and you can stay right where you are.
Don't be afraid to use this ability. Anytime you and your squad are holding down any type of cover, any ordnance an enemy squad throws to force you out of cover will ineffective. Be careful, however, as any ordnance you or your squad throws will be intercepted if thrown into the area of effect of the pylon.

Perks

Perk	Effects
Controller	Can interact with Ring Consoles to find the Ring's next location.

Upgrades

Level 2 Upgrades - Unlocked at 450 EVO

Fresh Start: Revive allies with additional health. (20 hp → 50 hp)
Falling Stars: Enemy attacks shot down by the Interception Pylon turn into Arc Stars that can be picked up.

Level 3 Upgrades - Unlocked at 1800 EVO

Power Pylon: Doubles Interception Pylon's health (150 hp → 300 hp) and shield regen capacity (250 sh → 500 sh).
Split Ciruit: Can place 2 Interception Pylons. Use Ultimate Accelerants twice as fast (7 sec → 3.5 sec).

Lore

“

Natalie “Wattson” Paquette is a familiar face in the Apex Games, though for a different reason than most. Daughter of the Games’ lead electrical engineer, she studied his manuals to stay close to him, and discovered her calling at a young age. Though she could be completely distracted one moment and hyper-focused the next, electricity grounded her – its ordered, predictable flow made sense in a way the rest of the world didn’t.

She devoured every book she could on the subject, and eventually became such a skilled engineer that she was commissioned to build the Apex Games’ Modified Containment Ring. Unfortunately, her father died the day it was revealed, leaving her alone. At her lowest moment, a group of competitors invited her to return to the arena with them, assuring her she would always have a home. She now fights alongside her friends in the arena she helped build, destroying incoming missiles, recharging shields, creating fences, and using her pylon to silence fights that get too loud. Nobody knows the arena better than Wattson – anyone who underestimates her is in for a shock.

For more information on Wattson's story, see Wattson (character).

Cosmetic Items

Skins

There are a total of 83 Legend skins for Wattson: 1 Iconic, 29 Legendary, 14 Epic, 23 Rare and 16 Common.

Kupo Power

Ace of Sparks
1,200
Fly-by-Wire
1,200
Cyber Security
1,200
Strange Attractor
1,200
Lightning Spirit
1,200
Current Champ
Needs Ace of Sparks
The Warrior Empress
Bionic Wonder
Needs Cyber Security
Shocking Stuffer
Vaporwave
Needs Fly-by-Wire
Silver Age
1,800
Cyber Punked
Level 50
Ruby Joules
Needs Strange Attractor
Outlands Explorer
Wired for Speed
Haute Drop
Rocket Scientist
Chaos Conductor^{[note 1]}
Deep Current
Thunder Kitty
Static Spike
Kawaii Kitty
Immovable Energizer
Solar Static
System Shock
Level 25
Professor Paquette
Player Two
Electric Incognito
Missing Lynx Wattson.png

Missing Lynx

↑ Was originally named “Charged Conquistador”.

Daemon Hunter
400
Fiber Optics
400
Hack the System
400
Heat Sync
400
User Friendly
400
Plum Juice
400
Winged Menace
Dinomite
1,000
Electric Blue
Electric Royalty
October 2021
Operatic Aquamarine
Static Specter
Kill-a-Joule
Copper Conductor
Level 1

Arachnophobia
60
Bloodline
60
Brain Candy
60
Cloud Computing
60
Dire Wolf
60
Disruptor
60
Fresh Paint
60
Industrial Artist
60
Ornamental Nature
60
Perfect Storm
60
Tartan Fleece
60
Throwback
60
Tie Dye
60
Unholy Alliance
60
Volcanic
60
Sweet Dreams
July 2019
Hot Rod
Level 30
Exo-Weave
Season 4
Static Maiden
500
Kawaii Voltage
Purple Crane
Magnetic Mantis
Level 01
Electric Camo
Level 58

Original
Default
Arctic
30
Cardinal
30
Clearwater
30
Evergreen
30
Flamingo
30
Hydro
30
Limelight
30
Mandarin
30
Midnight
30
Orchid
30
Rage
30
Sahara
30
Skyward
30
Vino
30
Yellowjacket
30

Finishers

Main article: Finisher

Heirloom Set

Main article: Heirloom

Wattson's Heirloom Set.

The set contains:

A Banner Pose: Handled With Care
A Melee weapon skin: Energy Reader
A Intro Quip: "Try as you might, you can't Kilowatt...son."

Emotes

Main article: Emote

Electric Conductor - 1,200
Static Discharge - 1,200
Telekinetic Energy
Easter Egg - 400
Joyful Gigawatts
Electric Boogie
XOXO - Level 12
Unbridled Enthusiasm
Pirouette - Default

Skydive Emotes

Main article: Skydive Emote

Banner Frames

Electric Feels
1,200

Eye of the Ring
1,200
Lightning in a Bottle
1,200
Resonant Frequencies
1,200
Static Schematics
1,200

Charged Storm
400
Light the Way
Level 78
Electric Flail
Level 81
Flying Colors
Level 10
Bug Zapper
Level 18
Jurassic Nessie
Level 11
Dracu-Ness
Level 67
Tower Charge
Powered Paradise
Level 32
Wattson Banner Shock & Clawed.png

Shock & Clawed

Hot Wired
60
KEEP OUT
60
Lightspeed Bandwidth
60
Power Transformer
60
Tesla Coil
60
High Voltage
Feel-a-ments
60
Down Under
Level 83
Linked - Season 4
Shocking Portrait
October 2021
Static Overload
60

Rookie Card
Default
Angular Momentum
30
Data Processor
30
On Lockdown
30
Toolkit
30

Banner Poses

Handled With Care

Inside Voice
400
Load Imbalance
400
Quantum Mechanic
400
Inquisitive Impulse
400
Hotwired

Comms Check
Eureka
60
On Break
60
Sorry!
60
Stargazer
60
Stingin' in the Rain
60
Strong Force
60

Curiosity
Default

Holosprays

Main article: Holospray

Sweet Dreams!
1,200
Charged And Ready
400
Ecstatic To Fight
400
Eye of the Storm
400
Nyah!
400
Shocking!
400
Watt's Up?
400
Magnifique!
Level 42
Spark of Genius
Level 19
Make A Connection
Level 13
Powerhouse
400
I Found Your Off Switch
Level 27
Unveil Your Power
Level 35

Voice lines

See: Wattson/Voice lines

History

Patches

Patch notes

May 09, 2023 Patch

(Undocumented) one new animation inspecting the HAVOC Rifle exclusively for Wattson.

August 09, 2022 Patch

Perimeter Security
- Improvements to Perimeter Security placement system.

November 02, 2021 Patch

Improved the reliability and responsiveness of placing Wattson's Tactical and Ultimate in-world objects.
Wattson can place her Tactical and Ultimate objects on valid surfaces above Wattson's eye level (to a reasonable extent).
General hitbox size increase, to compensate for the removal of low profile in the Legacy update.
Perimeter Security
- Increased damage on crossing a Fence by 33%. (15 to 20)
- Increased debuff duration on crossing a Fence by 100%. (1.5 to 3 seconds)
- Increased the time allowance to be hit again by a subsequent Fence effect by 100%. (0.5 to 1 second).
- Decreased recharge time by 50% (30 to 15 seconds).
- Increased placement range by 50%.
- Decreased the delay between Fences shutting off and reactivating after an ally passes through them by 60%. (1.0 -> 0.4 seconds)
- Wattson now moves at Unarmed-speed while readying/placing Fence nodes.
- Fence nodes can now be placed as soon as the weapon is readied, instead of waiting for the animation to finish.
Interception Pylon
- The Pylon output has been significantly reworked.
  - Reduced the number of active Pylons Wattson can place from 3 to 1.
  - The Pylon now lasts forever (instead of timing out after 90 seconds).
  - The Pylon now has a pool of 250 Shields that can be distributed to nearby players, instead of effectively infinite Shields.
  - Increased the Pylon shield recharge rate by 150%, and smoothed regen rate. (2/second -> 5/second, or more accurately: 1/0.5 seconds -> 1/0.2 seconds)
  - When a Pylon is out of Shields, it no longer recharges players' Shields, but can still zap incoming ordnance.
  - Taking damage while regenerating Shields via the Pylon delays continued regeneration by 1 second.
- The UI on the ground and HUD elements now displays the amount of Shields that remain in the Pylon.
- Pinging a friendly Pylon will now display the percentage of Shields remaining in the Pylon.
- Pylon ordnance-zapping has been moderately reworked.
  - Ordnance is now zapped when the Pylon detects that it would hit any surface within range and line of sight of the Pylon, instead of being zapped as soon as it comes within range.
  - As a part of the changes, current issues where the Pylon doesn't reliably zap ordnance (particularly concerning airstrike abilities, and ordnance that bounced off surfaces near the Pylon) should now be addressed.

May 24, 2021 Patch

Perimeter Security: Restored slow effect when running into the fences.

May 04, 2021 Patch

Removed Low Profile.
Interception Pylon: Will now intercept Horizon’s abilities.
Perimeter Security: Fixed the “Extend” prompt for the fences not appearing in certain situations.
The Haute Drop skin will no longer block view when reloading the Sentinel.

March 15, 2021 Patch

Fixed an issue with her Electric Blue skin appearing without texture on console.
- Players who bought the skin before the fix will be refunded their Crafting Metals or Apex Coins, depending on which method they used.
- Players who received the skin in an Event Pack will not be refunded their Apex Coins.

March 09, 2021 Patch

Spark of Genius: Wattson now passively regenerates shield at a rate of 0.5hp/s. Stacks with Interception Pylon regen rate.

January 14, 2021 Patch

Fixed an issue with her Haute Drop skin obscuring views with the 1x Holo sight while using the Volt SMG, HAVOC Rifle, Longbow DMR, Sentinel, and R-301 Carbine.

November 04, 2020 Patch

Perimeter Security: Damage increased from 10 to 15.

June 23, 2020 Patch

Interception Pylon:
- Now only lasts for 90 seconds, instead of infinite.
- Increased number of active pylons from 1 to 3.
Spark of Genius: Wattson can hold up to 2 Ultimate Accelerants per inventory slot.

April 07, 2020 Patch

Low Profile: Leg shots now deal as much damage as body shots.

January 14, 2020 Patch

Interception Pylon: Fix for the pylon to prevent being able to deploy it through walls.
Fixed an issue where players would receive a client error when fighting Wattson.

December 03, 2019 Patch

Interception Pylon: The Pylon is now significantly more aggressive in the way it shoots down grenades. Rather than just identifying between incoming and outgoing projectiles, it now predicts the trajectory of grenades thrown within the interception zone and intercepts them if they will land anywhere within that zone. This means that no grenade can contact any surface within the interception zone regardless of the team, but players can fire grenades outwards from anywhere within the zone.

September 03, 2019 Patch

Added Low Profile Perk to Wattson.
Interception Pylon: Reduced the maximum number of pylons that can be active from 3 to 1.

July 02, 2019 Patch

Introduced.

Teasers

Wattson was teased alongside Octane on the game's launch day, when she was briefly shown from a distance in the Apex Legends Gameplay Deep Dive Trailer.

Trivia

Wattson is one of three Legends to have a unique animation for reviving a squadmate, the others being Gibraltar and Newcastle. She uses her equipment like a defibrillator.
In early concept art, Wattson had a cybernetic arm. That idea got scrapped but it occasionally returns in non-canon skins. The real Wattson has both her arms.^[2]
Wattson and Wraith are same height (5' 4") and they are the shortest Legends in the game.^[1]
- Though people say the Meltdown Launch Trailer portrays Wattson as taller than Wraith (timestamp 1:47) , this is just a matter of perspective and posture. A much more accurate height comparison between Wattson and Wraith can be seen at timestamp 0:51.
Wattson was unlockable for free between February 15-22, 2022, in celebration of the 3rd Anniversary.