Playing as a cohesive team in Apex Legends Ranked is crucial for climbing the ladder. Ranked games demand coordination, communication, and strategy. Here’s how to play more effectively with your squad. If you're new to the game, check out our Apex Legends: A Thrilling Battle Royale Experience to get started.
1. Communicate Efficiently
Use the ping system to mark enemies, suggest rotations, and share loot locations. If you’re on voice chat, communicate clearly and consistently. Call out enemy positions, weapon needs, and healing status to keep the team informed. For tips on using movement to enhance your communication, explore Apex Legends: How to Use Movement to Your Advantage.
2. Stick Together
Staying close to your teammates ensures that you can back each other up during fights. Lone-wolf tactics are often punished in ranked games. Spread out just enough to avoid being easily wiped out by a single squad, but close enough to engage in the same fight together. This also helps with revives and shield sharing. Learn more about effective team play in Apex Legends: How to Climb Ranked Faster.
3. Role Coordination
Each Legend has strengths that complement team dynamics. Assign roles based on Legend abilities:
- Recon Legends like Bloodhound or Seer can gather critical information.
- Support Legends like Lifeline provide healing and revives.
- Offensive Legends like Wraith or Ash lead engagements and can quickly disengage if needed.
Play to your Legend’s strengths while working in tandem with your team’s composition. If you’re using Gibraltar or Loba, provide support by using your abilities wisely. To master each Legend’s abilities, see Apex Legends: How to Master Each Legend’s Abilities.
4. Focus on Rotations
Rotating intelligently is key to survival in ranked matches. Don’t just move randomly — communicate your next position with your team and move together. If you’re entering the late game, prioritize getting to a high ground or a defensible position within the ring. Use your Recon Legends to scout the safest routes or check if an area is occupied. For insights into finding the best loot spots during rotations, read Apex Legends: How to Find the Best Loot Locations.
5. Share Resources
Don’t hog loot, especially healing items or attachments. Let your teammates know what you’ve found using the ping system, and be sure to share medkits, shield cells, and ammo to keep the team equipped for long engagements. A well-supplied team is much more likely to survive difficult encounters.
6. Fight Together, Not Apart
When engaging in gunfights, it’s crucial that the team focuses on target prioritization. Focusing fire on one enemy at a time can quickly reduce the numbers of an enemy squad. If one of your teammates knocks an enemy, help secure the kill to eliminate them from the fight and reduce the pressure. Avoid splitting your team during fights. Stick together and engage the same enemy, allowing you to overwhelm and eliminate opponents faster. Improve your aim and gunfight success with Apex Legends: How to Win More Gunfights.
7. Adapt and Overcome
Even the best plans will fail at times, and being able to adapt is essential. If a fight isn’t going your way, don’t hesitate to disengage and reposition. If a teammate gets downed, don’t immediately rush to revive them unless it’s safe. Sometimes retreating, resetting, and re-engaging later is the smarter play. For more on strategic adaptability, visit Apex Legends: How to Improve Your Aim.
Ranked play in Apex Legends requires a well-coordinated team that communicates effectively and sticks together. By utilizing each Legend’s abilities, sharing resources, rotating wisely, and fighting as a unit, you can increase your chances of success and climb the ranks faster.
