Apex Legends map, Damaged Moon, will likely be not be included within the Apex Legends World Collection map rotation after the Professional League Qualifiers (PLQ) later this 12 months.
Based on the ALGS 12 months 5 Rulebook, solely World’s Edge, Storm Level and E-District are listed for ALGS Professional League Break up this 12 months.
A publish on-line additionally highlights all of the maps that will likely be featured in upcoming occasions. In PLQ, Professional League Break up 2, and Final Probability Qualifier, Damaged Moon is just not listed within the map pool. Damaged Moon appeared in earlier tournaments this 12 months, together with Break up 1 of the Professional League and Challenger Circuit, along with the ALGS Open, and Midseason Playoffs on the Esports World Cup.
Nonetheless, as of the writing of this text, the map pool for the 2026 ALGS Championship has but to be revealed, which implies it may see Damaged Moon return.
The Damaged Moon Discourse
The map itself has divided opinions on-line even after its rework in Season 21: Upheaval, which introduced a number of modifications to the map POIs, new rotations, and extra. Within the skilled scene, nonetheless, many athletes have complained that Damaged Moon is presently one of the crucial unbalanced maps within the sport as of Season 25: Prodigy.
Some gamers on-line, comparable to Jack ‘NiceWigg’ Martin, an Apex Legends streamer and former professional, have even gone so far as demanding or not it’s ‘deleted’ from the sport completely.
In a remark on-line, Mac ‘Albralelie’ Beckwith, skilled Apex Legends participant for Twisted Minds, added: “POI’s are too stacked on high of one another with blatant unpunishable energy positions. For instance, Cliffsides’ design makes pushing from south [to] north in opposition to anybody with palms fully unattainable. There’s a ton of different locations on the map which have this precise drawback.”
Apex Legends’ meta has wildly shifted, with map rotations changing into the newest change alongside Legend updates. With Damaged Moon out of the image in the interim, it would little doubt have an effect on the esports scene, and will in the end determine which group takes house the win.
