Hi-Rez Studios has announced that Paladins Season 5 is now live. It is, according to the dev team, the largest update to the game in recent years. The team is “aiming for 2022 to be the best yet” for the F2P team-based shooter.
Season 5 features a lot of new content including Champion VII (“Seven”), the 2022 Season Pass, the Abyss Hunter Academy Event Pass, tweaks to core gameplay mechanics, free progression rewards, and much more. The team is also taking aim at the Siege game mode that will be released a bit later in this update’s cycle.
Paladins’ 53rd character, VII, is out today as the first Champion in 2022. For true justice to prevail, the Realm needs more than pious Judges. They need VII, the Executioner, and Hand of the Outer Tribunal. Unburdened by the trappings of mercy, he ensures that judgments cast are judgments kept.
All about ambushing his opponents, VII can grapple onto walls and use the terrain to his advantage to get the drop on enemies. His weapon mode can be changed on the fly, swapping between automatic fire, burst fire, and unloading the entire clip. Always nifty, VII is able to dodge-roll out of danger, leaving behind an explosive trap. And as he pronounces the Decree 77 during his ultimate, he makes targeted enemies run away in sheer terror – a rare skill for a Flank Champion.
VII can be unlocked just by playing the game. He boasts six skins of alternative colors, including two unlocked for free through progression, and two included in the new 2022 Season Pass.
Check out the Paladins official site to see all of the new content in Season 5.
