Tressa "Catalyst" Smith
| “ | Greetings from the dark side of the moon.
— Catalyst
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Tressa Crystal Smith, also known by her alias Catalyst, is a playable Legend, introduced in the fifteenth season of the Apex Games.
Biography
Defensive Conjurer
Tressa Crystal Smith isn’t everyone’s cup of tea–an elegant, standoffish woman, she likes crystals more than she likes most people. She grew up on Boreas, a faltering planet with a deteriorating moon. Conformity and efficiency were necessities there, but that never suited Tressa. Instead, she was more at home with fellow misfits who spent their time on crystal readings, moon rituals and personal witchery–they made her turbulent teenage years (and simultaneous gender transition) easier and less lonely. But when her closest friend went to extreme lengths to save their moon from corporate encroachment, Tressa was caught in the middle. Ultimately, she ran away from home, finding solace in the one place her friend cared about most: their moon, Cleo.
There she joined the terraforming crews hired to repair and rejuvenate the celestial body. She learned to work with ferrofluid, and use it with a certain witchy flair. She grew attached to her new community and, when the heat on Boreas died down, brought some of her old friends back into the fold. She found a place to call her own–just in time for the Apex Games to arrive and sweep it out from under her new family. But Catalyst won’t disappear so easily. If the Games are going to get in her way, she’s going to turn them to her advantage, putting the prize money to use supporting her family. She sees a win in her future, and she’ll rise to the occasion.
Origins
In 2719, Smith and Margo broke into a facility that launched mining equipment onto the surface of Cleo. Once inside, she found a tank filled with a strange ferrofluid. Walking up to the facility's entrance with Margo, she was shocked when her friend mounted a bomb on the doors. While she protested this radical decision, the two were confronted by a Spectre. It hunted down Smith, with her eventually shoving the machine into the tank of ferrofluid, destroying it. During this fight, Margo was apprehended by the facility's guards; she then decided to detonate the bomb. Immediately after, Smith was able to escape to her home, but it was quickly surrounded by police. To protect herself and her friends, she decided to run away.
Smith soon applied to join and was accepted into the Cleo Recovery Council, helping to terraform the newly developed colony of Hope on Cleo's surface. Here, she achieved mastery over ferrofluid, using it to erect structures and protect her coworkers from debris. She additionally took up permanent residence at Hope's South Promenade, seeing the settlement on Cleo as a new hope for the moon. However, these hopes were dashed after Seer and Eduardo Silva announced their intentions to construct the newest Apex Games arena on Cleo. The services of Smith and the Cleo Recovery Council were terminated and superseded by the Mercenary Syndicate as a result.
Having lost her stability after leaving the Cleo Recovery Council, Smith entered into the Apex Games, hoping to use the prize money to support herself and her found family. Pravina and Rose, her remaining friends, helped her improve her terraforming equipment for use in the Games.
Eventually, Smith met with Rampart at her new home on Cleo and gave her a crystal reading.
Season 15
Reflections of the Moon
Smith returned from an Apex Games match with Seer and Octane, facing a protest against what the crowd perceived as Seer's actions. While walking to retrieve their winnings from a Mercenary Syndicate office, Seer was attacked by the crowd, which pelted him with cans and debris. Smith quickly stepped in to shield him, stating that violence won't solve anything. Afterward, Seer attempted to speak with Smith, but she refused, placing the blame for her displacement from Cleo squarely on him despite his efforts to explain otherwise.
Smith later met Seer at Encore, where he had retreated to after a fight with his parents. Not wishing to start an argument, Seer moved to leave, but Smith urged him to stay, wishing to talk and watch the moon. During their conversation, Seer admitted that his actions in bringing the Apex Games to Boreas were rash. He claimed that Boreas will be safer in the long term, but Smith rejects this claim, stating that she does not care about the planet that cast her out, caring more for the place where she found a community and a home.
Having agreed to disagree, the two found a new understanding of each other. They shook hands, with Edolasim stating his desire to do better, and Catalyst saying she will be there to see it.
Apex Legends
Abilities
| Tactical Ability | Passive Ability | Ultimate Ability |
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 Piercing Spikes
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 Barricade
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Dark Veil |
| Throw out a patch of ferrofluid which turns into spikes when enemies are near. Catalyst remains immune to enemy spikes. | Reinforce doors, strengthening them and locking them to enemies. Spaces where doors have been destroyed can also be reinforced. | Raise a permeable wall of ferrofluid. Enemies who walk through it will be slowed and partially blinded for a brief time. |
Customization
- Main article: Tressa "Catalyst" Smith/Customization
Quotes
- Main article: Tressa "Catalyst" Smith/Quotes
Behind the scenes
Appearances
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Update History
Gallery
Videos
- Apex Legends - Stories from the Outlands- Last Hope
Last Hope
- Meet Catalyst - Apex Legends Character Trailer
Catalyst Character Trailer
- Apex Legends- Eclipse Launch Trailer
Eclipse Launch Trailer
Images
Apex Sidestories
You should check your messages
- AL A P S A From Your Friends at Silva Pharmaceuticals
A P.S.A. From Your Friends at Silva Pharmaceuticals
Trivia
- Catalyst is transgender.
- Catalyst carries a citrine gem as a good luck charm.
- Catalyst's animations display a variety of tarot cards, including:
- The Moon, depicting Cleo.
- The Sun, depicting Wattson and Crypto.
- The Magician, depicting Seer.
- The Twins, depicting Lifeline and Octane.
- The High Priestess, depicting Catalyst herself.
- Death, depicting Revenant.
- The Devil, depicting the Apex Predators.
- Catalyst's voice actress, Meli Grant, has portrayed a variety of roles, including:
- Misuzu Kawazoe from Assault Lily.
- Houston from Azur Lane.
- Loki from KamiKatsu.
- Catalyst's kill quip, "This witch came from the moon", references a famous line from Destiny.
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| Ash • Bangalore • Ballistic • Bloodhound •Catalyst •Caustic • Conduit • Crypto • Fade • Fuse • Gibraltar • Horizon • Loba • Lifeline • Mad Maggie • Mirage • Newcastle • Octane • Pathfinder • Rampart • Revenant • Rhapsody •Seer • Valkyrie•Vantage • Wattson • Wraith |