Elliott "Mirage" Witt
| “ | I don't take myself too seriously. I don't take myself anywhere. I need to get out more.
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Elliott Rodger Witt, also known by his alias Mirage, is a playable Legend in Apex Legends and Apex Legends Mobile, as a competitor in the Apex Games.
Biography
Holographic Trickster
Mirage is the kind of guy who likes to stand out. The youngest of four brothers, he perfected the art of fooling around to get attention. The one thing he took seriously was Holo-Pilot technology: introduced to the illusion-creating tech by his engineer mother, he poured over the mechanisms and learned all he could about them. Even when his brothers went MIA during the Frontier War, Mirage and his mother continued to develop holo devices, and the work brought them closer.
While working as a bartender to make ends meet, Mirage heard amazing stories from his patrons about the Apex Games and the wealth and glory that came with victory. As good as both of those sounded, he knew he couldn’t risk leaving his mother childless – until she gave him a set of customized holo devices and told him to follow his dream. Mirage is now the life of the Apex Games, outwitting opponents and charming audiences across the Outlands.
Origins
Elliott Witt was born in 2703 on Solace to Richard Witt, an amateur inventor, and Evelyn Witt, a famed holographic engineer who once worked with the IMC. Growing up, Witt played piano, but could only learn one song, “The Inch Worm.”
When Witt was 14, Richard left for a supposed treasure hunting expedition, briefly returning three months later with obscure gifts for Witt’s birthday. Richard left the family soon after.
In 2710, Witt was present for Kuben Blisk’s final fight at the Thunderdome.
In 2718, the Outlands Civil War began, and Witt’s three brothers enlisted to fight for Solace. The absence of his brothers and father left his house quiet for the first time in his life. During this time, he spent his days tinkering with holo-tech with his mother.
One day, Witt and Evelyn were working together on a contract from SARAS to develop a holographic search-and-rescue beacon. Evelyn pranked her son by causing the hologram to gain the appearance of Witt himself. She quickly reverted this to a standard beacon, but this prank was enough to fuel Mirage’s passion for his self-replicating holograms.
However, later that night, the two receive a knock on their door to find a representative of the Solace Military, Handing them a slip of paper, he reports that the transport ship Crimson, containing Mirage’s three brothers, had crashed on Gaea, and all members of the crew were declared MIA.
The loss of his brothers bothered Witt, but his mother was broken by the loss. In an attempt to cheer her up, Witt spent his time tinkering with his holograms, using them to replicate his brothers. However, during this time, Evelyn began to show symptoms of her dementia, and Witt believed that his holograms had sparked this. She reassured him, telling him that he did not cause her memory lapses.
As an adult, Witt worked a variety of jobs. Including as a night manager at the Solace City water treatment plant. He additionally spent a great amount of money searching for answers regarding the fate of his brothers, but nothing ever came of this.
Eventually, Witt purchased his uncle’s bar, naming it the Paradise Lounge to help fulfil the dream of his late brother Roger. While running the bar, he encountered Pathfinder, telling the MRVN that joining the Apex Games could help to give his name some good publicity, helping him to find his creator.
Witt soon wished to follow a similar path and join the Games to find fame, wealth, and glory. Despite his hesitancy about leaving his mother, she gave him a custom set of hologram devices and encouraged him to follow his heart. He joined the Apex Games in 2732,
Eventually, Witt purchased a large party ship, the Mirage Voyage.
Season 3
On the dropship enroute to a match in World's Edge, Witt, happy for a change of scenery, jokes that he needs to “find whoever took the tower down and buy them a drink.” Gibraltar and Lifeline suggested that he ask Crypto, who “knows everything about everything.” As Witt approaches, Crypto mistakes him as someone suspicious and grapples him. Crypto and Witt are later placed on the same team for an Apex Games match, where the pair give each other the respective nicknames of “kid” and “old man.” Witt additionally parked the Mirage Voyage over World’s Edge as part of a holiday celebration. He called his mother, showing clear stress over her developing condition.
Season 5
The Broken Ghost
After Loba joined the Apex Games, she solicited the assistance of the other Legends (sans Revenant) to hunt down pieces of an artefact on an alternate Kings Canyon, in the Shadowfall dimension.
After their initial meeting, the Legends commiserate at the Paradise Lounge, with Witt serving drinks, regarding Loba, who blackmailed them into helping her using titbits from their pasts. There, they decide to have Octane go on a “date” with Yoko Zepnewski, an employee at Hammond Robotics, to obtain information about Loba’s true motives. Witt serves as mission control for a expedition into the Shadowfall dimension during this “date,” where he reports Wattson’s injury.
Later on, when Crypto is framed as a mole feeding information to Revenant, he reveals that he is (allegedly) 31 years old, causing him and Witt to swap their nicknames. Witt becomes the “kid,” and Crypto becomes the “old man.”
After the artefact is repaired and revealed to be Ash’s decapitated head, Witt places the head back on her body, reactivating the simulacrum.
Season 6
The First Ship
Wraith took notice of the failing financial state of Witt’s bar, the Paradise Lounge. In an attempt to help her friend, and much to his chagrin, she allowed Rampart to open the new location of her shop in the derelict restroom of the bar. Additionally, Pathfinder began to claim that he has a “girlfriend.” In protest, Witt makes a bet with Rampart: If she is not “a five-alarm psycho train wreck,” Rampart will stay at the Paradise Lounge. The two arrive at Pathfinder’s home, where they discover that his “girlfriend” is an amnesiac Ash. The two leave after she suffers a power surge.
Returning to the Paradise Lounge, the two pester Wraith about who won the bet. She declares that neither of them “won,” and that the two need to learn to coexist. She departs, reminding them to pack for the coming Apex Games matches. Mirage, using this comment as an excuse for petty revenge, loads all of Rampart’s belongings onto the Mercenary Syndicate’s rocket in World’s Edge.
Wishing to make things up with the now irate Rampart, Witt meets with Wraith, deciding to buy his new roommate flowers to make amends. While shopping, he quips with his holograms, offhandedly calling Wraith a “brainwreck.” Wraith, overhearing this, takes the comment as the last straw, rants at Witt and leaves him. Rampart also leaves, stating that while Witt hears what his friends are saying, he is not listening.
Witt then begins efforts to truly make things up with his friends. He first spends a night reading several boxes worth of his mother’s IMC files, eventually finding one about Wraith. He gifts it to her, giving her a birthday. He then gives the flowers to Pathfinder as condolences for Ash leaving him. Finally, he goes to apologize to Rampart, gifting her a bouquet of wrenches.
Overtime
One Saturday in 2733, Witt and Crypto suffer an embarrassing loss during an Apex Games match on Kings Canyon. After this loss, Witt invites Crypto for a drink at the Paradise Lounge, hoping for some team-building.
At the bar, Crypto meets with a Syndicate representative working under Boss Willis, seeking protection in exchange for information and a mysterious briefcase. They are then attacked by Revenant, who is under contract to take out Crypto and retrieve the briefcase. Witt, Crypto, and Revenant fight through the streets of Solace City, eventually ending on a rooftop. There, Crypto is captured by Revenant, and Witt escapes with the briefcase.
Seeing his escape as a successful diversion, Witt encounters Wraith, whom he asks for assistance from. The two open the stolen briefcase to find an encrypted communications unit. Witt returns to the rooftop and attempts to stop Revenant from meeting with his client, only for the client in question, Boss Willis, to land nearby. After Willis decrypts the communications unit to taunt Crypto, revealing Mila Alexander on the other end, he takes the Legends aboard his vessel, intending to kill them.
Aboard the aircraft, Wraith emerges and assists the Legends in fighting Willis and his henchmen. As a result, the ship crashes into a local hospital, levelling it.
After Willis’s defeat, Witt suggests that Cryptosolicit the help of Wattson in repairing the communications unit.
Season 7
As the Syndicate’s rocket launched from World’s Edge, Witt, Rampart, and Pathfinder gave chase, following it to Olympus.
Witt later parked the Mirage Voyage over Kings Canyon. He receives a call from Evelyn, thanking him for the flowers she received for her birthday.
Pathfinder's Quest
Pathfinder met with Witt during his search for answers regarding his creator. They discuss Witt’s childhood and the history of the Outlands Civil War.
Season 9
Witt crashed the Mirage Voyage into Kómma, a Las Vegas-like ghost town on Solace. To avoid a legal battle, Ash obtains the site as a coliseum for the Arenas, declaring it a “monument to incompetence.” Witt later received a large insurance check from the crash.
The Legacy Antigen
During the Medusa outbreak, Witt remained on Olympus to assist in curtailing the spread of the Medusa vines. While fighting off the encroaching foliage, Rampart tells him that, due to a successful lawsuit against Hammond, she can move out at any point. As another act of petty revenge, Witt destroys several of her Amped Cover emplacements. The two begin arguing until the arrival of Evelyn, whose encouragement reminds her son of how it felt to have siblings. Witt and Rampart reconcile, with the latter agreeing to stay as a roommate, despite moving her shop.
During this meeting, Evelyn tells Witt that his father, Richard, has returned. Witt ignores this, seeing it as just another complication from her dementia. Unbeknownst to him, his father truly had come back.
Season 13
Witt attended Bangalore's retirement party. During what was supposed to be Bangalore's final Apex Games match, he was placed on a team with her and Newcastle. Mirage was almost immediately eliminated.
Family Secrets
After losing a match on Storm Point, Witt was about to enter the dropship to leave the island when he overheard an argument between Bangalore and Newcastle. He and Wraith hid, preparing for a potential confrontation. After Bangalore's departure, Wraith overheard a phone call between Newcastle and an unknown party, discussing the transferring of his winnings. Witt, knowing that the Paradise Lounge has regulars from Harris Valley, then departed with Wraith to gather information from the bar.
At the bar, Witt conversed with a mercenary who revealed himself to be a member of the Forgotten Families, the gang that blackmailed Newcastle. The man eventually revealed that the Forgotten Families specializes in torturing and killing IMC deserters, prompting Wraith to attack. The two then left the bar, believing that Newcastle, and by extension Bangalore, could be in danger. They arrived at a warehouse on the outskirts of Harris Valley, where many members of the Forgotten Families had gathered to intercept Newcastle and his winnings. After Bangalore began brawling with several of the mobsters, Witt and Wraith moved to intercept. They soon met up with Bangalore and agreed to fight together.
After a mercenary got the upper hand on Wraith, Witt distracted her attacker using his decoys and pulled her to cover. However, he was wounded by one wielding a glowing gauntlet.
Witt, Wraith, and Bangalore then teamed up, albeit clumsily, to take out a mercenary wielding a chain gun. Using a mass of decoys as a distraction, he was able to ward off the attacker while Wraith and Bangalore took him down. After the fighting cleared, Witt broke up a fight between his two friends and gave Bangalore some space. Talking with Wraith, he gave her some much needed encouragement, suggesting that the mercenary with the gauntlet, who had recognized her, could be a key to her past.
After leaving the warehouse, Witt left to investigate the Forgotten Families. There, he found a plethora of hoarded files. He took some ARES Division files regarding the mercenary with the gauntlet and gave them to Wraith at his station aboard the dropship.
Personality and traits
Witt has a fun, life-loving personality and always is the life and soul of the party. He is shown to be a very competent and clever engineer as he designed and made hologram technology with his mother. He is also shown to be socially awkward at times with not understanding or taking caring of his friends although this is partially due to his enormous ego. Mirage is shown to be very caring towards his brothers and his mother as well as towards Pathfinder. Witt has a slight problem with his confidence and is shown to be unsure of himself in certain situations.
Physical appearance
Witt is depicted as tall, mixed race with brown hair and brown eyes and having a slender build.
Relationships
Witt has a generally good relationship with the majority of the legends. However Witt shares a very close relationship with Wraith that may border on the romantic. He also has a sibling-like relationship with Rampart as well as being best friends with Pathfinder.
Apex Legends
Abilities
| Tactical Ability | Passive Ability | Ultimate Ability |
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 Psyche Out |
 Now You See Me... |
 Life of the Party |
| Send out a hologram of yourself to deceive or "bamboozle" enemy squads of where you are. If your hologram is shot, Mirage will say something along the lines of "you got bamboozled" (and show where the shooter was). You can control this decoy (which will mimic your moves) by holding the tactical button and release control by the same process. The decoy exists for 60 seconds and will disappear if you send another one out before it disappears. When skydiving, you can create decoys of your entire squad if you have not separated from them | Display a hologram of yourself for 5 seconds after you get downed (while you disappear) to repostition (your knockdown shield still displays whether or not your hologram is still there). Reviving teammates or respawning them at beacons make you invisible. | Send out five different holograms of yourself. Each one will mimic your every move and make it difficult for enemies to determine which one is the real you. |
Customization
- Main article: Elliott "Mirage" Witt/Customization
Apex Legends Mobile
Mirage is an Offensive Legend that is unlocked by levelling up to level 24. He can distract and confuse enemies. His tactical ability Psyche Out deploys a controllable holographic decoy of himself. His passive ability Now You See Me cloaks Mirage while reviving a teammate or using a Respawn Beacon. His ultimate ability Life of the Party deploys a team of decoys around him that can mirror the real Mirage's movements and actions.
Abilities
| Tactical Ability | Passive Ability | Ultimate Ability |
|---|---|---|
Psyche Out |
Now You See Me... |
Life of the Party |
| Send out a hologram of yourself to deceive or "bamboozle" enemy squads of where you are. If your hologram is shot, Mirage will say something along the lines of "you got bamboozled" (and show where the shooter was). You can control this decoy (which will mimic your moves) by holding the tactical button and release control by the same process. The decoy exists for 60 seconds and will disappear if you send another one out before it disappears. When skydiving, you can create decoys of your entire squad if you have not separated from them | Display a hologram of yourself for 5 seconds after you get downed (while you disappear) to repostition (your knockdown shield still displays whether or not your hologram is still there). Reviving teammates or respawning them at beacons make you invisible. | Send out five different holograms of yourself. Each one will mimic your every move and make it difficult for enemies to determine which one is the real you. |
Mirage has 3 Perks, 3 Finisher Perks, and 3 Ability Perks.
Perks
- Goes Down Smooth - When a Decoy is shot, it drops a Holo Spray.
- At Witt's End - Being revived cloaks both you and your squadmate.
- Look Over There! - Automatically deploy a decoy when your Health falls below 50%.
Finisher Perks
- Battle Adaptation - Using your Finisher adds 100 points yo your Evo Shield's level.
- Deadly Momentum - Using your Finisher reduces your Ultimate's cooldown by 50%.
- Air-Tight Alibi - Using your Finisher creates a Decoy and cloaks you for 2s or until you shoot.
Ability Perks
- For My First Impression... - Your Ultimate creates Decoys of one of your Squadmates.
- Decoy See, Decoy Do - Decoys ping enemies within a certain distance but cannot be controlled.
- Bamboozle Cloak - Losing a Decoy turns you invisible for 2s or until you shoot.
Customization
- Main article: Elliott "Mirage" Witt/Customization
Quotes
- Main article: Elliott "Mirage" Witt/Quotes
Behind the scenes
Appearances
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Update History
Gallery
Images
Apex Legends concept art.
Mirage's Dating Profile
Videos
- Meet Mirage – Apex Legends Character Trailer
Mirage Character Trailer
Trivia
- Mirage's abilities are well suited for players who like diversionary, stealth and ambush tactics .
- Psyche Out can be potentially effective at long ranges, although close to mid range combat often requires players to be on the move.
- Now You See Me... is most effective from medium to long range, allowing players time to slip away.
- Life of the Party is best used at medium to close range and can be potentially used to distract and down a team of players.
- It is recommended to switch up tactics and be on the move while using holograms as it runs the risk of being easily predictable by enemy players.
- The finisher "Strike a Pose" is a reference to the movie Batman, specifically the Joker's killing of Carl Grissom.
- Mirage's Marked Man skin is based on Izuku Midoriya / Deku from the My Hero Academia series.
- Mirage's room in the dropship, as seen in the Season 3 trailer and in the 'Humble Witt' loading screen, contains several pieces of Mirage fanart from real-life fans of Apex Legends, as well as the Mini Epics figure designed by Weta Workshop.
- In the past, next to a rock near the Mirage Voyage, there was an audio log of Mirage talking with his mother, suggesting Evelyn Witt to have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
- In the short duration that the Mirage Voyage was on Kings Canyon, there was a second audio log of Evelyn Witt. This may suggest the names of Mirage's brothers being Elon, Ricky, and Roger.
- The last brother's name may be a reference to Mirage's voice actor, Roger Craig Smith.
- According to Wattson, Mirage's Holo equipment wasn't waterproof, but it has been confirmed that it is now.
- The Season 6 Quest revealed Mirage is dealing with sexuality issues. What he specifically identifies as is currently unknown.
- In-game dialogue between Mirage and Rampart revealed he has participated in more than 8 seasons of the Apex Games.
- Mirage is one of the only Legends to have a therapist, the other being Bangalore.
- Mirage has a strong dislike for the IMC.
- Mirage does not often like art, unless he is the subject of it.
- Mirage has merchandise to his name in the form of "Witt's Whiskey".
- Mirage has hair plugs, a secret he only confided to Octane, who later spilled it.
- Mirage once attended an event on Dionysus, the moon of Psamathe, where he consumed psychedelic mushrooms, after which he engaged in intercourse with a pumpkin. This was witnessed by Caustic.
- Mirage is mixed race. Tom Casiello estimates he has around 20 different nationalities mixed in. Manny Hagopian implies one of those nationalities is Armenian.
- Mirage is sponsored by the manufacturers of the Trident.
- Mirage somehow knew about Crypto's sister.
- Mirage's abilities are derived from Titanfall 2's Holo Pilot and Cloak abilities. This was especially apparent at launch, when cloaking rendered Mirage as a faint white silhouette rather than making him completely invisible.
- According to Developer Commentary
- Much of Mirage's personality and presentation is inspired by Respawn developer Mohammad Alavi, to the point where a motion capture actor described his thought process as thinking of Alavi and then exaggerating.
- He's described as "a bit vain" with how he jokes around with the holograms of himself. Many of his tricks and gambits are described as "vaudevillian."
- Unlike most other characters, he openly acknowledges he's talking to himself when describing the game state as a solo character.
- He embodies the idea of describing a character in 1-3 words, given how apt "Holographic Trickster" is as his moniker.
- He has a uncle, Droz, who is the brother to Evelyn and one of the two founders of the The Last Resort.
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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 |
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