Xiomara "Vantage" Contreras
| “ | I've been shooting since I was a baby. I was a very dangerous baby.
— Vantage
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Xiomara “Mara” Contreras, also known by her alias Vantage, is a playable Legend, introduced in the fourteenth season of the Apex Games.
Biography
Survivalist Sniper
Xiomara “Mara” Contreras was born and raised alone on the wild ice planet Págos by her survivalist mother, Xenia. Mara proved gifted with a sniper rifle from the moment she was big enough to look through the scope and reach the trigger at the same time. The tight-lipped Xenia could only get her chatty daughter to stop asking questions by giving her a scavenged copy of Encyclopedia Outlandica, which Mara memorized front to back.
When Mara was 18, she discovered the wreck of the G.D.S. Vantage. Against her mother’s wishes, Mara snuck in, only to learn that she had been lied to. Her mother hadn’t grown up on Págos: she was brought there on the G.D.S. Vantage as a prisoner. Disturbed by the intrusion, the ship collapsed into a crevasse, trapping a wounded Mara. Her mother only found her after a baby bat Mara had rescued circled the crevasse holding Mara’s signature whistle. By the time Xenia got to her daughter, the injuries were too severe for her to treat.To save her daughter’s life, Xenia set off the prison ship’s SOS beacon, but was imprisoned once more in return. Once Mara had healed, she visited her mother in jail, promising to find a way to get her out. But Xenia begged Mara not to, fearful that Mara would wind up in prison beside her. It would break her heart to see her daughter share her fate, so Xenia told her daughter to get back to Págos and forget about her.
But Mara would not. At a loss for what to do, unable to return to her planet, and unable to fit into society, Mara’s eye turned to the Apex Games. In it, she saw a situation she understood--survival--and a platform to draw public attention to Xenia’s case. With raised awareness of her wrongful conviction, she took the moniker Vantage to rally support and pressure those in power to set her mother free.
Origins
Xiomara Contreras was born on the Fringe World of Págos in 2716 to Xenia Contreras, an escaped prisoner who had been sentenced to life on the Gaean prison ship GDS Vantage. Growing up alone on the frozen planet, Xiomara was raised as a survivalist, keeping two mantras: the only truth is that everything wants to kill me, and the only rule is to survive. She was additionally told by her mother Xenia to stay away from the wreckage of the Vantage, which she told Xiomara was empty cargo ship. Xiomara exhibited proficiency with a sniper rifle from a young age and received the A-13 Sentry, a sniper rifle from the Vantage, as a birthday gift.
Xiomara kept a journal as a child. Multiple entries from 2729 show her prowess in hunting from an early age, as well as her boredom and loneliness living in the wilderness of Pagos.
Season 14
One day, while on a hunt, Xiomara shot a bat with her sniper rifle. She approached it and found it to still be alive, watching as it entered a crevasse leading into the wreckage of the Vantage. She rappelled down, following her prey into the ship.
Upon reaching the bridge, she found the bat resting on a console. It accidentally pressed some of its buttons, causing the Vantage's systems to come online. The ship scanned her, mistaking her for her mother, and ordered her to return to her cell. A bewildered Xiomara, now aware that this was a prison ship, was attacked by the defence systems and tried to escape. Before she could reach her rope, the ship fell, crumbling into the canyon below.
Xiomara landed on a ledge below, where she was crushed by debris. She attempted to signal for help, but her whistle fell further into the canyon. After falling unconscious, she was found by Xenia, who realized she could not save her daughter. Placing a chip in her hand, Xenia activated a distress signal, calling Gaean authorities to the rescue. When they arrived, they found Xiomara and arrested Xenia. After leaving Pagos, Xiomara was accompanied by the bat, which she named Echo.
After recovering, Xiomara visited Xenia at her prison. She attempted to free her mother using a concealed blade, but Xenia would not allow her to, telling her to return home to Pagos. While guards carried her away, Xiomara saw a broadcast for the Apex Games as well as the algorithm Crypto discovered, although she didn't not realise its significance. Xiomara decided to enter to bring attention to Xenia's plight and in the hope to free her.
In her placement match, Xiomara assumedly performed well, but was disqualified due to Echo attacking another competitor, with Echo being classified as a pet by the Mercenary Syndicate. Xiomara submitted an appeal to this decision, basing her argument on the fact that Bloodhound has a raven. After this, she was allowed entry into the Games.
During her first official match, she was placed on a team with Fuse and Horizon, with the trio winning. On the broadcast after the match's conclusion, Xiomara dedicated her win to her mother, bringing awareness to her case.
Friends Like These
Xiomara showed up to a party hosted by Mirage, much to his surprise as no one else had arrived. He noticed her lack of social skills, and recommended that she try to make friends with the other Legends, getting to know them and caring about their problems, as well as figuring out why they had not attended Mirage's party.
Xiomara first visited Wattson, who was working on a communications device. After asking what her "problem" was, Wattson stated that there is more to making friends than this - you must get to know them as a person. Xiomara demonstrated her shallow understanding of this by pointing out easily-observable qualities of Wattson's room. Noticing various images of Wraith, Caustic, and Crypto as well as Wattson's cat. She then began to attempt to pry for secrets. A defensive Wattson then knocked over a bowl of cereal, with its milk short-circuiting and activating the communications device. After noticing a woman with red hair and green eyes on the screen, Wattson shooed Xiomara away.
Soon after, Xiomara ventured to Boreas in an attempt to find Seer and Rampart, dropping in on them unannounced while discussing the state of the planet and ways to fix it. Thanks to Xiomara's words, Seer decided to propose an expansion of the Apex Games on Boreas to Eduardo Silva. The two then agree to be Xiomara's friends.
Xiomara then travelled to Bloodhound's village on Talos, where they and Fuse were working to relocate the tribe due to the declining state of Talos's ecosystem. Explaining her quest to make friends, Fuse explained that friendship is about more than knowing each other's problems - it's about engaging and never giving up. on one another. Bloodhound gave their own advice, stating that attention and listening are also important. In response, a confused Xiomara stated that she was looking for simple friendship, not a romantic relationship like what she perceived between Bloodhound and Fuse. The two Legends, now flustered, then left to resume packing.
Xiomara next met Loba for dinner. However, her attire and Echo's behaviour caused the two to be removed from the restaurant, much to Loba's chagrin. Xiomara expressed her confusion with everyone telling her different things about what friendship means, with Loba telling her of the importance of respect and loyalty, especially in her line of work. Having had enough of the young hunter, Loba entered Valkyrie's apartment, locking Xiomara out. Wanting to continue their conversation, Xiomara broke into the apartment to find Loba tending to the wounds of her injured friend, Jamie. At Loba's request, she called for help.
Eventually, Xiomara returned to the Paradise Lounge, bragging that she had spoken to all of Mirage's friends and that she had learned to listen to others. The Apex Games match she had recently won appeared on the television, where Xiomara was disheartened to see that her message about her mother had been cut off by the announcers. Mirage then showed her various clips of his victories over the past seasons, where he brought up his ailing mother, telling her that she needed to act in a more marketable way to better manipulate the media into spreading her message. The two then had a heart-to-heart, where Witt talked about his mother and how he tries to help her keep her memory. To lighten the mood, Xiomara then told Mirage that she had brought his friends with her so that he could have his party. Xiomara and Mirage then joined Horizon, Crypto, Wraith, Pathfinder, and Rampart on the dance floor. It was later revealed by Rampart that Mirage had forgotten to send the invites out.
Weekend Warriors
One weekend near the anniversary of the Apex Games, Mirage suggested that Xiomara visit a zoo on Gaea during her day off. Taking his advice, she went to the zoo expecting to find a wildlife sanctuary, but was dismayed to find it like a prison for animals. During her visit, Xiomara followed and pestered another guest, taking their popcorn and feeding it to Echo.
Eventually, Xiomara found that Echo had flown off somewhere. Dismayed, she began entering various enclosures to search for her companion, only to be reprimanded by a zookeeper. While threatening to ban her for life, the zookeeper offhandedly mentions an artificial bat cave nearby, leading Xiomara to run there in search of Echo. After arriving at the cave, which reminded her of the cold enclosures aboard the GDS Vantage, she found Echo nestling with one of the zoo's mother bats. Seeing this, she came to realize her guilt in killing and taking Echo away from his mother. Apologizing to the bat, Xiomara promised to free him and the other animals in the zoo after freeing her mother.
On her way out, Xiomara was shocked to find that Echo had followed her. Overjoyed at how he had chosen to live with her rather than his species, Xiomara left the zoo with Echo - but not before taking more popcorn from the same visitor she had bothered before.
Apex Legends
Abilities
| Tactical Ability | Passive Ability | Ultimate Ability |
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 Echo Relocation |
 Spotter's Lens |
 Sniper's Mark |
| Position your winged companion Echo and then Launch towards him. Must have line of sight for Echo to launch. | Aim down sights to scout with your eyepiece (unarmed or with mid- to long-range scopes) and use a bullet drop indicator to see where your shots will land. | Use your custom sniper rifle to mark enemy targets and apply a damage bonus for you and your team. |
Customization
- Main article: Xiomara "Vantage" Contreras/Customization
Quotes
- Main article: Xiomara “Vantage” Contreras/Quotes
Behind the scenes
Appearances
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Update History
Gallery
Videos
- Apex Legends - Stories from the Outlands- Survive
- Meet Vantage - Apex Legends Character Trailer
Vantage Character Trailer
- Apex Legends- Hunted Launch Trailer
Hunted Launch Trailer
Images
You've got to keep yourself busy when you're one of the only two people on the planet.
Nonsense rules can't keep me from fighting alongside my friend. Thank you for paving the way, Bloodhound!
Apex Sidestories
- AL Vantage Distress Call
Distress transmission incoming . . .
Trivia
- Her ultimate was originally supposed to be a one-shot sniper that instantly knocks any player hit by it. Other ideas for her ultimate included it applying a debuff to enemies hit.
- Her tactical was initially "binocular based" but the decision for her to have an animal companion was eventually made and was incorporated into her kit.
- Her animal companion was initially a bird before it was changed into a bat.
- Vantage was previously leaked as "Hawk", but as of the March 22, 2022 leak, she is referred to as "Vantage". At that stage, she already has a very early model and one Epic Banner Pose, along with defined abilities. After Season 13 launched, a Charm as well as Holosprays for her were datamined.
- Vantage's sniper rifle, officially named the A-13 Sentry, is an early concept for the Sentinel.
- Vantage is the youngest Legend in the game at 19 years old.
- Vantage dreams of seeing a Leviathan.
- Vantage is the first Legend to originate from a planet that is currently a Fringe World.
- Vantage's ancestry is Cuban-American.
- Vantage's story was written by Kevin Lee.
- Most of Vantage's knowledge comes from a book called the Encyclopedia Outlandica.
- All of Vantage's possessions came from her mother and the wreckage of the GDS Vantage. Her sniper rifle was standard issue aboard the Vantage.
- Vantage is cheerful, albeit blunt. She thinks that if something is true, it's not necessarily rude to say.
- Vantage is a fan of The Flyer Liars, Lifeline's punk band.
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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 |