When Apex Legends’ Awakening Event Turned Seer Into a Green Power Ranger

I still remember the day back in June 2022 when my squadmate pinged me halfway through a ranked match, shouting, “Did you see the new Seer skin? He’s a literal Power Ranger!” I’d just thrown down a scan as Bloodhound, and my interest in the upcoming Awakening Collection Event immediately took over the rest of that match. Sure enough, once I pulled up the trailer, I understood why my friend couldn’t contain himself.

The Awakening Event was a love letter to longtime players. Respawn brought back Control—the fast-paced limited-time mode where two teams of nine battle for zones—and watching the community’s reaction felt like a homecoming. I’d missed the chaos of dropping onto Olympus or Storm Point with a Charge Rifle and a dream, and Control’s return alone would have been enough to pull me back. But the devs layered in more. A new Town Takeover, Lifeline’s Clinic, landed on Olympus, giving the combat medic her own slice of the Outlands complete with medical supplies and a healing drone station. Knowing Lifeline had been a staple for me since Season 0, I spent the first day of the event just exploring those clean, white corridors and imagining the tense firefights that would unfold there.

However, the real spectacle for me was the cosmetic lineup. Valkyrie finally received her Heirloom item—a gorgeous spear named Suzaku that crackled with Japanese mythology and her father’s legacy. I paused every stream to admire how it twirled in her hands, the gleaming blade a nod to her “Valkyrie” heritage. The collection themed around something deeper than just flashy gold. Wraith, Horizon, Loba—everyone got a fresh look, but Seer’s skin stood out like a glowing emerald in a sea of neon.

When I first saw the skin, the resemblance to the Mighty Morphin’ Green Ranger hit me instantly. Seer’s iconic wide-brimmed hat was reimagined as a sleek helmet, its rim still rotating around his head in that signature scanning fashion but now resembling a Ranger’s visor integrated with futuristic flourishes. The green dominated: a rich forest base with white highlights tracing his chest piece—the exact spot where his micro-drones rest—and golden trims that gave it a regal, almost space-corps vibe. It wasn’t a direct copy, but the spirit was unmistakable. My brain immediately supplied the old Power Rangers theme song, and I found myself humming it every time I queued into a match as Seer.

The similarities didn’t stop at the helmet and color scheme. If you’ve watched any Power Rangers series, you know the Rangers often sport a distinct emblem or armor detail on their chest. Seer’s drone housing sits right there, a circular, glowing core that acts as his thematic centerpiece. In the Awakening skin, it was framed like a Ranger’s chest badge—functional yet iconic. Even the boots and gloves had that armored, slightly angular design that recalled the TV show’s spandex-meets-armor aesthetic. I remember joking with a squadmate, “If I get Champion with this skin, I’m shouting ‘Pterodactyl, Mothra, whatever’ into the mic.” He laughed, but he also immediately bought the skin himself.

What blew my mind further was realizing this wasn’t the first time Apex Legends had accidentally—or intentionally—nudged the Power Rangers fandom. Back in Summer 2021, Horizon received a skin that looked eerily like Trakeena, the insectoid villain from the Power Rangers Lost Galaxy series. The green carapace, the antenna-like headpiece, the segmented limbs—it was Trakeena without the license. I’d initially shrugged it off as a coincidence, but seeing Seer’s transformation in the Awakening Event made me reconsider. Two’s a coincidence, three’s a pattern, as the old saying goes. At that point, part of me started hoping Respawn would fully lean in and give us a full Sentai squad across legends. Pathfinder could make a decent Blue Ranger, right?

So I grinded the event. I picked up the tracker items, unlocked as many Apex Packs as my wallet allowed, and eventually added the Suzaku spear to my collection. Yet, wearing the Seer skin in the Control mode felt like the truest power trip. Dropping into Hammond Labs, scanning for enemies, and watching my squad push in coordinated rushes—it was as if I’d been teleported into a weird, battle-royale episode of Power Rangers. Even now, almost four years later in 2026, I occasionally load into a casual match with that Seer skin equipped. The green still pops under Kings Canyon’s sun, and I still get comments from random teammates: “Nice Ranger fit.” No third explicitly Ranger-inspired skin has appeared since, but the legend holds a special place in my heart. Sometimes all it takes is a little green helmet and a chest emblem to make you feel like a hero from another Saturday morning cartoon, and I’m perfectly okay with that.