Apex Legends Ping Test
Apex Legends runs its servers at roughly 20 ticks per second — one of the lowest rates among competitive shooters. That low tick rate means the server already adds up to 50 ms of processing delay before your network latency even enters the equation, so keeping your ping down is the one lever you fully control. This test ranks the cloud regions nearest Apex's data centers so you know exactly which one to select in the lobby.
Lower = better. The number is the real HTTPS round-trip from your browser to that region; your in-game ping will read a bit lower.
Regions we test for Apex Legends
These are the 8 regions where Apex Legends players are typically served, ordered roughly west to east. Run the test above to rank them by your own latency.
Frankfurt
Europe
Ireland
Europe
Virginia
North America
Oregon
North America
São Paulo
South America
Singapore
Asia
Tokyo
Asia
Sydney
Oceania
What counts as good ping in Apex Legends?
| Ping | Verdict | What it feels like |
|---|---|---|
| Under 30 ms | Optimal | The server's tick rate is now your bottleneck, not your connection. Ideal for ranked and Predator lobbies. |
| 30–60 ms | Comfortable | The band most Apex players live in. Fights feel fair; only extreme movement demons will out-latency you. |
| 60–100 ms | Noticeable | Expect the occasional death behind cover and Care Package weapons that feel delayed. Playable, not ideal. |
| Over 100 ms | Change data center | On a 20Hz server this compounds badly. Pick a closer data center even if its queue is slower. |
Why 20Hz servers amplify your ping
On a 20Hz server, world updates arrive every 50 ms. Add a 70 ms round trip and the enemy Wraith you 'clearly' dodged behind a rock shot you 120 ms ago in server time — hence Apex's infamous 'died behind cover' moments. You can't change Respawn's tick rate, but cutting your network share of the delay from 70 ms to 30 ms removes most of the sting.
Jitter matters just as much here. Apex's lag compensation handles a stable 60 ms far better than a connection oscillating between 30 and 90 ms, which causes rubber-banding and hits that don't register. Watch the jitter number in our results, not just the latency.
Picking a data center in Apex
Apex is one of the few big battle royales that lets you choose your server outright: from the title screen, the data center list shows every location with its ping. The catch is that the in-game list can be noisy and occasionally shows stale values. Run our test first for a clean baseline, then match the geography — if Frankfurt wins here, pick the Frankfurt data center in-game and ignore momentary fluctuations in Apex's own readout.
If your best two regions test within 15 ms of each other, keep both in rotation: off-peak, the nearer one can have thin lobbies, and a slightly farther server with full lobbies of your skill range often gives better matches.
How we measure this
Browsers can't send the ICMP or UDP packets games use, so this tool measures the warm HTTPS round-trip time from your device to the cloud region closest to each of Apex Legends's server locations — a reliable proxy for the latency you'll experience, not a direct ping to Apex Legends's game servers. We warm up each connection first so TCP/TLS handshakes aren't counted, then keep the best of several samples. Absolute values can read slightly higher than in-game ping; the ranking of regions from fastest to slowest is what you should rely on.
Apex Legends ping FAQ
Why do I die behind cover so often in Apex?
It's the combination of a ~20Hz server tick and lag compensation. The enemy's shots were valid on their screen up to your-ping-plus-their-ping milliseconds ago, and the low tick rate delays the correction reaching you. You can't eliminate it, but halving your latency by picking the right data center noticeably reduces how far 'behind cover' you can still be killed.
Is this the same number Apex's data center list shows?
Close, but not identical. We measure HTTPS round-trip time to the cloud region nearest each Apex data center — a proxy, not Apex's own UDP probe. Apex's list also fluctuates with load. Use our result as the stable baseline for which geography is best, and the in-game list to pick the specific data center within it.
Does switching data centers affect my ranked matches?
Matchmaking builds lobbies from the data center you select, so a distant server can mean off-region opponents and odd lobby skill mixes at your local peak times. Staying on your lowest-ping regional server generally gives both fairer fights and better hit registration — switch away only for queue-time reasons.
My ping is fine but Apex still feels laggy. What gives?
Check three things: jitter (our test reports it per region — high jitter breaks Apex's lag compensation), packet loss (shows as the red 'wires' icon in-game), and frame-time stutter, which players routinely mistake for network lag. A stable 60 ms with zero loss plays far better than a spiky 35 ms.