passive
Barricade
Reinforce doors, strengthening them and locking them to enemies. Spaces where doors have been destroyed can also be reinforced.
- Reinforced doorways
- 4 doors
Catalyst
Defensive Conjurer · Controller
Abilities
tactical
Piercing Spikes
Throw out a patch of ferrofluid which turns in to spikes when enemies are near. Catalyst remains immune to enemy spikes.
- Cooldown
- 20 s
- Charges
- 2 charges
- Spike damage
- 15 damage
ultimate
Dark Veil
Raise a permeable wall of ferrofluid. Enemies who walk through it will be slowed and partially blinded for a brief time.
- Full charge
- 150 s
- Wall length
- 50 m
- Wall duration
- 15 s
EVO upgrades
No upgrades selected. Selections are saved in this page’s URL.
Class perks
EA guide ↗Controller
- Ring consoles
- Reveal the next ring.
- Zone control
- Gain 25 extra shield capacity inside the ring and remotely retrieve nearby deployables.
Core modes. Additional class perks appear when selected.
Ability interactions
3 documented interactions
WattsonInterception PylonA pylon can intercept Piercing Spikes in flight.
SparrowStinger BoltStinger Bolt can destroy doors and dissolve Barricade within its effective radius.
SeerHeart SeekerHeart Seeker cannot detect players through Dark Veil.
Sources & version information
Last checked 2026-09-11. Based on the community revision linked below; recent patches may not be reflected yet.
Unconfirmed upgrade values are marked in the stats.
Catalyst — Apex Legends Wiki, revision 125502 · Updated 2026-08-04.
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