5 Free Fire characters become HOT in the OB27 update

When the OB27 update landed on Free Fire’s main server, there was a big change to many characters. Some characters even go from completely useless to super OP.

In this new OB27 update, Free Fire will increase the abilities of many older characters so that their power is comparable to that of the newer characters. Some of these buffs are huge and they can make normal characters super HOT in this update.

Who are they?

Wukong

Wukong’s old ability: Turns into a bush, CD (cooldown): 300s (at max level 200s).

Wukong’s New Ability: Still turns into a bush, lasts for 10s, CD 250s. The transition stops when Wukong attacks. CD resets when Wukong kills an enemy. At level 6, the duration is 15 seconds and the cooldown is 150 seconds.

Wukong is heavily buffed in the next update and he will definitely be the hottest character with these changes. Until now, Wukong was rarely used by players. While his skill is useful, it has a pretty long cooldown of 200 seconds at max level. Meanwhile, Chrono’s skill only has a 40 second cooldown and he can fire from inside the shield.

In the OB27 update, Wukong’s skill takes 150s cooldown at max level. Furthermore, his ability resets after killing an enemy, which means he can keep killing people after killing an opponent until there are no enemies left.

Andrew

Andrew’s Old Skill: The durability of the vest decreased by 2% (12%).

Andrew’s New Awakened Skill: The durability of the vest decreased by 2% (12%). Armor reduces body damage by 8% (14% max) by 8%. Add 0.15% damage reduction to each ally with this skill.

Andrew is one of the few characters in Free Fire that players can get for free just by leveling up. That’s why his skills are not so good compared to other expensive characters. In OB27, however, he has a way of Awakening to transform into a high-level character. His vest will reduce player damage by 14% at max level, plus a small bonus when teammates also have this ability.

Andrew Awaken is free and effective. Therefore, there is no reason for players not to use him, especially in Squad and Dou modes.

A124

Old capabilities of A124: Quickly convert 25 EP (max 50 EP) to HP within 2.5 seconds, CD 90s (up to 60s).

New capabilities of the A124: Converts 20 EP (up to 60 EP) into HP within 4 seconds, up to 60 EP in level 6. CD 10s.

A124 is also an old, free character in Free Fire that is rarely used by people because her skills have a rather long cooldown. Her ability allows you to use your EP to heal in an emergency. However, this skill is not comparable to the new character K, allowing the player to choose whether to automatically restore EP or quickly use EP with just 3s cooldown.

The OB27 update in Free Fire changes that and brings justice to A124 by reducing the skill’s cooldown and increasing the amount of EP she consumes. A124 can only be paired with Miguel for more EP and now you get a good combo skill like K just by using freehand characters.

Maxim

Maxim’s Old Skill: Reduce the time to eat mushrooms and use Med Kits by 2% (12%).

New ability: Reduce the time to eat mushrooms and use Med Kits by 15% (40%).

Maxim’s ability in the OB27 update will be 3 times better than his current ability. It reduces the time you need to eat mushrooms and use Med Kits by 40%. This ability is still not as good in combat as other abilities, but it serves a different purpose.

If you combine Maxim’s ability with Ford’s, you’ll be able to heal more than the damage dealt by the last circle. If you stack enough Med Kits, you can easily hide, heal and get the Booyah! without doing anything. This will be even easier if you have other healing characters like Alok, K, Kapella… This combo skill used to be HOT when Ford’s skills were not reduced in strength. When buffing Maxim, it’s time for him to reappear.

Rafael

Rafael’s Old Skill: You will not appear in the minimap for 8 seconds. CD 90s (up to 40s).

Rafael’s New Ability: This silence effect is used when you use rifles and sniper rifles. Enemies hit and killed take HP loss 20% faster, up to 45% at level 6.

In the past, Rafael seemed like a useless character that no one wanted to use. His skill is an active skill but simply helps you to hide on the minimap for 8 seconds, but the cooldown is up to 40s at max level. This ability is too weak and it wastes the precious active skill slot, which has a long cooldown.

However, things changed a lot for Rafael in the OB27 update. This skill will convert to a passive with a permanent stealth effect when you are a sniper or rifle assassin. Players have free time to kill enemies and they have no idea where you are.