How to Tap Strafe Apex

How do you Tap Strafe in Apex Legends?

Perform a slide jump by pressing shift, control, and space at the right time and hold one of your strafe keys depending on which direction you want to go.
At the peak of the jump, flick the mouse wheel scroll up or down while holding the strafe key without moving the mouse.

Is Tap Strafe Removed from Apex?

Respawn is “not removing” tap-strafing
While many players believed that the ability to tap-strafe would eventually be removed, the dev team has moved to reassured players that Respawn isn't removing the mechanic and that there will “still be capabilities that you could do with tap-strafing”.

Is Apex Removing Strafing Tap?

Despite initially delaying its removal, Respawn has doubled down on eventually getting rid of Apex Legends tap strafing movement mechanic soon. The developers are concerned about “mobility creep”, and wont be giving the mechanic to controller players to compensate.

What is Apex Tap Strafing?

Tap strafing is an Apex Legends advanced movement technique performable in Apex Legends which allows you to make a 180-degree turn on a dime and completely change direction mid-air. This is a product of the Source Engine, meaning this movement mechanic works in games that use the same engine — like Titanfall.

Is Apex Removing Tap Strafing?

Apex Legends dev confirms they're “not removing” tap strafing but changes still planned. The tap-strafing movement mechanic has become a highly controversial topic in the Apex Legends community.

Did they Nerf Tap Strafing?

Tap strafing wasn't broken, a nerf to Octane's Jump Pad saw to that, and it is still getting removed. Punch boosting, an actual exploit, will likely be removed also.

Is Tap Strafing an Exploit?

Tap-strafing is a movement exploit that allows players to keep their momentum after slide-jumping, letting them make speedier turns than they should. Unfortunately for Respawn, they say getting rid of this tech has some "unexpected side effects", so tap-strafing gets to stay in the game, for now.