Apex player shows how to replicate Vantage ‘heat shield hat’ glitch

One Apex Legends player recently discovered the cause of Vantage’s “heat shield hat” bug and demonstrated how other players can replicate the bug using the Survivalist Sniper’s trusty sidekick, Echo.

Apex coach and analyst Sven shared a video of them throwing out a heat shield as Vantage in the firing range yesterday. In the video, they deploy Echo directly in front of them before placing the heat shield on top of the bat-like creature. They then call Echo back to them, which removes the bat from the map but doesn’t de-spawn the heat shield. The heat shield then sticks to Vantage and follows her around as Sven runs around the firing range. Sending Echo out again puts the heat shield on his head, making him carry it wherever he goes.