Respawn responds to Apex Legends bug that makes grenades easy to block Respawn EntertainmentThe Apex Legends community have been reeling from a bug that makes everything from Arc Stars to Frag Grenades useless with the help of a hand trick, and the team at Respawn have weighed in. [jwplayer VEi3mnK7] Throwables in Apex have myriad uses in all stages of a match. That\u2019s why many were surprised to see a few clips going viral showing people blocking damage from incoming grenades. It\u2019s a tricky tactic to pull off but if you\u2019re fast enough, you can negate the blast from the items by simply throwing down an item from the inventory directly in front of or on it. Apex players have been able to craft and experiment with different playstyles based on the small leniencies that the game provides, but this one is not something the developers had in mind. Clips from pro player Christian \u2018Nokokopuffs\u2019 Feliciano and more show how easy it is to block grenades, and the community has for the most part enjoyed seeing the strange interaction unfold. But getting into the nitty-gritty of what\u2019s actually being seen, Design Director at Respawn Entertainment Jason \u2018Monsterclip\u2019 McCord explained what was happening in the video and said it obviously isn\u2019t an intended feature. \u201cGrenades can be blocked by small bits of geo, but yeah, this isn\u2019t intended,\u201d he said. \u201cJust a side effect that hasn\u2019t been caught yet, looks like.\u201d The Respawn boss made it clear that while the bug is repeatable, it\u2019s not something that the wider community can expect to be a long-standing feature in the battle royale. Grenades can be blocked by small bits of geo, but yeah, this isn’t intended. Just a side effect that hasn’t been caught yet, looks like. \u2014 Jason McCord (@Monsterclip_JM) January 22, 2021 Like previously mentioned, the use of Thermites, Frags, and Arc Stars are too robust in the Apex Games to have a game mechanic easily cancel out their effectiveness. As such, Apex players can expect a patch for this to come through either by the February 2 patch that\u2019ll introduce Fuse or sometime after. If things really start to go off the rails with people blocking grenades, then Respawn could always issue a small hotfix to directly address the glitch before then, however there has not been an indication of it being that pressing just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn responds to Apex Legends bug that makes grenades easy to block Respawn EntertainmentThe Apex Legends community have been reeling from a bug that makes everything from Arc Stars to Frag Grenades useless with the help of a hand trick, and the team at Respawn have weighed in. [jwplayer VEi3mnK7] Throwables in Apex have myriad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}