Apex Legends bug lets players instantly revive with Octane’s Launch Pad

Apex Legends players have uncovered a new issue with Octane’s Launch Pad that allows them to instantly revive teammates in the midst of battle.

While it only takes a handful of seconds to revive downed allies in Respawn’s battle royale, players have uncovered a new glitch that completely skips the process.

Rather than having to lower your weapons and take time out of your action-packed run, this new Launch Pad glitch can keep you and your team in the fight with ease.

Having made it through until the latter stages of a match on March 26, Reddit user ‘matonse’ was stuck outside the safe zone with a downed teammate at their feet.

Instead of simply reviving the player and carrying on with their match as per usual, the Wraith player found themselves bouncing up and down on a set of Launch Pads that their allied Octane had left behind.

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Launching into the air while their health slowly dwindled away, the player was caught off guard by a surprising interaction that allowed them to bypass the revive animation and instantly bring their teammate back to life.

In a split moment as their feet touched the ground, the player knelt down and started to revive their teammate. Barely assisting for even a second before they were launched back into the sky, it seemed as though the revive simply wouldn’t be possible with a Launch Pad in the way.

To their surprise, however, Octane magically got back to his feet and started to run around before being taken out by the zone once again.

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Confused as to how exactly the glitch came into effect, the player outlined how “the bug just happened.” “I wasn’t actually trying to make it happen. I would say the bug was caused by me jumping up and down non-stop on the Pad, not because of the [zone] damage,” they explained.

Not the first head-scratching revive bug in Apex Legends, a November 2019 issue also had players reviving teammates instantly. 

Though that particular glitch seemed to do more harm than good, it appears quick-revives have been an issue for quite some time in the battle royale title.