Heist

LEGEND
	Police Deployment
	Criminal Deployment
	Vault
	Extraction point

BATTLE PICKUPS
	Ammo
	Defibrillator
	Grappling Hook
	Health
	LMG
	Rocket Launcher
	Stinger
	Zipline

• With three potential entry points into the vault, SWAT has their work cut out for them in this high-intensity mode. Early in the round the police should send squads to cover all three breach points: at the vault door, the Bank rooftop, and the Restaurant. Maintaining control of the Bank’s rooftop is crucial as it serves as a popular egress route for criminals attempting to reach one of the surrounding extraction points.
• While most criminals head directly for the vault door inside the Bank, it’s important to take advantage of the two other breach points too. So in addition to attacking the Bank’s interior, send at least a couple of squads to secure the breach points on the roof and in the Restaurant. Also, consider maintaining a presence on the roof’s north side. From here you can fire down on police moving on the streets below as well as secure zipline routes for extraction.

Throw the other team off by luring them with a Heist bag. Then make a beeline for the zipline on the roof and use it to go to the Parking Garage. —Brian Carden, Quality Analyst

There are three entry points into the vault, it’s a good idea to set traps for all three locations. Laser tripmines are good for this. With all points covered, even if the traps don’t net a kill, the explosion will indicate which entry point the enemies are trying to breach. —Ethan Solak, Video Editor

• This is a classic Bank Heist, and as expected, the loot is held within the Bank’s secure vault. The primary breach point is the massive vault door, requiring criminals to drill their way through the door’s lock system. Teams attempting to secure the vault door should take control of the adjoining security room. Activating the toggle switch inside the security room opens and closes the two cage-like doors, limiting access to the vault door. There are a number of narrower cage doors that can be manually opened and closed around the vault. Use these doorways as choke points to ambush unsuspecting opponents. Gas grenades and close-quarter weaponry rule supreme here, so make sure you’re prepared for the fight.
• Drilling through the vault door isn’t the only option for the thieves. An alternative breach point is located on the rooftop, just above the vault. Placing charges here causes the roof to cave in, dropping an HVAC unit into the safe and killing anyone unlucky enough to be nearby. Another breach point is located inside the Restaurant. Plant charges on the wall behind the Restaurant’s kitchen to blow a hole in the vault’s south wall. Even if one breach has succeeded, the criminals should try to open all three routes to provide easier access to the Bank’s vault.

Throw gas in from the roof where the AC unit falls into the vault. Then enter and shoot. —David Price, Weapon Designer

• There are three possible extraction points on this map, all surrounding the Bank. Extraction point (C), at the Plaza, is usually the easiest for the criminals to reach. They can escape through the Restaurant and cross the street, or zipline down from the roof. Ziplines also come in handy for scoring loot at the other two extraction points. From the roof of the Bank you can zipline across to the Parking Garage rooftop to reach extraction point (A). While extraction point (B), by the Subway entrance, is easy to reach by zipline too, it’s also close to the SWAT team’s deployment area, increasing the chance of a heavy law enforcement presence. The criminals are better off sticking to extraction points (A) or (C).

As a cop, don’t run directly through the main doors toward the vault. Take the time to flank down the north side of the Bank and engage the criminals from behind through the Loading Dock. —William Bordonaro, Quality Analyst