Heist

LEGEND
	Police Deployment
	Criminal Deployment
	Spawn Area
	Hostage
	Money Pile
	Police Vault
	Criminal Vault
	Vault
	Extraction
	Hotwire Cars
	Control Points

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

The first two minutes of Heist on the police side are crucial. If your team gives the criminal side any time to get to the objectives and set a breaching charge before you get there it makes your job a whole lot tougher to pull off. It is key that you choose a vehicle deployment of some sort because witexception of the mobile HQ, all of the vehicles on this map are quick and you’ll need them to cut off the enemy team. The helicopter provides for an excellent deployment point. Equipped wittwo machine guns, the police helicopter can defend itself in a pincand the pilot can hover over any spot that needs defending and drop foot-mobiles on the battlefield by letting teammates deploy within. Even thougthe mobile HQ is the slowest vehicle in this mode, playing it in a prime location gives your team the upper hand when defending the cash. Parking the mobile HQ directly under the bridge that objective (B) is located on allows your team to deploy forces to defend objective (A) while the helicopter provides support for (B). Don’t park the mobile HQ too far out in the open because even thougyou want to deploy close to the action, you don’t want the vehicle being destroyed because the enemy has a direct line of sight to it.

On the criminal side, you and your team have to be careful. It is easy to lose a large chunk of tickets fast on this map, so stick to cover and try not to stay out in the open too long. Create cover by racing under the bridge if the majority of the police team is defending from atop the bridge. In the first seconds of the game, try planting the breaching charges at least on objective (B) and control that area as long as possible because if your team can keep the police distracted on the bridge, the second wave of attackers on your team can move in and set the breaching charge on (A) and have a little bit of extra time to prepare an escape plan. When placing your mobile HQ, park it on the east side of the construction site, at least at the start. Even thougit isn’t far from your original base, your deployment is still closer to the objectives than before. Parking the mobile HQ here also provides a deployment that can resupply the attackers on A witfresreinforcements as they’re defending.

Unlike most maps, Downtown has two completely separate Heist objectives witone primary breacpoint eacand no secondary points. This means that eacbreacpoint is extremely essential and creates two very hot spots for botteams. Granted, the two objectives are close enougto eacother to allow a single squad to protect botat the same time. However doing so causes that squad to be highly vulnerable sitting out in the open. The most optimal way to secure botpackages before the time limit is up or the criminals run out of tickets is to pick up botpackages simultaneously and run eacto a different extraction point, thus spreading the police as thin as possible.

Wittwo different primary locations it is easier for the criminals to gather at least one package, if not both. Because of how open this map is and how far apart eacextraction is, the criminals must really coordinate in order to secure the package at their drop points. The easiest extraction, if available, is taking objective (A) to extraction (B). There is a motorcycle located in the construction site right next to the casand a straight shot down the street under the bridge takes you right to the extraction. The toughest extraction is (C) because of the fact that it is located at the top of the Pacific Bank tower and if the police get there first, it is incredibly difficult to get past their line of defenses. Not to mention, you have to travel half-way across the map, up the elevator, and up a couple of flights of stairs just to get there. However, there is a clever patto this extraction point that requires the Tower key location. Travel up to the top of the Blackstone Tower and, from any of the top three floors, zipline to the extraction roof. If your squad coordinates using their own ziplines at the same time, catching the police off guard secures you a safe extraction.

As criminals, run straight for the top truck and lay traps while a teammate plants the charge. When the cops arrive, repel their assault. Getting the vaults open FAST is the key to a successful Heist! —Thad Sasser, Lead Multiplayer Designer

Criminals, use your proximity to the vaults to ambusthe responding Law Enforcement units. Have your teammates bring up a fast vehicle like the Coupe or Motorcycle to pick up the bag carrier immediately after the vaults are cracked. —Evan Champlin, Senior Multiplayer Level Designer

Law Enforcement, be prepared to play defense. The Criminals can escape witthe bags quickly if all of your teams resources are at the vaults. —Evan Champlin, Senior Multiplayer Level Designer