A battle royale match stretches from the drop to the final ring, so if you send the raw recording, your friend has no idea where to look. Cutting out just the fight you want to show and sending it as a link lands much better. This guide only covers one approach: record an Apex Legends match with DOR, find the Champion moment or squad wipe in that recording, trim it, and share it through a dor.gg link. Apex Legends is a game where DOR does not create automatic highlight clips, so you will be finding the moment yourself inside the full match recording.
Pick the fight before anything else
Most matches have one or two moments worth sending. If you won Champion, that is the final fight. If you cleaned up an enemy trio by yourself mid-game, that is the one fight. Running the clip from the first shot of the fight until the result shows on screen keeps the context intact. For precise start and end points, see how to trim game clips.
Sending an Apex Legends moment to your friends
- 1Install DOR and launch Apex LegendsDOR is a free Windows desktop app. With it installed, launching Apex Legends is enough: DOR detects the game automatically and records the whole match, from the drop until the game ends. You do not have to start recording yourself each match.
- 2Remember which ring the fight happened inBattle royale recordings run long, so remembering which ring you fought in works better than remembering the clock. Simply recalling whether the squad wipe happened around the second ring or in the final ring tells you roughly where to drag the playback bar.
- 3Open the recording and check the end firstRecordings are saved as mp4 files and show up in the DOR app library. For a Champion match, drag the playback bar to the very end and work backward from the last fight. For an early fight after the drop, start from the beginning. With no auto clips, this is where you confirm the spot yourself.
- 4Trim it down to a single fightSet the start and end with the trim tool. Start a squad wipe from the moment you first spot the enemy. Let a Champion clip run a beat past the Champion screen so your friend clearly sees the result. Looting and rotating can go.
- 5Choose the ratio your squadmates will watch inPick 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1 for the output. If your squadmates watch on a PC, 16:9 shows your original view. On a phone, 9:16 is easier. A vertical crop can lose HUD elements at the edges of the screen, so give the preview one look.
- 6Paste the dor.gg link into your squad chatOnce trimming is done, a dor.gg share link is created. Drop it into the chat you use with the people you played with, and each of them can open it right away in a phone or PC browser without installing the app.
- 7Use DOR Studio to combine several fightsIf you want to show the arc of a whole match, with the drop fight, the mid-game wipe, and the final ring, trim each one and combine them in DOR Studio. It opens in your browser with nothing to install, and the finished video can be shared as a link or downloaded as an mp4.
Where each Apex Legends moment sits in the recording
| Moment to show | Where it is in the recording | What to keep |
|---|---|---|
| Winning Champion | The very end, the last fight before the Champion screen appears | The first shot of the last fight through the Champion screen |
| Trio squad wipe | Mid-game, where kill notifications pop up in quick succession | The first shot until just after the enemy squad is shown as eliminated |
| Final ring fight | Late game, when the ring has closed and the remaining squads are packed into one area | From when the ring starts closing until the fight is decided |
| Legend ability combo | Teammates pushing together with their ability effects overlapping | Just before the first ability until the fight wraps up |
| First fight after the drop | The start of the recording, grabbing weapons right after landing | From when the landing spot comes into view until the first fight ends |
| Saved by a respawn beacon | Picking up a downed teammate's banner and heading to a beacon | From the banner pickup until your teammate rejoins |
Before sending your Apex clip
- For Champion clips, confirm the Champion screen is included and not cut short.
- For squad wipes, confirm the moment all three enemies go down is visible.
- For ability combos, start just before the first ability so it is clear who used what first.
- For final ring fights, keep a little lead-in so the closing ring edge is visible.
- If a squadmate's voice was recorded, ask them before sending the clip to anyone else.
- When sending in vertical 9:16, check the preview to make sure the HUD and kill notifications stay on screen.
How DOR handles sharing an Apex Legends moment
When Apex Legends launches, DOR detects it automatically, saves the full match as an mp4, and records game audio and your mic together. On an NVIDIA graphics card, NVENC hardware encoding is the default. Trimming a fight in the library's trim tool creates a dor.gg link, and whoever opens it can play it even in a mobile browser. Adding text or background music and combining several fights is explained in detail in the DOR browser clip editor. If you are looking for a regular squad to review moments with, see finding an Apex Legends ranked team.
