Energy weapons require sustained fire around any kind of armor, and it seems that the same is true of whatever hide covers Heat's demon - frustrating but not unsurprising. It tries to aim for potential weak points - the mouths, the places on his hands where the bladed bonelike weapons emerge, and braces for the charge that it's sure is going to follow.

Its reaction time has been down but in this moment it braces and jumps again, using the momentum to flip over Heat's head and away from the cluster of vehicles.

Sure, technically the vehicles could be better cover, and it has no trouble jumping on the roofs to dodge if needed, but here in the open, Heat will have to keep charging it until he manages a grab, or retreat, and it has no intention of giving him any more angles to get close.