Hey what is going on guys, in this video today
we're gonna be doing a breakdown of probably
the most interesting controller Fortnite player
in the game right now, mohammedSR4. In case
you haven't heard of mohammed before, the
first time he popped up on the radar was when
he finished 2nd place in a console cash cup
towards the end of chapter 1. And even though
that's a great achievement, the real reason
he gained recognition from that was because
a random youtuber uploaded a video that got
400,000 views titled "This guy got 2nd place
in the console cash cup", and he basically
created a compilation of some not so great
plays he made. However, over the past weekend,
he achieved something truly incredible, he
was one of 7 players who double qualified
for dreamhack finals on both NA and EU, and
he was the only controller player to do so.
The thing about Mohammed is, he still uses
hold to edit, his sensitivity values are some
of the weirdest I've ever seen, he switches
weapons by using his Y/Triangle button instead
of R1 and L1, and even though his mechanics
are solid, they're still considerably worse
than most other pro-level controller players.
Based on just the eye test, he looks like
nothing more than a regular above average
player, certainly not someone who would ever
double qualify for the finals a major event.
And that leads me to the real reason I want
do this breakdown of Mohammed, it's because
he is the greatest player I've ever seen when
it comes to abusing aim assist, and I mean
that as a major compliment. Just by watching
him play for a couple of hours, I was able
to pick up some thing about taking advantage
of aim assist that I'd never realized before,
and I want to share those with you guys. So,
without further ado, let's get right into
it.
Alright, so the first thing you need to know
about Mohammed as a player is that other than
off spawn pretty much, he almost always decides
not to use a shotgun. I don't mean he doesn't
only use some type of shotguns or he waits
until he gets high rarity ones no no no, no
shotgun at all. The regular inventory that
you'll see him rocking with the vast majority
of the time is Regular AR/SCAR, p90, and then
either 3 healing items or 2 healing items
and the grappler. So now that you know all
that, let's get into more depth about how
he has so much success by taking advantage
of aim assist. Alright, so Mohammed's general
strategy when it comes to aim assist abuse
is not too much different than most controller
players, he wants to get into your box, get
into your face, and turn as many fights as
possible into point-blank spray battles. However,
most controller players will try to get at
least some chip damage with their shotgun
first. They wanna hit 'em for at least 50-60
damage so they know the enemy is at least
somewhat weak, then they're going to go for
the cleanup. And I think one of the main reasons
for doing that is because it can be really
hard to kill a 200 health player with just
an SMG. You only have 30-35 bullets that do
about 20 damage each, and if you can't secure
the kill in that initial clip, you're probably
gonna have to reload and give your enemy a
chance to get away. The main way that Mohammed
avoids this problem is by frequently using
his AR as a second SMG. Like I said, the 30-35
bullets of an SMG alone to kill a full health
player can be a little iffy at times. But
if you involve your AR as well, you basically
double your amount of total shots. I actually
calculated it and if you have a p90 and fully
auto AR, you can spray both weapons for a
combined 9 seconds straight before you'd need
to reload. That's plain and simple an insane
amount of time. Here's a clip where despite
Mohammed having really poor aim at first and
it seems like he's just spraying forever.
But when he eventually does secure the skill,
he still had over 20 bullets left in his SCAR
so he was good for at least another 3-4 seconds.
And when it comes to the SCAR especially,
DPS and bullet spread wise, it really isn't
that much worse than an SMG. So even if you
still choose to use a shotgun which most people
will, there's still an important lesson to
be learned here. If you run out of bullets
in a close range fight when you're in a good
position, instead of disengaging to reload,
just use your AR as a secondary SMG. If you
can barrel stuff the enemy with it, it'll
still deal incredibly reliable spray damage.
The next thing I wanna discuss is something
very interesting that Mohammed does to take
advantage of aim assist once he gets into
the enemies' box. So as great as it is once
you get into someone's 1x1, no player that's
even half-decent is just gonna let you run
right into their body and barrel stuff them
to death. Most players are going to immediately
build a ramp between you and them, and that
ramp serves 2 pretty obvious purposes. First
off, it hopefully is going to block your SMG
bullets, and 2nd it enables them to try and
sprint up the ramp to edit out the roof of
the box. This is something that a lot of inexperienced
barrel stuffers can really struggle with,
but a pro like mohammed has a perfect way
to counter it. So first off, anytime a ramp
gets placed, he's going to immediately spray
it, because priority #1 in this situation
is to prevent the enemy from getting high
enough up the ramp to where they can edit
out the top. But when he's spraying the ramp
he does something very subtle that I now realize
is kinda genius. He doesn't spray the ramp
while looking straight forward or a little
towards the ground which is what most people
do, he instead angles his crosshair upwards
to where he's shooting towards the middle/top
of the ramp and somewhat tracking the enemy
through it. What I now realize this does.
is it makes it so that as soon as the ramp
is destroyed, he's going to immediately get
the super-strong point-blank range aim assist
on that enemy. So as long as he keeps spraying
which he does every time, it allows him to
sneak bullets through the ramp, get past the
ramp himself, and also when the enemy falls
he ends up right in Mohammed's face. Now I
know some of you guys may be thinking "oh
well that would never work for me, I can't
phase bullets or my body through a ramp because
my ping is too high." Well, I don't know if
you can tell in these clips because it might
be kinda small, but almost all of them are
when he was playing on EU, and the entire
time he's hovering around 120ish ping. So
unless your ping is significantly higher than
that which I doubt is the case for 99.9% of
players, this strategy should work for you.
Another really interesting thing that Mohammed
does to really take advantage of aim assist
is sneaking up on players. When I think of
really great aggressive players, I basically
think of people who just sprint towards every
person they see, break and replace their wall,
make an edit, maybe phase into the box, and
just absolutely destroy that poor enemy. They
don't care that the enemy know that they're
getting pushed because they know they can
outplay that player 9/10 times if not more.
However, since Mohammed isn't the most talented
mechanical player in the world by any stretch
of the imagination, he has to be a lot more
tactical at times. One of the main ways he
does this is by crouch walking up to an enemy's
box and then immediately spraying in. Footsteps
in Fortnite are pretty loud, so if you just
sprint up to a box, any player with a brain
is gonna hear you, and then they'll turn towards
your direction and start turbo building to
protect themselves. So now like I alluded
to earlier, you'd now need to make some sort
of play to overcome that which can be difficult
if the player inside the box is solid. But
if you can sneak up without them hearing you
by crouch walking, you'll be able to spray
down the wall and get into their box to barrel
stuff them before it's even humanely possible
for them to react. I already talked about
how he was playing on over 100 ping, so this
is also a great high ping method because the
enemy doesn't even get a chance to build most
of the time. So, the thing about abusing aim
assist is, once you're right into the enemies'
body anyone can do it. But most of the time
the hard part is getting yourself in that
situation, and that little trick that Mohammed
uses is a great way to do that.
The final thing I wanna quickly mention about
Mohammed regarding aim assist abuse is his
movement. So he does a lot of really interesting
things when he gets into point-blank range
fights that makes him harder to hit, and it
also make it more likely for his shots to
hit. The first thing he does is always moves
forward towards the enemy. Even though he
could probably still hit a good amount of
SMG shots at 2-3 meters away, he wants to
turn 2-3 meters into 0 meters. I would say
a solid 50% of his kills end with him literally
touching the enemy's player model. But the
interesting thing he does, is that he doesn't
just move straight towards them. As he's going
forward, he does so in somewhat of a zig-zag
movement pattern. And I think the fairly obvious
reason for doing that is because it makes
him a little harder to hit. Plus, the biggest
positive of this compared to jumping or crouch
spamming is that it's a lot easier. You're
going to be moving forward with your thumbstick
anyway, so slightly strafing while doing so
is barely going to take any extra effort.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and
if you watched the entire thing be sure to
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section below. This videos was about abusing
aim assist, so I wanna know, on a scale of
1-10 how good are you at taking advantage
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