Hey, what is going on guys, in this video
today we're gonna be going over some more
simple high ground retakes in Fortnite that
pretty much anyone can do. You guys have seemed
the really enjoy the other videos I've made
like this, and I believe that's because a
lot of you are console players, and most of
the super-advanced high ground retakes are
just really difficult to do on 60 FPS. So
the retakes you see in this video are all
going to be fairly basic with minimal editing
and advanced building involved, but at the
same time, they should also protect you fairly
well. Probably not as much as the more complicated
retakes, but again, you're giving up a little
bit of protection for a lot more simplicity,
and that's a trade that many players will
make any day of the week. So, without further
ado, let's get right into it.
Alright, the first high ground re-take that
we're going to cover is called the simple
cone turn and even though it literally has
simple in its name, I still think that's a
bit of an understatement and you'll see why
in a second. So you want to start this one
off by scissor ramping, and then once your
bottom and top ramps are at an equal height,
place a cone to connect them. From there it's
as simple as looking down, connecting a floor
to the bottom of the ramp you're currently
on, and then continuing your scissor ramp
to either the left or right side. And in case
slow-mo didn't do the simplicity of it justice,
here's some regular speed footage for you.
So that right there may legitimately be the
easiest protected high ground retake you'll
ever find. And since it's so simple, it's
ridiculously easy to chain 4 or 5 of these
in a row, and that constant change of direction
will be really hard for an enemy on high ground
to follow. The other important positive of
that retake is that much like with sidejumps,
it's pretty much equally as easy go to either
the left or right side once you place the
initial cone. So if you constantly alternate
scissor ramping in each direction, it's going
to make you even harder to track which is
actually really important when doing retakes.
Retake #2 is a slightly more difficult but
better overall version of the simple cone
turn I just showed you, so I guess you can
call it the regular cone turn or something
like that. You're going to start the exact
same way by scissor ramping up, but this time
instead of placing the cone to connect the
2 ramps, you instead want to place it above
the ramp over your head, then you look down
and place the floor above the ramp you're
running on instead of below it, and then you're
good to continue scissor ramping in that direction.
So here are some clips of me chaining this
retake together at full speed, and we'll talk
a bit more about it in a sec. So even though
the general mechanics of this are very similar
to the simple cone turn this one is better
for one main reason. Since you place the cone
above your top ramp, it doesn't block you
from continuing to sprint forward, and that
enables you to place your floor above the
ramp instead of below it. So now when you're
changing directions you're going to do doing
so from the top of a ramp instead of the bottom
of it, which basically is an entire extra
level of height. And that's obviously important
because it makes you that much more likely
to beat your opponent to high ground and not
get blocked off on the way up.
The next high ground re-take I want to cover
is probably the easiest possible ramp flip
re-take. Flipping ramps to change direction
while attempting to get high ground is a super
popular technique used in a lot of advanced
retakes. Now obviously, most of those super
crazy double-edit ramp flips are ridiculously
hard to do unless your mechanics are insane,
but I believe this basic ramp flip is something
that most players will be able to learn with
just a little bit of practice. So again you
wanna start with the good ol' reliable scissor
ramp, and as you're going forward you wanna
look pretty much straight up, place a cone
above your upper ramp, and then another one
connected to the front of it. Then right before
you run into the 2nd cone you just placed,
turn around, edit, and flip the ramp you're
currently on. Then you do a super simple front
2 tile edit on the cone that's now blocking
you and you're good to go. And here's some
more quick footage of it in action. So there's
2 main things I really like about this one,
first off, for how simple it is, it's actually
very protected. You're placing a cone directly
about you and also in front of you, so it
cuts off most shooting angles that an enemy
can have from high ground. The other thing
I like is the fact that this retake changes
your direction 180 degrees when most retakes
only change it by 90 degrees. When you start
spamming re-takes most players are gonna expect
you to either keep going forward or go left/right.
So when you bust this one out and start ramping
in the totally opposite direction, it's gonna
catch a lot of people by surprise. Now, I
will admit that unless you absolutely master
this it probably isn't as fast or smooth as
some other retakes, but because you're so
protected it isn't a huge deal-breaker.
Our next high ground retake is another version
of my personal favorite retake in all of Fortnite,
the thwifo cone spam. I showed the orginial
thwifo cone before in one of my previous videos
like this, and it's definitely one of the
most popular retakes in all of Fortnite because
it's super protected, pretty simple to spam
over and over again once you learn it, and
unlike most retakes, you don't need to be
scissor ramping to do it. This version I'm
about to show involves 1 extra piece being
placed and a super simple edit, but it's still
really easy as a whole, and it's also more
protected than the regular thwifo cone spam.
So the start is exactly the same: You wanna
ramp up then place 4 walls in the order that
you see in the clip, after that place the
regular thwifo cone above your head and then
another one connected in front of it towards
the direction your ramping in. Finally, simply
edit the 2 front tiles of that cone and you're
good to keep single or double ramping up.
And here's some footage of what this retake
looks like at normal speed. So I think it's
fair to say that this retake is a least little
bit more intermediate than the first 3 I've
shown, but honestly it's a piece of cake compared
to most retakes I see on other people's "basic"
or "easy" highground retake videos. Now, the
obvious positive of this compared to the regular
thwifo cone is the extra cover that the 2nd
cone you place gives you. I'll mainly use
this one over the regular thwifo cone spam
when I'm not really sure the exact angle of
where the enemy is, or if there are multiple
enemies shooting at me from high ground.
The final retake in this video is a simplified
version of one of sway's most popular retakes.
I actually showed that specific retake in
the first video I made like this, it's the
one where you double edit a floor and cone
to the side, then you connect a floor and
ramp to what you just edited. And even though
I mentioned in that video that is was a bit
more advanced than the other ones I showed,
I still saw a lot of comments that kinda roasted
me for including that one in a quote-unquote
"simple" high ground retakes video. But now
it's time for me to redeem myself by showing
you guys a similar, but much more simple version
of that retake that uses a very simple single
edit instead of a double edit. So you wanna
start off by scissor ramping like with the
majority of re-takes, then you're gonna place
a cone directly on top of the ramp above you,
connect a ramp to the side of the cone, then
a floor to the side of the cone under the
ramp, and finally a ramp connected to the
floor you just placed. Once you've done that
you wanna run up the ramp, do a super simple
side two tile edit through the floor, and
then continue scissor ramping up. So now here's
some footage of me doing it at a bit more
of a normal speed. So I think it's fair to
say that this is the hardest retake in the
entire video, and you probably even saw me
kinda mess it up once or twice, but it's also
without a doubt the most unpredictable and
protected. And when I first was learning how
to do it I was kinda like "Eh, I don't know
I'm probably gonna mess this one up a ton"
but even after only practicing it for like
5-10 minutes, I started to really get the
hang of it. Plus it's actually really smooth
to chain a bunch of these in a row just like
the more advanced sway retake.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and
if you watched the entire thing be sure to
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section below. Out of all the retakes I showed
in this video, which one would you be most
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