Hey what is going on guys, in this video today
we're gonna be going over 4-5 easy and effective
high ground re-takes. I'm a big believer that
a lot of high ground re-takes you'll see people
do are more about style than effectiveness.
There isn't anything wrong with that, but
those types of really intimidating and unless
you're an absolutely cracked builder and editor
they probably aren't very practical to learn.
So my plan with this video is to only show
you guys re-takes that I truly believe even
average players would be able to earn relatively
easily. I'm not saying you'd definitely be
able to do it on the first try, but even my
friends on console who play this game like
2 hours a week were able to learn most of
these without much trouble. So, without further
ado, let's get right into it.
Alright so here's how this is gonna basically
work. I've seen a lot of high ground re-take
tutorial videos where the guy goes into creative
mode, does the re-take, and basically goes
"alright so first I'm placing a wall here,
then a ramp, then another wall yada yada yada"
Maybe it's just me but I never really liked
that because as long the person builds slowly
at first, I can see that you're placing a
wall and then a ramp, if anything the live
commentary on-top of it can make it even more
confusing at times. So what I'm gonna do is
just quickly introduce the re-take and then
play a clip of me in creative mode at first
placing the pieces very slowly, then speeding
up a bit, then doing it full speed, and at
least in my experience, that's the best way
to do it.
So the first re-take in this video today is
going to be the thwifo cone spam. The thwifo
cone itself is a re-take method that people
usually use as only a part of re-takes, but
in my opinion, doing 3-4 thwifo cones in a
row is as effective of a high ground re-take
as you'll ever find. It isn't super heavy
on mats, there are no edits involved whatsoever,
and it's actually one of the easiest high
ground re-takes to learn. So pay attention
to the clip, and I'll be back shortly. So
that right there is definitely one of the
high ground re-takes I use the most. You're
protected really well from on top of you,
really well from one of your sides, and even
pretty well from directly behind you. You
can turbo build the entire time pretty much
and like I said, the thwifo cone is absolutely
essential to a lot of the advanced re-takes
so if you plan to learn then you need to know
this.
The next high ground re-take we're gonna go
over is one that I actually first learned
from the pro player stompy so I'll just call
it the stompy re-take. In terms of mechanical
skill required, this is by far the easiest
re-take in this entire video and I don't really
think it's close, plus due to the simplicity,
it also uses the least amount of materials.
However, there are some apparent and non-apparent
weaknesses that we'll talk about once you
see the entirety of the footage so I'll be
back when it's finished. Alright so as you
saw there, the stompy re-take is really as
simple as double ramping and placing a cone
on top of the ramp over your head. Now the
obvious weakness here is that you aren't really
protected from your side at all which in certain
situations can be problematic. Also, as you
probably noticed in the clip, the placement
of the pyramid on top can actually be a bit
tricky, I definitely messed it up a few times.
The reason is, the cone really only builds
if you place it towards the very end of the
ramp. Because of that, the order that I've
recently learned is the best is: bottom ramp,
top ramp, cone, and then repeat that over
and over again. Also be careful about turbo-building
the cone, you also probably noticed that a
few times I held turbo build too long, and
that caused me to build a 2nd cone which I
had to edit through to keep going up the ramp.
Now sometimes I do that intentionally because
it gives you a bit more protection, but it
also makes the re-take a bit more difficult
because now you have to edit through it. So
it's totally up to you whether you want to
do that or not.
Moving on to our next re-take we have kind
of a 2 for special with the simple regular
and simple protected variants of side jumps.
Much like the thwifo, cone doing a side jump
by itself is honestly a very simple yet effective
re-take, plus it's also a huge part of most
advanced re-takes as well. So in this footage,
I kinda show both the unprotected and protected
variants at the same time since there really
isn't that much of a difference, and again
I'll be right back to discuss it a bit more
in-depth.
So in case you couldn't tell, the simple regular
side jump is placing a cone in front of you,
and then jumping to the side while connecting
a floor and ramp. The simple protected sidejump
is the same exact thing except you also place
a wall on top of the cone towards the side
you're jumping. I'll be honest, I personally
prefer the unprotected version, I just feel
like it's a lot easier and the protection
you get from the sidewall really isn't that
great anyway. The good thing about sidejumps
compared to other retakes is that you can
choose to go either to left or right so that
obviously makes you a little more unpredictable.
I know I only showed it in one direction in
the clip just because I'm more comfortable
going to the right,,, but it is important
to practice sidejumping in both directions.
The final re-take in this video is definitely
the most advanced one. I'm never really good
at keeping up with names so even though there
may be an official name for this re-take I
just call it the sideways edit re-take. It
does require a good amount of mechanical skill
so for most players I'd recommend sticking
with the re-takes I already showcased,,, but
if you're looking for something more challenging
or you just have godly mechanics this is a
solid option, and I'll let the footage play
out. So when it comes to that re-take, every
structure you saw me place there was necessary
for it to work. I have a feeling someone's
gonna ask, instead of placing a floor and
cone on the ramp can I just place the cone?
Sadly the answer to that is no, if you do
that, as soon as you edit the cone it disappears
because it has nothing to connect to. There's
no shame at all in thinking this re-take is
too advanced for you, you'll get by just fine
with the other ones I've shown, but I just
wanted to give you guys a preview and breakdown
of what a slightly more advanced re-take actually
looks like.
So overall if I had to rank the re-takes I
showed you guys in order of what I'd most
recommend learning, I'd go with the thwifo
cone spam re-take at #1 because that's the
one I use the most and I feel like it's pretty
easy to learn, then #2 and #3 would be the
simple unprotected and simple protected side
jumps, #4 would be the stomp re-take, it is
really simple but it leaves you fairly expose
and the timing of that cone placement always
messes me up, and then #5 would be the sideways
ramp edit just because it's pretty hard to
learn and execute consistently.
So I hope you guys enjoyed this video and
if you watched the entire thing be sure to
let me know with a comment down in the comment
section below. I wanna know, are you personally
somebody who uses re-takes a lot in Fortnite
or not so much. Be sure to leave a like, leave
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