Hey what is going on guys, in this video today
we're gonna be going over the steps to becoming
a great console Fortnite player in season
4. This video is designed for players that
want to get better at the game, but they just
don't really know where to start. If you're
already a pretty solid player as a whole,
you may know what things you could do to truly
take the next step. That doesn't necessarily
mean you're going to do them because some
people just don't care enough to put in that
extra effort, but at least you know "Alright
if I truly wanted to get better I'd grind
box fights an hour a day for 2 weeks straight.
"But it's not that simple for everybody, and
the purpose of this video is to help the players
who like I said earlier just don't even really
know where to begin on the road to improvement.
So, without further ado, let's get right into
it.
Alright, so when players say that they want
to become great or even just that they want
to get better, the first thing I think you
always need to look at is your mechanics.
Is it possible to be a solid or even pretty
good Fortnite player with below average or
even just average mechanics, yeah I'd say
so. But even just reaching that level is gonna
be hard, and I really don't think it's possible
to become a great player if you're well behind
the curve on mechanical skill. Sure you can
out position your opponents and only take
smart fights as much as possible, but that's
not going to singlehandidly get you kills,
eventually you're going to need to make some
kind of mechanical play to consistently get
eliminations. And when I say that I feel like
most people will instantly assume I'm talking
about pure speed, but that isn't the case
at all, that part comes later down the line.
The first thing that you need to do is truly
take a step back, and honestly ask yourself
this "Am I comfortable with all the main mechanical
techniques in Fortnite." I'll probably forget
one or two, but just off the top of my head
I would consider the most important techniques
to be things like high ground re-takes, tunneling,
ramp rushes, infinite 90s, things like that.
What will happen to a lot of players it that
they'll learn 1-2 of those techniques and
kinda skimp out on the other ones, and then
because of that they try to force the techniques
they know into fights even if it isn't the
right play. A great and sort of specific example
of this is my friend that doesn't really know
any high ground re-takes. So let's say he's
on low ground and he wants to get to contest
an enemy on high ground, he'll just start
90ing up pretty much directly below the guy.
And if you've ever played Fortnite before
you know that 90s don't protect you from the
top, so when he tries that play, it usually
results in him taking a ton of damage and
or dying. Now obviously, having a solid grasp
on the necessary mechanical techniques isn't
going to singehandidly make you a great player,
and I really hope you don't think it will.
The way I would describe the importance of
them, and this is gonna be a little weird,
would be like tools in a toolkit. If you have
a wrench and a hammer or something does that
alone make you a carpenter or a handyman,
no absolutely not. But is it possible to be
a carpenter or a handyman without those basic
tools, not really, and hopefully that makes
sense.
The next thing that is so crucial for becoming
a great fortnite player is identifying and
correcting your weaknesses. Now a tip that
I give and I've heard plenty of pros give
is to play around your strengths and not your
weaknesses. That's definitely a good tip for
playing well in a specific match which Is
what I'm referring to when I say that, but
it can also hurt you in the long run. And
what that basically means is...let's say you
have really bad shotgun aim. If you were to
play around your strengths, you'd wanna keep
your distance from enemies until you've landed
a good amount of chip damage, and only then
would you turn the fight into a close range
one because you already have a massive health
advantage. And honestly with how good SMGs
have been the last few seasons, bad shotgun
aim is an example of a weakness that you could
pretty easily hide by just using an SMG instead.
But to be a great player, you don't wanna
avoid your weaknesses, you want to improve
them and make them not be weaknesses anymore.
If you think about it, playing to avoid your
weaknesses is actually like some kind of cruel
paradox that prevents you from getting better
in the long run. Since you're bad at a specific
skill you make an effort to avoid situations
where that skill is necessary, and that means
that your weakness gets worked on less than
any other part of your game, which basically
ensures that it will never get better. So
the first step to fixing this problem is to
obviously identify your biggest 1-2 weaknesses.
For some people this can actually be really
hard, but if you play the game a lot, you
probably have a decent idea of what you're
most bad at. And if you don't my advice would
be to try to pay attention to the reasons
that you die. If 2 or 3 of your 5 deaths in
a certain session are because you missed shotgun
shots or you got outbuilt, that's a pretty
solid indicator of what you struggle with.
Then once you identify those weaknesses, do
the opposite of playing around your strengths
for a few games. If you struggle with shotgun
aim, try to make as many of your kills as
possible be with a shotgun. If you struggle
at building for high ground, turn every fight
into a high ground build battle. Ideally you'd
also put in some time in creative mode as
well doing things like box fights or free
building, but if you just stick to battle
royale, that's one of the best ways to improve
your weaknesses that are holding you back
as a player.
The next thing I wanna talk about in this
video involves watching other players play.
It isn't some revolutionary idea that watching
other really good Fortnite players play the
game is going to help you get better as well.
You get to learn specific tricks from them,
see what they do in certain situations, maybe
see some of the mistakes they make...all that
good stuff. But I wanna quickly read a string
of tweets from a Twitter account called 1UpAnalytics
that discusses the best type of player to
watch, and it's a really interesting concept
I never even considered before. So it starts
with "When I played ice hockey growing up,
one of my coaches’ advice for learning positioning
,was to go to a pro hockey game and pick a
player who *wasn’t* the star of the team
to focus on and watch from beginning to end.
He always said to focus on a recent call-up
from the minor league aor a role player because
they’re the guys who HAVE to have good fundamentals
to succeed. Star players could always get
away with lazy positioning or putting themselves
in bad situations." He then goes on to relate
this back to Fortnite by saying "When it comes
to watching players in Fortnite, everyone
loves to watch the best of the best, whether
it’s Benjy, Unknown, Khanada, or someone
else. Not to say that you won’t learn something
from them, because you probably will, but
trying to replicate their playstyle won’t
work for most players who don’t have their
mechanics and raw skill." In my opinion, it’s
probably more immediately helpful to VOD players
who you believe you can match when it comes
to skill but who have much more success competitively
than you.
This might not be the current FNCS champion,
but a lower tier pro player. Take note of
how they approach fights and how they work
around their teammates to outplay enemies
positionally rather than with superior mechanics.Then
try to implement it yourself." I never really
put too much thought into that specific tops
before reading that thread, but I strongly
agree with it. I think if you're a console
player, if you only watch someone like benjy
or clix, that could legitimately hurt you
in the long run. You're gonna basically subconciously
copy some of their playstyle tendencies, and
that probably isn't a great fit for controller
because they're on mouse and keyboard. I'm
not saying you shouldn't watch those guys
at all because that would just be stupid,
but I would recommend branching out a bit
and trying to watch players that are more
relatable to you if that makes sense.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and
if you watched the entire thing be sure to
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section below. I just talked about watching
certain Fortnite players play so I wanna know,
which player would say that you watch most
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