Hey what is going on guys, in this video today
I'm gonna be discussing the fastest ways for
console Fortnite players to get better at
the game. I can totally understand how frustrating
it can be for console players to actually
play this game at times. With forced cross-platform
and skill-based matchmaking trying to improve
by just playing regular public matches can
seem hopeless. If you play bad then obviously
you're probably not getting better or having
fun, and if you play good, that may be awesome
for a game or two, but then you get placed
into the higher skill lobbies which are probably
mostly comprised on mouse and keyboard players
getting 3-4 times your FPS. So because of
that, I'll see comments all the time of people
asking me questions like "Along with practicing
in creative mode courses, as a console player,
what are some other things that I can do to
improve." It's definitely a really good question
to ask, and I'm going to be attempting to
answer it in this video. So, without further
ado, let's get right into it.
Alright, so as I alluded to in the intro,
I'm a big believer that if you're a console
player, you wanna play against other console
players as much as possible. Definitely not
all the times because as we'll get into a
little later in this video it's good practice
to play against players better than you every
once in a while, but you also don't wanna
do that often because it'll just make you
frustrated and you'll start to build bad habits.
Now even though your chances to play against
other console players only are fairly limited,
there are some things you can do. The first
and biggest recommendation I can give to you
is to play as many platform-specific competitive
events as possible. The good news is, as of
right now, there are a decent amount of these
available to be played. At the beginning of
April, Fortnite added daily duos cups into
the game, and as the name suggests these take
place every single day until at least April
30th, and most importantly they are platform-specific
which means you'll only play against other
console players. You also have the weekly
solo platform cash cup which takes place every
Thursday. Now much like the daily duos cup
these are also scheduled to run only until
the end of April, but it's pretty likely that
more of these will be added once all the April
ones end. And even if they don't add them
immediately after April ends, don't freak
out because Fortnite always adds new cash
cups eventually. Now these events are such
an awesome way for console players to play
and improve their game on a totally fair playing
field. Since every body else in the lobby
is on the same platform, you don't need to
worry about players doing things that wouldn't
be possible on console. Also, since the event
uses a tournament-based scoring system that
rewards eliminations and placement, it's cool
to see where you stack up against the competition,
and it gives you a way to really see and measure
your improvement as a player. One of my friends
who plays on console has had a lot more free
time than normal recently due to the quarantine,
so he's made it one of his goals to get a
lot better at Fortnite. So just like I'm telling
you guys right now, I told him to play these
daily duo cups with another one of his friends
that's about his same skill level, and the
amount of points they're getting each day
is gradually increasing. Actually, 2 or 3
days ago they had a session where they placed
top in the top 200 for NA East. It didn't
get them any money and for some people that
may not be impressive at all, but for them
it was this huge achievement that they were
really proud of, and it was living proof that
they were actually getting a lot better at
the game. So not only are these console-only
comp events great for improving, but I feel
like most people will also find them more
fun than regular public match games as well.
The next method of getting really good practice
is a relatively new one to to the game and
man is it game-changing. A little while back
Fortnite finally added creative mode matchmaking
for specific custom game modes and maps. This
means that you can get relatively full zone
wars or box fight games 24/7 whenever you
want. And the process for it is actually really
simple. All you have to do is queue into a
creative lobby, you can do it alone or with
however many friends you want. Then once you
load into the hub, all you have to do is hit
a quick 180-degree turn until the see the
section of the hub that has some kind of sign
on it saying "Matchmaking Test". Then you
simply go into that section of that hub, find
the game mode that you want to play, and walk
into it. Apparently they switch the specific
maps that are available to be played every
once in a while, but based on what it seems
like so far, they should always have at least
one zone wars map and at least one box fight
map that you can queue into. Now is this system
absolutely perfect, I guess not totally. You'll
likely queue into some games that have already
started, and even though games may start with
10+ players, a lot of the times people leave
and towards the end it's down to 6 or 7. But
when it comes to getting in good and also
fun practice whenever you want this is such
a great option. The queue times are really
quick in my experience, there doesn't seem
to be any kind of lag, and so far Fortnite's
done a good job of picking zone wars and box
fight maps that are actually really good.
The only other negative I can think of here
in regards to this video is that these modes
aren't console-only. But even though that
is true, one thing I'll say is that it seems
like skill-based matchmaking is either totally
turned off or very weak in these creative
queues. And I think that's a good thing because
it means you'll get a nice blend of good and
bad players plus everything else in-between.
I mean, even when I play this my friends who
are pretty bad because they don't really play
Fortnite that much, they'll still get at least
8-10 kills in the 10 rounds so not bad at
all. Now since according to the name this
is a feature that Fortnite is actively testing
I guess there's technically a chance it gets
removed at some point. So if you're watching
this video a few weeks or months later and
it's not there that may be what happened.
But I've seen so many people that are super
hyped this was added into the game so I think
the chances of Epic removing it are actually
very low. And oh yeah one last tip regarding
these games before we move on, I would strongly
recommend not going into game chat because
it can get pretty wild and I don't mean that
in a good way.
So as great as those first 2 options were,
the problem that we still haven't solved is
how to play against console players whenever
you want. The console-only events are awesome
but they only run during very limited parts
of the day, and on top of that, there's always
the possibility that Epic gets lazy and takes
a few weeks to add new ones into the game
after the April ones end. Luckily there's
something else you can do to get a chance
at solid platform-specific in-game practice,
and that's by using a console-only scrim discord.
Although I'm not an absolute expert on the
subject, based on my research the most popular
console scrim discord is called console kings.
There's a specific console Kings server for
EU, NA East, and NA West I believe EU has
about 10,000 members, NA East has about 8,000,
and NA West has a little under 3,000. I don't
believe they run scrims 24/7 like some other
discords because they simply don't have enough
people, but they do run them fairly frequently
throughout most parts of the day. The process
for getting into the discord is fairly simple
as long as you follow the instructions. Basically
you join the discord via an invite link that
I'll put in the description, then once you're
in you link your Epic account in a few easy
steps with a discord bot named Yunite to confirm
that you're actually a console player. Then
once you do that an admin will post in the
"Custom Keys" section of the discord whenever
they're hosting scrims, and when you see that
you just need to follow their process to queue
into that match. Sometimes they'll just post
a custom matchmaking code which you'll directly
enter in on Fortnite to queue into that match.
Other times they'll make it to where you have
to react to a message they post in the custom
keys section, then you'll have to follow a
very simple process like the one you see on
your screen right now. Basically, all you
have to do is accept a friend request from
a bot account, promote it to party leader,
and then it'll set the code for you and leave
the game, so once that happens you just ready
up and you're good to go. That's something
they mostly do when they host free entry money
customs to prevent any PC players from getting
leaked the code and then winning. Sometimes
they have rules where you after spawn fights
you can't kill until 2nd zone to make the
endgames more stacked, other times there's
no zone rules whatsoever. So, unfortunately,
the process is a little more tedious and involved
than just readying up for a console-only in-game
competitive event, but sadly this is really
the only other way to play games that you
know are only filled with other console players.
It may not interest everybody, but I'll put
invite links to all 3 of the discords in the
description of this video, and since discord
links can be kinda wonky I'll also put a link
to their twitter in case the invites expire
or something.
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. Let me know if you play console-only
competitive events, console-only scrims, or
creative mode box fight/zone wars matchmaking.
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