Hey what is going on guys, in this video today
we're gonna be going over some important console
Fortnite building/editing techniques that
you need to master. All of the techniques
that we're going to cover in this video aren't
super-advanced on the surface and that's why
they're great things to practice for console
players,,, but the difference between good
and great players is being able to do them
quickly and without messing up. And to prove
that, throughout the video, I'll show some
clips of top controller players executing
the techniques perfectly, and that should
sort of give you a visual example to reference.
So, without further ado, let's get right into
it.
Alright, so the first technique that we're
going to cover in this video is editing and
branching out of a 1x1 while under pressure.
Now, as I alluded to a couple of seconds ago,
on the surface that may sound really simple
and easy. I mean, unless you just started
playing Fortnite a few weeks ago you can probably
edit out of a 1x1 with ease and then build
a new 1x1, that's definitely nothing groundbreaking.
However, as some of you guys may have experienced
throughout your Fortnite career, when you're
front wall is being sprayed by 1 or maybe
even multiple players, you basically have
1 chance to get that escape edit right, because
obviously you can't edit out and hold your
wall at the same time, so when you go for
that escape edit you're basically letting
your enemy get a free pass inside your box.
So if you mess that escape edit up, now you
have a player with an SMG or shotgun barrel
pressed right against your body and you're
not even facing them because you tried to
edit out the side, top, or bottom. Plus, it's
not only that you just get once chance at
editing, that chance is also time-restricted.
Most smart players will go for their escape
edit when the enemy has sprayed a full clip
into your front wall, and now they need to
reload before they start spraying the next
clip. But the average reload time for an SMG
or AR is roughly 2 seconds, so if you're a
slow editor you may not even be able to finish
your escape edit before they're inside your
box and spraying you down. So if you watch
the top controller players, they can edit
out of one box and create a new one in about
3 which is just insane compared to the average
player. Also what's really important is being
able to escape edit and branch out multiple
times in a row from many different angles.
Good players are plain and simple not going
to let you get away by editing and branching
out 1 time. They're going to keep pushing
and pressuring you from multiple different
angles. So if you edit and branch out perfectly
the first 2 times, but then on the 3rd one
you you mess up and the enemy has enough time
to spray into your box, all you really did
was delay your death a few seconds. Now luckily
this is something that's actually pretty easy
to practice. All you have to do is hop into
creative mode and just edit and branch out
over and over again while focusing on speed
and consistency. Also make sure to vary the
escape edits you do, edit out the left side
wall, then the right side wall, then edit
out the top etc etc. That'll make you comfortable
escaping no matter which angle you're being
pressured from.
The next important technique that you need
to master is ramp flipping. Let me describe
a common box fighting situation that gets
players killed all the time. You're chilling
in your 1x1 with a ramp in front you pointed
towards one of your walls, but then an enemy
sprays through a different wall, you panic,
he gets into your box, and since the ramp
isn't protecting you at all since it's facing
the wrong direction you end up dying. Being
able to instantly edit your ramp towards whatever
direction you need it to be in is a really
important skill that all pro players able
to do with ease. They can make a ramp that's
facing towards the left side of their box
face towards the right side without even thinking,
and they do the edit so quickly in one smooth
flick that you'd barely be able to tell what
happened if you were watching them. Luckily
this is probably the easiest technique to
practice on the entire list. It's as simple
as going into creative mode, placing a ramp
in front of you inside a 1x1, and then practicing
flipping it in any given direction. Now editing
your ramp as a defensive tool in box fights
is definitely the most common use and it's
what I'd recommend most players focus on,,,
however, if you get really good at flipping
ramps you can even use them offensively in
a lot of situations as well. That's definitely
a more advanced tactic so don't worry too
much about it, but just thought I'd mention
it because it's something you'll see pros
do fairly frequently.
The next technique that you need to master
is blocking off and editing down on an enemy
whose ramping up for high ground. This is
a technique that good players use all the
time to easily kill enemies that are trying
to take high ground, and it's actually fairly
simple. As the name kind of suggests, if you
can get directly above an enemy whose ramping
up, you wanna place a structure on top of
their ramp to block them, and then edit through
that structure and shoot them. This works
because when players get blocked off while
ramping up their initial reaction is almost
always to either turn fully around or at least
turn to the side and then start ramping in
that direction. So, most of the time when
you block them off and then edit through they
won't even be looking at you which not only
makes the shot super easy to hit,,, but also
makes it so that you don't have to fear them
shooting you. Now, when it comes to the block-off
itself, some players will only build a floor
OR cone while other players will build a floor
and cone. The reason you would build both
is because it makes it a lot harder for the
enemy to spray through it and then keep going
forward. But in my experience, not too many
people do that, so I'd probably recommend
placing EITHER the floor OR cone instead of
both because it makes the technique a lot
easier to execute.
Moving on to our next technique we have replacing
a structure and editing it in one motion.
This is another one of those really subtle
differences between players that are just
pretty good at Fortnite and players that are
great. When most people go to break and replace
a wall and then try an offensive play, they
basically make it a 2-step process. They'll
get the wall, pause about half a second as
it kinda registers in their brain that it's
their wall now, and then they'll make some
kind of edit and go for a shot. When you watch
the best controller players, they've managed
to basically eliminate that slight pause between
getting the structure and editing it from
their game entirely. So here's how I think
they've managed to do that. One thing you
may notice if you specifically look for it
is that a lot of the great controller players
will make the motion of an edit each time
they try to take a wall even if they don't
get it. They basically assume that they're
going to get the wall each time they go for
it so they're already making the motion of
the edit, and that's how they eliminate that
pause from their game. It's kinda like how
in basketball they say if you wanna be a great
rebounder you have to assume that every shot
is going to be a miss. This is another one
of those techniques that I think should be
fairly easy to practice alone. Simply place
a wall down and just pretend it's an enemies',
then practice breaking it, replacing it, and
editing it all in one smooth motion. Now unless
you're a mechanical God you'll probably never
be as fast and smooth with this as guys like
letshe and wolfiez, but that's totally fine
because at the end of the day increasing your
speed at all will really help you win more
fights.
The next technique that is super important
to learn is being able to combine multiple
simple building techniques to rotate safely
in awkward situations. That's a bit of a mouthful
but I think the clip in the background from
assault will showcase what I mean by this.
He was in a really stacked end game and had
to rotate almost max distance at a weird angle,
and along the way he was getting shot at multiple
different times. Because of that, it pretty
much isn't possible in this situation for
him to just do a standard tunnel forward to
get into zone. So because of that, throughout
the duration of the clip you'll see him sort
of chain together a bunch of different building
techniques to change direction and to change
height multiple different times. In the span
of about 40 seconds he did 2-3 different types
of tunnels, he does some protected ramping
to high ground, he drops down to low or mid
ground and boxes up, it was just a really
nice display of easily doing something that
a lot of people struggle with. Just knowing
how to tunnel in a straight line will be enough
for a lot of situations that you get into,
but you also need to be able to take a step
further than that and quickly switch between
the different protected methods of rotating
when the situation calls for it. Again this
is a really easy thing to practice in creative
mode, and it doesn't really require a ton
of mechanical skill, more so quick thinking
and being able to stay composed under pressure.
Try to basically imagine yourself in a situation
where you need to rotate at a tough angle
and you can't stop at all or else you'll get
lasered. These type of makeshift rotations
will definitely feel a little awkward at first,
but the truth of the matter is no matter how
mehanically gifted you are that's the way
it feels in real games. So if you don't prepare
for that at all it's gonna be pretty rough
for you when the real thing happens.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and
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section below. Out of all the different building
techniques that we discussed in this video
let me know either which one you're the best
at or struggle with the most? Be sure to leave
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