Hi
Ive just started playing apex legends and would appreciate if you could offer any advice for a beginner, ive started playing as bloodhound.
Is there anything i should be changing in my settings to give me a little advantage?
Thank you
@GavinC85MUFC
BLOODHOUND TIPS:
Use the passive to track down enemies that have been shot close to death by your team. Ping the footsteps as you go, your teammates will appreciate that.
Use the tactical to scan from a safe place, but avoid scanning while trying not to be seen, as scanning gives away your general direction.
Use your ult to escape the ring, gain speed in high stakes gun fights and to run away from an enemy if they push when you aren’t ready.
SETTINGS TIPS:
Play around with it until you feel comfortable, but I would recommend turning in advanced look controls for precise tuning. Inside of the advanced look controls, turn on per optic settings and adjust it too make each scope as comfortable as possible.
BASIC ADVICE:
Work on movement, their rate countless vidrios of how to do things like wall bouncing and super glides. Do not engage in fights until the first ring closes unless unavoidable. Loot as much as possible, but don’t loot in the same building as your teammates. Don’t drop big frequented map locations. Incorporate LOTS of sliding into your movement. When flying, look up and down, creating a dolphin flight path, this increase speed and range. Become aware of what everything sounds like, determine an octane’s footsteps from an ash’s, know what the ult sound effects are. Be aware of the amount of noise you are making in and out of gun fights. Don’t quit the match until your respawn time expires. Don’t be toxic, mute toxic people, report them, and of course report cheaters too. Stick with your team, and know when not to fight, know when it to go for a banner recovery. Share your items with your teammates, if one is low on health, drop some for them, same goes with ammo. Also, diversify the legends you play. Play a legend that fits with the rest of your team. Diversify the weapons you lay with too. Experiment with tactics and methods, try using the sentinel close range for example, use the triple take like a big shotgun.
@BigMacAttack8u Gotta jump on the bandwagon here. Maybe 4-3 Cl doesn't work for you, but a large percentage of pros aren't using it just for a lark. I don't like it either, but 4-3 or 3-3 (either classic or linear) is the starting point where I'd recommend getting used to the game from. I think ALC is not a good rabbit hole for a beginning player to go down. They need to learn the game, not to mess with a bunch of confusing sliders.
You'll find lots of good videos that mostly agree with each other for your in-game settings (outside of look and ADS sense settings). Certain default settings are fairly lousy for most players (a common example is getting kicked out of a death box upon taking damage, which can make armor swapping, one of the most basic combat skills, very difficult), and you'll find plenty of solid, basic advice.
If you do dive into looking at your look controls, you'll find a boatload of clickbait videos promising you "These ALC settings will make you play like a pro!!!" Avoid them entirely. Here is a video that does a great job of actually explaining concisely how all of the look settings work, without telling you what settings you should use. But I recommend what I said above - to start with some variety of the default look settings until you are comfortable with how to play the game. You'll have plenty of time to go into adjusting your look controls later.
Good points,but I maintain that a beginning player should focus on basic mechanics rather than diving into look controls. I do recommend that more advanced players try out ALC once they know what they're doing. My settings, roughly 4-3 (with max extra yaw) and a hybrid response curve, have been very good for me.
Here is a video that Verhulst made comparing his ALC settings to 4-4 Classic, to which he had just returned. As a member of championship winning squad TSM and widely regarded as one of the very top controller players in all of Apex, I think his can be taken as an expert opinion:
One of the settings you should absolutely consider changing right away is a hefty increase of FOV. The default is way too low.
Most good players play on a minimum of 100, but I've settled on 96 myself due to aging eyesight making it harder for me to see people at long range with a very high FOV. 90 would be considered the bare minimum by a vast majority of players, with more leaning closer to 110 than 100.
Which character should i use when not using bloodhound?
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