True. I have an issue with awareness and memorizing the finer map details as I'm getting up in age.

the opposite is also very true. was playing rank with a friend on my smurf account as my usual lobbies are way too hard for him. we're in bronze and our 3rd died and started blaming us for "running away ". we weren't running away, we were sandwiched between two teams on low ground, one team had a bocek while the other had a kraber. but apparently. that was an ideal situation to start firing at a team, die, and then blame us for not being aggressive. bronze lobbies were super chill for me. but the amount of mistakes i saw from the lack of awareness is astonishing. and worst of all, they don't know that they're the ones who fucked up.

@@q8asami988 true bro, I feel you. They can also be stupidly aggressive and then get super angry cause you didn’t want to make a suicide push. Nobody gets angrier than someone who’s getting mad at something they don’t understand.

when do you want to push? after you crack somebody? or do you want to wait till one of them is knocked? if you have shield advantage do you just immediately push no questions asked? fairly new player here and i struggle with this :/ currently in gold 1

@@ruben59 a lot to unpack and to be honest you'll have to play quite a bit to determine the right time to push but a general rule of thumb is if you get a knock and you are safe to push (no other teams nearby) it's better to push. if you all have purple and the enemy has white then by all means do push as well. but be aware it's not just that team, always pay attention to where the other teams are. when you land somewhere, pay attention to where the other teams nearby landed you'll know which side they might come from and set up for it. lastly, i would pay attention to what type of legends my team has, for example if your team has a caustic or wattson, some fights are safer to take indoors. while other legends thrive in open spaces like pathy for example. keep in mind, i would only do this in rank as you need to be smart about it. in pubs tho, you can push all you want and make all the mistakes you want. anyone who gets mad at you for doing something wrong in pubs should get a life. one more thing, and this should apply to both modes. LOOT FAST, always loot fast before a fight and after the fight, 3rd parties are always coming and you want to restock your essentials like ammo and health as soon as possible.

I think it's one of those pieces of advice people give where they don't actually want to help others but want to pretend that they're helping others. So they say something vague like "just fight everyone" when it's more conplex than just that simply because it can be [wrongfully] interpreted in so many ways

@@fistofsage to be honest, almost all who advice to push always explain that it's a good way to improve as long as they're smart about it. but apparently that translates to brainless pushing for most noobies. hence why they jump straight into 1v3ing everyone.

1v3s will help you improve because if you can 1v3 it makes 1v2s a lot less freighting and 1v1s a cake walk

Haha this is because pros and streamers fill their heads with this. I know a guy that is masters and has been playing since season 1, and despite the fact that he can output serious damage, he always needs to be revived or picked up. Even he admits that he has poor decision making (this was a master player mind you). When I play with him I can't play at my optimal and when I stream he'll comment "why can't you get kills like this when we play together" and I say "it's because I'm always distracted by your nonsense" lol being a prior Lifeline main I could tell he was either an Ocatne main or Wraith main before becoming a Valk main. Btw he loves to push everything xD then gets knocked. But at least he gets the opponents one shot or at least close.

@@damianplatt8886 dying a lot doesn't really equal improvement. Mitigating the amount of damage you play, playing cover, actually knocking a player in a 1v1 does equal improvement. I still to this day will get players that have 11k kills, push a fight alone as wraith or Pathfinder and then leave immediately. I think the Pathfinder I had was a good Pathfinder because he got 4 kills, but they're legit horrible teammates. I found myself getting super bored today despite getting master and pred teammates, but they were such horrible teammates that I was just alone half the time because they left. I even had a pred valk I was playing duos with today that took off after pinged that I needed ammo. Found some in a nearby bin. I turn to go to her (as Lifeline mind you) just as I did to help her with a fight prior, and she got knocked to a Pathfinder. She left despite that I was actually a lot closer to her location then she thought. And guess what, I killed the Pathfinder (he was a solo). So yes, maybe they will improve in a selfish way, but these sorts of players are why I'm kind of fed up with ranked, because despite the fact that they might actually CAN shoot, they have no idea how to be a good teammate. Dropping loot or heals when your teammate is in need, and God forbid if they need to retrieve your banner in ranked. Chances are they will respawn you and run off leaving you alone (and honestly what's the point in even doing this if they'll run off) or they have no idea how to do so, so they just resort to ratting. Don't get me wrong I respect master and pred players for the amount of time and effort they put into the game, but some can be super selfish.

This is a great tip. Learning gun versatility is so important because you never know when you’re gonna be stuck with a p2020 or a mozam or an opticless sentinel

For any beginner I believe the best goal is to get the badge rewarded from getting 10 wins with 8 different legends. It's a good goal. There's at least 2 legends any person despises in those 8, that right there will grow one's awareness for other legends abilities, weaknesses and strengths

@@michaelrichard4966 do people ever “1 trick” legends? Is that a thing in Apex? I started earlier this week and i gotta say, Rampart is actually so nasty and i’m glad she doesnt get picked much because I generally like to play more obscure and odd legends. For example, In League of Legends, my main champ in the jungle was usually Nidalee, but I’d often get bored of that and pick Brand Jungle. 😂 people would think im trolling till my they saw my KDA. I finished one of my best games as brand with a KDA of 18/3/15 and pissed a lotta people off with it. Oddly fun and satisfying to pull off. Do you think I could pull off a similar thing with Rampart if I 1 trick her? Im trying to learn to a-wall slide but the inputs on controller are brutal without paddles/rear buttons.

I would say this to any wraith player who either is just using her because everyone else is or they see streamers & KZfaqrs use them and try and copy what they are doing without knowing why that's why I also don't get when I see a players that has 5-6 digit kills on one character like most of my legends have 3 digit kills besides a handful that I literally don't like playing

Legend versatility is so important. This game was based off of Overwatch and Fortnite and the character setup of your team is imperative in ranked.

I still lose no matter how big of an advantage i have hell i could cheat and i would still lose somehow

Went from 0.79 to 1.12 what helped me was getting more aggressive and being confident in fights + new 144hz monitor

Listen if you’re third partying you can bet a fourth is on its way

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That's how I feel

Pings are also great. With a press of a button you can pretty much tell the squad exactly what you intend to do and they can choose to agree or disagree with the action. A shame no one uses this extremely useful took

@@chromie6571 problem is, the ping system needs an update. You cant ping if you need an assault rifle, you cant ping you need laser sight, you cant ping tell teammates to observe a particular place incase enemies show up (can only ping you're watching there and they wont), you cant ping enemies are pushing you (should replace going to fight enemies with that). that ping is useless

@@theosclong1201 You can actually ping for any attachments by pinging the slots in your inventory. You can even ask for an upgrade by pinging an attachment you already have. I do agree that some pings are useless and some could be changed to something else, but that would take a lot of voice actor work for a system that most people would never touch.

Guessing some people really rely on then. For me personally it's way too noisy. I use comms only when playing with friends currently because most of the times when I'm fighting I get super quiet anyways (focusing and listening for audio cues). Plus I've spent almost 8 seasons not using comms and am use to using strictly pings. Besides most players that use mics will just talk the entire time, say absolutely nothing until AFTER they get knocked, or will have annoying music playing. This is in ranked. I'm not saying they can't use mics, but they don't use them efficiently to rely any sort of helpful information. Besides, if you want to rotate somewhere or disengage, a simply ping to suggest a location works just fine. Even pinging that you want to defend an area gives me enough information. But I'm under the impression that some people truly can't work without it.

@@chromie6571 exactly. I've had teammates take off alone while I turned around for a split second to find that they've gotten knocked. Then they turn on their mics to complain that uts my fault for not looking at the map lol like...ping...it's not hard at all. Say I'm a tiny bit accupied, literally if my teammates ping that they see an enemy or are running off I immediately look at the map. Not a lot of players use the ping. And the ones that do only use it in an annoying way to let us know someone is doing a finisher on them lol

well this also depends, what rank you are and how good you are, I am a master player, and I try to hot drop from bronze to plat and I 4 out of 5 times win with now 6 kp and can do whatever I want without thinking about my Lp gain

yeah problem with no fill duos it insane matchmaking time. can last 10 minutes or more

@@theosclong1201 damn! I don't have that problem. That must suuuck

Yeah the match time is always shit for some reason for me

Most of my 3k damage games were solo duos, even had one game where i killed most of the lobby, but sadly got 16kills instead of 20 as Bangalore.

No i am not trying to be faide, i am trying to be me

I am trying to become me but a pro version lol

Wraith and Octane mains

@@momentykk then solo queue.

@@donovanthomas9572 i played like 150 matches

well a huge tip is to know what is on teams, having streamer mode on, it replaces names with the character being played, so you can see the guns and character teams are using in the kill feed, also, a simple trick, just call out anything and everything you see teams doing, rotating, new teams engaging, pay attention to the zone, the worst thing is being zone held because you didn’t rotate

Well learning the map is kinda hard, but playing a lot helps, and watch other people play and see where they sit and hold

You'd be amazed that even some good players will still utter the words "I suck"or "I whiffed" I've heard aceu, ItTimmy, ShivFPS and faide say it. They have their moments. Tbh honest it made me appreciate the fact that everyone makes mistakes. I'm not gonna lie though, for the longest time I thought pred players never got knocked. I thought good players never ever see the ground and that they carry their teammates every game. I was wrong lol everybody, I'm sure, would appreciate a good, or at least, a decent teammate. Even some season 0 vets will say they're bad at the game. This really took me some time to accept as truth 😄

Is your sensitivity set to high? Also stop moving around so much lol a simple strafe from left to right is enough. A wall bounce over a thermite can be handy, but why do people do this in a fight. If a player has LOS on you, all that movement means nothing. Catching a player off guard is much more effective. Tracking a players movement is effective. Movement is just to look cool. I'm not saying DON'T move, but I am saying that is you face a player with good tracking and aim, the movement falls apart. I met a guy that us always talking about what he can do, that he's learning to super glide and everything, and when we que up in duos he's the first to go down EVERY TIME and doesn't know why. It's simple, it's clear he's doing something wrong. Walking into a fight without knowing what you're walking into (decision-making), TOO much movement to the point that you are missing all your shots (we have aim assist, let it work for you. The more you move, the less it can help you) and lastly, you're probably not utilizing cover effectively. I'll even tell you something, most players have a tough time shooting a none movement target. I remember I decided to play like a bot while playing Mirage and do as little movement as possible. I go do many kills. At one point a Bangalore started strafing back and forth even though I was clearly standing in one spot. It was mind boggling! But a lesson that some players try way too hard to look cool, when literally all it takes is a tiny peek around a corner to shoot and kill someone with a mastiff. Just try staying still, even if it means you might die. Then when you get that movement that's been ingrained in your mind out, you can start implementing it in small amounts.

play mirage each time you are undecided

@@theosclong1201 why i mean i'll still carry my whole level 10 teammates

Then pick a legend based on what your teammates picked. Pick the legend that fits the best with what they took

@@ateyaba7253 i play no fill

Hahaha the moment I see them hesitate and look completely lost I lose hope xD I remember my first encounter with a pred team while soloing. I was watching the killfeed and I figured the team me and my teammaters were approaching was the pred team. I was super hyped to see if I could test my skills (which was probably really low, but I believe facing good players helps me improve). One teammate went down immediately. Then the other. My shields were cracked and all I could think was "aw crap, well this didn't last long" before they aped me lol I have faced two alone in duos though without knowing it. My teammate wondered off alone to loot and got beamed. I thought that was weird. As I came into the room he was in I got pushed by a wraith, and then an octane. I was lucky enough to knock the wraith, so it helped. The thing is most preds are super aggressive with good aim...if the randoms can't hold their own...yeah the pred team will smell this and pounce xD I use to be terrified of preds, I still kinda am, but they're just like every other player. It's better to improve with a good player than wiping a bunch of new players and thinking it makes a player good at the game.

Yes you need to reach that rank on both splits

Hahaha I've had that happen in control as well. It's a douche move for sure and the only way to outplay this is to have teammates that are just as good, unfortunately.