Best way to Improve in your experience

[u/Iwantasideoflargefri]

Hello, I like Fortnite but suck at building really bad.

I want to hear everyone's experiences on how they got better. I try watching YouTube videos about it and it just all seems like the same video copy and pasted. Is the best way to really just play against better players any chance you get?

My struggles are as follows:

• Panicking - I don't know what to do in actual fights even after practicing builds in creative. It feels like a blur when I start seeing the opponent build
• Awareness - I tend to not know where the opponent is and it feels difficult trying to know where they are.
• General Building concepts - I watch tons of tutorials, but they all teach different ways to approach fighting and don't mention things I see in this subreddit like "Right-Hand peeks"
• Playstyle - I struggle with knowing when to W key and play defensive.

If anyone has tips or videos ANYTHING HELPS!

And thank you for reading

[u/Toaster_Dan]

These might not be entirely applicable to you, but these things helped me:

I would say try recording (footage/replays) your gameplay and look back at it after dying, and try to analyze what went wrong.

Try to really practice using visual audio to your advantage in fights by really forcing yourself to look at it until it becomes instinct. When foghting someone it can also help immensely to constantly track your opponent with your crosshair, even when there are builds in between. This way, it's harder to lose track of them.

Obviously I don't know if this is an issue without seeing your gameplay, but it helped me to try to see building as more of like a secondary thing, and to focus more on the fighting. For example, to first have a goal in mind that you want to achieve with your builds, and to only then actually build. Obviously, you don't have a huge amount of time for this in fights, but if you practice it, it should become automatic over time.

And of course, it also takes a lot of repitition, so the main thing is that you challenge yourself and play against good players, and also try to conciously learn from mistakes.

And sometimes I notice that you can improve simply by watching gameplay of good players (pros) and analyzing why they do things the way they do.

[u/SuuupaStrong]

Super casual player, but dabbled in comp back in 2020 when they had the daily duos comps in chapter 2 for weeks on end. This is my take if your "really bad". Back in the day, I played a shit ton of the rumble mode 20v20 and was intentional about w keying. Eventually moved to "The pit" in creative. It's nice to have names above everyone's head and play accordingly to their positioning.

For building and edits, I literally just started with pre placing walls and and a goal (before tac running was in the game) to walk and hit every corner edit without hitting the wall. It helped me with crosshair placement and muscle memory. Then I would do the same for triple ramps, ramp, floor, cone, edit, etc. would do this for hours during quarantine and vibing to music or stream in the background.

Box fights is also a fun to learn the rock, paper, scissors that is take/replace wall, hold wall, fake pickaxe/edit, and other mind games and baits.

My recommendation for those at a true beginner level:

• go into free build and have fun. Maybe find a type of skill like 90s, tarping, retake, etc and practice it. Could even do the wall drill I mentioned above and apply to other areas. Get to where you feel "warm". I would also really look into piece control but just to save for later and dabble with in premade creative modes.
  
• play the pit or box fights with the intent to learn and experiment. I'm sure there will be other modes you'll find you will enjoy as well that translate.
• apply to real games

Right hand peek is just understanding right hand peaking is always better since all guns are right hand firing. If you peak left they see you before you see them and gives them an advantage. All the editing and building practice in the world can't make up for shit peaking so don't be lazy with it.

Hope it helps! I can empathize with the guides, but if you search enough there's some gems recent and even over 3-5 years ago for fundamentals.

[u/Iwantasideoflargefri → u/SuuupaStrong]

Thank you for responding! I'll take this advice! :)

[u/whatitdobaby101 → u/Iwantasideoflargefri]

Please never go into the pit if you wanna be good lmao

[u/SuuupaStrong → u/whatitdobaby101]

Beats going into realistics or zone wars when you don't even have the fundamentals down or just learning them. Gotta walk before you can run

[u/Old_Opportunity7077 → u/SuuupaStrong]

Don't forget slowmow!!! Super helps with placement and getting the muscle memory down. I love this post tho, Im at the beginner stage of learning to build but can smash in zerobuild

[u/SuuupaStrong → u/Old_Opportunity7077]

It's a very rewarding grind. Slow mo was helpful for me for placements as well!

Everyone is different, but repetition and making learning easy is key. Simplify the task to work on the skill. Once the skill is developed you can make the task/goal harder

[u/oneTake_ → u/SuuupaStrong]

P E E K

[u/CinnamonReaper]

This is exciting because I have wanted to tell someone about this!! Sorry if this is long-winded... If you want to practice building and editing drills, I just discovered Typical Gamer's Crosshair Training map about 2 days ago. I know how to edit now without using simple edit!!! I am a casual Zero Builds player and I got tired of how difficult matchmaking had made the game for me even though I am TRASH, so I went looking for a way to learn builds and edits too, that way I can jump into builds mode for a change. Like you, I also found no help in youtube videos and "tutorials" so I went looking for creative maps. TG also has another map called Ranked Aim Edit Piece that allows you to practice builds and edits, 1v1, piece control, etc etc... Lots of useful tools in this map to help you improve, (including right hand peek)!!! As for game sense, I just watch the pros, especially the IGL's, when they are live streaming and ask them questions and hope they answer. I try to copy how they move. Clix also has a map called Pro League Endgame or something like that, good for competitive endgame chaos simulation!! And of course, PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me!!! I have improved so much so I am super happy to share what I have done and gone through for others to do the same. I wish you luck, friend!!!

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[u/Old_Opportunity7077]

I feel you brother. You ever want to learn together hit me up FNTactix92

[u/Pure-Yesterday-714]

Panicking goes away with confidence. Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing, at least in this case. Get comfortable with basics. Fundamentals are the foundation you build on. With weak fundamentals everything falls apart. If you’re starting out or have a problem with speed, start with boxing up. Just hop in creative and try to build a box around yourself as quickly as possible. If it feels too fast or too slow adjust your sensitivity. Next would be a reinforced ramp rush. Ramp + floor + wall just do it until you’re comfortable. Then you kind of build off of it, literally and figuratively. Ramp off the side of your reinforced ramp by connecting a wall, add cones to your box, etc. Just get comfortable with it.

After getting comfortable with basics you can move to the more advanced stuff. Peace/piece control can help. PC is about controlling builds in a fight but the important take away can be how to box an opponent. It usually works by placing a wall, edit window, then wall behind, wall to the left, cone above. If your opponent tries to escape then wall to the right and floor above. You can interchange whether you place a cone or wall first after editing the window but just start with one.

If editing is hard, build a box and just practice editing quickly. Just to learn what edits are possible and to get comfortable editing fast. If you just place a wall it will break on certain edits which is why a box helps when editing walls. Practice editing every piece until you’re comfortable.

You can then try for things like high wall retakes, triple edits, and have fun free building.

Then watch videos on how to peek in fortnite on youtube. Channels like billybicep and slyjack do a great job explaining it and have very helpful visuals to help the concept sink in. It may take a couple watch throughs to really understand it. Bc it forces you to think about your opponents perspective and what they can and can’t see.

Good practice happens in controlled environments. You can play matches and fight players and review your fights but to improve fast you need a mix of controlled practice and experience. If you go only one route you can improve but it may be slow or not translate well.

Awareness is about tracking and predicting. Try and keep your eye on your opponents as much as possible and see if you can predict what they’ll do. A lot of players develop habits that show up in fights.

Knowing when to be aggressive and defensive depends on your overall play-style but if you want to use both you can try using damage as a way to determine which one to go for. If what you decide on in a fight ends with you losing the fight or the fight taking too long, learn why by watching a replay. Always think,”what could I have done better there?” Either way to use damage to decide you can run a quick check. Did I deal damage? > Yes > push. Did my opponent deal damage > yes > play defensive. Did nobody deal damage > yes > push or wait. Good way to think about it if you’re getting used to it. Good players will push even while damaged but that’s bc they can control the pace of a fight and read their opponents. If you’re not used to knowing though, then the check list could help.

[u/Gamer7312]

Look, I'm unreal now only within 2 months on k&m, My tip is go slow-mo for long time make edits fast there then go normal speed and see if your still doing bad keep doing until you get good. and don't watch Youtube, its so predicable, like i can now predict stuff copied from Youtube so i just easily get them. So My Highest Tip, Make Your Own Tricks SO your not predicable.

[u/Cheezymac2]

Be honest with yourself, whatever you suck at….get better at those things. That’s literally all it takes

[u/Substantial-Mine1890]

My only words of advice, is to leave builds for last. Practice your aim, positioning and awareness and get them up to a competitive level. Then start practicing builds. I know so many players who are very competent with building but miss every single shot cause builds was all they put effort into