Beginner's Guide to Deathball Skills

Nov 25, 2024

Deathball Beginner Tutorial

Introduction

  • Objective: Improve skills in deathball by learning from better players and mastering basic tricks.
  • Audience: Beginners; experienced players likely already know these tricks.

Five Principles of Deathball

  1. Reaction Time
  2. Curving
  3. Movement
  4. Geometry
  5. Prediction
  • Focus of Video: Reaction Time, Curving, Movement
  • Geometry and Prediction are advanced topics not covered here.

Preparation

  • Check Ping
    • Ideal ping: below 100 ms.
    • Switch servers if ping is high.
    • Avoid blaming ping for losses; find a better server if necessary.

Reaction and Positioning

  • Camera Positioning
    • Use an upward, zoomed-out camera angle to take in more information.
  • Tracking the Ball
    • Always keep the ball and its target in view.
    • Improves reaction time and reduces being caught off guard.
  • Safe Positioning
    • Maintain a safe distance from other players for more reaction time.

Dash Ability Tricks

  • Dealing with Targeting
    • Use dash ability to surprise attacking players.
  • Dash Trick Technique
    • Approach with dash, hit ball away to force opponent errors.
    • Example shown of executing this technique effectively.

Conclusion

  • Demonstration of combining reaction time, curving, and movement.
  • Encouragement to like, subscribe, and comment for more tutorials or a part two.