Guide to Becoming a Pro Fortnite Player

Aug 20, 2024

How to Become a Pro Fortnite Player

Introduction

  • Personal experience: Made FNCS Grand Finals for the first time.
  • Intention: Share tutorials to help improve skills in Fortnite.
  • Video aim: Guide from beginner to pro, with future content focused on duo performance.

Overview

  • Three key steps to improve:
    1. Learn basic mechanics.
    2. Improve fighting skills.
    3. Enhance game sense.

Step 1: Improve Mechanics

  • Focus: Learning basic game mechanics like building and editing.
  • Practice Maps:
    • Maps with piece control drills, free building drills, and aim courses.
    • Recommendations:
      1. Jiven practice map - includes aim drills, retake trainers, piece control drills.
      2. How to piece control map - teaches different piece control scenarios.
      3. How to build map - learn basic retakes, includes voice tutorials.
  • Analogy: Like learning chess openings or dribbling in basketball as fundamentals.
  • Additional Resources: Videos for detailed drill breakdowns.

Step 2: Improve Fighting Skills

  • Objective: Gain fighting experience and confidence.
  • Expectations: Initial difficulty in winning fights; improvement over time.
  • Practice Regimen:
    • Start day with practice maps (15-30 mins), then play 1v1s or ranked games.
    • Shift focus from maps to real-game scenarios.
  • Advice:
    • Fight against players at or above your skill level.
    • Avoid excessively easy opponents.
    • Enjoyment is key; practice should be fun.
  • Practice Tools: Forever brand maps like Forever Zone Wars and box fights.
  • Indicators of Progress:
    • Successfully W key in ranked.
    • Win solo victory cup fights.

Step 3: Enhance Game Sense

  • Key Focus: Scrims and real-game scenarios.
  • What are Scrims?
    • Competitive practice rounds for tournaments with specific rules.
    • Helps with storm surge and endgame practice.
  • Focus Areas in Scrims:
    • Efficient looting and drop spot planning.
    • Getting storm surge tags early.
    • Reviewing and learning from past games.
    • Positioning for storm surge.
  • Additional Focus:
    • Team chemistry and rotation in endgames.
    • Enhancing duo rhythm.

Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Acknowledge the importance of scrims despite not always practicing them.
  • Tease next video discussing duo strategies with Piggle.
  • Encourage subscribing to catch next content about performance tips.