14 Tips to for PRO Level Apex Movement

[00:00] These are 14 tips that will help you

[00:01] learn and incorporate movement into your

[00:03] gameplay, not just easy, but fast. My

[00:06] name's District. I'm a professional Apex

[00:08] Legends coach, and this is what I did to

[00:10] teach myself how to learn and perform

[00:12] movement in game with zero effort. If

[00:15] this video helps you, make sure to punch

[00:16] the like button and subscribe. It's

[00:18] free, it helps me out, and you get to

[00:20] see me more often on your feet. Tip

[00:22] number one is learning what's even

[00:23] possible in Apex. Because Apex has

[00:25] literally hundreds of different

[00:27] mechanics in the game, from movement

[00:28] tech to game physics, all of which will

[00:30] help you interact with the environment

[00:31] around you. And without knowing what's

[00:33] possible, you're going to stay

[00:35] completely clueless. Apex Movement Wiki

[00:36] has a library of every single movement

[00:38] tech in the game, giving you the chance

[00:40] to learn what you're able to do without

[00:42] wasting your time scrolling YouTube for

[00:43] the most inclusive guides. Apex Movement

[00:46] Wiki is the best because not only has it

[00:48] cataloged everything possible, but it

[00:49] also categorizes it from easiest to

[00:52] hardest, most useful to least useful,

[00:54] and even legend specific movement tech.

[00:56] And if you're like me and you have a

[00:57] favorite legend, like Pathfinder, you

[00:59] can look at all the different Pathfinder

[01:01] specific tech to help you better main

[01:02] your favorite legend. If you're brand

[01:04] new to movement, you can start off with

[01:05] the more useful and easy techs, and you

[01:07] can work your way up the difficulty

[01:08] ladder as you keep developing your

[01:10] skills with the tips throughout this

[01:11] video. When learning new movement,

[01:13] practice each step one step at a time.

[01:15] Especially for more advanced movement

[01:17] mechanics, either ones that have a lot

[01:18] of combinations or a lot of inputs

[01:20] involved or ones that have insanely

[01:22] difficult timings. My biggest mistake

[01:24] when getting into movement was thinking

[01:25] after watching a video once, my hands

[01:27] would just magically know the flow and

[01:28] the muscle memory to perform everything

[01:30] perfectly. But boy, was I wrong.

[01:32] Instead, take the movement that you're

[01:33] trying to learn. Let's say it's

[01:34] something like a mantle jump, like I

[01:36] myself just recently learned, and break

[01:38] it down into singular inputs. Go slow at

[01:40] first, even if the timing is completely

[01:42] off and you're not hitting the mechanic,

[01:44] then slowly start picking up the pace.

[01:46] This is a really easy way to train your

[01:47] hands how they're going to need to move

[01:49] before you go full speed and have a

[01:51] brain anorism trying to fly your hands

[01:52] around a keyboard or a controller. As an

[01:54] example, my mantle jump looks something

[01:56] like interact, jump, pull back, super

[01:58] jump. But at half speed, what it might

[02:00] look like is interact, jump, pull back,

[02:05] flick up, and super jump. Obviously, the

[02:07] timing didn't work because I'm learning

[02:08] how my hand is supposed to interact with

[02:11] each individual key, each individual

[02:13] step. And as you start building more and

[02:15] more of a rhythm, it will start looking

[02:17] a lot faster, and eventually you'll go

[02:19] at full speed again, where you'll start

[02:21] hitting it perfect at the right speed.

[02:23] Tip number three, start adding more

[02:25] mechanics that give you momentum. As you

[02:27] fight or position, you'll find that

[02:29] naturally you have to pause. And that

[02:31] pause keeps you from moving. Whether it

[02:32] be healing, reloading, landing off a

[02:34] slide jump, or fall stun after hitting

[02:36] the ground a little bit too hard. Now

[02:37] that you're stopped, you need to get

[02:39] moving again. So adding mechanics like

[02:41] instant slides, super jumps, fatigue

[02:42] wall jumps, super glides, or mantle

[02:44] boosts is a great way to get yourself

[02:46] moving again. Don't know how to perform

[02:47] those mechanics? Make sure you're sub

[02:49] for when I start pumping out quick one

[02:51] minute tutorials next week with a bunch

[02:53] of different mechanics in the game. The

[02:54] key here is there's a lot of mechanics

[02:55] in the game that instantly give you

[02:57] momentum. Learn them and start

[02:58] implementing them for whenever you find

[03:00] yourself stuck. Tip number four, learn

[03:02] to hold and keep your momentum. It's one

[03:04] thing to get yourself moving, but it's

[03:05] another thing to keep yourself moving.

[03:07] Some mechanics give you momentum, but

[03:08] only one will actually keep it. Slides

[03:11] preserve whatever momentum that you

[03:12] enter that slide with. So, coming in at

[03:14] full speed off a Pathfinder grapple just

[03:16] to land in a stand, it's going to stop

[03:18] you near instant. This is where slides

[03:20] come in. They'll keep all that speed

[03:22] even though it's just for a short period

[03:23] of time. So, to keep the momentum for

[03:25] longer, you'll add what's called bunny

[03:27] hopping to your slide. A B hop is a way

[03:29] to keep your slide infinitely. And once

[03:31] you stop bunny hopping, you'll finally

[03:33] finish your slide. B hopping is when you

[03:34] enter a slide, but every time that you

[03:36] touch the ground, you jump, which will

[03:38] push you forward and preserve your

[03:39] momentum. You can use this when you're

[03:40] jumping off a zipline, slide jumping,

[03:43] grappling, super gliding, or anything

[03:45] that gives you momentum. This is the

[03:47] secret movement that nobody will share

[03:49] with you. It's super basic, but it does

[03:50] so much for you. Bonus movement tip:

[03:52] movement mechanics work best when you

[03:54] have a special method to hit them

[03:56] consistently. Take a super jump on

[03:57] controller or a super glide on a

[03:59] keyboard as an example. On controller, a

[04:01] super jump can be really tricky. You

[04:03] have to interact with a zipline and

[04:04] double jump. But that double jump gets a

[04:06] lot of people because by lifting your

[04:07] thumb off the jump button, you waste

[04:09] time needed to reinput on that last

[04:11] jump. But by using my personal slide

[04:13] method, you can slide your thumb over

[04:15] two buttons at once, then quickly hit

[04:17] the last button insanely fast. Or if you

[04:19] have a pro controller like the Storm

[04:21] Controller, you can do this method on

[04:22] back paddles and keep your thumbs on the

[04:24] sticks the entire time. For keyboard

[04:26] players, superglides can be very tricky.

[04:28] Having your thumb even just a hair too

[04:30] far forward will completely change your

[04:32] hand positioning and superglide timing.

[04:34] So, by flipping your key caps so that

[04:35] the crouch is slightly higher than the

[04:37] spacebar, your crouch inputs will come

[04:39] in slightly sooner. Or adjusting your

[04:41] hand position, like resting your knuckle

[04:43] between the gaps of your keys, can also

[04:45] give you more consistency in how you

[04:47] press down on the crouch and jump key.

[04:49] Or if you have a pro keyboard, you can

[04:50] also tune how far you need to press down

[04:52] each key for its input to register. So

[04:55] depending on your hand size, your grip

[04:57] or position, the type of controller or

[04:59] keyboard that you're playing on, you can

[05:00] come up with special and unique

[05:02] techniques so that you can hit specific

[05:04] movement mechanics a lot more

[05:06] consistently. Tip number five, for more

[05:08] fluid movement, incorporate more angled

[05:10] running. Too many players seem to be

[05:12] moving forwards and turning only by

[05:14] using their camera. This gives you this

[05:15] very blocky feeling where everything

[05:17] seems to happen really late across your

[05:19] screen. Instead, try running more on a

[05:20] 45° angle. This helps you look where you

[05:22] need to look, but move where you need to

[05:24] move through. Then, as you start getting

[05:26] more comfortable with this, start adding

[05:28] it to more mechanical movements. Instead

[05:30] of doing a 180°ree tap strafe, try

[05:33] running on a 45°ree angle into the tab

[05:35] strafe. That way, you only need to turn

[05:37] 135° in order to land into the wall and

[05:40] jump on out of it. This is an insanely

[05:42] basic thing, and I think that's why it

[05:44] gets overlooked a lot of the time, but

[05:45] it is 100% crucial for more consistent,

[05:48] fluid movement. Tip number six is you

[05:50] should be using gear that supports what

[05:51] you're trying to do because movement is

[05:53] very input intensive. You're constantly

[05:55] holstering your weapons, unholstering,

[05:57] interacting, double jumping, crouching,

[05:59] sliding, all while using your camera and

[06:01] other movement binds. So, if you're not

[06:02] able to hit all of your buttons at the

[06:04] same time while also keeping your thumbs

[06:06] on the camera, you're going to have a

[06:07] very big issue. So, here are three

[06:09] really good options to fix this. First

[06:10] and foremost, use a different grip like

[06:12] claw. Claw keeps your thumbs on the

[06:14] stick while using your index finger for

[06:16] your AXYB or triangle circle X square

[06:18] inputs. This is going to be really hard

[06:20] for a lot of people and it can cause

[06:21] issues in their hands over time. Which

[06:23] leads me to the second option and one

[06:25] that I personally used when I was

[06:27] playing on a default Xbox controller.

[06:28] Play with a different button layout that

[06:30] moves less essential inputs like

[06:32] punching to buttons that are less easier

[06:34] to hit and more essential inputs like

[06:36] jumping, crouching, swapping weapons to

[06:38] easier buttons to hit. The default

[06:40] preset like Ninja or Evolved are decent

[06:43] presets for this, but they're not that

[06:45] good in comparison to some of the other

[06:46] things that you can do. Which leads me

[06:48] to the third option. Get a pro

[06:50] controller. The one that you choose to

[06:51] buy honestly does not matter. The only

[06:54] thing that's important is that one, it's

[06:56] in your budget, whatever that might be.

[06:57] And two, you can comfortably hold

[07:00] whatever controller that you choose to

[07:01] get. Ideally, your Pro Controller should

[07:03] have at least four extra buttons that

[07:05] you can map your AXYB input to. And you

[07:08] should be able to hit all those four

[07:09] buttons without ever removing your

[07:10] thumbs off the sticks. And now you're

[07:12] all of a sudden able to crouch, jump,

[07:14] swap weapon, holster, reload, interact

[07:16] with certain objects without ever taking

[07:18] your thumbs off the sticks. One

[07:19] controller that really caught my

[07:20] attention recently is a brand new

[07:22] release, the Storm Controller from

[07:23] Mojang. And dude, I swear Mojang has

[07:26] been pumping out some absolute bangers

[07:28] recently. And here's the reason why.

[07:29] First and foremost, this is by far the

[07:30] most important one. It is dirt cheap.

[07:32] for 50 bucks, which is way cheaper than

[07:35] a default Xbox controller on Amazon. It

[07:37] has four paddles on the back that are

[07:39] really comfortable and really easy to

[07:40] hit all at the same time while keeping

[07:42] your thumbs on the stick. Three, it uses

[07:43] the newest version of a TMR stick, the

[07:46] KSL JS13 Pro, which according to Reddit

[07:49] from what I've seen so far, is one of

[07:50] the best, if not the best, TMR stick

[07:53] right now. Doesn't really matter for

[07:54] movement, but because you're going to be

[07:55] moving around a lot, you're going to be

[07:57] aiming a lot more, too. TMR sticks are

[07:59] the most accurate. They break the least

[08:01] amount and they have the lowest amount

[08:03] of latency out of all of the sticks on

[08:05] the market right now. The third

[08:06] function, which doesn't really matter

[08:07] too much, but it's really cool to see on

[08:09] a controller so cheap, the side handles

[08:11] have textured grip, which you almost

[08:13] never see on controllers that are sub

[08:15] $70, especially on $50 controllers.

[08:18] Function 4, it has insanely high pulling

[08:20] rates, which basically just means that

[08:21] there's a lot less latency. The

[08:23] controller is more responsive, and when

[08:24] doing very intense movements like super

[08:26] glides, which the timing is wild at, it

[08:29] helps a lot. And function number five,

[08:30] it even supports gyro, which may not

[08:32] help Xbox players that much. I don't

[08:34] know if gyro works on Xbox, but it

[08:36] definitely works on PC. And you can bind

[08:38] that gyro function to a mouse and

[08:40] keyboard input. So, if you know who

[08:41] Ecstasy is, he uses a gyro controller,

[08:43] and he also binds his gyro to MK Flick.

[08:46] That's how he's able to make such

[08:48] insanely fast movements even though

[08:50] controller has a cap on sensitivity.

[08:52] Another little bonus feature also the

[08:53] app that you need in order to modify the

[08:55] controller can all be done from your

[08:56] phone or if you have a PC you can

[08:58] download the app on your PC as well. So

[09:00] customizing the controller is insanely

[09:02] easy. And I know it doesn't need to be

[09:03] said, but I'm going to say it anyways.

[09:05] You guys know I only talk about products

[09:07] that I specifically use or would

[09:09] consider purchasing myself. And for 50

[09:11] bucks, it's really hard not to just go

[09:13] out of my way and get this controller so

[09:15] that I can give you guys a genuinely

[09:17] good review of a good controller. If you

[09:18] guys want to check it out, I'll leave an

[09:20] Amazon link in the description down

[09:21] below. I don't get any money from it.

[09:23] It's there for you. Or if you want to

[09:24] support me, if I can even figure out a

[09:25] way to do that, it'll be tagged

[09:27] somewhere on this video. Tip number

[09:28] seven. Once you've learned individual

[09:30] mechanics like wall jumps, tap strafes,

[09:32] mantle jumps, and superglides, it's time

[09:33] to learn advanced movement, which is

[09:35] just a cool way of saying chaining

[09:37] movement mechanics together. The easiest

[09:39] way to think about chaining movement is

[09:40] the last input of your first movement is

[09:43] now the first input of your last

[09:45] movement. Let's take a wall jump tap

[09:46] strafe for an example. A wall jump

[09:48] consists of a slide jump mantling onto

[09:51] the wall and jumping off the wall. The

[09:53] last input being a jump off the wall. A

[09:56] tap strafe, however, consists of a jump,

[09:58] then a scroll forward. The first input

[10:00] being a jump into the air. So, when you

[10:02] combine them together, you treat the

[10:03] jump off the wall as you would jumping

[10:05] off the ground for the tap strafe. Tip

[10:07] number eight is learning how to properly

[10:09] chain and time your mechanics together.

[10:11] A lot of people have an issue with

[10:13] especially super fast timing mechanics

[10:16] like a superglide tap strafe is they

[10:18] wait to see that they've hit the super

[10:20] glide before they go to tap strafe. And

[10:22] just like you saw right there, I

[10:24] completely missed out on being able to

[10:25] tap strafe. That's because a lot of

[10:27] mechanics like tap strafing, super

[10:29] gliding, mantle jumping have very small

[10:32] windows where you can add other

[10:33] mechanics into it. So, a pro tip when

[10:36] trying to learn how to properly chain

[10:38] mechanics together is don't wait until

[10:41] you've seen that you've hit the mechanic

[10:43] before you go to add the next one. You

[10:46] need to build a muscle memory and you

[10:47] need to build a habit of just

[10:49] understanding that that window is really

[10:51] small to input. So, you don't have any

[10:53] extra wiggle room to react. You need to

[10:55] just immediately go into the next

[10:57] mechanic as if you were going to hit it

[10:59] no matter what. This also applies to

[11:01] wall jump, tap strafing, and literally

[11:03] just any type of combining mechanics

[11:05] together. When I go for a wall jump, tap

[11:08] strafe. I'm not going to wall jump and

[11:09] then see that I hit it and then change

[11:12] because by then my tap strafe is going

[11:13] to wear off and that window is going to

[11:15] pass and my tap strafe just isn't going

[11:16] to be as strong like you saw right

[11:19] there. Tip number nine is have fun with

[11:21] your movement. Don't be so rigid and

[11:22] strict while learning things. Try wall

[11:24] jumping in new places to new spots. Try

[11:27] chaining new things that you've never

[11:28] done before or watch other movement

[11:30] players and be inspired to try new

[11:32] things. Having a really strict idea of

[11:34] how you should be using movement or

[11:35] where you can use it is why most people

[11:37] will never grow out of the limited skill

[11:39] ceiling that they've created for

[11:40] themselves. I saw this one rock on Storm

[11:42] Point and thought, "Hey, what if I try

[11:44] jumping off of it?" And lo and behold,

[11:45] it puts you on the roof of this massive

[11:47] two-story building that takes forever to

[11:50] climb up. So messing around is by far

[11:52] the best way to learn what works and

[11:54] what doesn't. and you might even find

[11:55] something that no one else ever has. Tip

[11:57] number 10 is don't use movement then try

[11:59] to aim. Instead, use movement to aim. As

[12:02] you start doing more mechanics like tap

[12:03] strafing, wall jumping, and even mantle

[12:07] jumping, you're going to be moving

[12:08] around a lot. And trying to aim after

[12:10] you've done your mechanic is a really

[12:13] good way to miss out on that very short

[12:15] window that you have to land a really

[12:16] good shot. So, what you want to make

[12:18] sure that you're always thinking of

[12:19] whenever you're incorporating movement

[12:20] into your game plays and especially into

[12:22] your gunfights, it's thinking about

[12:24] where's the movement going to place you

[12:25] and depending on where it places you,

[12:27] where are your enemies going to be. For

[12:29] example, if I were to hit something like

[12:30] a mantle jump right now, my enemies are

[12:33] going to be not just to my right, but

[12:35] down and to my right. So, making sure

[12:36] that the first thing I do when I hit my

[12:38] mantle jump is flick off to the right

[12:39] side is going to give me a much better

[12:41] chance of being accurate and on target.

[12:43] Now, when you think of aiming, you can

[12:45] think of aiming in two different ways.

[12:47] You can think of through aiming, or you

[12:49] can think of after aiming. Both are

[12:52] similar, but also very different at the

[12:54] same time. Through aiming is when you're

[12:55] thinking of where you're going to be

[12:57] aiming throughout the middle of the

[12:58] movement. For example, when I wall jump,

[13:00] he'll be bottom right of me. My wall

[13:01] jump is going to place my crosshair

[13:04] over his body. This way, I'm not trying

[13:06] to track my enemy as I'm shooting, which

[13:08] takes a lot more time. All I'm doing is

[13:10] I'm letting my movement aim for me.

[13:12] verse after aiming is where you think

[13:14] about placing your crosshair not during

[13:16] the movement but after the movement's

[13:18] finished. If I were to do something like

[13:20] slide and then hit a 180 tap strafe,

[13:22] instead of trying to track throughout

[13:25] the entire motion, I can instead focus

[13:26] on flicking my crosshair

[13:29] on where my target will be after I

[13:31] finish my motion. Wall jump. This might

[13:33] look something like

[13:35] that. And then as you get better and

[13:37] better, then you'll start getting

[13:40] more accurate with where you pre-place

[13:41] your crosshair in order to be

[13:43] successful. Building off the last tip,

[13:44] you don't just want to understand how

[13:46] your movement is going to force you to

[13:48] aim, but you also want to understand

[13:49] about how whether you're moving in

[13:51] closer or whether you're moving away

[13:52] from your target, how that is going to

[13:54] affect you to aim. When you're close to

[13:56] your target or as you move in closer to

[13:58] your target, your target is going to

[14:00] move a lot faster and further across

[14:02] your screen. especially in comparison to

[14:04] where if you were to be a little bit

[14:05] further back. The further back you are

[14:07] or the further away you are from your

[14:08] target, the slower and the shorter it's

[14:10] going to move across your screen. So

[14:11] using mechanics that bring you closer to

[14:14] your target or even past your target are

[14:16] going to force you to make very fast

[14:18] flicks with very quick and hard tracks

[14:22] versus moving away from your target.

[14:23] You're going to have a very slow and

[14:25] shallow track. Fast.

[14:29] Slow.

[14:31] Tip number 12 when learning movement is

[14:33] actually look in the direction that

[14:34] you're trying to go when you use a

[14:36] movement mechanic. A lot of the time I

[14:37] see people trying to do very specific

[14:39] movements like 180° cap strafes, 90°

[14:42] mantle jumps, and a whole bunch of

[14:44] different wild type of movements like a

[14:47] 180 180 cap strafe mantle jump. And the

[14:49] reason why a lot of the time their

[14:50] movement looks something like this when

[14:52] they try to hit 180s instead of like

[14:54] this is because they don't actually turn

[14:56] in the direction that they're trying to

[14:58] go. Don't just turn based off of what

[15:00] you're seeing on your screen. Or don't

[15:02] turn based off of what you think you

[15:03] should be doing. Actually work on

[15:05] building a muscle memory of what is

[15:07] 180°. This is going to make your

[15:09] directional movement a lot more

[15:11] consistent, especially once you start

[15:12] learning how to do very specific

[15:14] movement tech like 180 mantle jumps or

[15:17] directional tap strafes. And it's

[15:19] especially going to be useful once you

[15:21] start learning how to aim with your

[15:23] movement. Really quick example. A lot of

[15:24] people when they start doing movements

[15:26] like tap strafing, when they go to hit a

[15:28] tap strafe, they don't actually look in

[15:30] the direction that they were meaning to

[15:31] look. And by not perfectly moving into

[15:33] that direction, it makes their final

[15:35] adjustment onto target very difficult.

[15:38] So, actually practice turning in the

[15:40] specific direction that you were trying

[15:42] to go. That might seem very obvious, but

[15:44] it's not a skill that a lot of people

[15:45] practice. Tip number 13 is add movement

[15:48] to the sections of your gameplay where

[15:50] you have to have natural pauses. There's

[15:52] so many different things in this game

[15:53] that force you to pause, like reloading,

[15:55] cocking your gun, and even healing. So,

[15:57] instead of dealing with those really

[15:59] awkward pauses in your gameplay, add

[16:01] movement to your gameplay to fill in

[16:03] those blank spots. If I'm in the middle

[16:04] of a 1 v one and I have to hit a reload,

[16:07] adding a wall jump to my movement is

[16:09] going to help me be a little bit harder

[16:10] to hit while I do something that is

[16:11] effectively taking me out of the

[16:13] gunfight. or as I slide in to hit a

[16:14] peacekeeper shot, instead of waiting for

[16:16] my peacekeeper to be cocked before I

[16:18] shoot it again, I might add a tab

[16:19] strafe,

[16:21] a wall jump, or even a mantle boost so

[16:24] that I can always keep myself moving in

[16:26] sections of my gameplay that will

[16:27] typically slow me down. And tip number

[16:29] 14, make sure that you like the video

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