Back in the day I used to play HALO 3 a lot and I was very good, 50 in every playlist and 49 in MLG, even beat Believe The Hype in scrims, however, I played a little of REACH, skipped HALO 4 multiplayer as it was terrible and I’ve had two kids since then and I cannot seem to get my shots or strafe down properly in HALO 5. I used to do left, left, right, jump on HALO 3 and the circle strafe, but they do not work anymore, does anyone have any tips?
controller:
1 sense
5 acceleration
0 dead zones
no vibration
Use some cover when strafing I find this help me survive a bit better, you may also want to try using bumperjumper or helljumper controls so you can jump and fire at the same time a bit easier. Also look up Luke TheNotable he has some pretty good tutorials on aiming and strafing.
Every old strafe works in Halo 5, I use the circle strafe all the time. Now you can combine them with a thrust just before the opponent shoots and have an even deadlier strafe. Team Beyond has an old but very good strafe vid updated for Halo 5 that goes over everything really well, check their youtube channel. Crouching is also really good in Halo 5.
Its just harder to aim in Halo 5 than Halo 3, its much more similar to HaloCE in that regard. In Halo 5 even pro’s get between 40-60% accuracy, the days of getting all 4-5 shots are gone. Your settings are good; 1 sens is kinda low, maybe try a higher sens and lower accel?
The best way to get your shot back is mass gaming in ranked playlists. Grind Team Arena, Slayer, or FFA and get that muscle memory back.
I don’t have many tips with strafing, but just remember that your sensitivity should be comfortable and complement your playstyle. If you like using ADS and fighting at range, you’ll most likely enjoy a lower sensitivity. If you’re a close to medium range player, you’ll most likely benefit from a higher sensitivity.
It’s likely you’ll want an inner deadzone of 5-10% as 0-5% is too twitchy between server stabilities.
I suggest 2-5% outer deadzone to compensate for any stick inperfections.
Sensitivity of 3-4 with an acceleration of 3 is very popular with higher skill levels.
I have a sensitivity of 3.5/4.5 X/Y to make my stick input match my intentions, ie, 45’ = 45’. I know if I got to play more I’d be around 5-6 sensitivity.
I really wish we didn’t have the acceleration curve the way we do in H5 but have found 3 to be a sweet spot with my deadzones+accelerations to allow the reticle magnetism to help me as intended.
Any faster and overreactions seem too occur. Any slower and CQB is too slow.
You’ll have to mess with this one the most with your playstyle to find out how to best not fight the red reticle assists.