I don’t hate Halo 5 but I hate that I’m not good at Halo 5, what can I do to actually get good?
This is how I normally play Arena:
At the start of a new month I play the ten placement matches needed to get a rank, then, I wait till the next Arena season starts then do the same again. I hardly play any Arena at all after I achieve a rank because it’s simply not fun for me to play. The reason I don’t play often is that I continually get smashed by good teams and annoyingly good players, the fact that I can’t seem to find the best controller set doesn’t help (my current set up is: Halo 4 buttons and 3 sensitivity and 1 look acceleration).
Another problem, apart from my playing, is that the game keeps giving me what feels like the wrong rank, for example I was given " diamond 3" in FFA even though I had a bad k/d and only won 1 of the 10 placement matches!
What would you recommend that might help me improve and is there any way to “tell” the game to put me in a more adequate rank?
I watch higher skilled players H5 streams and the pro circuit. I have taken lessons from Ghost & Snipedown and they will always say "practice, practice, practice, you have to play everyday even if it is only three games or less. The next step is to find a group of friends to run in fours with.
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> I watch higher skilled players H5 streams and the pro circuit. I have taken lessons from Ghost & Snipedown and they will always say "practice, practice, practice, you have to play everyday even if it is only three games or less. The next step is to find a group of friends to run in fours with.
Thanks for the tips!
What playlist do you think would be the best to practice in?
Observe professional players (as already stated above) - Learn all of the movement tricks (guide) - Edit your control scheme (my settings are: bumperjumper, 5 sensitivity, 3 acceleration, 8% dead zones) - Don’t use a wireless controller, plug it in using USB (this reduces controller latency) - ALWAYS use a microphone and provide updates for your team even if you are the only one speaking - Play with a team. If you had a good match, invite those players to your fireteam and encourage them to use their micsGameplay tips:
Aim for the chest, then the head - Go for the power weapons, especially early on - Always take the shot, do not doubt yourself - Go for height advantages - Play smart, not stupid, don’t go charging in head-on - Try not to sprint so much, always have your gun ready when turning corners - Focus on your aim, not the damage you are taking (unless of course you need to bail)Practice:
Play Warzone to warm up - Play SWAT to improve your aim and spatial awareness - Play Free-for-All to improve your spatial awareness and survive-ability - Play Team Arena to learn communication and teamwork - Play against people who are better than you**The best way to improve is by challenging yourself. You mentioned that game keeps putting you in diamond even though it’s not your comfort zone. Use this to your advantage.
EDIT:
More things I have thought of:
Learn the maps (i.e. power weapon spawns and names of areas). This is important for making callouts. - Interrupt enemy engagements in free-for-all. Kill stealing is important in that game mode. - Some common callouts:
“weak” - low shields
“one shot” - no shields
“easy” - enemy is low/no shields and at a significant disadvantage
“risky” - enemy is at a significant advantage
“OS” - overshield
“snipes” - sniper
“shotty” - shotgun
“rockets” - duh
“camo” - active camo
“dead flag” - when the enemy flag is virtually unreachable or not worth pursuing
“reset” - regroup/slow things down
“on my x” - referencing the icon of a dead teammate
Examples:
“rockets on my x” - There is a rocket launcher near where the player has died
“enemy OS at bottom mid” - there is an enemy player with overshields in a particular area of the map
You’ll learn these as you go. Most of them are pretty intuitive, but it’s important that you learn them so people know what you’re talking about.
EDIT 2: The formatting keeps messing up but I’m just going to leave it as is.
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> General Tips:
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> - Observe professional players (as already stated above)
> - Learn all of the movement tricks (guide)
> - Edit your control scheme (my settings are: bumperjumper, 5 sensitivity, 3 acceleration, 8% dead zones)
> - Don’t use a wireless controller, plug it in using USB (this reduces controller latency)
> - ALWAYS use a microphone and provide updates for your team even if you are the only one speaking
> - Play with a team. If you had a good match, invite those players to your fireteam and encourage them to use their mics
> Gameplay tips:
>
> - Aim for the chest, then the head
> - Go for the power weapons, especially early on
> - Always take the shot, do not doubt yourself
> - Go for height advantages
> - Play smart, not stupid, don’t go charging in head-on
> - Try not to sprint so much, always have your gun ready when turning corners
> - Focus on your aim, not the damage you are taking (unless of course you need to bail)
> Practice:
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> - Play Warzone to warm up
> - Play SWAT to improve your aim and spatial awareness
> - Play Free-for-All to improve your spatial awareness and survive-ability
> - Play Team Arena to learn communication and teamwork
> - Play against people who are better than you*
> *The best way to improve is by challenging yourself. You mentioned that game keeps putting you in diamond even though it’s not your comfort zone. Use this to your advantage.
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> > I watch higher skilled players H5 streams and the pro circuit. I have taken lessons from Ghost & Snipedown and they will always say "practice, practice, practice, you have to play everyday even if it is only three games or less. The next step is to find a group of friends to run in fours with.
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> Thanks for the tips!
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> What playlist do you think would be the best to practice in?
Just play, with reseting ranks every month or two it does not matter what playlist. One of my first goals, every rank reset, is to get to platinum in my favorite playlist Slayer, Arena, and now Doubles. Once I have reached my goal, lets say its in Arena and I am in the low Arena ranks, I will warm up there before working on my placement in Slayer. For me the hardest part of the game is finding three teammates to go into the different playlists with.
Always play smarter. What helps me if I’m feeling particularly sweaty is to think every few seconds, “What do I need to do to help my team win?” Could be flanking, setting up for a power weapon, even just running in and tossing an enemy flag out in the open as a distraction. Always look for alternate routes to surprise your enemy.
The best controller setting would be either Helljumper or bumper jumper. It seems weird at first but you will get used to it, reason these are the best is because you can jump and aim at the same time which can give you an edge.
As far as getting better, try and learn the maps. Go into forge and check out arena maps, study weapon placements, spawn points, ect.
Work on strafing. A lot of times I see new players standing still while shooting or moving strait forward, DONT do this even if you are taking shots at somebody who doesn’t see you always be strafing back and forth in complicated arrangements, make it unpredictable rather than predictable.
make sure to think quickly and make desisions quickly, but don’t charge strait in guns blazing. Move quickly and cautiously.
Use your surroundings to get an edge on your opponent. Get to the high ground or stay close to areas with cover. A good example of this is getting to top mid/top bridge in Fathom. You can easily shoot down at people coming out of their base, and you can easily nade people coming up the ramps. Plus the door is your natural cover. Find these control points to dominate the map.
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Look at your radar. I can’t stress this enough, while the radar may not be as useful as it was in earlier halos you can still get a good idea of where people are, or you can see cocky Spartans attempting to assassinate you.
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> you wont get better without practicing. play and loose til you top loosing
This is a good tip because it’s important not to be afraid to lose especially if solo que a lot. I had to solo queue my way all the way through platinum and it was rough at first but I got better and started carrying my team now I’m done and working my way up through diamond solo.
Now onyx i wouls not solo.
I could give you a tip
Be near your team mates they could help you if they’re getting attacked and so could they.
Always care about the objective, it’s really annoying if no one will defend you if you have the flag.
for close quarter combat use a assault rifle or a smg you don’t have to aim for the head then c:
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> The best controller setting would be either Helljumper or bumper jumper. It seems weird at first but you will get used to it, reason these are the best is because you can jump and aim at the same time which can give you an edge.
>
> As far as getting better, try and learn the maps. Go into forge and check out arena maps, study weapon placements, spawn points, ect.
>
> Work on strafing. A lot of times I see new players standing still while shooting or moving strait forward, DONT do this even if you are taking shots at somebody who doesn’t see you always be strafing back and forth in complicated arrangements, make it unpredictable rather than predictable.
>
> make sure to think quickly and make desisions quickly, but don’t charge strait in guns blazing. Move quickly and cautiously.
>
> Use your surroundings to get an edge on your opponent. Get to the high ground or stay close to areas with cover. A good example of this is getting to top mid/top bridge in Fathom. You can easily shoot down at people coming out of their base, and you can easily nade people coming up the ramps. Plus the door is your natural cover. Find these control points to dominate the map.
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> Look at your radar. I can’t stress this enough, while the radar may not be as useful as it was in earlier halos you can still get a good idea of where people are, or you can see cocky Spartans attempting to assassinate you.
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> Check out Proximitty’s channel, he can probobly explain all this way better than I can!
>
> also if you want to friend me to play some arena feel free to do so. Although I will be gone for about a week and a half.
> Hope this helps
Thanks for the help!
What would be the best way to set up my deadzones? I usually have them both at 0% because I’m not sure what they actually do, it sounds like they are something to do with aiming.
Just a few things I’ve picked up but here they are:
-Warm up in the octagon. It makes a huge difference in your shooting
-Prioritize staying alive over getting kills. I know we all want that ridiculous kill count, but blindly chasing someone isn’t a good idea if it ends up getting you killed.
-Don’t wander the map alone looking for kills. Try to stick with another teammate even if you are solo queued.
-Party up with other people. There are all kinds of resources and groups looking for other people to play with. There’s something for everyone.
-Go back to theater mode and watch replays. You’ll learn what you’re doing right and wrong. Maybe look at it from the opponent’s perspective.
-Watch top level players on Twitch or Youtube. It helps you learn the maps, callouts, and general movement tricks. Cross map snapshots are cool too.
-If you find yourself getting tilted, take a break, go for a walk, read something, but ffs please have the decency to finish the game you are currently in before taking a breather.
-As mentioned by others ITT, practice practice practice.
if you want the short answer, just play a lot and you’ll get better. If you want the long and in depth answer, read on.
the best way to truly get better is to not only play often enough to get a good fell for how the game plays and understand what the best way to play is for you, but also go back and watch how other people play. The best way to do this is by watching live streams of higher up players. And also go back and watch your own gameplay so that maybe you can fish out some of your own errors. Another good way to get good is to not be distracted, try not to listen to music or text on your phone while playing.
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> > The best controller setting would be either Helljumper or bumper jumper. It seems weird at first but you will get used to it, reason these are the best is because you can jump and aim at the same time which can give you an edge.
> >
> > As far as getting better, try and learn the maps. Go into forge and check out arena maps, study weapon placements, spawn points, ect.
> >
> > Work on strafing. A lot of times I see new players standing still while shooting or moving strait forward, DONT do this even if you are taking shots at somebody who doesn’t see you always be strafing back and forth in complicated arrangements, make it unpredictable rather than predictable.
> >
> > make sure to think quickly and make desisions quickly, but don’t charge strait in guns blazing. Move quickly and cautiously.
> >
> > Use your surroundings to get an edge on your opponent. Get to the high ground or stay close to areas with cover. A good example of this is getting to top mid/top bridge in Fathom. You can easily shoot down at people coming out of their base, and you can easily nade people coming up the ramps. Plus the door is your natural cover. Find these control points to dominate the map.
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> > Look at your radar. I can’t stress this enough, while the radar may not be as useful as it was in earlier halos you can still get a good idea of where people are, or you can see cocky Spartans attempting to assassinate you.
> >
> > Check out Proximitty’s channel, he can probobly explain all this way better than I can!
> >
> > also if you want to friend me to play some arena feel free to do so. Although I will be gone for about a week and a half.
> > Hope this helps
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
> What would be the best way to set up my deadzones? I usually have them both at 0% because I’m not sure what they actually do, it sounds like they are something to do with aiming.
They prevent drifting and slow turn. Turn inner deadzones to 0% and go into a custom game but don’t move at all. If you notice that your aim is moving without you touching the stick then incrementally turn deadzones up until it stops. Same with outer deadzones except your preventing slow turn which causes the aiming/turning to be a bit slower.
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> if you want the short answer, just play a lot and you’ll get better. If you want the long and in depth answer, read on.
>
> the best way to truly get better is to not only play often enough to get a good fell for how the game plays and understand what the best way to play is for you, but also go back and watch how other people play. The best way to do this is by watching live streams of higher up players. And also go back and watch your own gameplay so that maybe you can fish out some of your own errors. Another good way to get good is to not be distracted, try not to listen to music or text on your phone while playing.
(sorry I forgot a few things after posting I realized)
use a sensitivity that YOU are comfortable using, I personally play on 3 or 4, because I feel like I can still aim accurately and constantly on these levels. And also dont use the default button layout, there are a few things that other button layouts provide that the default just cant. The best button layout to use I think is hailjumper, it gives you the advantages that bumperjumper gave but still allows you to use smart scope with the left trigger so that you can hover easier.
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> > > The best controller setting would be either Helljumper or bumper jumper. It seems weird at first but you will get used to it, reason these are the best is because you can jump and aim at the same time which can give you an edge.
> > >
> > > As far as getting better, try and learn the maps. Go into forge and check out arena maps, study weapon placements, spawn points, ect.
> > >
> > > Work on strafing. A lot of times I see new players standing still while shooting or moving strait forward, DONT do this even if you are taking shots at somebody who doesn’t see you always be strafing back and forth in complicated arrangements, make it unpredictable rather than predictable.
> > >
> > > make sure to think quickly and make desisions quickly, but don’t charge strait in guns blazing. Move quickly and cautiously.
> > >
> > > Use your surroundings to get an edge on your opponent. Get to the high ground or stay close to areas with cover. A good example of this is getting to top mid/top bridge in Fathom. You can easily shoot down at people coming out of their base, and you can easily nade people coming up the ramps. Plus the door is your natural cover. Find these control points to dominate the map.
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> > > Look at your radar. I can’t stress this enough, while the radar may not be as useful as it was in earlier halos you can still get a good idea of where people are, or you can see cocky Spartans attempting to assassinate you.
> > >
> > > Check out Proximitty’s channel, he can probobly explain all this way better than I can!
> > >
> > > also if you want to friend me to play some arena feel free to do so. Although I will be gone for about a week and a half.
> > > Hope this helps
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> > What would be the best way to set up my deadzones? I usually have them both at 0% because I’m not sure what they actually do, it sounds like they are something to do with aiming.
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> They prevent drifting and slow turn. Turn inner deadzones to 0% and go into a custom game but don’t move at all. If you notice that your aim is moving without you touching the stick then incrementally turn deadzones up until it stops. Same with outer deadzones except your preventing slow turn which causes the aiming/turning to be a bit slower.
Easiest way to get better is to play a lot. Grind and then grind some more. I didn’t get good at Halo until I had dropped at least 500+ hours on my first Halo multiplayer game. When you play Halo 5 a lot and every day you will slowly start improving.
