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Subject: Any BR tips? Perhaps how much to lead shots?

Hey.

This a good thread about using the BR.
Posted by: Zach The one

The biggest mistake people make with their BR is they aim too high. Try to center the reticule between the shoulders on their chest and stick it like glue. That will work most of the time, but for those of you who want to be more precise at longer ranges, here's how you play the shot:

Mid range you play the BR so that it's half way in front of their head. At long range you play it so the back edge of the reticule is on front of their head.

[ ] = head
{ } = reticle

Close range: {[ ]}
Mid range: [{]}
Long range: [ ]{ }

To reiterate close range is on their head, mid range is half way in front, and long range is entirely in front except the ] and { should be touching.

  • 08.19.2010 1:22 PM PDT
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Aside from missing shots, the thing I've noticed about people with bad BRs is their strafe. Its so damn slow and predictable that it makes outBRing so easy

  • 08.19.2010 1:26 PM PDT


Posted by: Journey
Posted by: CBjeebs
to whoever said its 4 in MLG and 5 in social, its a four shot in social. hence the term "4-shot". It is a kill if you get the first 3 bursts in the torso, and then the complete last burst in the head. Otherwise you'll need a fifth burst. Some tips are, don't try to use the right stick to aim everything. If you both are on even ground, just use strafing to aim for him, only make slight adjustments with the right stick, that helps a lot


Unless you pull host, you're not going to be 4 shotting in social.

lol watever dude, i four shot all the time in social :D 3 in the body, one in the head. that simple. all u need to do is: practice, practice, practice. x)

  • 08.19.2010 1:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dark Syther

Posted by: Journey
Posted by: CBjeebs
to whoever said its 4 in MLG and 5 in social, its a four shot in social. hence the term "4-shot". It is a kill if you get the first 3 bursts in the torso, and then the complete last burst in the head. Otherwise you'll need a fifth burst. Some tips are, don't try to use the right stick to aim everything. If you both are on even ground, just use strafing to aim for him, only make slight adjustments with the right stick, that helps a lot


Unless you pull host, you're not going to be 4 shotting in social.

lol watever dude, i four shot all the time in social :D 3 in the body, one in the head. that simple. all u need to do is: practice, practice, practice. x)


You're a 47, you don't 4 shot all the time in social. Unless you think killing retards actually means something.

  • 08.19.2010 1:37 PM PDT

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What I do is aim for the body then I jump so it's easy to aim for the head.. May seem n00bish but hey... It works!

  • 08.19.2010 1:39 PM PDT


Posted by: zombieboss71
u need to strafe and jump and aim for the head it needs practice


Jumping is a bad habit, learn to strafe first.

  • 08.19.2010 1:43 PM PDT


Posted by: Journey
Posted by: Dark Syther

Posted by: Journey
Posted by: CBjeebs
to whoever said its 4 in MLG and 5 in social, its a four shot in social. hence the term "4-shot". It is a kill if you get the first 3 bursts in the torso, and then the complete last burst in the head. Otherwise you'll need a fifth burst. Some tips are, don't try to use the right stick to aim everything. If you both are on even ground, just use strafing to aim for him, only make slight adjustments with the right stick, that helps a lot


Unless you pull host, you're not going to be 4 shotting in social.

lol watever dude, i four shot all the time in social :D 3 in the body, one in the head. that simple. all u need to do is: practice, practice, practice. x)


You're a 47, you don't 4 shot all the time in social. Unless you think killing retards actually means something.


Agree with this guy, 4 shooting anyone in social or even TS is very rare. I consider myself to have a rather strong BR and I know when I 4 shot because it's rare in TS. Common in MLG settings.

The guy that says he does it all the time 1100 games and a 1.18, is slightly above average. I doubt you do it all the time.

[Edited on 08.19.2010 1:47 PM PDT]

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I 4 shot pretty often in default, or maybe I just havent been paying attention to the count.

  • 08.19.2010 1:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: The Blueprint
I 4 shot pretty often in default, or maybe I just havent been paying attention to the count.


Maybe but well.....you're just amazing at the game so I would take your word over his any day.

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Posted by: The Blueprint
I 4 shot pretty often in default, or maybe I just havent been paying attention to the count.


Maybe but well.....you're just amazing at the game so I would take your word over his any day.


But so many people have been saying otherwise so maybe I'm wrong. I'll check it out next time I play for sure though. I will say that its really only at close ranges where I pull it off though. Anything past the distance from top mid to green on guardian is unlikely.

  • 08.19.2010 1:59 PM PDT

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Shut the hell up, Halo is my world


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Posted by: zombieboss71
u need to strafe and jump and aim for the head it needs practice


Jumping is a bad habit, learn to strafe first.


This.

Jumping can help when you mix it in a strafe once in a while, but jumping too much makes your movement predictable.

  • 08.19.2010 2:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: Travel 24 7

Posted by: zombieboss71
u need to strafe and jump and aim for the head it needs practice


Jumping is a bad habit, learn to strafe first.


This.

Jumping can help when you mix it in a strafe once in a while, but jumping too much makes your movement predictable.


My other posting tag, gives help out to people all the time. Biggest pattern I've seen with people stuck between 35-45 is all they do is jump. It's like none stop.

If you jump at a decent person, they might miss a few, if you jump near a good person (at least the first 3 burst) all 9 bullets will hit you period. Not hard to hit something moving in a known pattern.

  • 08.19.2010 2:16 PM PDT

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
"Team shoot the wraith!"
"What's a team shoot and what's a wraith?!"
"It means we all shoot at the big blue thing together!"
"Okay!"
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From what I know, you should generally aim for their chest first. When they have shields, it doesn't matter where you hit, their shields go down all the same.
once thier shields are down though, go for the headshot. If you're shooting for four shots, that means 3 shots to the chest and 1 to the head.
Although, I shouldn't be really giving tips. I'm terrible. I'm trying to get better at the game myself :/

  • 08.19.2010 2:40 PM PDT

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
"Team shoot the wraith!"
"What's a team shoot and what's a wraith?!"
"It means we all shoot at the big blue thing together!"
"Okay!"
*starts betraying blue teammate*


Posted by: The Blueprint
Aside from missing shots, the thing I've noticed about people with bad BRs is their strafe. Its so damn slow and predictable that it makes outBRing so easy
UGH that was my biggest problem.
How do you strafe better? If I try to do anything other than a right left right left I totally choke.

  • 08.19.2010 2:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: kil1ertomatog


UGH that was my biggest problem.
How do you strafe better? If I try to do anything other than a right left right left I totally choke.


This is a problem for me too, but I've been getting better at it by just trying out different patterns. For example you can go a long strafe to the right, short one to the left, short to the right, long to the left, just mix it up. My strafe is never the same because it also depends on the opponent's movement. I see in this thread a lot of people are saying don't jump, and I agree with that, but if you know both you and your opponent are one shot or close to it, you should jump to the side if possible. This can make you opponent miss the crucial last shots to finish you off (because if all you were doing is strafing, why should he expect a jump?) and let you win the BR battle. Of course, you can look at my record and know I am no where near great at Halo but I have only started to take the game seriously and these are tips that have helped me greatly.

A little trick that I like to do is go back and forth with different lengths each time, then after 2 or 3 shots I'll start to jitter back and forth (Something like the SK Strafe) right before side jumping. I need a lot more practice at this but when I manage to execute it well, I always win the BR battle. (Granted I'm not even playing 40s yet so who knows how effective this really is)

I recommend finding someone who is the same level or a little better than you at BRing and play custom 1 on 1 BR battles to practice. Try out different techniques or patterns (honestly there should never be a pattern, always different) and see which ones save your ass and which ones get your ass killed. Remember the good ones then take it to matchmaking and try to pick up what other people do to out BR you.

[Edited on 08.19.2010 4:32 PM PDT]

  • 08.19.2010 4:23 PM PDT

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say a guy is going to the right what you do is get the left bar of your little aim marker on his head so when he moves to your right 1 or 2 of the 3 shots will get him.

  • 08.19.2010 4:27 PM PDT


Posted by: CBjeebs
to whoever said its 4 in MLG and 5 in social, its a four shot in social. hence the term "4-shot". It is a kill if you get the first 3 bursts in the torso, and then the complete last burst in the head. Otherwise you'll need a fifth burst. Some tips are, don't try to use the right stick to aim everything. If you both are on even ground, just use strafing to aim for him, only make slight adjustments with the right stick, that helps a lot

Yeah this is good advice. If someone is running across your screen its much easier to keep your aim on him by strafing than by trying to aim with the right stick.

And I think someone already said this but.........trying to four shot in social+not the host=fail

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Posted by: The Blueprint
Aside from missing shots, the thing I've noticed about people with bad BRs is their strafe. Its so damn slow and predictable that it makes outBRing so easy
UGH that was my biggest problem.
How do you strafe better? If I try to do anything other than a right left right left I totally choke.

I just try to keep it quick. A random strafe is better but like you I dont have the mental focus while I'm playing for that. I just try to strafe fast so that people are prone to miss more shots. You can also jump when youre about to get that last shot off, that can throw people off.

  • 08.19.2010 7:39 PM PDT

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