Practice One-Clipping for Apex Legends
Apex Legends is a unique battle royale that relies on fast-paced combat, in which players must rely on both movements and aim to excel on the battlefield. There are a plethora of weapon categories in Apex Legends; these include Assault Rifles (ARs), Sub-Machine Guns (SMGs), Light Machine Guns (LMGs), Pistols, Shotguns, and Sniper Rifles. We’ll be aiming down the sights on ARs and SMGs as we focus on the importance of accurate tracking, allowing you to “one-clip” your opponents and leave them no room to fight back.
In Apex Legends, one-clipping refers to scenarios where you down an opponent in one magazine or one “clip,” to the distaste of Bangalore… There are plenty of ARs and SMGs that are capable of dishing out enough damage in a single magazine to fully down an opponent. However, landing enough of your bullets to do so without reloading can be quite tricky. To maximize your damage output and eliminate your foes as swiftly as possible, you will have to work on your tracking as an overarching mechanic.
There are three main categories of aiming: flicking, tracking, and switching. In higher TTK games like Apex Legends, tracking is the dominant mechanic due to the extended duration of aim duels. If your tracking skills are lackluster, you will not be able to land the amount of shots per magazine necessary to capitalize on high fire-rate low damage-per-bullet weapons such as the R-99 SMG or the R-301 AR.
Let’s start with the R-99. The R-99 is an SMG that can dish out enough damage to down a player faster than any other weapon in its class. However, it also fires incredibly quickly, doesn’t hold a lot of bullets per mag, and has the highest recoil amongst any fully automatic weapon in Apex Legends. The R-99 is a perfect example of a “feast or famine” if you manage to land most of your shots, you will dominate your aim duels and eliminate your opponents before they can even blink.
If you don’t have the tracking mechanics to control the SMG adeptly, you will do more harm than good to your aim duels. Another example of a weapon with a low magazine capacity and high fire-rate is the R-301 AR, this is the R-99’s AR counterpart, being slightly more forgiving but working under the same premise.
In order to make the most out of these weapons and effectively “one-clip” your opponents you will have to get comfortable with tracking dynamic targets for extended periods of time. This featured task will put you in a situation meant to emulate combat scenarios within Apex Legends, ensuring that you become proficient in one-clipping your enemies given enough practice.
This task prompts you with a target that follows movement patterns similar to those found within Apex Legends, having you track the target as it strafes horizontally at random intervals. The task will strengthen your ability to land consecutive shots using fully automatic weapons in-game. The target is extremely evasive with sudden, dramatic changes in direction, so maintain your reactivity and do your best to stay on target as much as possible!