Snip3Down Teaches Apex Legends Fundamentals

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Early Game

Lesson 7

Snip3down helps you improve your early game performance by establishing:

  • The importance of a good drop in setting yourself up for the later stages of the game

  • Advantages and disadvantages of taking early game fights

  • Determining the right times to take fights

  • The importance of having contingency plans and discussing them during down time

  • How to maximize your distance and stretch while dropping

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Aimlabs Challenge

As we learned from Snip3down in this chapter, having a consistent early drop and contingency plans for rotating to zone is critical for setting you and your team up for a good game. For this challenge, choose your favorite landing spot(s) and take some time to map out an early game plan you feel is replicable. Points to consider might include:

  • Multiple drops for different starting flight paths

  • An efficient loot path for you (and your teammates if possible)

  • A few possible rotations out of your starting POI

  • Notes on your POI’s terrain and good positions from which to take an early fight if contested

Lessons

Introduction
Lesson 1

Snip3down teaches you about his tactical FPS background and transition to Apex Legends. Learn more about:

  • Snip3down’s career accomplishments and journey to becoming a professional esports player

  • Eric’s personal playstyle and opinions on Apex Legends as an FPS title

  • Lessons learned and advice for aspiring pro players

  • Major takeaways and themes covered in this course

Aim  (Controller vs. Keyboard)
Lesson 2

Snip3down offers valuable perspective on choosing the right input for you in Apex Legends. He’ll cover:

  • Key characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of Controller vs. Keyboard inputs

  • Mirror strafing and the relationship between aim and movement

  • Ways to warm up your aim and how to activate the firing range Easter egg

  • Bullet drop-off across different ammo types

Positioning
Lesson 3

Eric explores one of the most important fighting skills in Apex and shows you why he’s known for excelling in this area. By the end of this chapter, you’ll learn:

  • What factors go into consistently good fight positioning

  • Common misconceptions and mistakes when it comes to positioning

  • The importance of knowing your legend’s role on a team in determining where to put yourself

  • Using cover, height, and information to create in-fight advantages

Item System
Lesson 4

Learn about fundamental aspects of Apex Legend’s unique item system and different ways to optimize your play including:

  • How to determine when to heal or contribute during a fight

  • Choosing an ideal gun loadout for your legend

  • The importance of spreading loot amongst teammates and upgrading evo shields

  • Efficient healing and armor swapping during fights

Communication
Lesson 5

Snip3down teaches you how to apply concepts like these into your own game:

  • The importance of being specific in your communication

  • When to use vocal emphasis for optimal communication

  • The value of utilizing the Apex Legends pinging system

  • Communicating ability usage to better keep your teammates on the same page

Resource & Ability Management
Lesson 6

With many important resource types to keep track of in Apex, this segment will help you learn:

  • Best practices for looting and sharing loot amongst teammates

  • How to manage healing and ammo usage throughout a game of Apex

  • The best ways pros use key abilities across a variety of Legends

  • Thinking creatively about your ability usage and managing key cooldowns

Early Game
Lesson 7

Snip3down helps you improve your early game performance by establishing:

  • The importance of a good drop in setting yourself up for the later stages of the game

  • Advantages and disadvantages of taking early game fights

  • Determining the right times to take fights

  • The importance of having contingency plans and discussing them during down time

  • How to maximize your distance and stretch while dropping

Mid Game
Lesson 8

Snip3down helps you navigate one of the most chaotic phases of the game by teaching you:

  • How to create a solid plan for the mid-late game

  • Advantages and disadvantages of landing closer or further from the center of the map

  • Key characteristics of different maps in the competitive pool

  • The importance of clearing out your back and holding out other teams when playing on the edge of zone

Late Game
Lesson 9

Watch Eric break down a hype end-game scenario and learn:

  • What separates consistently top-placing teams from the average player

  • The importance of circulating ideas and information between teammates

  • How resource scarcity affects the way you should play end-game situations

  • How to navigate a tense end-game situation

Practice & Preparation
Lesson 10

Snip3down gives you important practice tips including:

  • Things to look for when analyzing your own gameplay

  • What tournament preparation looks like for pro teams

  • Areas of Apex gameplay you should focus on and train

  • Why weapon and legend comfortability is critical

Mentality
Lesson 11

In this final lesson, Snip3down teaches you lessons he’s learned throughout his pro career including:

  • The importance of being self-critical in helping you improve consistently

  • How to handle tilt and high tensions

  • The value of building trust and a support system in your regular teammates