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PVP tips by Beyrdo February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

hey, i am pretty noob in pvp'ing got any tips, btw i can click pretty fast, that's not the problem, but i get killed all the time.

zdq February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

Hold W along with A or D and aim at the player, that's a basic strafe. Simple but if you can pull it off well, you can kill 85% of the players on the server.



EDIT: A lot of PvP is about aim, no one can teach you how to aim, you just have to practice. Try going on practice servers like Badlion or Kohi (Sorry, can't give you the IP). You can improve your aim there.

FrozenSolstice February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

My usual tactic involves in doing a regular strafe, like mentioned above, then, I mix in some block hitting and some jittering. If I'm low, but I think the opponent has more health than me, I'll swap to a circle strafe, spam the sprit key and jump for crits.

By no means am I a professional PVPer, but I'm OK at it :)

Hope this helps!

Trexychan February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

I just YOLO straight line em while block hitting and spamming left click >.<

It works 10% of the time.

Beyrdo February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

Hold W along with A or D and aim at the player, that's a basic strafe. Simple but if you can pull it off well, you can kill 85% of the players on the server.



EDIT: A lot of PvP is about aim, no one can teach you how to aim, you just have to practice. Try going on practice servers like Badlion or Kohi (Sorry, can't give you the IP). You can improve your aim there.
thanks for the tip, i had the IP'S already so that's not a problem

Legoche February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

Right. My time to shine.

Strafing:

You need to run around your opponent whilst fighting them, otherwise they will get more combos on you. Try and jump as much as you can whilst hitting them to get critical hits. (This works best when you have a better ping)

Blockhitting:

My favorite, to do this click left and right as much as possible and you will block hit (It works in 1.8 but doesn't show up) This allows you to take less damage as well as hit the opponent. Do this whilst jumping. It is best to do this underground, but I do it everywhere.

Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Rushing:

There are lots of ways to rush, some include taking off armour or running through spawn. You can sky bridge, tunnel or go along the ground pathways. Rushing is hard at first but it gets easier.

Bridging:

There are loads of types of bridging, Ninja bridging, where you press shift and right click to place a block, and then unshift and run to the edge of the block and repeat. This takes practice but it is great to learn. Breezily bridging, just walking backwards and placing blocks to bridge, but you do not hold shift. This is incredibly hard, but some can actually do it!

Bow Strafe:

When firing a shot, jump left or right. This makes it harder for the opponent to hit you.

Lower ground advantage:

In sword combat, you can sometimes hit the player if they are above you without you hitting them.

Hitbox stretching:

Never ever walk backwards in pvp. This causes hitbox stretching where the opponent can hit you and you can't hit them

Thats about all I can think of at the moment, there are tons more strategies though :)

Beyrdo February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

My usual tactic involves in doing a regular strafe, like mentioned above, then, I mix in some block hitting and some jittering. If I'm low, but I think the opponent has more health than me, I'll swap to a circle strafe, spam the sprit key and jump for crits.

By no means am I a professional PVPer, but I'm OK at it :)

Hope this helps!
This tactic really helps, thanks!

FrozenSolstice February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

This tactic really helps, thanks!
No problemo!
Glad to be of assistance :)

Beyrdo February 14, 2015 at 1:02 PM UTC

Right. My time to shine.

Strafing:

You need to run around your opponent whilst fighting them, otherwise they will get more combos on you. Try and jump as much as you can whilst hitting them to get critical hits. (This works best when you have a better ping)

Blockhitting:

My favorite, to do this click left and right as much as possible and you will block hit (It works in 1.8 but doesn't show up) This allows you to take less damage as well as hit the opponent. Do this whilst jumping. It is best to do this underground, but I do it everywhere.

Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Rushing:

There are lots of ways to rush, some include taking off armour or running through spawn. You can sky bridge, tunnel or go along the ground pathways. Rushing is hard at first but it gets easier.

Bridging:

There are loads of types of bridging, Ninja bridging, where you press shift and right click to place a block, and then unshift and run to the edge of the block and repeat. This takes practice but it is great to learn. Breezily bridging, just walking backwards and placing blocks to bridge, but you do not hold shift. This is incredibly hard, but some can actually do it!

Bow Strafe:

When firing a shot, jump left or right. This makes it harder for the opponent to hit you.

Lower ground advantage:

In sword combat, you can sometimes hit the player if they are above you without you hitting them.

Hitbox stretching:

Never ever walk backwards in pvp. This causes hitbox stretching where the opponent can hit you and you can't hit them

Thats about all I can think of at the moment, there are tons more strategies though :)
wow that's a lot!
Rushing was for me a great tactic but only works with a few maps
blockhitting is i Think my favourite (but a bit difficult)
thanks for the comment

Cryomancies February 14, 2015 at 2:02 PM UTC

As said earlier, aim is the basis for every move you do.
If you do not have good aim, almost no tactic works.

Hola February 14, 2015 at 5:02 PM UTC

Right. My time to shine.

Strafing:

You need to run around your opponent whilst fighting them, otherwise they will get more combos on you. Try and jump as much as you can whilst hitting them to get critical hits. (This works best when you have a better ping)

Blockhitting:

My favorite, to do this click left and right as much as possible and you will block hit (It works in 1.8 but doesn't show up) This allows you to take less damage as well as hit the opponent. Do this whilst jumping. It is best to do this underground, but I do it everywhere.

Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Rushing:

There are lots of ways to rush, some include taking off armour or running through spawn. You can sky bridge, tunnel or go along the ground pathways. Rushing is hard at first but it gets easier.

Bridging:

There are loads of types of bridging, Ninja bridging, where you press shift and right click to place a block, and then unshift and run to the edge of the block and repeat. This takes practice but it is great to learn. Breezily bridging, just walking backwards and placing blocks to bridge, but you do not hold shift. This is incredibly hard, but some can actually do it!

Bow Strafe:

When firing a shot, jump left or right. This makes it harder for the opponent to hit you.

Lower ground advantage:

In sword combat, you can sometimes hit the player if they are above you without you hitting them.

Hitbox stretching:

Never ever walk backwards in pvp. This causes hitbox stretching where the opponent can hit you and you can't hit them

Thats about all I can think of at the moment, there are tons more strategies though :)
Spam critting is awful unless you outreach your opponent T_T

yummys February 14, 2015 at 5:02 PM UTC

You could do the circle strat that is what i do and i kill a lot of people, if anyone has any better tips please let me know. Thanks

faht February 14, 2015 at 5:02 PM UTC

I personaly love to blockhit (especially when you have good ping. :P) but it's all about practise, practise, practise and practise.

kycrafft February 14, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC

Circling players is a great way to get combos. Mix in a blockhit here and there to throw your opponent off

Atdit February 14, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC

My tip is: learning by doing.

Sevoo February 14, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC

Practice makes perfect bro. There are also PvP optimized resource packs.

Get one according to you FPS and liking!

PS: If you get below 60 FPS try a texture pack that is 16x16.

zdq February 14, 2015 at 7:02 PM UTC

Circling is great but better when you have Speed, when you don't have speed- as much as I hate it x3- you should are probably better off using crits and blockhitting

Cxnfirmed February 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM UTC

i'll give you a tip that will make you top tier:

start of with an easy jitter strafe (5-6 cps), aim for the legs, get your opponent in a 2-3 hit combo so they rely on your kb and is out of their normal hit range. 
now you advance on to an air combo. basically, after the 2-3 hit combo they'll be in your "kb", so what you do is rapidly re engage sprint and put 2-3 rapid hits (re engage sprint after every hit) on your opponent before he takes anymore kb. because of the latency this will build up more kb. also try to variate your swinging movements (right, left) while advancing to an air combo. if you are able to put 3 hits rapidly into your enemy before he launches, you will knock him 10+ blocks. this is great for knocking people out, or knock them away if you're in trouble. 2 hits will be enough, but if you can do 3 thats great. 

and soon you'll be a KB MAGICIAN

Stimulating February 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM UTC

i'll give you a tip that will make you top tier:

start of with an easy jitter strafe (5-6 cps), aim for the legs, get your opponent in a 2-3 hit combo so they rely on your kb and is out of their normal hit range. 
now you advance on to an air combo. basically, after the 2-3 hit combo they'll be in your "kb", so what you do is rapidly re engage sprint and put 2-3 rapid hits (re engage sprint after every hit) on your opponent before he takes anymore kb. because of the latency this will build up more kb. also try to variate your swinging movements (right, left) while advancing to an air combo. if you are able to put 3 hits rapidly into your enemy before he launches, you will knock him 10+ blocks. this is great for knocking people out, or knock them away if you're in trouble. 2 hits will be enough, but if you can do 3 thats great. 

and soon you'll be a KB MAGICIAN
^ based PvP

Hacktivism February 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM UTC

I recommend this guide: http://avicus.net/forums/f310b50f5

It's actually pretty helpful and I learned a few things from it that has improved my strafing techniques.

Stimulating February 14, 2015 at 9:02 PM UTC

Just get a ghost client and Cayden Circle the living crap out of people like this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYegol4Xksc

Eklip_Z February 14, 2015 at 11:02 PM UTC

If you have above 200ms don't bother with combos, people will always combo you easily because they have the speed advantage. I would strongly recommend that you strafe, I rely on my strafes and not my combos because I never get them.

yummys February 14, 2015 at 11:02 PM UTC

I got a good tip, you can do the circle strat i do that and it works really well for me. If you guys have any better tips please let me know. Thanks.

SlabSun February 14, 2015 at 11:02 PM UTC

Speak in a British accent--or any of your favorites--while yelling or whispering "DO YA WANT TA GU!?! BRING IT DEN!!!" Works for me :3

Da_Baus February 15, 2015 at 1:02 AM UTC

If you have above 200ms don't bother with combos, people will always combo you easily because they have the speed advantage. I would strongly recommend that you strafe, I rely on my strafes and not my combos because I never get them.
I get combos like 70% of the time with my ping xD

goldenwalrus909 February 15, 2015 at 2:02 AM UTC

For this server, I found the best way to kill someone is to strafe and get a hit, then trade hits with them (since you're ahead damage-wise) by block-hitting and critting them. I've found it to be quite easy and effective :3

Aanszo February 15, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

Right. My time to shine.

Strafing:

You need to run around your opponent whilst fighting them, otherwise they will get more combos on you. Try and jump as much as you can whilst hitting them to get critical hits. (This works best when you have a better ping)

Blockhitting:

My favorite, to do this click left and right as much as possible and you will block hit (It works in 1.8 but doesn't show up) This allows you to take less damage as well as hit the opponent. Do this whilst jumping. It is best to do this underground, but I do it everywhere.

Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Rushing:

There are lots of ways to rush, some include taking off armour or running through spawn. You can sky bridge, tunnel or go along the ground pathways. Rushing is hard at first but it gets easier.

Bridging:

There are loads of types of bridging, Ninja bridging, where you press shift and right click to place a block, and then unshift and run to the edge of the block and repeat. This takes practice but it is great to learn. Breezily bridging, just walking backwards and placing blocks to bridge, but you do not hold shift. This is incredibly hard, but some can actually do it!

Bow Strafe:

When firing a shot, jump left or right. This makes it harder for the opponent to hit you.

Lower ground advantage:

In sword combat, you can sometimes hit the player if they are above you without you hitting them.

Hitbox stretching:

Never ever walk backwards in pvp. This causes hitbox stretching where the opponent can hit you and you can't hit them

Thats about all I can think of at the moment, there are tons more strategies though :)
Actually combos>Criticals so jumping around your opponent is very dangerous since they can get a combo of 2-3 hits while you only get 1-2 crits. And sometimes you get launched in the air and take fall damage. Get a crit combo only works if you out ping them greatly.

Dyspa February 15, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

If you have above 200ms don't bother with combos, people will always combo you easily because they have the speed advantage. I would strongly recommend that you strafe, I rely on my strafes and not my combos because I never get them.
Then explain how do I combo you most of the times?
I get 200ms.

Eklip_Z February 15, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

Then explain how do I combo you most of the times?
I get 200ms.
I get roughly 280 ms. If not that it could be your pvp approach.

Aanszo February 15, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

Then explain how do I combo you most of the times?
I get 200ms.
Cps>ping bud

Dyspa February 15, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

Cps>ping bud
I used to jitter.
Is 8cps good?

Emmaye February 15, 2015 at 4:02 AM UTC

MS isn't really a problem, you just have to find out a good way to pvp with your latency, unless you have very high ping to an extent where it is impossible to play.

Da_Baus February 15, 2015 at 4:02 AM UTC

I used to jitter.
Is 8cps good?
You went from 30 cps to 15 cps to 8 cps .-.

Dyspa February 15, 2015 at 4:02 AM UTC

You went from 30 cps to 15 cps to 8 cps .-.
I never got 30cps, the clicks per second website I used was glitched and made the clicks double themselve.
So 15cps was my real cps but then my hand started to hurt so I stopped and got regular 8cps.

zdq February 15, 2015 at 8:02 AM UTC

Speak in a British accent--or any of your favorites--while yelling or whispering "DO YA WANT TA GU!?! BRING IT DEN!!!" Works for me :3
u want some
ill give it ya

SlabSun February 16, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

u want some
ill give it ya
No thanks, sir. I'm quite incompetent in these matters.

MLGtino February 16, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

Here's how I see it:

If you play the game long enough, your aim and click speed will likely improve. And keep in mind that the point of a game is to enjoy it. If you get to the point where you have flawless aim, then you can open up to so much more. Ping doesn't matter. FPS doesn't matter. These just make the game easier. Just keep trying and eventually you'll get there.

PictureFrames February 16, 2015 at 3:02 AM UTC

Here's how I see it:

If you play the game long enough, your aim and click speed will likely improve. And keep in mind that the point of a game is to enjoy it. If you get to the point where you have flawless aim, then you can open up to so much more. Ping doesn't matter. FPS doesn't matter. These just make the game easier. Just keep trying and eventually you'll get there.
Listen to this guy. He wrecks me in PvP every time.

Emmaye February 16, 2015 at 4:02 AM UTC

Here's how I see it:

If you play the game long enough, your aim and click speed will likely improve. And keep in mind that the point of a game is to enjoy it. If you get to the point where you have flawless aim, then you can open up to so much more. Ping doesn't matter. FPS doesn't matter. These just make the game easier. Just keep trying and eventually you'll get there.
+1, amen.

mukmukfriend February 16, 2015 at 4:02 AM UTC

Here's how I see it:

If you play the game long enough, your aim and click speed will likely improve. And keep in mind that the point of a game is to enjoy it. If you get to the point where you have flawless aim, then you can open up to so much more. Ping doesn't matter. FPS doesn't matter. These just make the game easier. Just keep trying and eventually you'll get there.
fps does matter, way harder to play with 20 fps than 100 fps even if you get used to playing with 20. You can get used to any ping and do the same as someone with lower/higher ping. But yeah, minecraft pvp is all practice there's no trick to getting good instantly.

Tarheelkiwi February 16, 2015 at 5:02 AM UTC

I like to do a bunch of different tactics when I pvp.  Some times I like to 8 block (still don't know how to do it MLG style), some times I would strafe either left or right, and some times I would alternate "A" and "D".  This is a way to stay out of your opponents range.  A very good tactic.  I also would do the "Twerk" or hit Shift just before you hit your opponent.  This is kind of like a sprint glitch where you can get some good knock back.  I only do this when my opponent gets me into a nasty combo.

Cxnfirmed February 16, 2015 at 9:02 AM UTC

Listen to this guy. He wrecks me in PvP every time.
no offense, but you must be bad if tino wrecks you xD










srsly.

Dyspa February 16, 2015 at 3:02 PM UTC

no offense, but you must be bad if tino wrecks you xD










srsly.
+1
Sorry Tino, luv u!

Stimulating February 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC

I get roughly 280 ms. If not that it could be your pvp approach.
I get 260 on AU Kohi, use the delay in between them hitting you and you actually getting the hit registered on you as an oppertinity to get a combo, ask anyone I've fought on AU Kohi, I tank the first hit then get a 4+ hit 8-block every time. Try that

yummys February 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC

You can do the circle start or just run past each other and swing that would be a really good thing to do, but i prefer circle strat.

Stimulating February 16, 2015 at 8:02 PM UTC

Find the strafe that works best for you. I Cayden Circle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYegol4Xksc) a lot when people leave themselves open or I circle and combo. If their aim is good, I will zigzag approach and look for oppertunities to cut inside. Without speed, blockhit and zigzag strafe a lot, only crit if you outmatch your opponent. Circling doesn't work nearly as well w/o speed. If you can hotkey try for bow combos on servers like Avicus and OCN.

Beyo April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

you can circle strafe deadly with out speed if you will circle strafe close to youre enemy

SirCyaniide April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

Learn how to click fast. Block hit when you're in a tight place. And spam the W when you're fighting in a field to knock them back

DaGoldBrick April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

Learn how to click fast. Block hit when you're in a tight place. And spam the W when you're fighting in a field to knock them back
silver strats!!!

Galrandir April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

Right. My time to shine.

Strafing:

You need to run around your opponent whilst fighting them, otherwise they will get more combos on you. Try and jump as much as you can whilst hitting them to get critical hits. (This works best when you have a better ping)

Blockhitting:

My favorite, to do this click left and right as much as possible and you will block hit (It works in 1.8 but doesn't show up) This allows you to take less damage as well as hit the opponent. Do this whilst jumping. It is best to do this underground, but I do it everywhere.

Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Rushing:

There are lots of ways to rush, some include taking off armour or running through spawn. You can sky bridge, tunnel or go along the ground pathways. Rushing is hard at first but it gets easier.

Bridging:

There are loads of types of bridging, Ninja bridging, where you press shift and right click to place a block, and then unshift and run to the edge of the block and repeat. This takes practice but it is great to learn. Breezily bridging, just walking backwards and placing blocks to bridge, but you do not hold shift. This is incredibly hard, but some can actually do it!

Bow Strafe:

When firing a shot, jump left or right. This makes it harder for the opponent to hit you.

Lower ground advantage:

In sword combat, you can sometimes hit the player if they are above you without you hitting them.

Hitbox stretching:

Never ever walk backwards in pvp. This causes hitbox stretching where the opponent can hit you and you can't hit them

Thats about all I can think of at the moment, there are tons more strategies though :)
Lego ftw xD

emilizzle April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

KB is everything. Just do 1 block hit kb and you can straight-line combo him (in Avic/OCN PvP)
On kohi or diamond PvP, just strafe after the kb and try to get him in a corned, water or the void. Most of my battles on DTM are played in like 3 seconds because I use the void, don't take risks or damage, just use everything you have.

emilizzle April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

BTW If you are rusher but you health runs out, try to get on a tower and kb everyone from the tower who is focussing you while eating gapples, that trick is pretty OP in DTM

SirCyaniide April 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM UTC

silver strats!!!
Hm?

HitByADagger April 29, 2015 at 5:04 PM UTC

Best tip there is to become better at pvp

stop playing this server

BoldAndBrash April 29, 2015 at 8:04 PM UTC

Right. My time to shine.

Strafing:

You need to run around your opponent whilst fighting them, otherwise they will get more combos on you. Try and jump as much as you can whilst hitting them to get critical hits. (This works best when you have a better ping)

Blockhitting:

My favorite, to do this click left and right as much as possible and you will block hit (It works in 1.8 but doesn't show up) This allows you to take less damage as well as hit the opponent. Do this whilst jumping. It is best to do this underground, but I do it everywhere.

Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Rushing:

There are lots of ways to rush, some include taking off armour or running through spawn. You can sky bridge, tunnel or go along the ground pathways. Rushing is hard at first but it gets easier.

Bridging:

There are loads of types of bridging, Ninja bridging, where you press shift and right click to place a block, and then unshift and run to the edge of the block and repeat. This takes practice but it is great to learn. Breezily bridging, just walking backwards and placing blocks to bridge, but you do not hold shift. This is incredibly hard, but some can actually do it!

Bow Strafe:

When firing a shot, jump left or right. This makes it harder for the opponent to hit you.

Lower ground advantage:

In sword combat, you can sometimes hit the player if they are above you without you hitting them.

Hitbox stretching:

Never ever walk backwards in pvp. This causes hitbox stretching where the opponent can hit you and you can't hit them

Thats about all I can think of at the moment, there are tons more strategies though :)
Killfarming:

Mainly on Avicus,  some maps you can Kill farm on. This is where you get good armour (Mainly diamond) and kill the players as they come out of spawn (DO NOT SPAWN KILL) This is good for getting kills and XP.

Killfarming isn't what I would call a PvP tactic. You pretty much just stand there left clicking and eating golden apples