Strategy

[The_Great_Tito]

Man block hitting is such a nooby thing to do

 

[Nadarekyle]

Man block hitting is such a nooby thing to do

It's useful in head-on combat against someone with a better sword or armor than you. Also, since you're already hitting right-click, you can switch to a bow for an instantaneous just-out-of-sword-range shot. I find block-hitting to be extremely useful

 

[ITsMeTYL3R]

Man block hitting is such a nooby thing to do

Shut ur face Tito lol

 

[xElisehx]

I use everything except 3

 

[HalfSquirrel]

Tip1) ever heard of block hitting? Do it.(unless your ok without it)
Tip2) try to maintain full hunger or at least enough to regen health, you never know.
Tip3) never approach an enemy head on
Tip4) get criticals.
Tip5) ever getting chased by someone? Just keep running till u find someone with better stuff they will start fighting most likely.
Tip6) if u have a weapon and u see people with good stuff fighting wait till they finish then finish off the winner because most likely he is low on health.
Tip7) you do not need to control corn to win, there are more tier2 chests spread around be fast to get them and you might have as good stuff as them.
Tip8) fishing poles are usefull for repelling.
Tip9) f5 every once and a while to check ur back.
Tip10) getting chased with a bow and arrows? (make sure you have time) to STOP, turnaround very fast and fire arrows at them.

Tip 1) Alright, fair enough. I'm awful at it, but I should probably learn...
Tip 2) Don't waste food though. Make sure you know how much hunger the food you have gives you, so you don't eat a steak when you're only missing 0.5-2.5 hunger. Steak gives you back 4 hunger. Only waste food if you're sure you have time to eat and you really badly need to regen.
Tip 3) Feel free. Just make sure that when you do, you have some sort of advantage.
Tip 4) Jumping in a battle is kind of hard to keep your aim good. That's the only way to consistently get critical hits that I know of.
Tip 5)Doesn't always work. They could be a team, or he could not notice it, or there could be none. Running for a long time does help though, because they might be forced to give up.
Tip 6) Sometimes joining in the middle of the battle is good to damage the suspected winner a bit while he is distracted by his original target. Or hit both of them to weaken them, run to regen if you need to then turn around and finish off whoever remains.
Tip 7) This is only true on SG4, and sometimes SG3 if you are good enough. On any map if it lasts the whole 40 minutes it's possible except maybe SG5, but if it lasts the normal amount of time which is a couple minutes after the first refill, it's better to go to corn.
Tip 8) Very true. Only really works in water, unless you are regenning before a fight. Just hit him away until you get full, or near full, health.
Tip 9) I never do this. It's probably useful though, and I should start.
Tip 10) That's a waste of arrows. Maybe quickly shoot an arrow fully charged, but don't rapid fire. The fully charged arrow will also knock them back a bit to allow you to keep running if necessary.

 

[xElisehx]

Tip 2) Don't waste food though. Make sure you know how much hunger the food you have gives you, so you don't eat a steak when you're only missing 0.5-2.5 hunger. Steak gives you back 4 hunger. Only waste food if you're sure you have time to eat and you really badly need to regen.

you can actually use steak when you miss like 1 hunger because it makes you lose less hunger too

 

[HalfSquirrel]

Really? You lose hunger slower if you go over the max?

 

[Zeno]

Really? You lose hunger slower if you go over the max?

Yeah, because of a system called saturation. You should check out Sleivert's guide on it.

 

[xElisehx]

Yeah, because of a system called saturation. You should check out Sleivert's guide on it.

also if u dont move in the lobby u lose less hunger in game

 

[G33ke]

Tip1) ever heard of block hitting? Do it.(unless your ok without it)

I find the block hitting strategy to be a bit pointless myself. It's a risky move, as not only are you completely open to attacks from all directions, (bad for fighting teams.) but I've found almost every block hitter against me to screw up the rhythm to it and then they don't hit me at all. (Guess that can be overcome, though.)
Personally, I prefer the evasive approach. Using my fishing rod to my advantage to force the opponent into a certain place and limiting their movement, then swerving around in different directions to prevent a bow/fishing rod shot while going in for the hit, critical and knockback for the most damage and setup time (plus preventing NCP blocking me.) for my next move. When I do this correctly, (which I can't all the time yet, still practicing.) only the pros have been able to counter it well, and even then it gives them a hard time.

Tip2) try to maintain full hunger or at least enough to regen health, you never know.

You are going to want more than full hunger...if you are just high enough to regen and you get into a fight, you won't regen the full fight. Full hunger is great and all, but something you may not know about is the invisible saturation bar that Minecraft has. Eating more substantial food, like steak, is better. In fact, I actually tend to eat steak when I'm only half a hunger bar down and have plenty of other smaller food sources, like raw meat. By the time I have to eat again, I've usually killed somebody with more substantial food and I can live the entire game without having to worry about hunger at all. It's rare this backfires on me.

Tip3) never approach an enemy head on.

You see...this is a tip for if you want to win that game. If you want to win many future games, rush into the fight. Seriously. I was going to make a giant thread about this before, (8+ 12 sentence paragraphs.) but I decided against it...I could go on for ages about why it could be a good idea, unless of course you really want to win that particular game. So yes, good tip for winning, bad tip for learning. I tend to actually rush into many fights I know I'll lose.

Tip4) get criticals.

Got me there...yes, get criticals, but how and when you get them is also important. Holding spacebar and fighting like that is not a good idea unless in cramped spaces, as it limits your mobility and makes evasive actions hard to take. Once you are hit by someone sprinting, you'll be knocked back really, really far and it can really throw you off and possibly cause fall damage. It can cost you the fight. You need to get criticals at more appropriate times, when there is no chance of it backfiring, like when the opponent can't sprint and you have more mobility, like when sprinting yourself, especially because the knockback hit with the critical gives you time to process what's going on and make your next move.

Tip5) ever getting chased by someone? Just keep running till u find someone with better stuff they will start fighting most likely.

Yep. Do be careful, though, you don't want to be the one attacked by the new guy, which could happen.

Tip6) if u have a weapon and u see people with good stuff fighting wait till they finish then finish off the winner because most likely he is low on health.

Yes, do try this...when the winner is determined, rush in for the kill. If he runs off, stop to get any stuff on the ground, because it could take a while before you get to him, and he'll likely have full health by then...if you have less gear, you'll get yourself killed, so you want to stop and get anything you need earlier...if he didn't run off though, then yes, "murder his face." (Inside joke.)

Tip7) you do not need to control corn to win, there are more tier2 chests spread around be fast to get them and you might have as good stuff as them.

If you make no attempt to go for corn, then be ready to fight someone with equal or more gear than you. Even if you have the bestest route ever with 10 tier 2's, go for corn. Chances are, the enemy who would have gotten corn does not have a route like that, so it's just one less person to have to deal with later if you can prevent them from getting corn. Part of getting corn is preventing someone else from getting it. (And some maps have very few quickly accessible tier 2's - SG5, SG1, SG3, Breeze island, etc...)

Tip8) fishing poles are usefull for repelling.

Oh gosh...yes, yes they are. If someone can practice them well enough for land battles like me...they are a force to be reckoned with. Fishing rods are good for more than water battles, with tons of practice, you can use them in such evil ways...I would know, I've won numerous land fights because of fishing rods with fast reaction time, and I'm not even that good yet.

Tip9) f5 every once and a while to check ur back.

Can't argue with that...I actually do that a little too often, I spam it, constantly reaching over my keyboard to press f5. xD

Tip10) getting chased with a bow and arrows? (make sure you have time) to STOP, turnaround very fast and fire arrows at them.

I do this all the time. Very useful and catches them off guard every time. Even the pros fall for this, so I'm starting to make an attempt to counter such a strategy.


TL;DR: Not bad strategies at all, but some could be elaborated on a bit for clarification, because there are good and bad ways of doing some of these. (The bad ways aren't horrible, still better than what some new players do, but not something they should get into the habit of doing personally.)

 

[Lululioness]

Don't correct me nub

Nub?

 

[Lululioness]

Tip1)
Tip7) you do not need to control corn to win, there are more tier2 chests spread around be fast to get them and you might have as good stuff as them.

What if your on Breeze?