[2023] How to do the switch glitch - Fatal Bullet 

Thank you for the tips, I practiced all night and finally found what I was doing wrong. I found a more comfortable key for my controller, I switched my weapon change to L1 to have a better control on my tilt. Got Scatter wheel and Sliding shot to 3 after hours of practice. lol

do you know if it still works?

@@triducphi-tiennguyen8232 Yeah it still works

My stick is stuck in a slight tilt. Does that mean it won’t work at all?

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO LIKE SERIOUSLY THANK YOU ITS SO EASY NOW YOU EXPLAINED IT THE BEST AND YOU DESERVE A REWARD TYYYY💜💜

I shared the link, I hope you don't mind.

Thanks for reminding me this was still possible after the patch tyvm.

@@rx-8ccx301 yeah go for it

@@rx-8ccx301 hi sin of pride lol

@@HAKIlovesmochii Hey HAKI!

It's really not that easy and the timing would be comparable to smash melee mechanics. As mentioned, you have about 0.4 seconds to work with so getting a feel for it and practicing is necessary to pull it off consistently. Trick to doing this is performing it at least once correctly. After that you will know what to look for and work on the timing itself. If you see yourself switching weapons prematurely, you need to hit the skill faster. If you end up using dash attack or whatever skill you choose, means you're too fast and probably using the skill before the joystick movement buffer.

It seems like it is patched now. I'm on the Xbox and I've tried it multiple times and it did not work for me. If it is still working for you make a video on a Xbox so I can see what I'm doing wrong.

@@gamingcs1591 it's worked for me on Xbox, I just really suck at getting more than once

@@Puzzlecobra on switch is still working? game on discount now

@@Puzzlecobra works on pc? what about with a xbox controller--- confirmed- works on PC with xbox controller

I only play on Xbox, but I assume it works with an Xbox controller or on switch. No clue tho

They have to be input separately, that is correct.

All levels of dash attack work. As for consistency, this glitch really isn't. The game is tied to frames and sometimes a little lag will mess the timing up. I've also made a macro for this before and it's honestly more consistent doing it myself with a controller. Even worse if you're in coop with some latency. The game is inherently pretty inconsistent because of the frame mechanics so my best advice is to just practice being consistent and getting the muscle memory down. The jog buffer seems to not be necessary but for a while it made it more consistent, at least for me and some friends, maybe because the timing just worked out. As for "mashing the inputs", I find that you can incur a very slight delay between the switch weapon and skill use inputs since the tech is not frame perfect, rather it's just near-frame perfect. Seems like having the inputs chain one right after the other sometimes causes the game to see two inputs that were done at different times register as two inputs on the same frame.

keep in mind you need to make sure you're no longer inputting the dash attack when buffering

I'm not quite sure why, but its frame perfect for sword skills to guns when only single wielding sword. Try doing it with gun & sword instead.

Well it took me few tries and i already mastered the timing😂

@@yami7919 nice dude what console?

@Captain Pie ps4

Definitely, but I prefer just shooting them. It's more consistent that way.

I'm starting to think that the stick buffering isn't even registering

@@rasainothelostspirit8725 you specifically need to input the walking animation from what I've been able to do. (as in, tilting it all the way makes your character jog, which is not what you're looking for) That and from the sounds of it you're inputting the skill too fast. Try varying your timing a bit more and pay attention to what your fingers are doing on the controller.

I just barely tilt the movement and it still doesn't move

@@rasainothelostspirit8725 if you're barely tilting it your controller may not be reading it

Guess that's what I need to work on then. Everyone else simply said to push the movement stick forward.

Like any near frame perfect input, it takes practice. Doing it for the first time is the hardest.

Quickshot glitch is really easy to do

From what I've tested it's not exactly consistent either, you could input the exact same timing twice and get different results either time. After a bit more testing I also found out that it really needs to be a walk animation buffering the switch; or a run animation buffering a walk. I'm not completely sure why this is the case but I can probably assume it has to do with how the game handles inputs with frames as almost everything in this game is tied to frames. This also makes it much harder for keyboard players since inputting a "walk" animation with a key requires a lot more timing than just lightly holding the stick forward with a controller.

That's because I had triangle bound to circle on that profile. Timing and input should be the same regardless, sorry if that confused anyone

@@Wither255 oh sorry 😐 I didn't try to make you look like a hacker or trying to trick ppl just something I just wanted to call out sorry

@@Bodysweeper all good, trust me this glitch has been out for a long while, it's not like I'm trying to make something up

Means your timing is too early, you need to make sure that the first input that goes through is the weapon swap, I suggest you only do the rest of the input once your finger lets go of the switch button; it still has to be quick though.

nothing has been patched since February of 2019, you're not supposed to flick it, rather move the stick up a little to buffer a walking animation rather than a run

You can hold R1 for the entire duration, that part actually doesnt really matter because that just unlocks the skills. As for moving up, I moved a little before doing the switch to position myself facing the behemoth (I didn't need to do it in this case but I just do it on impulse); that part isn't required. When you "move forward a little", your character may not even actually move, it's just the input that's important.

@@Wither255 if u say so man

Nah cuz my friend does this

Firstly, there are no servers, this game is peer to peer. Second, I think, and idk for sure, that it's all dependant on how the game reads inputs over multiple frames. Since most of the game's mechanics work off of FPS, PC performance also has an impact. As for keyboard, a lot harder to pull off, but not impossible.

@@Wither255 but again, the whole point would be practicality no? So finding the easiest way to do it would be optimal- hey, i tried about 200 times on controller (200 dashes i waited CD for, many more that only resulted in a weapon swap) and got 6, 2 more in co-op PVP lobby by TP. tried maybe 150 times on keyboard, not once. But whatever works best! also note- not sure how much the R1 affects the perfomance as keyboard you dont need to option select abilities it's one hotkey.

Considering it's a frame perfect trick... It actually relies on game performance on whatever platform you are using. I would imagine people with very powerful PCs will find it more difficult to pull off, whereas people playing on consoles that have much lower spec might have a better time.

you can hold forward after the skill input and follow through, otherwise the initial input of walking forward is essential for canceling the switch animation.

@@Wither255 big help got it every time now thanks and still works for Xbox for those that look at this post

if there's drift it might screw up the buffer

Are you on Xbox, I need help

@@AaM-tu6eu sorry, I'm on ps4

Can you help me ? I’m on ps5

It will not work if any of the inputs are done simultaneously; meaning it won't work if more than one button is pressed at the same time (exception the R1 or skill select button). If that isn't the problem keep trying until you find the timing, then keep practicing till you get it consistently. The hardest part of this glitch is doing it for the first time.

@@Wither255 so does that mean i only flick the left stick not hold it? coz thats what i was doing for most of it.

@@shinra6913 the left stick can be held down for the duration of the skill, what I mean is that the switch button is pressed down and released before you touch anything

@@Wither255 I got it once :D (1/30 tries just now) but i got it. Thx it'll just take practice

@@shinra6913 nice been doing it for almost 4 hours no luck, I'll keep trying tho

No, I actually managed to do it on a switch lite very recently. Although I agree it may be difficult.

@@Wither255 yeah. I been try for awhile I think I'm struggling with the buffering

I did it by accident lol

Hold R1 (or whatever button you have skill unlock set to) the entire time, quickly tap the weapon switch button then buffer that with a slight forward tilt, at which you will want to do a skill right after the slight movement of the joystick (or W on PC).

Can't confirm, but it should be doable.

You don't need a third hand, just play claw like I was in the controller cam. I'm pretty sure you can look up how to play claw for xbox controllers.

@@Wither255 wth is claw?

@@akagurob1ack160 just a way of holding a controller that let's you have both your index and thumb on the top buttons, Google it.

real

how do you do it?

It's basically the same method as depicted in the video, just without the buffer. I pretty much gave up trying since it's an absolute pain to do it consecutively

@@rasainothelostspirit8725 no i totally get it i’ve been trying for weeks and i can’t seem to time it right lol

Yeah, it's often best to just play the game normally lol

I first caught wind of this glitch sometime in April of 2019

@@Wither255 how did you practice? Against the behemoth boss or the artillery on the side or another way?

​@@t0xicpanda458 for the first time I literally just went to Old South, ran off into the field, killed the sniper butterflies normally and tried to get it to work the first time. That took me over a day or two to even start to understand. Back then there wasn't really any guides and all I knew was "switch then use skill". I did that a couple more times during the week then moved onto trying it on the turrets in MT-02 room. I kept doing those until I felt like doing it on the behemoth himself. After a lot of practice on the behemoth, I tried it on some of the other hardcore co-op 3 missions. Then it started to become muscle memory.

@@Wither255 ah gotcha, Tysm

1. I have a switch, and can confirm it does work on it, also idk what a Chronus Zen is. 2. Don't give up, in contrast it took me an entire weekend to so it the first time. Once you get the timing locked into muscle memory, yhen you'll be consistent. Keep practicing.

@@Wither255 thanks for your reply. After successfully doing this only thrice in a week of practice, I decided that I cannot use this reliably (or, at all). So, I am thinking of using macro (8bitdo). Any idea how much milliseconds are the keys apart? From weapon switch to tilt, tilt to skill. A "guesstimate" will do if you don't have one. Thanks!

@@Jeff-ux4hm I'm working on that, can't really give you a reliable number yet

@@Wither255 no pressure, I'm trying as well but no luck yet. Kindly let me know when you figure it out, thanks!

@@Wither255 if you are still working on it, I wish you good luck. I am unable to replicate this using the macro controller that I have (8bitdo). I'm putting all my testing info here since it may be useful to someone else researching if this glitch can be done using macro on a controller. Unfortunately, I have to give up as my time to play (for now and for the long foreseable future) has already ended. I'm using 8bitdo pro 2 controller and the companion app that lets you program the macro. I am playing on Switch. Biggest problem with the app, or should i say limitation, is the absence of pause function in between simulated key presses in their macro. In the future that they include a "pause" function in between keys programmed then this glitch can be done using controller. If anyone is reading this in the future and the 8bitdo app already have a pause function in their macro then this glitch is 100% possible to replicate. It will need enough time to test/trial and error the pause time between the keys but universally the change weapon key would be at least at 30-40ms activation time. Any simulated button press specially the "change weapon" has a minimum "pressed" time of 30 milliseconds and maximum of 260 milliseconds. For reference, 30ms is almost only 1 frame in a 30fps game like this. Anything lower than 30 milliseconds will not be picked up reliably by the system as a key press. At 270 milliseconds, it does not produce any output. This extends up to 310 milliseconds. On activation time of 320 milliseconds and above, the key is registered as "unequip weapon" instead (like when holding the right dpad) I have tried to unmap a button using the 8bitdo app, making the said key null, and used that as a makeshift pause function key. It did not yield a favorable result probably due to 1. The minimum key press that can be registered is at 30ms and the required time to apply the buffer (joystick tilt up) needs to be done in less than 30ms after ending the change weapon key press, or the most possible reason is 2. This makeshift pause method that I used ruins the buffer key since the system reads a null input instead of a pause or break in the key input sequence immediately after the change weapon. This is the main reason why a future implementation of pause in the 8bitdo app would definitely make recreating this glitch possible. I have confirmed that the length from the time of the first input (weapon change) to the beginning of last input (skill button) last for 400 milliseconds per the visual interface, +/- 30ms for margin of error. Any macro for this glitch needs to be less than 400ms excluding the activation length of the last key (skill button). Sorry for hijacking your comment section and making this my info dump. This video of yours have been referenced in many places when searching for fatal bullet sword glitch. Mad skills to you my guy, pitty I can't replicate it. Best of luck to you!

I have a clip of me doing it on a switch lite

As of oct 2 2023 @ 03:15-23, I was able to do both the dash and slide on the switch. Just the timing is difficult.

Well, you don't really need buffs if you've got gigas cedar, otherwise I use melee booster 2, power field 4, viral shot 4, have an AI hit me with nano 4 and 100 medal gauge

@@Wither255 thank cause I don’t have the gigas where exactly would u go to find or farm the gigas

@@ItsHurtt on floors 47-49 in the abyss

@@Wither255 ok and last question do u remember the stats for the build in this like did u have max LUC etc??

@@ItsHurtt I use different builds but against behemoth it's max DEX max STR max LUC 231 INT and enough AGI to use dash attack 4

Bad swords will do a lot more damage, good swords do broken amounts of damage

@@Wither255 I cant figure to do it I go to do it and when I go to swap to sworr then do the skill my sword doesn't even switch in just my skill goes off

@@goblinarmy8932 make sure you're not doing any inputs at the same time

It takes practice, the timing isn't obvious. Also you cannot switch weapons and use a skill at the same time, it needs to be two separate inputs separated by a quick buffer movement.

@@Wither255 so hold RB the whole time, switch flick and skill? Just like that?

the last update was feburary 2019 and it was specifically stated to be the final update, doubt they put any attention into this game anymore since they seem to want to fund their sinking boat named Lycoris

Hey can you do this at low levels

@@alexalex-ct4ti No reason you should't be able to.

Yes it does

@@Wither255 dude how do u do it on Switch? Can u do this on stock joycons?

@@rudsbanzuela1835 I did it on the switch lite using the joysticks attached to the screen

Xbox is the only console I cannot confirm this to work on. PC seems to work fine and I personally tested Playstation and Switch. Considering switch has much worse delay and a little bit of joystick drift, I would assume its doable on Xbox.

@@Wither255 maybe I’m getting it wrong then, I’ll see cause I know you have to be extremely quick and you’re tutorial is flawless like perfectly clear I understand all the steps and exactly on what I have to do besides the buffer I don’t understand how that works

@@proteus5222 buffer just means you cancel something by doing something else, in this case you cancel the switch animation into a forward movement which allows you to use a skill right at the start if the weapon swap

@@proteus5222 as for actually doing it, its just like any other video game near-frame perfect input, just practice getting a "feel" for the timing. Shouldn't be too quick, but also not too slow.

@@Wither255 I got it to work it’s gonna take some practice but I appreciate you’re help bro 👊🏽

Might be your equipment or build. If it only does a couple million, you will have to hit a critical in order to break 100 million

@@Wither255 so I have a dojikiri as my sword, whats the highest I can one shot?

I can confirm on switch, heard it works on PC, dont know for Xbox

@@Wither255 What did you use the glitch on, if I may ask

@@acedetective4412 PS4 in the video, but I have a clip of me doing it on switch. Otherwise, I'm not 100% sure how it goes on PC and Xbox.

@@Wither255 Ah ok, thank you for telling me that it works on switch, as I have pc and switch versions, so now I know it works for one of the things I use. I wonder how much this can help me when trying to level up?

@@acedetective4412 well, once you get enough stats and a gigas cedar or kagemitsu type Z, you can farm the behemoth co-op mission for maximum exp farming

I have what is considered to be the most broken sword in the game. The Gigas Cedar can do 1-2 million per crit with the right build. Add that with the fact that dash attack 4 multiplies melee anywhere between 25 000% to 100 000% since guns only deal 1 melee damage normally, your sword will hit a crit for hundreds of millions. The only other sword that I can see this do vasts amounts of damage with is probably the Kagemitsu type Z, but will deall a couple million with regular swords.

If you look at it mathematically its more like, 4075 x 1 000 x 16 x whatever other multipliers come with power field, melee booster, debuffing, dex/luc etc...

It takes some getting used to, took me like 2 weeks to do it for the first time.

The tank? Behemoth MT-02 on regular co-op, should be the last one. Also doesn't unlock on a fresh save and you do need to progress, idr how far though.

yes

@@Wither255 ok, so i'm Bad at the timing

Well, not 10 billion. Just a lot of stacked multipliers doing work.

You should join the Fatal Bullet reddit Discord, I'm active on there.

It honestly might be easier on pc considering you can just set up a macro lol

No.

Pro controller

@@Wither255 good point but its the same price as a new set of joycons

@@Carito-000 and joycons are absolute garbage, your point is?

@@Wither255 i dont have a point? I would get a pro controller but im not able too spend more money on another controller i was just tryna make a joke about how joycons drift

@@Carito-000 I mean if you had to choose between new joycons and a pro controller, you'd want a pro controller.

It's the same thing, just different button names

And those are ?

@@TheBoricua2121 whatever equivalents you set them to. If you're using default, it should be R1 => R, d-pad => d-pad, joystick => joystick, skill button (square, triangle, cross, circle) => skill button (a, b, x, y)

You have a switch ?? I need help reaching 300

@@TheBoricua2121 I don't play on switch anymore

it still works???

@@triducphi-tiennguyen8232 Yes.. I Literally Have A Friend Who Still Uses It

I don't play this game anymore, everything you need to know should be in here.

On main menu, check your key bindings.

yes

I don't own an xbox so I can't hard confirm that it works, but I've had many people tell me it is possible and I don't see any reason for it not to be. The pinned comment says that it works for xbox. The timing is tricky to get down and personally I felt like doing it for the first time was the hardest.

Literally right after you replied I managed to pull it off. Thanks for the quick reply though, hopefully with some time I can do this consistently.

@@raydshadowlegendsstartnowforfr Good Luck

depends on your bindings

@@Wither255 its default

Yes and yes

@@Wither255 Well I'm bad then on my NSwitch >.

plz

@@porygonslab6978 bru its the same thing and controls

I'm still unsure exactly how far you can to tilt the stick forward. From experience it can be tilted all the way, so long as it's done after the switch input.

Thank you!

@@Wither255 oh that makes things easier for me then, I have a very sensitive controller when it comes to the joysticks

why?

@@Wither255 because.... Really, i dont know, im trying to make the sword dash. But aniway /e dance like roblox

yes.

0.4 seconds is actually quite slow for a series of inputs, if you ever watch any pro tournament for a fighting game, people input all sorts of combos in a fraction of a second.

@@Wither255 lol idk why i can't get it

The devs stopped caring after the feburary update, I have not heard of anyone being banned from fatal bullet in 2020 and I wouldnt worry. It's more about the hosts kicking you out of lobbies for it.

also in PVP its just disrespectful

@@Wither255 ok thank you

@@Wither255 sorry to ask another question but I just did the glitch successfully in the behemoth boss battle and it barely did any damage

@@hollowboi3197 by barely, did it only do like 2 million? You also have to crit to do the really big numbers of damage.

yes, the same way. I actually managed to do it myself so I can confirm that its possible.

depends on your build, also crits are what really reach for high numbers

How do you do it-?

Thank you ♡ success ^^

It's not patched, I can assure you. After feburary 2020, the devs did not patch the game anymore; final update.

@@Wither255 then they moved to lycoris, which I thought had 0 character customization but maybe I was wrong idk

@@Wither255 Do you need certain skills? Or can it be level 1?

@@PhillyOMF Any skill works except for a select few, I havent tested them all but they should mostly work.

@@mistressofdreams6031 you are indeed wrong, the game actually straight up lets you totally customise kirito however you like, outside of cutscenes of course. But this glitch can still be performed on FB even today, although, being frame perfect, it is dependent on game performance.

Holy fkn shit after doing for like 2 hours I got it and now I know it's actually possible for my dumbass to do it Edit: And I can't do it anymore after I did it 2 times in a row

@@Dera101 bro i can do it once than for 10 minutes i cant do it Then again 1 time 10 min nothing My timing is shit-,-

@@jimbocraft1933 just keep doing it it took me like a month but im able to do it every single time now

@@Dera101 i tried it again And i can now time it better so that i can do it every 6-10 tries

@@jimbocraft1933 i havent played in 4 months so dik if i could do it again

I don't own an xbox controller

Just saying cauae it is harder on xbox because of the joystick placement

@@FaultyMoon you think Xbox is hard, wait till you try doing it on switch joycons with frame drops

Rip my sanity

@@Wither255 me who plays on switch: ah shit, here we go again

same thing, different buttons for inputs compared to ps4

Haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure it works on every platform. I've seen people do it on PC and Xbox so I wouldn't doubt it. Give me some time I'll attempt it on my switch

@@Wither255 oh thx

It does work for switch

@@D4ystar than-kyu i'll try

it should

Might've been patched out monx

@@Wither255 D: Now I'll never be able to solo angry berserker 1 :(

@@MaidCatGirI srry catboy

yes, I did it yesterday

@@Wither255 Somebody told me there's a new way to do it. Do you know what the new method is? I still can't do it.

@@kamikaze00007 well, there was an old way to do this a while back, but that got patched. As far as I'm aware there is no other way to do this as of today. If you have info on an alternate method, please let me know.

exact number, like 0.4 seconds, but its not a thing of being as fast as possible, you can be too fast or too slow, it's a sweet spot

@@Wither255 bro I have been trying for an hour and half now and it's just wow

Works with any level of dash attack, and the glitch works with almost any skill.

@@Wither255 good to know, thank you, I guess I just can’t get the timing done right~

If you've done it before the patch back in 2018, it's the same thing but you must buffer the switch animation.

@@Wither255 how do I do that do I press switch weapon and tilt the left stick up at the same time or switch weapon first then tilt?

@@flatline4267 press and release switch button, preferably you just tap it, then hold forward immediately after to buffer the switch

@@Wither255 okay I’ll try that

​@@Wither255 Hold forward? or tilt and release forward? or hold forward and then release? I've gone through a lot of comments and I see you've said 3 different things now :S. Start with Skill unlock pressed entire time - as this is fine to be held down. Step 1 is easy, have to press and release the button for switching weapons. Step 2 is where you changed your answers on 3 occasions... you buffer with movement but is it held forward? or move forward and release? or buffer with slight tilt and release or slight tilt and hold?? Step 3 use skill. The 2nd step is what I've been hung up on and none of those 3 things have worked :S. Can we buffer with something else?

There hasn't been any updates since abyss, so yes.

@@HighDopamine yes, it shouldn't ever be patched since the last update was the final update for the game. As for Xbox inputs, im not sure what buttons you need to press exactly, but it will be along the lines of; weapon switch -> tilt left stick forward -> dash attack skill

7/7 perfect epic Gigas Cedar G4 with bounty weapon attack, crit rate/damage and damage at max HP

I haven't been playing FB for a week now, mostly because I'm focused on uni work + genshin impact a lot lately

Ok

Someone asked this less than 24 hours ago, in case you didn't read the other comments, yes. It still works.

@@Wither255 yeah just now seen it, thanks

why would you want to do this in abyss?

@@Wither255 to make farming faster rn im using lsz and peacock

@@dxfurno Use Rapier Z, check the other video of my clone room run

@@Wither255 ight

@@Wither255 one last question what's your stats for lsz +rapierz

maybe it doesn't hurt to, read the title and / or description

@@Wither255 how do u read I can’t see I’m blind bc I’m actually deff, bc the snake grew legs and handstands

@@Fptes L

yes

How ??? I’m trying and still nothing

It means cancelling the animation and/or input of something to input something else. In this case, you cancel the weapon switch's locking of the skills which allows you to both swap weapons and use the skills off the first weapon.

@@Wither255 so how do I buffer?

@@lordmazo616 by doing a slight tilt forward, meaning that you move forward a little bit right after you release your finger off the switch button, you'll buffer the standing switch animation which will allow you to use a skill in the small window of time where the skills are still on the screen before the switch happens.

@@Wither255 okay i just did it tyvm, all thats left for me is to focus on the timing, again ty for the help

I did it like 5 times but sow I feel like I can't do it no more :/

Yes it does

@@prace2k I’d be like a million chance to do it right. Do you have to move the left joystick? Other ppl I see in yt do it with ease

@@DailyLifeofJun Yea you just have to do a Little step forward. It might take a while to get it down but once you got the timing for the first Time it will be much easier

@@prace2k hahahah thx I did it like 10x in 10hours. Hell nah I ain’t doing this again imma just play normal cause I feel like I’m wasting my time.

It still does, the final update was in February 2020. There shouldn't be any changes to the game since then.

@@Wither255 i see the animation where the gun changing to the sword but always ends up staying as the gun when using the skill is there a certain sword or gun needed

@@user-sd2ol8mv1i works with any sword or gun

As mentioned in the other reply, if you see yourself switching weapons prematurely, you need to hit the skill faster. If you end up using dash attack or whatever skill you choose, means you're too fast and probably using the skill before the joystick movement buffer. Also remember not to press the switch button and the skill button at the same time or in a different order because it will fail if you do so.

AAA oh okay and wanna be friends?

@@dogggonethedoge3777 PSN : Wither255

AAA you play in PlayStation? I play on Nintendo switch

AAA I still can’t do it

I did it yesterday on PC

@@Wither255 What are the operating steps on pc？I especially want to try sliding grenades

@@Wither255 Can you publish a computer version of the video guide? I think this operation is very cool, but I tried it for a long time because I haven't used the handle

@@rurigokou2610 its literally the same thing, just with different assigned buttons. Idk what they are by default but the timing is the same.

@@Wither255 I want to ask if the keyboard can use this operation, because it’s so cool to launch grenades while sliding.