50 Things D2 Pros Do That YOU Don't (PvP) 

Comment your BEST tip down below. Next up, watch my video about the 1 fundamental rule of PvP: The 40/60 rule: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kdWrTp00Yno.html

My warm up routine is throwing my first two games of comp then playing Red Dead lol

For me: avoid blind bloodlust. Sometimes, it's better to let someone get away with 1 hp while also surviving yourself, instead of chasing around a corner into a 1v3 or a shotgun. Rotate, reposition, retake the fight from an advantage of some form; don't be baited. Great content Shadow!

Watching good players play the game is low key a big part of my improvement. Watching guys like shadow and Benny have definitely helped me weed out some of my weaker points of play like how to use a shotgun effectively. I like seeing those who go over their perks and masterwork cause you can get a better idea of what certain guns really need to be effective. Also, it’s just a game, don’t let a few bad experiences get you down and continue to try to improve. Even if you lose, you win if you learn.

Something that has helped me personally and that I’ve since passed along to friends is to HAVE CONFIDENCE and a GROWTH MINDSET in PvP. Most players go in very nervous or already thinking “I suck at PvP so why bother?” If you go in with a fixed mindset, meaning you are stuck thinking you suck, you will most likely (definitely) suck. But if you tell yourself, “I can do this. I got this. I can win.” etc. you will see yourself quickly improving. After all, MOOD AFFECTS EVERYTHING.

Important tip: Recognizing when to change your loadout. It's extremely important to recognize when your current loadout is ineffective. Let's say you're trying to snipe I'm a close quarters map and you just keep getting shotgun aped. Changing your loadout to something that matches the opponent's play style can totally save you in this situation. I always have multiple loadouts for this exact reason and I can't tell you how many matches I've managed to come back from due to changing my loadout.

The 40/60 rule has been helping a lot in Trials. Definitely going to think about some of these tips this week to keep improving!

What is a useful tip you'd give to a fellow Crucible player? Put it in a comment-let's create the ultimate collection of game-changing PvP tips for the community!

I'm a long time destiny player, even played tournaments at a time, and the one tip that helped me was abusing the radar. In my opinion, the radar is a tool you can be abusing to make your opponents play worse and make bad decisions. Some examples of this: 1. Moving slightly closer to an opponent to move radar "zones" (entering the center/pie slices of the radar). This can make them think you're pushing them, or just much closer than you were originally 2. Getting a teammate to "flash" themselves on a radar in a different direction to distract my opponent, even for a split second, so i can make the play to follow up it. Side note, something interrupting the radar (flashbangs, gemini jester) can really assist you in a lot of situations, especially in modes like trails where it's very important. Good luck out there :)

Haven't even watched the video yet and I KNOW it's gonna be a banger

for question number 19 (I'm dying before I can react) look into decreasing your input lag. Most tvs have between 20 and 55 milliseconds of input lag which might not sound like much but any amount of input lag can greatly decrease your ability to aim.

One of the best tips I've ever gotten was to figure out which FOV worked best for me. Seems simple enough, but it drastically improved my performance in game

My biggest tip that helped me improve is remembering during bad matches that it's just a game at the end of the day and walking away after a few bad runs is 100% okay.

The real question: how do I avoid matching with players from the opposite side of the world and lose to lag?

The best advice I got from any of shadows videos is on how to use cover. Just using a little cover in gunfights can give you 1 or 2 bursts needed to survive and possibly even take on more than one opponent

Definitely a comprehensive guide. Perfect amount of coverage on each topic.

instructions unclear, capped 10 flags in one match, lost, and made a tweet about the top fragger not playing objective LOVE the quality of videos man, so damn underrated.

My one tip would be don't be afraid to run to teammates if you're getting rushed. Getting one kill isn't worth your life if you have the opportunity to escape. It's far better to run, regroup with your team, then push back as one. Fantastic video, Shadow. This series has made me a much better player. I've gotten so much done that I had started to think I would never be able to. Keep 'em coming!

i actually have a few vids on my own gameplay that show the progress i've made from willy nilly Gambit matches to 10+ kill streaks in 6v6. The biggest tips i've gotten from these kinds of vids was learning what resilience does and what weapons can clap you with so many shots. understanding that allowed me to gauge how long to stay in a fight and when to disengage. that was the second major tip that exponentially increased my KD. Knowing when to disengage. After that, I was told to pick TWO things to work on during my gameplay and to just focus on those two things. So i'd just pop into control and I'd say "okay, today you're going to work on hitting your shots, (hand cannon practice) and engaging and immediately disengaging". Doing this allowed me to start surviving longer till my offensive intuitions and reflexes incorporated this caution into my gameplay. And lastly, and i too cannot stress this enough, WATCH YOUR OWN GAMEPLAY. In the moment of battle you're missing a lot of things that will tell you what you did wrong, where you should've been, what you could've done, and how to approach that situation next time. I cannot tell you how much that helped. And i mean really critique yourself. Be real, be honest, admit when you were outclassed by either the weapon or the opponent. Shadow Destiny mentioned one word many times that i cannot give him enough credit for, and thats the word "NUANCE". Because there IS a lot of nuance. In almost every aspect of the game. Learning to identify and incorporate these nuances will take you miles in the direction you want to go. I've been playing mainly pvp for almost a month and a half now and like i said earlier, i can definitely pull off some amazing plays. At the end of the day, have fun and dont worry about your ''KD''. I personally have some clan members who immediately abandon matches if they think their KD is gonna take a hit. I can't and won't respect it. If everyone did that nobody would ever be able to complete a match of crucible lol. Douche baggey as hell. Don't be that guy. Awesome content Shadow, got yourself a new subscriber. 👍😎

12:03 I like to use ctrl for swapping weapons, you can just press it with the bottom of your pinky without letting go of the shift button (pressing swaps between kinetic and elemental, holding it switches to heavy). If you have a mouse with buttons on the side, I highly recommend using your melee and class ability on there, it is really easy to press it when you get surprised by someone

I just started playing pvp this week when iron banner rolled around, and this stuff really helps, thanks a bunch

Thanks for this upload, these videos really help out Shadow, I actually matched against you in pvp the other day it was crazy!

Some of the things Ive learned over the years, are as follows: having a single shotcaller in an intense game can completely change the outcome of a match especially when losing: 2 when your screen or view seems level, if your peaking the same level ground your crosshair will be at head hight, 3 sometimes playing super aggressive with a team, can cause enough chaos to throw off even the best of opponents: Learn grenade hotspots, find a place everyone always goes, throw it there, if you have enough distance between yourself and the person chasing you, once fully recovered flip around and re-engage rather than letting them mow you down

This really helped me survive way longer and gives you an exact time to run away. If you miss the first shot and your opponent doesn't or if you hit a body shot and they hit a headshot leave the fight Immediately and wait for your heath before restarting the fight. It pairs well with the 60/40 rule too.

Learned much here and in your other videos! Taking cover, move back instead of engaging, 40/60 etc. great job and very helpful!!

These tips are awsome ! I love the fact that u made a short video of just 21 mins with 50 tips ! Great content !💪🏼👍🏼 good work

One thing I learned from a video I watched a while ago and really works: focus on what you want to get better at, for example I realized I need to be better at slide shooting (with HC not shotty) and teabag shooting, so even if I wasn't doing these things well & often led to my death because I wasn't good at it, I was making it a habit so that I would naturally be more slippery without forcing myself to think about it.

Knowing when to pull back, sliding by covers, and not being afraid to use two primaries skyrocketed my performance. I don't play Trials (because I'm not nearly confident enough in my abilities yet), but I'm very often on the top of my team in Ironbanner.

Been waiting for this vid, can't wait to show some of my friends

Man thank you so much this honestly had helped me so much, I took what I learned from this and in just two days I went from getting (please don't make fun of me) getting like 1-2 kills every crucible game, but now I'm getting almost 10-15 every match and hitting basically 150% more of my shots and my strafe has improved so much as well and I'm using the 60/40 rule a lot more and optimizing my Dodge ability to get to cover tysm

I can say that the 40/60 rule you mention (and detail in the other vid) has taken me from a sub 1.0 to an average 1.4-1.5 player within a week or so. Cover is so important and with everyone knowing the maps like the back of their hands (since Bungie hasn't updated the maps in years), knowing the lanes, knowing your effective range and teaming shots from cover are critical to having any sort of success.

Definitely hit some mellow PVE before starting up Crucible. Especially if you’re not on the constant D1/D2 grind. Helps to warm up that muscle memory and you can focus on the type of shots you want to make and which weapons feel best to you. Yeah, meta is meta, yada yada, but using a weapon you’re super comfortable with makes the experience better overall IMO

my main problem in pvp is if I am in a tough situation I often panic rather than evading or chunking the gunfights. for me it is hard to maintain control of a hectic situation

Great video look forward to watch many many more, again and again.

I personally warm up with shotgun-handcanon in control, after a couple games I swap to my main sniper-smg, do a game or two, then go into elimination. This warmup helps me get into the groove of PvP and my reaction time from being to close to everyone

I watched the 60/40 rule vid about a week ago. Before that I was getting sub 1.0 kd, since then I've jumped up to 3-6.0 in survival. Two nights ago my fireteam went on a 9 win streak in eliminations where a week or two ago we were getting bodied regularly.

running away from engagement is not a bad option, lead opponent to ur comfortable position on the map.

So I just watched this yesterday and the part about 3v1 and treating it as just a series of 1v1s was great advice. I actually pulled off a team wipe in Survival last night by following your advice. Great video! Thank you for the help.

Recently got the machine gun reward from Shaxx and watched this video and now with both a good gun and your great advice I feel like I’m ready to take on the crucible again after my batch of losses last time I tried.

Pro Tip: stop running straight through the middle into 3 people in trials leaving your teammates wondering if you even have a thought process at all. *Ffs jerry we lost at round 7 you're 0-8 and your overall damage was 187. How tf did you get to a 5 win card?* ^ Jerry is just a place holder for that one blueberry you get in solo que 😆

14:10 thanks for the tips and st5uff but that shot was the pinacle of this video omfg

Thank you sensei. I keep those in my mind,

Smashed the like button and my aim improved instantly. I was missing almost every shot until I hit this like button, suddenly I'm able to actually get kills. Best tip in this video!

I needed this thanks ❤

I've been doing this. Following the best team mate on my solo comp grind so hopefully we can tram shot etc makes it a lot better

Thank you so much for this! I'm not the greatest at PvP but it made me feel more confident due to your positivity 😀

Shadow your vids are always so helpful to me, I used your tips from an older video and I played a lot better, I showed you to my friends to help them too

thanks for tip 38. really started thinking my controller would crutch me but keyboard is was too tough for me

Shadow, always with the fire. Thanks

if you play alot of pve just remember to turn up dialogue volume before going into story missions ect (its just nicer with audio in pve)

The 40 60 rule was a major help for me. I went from struggling to get a 1.0 and a dozen kills in 6v6 to 2.0 and 20 plus kills on average.

This video helped so much I managed to correct a lot of the mistakes I was making is PvP

Great video !! Thanks !

These tips helped me man, thank you

The 40/60 rule. Was extremely helpful.

Love your great advice and witty comments 🙏🙏🔥😂

Awesome tips man!

Thanks so much for the pointers, learned a lot and happy to say I’ve subscribed. Recently getting back into destiny and trying to get like you my guy!

Today I learnt....50 things that will definitely help me in PVP, thanks Shadow.

I love Twilight Gap because my favorite build is designed for area control. It works terrifyingly well in close-quarters maps like it

Man I felt personally attacked with the "don't be this guy" with the sprinting haha. Awesome video, just by slowing down I feel I've done better, in Aus I feel the matchmaking be crazy at the moment everyone has 3+kd but taking tips from this made me go from about to do strictly pve to getting better at pvp. Love it!

The 60/40, radar usage, sliding and escape routes are things i've been practicing since watching this and as a person new to fps pvp it has skyrocketed my performance. Ty so so much ❤ also 100 mobility on hunter was life changing ❤

New sub. You are very clear when you speak and it's easy to understand you.

40/60 Rule for sure the best thing that has came out of this channel for me, got me my first flawless, we ran, and improved my kd substantially. Thanks Shadow 👍

The 40-60 rule, and all the sniper tip vids helped immensely. The two combined allowed my sniping, lfr, bow, fusion, and aggressive frame scout plays become relavent. Now working on HC. Thank you shadow, not only for your content, but stomping on me in Crucible. Like in this vid, those cracked players help you out even in a losing battle by allowing you to recognize how they move, and how you should move, different angles you didn't know about, etc. My lifetime kd,/kda doesn't reflect how I play now :)

I Started Off In PvP With A 0.54 KDA (I’m Not A PvP Player) But Now That I Been Doing PvP More (Every Couple Hours), I Start Mimicking What My Opponents Be Doing && I Boosted My KDA Drastically. I Went From 0.54 To 0.92 In Just A Week. I Feel Like I’m Getting Better, But I Still Need A Lot Of Things I Have To Polish Up On. Like When To Pop Super, When To Switch To Secondary, Etc. Watching This Video Gave Me A Lot Of Tips To Practice && Work On. Stay Blessed Bro. Awesome Vid BTW 💯🤘🏾

I would highly reccomend binding your jump to left trigger, and your crouch to right stick. This allows a higher potential for simultaneous movement and accuracy because you only move your fingers for grenade, but can jump/dodge/aim all at the same timw

I've watched this video 3 times in the past year. It's helped tremendously and I get something new each time. My biggest takeaways, surviving is way better than risking the death over and over for the kill. I don't rush anymore and take a patient pace. My second tied with the above is committing to whatever action I decided to do. Just commit to the lane, the one enemy I'm shooting, and specifically my loadout that I feel good with. I know my weaknesses so I play with what I'm good at at the moment.

Thank you so so much for the amazing and educational video Shadow 🙏🏻😊💯💯 this is going to help me and a lot of my clan mates.

Dude I saw your vid yesterday and I went from max 4 kills per game to 19, you're a life saver-

I used to ply controller and I sucked at pvp, I recently switched over to mouse and keyboard and I am starting to notice quite a bit of improvement

Amazing video🙌, couldn’t ask for more

So I'm not colorblind, but I struggled to see the radar in my peripherals because it's that darker red color; especially on maps with heavy red light like altar of flame for example, so you can turn on color blind settings to switch it to specific color blindness type that make the radar a bright yellow instead of that red. Helped me immensely with radar detection without actually looking at the radar. It will change the backgrounds of some items but the important stuff like purples and exotics still show as normal.

51. Watch every Shadow video Thanks for your content, man. It's always helpful and has helped me go flawless 4x this season (had never done so before) and rock an IB efficiency well over 2.0 for the first time. For a long time you were the only PVP guy I followed (though I've now added Patty to my sub list).

I didn't think to move my body and not my aim. Wow. Gonna try that. Something that has helped me as a warlock is having 100 resilience and high recovery. Intellect is rad and all, but being able to have more time and take more damage when I can't react fast enough or evaluate a situation has really saved me. Warlocks are slower to begin with, so even when I'm on my A game and my fingers aren't getting all tangled up and having seizures, it still takes a while to maneuver myself out of a situation. But High Res + Karnstein to get melee health back (I often get into slap fights), has helped me with health regen and not dying.

Can you make a video going over middle tree night stalker or any subclass.. I like how you thoroughly explain things

Taking a break for me was advice I needed to hear. I get way to disappointed in myself that I repetitively go back into pvp or trials just so I can prove to myself I'll get better .. Wherein actually fact, I needed a break since I was frustrated and everything and couldn't fully concentrate on the match 😖

i found that point #20 is the single biggest factor in winning or losing a round of trials. we had this one guy who really liked to push but would never call it and we'd always lose him then get pushed into a 3v2 and often lose. simply by him calling his push/flank we could go in with him and our round win rate went up almost instantly. communication is key

i like that map because i got a back to back ace in 3v3 elims on it so it holds a special place in my heart lol

The best thing that has helped me improve... IS this channel. Thank you

I bounce between 1.89 and 2.0 kda almost weekly so I think it’s safe to say I’m a reliable 1.8kda dude. My warm up “routine” is EDZ landing zone lost sector using whatever special I plan on using that day then off to use the same weapons in a NF then into Rumble then Comp then Trials. Usually does pretty good as a warm up since my 1st or 2nd card is a solo queue flawless.

I know shadow went over this at 3:23, but coming from almost a hardcore sniper main, YES! Look at your opponent when trying to hit a shot in your field of view. Especially when sliding in and out of cover.

I do the Apex playlist in kovaaks to warm up and it works great. So good in fact that my best games are in the beginning and then get worse over my session 😅.

no way this is great, i saw you in the crucible and the tower, about to scan the video now and see if im getting demolished in the hive map (that was the most memorable defeat) and seeing your hood and the name shadow just clicked. alls im sayin is good stuff, that was surprising

Some weapons are very underrated, I’ve been running wish-ender with a quickdraw igneous hammer (with double hand cannon dexterity) for a while now and it’s basically an insta kill once you land the bow shot. Not to mention the ability to pre-aim with the wall hacks

It took me not even an hour to get used to hip-firing with DMT. Now it feels like I can't miss. Plus, it really helps that I'm just really good with scouts.

For controller i use stick and move ( jumping with R3 ) helps a ton with shotting whilst jumping around, use this on most fps games

Your videos are always so informative! Thank you for putting these out! Also joining your discord to hopefully find some cool people to play with. Thank you!!

good video as always!!

i improved a fair amount by looking at my radar more often, applying the 60/40 rule and practicing precision shots in patrol zones especially against fallen and vex, the vex crit being on their abdomen is similar to a crouching guardian and vandals are about the same size as guardians 👍💪

this was an incredible video subbed!!!

Great content

Game changing tip for me was audio setting!! I got like 2 to 3 times better map awareness! So usefull in rumble!!

I like the map bcuz there’s a lot of fun sniper lanes but u can also get really close with and smog or shotgun without getting obliterated so there’s something for every play style

Personally I talk through while I’m playing, like I’m doing a live commentary and I’m explaining my actions. Don’t know why but it improves my decision making and helps explain unnecessary deaths when I normally would’ve tilted

Thx, this will really help me try and go flawless for the first time

Great tips and very insightful 👏

I find lost sectors or doing a lfg in shadow's discord for a private match an easy way to warm up, and maybe, if you get the right player(s), you can maybe even learn other tips, tricks, and other things that shadow hasn't pointed out yet. anyway, great content and i've increased my KD since the first video of this series from 0.75 to somewhere between 4.20 and 8.0. sometimes, on a great day, i can even get 10.0+. keep up the great work!

God bless this man🙏🏼 (THANKS)

I realise this is an old video now, but this and the 40/60 rule videos have done more for my game than almost any other. I got my 10th We Ran for the guilded triumph today, appreciate all of your content good sir 🙏🙏🙏