Complete Squad Leading Guide | Tips, Tricks, Strategies, and Mechanics to Lead Your Squad to Victory 

I think SL's often underestimate the positive reinforcement aspect of leadership. That doesn't mean coddling or over-praising your guys, but when your LAT takes out enemy armor they stumbled on without direction from you, cheer them on. When a 3-man fire team finds the enemy radio and digs it down, tell them they're the best. Celebrate their successes and encourage them if they stumble. I've had so many people tell me, after losing a game by 150 tickets that it was the most fun they've had, and ask if they can be on my squad next round. It really makes a difference.

I love the squad community. I got autofilled to squad leader when are sl left in the staging phase and when I said I wasnt experienced and tried to relinquish the sl role, they taught me how instead.

Might start leading INF squads now. Great vid!

Great video! Lays out "why" to do things a certain way as SL and not just "what" to do. Really beneficial. Good stuff.

You should really encourage everybody to be aware of their squad number rather than promoting the use of names in command chat and thus making it more obscure. The same really goes for squad comms. As often as possible, commands should be directed to alpha, bravo or charlie. This is especially true in a context of an online game, where user names can be anything (name of a cap, vehicle type, "low_ammo_1995", "INeed4Medic454P").

With 1500 hours and alot as SL, i really love teaching ppl how to SL. Its so fun and rawarding when things work out. Good vid

great video. i find that when you get tired of bad SL's and start playing as one is when you become the best SL's in the game. good mind set to be in instead of just doing it to do it

Very good video sir!!! I`ve played Squad for about 600 hours my self, and I learned some new good things from this. I hope lots of players watch this and learn lots from it as well. Its videos like this thats makes this game experiance better for us ALL. Keep it up Gorlami14.

My first five outings leading a squad were all unmitigated disasters. In all cases we were already losing bad, so everyone was in headless-chicken mode. Left a very sour taste in the mouth.

Thanks for the guide. The best one I've watched thus far. Great work! I loved the animated icons for explaining things, really effective!

This is great for folks who are ready to take that dive. Great video!

Solid info. Ive been involuntarily voted as squad leader...its difficult but letting guys know your inexperienced and asking for help and advice is priceless...The guys that speak up and want to help, teach and give their knowledge Ive even asked them if they would want to be leaders of the fireteam, often those guys are the best for choosing to be fireteam leaders as their knowledge and experience is put to better use because they can mark info on the map and have more tools available in their toolbox that supports their game knowledge and understanding...and delegation of authority helps create a stronger team cohesion...giving acknowledgment to peoples competence is valuable and invaluable. Asking each fireteam leader for status updates of what they see and whats going on is important. You learn what they see that you cannot...and allows you to better assess and take care of them. If theyre taking heavy resistance you can order them to fall back to rally and regroup...or order them not to push and delay the enemy as you inform command of the support you need for your men to be effective.

Thank you so much for making these types of videos. I've been needing a squad leader guide and this is the BEST!! Can't wait for the AT guides next!

My second or third game I ended up being SL. My experiences in the reserves and the friendly community are to thank for it not being a total gong show.

Your guides are some of the best about squad, you give details on things a lot of other vids don't, being a fireteam leader seems like a good step towards being a SL without all the responsibility, might try that first. keep up the good work mate!

Glad to hear you make the recommendation about having multiple exits from the FOB. I always recognize an inexperienced SL when I see them superfob a 30m radius circle and give it only one exit. Show me a FOB like this and I will show you a doomed FOB.

Awesome stuff as always @Gorlami

Love youre content, good work. Much appreciated

I’m pretty new to squad and have been wanting to test the waters as SL this was a huge help.

great info! thanks

I do a lot of squad ops 1 life events but never as squad lead mostly ftl roles. Great info on squad leading.

Thank you Gor!

Really good video man, great work!

Thx for the video bro!!!

Great video, you mentioned some stuff which can be crucial and others don't talk about them.

Well made video!

awesome video! Cant wait for the advanced infantry guide

Best guide I've watched

Haven't seen you upload lately but Im benefiting from ur videos hope to see u soon. But this whole video helped me.. even though i maybe knew one or two tricks it help reunsure me other BETTER SLs do the same thing or think the same way..

good guide also for non SL as well (get a better understanding of what SL does and why = you can support SL better)

good shit man

amazing video man. I've done it once, so far in a very long game that we ended up losing. I wasn't complete trash, but man it really is A LOT to deal with. You really feel that sinking sense of shame when your orders lead to a wipe, and that sense of pride when everything works out and nobody dies, even if the success was just that everyone somewhat properly cleared the empty compound or crossed the street intelligently lol.

This is such an "epic" video!

This is exactly what I was looking for! I'm still pretty new with only 200+ hours in the game so not planning to run SL anytime soon but I wanna learn how so if the time arises and a squad disbands I could become a SL if needed! Love squad and your videos man keep it up!

As a new player I have two tips that would be very good for noobs AND could help non noobs alike. Be smart and clear when moving because so many times I have a postion and as a new player i take calm time to look at map for learning distance while looking around for movment and all of a sudden everyone is 200M away. Or there is action and SL say move when you can to mark and you and your FT are now 500m behind(if your lucky enough that there was a clear order) on top of that Im trying to learn to be a medic and gets in situations where I just cant stand up and run and/or drop what I am doing. I ususally try to ask if I could get a moment and that is often okej but I am now alone because SL and squad couldnt wait 90 seconds. There are more situations where if possible making sure the squad members move and wait in a way that keep all toghter is worth a litle extra time. Most often people or fireteams split up more and more the longer the match goes and coms becomes chaos while the squad breaks up to sections on the map with morals broken down were no orders are given or asked for. 90 seconds or 300m can make a diffrennce in this game. Also, make clear orders for when and how to engage. Not only because Im new and hitting targets is hard. Having everyone start shooting at this one head sticking upp 200m away when you know there are 6 sneaking around is stupid. Even more so if they dont know you are around. Experienced players with good aim can be as bad as noobs and quilty to this. Have only played one game of my 70hours where this dicipline where in effect and it makes a BIG differnece. And for anyone reading no mather role. I really like being a medic and want to learn this class. If I tell you to stay down or tell you something else while reviewing, there is a reason for me to say this thing and if you I ask you to drag or smoke when you and me are up and we are pined downed and 5 around us are down, consider doing it if feasible instead of being shoot down again.

I legit have 12 hours on squad but all the SLs kept leaving and nobody wanted to be it so I was learning on the fly trying to lead everyone. Hell I didn’t even know the button to talk with other SLs until accidentally hitting it😂 that shit was so scary but felt so rewarding after the game especially when my squad mates said I kicked ass for my first SL game

800+ squad leading on HLL I jumped in my first game on squad. It was kinda delightful.

Great guide. What I don't go with, placing Hab inside buildings. Usually you will create a meatgrinder where those who want to leave the building are blocked by players defending the Hab. Never ever build above the ground floor or/and with one exit .

1:02 SAME BRO i hate sitting on a full team of 50 and theres only 3 squads and nobody making any, so i just started doing it myself lol

I've noticed a lack of competent SL's lately, so that's why I want to step up. I've tried it in the past but quickly got overwhelmed due to poor command and an unresponsive squad. The other problem is, despite nearly 200 hours play time, I still have no idea what layers are which and how they're going to pan out. It didn't even occur to me that I could request FTL in order to get some practice while under the leadership of a more experienced SL, or simply just locking the squad with smaller numbers. I think I'll definitely give that a try

Thanks, man. Very interesting and valuable advices. One question I have - is it ok to ask squadmates for their opinion? Sometimes I say the plan and continue with "What do you guys think?". Is it helpful?

While the Narva courtyard is easy to camp vertically it’s great for preventing getting fucked by armor when hasco walls are built up.

Being an SL is like being an entertainer, just help them have fun and they won't really care what's going on

I started squad leading within my 1st game ever

I'm only watching this in case I'm put into an SL role out of nowhere again. It was a real bad time, especially since I was an automatic rifleman with no access to the SL kit for a bit

Where do you pick up construction supplies or ammo supplies for the logi? Great video btw!

I'll also add if you're squad leading and you start getting frustrated/stressed and start barking orders at your squad...take a break from SL'ing and have a breather. Having a stressed out SL passes that down to your squad and creates a stressful environment for them too.

10/10

After watching this video I tried SL-ing. One thing I had trouble with, that I didn't see addressed - Radio settings! As squad leader you have so many more people talking to you, and I often couldn't hear what people were saying. You've got command radio, squad radio, and local voice, AND you're under fire.... Any tips?

Its amazing how many people want to be indians and not chiefs in squad. I have just about 30 hours now played. 8 in training mode (most of it in helicopter) and about every 2nd or 3rd game SL gets passed to me and i havent even said anything. Theres so many commands and prompts i didnt know existed for SL where the times i just gave up and kept the SL role i just had my squad follow another squad

i completely agree with you but one more point is its still a game at the end of the day. Don't stress yourself or other people out they're just trying to enjoy themselves [:

1st (Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm sure it's going to be good.)

Nice vids it help but ive try and other SL tell me to change every time --'

How would we be able to talk with Squad 10?

In my games nobody builds a fortified hub or mortars just droping the spawner and radio than leaving, i have like 5-7 games and pretty new, but after watching all your videos really want to try to be a SL

everyone good SL knows to kick the marksman

People without Mics are liabilities. Thats very true

6:18 you've had games with an incompetent commander? I've had a couple with a competent one

I started SLing in my 2nd game because my SL left and no one else wanted it

The worst enemy as a squad lead is the team when you are on the wrong server XD i can't count how often i predicted the exact route of enemy flanks and hub positions up to 15 minutes in advance just to be the only squad to hold the line and the rest of the team wonders why we lost and demand a balance. Even a squad of total noobs can carry a game when they stick together and get a good lead.

@Gorlami14 I am relatively new. The first thing I noticed by accidentally becoming a SL, is that players ought to make easy to say names. A form of some garbled name is hard to order. But, even &^%$_boi can be said, because I will just order, boi. :-) I'm always doing that as just a squad member, using just a part of a name to communicate. NOTE: Players not in a 'clan' can preface their name. Meaning, if you want what may be a popular name, you can preface it with any 2 to 3 initials... [??]... [???]. Just some thoughts. Feel free to educate me on the matter.

Do you still play Squad?

"Gorlami"... I see what you did there

Informative but I'm still intimidated

One thing I really hate about squad leading is just the constant incoherent radio chatter between many players

GRENADIER guide pls

i think squad should punish friendly kills, like say you lose 2 tickets even if they don't fully die... or something. because there's a lot of shoot first say sorry later going on, and it's pretty cringe.

este man habla tan rápido que los subtítulos automáticos se configuraron en vietnamita

Dude, I've had play squad lead with only 4 hours because it seems no one in squad wants to be a SL and some of the people have 100s of hours but they never want to play SL because the SL kit sucks ass then I get bitched at but no one of them ever step up. A very annoying community about to quit because I'm sick of being the SL every single game with only 5 hours.

after watching this I started being a sqau...... SIKE Im not gonna be a SL im just gonna support new SLs

Where the hell do you find people who play like this? Every game i play everyone is always screwing around doing their own thing

Lmao don’t leave a logi by the fob but by a rally is fine lmao NNOOOOO

Why do you sound like karmakut and operatordrewski Lmfaoo

Try not to read like a drone

100% disagree with the no mic thing. Yes a mic helps but your fine without it too. If you can hear and see the map your good. No reason to push people away from the game but kicking them. Really making the game not fun to play for ALOT of people. Not hard to be nice lmao.

No one wants to squad lead so might as well learn

All of the social and leading aspects are embarrassing and unnecessary. Really, seeing SL ordering you like its RP keeping his confidence while doing dumb shit is ridiculous. Not even trying to mention how sometimes the guy doesn't have SL kit but still trying to give orders. The game of high contrasts, while you are a member of the squad 80 % your SL will do kinky stuff out of the objective and when you are leading noone on the whole squad gets your idea of playing objective and building infrastructure. Placing FOB at the open while there's a building nearby is a war crime, placing it inside and not fortifying its perimeter or entrance with at least 2 lines of barbed wire is also war crime. Having just 1 ammo crate per FOB you usually see near the HAB is war crime too, and all the mass around consider running 1km to the HAB for ammo is fine. The FOB build radius is always ignored... So I beg of you to place as many ammo crates as you can - radius edge, firing positions, medium covers, repair station and so on.

People like you really ruin the game. This isn’t arma