The Ultimate Helm Guide for Sea of Thieves 

"This guide is not about having fun, it's about winning," he said, barely suppressing his laughter. 🤣

The trinket adjuster is the most important role on the ship

i love turning wheel in pirat game

"win or learn" is such a badass ending to that video. 10/10 video! I think you've inspired me to start trying HG. It will be a painful process, but if it teaches me good naval in the long run I'll definitely be better for it.

Helming is quite simple when you get the hang of it, but it can be very chaotic and overwhelming in the beginning. You did a great job of explaining it. This will be a huge help for the new crowd of PS5 players coming to the seas!

Very excited for the helm snipes guide

This is an S++ tier video, haven’t seen anything that has explained all of this so well before, feel like I could go on a solo sloop 100 win streak now.

I usually cannon, but I always make sure to take the time to thank my helm. A cannoneer can only be as good as the angle and speed that they have.

The best combat breakdown video I've ever seen after playing this game for 3 years

Everyone making “helm guide” videos but this one my fav so far 💪🏻

Personally, I just wouldn’t sink.

This is so far the best pro guide video I've ever watched in any game. No BS and the guide is very straightforward

sponge on the hole til its practical

One of the best guide I've ever seen. Amazing work with good hints and analysis!

Man, thanks a lot for this guide, I've been playing sot for about 400 hrs and now I want to fully dive in pvp sweatiness, your tips will help a lot.

"Win or learn" I like it, much better than the commonly used "get good". Furthermore this is the absolute most comprehensive PvP guid I've ever seen! Most other videos just give fragments of information I already know, but this video I actually learned something from, very top-tier

Epic guide. Wow. I learned more in this one video than in all the hours of watching other streamers. Subscribed and definitely will be watching you on Twitch!

Let’s gooooooo. This is the one we needed! Now we need a bilge guide😂

Saw rule #1 and was hooked. Great video!

Absolute W guide as always, thank you for sharing your knowledge master Sponge

Oh man so much in depth knowledge that, Ngl I understand why spread shot is going to screw over sloops, the way it fires will kinda make it so no side is safer

about repairing wheel, you repair only 1 or 3 on a sloop but on brig and gally you do that only if both boats are stationary. if someone's doing a circle on you you often need at least 2 planks on wheel to keep angle (especially that on gally when back mast is down it blocks shots going to helm)

I am impressed, you perfectly nailed it on that one, big ups sponge

This is a great informational video! Thank you! 🎉

Great guide and fun watch!

thank you very much for this guide. i think its the best one ive seen

This helm guide helped me further my understanding on the meaning of life.

amazing understanding of the game!! i wonder how much naval will change with the new mechanics in the upcoming seasons

Amazing guide water absorber, I’ll keep these tips in mind next time I dive on a sloop. Now make that sniper guide😼

I really wanna get good at this game, this guide was super helpful!

Thank you Sponge, this really helps. I have much knowledge about beiing Helm but through this i got a bit of a Updated look at the meta and stuff. Been having some pretty tough fights lately in HG bc enemys are just so fking sweaty. But this motivates me and keeps me going thanksalot 😂❤

good to see crud goblin mastercrud taking helm lessons

Great video, thanks for the tips

Great video, sir. Thanks for the information and hope to see you on the seas. 🏴‍☠

Thank you for making this. I realized that my crew often times prioritizes the mast WAY too much.

This was actually helpful 🔥✅

Hey new PS5 player here, this guide is really useful and I love how in depth the left vs right side of the ship was, I'm the helm for my sloop and I find the enemy circling us and not the other way around so I need to get better

Nice Vid man. If there‘re goining to come more Pvp Guide for The other Roles (Flex, bilge and so on) i think im gonna leave my subscribe. Keep it up boi

Best helm guide I've seen! Any cannon guide in the future?

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S FINALLY HERE

Lol, I love the hard ass mentality. Win or learn. This is the mindset people need to have. We are not here to have fun we are here to win. Subscribed.

wth this guide was SO good. My crewmate always trys to cooridnate cross-snipes, but he usually does it whenever I'm not ready or available, so it never usually works. The only time we actually get a kill like that is when we both snipe at the same time without even communicating to each other. XD

"this video isn't about fun, it's about winning" spoken like a true tryhard.

i can finally turn wheel to my fullest potential thanks to spong guide!

YESSS HELM GUIDE

THANK YOU!

Finally, I can rest knowing the helm guide is out.

this was super helpfull thanks!

Great video

keep up the good work mate

Thank you Mister Sponge

Stellar guide

Thank you spong

I am usually the one entrusted with the helm on me and my mates ship, so this helped a lot

I don't even PvP but this was a great video!

using this for my pve adventures thanks

Following because you said don’t be afraid to ask dumb shit 😎 Seriously this guide is fantastic man. You boiled it down perfectly

goat guide.

Saw the vid, tried to replicate it since you made it look so easy, then learned real quick it’s not that easy. Maybe I need a couple hundred more hours in game 😂

Nice video, new follower

Very helpful

Good video, this should be the intro to sea of thieves lol.

Thank u oh great Mr. Sponge for blessing our unworthy eyeballs with this most fabulous helm guide to ever exist

i won 50 games in a row and got gold curse after this guide, thanks spunger

A in-depth guide for hitting snipe shots furing naval battles would be awesome. Also show the one where you reload at the same time as loading the cannon ball

Excellent

Spong guide will feed families

I would totally like to see a second channel where you do stuff that's not SOT. Stuff like other games, basketball, IRl, ect...

A sot content creator with a positive number of braincells? Didnt think Id live to see this. This videos is very heartwarming for me, I used to helm an NAL level team back when arena was still around, and this is the FIRST sot helming video thats not only not dogshit, but is also actually really good. Thank you for providing the new helms with actual knowledge thats not bs, and for restoring my hope in humanity a bit. I hope I can catch one of your streams

Big Up ⬆️

thanks

At my sister's graduation Alton Brown was the speaker. He said: "85% of what you learn is from making mistakes. 15% is from watching other people make mistakes." All you can do is learn and do better yourself. Can't control others or use their faults as an excuse.

One thousand hours in this game but i still learned usefull things :) Also i'm sorry i'll stick to sword/sniper and rely on blunderbombs to defend against boarders. I like to tell myself it's because i mostly solo sloop but i simply find loosing less unpleasant than using a blundie x)

"win or learn" cold af

Is there any deeper, more useful information than this? Thank you so much for this information GOAT👍

Crud taught his dog how to say more than "hit cannogn"

3:16 Finally! Someone says it.

Random question that's not entirely about hourglass battles but what's your opinion on firebombing sloops cause I got called an idiot by a sweaty duo sloop cause I as firebombing them and my counter was it gets them off certain vital parts of their ship due to them not wanting to be standing in the fire

Best Helm Guide on YT! I wish you would have made it earlier.

big ups we didn't lose we learned

Appreciate the tips bro so stoked for PS5 release 🙏🏼 #winorlearn 🌊🔥

im the only one in my group who can pass a field sobriety test with nobody even drinking, this guide taught me some shit i didnt know

hey bro howd you get that alliance plaque on your mast thats sick

Great guide, I noticed not much emphasis on taking fights where you’re going south east, or mentioning catching wind in parallels, do you think these not particularly relevant in hg? - an old pvper who hasnt played much since hg

Any advice when fighting a bigger boat as a sloop

Now nessie needs to make the ultimate cannon guide

Perhaps the best sea channel on RU-vid, in my opinion, but... dude, you should get dentures...😁😅 p.s. Although it makes the character look like a real pirate, those fangs. Maybe.

I was really hoping you would put this in there but when you are holding helm keep the enemy boat in line with the lantern on the side of your ship or as close to it as you can. Doing this will make sure your MC always has shot angle. If you struggle with angle a lot this is a quick way to find it. On brig it is the little rope between the second and third post on the handrail and on galley it's the lantern again.

Damn, I always look down while bucketing out of habit. I never stopped to realise that it didn't matter and it is just more work to aim if there is a boarder.

Could you possibly make a helm guide for the brigantine?

Thanks Sponge🫡

YES JEDGING RIGHT NOW SPONGE VIDEO APPEARANCE

"win or learn" is such a good tag line

So is keeping lefts good on all the boats or just the sloop?

love the vc indicator in the top right all video, funny to picture some swabbie drive past and hear schizo hg rambling

What are those white gloves? I can't find them on the wiki. Gold Leaf maybe? I found them but they aren't listed on the gloves page for some reason

there can only be one sponge. ive been on youtube longer than you. therefore i am the senior sponge

So the most armored area is on the left side. Noted. So if Brigs is attacking us. I’ll make sure use the most armored area and use my pin point accuracy gun shot to blows the holes to Brigs as much as possible. They called me The Gunner for no reason. Yes, I can use cannons and lead the shot with 80% of accuracy at quite decent range. Long range might need a timer shot. To estimate their ship speed and cannon travel time. Then adjust it to keep the gun at bay. I used to do this alot of times when it comes to Brigs raid. T cross it and damage them as much as possible and then runaway. Making holes as much as possible while also disable their compartments. I usually do this just to keep my ship afloat. Brigs are annoying for me. And I’ll shoot any Brigs who dare to get close. I always Brigs as hostiles. Heck, sometimes if I found an opportunity to found a random Galleon I usually sail towards it. If Brig keeps following, I’ll make sure the Brig is fighting the Galleon. Sometimes I distract them with Skeletons. Making your sea be part of your body. Take all advantages if I can. Solo Sloops can be rough at times. But I usually never going down without a fight. And I’ll make sure if I know I’ll never make it out alive. I’ll make sure Brigs going down with me.

Does the hole calculation apply to brig too? For galleon it’s less likely because it has 2 floors and on the bottom there are no objects

Watching this so I can hunt down those that sabotage my merchant routes 🔥🔥🔥