Don't be That Guy

There are some particular things you can do that make your chances much greater at winning. Cheating is one of them, obviously. Don't do that.

The other way is to exploit the game mechanics to get an unfair edge.

There are two ways I've seen so far that are really irksome:

• A - get an uberpan, wear wings and jump boots and use a ritual of speed to race around the map wacking people to death. People that do that are pretty much immune to long range fire, and are moving too fast for close range fire to kill them before they get you. With how ping works and the clock rate of the server, its just not a fair way to win. Don't do it.
• B - play the Aztec warrior, spam Zombie Apocalypse, disappear whenever you are in trouble. This is a truly frustrating way to lose cause your opponent doesn't actually want to fight. They'll hide in some corner, and let the zombies do the work for them. They'll probably have an uberpan out so you can hit them from range, and if you close in, they'll just disappear and go hide somewhere else. All the while zombies are following you. Don't do it.

Use Traps. Seriously, Use Em

You get soul points.. use em! Near the end of the game I've found myself with sometimes over 2000 souls. That's cause no one spent them!

The jump and push traps are very effective. The sand trap trap can force people to eat blue in the end. Bots have no clue how to deal with them.

They don't affect zombies.. just keep that in mind.

Don't Let Your Gun Stick Through a Wall or Door

The game will let you do this and it you will look silly... and get shot. Zip it up and keep your tool out-of-sight.

If the Rule You Followed Brought You to This, of What Use Was the Rule?

All rules can be thrown out the door if the situation warrants it. Learn to ditch the rules when you need to. The defining quality of a battle royale game its ever changing conditions you have to adapt to.

If the rule you are following will get you killed in a particular situation: don't follow that rule.

Be a Coyote, Not a Cat

Where I live, sunny Southern California, people's cats are constantly being eaten by the local wildlife (mostly coyotes). Story goes like this, new couple moves into town and brought there beautiful kitty cat named something like.. Whiskers or Snowball or Boots or some other cute name, and one week later they are putting signs up on all the telephone poles hoping someone has seen there lost cast.

The cat aint lost. It legally had its name changed to Dinner.

Cats think they are the alpha predator, and maybe from where ever they used to live, they were. But they aren't where I live; the coyotes are.

What happens is the cat wonders around, sees a mouse or lizard and gets into attack mode. Totally fixates on its new prey. Starts wigglings its behind and gets ready to strike. Unbeknownst to the cat, there is a coyote behind it doing the same thing (only better).

Short of it is, don't get so fixated on the guy you are shooting at that someone else shoots you. That kill isn't worth getting killed over. Hopefully the story helps you remember that.

You Can Destroy Stationary MG 42s at Pillboxes

If you run by a pillbox with an MG 42 and you are worried someone may shoot you in the back with it, hit it with a melee weapon and its toast. You can also shoot them from a distance. Its a funny way to deal with someone laying fire down from a pillbox.

Look for the Butterfly

In case you haven't realized it, the butterfly (or hummingbird or mosquito or bat) is your camera man in third person. Its a very clever idea and makes the game more fair for those that want to play first person.

You can spot them at a distance with a good scope, so look for them to figure out where opponents are hiding behind walls or in bushes or in grass. Just keep in mind if you can see an opponent's camera man.. they can see yours.

Try Not to Start the 2nd to Last Fight in the Game

When you are down to three people left in the game, you and two others, things are going to be very tense. If you start the next fight, even if you win, the other guy will know exactly where you are and push on you. There will be a good chance you are wounded too.

If the opportunity presents itself where you can take out an opponent without taking shots back, you should probably take it, but move the second the fight is over, unless you have such a superior position that the last opponent will have to approach you in the open.

Learning to deal with that close circle, three man dilemma is the largest hurdle to winning a game.

Careful Reloading or Throwing Grenades at People That Can Easily Get Line of Sight on You

I've won games cause the last guy decided to reload to his MG 42 around the corner where I could hear him doing it. I've also won games cause the last guy decided to cook a grenade when I could see him.

You can get away with this stuff against bots, but living people will take advantage of it and kill you.

The Blue Zone Is a Sphere, Not a Cylinder

I've won many games because my opponent's didn't take this into account. Near the end of the game, you generally want to take the low ground as that will be the last safe spot in the game.

This isn't always true. If the final circles are on the pyramids in Mexico, the center of the blue zone might be weird, but generally its ground level.

There is a weird perverse pleasure sitting in the basement of one of the mansions in Normandy as the game draws to a close, to see the the footprint above me get frantic when they realize they are trapped. To see them circle closer and closer, then stop. Then to hear the person go prone. Then..

Learn to Deal with the Uberpans

This one item makes me grimace. There are players whose whole game strategy revolves around this one item. They wear wings, use ritual of speed, and will run up to use and gib you before you have a chance to react.

On top of that, they easily reflect rifle fire.

At the end of a game, look for weapons that are effective against people that are using pans. There is a very good chance you'll have to deal with an opponent using one. You want shot guns, assault rifles, or hard hitting submachine guns.

The other option is to pull out your own uberpan. I've noticed when I do that the other guy often, and quite suddenly, doesn't want to fight at melee range any longer.

You Can Climb Up Rain Gutters

You don't need Bouncy Boots to get to the roof of single-story buildings. If there is a vertical rain gutter on the building, usually near the side, you can climb it.

Always Have the Jump Pad Trap on Hand

This is an incredibly useful sign and doesn't cost many souls. Its the first trap you get. Use this trap to get to roofs of tall buildings quickly. Use it to jump over the city walls on the Mexico map.

Even if your opponent hears the trap go off, there is a good chance they won't realize you used it to jump onto a roof. The sound of traps going off are all the same.

You Can Destroy Traps and Rituals

I'm sure a lot of the old-timers know this, but I sure didn't. I only found out accidentally. You can hit the F key while your cursor if over an existing trap and your guy will spray white paint over it, destroying it. You can destroy your traps or other people's traps.

Useful when you get stuck in a Quicksand trap and your speed is reduced by 80%. Or when you've used traps to help defend a position, but then find you need to leave it cause the circle changed.

You can also destroy rituals. Happen to be close to that Zombie Apocalypse ritual some jerk just setup. Wipe it out.