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0:00There is an extremely common theme
0:01amongst all the best mechanical players
0:03such as Pmy or Primie. It's that they
0:06are actually very comfortable just
0:07sitting there holding an angle and then
0:09clicking on the head when someone peaks
0:10them. If that happens to be something
0:12you'd also like to be able to do, then
0:13this is going to be the video for you
0:15because I'm going to break it all down
0:16in a really simple form. We're not only
0:18going to go over just the technique
0:19itself and how to actually angle hold
0:22properly, but we're also going to go
0:23over when to angle hold, when to not
0:25angle hold, what to do after you do
0:27angle hold, and maybe there's still more
0:28enemies or you end up missing the shot,
0:30and lastly, just all the little
0:32variables and little bits of nuance to
0:34the angle hold that no one really talks
0:36about. What do you do when you're
0:37holding close, but the enemy swings
0:39wide? What do you do when you're holding
0:40wide, but the enemy peaks close? What do
0:41you do when you miss and there's more
0:43people swinging you? All of these things
0:44are things that we're going to discuss
0:46today. Now, you're going to notice that
0:47I come with a pretty unique mindset in
0:49how I view mechanics. Long story short,
0:51I came from Muay Thai where there were
0:52very solved methods to how you should
0:54throw a certain punch or kick. And the
0:56technique was really, it was really
0:58refined and set in stone. And it was
1:00just a matter of learning the already
1:02developed formulas and systems that the
1:04Muay Thai world had already established.
1:07transitioning into Valerant and kind of
1:09becoming obsessed with the idea of
1:10becoming the most mechanically dominant
1:12player I can possibly be. I quickly
1:14realized that the Valerant world has a
1:15completely different take on how to
1:17approach fighting in general. And the
1:18whole mindset is just really like, uh,
1:20let's let's go with the flow, you know
1:22what I mean? It's like, hey, did I lose
1:24this fight because my peaking form was
1:25bad? What's bad peaking form? No one
1:27knows what bad peaking form is. So,
1:28everyone's kind of focusing on this and
1:30everyone focuses more so on game sense.
1:31And yeah, I just kind of wanted to
1:32scratch that and say, okay, ankle
1:34holding, what is my system and what are
1:36my rules and how do I approach ankle
1:38holding consistently and what idea am I
1:41committing to consistently in order to
1:42see consistent results? There's so many
1:44different options and if you do
1:45something different every single time
1:46basically that's where I say it becomes
1:48blurry because in Muay Thai there was a
1:50very set like you know this then this
1:52you throw a jab then a kick whatever it
1:54was it was very systematic and you kind
1:56of had these habitual things burnt into
1:59your brain like little combos basically
2:01I love the idea of combos that's what
2:02we're working on so let's get stuck into
2:04it so how do we master angle holding
2:06first of all we need to master the
2:08technique itself by first understanding
2:10it conceptually and then repping it out
2:12in the most effective ive ways possible.
2:14Secondly, we need to understand the
2:16nuance behind angle holding and how to
2:18place our crosshair according to the
2:19situation, whether it's close or wide.
2:21And lastly, we need to develop a
2:23specific set of reflexes and responses
2:25so that we're making the most optimal
2:27decisions without needing to think at
2:28all. Now, let's start with mastering the
2:30actual technique. First things first, I
2:32want you to identify when you actually
2:34are holding an angle. And I want you to
2:36be really intentional about it. I need
2:38you to become calm, relaxed, and
2:40patient. and just imagine that you're
2:41waiting for an enemy to fall into your
2:43trap because that's basically what
2:44you're doing. The focal point of your
2:46eyes is extremely important and I need
2:48you to be staring at the actual
2:50crosshair. Not intensely to the point
2:52where you're unaware of everything
2:53that's going on around you, but just a
2:55relaxed and focused gaze specifically on
2:57the crosshair. Where exactly your
2:59crosshair should be positioned is
3:00something that we're going to discuss
3:01soon. But for now, I want you to imagine
3:03that someone is starting to appear onto
3:04your screen. First things first, your
3:06eyes stay on the crosshair. We don't
3:08change our eyes from the crosshair to
3:10the enemy's head. The second we see
3:11them, we stay on the crosshair. We're
3:13going for click timing here. And the
3:15most optimal way to do that is to use
3:16your peripheral vision to track as the
3:19enemy crosses into your crosshair, which
3:21you're focused on, and then click
3:22accordingly. Just like the angle hold
3:24itself is a trap that we're letting the
3:26enemy fall into. I need you to use your
3:28eyesight in the exact same way. Eyes
3:30stay on the crosshair, target comes out,
3:32let them fall into your focal point. And
3:34as Sunzu said, uh, do nothing and win.
3:37That's literally what we're doing here.
3:38Do nothing and win. Now, this concept
3:40goes one step further because when this
3:41enemy is peeking, you're going to have
3:43the impulse to flick your mouse and try
3:44and chase the head. But I don't want you
3:46to do that because to do that, we're now
3:48adding in an additional 100 to 200
3:50milliseconds worth of mouse movements
3:52and click timing and all this extra
3:53movement reading for no reason at all.
3:56And by increasing your time to kill,
3:58you're just hoping that the enemy
3:59doesn't know how to peak you properly.
4:00And well, I'll show you what a proper
4:02peak looks like because worst case
4:03scenario is you've got no time to work
4:05with and every millisecond counts. So,
4:07we're not moving our crosshair and we're
4:08actually just click timing. What happens
4:10if they go past my crosshair? You might
4:12be asking. And that's where I would say
4:13you failed step two, but we haven't
4:15spoken about step two. Okay? So, you
4:16just have to trust me for now. We're
4:17just not moving our mouse. Now, by
4:19following those steps that I've just
4:20given you and cleaning up your angle
4:22holds, they by default are just going to
4:24become a whole lot more effective and
4:26you're probably going to frag a lot
4:27harder. But, we can go one step further.
4:29Like it's one thing to learn how to
4:30throw a right elbow, but it's another
4:32thing to learn how to parry a jab and
4:34then launch a right elbow and the enemy
4:36can't defend themselves. You get it
4:37right in their face. That's that's what
4:38we've got to get to. And that's where
4:40step two comes in. And step two actually
4:42occurs before step one. In order to
4:44maximize speed, I told you not to flick
4:46to the target, right? But now we need to
4:48take into consideration that there can
4:49be wide swings, close swings, jump
4:51peaks, all sorts of things. And before
4:53the enemy does peak, I want you to know
4:55what they're going to do by using your
4:56brain. Let's say this is the angle that
4:58we're working with right now and we need
5:00to know how to set up properly. Where
5:02where should our crosshair be? We need
5:03to ask ourselves firstly what's actually
5:06going on in the game right now. If
5:07you're just sitting here and you hear
5:09absolutely nothing and it's dead silent,
5:12option number one is that there probably
5:13is nothing going on because your install
5:15rainer walked up a main solo died and
5:17the entire enemy team is flooding a site
5:20and well now you're playing 1v5 retake.
5:22But option number two is that only four
5:24people are taking a site and there's a
5:27cipher or a clove walking up B garage.
5:30Now understanding where the clove is
5:31going to pop out from by getting inside
5:33their mind is actually really easy.
5:34Okay, think about it. What are they
5:35going to do? They're going to want to
5:36clear all their angles one by one
5:38because they're dry peeking everything.
5:39They want a 1v one fight. They don't
5:41want to overexpose themselves. What does
5:43that mean? First of all, they're far
5:45back. Okay, they're far back so they can
5:47peek and just see one single fight at a
5:49time. The reason why they're not close
5:51is because, well, if they peak from
5:52close, they're exposed to multiple
5:54angles. This is simple stuff. Number
5:56two, which is the worst case scenario
5:57for you as the angle holder, they've
5:58watched the videos on peaking that I've
6:00put out, they should be taking no more
6:01than two steps at a time just to make
6:03sure that once again they're not
6:04overexposing themselves, but also that
6:06they're preemptively stopping, so
6:07they're ready to take each and every
6:08fight. Not only that, but because we
6:10can't hear any noise, this person is
6:12clearly trying to be quiet. They're
6:14trying to be sneaky, and they're not
6:15going to want to take more than two
6:17steps because that's going to make
6:18noise. So, they're taking two steps at a
6:20time in order to make sure they don't
6:21make any noise. And this is where
6:24they're probably going to pop out.
6:25That's where we're peeking from over
6:26there. Their head seems to be in line
6:28with this chain right here. And if we go
6:30back and have a look at what it looks
6:31like from our
6:32perspective, right there. Bang. That's
6:34your close hold right there. And now,
6:36that's why when I don't hear anything at
6:37all, I hold close, right? Because, well,
6:39it's probably just a lurker. And if the
6:40lurker is going to peak, it's going to
6:41be from far back. There is the exception
6:44where you don't hear anything and the
6:46enemy team is planning to just pop out
6:47on you. They pop flash, they wide swing,
6:50and technically all this logic goes out
6:52the window. But that's where step three
6:53comes in when we talk about reflexes and
6:55responses to certain situations. We're
6:57we're going to take care of that. But
6:58for the most part, this is the most
7:00likely situation, the close peak here.
7:01In some of the clips that I'm showing
7:02you now, you're going to see that I just
7:04telepathically know that the enem is
7:05going to wides me. And I actually move
7:07my crosshair out wider. Why do I do
7:09this? Am I guessing? No, I'm not
7:10guessing. Let's say all five people were
7:12stacked beam main. What is What is the
7:13situation going to look like? Well,
7:15smokes are going to get dropped
7:16instantly. The rain of flash will
7:18probably like get out there close and
7:21then the rain is going to swing. All
7:22five players aren't going to sit there,
7:24watch the smokes drop, throw a flash,
7:25and then all start slowing down,
7:27clearing the angles one by one, right?
7:29This is this is not what's going to
7:30happen. We're not going to line up with
7:32the chain here. What's going to happen
7:33is your rain is going to throw a flash,
7:35make some noise, smokes it down, and you
7:37you're just going to get swung
7:38basically. And well, we need to
7:40anticipate that. The second we see the
7:42flash appear on our screen, that should
7:44be an indicator that well, we've got
7:46someone running it down. Not only that,
7:47but the second we hear footsteps in all
7:49these examples, I just hear footsteps
7:51and nothing else. If you can hear
7:52someone running up, chances are they're
7:54just going to widswing you. And that's
7:55what's going on. Like, there's no world
7:57where the rainer flashes, runs up, gets
8:01to here, and then stops and starts
8:03clearing his angles one by one silently.
8:05Like, it doesn't happen like that. But
8:07then once again, even if it does, apply
8:09the same logic. You hear the running so
8:10you go wide. They cut noise so you go
8:13close. You just got to read the
8:14situation. Now step three, like I said,
8:17is going to be reflexes and responses.
8:19And the first one, the most basic
8:21fundamental principle that I want you to
8:23apply into your game play is left mouse
8:26button equals back to cover. Okay, it is
8:30fall back. If you're holding an angle
8:31and at any point press mouse one to
8:33shoot, you're going to fall back. It
8:35doesn't matter what side the cover is
8:36on, shoot and fall back to cover. That's
8:39rule number one. I'm I'm not saying when
8:40you get a kill. I'm saying immediately
8:43after mouse one is pressed. If you wait
8:45until you register that you've gotten a
8:46kill, that's an additional 200
8:48milliseconds. Okay? And maybe you
8:50haven't gotten the kill and maybe you've
8:51missed, right? If you wait 200
8:53milliseconds to register that
8:54information, they're going to have an
8:56extra 200 milliseconds to kill you when
8:58you could have shot and fallen back and
9:00given them zero time. Now, the reason I
9:01want this to be your default is because
9:03there's actually not a situation in the
9:04world where you can really justify just
9:06angle holding and just
9:09just committing to fights. Take this B
9:10main fight for example. If someone was
9:12to peak me and they were peeking close
9:14and I predict that and I get the kill
9:15and fall back. Happy days, right? I
9:17can't get traded. That's the main point.
9:18Let's say I either miss or they go wide
9:20and I didn't expect it. I can shoot,
9:22fall back, and then I can create other
9:24options. I can get close and go wide and
9:26catch them off guard, take the
9:27initiative in the fight, take control of
9:28the fight. Let's say I'm angle holding
9:30and then I get triple swung out of
9:31nowhere. I can shoot and fall back and
9:32be like, "Oh yeah, I don't even want to
9:33fight that." And I can just go and like
9:35speed up vents or something with my
9:37team. Long story short, just make a
9:38simple if statement. If you have terrain
9:40and you're angle holding, shoot and then
9:42fall back to terrain. Now, the next
9:43important reflex to build into our
9:45repertoire of reflexes is what to do
9:47when we don't have cover. Because there
9:49will be times, for example, when we're
9:50tracing and we're getting close.
9:51Technically, it's a bit of an angle hold
9:52here or for example, we're just creeping
9:54up, we're holding, we hear steps, right?
9:56What do we do in this situation after we
9:58shoot? We have no cover to work with.
10:00Let's pretend we don't have this cover.
10:01What do we do? Right? Well, we need to
10:03install a dodge reflex. Okay? What needs
10:05to happen is I need you to miss this
10:07shot and immediately just like how you
10:09immediately fall back to cover. I need
10:11you to press mouse one and immediately
10:13start moving from the enemy's
10:14perspective. The second they see you,
10:16they're going to be aiming to this point
10:17and they're going to shoot here. But oh,
10:18unlucky for them. You're already moving.
10:20And well, now they've got to readjust,
10:22reread your movement, and you're all the
10:24way over here now, ready to kill them.
10:26So it would look like shoot, move,
10:28shoot.
10:31The second you touch something hot, like
10:33a hot pan, you're going to
10:34instantaneously throw your hand off. And
10:36I need you to do the exact same thing
10:38here. Okay? The second you angle hold, I
10:40need you to immediately start moving.
10:42You don't have the time to wait the 200
10:44millconds for your reaction time. Okay?
10:46Because if you do, you're giving the
10:48enemy time to be like, "Oh, the head's
10:50here." And then click on the head. Okay?
10:52We need to just break the whole process
10:55on how the enemy is trying to kill you.
10:57Some more examples. I'm holding terrain
10:58with cover. We're holding close. We
11:00shoot, we get the kill. Happy days. We
11:03shoot and we miss. We fall back. We go
11:05wide and we just destroy this person.
11:07They're W king hard. Shoot. Whip out a
11:10shorty. Get the dog. Like there's so
11:13much creativity you can do and there's
11:14just so many options that you've got.
11:17But I promise you if
11:20you everything's gone. the endless
11:22possibilities of outplay potential all
11:24goes out the window and you just throw
11:26it all away so you can just commit to
11:27this
11:28stupid 50/50 fight. Final example,
11:31you're holding, you miss, you see two
11:34people just smoke and fall back. Just
11:37hold your smoke. Happy days. Now, once
11:38it becomes instinctive to shoot and fall
11:40back, it now becomes a game of what do
11:43we do next? And this is where mechanics
11:45and game sense tie in together to become
11:48one and where you need good mechanics to
11:50be a good game senseoriented player.
11:52Here's what I've got so far. If we're on
11:54defense, chances are we don't need to
11:55get aggressive. We're angle holding and
11:57we get pushed by heaps. Anticipate the
11:59wide swing. Shoot and fall back. And
12:00then we say, "Okay, we we're not going
12:02to throw the side away. We're not going
12:04to re-swing. Let's just hold." Okay,
12:06what's the next angle we hold here?
12:07Let's maybe say it's this one. Shoot and
12:09fall back. Shoot and fall back. Shoot
12:10and fall back. Shoot and fall back.
12:12Shoot and fall back again. Shoot and
12:13fall back
12:16again. Wide swing. Get aggressive on the
12:18last person. Bang, bang, bang. You get
12:20the idea. Now, different story. The
12:22enemies have the man advantage and
12:23they're like slamming your mid. Okay,
12:25but there's an enemy lurking up and you
12:28shoot and miss and fall back because
12:29that's your response. That's your
12:31reflex. He's still alive, but the mid
12:33players are coming up. I would say in
12:34this situation, get close, go wide, take
12:36the kill, drop your smokes, and then
12:38play from there. We got to start making
12:40some aggressive plays. Otherwise, if we
12:41shoot and fall back, shoot and fall
12:43back, uh uh we're getting slammed from
12:45heaven. You know, we got to get
12:45proactive. Why do we do that instead of
12:47doing like I said, Wow. Okay. At this
12:50point, you might be thinking, well, why
12:52don't we just commit to the cipher fight
12:53at this point? If we have to take the
12:55fight and we're going to the death, why
12:56don't we just take this fight and then,
12:57you know, go from there? Why do we have
12:59to shoot and fall back and then go wide?
13:03Well, number one, first of all, we're
13:04peeking from far away at first, which is
13:06right here. And then by getting close
13:08and going wide, we end up about here. We
13:10can check that to just make sure. So
13:12close angle is here. And then when we
13:14get wide and we wide swing, we pop out
13:17about here. So a huge difference, right?
13:19This cipher is going to take this fight.
13:21He's going to be waiting here, but then
13:22we end up here somehow. That's crazy.
13:24That's crazy. Alternatively, you take
13:26the 50/50 jewel and you've got no
13:28advantage and you're probably going to
13:29get swung by these people anyways.
13:31There's just better ways to go about it.
13:32Not only that, but you got to imagine
13:33what's actually going on inside the
13:35brain when we build these reflexes. If
13:37instead of sometimes falling back and
13:39sometimes going out, we just always
13:42shoot and fall back. It just simplifies
13:44a huge component of the game. You no
13:47longer have to think about whether you
13:48should go right. You no longer have to
13:49think about whether you should go left.
13:51And what's that going to do? That's
13:52going to free up more brain power to
13:53just frag harder and kill more people
13:55and aim better. You don't want to be
13:56thinking about all this useless stuff. I
13:58do this with my daily schedule. I do the
13:59exact same thing every single day so I
14:01don't have to think about it and I can
14:02actually put my brain power to things
14:04like these videos. Now, up until now,
14:06I've spoken about the concepts that you
14:07need to have in your mind. Okay? These
14:09are all very, very important because if
14:11you're going to practice, you need to
14:12make sure you're practicing the right
14:13technique. But now, I'm just going to
14:14show you how easy it is to actually
14:16develop these skills. Now, for the
14:18technique side of things, not the
14:19situational awareness side of things,
14:21just the technique, Valerant Angle Hold
14:22V2 is the answer. Press play. Make sure
14:25you're on free play mode, not challenge
14:26mode, because we're not here for a
14:27little cheap dopamine hit of beating a
14:29high score. Okay? What we're going to do
14:30is we're going to set a 10-minute timer
14:32and you're going to sit here in dead
14:33silence, focusing on the crosshair and
14:35nothing else. Stare at the crosshair,
14:37click, move. Stare at the crosshair,
14:38click, move. Stare at the crosshair,
14:40click, move. You're doing this for
14:42minimum 10 minutes on each side until
14:44you can learn to not panic. Flick the
14:46targets and you can stay focused on the
14:48crosshair the entire time. Now, once you
14:49got the technique down in Kovac, you
14:51will be able to integrate it into your
14:53actual Valerant gameplay. And I reckon
14:54TDM is the best way to
14:57especially this map.
15:02satisfying this way.
15:10Everyone's ready. Here we go.
15:20By making this video, I've probably
15:21dropped my odds of becoming a
15:22professional player by about 5 to 10%
15:25just by making everyone around us
15:26better. But we can't have everything in
15:27life, all right? But you can have good
15:29angle holding if you'd like and I'm
15:31happy to teach you how to do so because
15:32at the end of the day I'm a mechanical
15:34coach and that's my job. So link in the
15:36description if you want a one-on-one
15:38class where we can actually
15:39individualize a lesson just for you. But
15:41yeah, otherwise there'll be many more
15:42videos to come on random topics and you
15:44can try and integrate it yourself as
15:45best as you can. All the best. I love
15:48you all. See you next time.

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