This is what sets the amateurs and wannabees from the pros in Battle Royale matches as they learn to adapt quickly to other player strategies and stay alive as the storm circle closes.
If you find yourself struggling to be the last combatant alive and always manage to get killed in the Fortnite end game, we’ve got all the tips and strategies you need to finally snag that elusive Victory Royale.
How To Win In Fortnite
Fortnite is all about making it to the #1 position as the last player standing, and not about racking up the most kills. Sure, you can level up and gain bragging rights by getting kills with specific weapons, but that doesn’t help you actually win.
If you get 98 kills and are sniped by the last player hiding as a bush, you still lose. It’s entirely possible to win a match with 1 kill, or even with 0 kills if you manage to get the second to last player standing to accidentally kill themselves.
To reach that #1 Victory Royale position you need to be thinking sneakily and defensively (until the very end game, anyway, at which point it’s time to go full aggressive). Not being seen at all is much better than getting into a firefight and coming out the victor with reduced health and ammo.
To make it to the end game, either land in an unmarked location to stay away from the early fire fights, or land in a marked location that gets significantly less foot traffic and has more cover, like Wailing Woods.
While waiting for the storm to shrink for the end game, make sure to throw up walls before healing, but even more important, just throw them up the second you hear gunfire in the late game. Better safe than sorry. If you go for a supply drop, always box yourself in with walls first as well.
Pro players assign the wall, stairs, and floor building bindings to various mouse buttons for instantaneous building so you don’t have to be struggling to find the F1 - F5 keys while getting shot at. You could even bind the wall building to the spacebar key, as it’s frankly more useful than jumping.
Key bindings are critical to getting that half second edge over the enemy
This is critical because in most circumstances, height means winning. Ramp rushing in particular can be the difference between victory and defeat, especially in the end game when both players have tons of weaponry.
When in a fire fight you can’t avoid, throw up two staircases and a floor platform (particularly if the other player is currently reloading), then hit them from above on the high ground while they scramble to find find cover. Unless you are facing off against an expert builder, they won’t be able to make a fort quickly enough to defend themselves.
This strategy changes slightly when you are in a sniper fight, however. In this instance, building wider rather than taller to make it harder for the sniper to guess where you will pop out next.
While making your way to the final circle for the end game battle, always try to pick up explosives along the way, which are critical to the end game as there will almost certainly be forts involved (or barring explosives, hope for a minigun to take out their walls quickly instead).
End Game Building Strategy
However you get there, one of the most effective strategies to dominating in the end game is to simply wait in the final circle and barricade yourself as much as possible. This isn’t as exciting as going full aggro across the entire match, but it’s much more likely you will survive this way.
While waiting for the final opponents to arrive as the storm shrinks, take the time to reload everything so you don’t have to lose any precious seconds when the final fire fight arrives.
While building your final fort, you can get sneaky by building on top of an existing structure if one is present, or instead just build a large and obvious heavily fortified position if you have the resources. Once constructed, wait in an inconspicuous corner of your fort and let the last player come to you.
If you have the time and resources, building multiple bases and using the launch pad to move between them is an excellent strategy for keeping clear line of sight and hitting enemies from above as they enter the final circle.
Countering End Game Builders
You will very likely find yourself in a situation having to counter another player utilizing the exact same end game tactic. There are two ways to handle this.
The first is with the aforementioned explosives. C4, stickies, grenades, rocket launchers, etc. can take down walls quickly (or you can use a minigun if you got lucky and found one). You can run into a problem here, however, if you get a player really good at spamming walls, and then it all comes down to the luck of the draw of who gets off the first shot.
The second way is to not even bother trying to destroy the walls, but just instead build stairs and go above the fort, as many players don’t often think of building full roof tiles for complete coverage. If you have healing items, you can even wait till the storm shrinks and hang out inside the damaging portion of the storm to fire down and force them into a choke point in their own fort.
If you know they are hiding in their fort and you have a structure to prevent line of sight (like a large building) make sure to use it to your advantage to quietly build above their fort without them noticing and then hit hard and fast from above.
In this instance, an extremely effective tactic is to build above them, jump down towards the enemy fort, fire off a rocket launcher round as you are falling to destroy their cover, then switch immediately to a shotgun or other high powered weapon as you land to fire as soon as they break from cover.
Be careful when utilizing this strategy and keep in mind the recent Fortnite shotgun nerf. You can no longer employ the tactic of switching between shotguns repeatedly in your inventory for instant firing without having to reload, so keep other weapons handy, especially if they have a high rate of fire.
While still useful, this is no longer the be-all, end-all of Fortnite weapons
For those who manage to consistently win, what do you think of our end game Fortnite strategies, and what tips would you offer to players who are finally making it into the top 10 but struggle to win? Sound off in the comments section below!
Still getting the hang of the 100 player Battle Royale matches? Be sure to peruse these other Fortnite guides so you can get up to speed and earn a #1 Victory Royale:
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