Coming from someone who started playing 6 seasons ago, these tips are going to help me a lot, especially the first one. I tend to feel down when eliminated, but it annoys me that I care so much and feel that way. Thanks a lot GM!!

@ljherron4315

11 күн бұрын

I got really lucky and met some one with 12,000 hours who had hit pred 4-5 times in a diamond ranked game and the best thing he ever told me was “if you’re ur scared of dying you’re definitely gonna die to someone like me”

I feel that last point as I’ve also mainly solo queued everything since season 0. The problem now though is that people are just so rude or not authentic now that I can’t trust even accepting an invite or going to discord anymore. The only time I’ll play with people is my IRL friends at this point but they don’t have really much time anymore to play. Community has gotten so toxic I’d rather give myself criticism than trust anyone else’s.

@Emzy23

11 күн бұрын

Yeah it's a shame. How many times do I get an invite and then after 1 bad game where I do 10 less damage than team mate , he leaves. 😂

@Shittypants69

11 күн бұрын

Never played with a pre made & I started day 1, I have all communication blocked for my account so no one can even speak to me or their messages do not appear in chat 😂 can't even message my Xbox account at all either

@Lunatic5306

10 күн бұрын

@@Shittypants69dont want to hear how bad you are, snowflake? 😂😂😂😂

@pablosirius5

9 күн бұрын

I have the exact same issue, also player since day 1 and never left. But lately grinding solo in ranked is a nightmare because most solo players are not teamplayers…

@MistyAndBonnie

3 күн бұрын

I mostly play Asian server, and 2 things I noticed, when you get to around platinum, teammates are alot less toxic. And 2 na servers are super toxic in general.

Probably one of the best videos I've seen recently. Dropped apex 3 seasons ago but still watched it till the end

GM "Just take a whole ranked split, hot drop, push fights, don't care if you die" My solo Q teamates...."hold my beer"

@MikeGrau0hr

10 күн бұрын

yup. they were maybe a step ahead all along :)

Damn that solo queue,advice really hits home.

This game too sweetie for me i have 1.77 kd this season but the game is so frustrating i feel so peaceful playing single player games

@DandandanTelevison

10 күн бұрын

Agree. My kd higher than ever, but it’s also the most stressful season yet. And my kd also been tanking lately (I assume cuz of cheaters)

@RiinzL

10 күн бұрын

Same also here, I'm good but damn do I prefer PvE games

@dirtyjerz8182

10 күн бұрын

Yeah it's like all games are just ranked at this point

@MikeGrau0hr

10 күн бұрын

same lol. kd doesnt mean anything tho - especially since three strikes and solo mode etc the game is much easier.

@insideline158

8 күн бұрын

True but then again I bet anyone who plays apex to feel peace is probably a psychopath.

Having suffered the feeling of anxiety of playing apex, after playing lots of matches and not caring I feel that I dint stress as much around tricky situations. Gaming merchant, thank you for releasing this video to help people excel

Gaming Merchant lowkey an Apex Legends therapist. ❤

Changing settings held me back for a long time. After a year of playing i finally started playing around alc and switched to 4-3 linear. It took me a while to dial it in but it was 100% worth it. My aim & recoil control went from storm trooper status to marksman status. My biggest problem now is getting used to using paddles. Ive played video games for over 30 years now and after all that time its been very difficult to re train my brain to use back buttons but I'm still giving it my best because i know it help in the long run. Thanks GM! Much love brother!

Great tips, Merch - TY. First two have been on my mind for quite some time, but hearing you state them was good for me.

I'm a solo queue guy, and I would love to have a three stack I jived with, but it's not really that easy. All my friends who are interested in playing Apex aren't interested in competing at that level, and most of the people I've met who are, aren't really on the same page as me either. So here I am, banging my head against a wall.

You are a great player IMO and you make amazing content that has helped a lot of us get better too. Def one of my top fav apex content creators you always keep it real and i love that.

To enjoy the game more and care less about the outcomes I'm playing mixtapes without headphones while listening to music in the background and I'm not doing as bad as I thought. Also playing something else for a while (XDefiant is looking very good) helps to refresh muscle memory, sometimes it's all you need to realize that you're just too nervous, and your hands are working more than is needed.

thx for the tips. it rlly helps. my friends all used to play apex but then they all switched to fortnite and now none of them play apex anymore which leaves me all alone

Our community also needs to change when it comes people making mistakes in game. Everyone has made the same mistakes a lot of people still learning make all the time but yet they always wanna hop in mic and say something even when they’re dead. Not to mention, if you’re dead, your randoms might actually curse you out even when you haven’t blamed them for your own death. People assume a random is always going to be raging at the teammates when that random makes a mistake even if said random hasn’t said or typed anything to make that clear.

@sechabatheletsane9784

10 күн бұрын

This is the nature of shooters in general. That won't change

Apex Mistakes 1. Don’t care, it’s just a game. 2. Slow down kid, take your time. 3. Change your damn settings, try new things out. 4. Keep your fingers warm, mix it up. 5. Stop hitting your head against a wall, get a team. I’ll make sure to write this big enough on a notebook and keep it by my side while playing apex… thanks merchant of the game for the amazing tips and video🫡

Remember the best source of coaching is self reflection. Figure out how you died and what you could have done different. It has helped me so much just to take a step back and review some old clips and fix my flaws.

i think your a good apex player, thank you for making this, for now im trying to achieve more high damage games, i wanna test myself and get maybe more 2ks or 3k damage games, for me its never been easier to get better for me because i always fight against diamonds and masters and consistently having those players im fighting against makes me more able to counter them

we got therapy merchant now(honestly thx a lot ur my favourite apex creator)

TO be honest, the requeue option after every ranked match helped me. Not seeing the RP drop helps in maintaining composure and focus. One session later I see a lot of gained RP.

This guy's a real legend

@MikeGrau0hr

10 күн бұрын

if he sticks with it he sure has potential to become a true apex legend yea.

Wise man. You’re a good role model for this game.

I just purchased a pro controller with paddles at first I hated it, I still don't use all the paddles but I like the one for squatting and it has made a big difference in my 1 v 1's .

17:55 the most accurate discription of solo queueing i have heard so far in this game.

I stopped playing in season 14 and haven't played since. But ill never forget the memories with this game, truly good times. Now I play overwatch :P

Only thing I slightly disagree with is the second tip. Being methodical doesn’t mean you have to move at a snails speed. The main thing you do have to be aware of is that speed comes after seasons and seasons of consistent practice.

please merchant, wish you made more auth content like this unlike the clickbaits youve been doing, i loved this video, its been atleast a year since i was able to finish your videos, feels like the old merch is back

Putting apex legends and an actual crisis on a scale is a hilarious comparison

One of the things that started to help me so much is just playing around with dpi every time I play! You’re not married to a dpi so if you feel your aim is off, do something about it!

Give this man a good squad

that solo Q point.....i feel exposed

I feel like we’re forgetting the most important tip : HAVE FUN

3:00 Being TenZ will not make you aim worse obviously, i just had to clarify that.

The "just don't care" advice is my go-to whenever I play anything tense/spooky/horror-like. First thing I always do in those games is run up to whatever the creepy nemesis is and die on purpose to get it out of the way. 🙃

That first tip is such a relief. Thank you. I’m heavily going to take that into account Woah woah woah, I definitely thing of the gaming merchant when it comes to good players! Don’t ever say that again

I remember when i had cold hands and my aim was a lot better than normal, i wonder why...

As someone with 15k hours on shooters my aim is still not good enough & makes up 95% of my deaths. Skill ceiling is a b!tch

I recommend using 800 or 1600 dpi. The input lag is lower than 400..

The #1 mistake we all make every game is believing in our teammates(friends included)

There's too much emphasis put on kills and damage when the whole point of a BR is to be alive at the end of the match , look at the way the teams play the game in ALGS compared to the general player base , look at the sheer amount of people in the final rings compared to average game where the game doesnt even get to the final ring

First tip is great I hit my highest damage on a game where I had had enough and just went full throttle not caring about losing

Same squad mates since season 2! Some of my best bros! Invited them to my wedding

I am a solo queuer. I have a small handful of friends I play with now and then. lol But solo queue is also its own vibe. but I do quit playing once I hit diamond. 😂

all of us OG players can agree the worst mistake we made was playing the game

Also, people will never improve from these mistakes or learn if everyone is just looking for the quick easy fix to feel like they are improving when they’re really not. Looking for bot lobbies for a badge, ratting for a badge, buying an account for a badge, cheating for a badge, using a “meta” slow sensitivity, playing a legend that’s easier, etc. etc. People wanna get badges in this game and not actually practice fundamentals because they care only about looking good to someone, not actually being good.

3:54 Thats easily the worst tip you could ever give newbies or casual players. Wanna know why? I will tell you why. They will only hotdrop and die. Nothing else. They don't improve. They just die as cannon fodder to pros while getting no progress done and ruin the rounds for everyone else. *Do not do this guys!* An *way better* tip would be to go in mixtape and play calm, don't care about the win. Just focus on your aim after training in the firing range for a bit.

When the game is full of cheats and there’s “a lot “ Even if it’s the soft core cheating on CRONUS ZEN still CHEATING!! The games a mess and it doesn’t matter what tips there is,because the fun and enjoyment are stripped away right there and then!! Second tip,Don’t spend money into the game-because the money you’re putting in they should invest to better anti cheating and maybe upgrading the game after 21 seasons. The numbers falling are the worse they have ever been so I’m not wrong…and I was there from day 1 They are just making money from this game now nothing else.

I think one mistake that you almost always do is that you play with pay to loose skins that have too much visual clutter. Its ok if you are able to play with them as good as without, but they give you an disatvantage right from the start. Mostly talking about guns like the PK, EVA-8 or R-99.

Guess I’m built different. Thanks merch

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@pathyidk

11 күн бұрын

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@Mikkeeile

11 күн бұрын

@@pathyidk First award given to Gaming Merchanr's little simps

As a 3000 hr player...thank you

the biggest mistake was actually playing this game (and paying ea money, so they do only collection "events" now)

The worst mistake is playing.

Wish we were in the same timezone

Bruh tgm give yourself more credit you are awesome at apex and you are a pro not just above average

you have to be in the top 5%. Probably top 3% especially if you'd play with a team more often instead of trying to get solo clips so much.

You should try a higher DPI, at least 800

Hey gaming merchant I just want to let you know I’m doing much better now thanks for everything ❤

I want to end mistake 5 so badly!!! Would you want to give it ago with me?

Lol, I'm on 600dpi, 1.9 sense... I don't think my setting is too fast.

“Step 1: Stop caring.” I’m out 😅.

Biggest mistake is saying one more after a crushing defeat

I so want to rank with you

Until I saw the chaos cup with Punch, I thought you were Australian 😂

im lvl 98 and i have 0.6 kd im so cooked

22 seconds and im FIRST COMMENT

@pathyidk

11 күн бұрын

Second reply

Biggest mistake everyone makes is to still play this SBMM crap game.

@DandandanTelevison

10 күн бұрын

I legit will have 10 games in a row where my teammates both get under 100 dmg and then I’ll switch to solos and almost always end up in a game with someone who is the number one at their legend. Not joking.

@der_dude1425

10 күн бұрын

@@DandandanTelevison I believe you. Half of my solos lobby are Horizon sweats. Solo queuing may be pain, but it‘s fun conpared to solos. And that‘s what they removed Duos for. Respawn trash.

@fz8376

6 күн бұрын

My god i have only been getting bots as teammates in trios, they just Crouch spam at a single place

Internet

Day 1 of asking Merch for 1,000 Apex Coins

im over 7 thousand hours lol and i feel the same way. I feel like this game is inconsistent. steam settings and launch option settings take away the games integrity also resolution and aspect ratio really changes the whole feel of the game where up close fights seem way easier depending on how you have settings. there are too many variables goin on that shouldnt be part of the game. the game should be launched and what the game gives you for settings is what you work with and thats it. you shouldnt be able to go into nividia reflex and change resolutions change this and change that. its frustrating with cheaters and them acting like they cant fix it. they should make the game have certain qualifications ip address verification if you get caught cheating your house will not be able to play the game unless you change internet providers. there are things they can do but why when no one else does. lets worry about selling skins and events where we want you to pay hundreds of dollars in a gambling obsession format, the fear of missing out on skins availability, the i have something you cant have bragging rights heirlooms that takes 500 packs or 170 events. its all a crap shoot scummy business model all the way around these game developers are copying each other how to screw the player base.

@JohnSmith-zk3kd

10 күн бұрын

Steam settings and launch options are for capping FPS and fixing issues. Also resolution doesn't give you an advantage I've played native I've played stretched and I've played 90 FOV and 120 it doesn't make that much of difference just quality of life changes and preference most pros play native as well. IP address verification doesn't work nor does phone number verification, IP address doesn't work because ISPs reuse IP addresses and sometimes use them for multiple homes at the same time you can also just call your ISP and ask for them to change it or use a VPN. Phone number wont work because there's a bunch of sites where you can buy verified phone numbers for pennies. The only solution to the cheater problem is a more intrusive anti cheat with more manual banners and them taking preemptive measures against cheat providers.

Man can’t get too the point of 5 mistakes YOU TALK TOO MUCH

*Thanks for 35k subscribers..* 😳

@GILFHunter121

11 күн бұрын

Huh? Did he give you a shoutout :)

@Shittypants69

11 күн бұрын

​@@GILFHunter121Nah botted subs 😂

How old is the Gaming Merchant? If you said any number between 27 and 52 I’d believe you