[Legit]Skill's Guide to the AWM ( BASIC )

Leg1tSkill
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Hey guys, Im LegitSkill and I'm here to give a few basic tips for rookies who wanna get used to the AWM.


First of all the advantages of the AWM.

- Main one being its pinpoint accuracy and its 1 hit kill power.

Contrary to the M700 the AWM kills in 1 shot to most places.

You will do around 80 if you hit them in the legs.

Personally I aim for the chest as its the biggest target and is a 1 hit kill.

Now for the disadvantages of the AWM.

Its very heavy.
Slow RoF (bolt action)
Only 5 shots per clip.
Bad accuracy while moving.

There are ways to address these disadvantages.

The easiest one is to buy a camo AWM.
However here are some other ways to get past these obstacles.

Heavy - Run around with your deagle (which I will mention later in the guide.)
RoF- Quickswitch (once again, will go over later)
Bad Acc - Try to stand still/crouch when shooting to maintain good accuracy.


Sniping during Search and Destroy

This is where sh1t goes down. All the practice in all those Prison TD's and other matches into 1 game.

In SD there are NO respawns, you must make your shots count as you won't just magically re appear after you die.

Most snipers like to have a quick peek/pick at mid at the start of the round.

Remember the biggest advantage you have over Riflers with your AWM is RANGE.

You as a sniper are expected to do well with your team.

You must have good gamesense, reaction time and precision to do well.

I'm gonna talk about the word REACTIONS regarding the AWM.

I'll be honest, for some people like myself I have fast reactions. As soon as I see an enemy I manage to kill him, this happens subonciously.

Im no TastyLimes but Im pretty quick.

Anyway, with practice your reaction time will start to build.

Sensitivity

A lot of people ask whats 'The Best Sensitivity' tbh there is no best sensitivity.
I started off slow on about 40 and worked my way up to 70.

As my friend Mochronik said - Focus on accuracy, speed will build up.

Shot Types

There are alot of ways to get kills with AWM, with a variety of shots.

Here are some.

Pre-scope: You aim your scope to where you think the enemy will be, and shoot when you see them.

Quickscope: A very great, awesome looking skill which allows you to scope in and kill your enemy very quickly and looks very awesome aswell.
To quickscope just Right and Left click quickly.

Noscope: A fun shot to do, mostly used at very close range where you just left click to shoot without scoping. Not extremely accurate but sometimes useful at in-your-face range.

Sidearm

As a sniper I very strongly recommend you get a sidearm (pistol).

This is for close range, and also it will be the weapon you will be relying on to save your ass after you missed that quickscope.

I strongly recommend a Desert Eagle due to its high power at close range.

Camo and other versions are recommended aswell.

Practice

Don't be frustrated if you get outpicked at mid, get killed, miss and such.

The skill you should also focus on is recovering from missed shots.

But I'll go onto that later.

I personally prefer to practice on maps such as: Prison TD/EM, Ship, Egypt and any SD maps.

Remember no point practising only in TD if your clan scrims only in SD yadig?

Recovering from missed shots

Your recovery is very important.
Even the best snipers miss but what makes them stand out is how they recover.

Personally when I miss a shot (depending on the situation) I either

Quickswitch and try again

Throw a nade and get the fuhk out of there (retreat is sometimes the better option)

Be more aggressive and rush with my deagle.

Or ofcourse ask for back up. :P

Quickswitch

Ahh, the beautiful quickswitch.

This little trick has saved my ass on countless ocassions.

The idea of this is to switch to your sidearm and back to your AWM very quickly to save time.

The way to do this is either: Press QQ, Press 3,1 or Scroll your mouse.

This is worth learning, and looks cool : ]

Changing your spots

At some stage you will need to change your position.

Eg. If you always as GR snipe mid BW from the stairs, the enemy snipers/rifles will know you're there and start trying to peek/push you.

The easy way to counter this is to change your position.

Using the same BW example, change from stairs to the lil box on the left, the enemy snipers will pre scope the stairs and that mistake will give you valuable time to take them out.

So mix it up a bit.



Thats pretty much it.

I know I've probably missed a lot of things but I was just going through some basics for the rookies :]

Please tell me what you thought of this.

Thanks

-Legit
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