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Winout.net wrote:

In this article, I will address the important topic of gun control. Players often ask questions such as “When should I use this shooting style over that one?" That is exactly what this article seeks to analyze. Rather than demonstrate the superiority of one style over another, I will attempt to show how each style is useful in different situations. First I will define 3 shooting styles, then I will examine the concepts of mobility and damage. Finally, I will apply these concepts to the shooting styles to construct 4 fighting styles.

Shooting style definitions:

Tapping – This is accomplished by tapping your mouse button instead of holding it down, firing off one bullet after another in rapid succession – traditionally 3 with the AK-47, 4 with the M4A1, for accurate bullet grouping.

Bursting – This is accomplished by holding your mouse button for the fraction of a second needed to fire a quick burst – traditionally 1-2 shots with the AK-47, and 2-3 with the M4A1.

Spraying – This is accomplished by holding down the trigger, compensating for recoil by pulling down and side to side.

I will discuss mobility and damage to help the reader understand the use of these styles.

Mobility

A moving target is harder to hit than a stationary one. If you've ever played CSDM, you know that a target strafing at full sideways speed on your screen at almost any distance is a nuisance to hit. The reason why experienced players recommend tapping and bursting over spraying is this: you stay mobile, and make yourself harder to hit, provided that you strafe in betweens shots. However, by strafing a lot, you make it harder for you to hit your opponent, because you have to compensate for your own movement when aiming. You can get better at this with practice, but it's also true that your damage over time is reduced, because you spend a lot of your time strafing rather than shooting.

Damage

Regardless of the benefits of mobility, if your opponent does more damage to you than you do to him, he wins. In CS, a game where being stationary equals accuracy, being crouched equals more accuracy, and accuracy equals damage, there is always a fine balance between mobility and damage, between survivability and killing power. Balancing the two is the key to a successful fighting style.

Using the above concepts, I will construct 4 fighting styles you can practice.

Full Dodge (Mobility: Best, Damage: None)

Why would anyone want to give up shooting altogether to become a target (albeit a very fast-moving, hard-to-hit one?). The answer is: team play. There are situations where you have to make yourself the moving target to bait the opponent's shot so that your teammate can take them out safely. Imagine the apartments on de_inferno, you and another Terrorists are inside wanting to come out balcony, but you know there is a CT in the pit. The first person in line has to go full dodge or else you'll get mowed down one by one. The most effective tactic here I've found is for the person to bunny-hop out to the left on to the apartment boxes and out into the air. His only goal here is to make himself as hard to hit as possible so while the CT wastes his time trying to kill a flying monkey, his teammate can come out and kill the distracted CT with relative ease. In summary, use full dodge when:
-You're in a team situation where the enemy has good defensive positions and you need to set up a trading of kills. See my article on teamwork.
-You're in a team situation, you are out of ammo, and the enemy is focused on you. Start doing a little dance and they'll whiff so many shots that your teammates will take them out!
-You need to escape, or get somewhere quickly and taking out the enemy is not your priority.

Burst and Strafe (Mobility: Great, Damage: Good)

The Burst and Strafe fighting style is a great balance of mobility and damage. Using 1-2 shot bursts with AK-47 and 2-3 shot bursts with M4A1, one successful burst is enough to kill an opponent with a head shot. You're also pretty hard to hit since you're strafing even longer than you would be with the tap method. Use this style when:
-You're in a 1v1 duel with an opponent at medium to far range, but especially far range.
-Your opponent is shooting at you and need your best chances of winning alone (no team backup.)

Tap and Strafe (Mobility: Good, Damage: Great)

The Tap and Strafe fighting style is a good balance of mobility and damage. One tap is enough to kill an opponent with a head shot. If you aim for the body, it might take two taps to do the job, unless you tap slower. Of course, stopping for longer will reduce your mobility, so find the right balance! Use this style when:
-You're in a 1v1 duel with an opponent at medium to far range, but especially medium range.
-Your opponent is distracted or has their back turned to you. You don't need mobility when they aren't shooting at you!

Crouch and Spray (Mobility: Worst, Damage: Best)

The Crouch and Spray fighting style is an imbalanced fighting style, favoring more bullets at the cost of making yourself an easy target. Use this style when:
-Facing multiple closely grouped targets at close range.
-Wall-banging with no expectation of retaliation. When wall-banging, all that matters is damage and the ability to blanket an area.

You can create your own styles too, with your own balance of mobility and damage. The best place to practice different fighting styles is CSDM, check out our article on CSDM by KTH for more info. Well thanks for reading, stay tuned for the next article.

MalteGR wrote: »

Action through inaction friends, Action through inaction.. I probably didn't mention it enough in my guide but NOT moving will actually help you with the AK as opposed to strafing or strafing the same amount as your opponent (TRY IT). Do not waste your time thinking about his strafing pattern and trying to match it. Instead, use your controlled spray to your advantage and let the bullets go off, it's that simple. I stand still when I spray, and look at how far it has gotten me. Don't be scared about people having better aim than you.


- Never crouch, especially with the AK ( a great player who knows his AK will never need to do this in Crossfire in particular )

- Never, ever, ever strafe. I have killed the best players in this game without pressing a button besides mouse click. If I can do it, YOU can do it.

- SIDE STEP when you are long range. Make sure your cross hair does not open up due to your movement.. It should only open up when you are one tapping at an increased pace. At this pace I am almost at the same speed as an M4 strafe and bursting,, basically matching it with a constant flow of bullets without the downtime of strafing in between.

Just a few pointers. . Take everything else anyone says with a grain of salt, because to be honest with you there is nobody who has used this gun as extensively as me, and that is a fact.


malte[gr]

IrPainzRawr wrote: »

thanks for the advice malte, and gratz on the win. next time i find myself in that situation il just relax and try to focus on picking the enemy and spray em down.

and m4ing isnt the issue julian, my aim is fine. it was more a mobility. i preaim at the head so a majority of my shots are headshots about 70%.