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Have you ever wanted to combo like this?
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Well in this video, I'll be going over everything you need to know to get amazing
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Minecraft combos just like the ones on the screen right here.
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I'll be going over settings, techniques, how to practice,
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device specific techniques and many other things which you guys definitely should learn to become a Minecraft PvP Pro.
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Before watching this tutorial, make sure to like and subscribe
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and go to the Aerie store and buy something to help support me and the server.
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But without further ado, let's go on to the first thing, which is settings.
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Settings are pretty important to Minecraft PvP, especially with comboing.
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With two main settings being the most important, FOV and sensitivity.
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FOV stands for Field of View, and determines what you see on your screen.
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Having too low of an FOV means that it's pretty hard to aim on the player because everyone's so big.
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And having too high of an FOV means that sometimes it can be hard to track the player, especially when you have higher sensitivity.
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That's why if I were you, I'd recommend 90 -110 FOV, with altered FOV off.
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As a player, it's a decent size, but also still being able to see your surroundings and be able to track.
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I usually prefer putting altered FOV off, which is a setting that changes your FOV quite a lot, but it is honestly down to personal preference.
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If you are finding it harder to combo, then I'd probably recommend doing the same thing too.
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The next setting that I'll be talking about is sensitivity.
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Sensitivity is once again down to personal preference.
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Finding what works for you is the most important.
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The best players have really different sensitivities.
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For example, Marlow had an extremely high sensitivity in DPI, while other players don't.
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My current sensitivity is 15.
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However, I usually like to change it around by 1 or 2.
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If I were you guys and wanted to change my sensitivity, I'd change it by increments of 2 every day.
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So I can slowly get used to the new sensitivity.
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Another important thing is to turn mouse acceleration off, as mouse acceleration makes it so that your mouse movements aren't consistent,
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which makes it harder for you to aim.
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Finally, if you are on controller, I'd probably recommend getting 90 -100 sensitivity,
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because it is pretty hard to go around and PvP with a lower sensitivity unfortunately.
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Other than that, it can be helpful to put view bobbing off and camera shake off, especially because it may help you aim better.
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But let's go on to some actual tips now.
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To first learn how to combo, I think it's important to split it up into two different sections.
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Firstly, actually getting the combo, and secondly, holding the combo.
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Now in essence, to get a combo, you need to consistently hit the player while consistently aiming at the player,
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or being able to either take less knockback than them, also known as KB reducing, or use the movement to ruin their aim,
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letting you get a combo on them.
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By this logic, you need a pretty good clicking method to be able to get and hold your combo, while being able to properly aim correctly.
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Click methods such as jitter clicking and normal clicking are pretty horrible, because you don't get as much hit registration,
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and it can be pretty hard to aim when you're jitter clicking.
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But clicking methods such as butterfly clicking, time clicking, and drag clicking are known to be pretty good for holding combos,
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especially because they give really good hit registration.
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Many top YouTubers and players use this.
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I like time clicking because I don't need to consistently click and can time my hits, which means that my hands won't hurt while I click.
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Although this is a more advanced clicking method,
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all you need to do is time your clicks to the hits and make sure that the player is consistently red,
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which lets you get a consistent combo.
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You can take this up a notch by combining drag clicking or butterfly clicking alongside time clicking, also known as buzz clicking,
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which ups your chance of getting higher CPS in a shorter amount of time, making it much easier for you to get combos.
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To practice this, you can go onto my server Ares and go and fight some bots.
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In specific, the resistance bot, the midfight bot, or the boxing bot, which can help you learn how to time your hits correctly.
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However, without being able to aim, your CPS practically is useless.
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So being able to have decent aim matters a lot.
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This goes back onto settings, where I talked about sensitivity.
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Finding the best sensitivity for you is extremely important.
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And once again, changing it by increments of two every single day to find
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which one is the best for you is in my opinion the best way to go about altering your sensitivity.
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Everything is personal preference, so just try and get used to a specific sensitivity and try to aim as best as possible.
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One piece of advice I can give is seeing whether you're over -aiming or you're under -aiming.
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Over -aiming is when you keep on missing the player by aiming too much when trying to track them.
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If this is the case, reducing your sensitivity by a couple increments is the best idea.
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Under -aiming is when you can't track onto your opponent because your sensitivity is too slow.
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In this case, you should increase your sensitivity by a couple increments, up until it's got to normal.
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A part of aiming also has to do with movement, as when you strafe, it can be harder for you to aim at the opponent.
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That's why being able to practice how you aim is extremely important.
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You can do this by fighting actual players and bots, and just playing loads of different games.
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One way that I learn to aim to people, although it is a bit silly,
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is going into a hub and tracking my mouse at different people.
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Do this one hour a day and your aim will get pretty decent after a while.
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Moving on to movement.
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Movement is a pretty important part of Minecraft PvP, especially during combos.
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There are two different types of things which are important when it comes to your movement when in combos.
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Strafing and spacing.
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Strafing is when you press A and D.
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To go left or right, try and put off your opponent's aim, making it harder for them to track you and maybe possibly landing a combo,
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as sometimes they may find it hard to aim at you.
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To do this, make sure to be unpredictable while pressing A
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and D without a specific pattern just to catch off your opponent's aim.
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This is extremely effective against controller players, especially those with a lower sensitivity.
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However, one thing that you should be careful of is having a specific pattern that you use whenever you strafe at people,
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as your opponent will learn how to counter it and get you in an easy combo.
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The next move and technique that is important is basing your hits.
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When holding a combo, it's important to make sure that they can't hit you while you can hit them.
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You can do this by either strafing or W or S tapping.
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What doubly tapping is, is you press doubly while you're combing someone, which means that you give enough space for you to hit them,
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while they are unable to hit you.
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This lets you hold the combo pretty easily, being a pretty overpowered technique, especially in gamers such as boxing,
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where you do need to hold your combos.
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Now moving on to something which is a little bit more game sense, which is protectors.
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You can both use an arrow and a snowball to get a combo.
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Firstly, let's talk about the simpler, snowballs.
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To prompt a combo with a snowball, throw the snowball at your opponent before you hit them with your fist.
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This will automatically get them in a combo, just like in the clips in the screen right now.
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You can also do the same thing with a bow and arrow.
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However, you do need to hold a bit more than a snowball, as the bow and arrow actually does need to shoot.
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This allows for you to get combos such as the ones on the screen right now.
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Now let's move on to the advanced tips.
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Now that we know all of the basics of Minecraft Bedrock PvP, let's move on to two different techniques that most PvPers use to get combos.
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Firstly, starting off with jump resetting, a method to take 0kb while in a trade which automatically lets you get a combo.
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To perform a jump reset, what you need to do is jump as you're getting hit during the second and third hit of a trade.
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This allows you to take 0 knockback due to a glitch which lets you get a combo on the person.
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This is a technique on every single
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Minecraft server and is a super easy way for you to pick up your opponents.
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However, next, let's go on to hit selecting.
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A direct counter to jump resetting, where you slightly delay your hits by a couple ticks to catch your opponent off guard.
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They may either jump reset, which lets you get an easy combo on them as soon as they jump,
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or you may still get the combo either way, as they are in the air longer than you are, leading to a pretty certain combo.
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These two techniques separate the best from the average player, and are extremely useful especially when in PvP.
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And paired up with lots of other techniques that I mentioned in this video, you can be basically unstoppable.
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Now that we're almost at the end of the video, let me go over a couple small things, such as styling.
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Styling is something that you learn while you play the game more.
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However, I'm gonna go through a quick and easy simple tutorial on how to 360.
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What I would recommend is just fighting a bunch of easy bots on Ares, and after a while, you'll definitely get used to 360.
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Something else you can do is use armor stand just like the video on the screen right now.
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I'm sure you've seen this on like shorts, but you know, it does kind of work honestly.
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After a while, it kind of does become muscle memory, and honestly, it is pretty nice.
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But other than
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that, all of these techniques can be used in other pvp game modes obviously
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you can combo in different gamers such as mace however i didn't really go through any of
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that in this video so
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if you guys do want to see a mace pvp tutorial make sure to go
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and let me know in the comments below
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if you have enjoyed this video or found this video informative make sure to like
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and subscribe and go to the store in the link in the description
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because everything helps us out a lot also every single one of these clips were on Ares, which is my own personal
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Minecraft server, so if you want to join, the IP is on the screen here.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “How To Combo in Minecraft Bedrock PvP..”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: combo, sensitivity, aim, clicking, player. This video has 128 sentences and 1896 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:05. The speaker talks fast, about 234 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
combo noun/ˈkɒmbəʊ/A small musical group.
sensitivity noun/ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ti/The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
technique noun/tɛkˈniːk/The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
opponent noun/əˈpəʊ.nənt/One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
server noun/ˈsɝvɚ/A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
mouse noun/maʊs/Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
consistently adverb/kənˈsɪstəntli/In a consistent manner.
reset verb/ɹiːˈsɛt/To set back to the initial state.
decent adjective/ˈdiː.sənt/Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
arrow noun/ˈæɹəʊ/A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
preference noun/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
alter verb/ˈɔl.təɹ/To change the form or structure of.
bot noun/bɑt/A physical robot.
tutorial noun/ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.
firstly adverb/ˈfɜɹstli/In the first place; before anything else; first.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.
going over nounAn inspection, examination, review, or investigation.
go around verbTo move or spread from person to person.
go over verbTo look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
pick up verbTo lift; to grasp and raise.
put off verbTo postpone, especially through procrastination.
shake off verbTo remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its resultif I were you, I'd recommend · if you are on controller, I'd probably
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thingthing, which is · off, which is · hits, which means
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowHave you ever wanted · you've seen · have enjoyed
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itare known · can be used

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'd, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, acceleration /əkˌsɛl.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
  • Long words — get the stress right: sensitivity /ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ti/, consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, acceleration /əkˌsɛl.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like combo, sensitivity, technique.

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