Ok, I took a look at some of the things you can do to improve your pvp experience not only in bedwars, but in minecraft pvp as a whole. It took me some time, but I fixed my issues one by one.
Credentials: #BravoOP #TragedyOP - My old guilds lol I left them tho +157 star in bw
Credit: DiversityPvP, Adviser, Intel Edits, (go sub to their YTs) and my personal experience
-Note: While this is mostly my advice, but still, their tutorials do explain a bit that I can't and don't have the time to. Go show them some love pls! Also, this guide is meant to point you in the right direction, not explain every little thing you have to do, so you may have to look up certain actions on youtube or google.
Please correct anything in the replies and feel free to ask any questions! I'll try my best to get to everyone. <3
Here are some things you can do on the mechanical side to improve pvp:1. Having a higher FPS helps immensely with predicting and reacting to the movement of your opponent. Good ways to improve FPS are to use the Optifine mod or Badlion client.
2. Use high-fps texture packs (16x or 32x is good).
3. You can also delete your caches folder, and use the activity monitor to manage which programs are taxing your computer the most (search up how to do both of them). This will help your fps.
4. Increase priority on java in the task manager, and edit the java arguments in the minecraft launcher. You do this by editing the installation of minecraft you are currently using, click more options, and delete the java arguments. Search up some good java arguments for minecraft, though I recommend using -Xmx8G (replace "8" with the amount of RAM you want to allocate to minecraft. About 2-4 is reasonable for any person).
5. Improve your ping (search on YT how to do so). Try switching your wifi channel or get out from a corner of the room as well.
6. Get better gear. A gaming pc is recommended for maintaining good fps in minecraft (rip i use a mac lol), and a better mouse may help you find a better sensitivity and click faster. Logitech and Razer produce good quality mice, and the Glorious Model O seems great. I personally use a logitech g pro wireless (Rich egirl uwu).
7. Settings: Setting your mouse up, you first want to find your dpi. It dictates how fast your cursor travels across the screen. This one's all personal preference. Next, try to find your best in-game sensitivity. If it's too low, you won't be able to catch up to players who strafe a lot unless you use mouse acceleration (explained later). If its too high, you won't be able to keep your aim on the person in question. Try increasing your in-game sens(itivity) by 5, then decreasing it by 5, and returning it to normal. Try pvping with all 3, and choose the sens that best fits you. Repeat this until you have a sens that you consistently work well with. Here is where mouse acceleration comes in. Mouse acceleration makes your cursor move faster when you move your mouse faster, regardless of dpi or in-game sens. It's useful when you need to turn around quickly to pot or something, but it can be inconsistent at times. I recommend keeping it on 5/11 or 4/11 on windows, and the 1st or 2nd marker on mac (search up how to change your mouse acceleration). The mouse acceleration will barely affect your aim, provided that you move your mouse slowly, which shouldn't be a problem as long as you increase your sensitivity to compensate for it, all while allowing you to turn around quickly when necessary, like when you're being ambushed.
Here are some things you can do to improve technique:- Sprint resets: It's common knowledge that sprint hits deal more kb than regular hits. But there's an explanation behind reseting your sprint in PvP. As pros know, the first sprint hit deals the most kb. Then, as you keep hitting your opponent, you deal less kb. So in order to keep getting that first sprint hit kb, pros reset their sprint after hitting someone quite often. There are multiple ways to achieve this.
Blockhitting- Blocking your sword in 1.8.9 and earlier versions would reset your sprint, which is why pros tend to blockhit quite a lot. But when you strafe too often and blockhit randomly, you're only slowing down your movement, as well as leaving opening for your opponent. Time blockhits so you block right after dealing damage to the opponent. This properly resets your sprint to deal more kb.
W-tapping- You only need to release W and press it again to accomplish this. As soon as your opponent takes damage (and turns red) release and repress W to get a fresh sprint. This leads to dealing more kb.
S-tapping- It's the same as W-tapping, except that you press S instead of W. I'm not very familiar with S-tapping, but pros seem to prefer other methods of resetting your sprint. This may be because S-tapping may leave an opening for the opponent to combo you. I'd stick to W-tapping and blockhitting.
-Strafing: Yes, I know this one's obvious as heck, but it doesn't hurt to go over types of strafes. Watch DiversityPvP's pvp guide vid to see examples of straightlining, circle strafing, and stimpy strafing, like I did.
Straightline: As the name suggests, you beat some sense into your opponent with a combination of w-tapping, blockhitting, s-tapping and a vape client (ok that last one's a joke).
Circle Strafing: You just keep strafing in a certain direction while w-tapping and "circling" around your opponent (hence the name). Diversity suggests that you should switch directions when you get hit.
Stutterstrafing: You alternate the A and D keys very quickly to sort of trick the opponent into thinking you're strafing , when you're barely moving side to side. This often transposes into a straightline combo or a blockhit war.
Stimpy Strafing: Resembling the style of Stimpy back when he sweated, you alternate the A and D keys while going forward, switching every time you get a hit on your opponent.
A/D Tapping: You move forward while pressing either A or D, and tapping the other while fighting. So I might hold W and A, and tap D a couple times, or I might hold W and D, and keep tapping A. You get the idea. This works best with a high sensitivity or mouse acceleration, as you need good aim to keep it going.
- Increase your cps: I know this one's overrated as heck, but it's not like the tip doesn't have any merit. Having a high cps increases the chance of hitting someone right after your hit cooldown ends. And no, I don't mean the stupid 1.9 attack cooldown. I mean the cooldown that prevents you from clicking 16 cps and hitting someone 16 times per second (as in combo duels). You can try to time your hits so you hit the opponent just after the cooldown ends, but it's hard af to ace the timing, and you might make a costly mistake. Clicking faster is an easier way to slightly increase the chances of hitting someone just after the cooldown ends, therefore making your hits just a tad bit quicker. Try learning to jitterclick (try watching DiversityPvP's pvp guide on YT), or learn to butterfly (Ender's vid on butterfly clicking). It's also possible to butterfly over 20 cps if you learn to double click your mouse with both fingers (watch adviser or hoos for a tutorial).
- The trick is often to control the distance, like so-
1. If you have good ping, cps, and aim (aim is most important), use it to your advantage. Keep the opponent at a distance and abuse strafes and w-tapping. Your ping and cps will ensure you get more hits than they do, even if their aim is the same as yours. They'll eventually start getting 6-blocked, and won't be able to touch you much. Avoid close-quarter fights, as your connection, cps, and aim advantage will disappear.
2. For those who keep getting 6-blocked, it's likely you have a worse connection, less cps, worse aim, or predictable strafes. Try staying closer to the opponent and try to straightline them. Don't overdo the strafing, as you'll take more kb than if you were running directly at them. The kb mechanics in minecraft are pretty weird, but this happens: when you hit someone, your kb is decreased by a substantial amount for a certain period of time, or at least until you get hit. So when you get more consecutive hits on someone, the kb you take is decreased (Look it up in the minecraft code). And that's why people who get combos barely take kb. So try to take the initiative and get your opponent in a combo while w-tapping, blockhitting, and strafing. You'll take less kb and it increases your chances of winning.
- Go agro: The aggressive players tend to have the best chances of winning in a pvp battle. In a 1v1, it's often best to stick to your opponent, and keep them on the defensive. Note that "aggressive" doesn't mean stupid. In such a pvp-base game like bedwars, it's essential to avoid getting teamed on. But even in those cases, the experienced players can find ways to kill everyone on a team by separating the teammates from one another.
Thanks for viewing my guide, and I love you all! Don't forget to check other guides coming soon, like GvG strats and how to Bridge Fight Effectively!!
-Spinster