ArtOfCamping Pre-Season 4 Ranking: Diamond 5

Just by using positioning and Art of Camping tactics I made it to Platinum II without any kills (sorry)!

Season 4 ranking Platinum II

And about 70% top 10 matches.

About 70% top 10 

Updated: Diamond V

ArtOfCamping : Gaming Tips

Art of Camping: Gaming Tips

This blog series is about how to get into the finale as safe as possible. This is gaming. Not playing.

Terms

The Art of Camping strategy is go the to the finale as safe as possible. It's described in short terms:

1. Parachute to the outer part of the map close to the border and loot at safe places were there aren't any other players
2. Advance into the first circle but
1. Avoid areas with other players
2. Advance towards the outer border of the circle
3. The finale is when the circle is 1 square wide and with about 10 players left. Good luck!

Tips

This is miscellaneous tips for optimizing your gaming.

1. Let car roll when exiting the vehicle to save some gas
2. Gas spread faster over bigger distance
3. Cross into woods
4. You can open doors a meter away from them and you can reloading at the same time
5. Make bandage when you're inside the gas circle and have plenty of time
6. Find boots or better sneakers to run faster
7. Get a backpack as soon as possible
8. Don't pick up pistols or melee weapons, you'll find an auto rifle soon enough
9. Smoke grenade is great to cover your advance into a forest or building
10. Gas grenade is great to make your opponent move out from cover. It can be thrown longer than molotov, covers a bigger area than other grenades and last
11. Molotov are heavier and cannot be thrown as long as other grenades 
12. Always loot gas from other cars for you to driver longer and other players shorter
13. Always loot keys from other cars to make it more difficult for other players to have a car
14. Change car to get a new car with full tank
15. You usually don't need more than 300 in ammo for a gun. It can be useful to have some ammo to shoot down cars
16. You usually don't need more than 10 health packs. But you should have enough to create some healing glue
17. Optimize all your looting at the start to loot as much as possible to make sure you don't need to loot more
18. If you got shoot at when crafting or handling your inventory it's important to learn to double tap the inventory key to exit the inventory and crafting menu as fast as possible. 
19. When looting, open as few doors as possible since it takes time. Try to loot at places which are open and easy to scan.
20. Don't shred until you have plenty of time.
21. Loot at a safe area. See my complete guide for locations.

Art of Camping: Z2 Map

King of the Kill have a new map and here is a new Art of Camping guide!

Old Art of Camping guide

Art Of Camping

Art of Camping is a series of articles and videos explaining how to in the most secure way win a round. It is quite easy to get to top 10 of each game and if you have good aim you can easily win. I finish as top 10 at about 70% of the matches!

Top 10 at about 70% of my games!

It consist of three parts

1. Parachute to a safe area
2. Advance in the edge of the gas
3. Finale

Settings

You should have about 1000 in field view. This will make it easier to scan the map when you parachute. It'll also single out cars at high altitude. And when you advance across the map it's easier to see landmarks and know your location.
Maximize the brightness  to have a clearer view and have better sight inside buildings.

Step 1: Parachute

First objective is to loot at a safe location. Make sure you parachute to a remote area where there are no other players. You can parachute 2 squares.

Green areas are safe, avoid red areas!

Looting

When looting, try to be as efficient as possible and use the rule minimize the numbers of doors you open. Find barns and storage since the are open you can easily scan for loot. Avoid houses with a lot of doors since it takes time to open doors and usually there is little loot in each room.

H1 is a favorite place to land

It's essential to get a military backpack to be able to have as much loot as possible. Don't shred stuff and this time and focus on looting. Only when you are safe within a cirle and have filled up your backpack start shred.

I usually aim for the following loot (in prioritized order)

1. Military backpack
2. Backpack
3. AK and about 100 bullets Shotgun is necessary in close combat to kill opponents with body armor
4. AR and about 100 bullets
5. 2-4 helmets
6. Sneakers
7. Laminated tactical body armor
8. Medkits
9. Shirts and backpacks for shreding
10. Grenades
11. Tape (to craft makeshift armor)
12. Keys and gas (from cars)

Step 2: Advance

As soon as the first circle appears calculate how long it will take you to move into it and if you need any medkits. If you have a car this will be easier but have other risks. General advice is to move at the edge of hills and mountains since you can either move down or up to take cover or hide. Smoke grenades is also good to cover an area. Also use auto run and free look to run in a direction and scan your surrounding area. A good tip is too look behind you since an attacker usually want you to pass by and then attack.
Try to move at the edge of the circles and as close to the map's edge as long from the center as possible. This means you usually circulate around circles to stay away from the center.

Timing

You need to know how fast you move and how much you heal. This is important when you calculate your movement across the map and how much damage you can take in the gas.

Time to cross a square:

• 2 min by foot
• 1 min 50 s by sneakers or boots (approx.)
• 50 s with car (approx.)

Healing:

• Bandage heals 10 health points during 10 sec
• Medkit heals 60 health points during 60 sec

First Circle

When the first circle appears you have 5 min before the gas is spreading and it spreads for 5 min which makes a total of 10 min before you should be inside the circle. This means that if you run by foot you can cover about 5 squares during this time.

First circle is 5 squares wide and it takes approx. 10 min to run cross 5 squares

Sharking

The main threat is other cars that are "sharking" and roaming areas for a kill.

By Foot

Make sure you have sneakers since you run faster. 

By Car

A car have big advantages since you can travel much faster and loot in more remote areas. The car is big and noisy so you need to be more careful for other cars that are sharking. Don't camp in the car since you are an easy target at the driver's seat and one grenade will blow the car up. You should park the car and hide at a tree nearby instead.

Step 3: Final

There is only general advice since you need to be a good at aim and win duels to win the whole round. But advance as earlier towards the edge of map and shoot at cars to try to destroy them.

Advance by flanking

Cars have an advantage at the finals so you need to stop them by shooting at them, but keep your cover!
You throw grenades longer than Molotov cocktails and gas grenades is good to lure out players from cover. If you have plenty of medkits, use them regularly to always get a health boost.
Keep watch if someone uses a sniper.

If you have a car in the finals you may slow drive and hide from other players. You may also circle around a player until you find a good spot, usually higher ground and with the car as cover, and fire against the opponent. And enter the circle as late as possible with car.