20 Must Know PVP TIPS to BOOST your KD - Destiny 2

[@CastleContent]

PS. Quick edit - the CVARS file is only once you save keybinds to “computer” not “account” and here are 40 More Tips BELOW! Series Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqmunqeOnNWaY5o Series Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYHPhqSpfdSIoNE

[@hardtobearit]

is there a way to do the CVARS on controller. it seems like it would be yet another OP function of MKB if controller cant utilize it. also wouldnt that function under a macro which would be against TOS?

[@bartok1378]

The Ogre Twitch serves an alternate purpose also. I haven't seen the full series of your tips yet but I thought I'd mention it here. When you are about to go into combat and leave cover or enter an engagement, what you can do is look side to side while paying attention to your radar. This way you can tell if there is more than one person around the corner, because if there are two than as you sweep more than one section of your radar will light up as you place that line that separates each section between the two players. This can help to determine if you should engage or withdraw.

[@Br4ndino1727]

He literally didn't waste any time and almost instantly started the tips. Top tier.

[@h0pe774]

6 seconds, it took him 6 seconds to get into the tips

[@BulbOLantern]

This was unprecedented ooooo

[@mrmeinept]

So rare these days...

[@dominicwalker9947]

You, TDT, and Nomad are really killin it. Thank you for taking the time to accually help improve this game.

[@CastleContent]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@2leet2hax]

TDT?

[@fifthcylinder]

Don't forget Gjerda

[@dominicwalker9947]

@@fifthcylinder, I'll check Gjerda out, thanks .

[@fifthcylinder]

@@dominicwalker9947 yea, he Castle, Nomad, and Pattycakes all kinda within the same circle and level of quality. Their content is S+ tier imho

[@acai4171]

The golf swing tip is sooo slept on and arguably THE most helpful out of all 20! Great video my dude

[@froopynoops2348]

Was partially asleep watching this and then i hear you say "ill see you later, if you suck" i was like "woah, he was so nice what happened?" Glad i rewatched and heard you correctly the 2nd time 🤣

[@rajeshiyer4282]

I have watched a bunch of videos on how radar works in Destiny and you sir are only one who has explained it the best in simple English. Thank you so much...

[@CastleContent]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@ManOfCole]

At 7:20 all I could think of was a "THIS IS SPARTA!" meme lol. Love the tips in this one, man. Great advice for new and veteran players.

[@xy8020]

Thank you for your very helpful video. In reference to your comment about screen distance, I already wear progressive lens glasses so only a tiny part at the center of the lens is in focus at screen distance and I had to keep my head centered to be able to see the screen. So I measured eye to screen at 27 inches and had a pair of single vision glasses made for me (my eyes are different strengths) at 27 inch focus. Now I can move my head around and still see all of the action in focus. BTW I play Destiny 2 only occasionally, I will be 70 next year.

[@GloverGaming3]

The Ogre Twitch isn't such a bad thing, on PS5 especially, due to stick drift. Resetting your sticks is never a bad thing for controller players

[@aaronv251]

I didn’t realize the radar differentiates between ground level and being above/below you. Thanks for being in-depth!

[@jaden577]

An extra tip for any of my fellow aspiring snipers out there, and this goes along with his tip of playing with confidence, don’t hesitate and try to guarantee that you’ll land a headshot for fear of wasting your ammo. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Also, try getting used to landing flicks, especially on controller. Get the timing for when the aim assist slows your reticle down over the target mid-flick, and you’ll hardly miss.

[@eaglethebot1354]

Something else to add for radar tech, is that if you lineup an enemy between two slices by rapidly wiggling your aim left and right, you can pinpoint EXACTLY where someone is, how fast they're moving, and the direction they're moving in

[@rickyjanzen6684]

"Playing with intention" has kind of been my "motto", as well as achilles heel. I'm only a mediocre PVPer at best, but whenever I'm just really getting rolled, it's usually because I've simply lost focus and am just running around. If I have a "purpose", I notice my results are always better. Continually set small, focused, and attainable goals--"cover your star player's exposed left flank as he crosses the next kill zone" is more productive than simply running with the pack and hoping for the best. Even if your positioning is similar, your mindset is more goal oriented and tends to net better results. This often goes hand in hand with his "play without fear" tip, too.

[@ascendantindigo271]

Losing focus on a battlefield = death, in rapid succession. What I can't figure out is...why am I more focused on not dying then I am on having fun and killing my opponents? Recently I started playing rumble matches without the music or shaxx yelling every 5 seconds and now I get podium finishes??? Does this mean I'm easily distracted?

[@IronworkerGaming]

Fantastic set of tips man!! Very useful video ! 🍻👍

[@CastleContent]

Thank you sir! Been enjoying your vids lately.

[@14mykey]

You have some of the best videos out there for info about this game.

[@CastleContent]

Thank you so much Mike!

[@xychosisis]

The ogre twitch takes me back. Thanks for the video. Still learning pvp in D2.

[@Gnar_Dogg]

For controller players regarding the key bind section, if you have paddles I'd recommend mapping both slide and jump to your paddles. An if you don't have paddles I'd recommend getting a controller with paddles actually. They can make things like slide shooting with a primary or crouching during a gunfight to make your opponent miss a shot much easier. Especially if you play on the default layout.

[@FreshstGamer]

I have an elite controller and I can confirm it makes a huge gap of skill between you and your enemies. If you play a lot it's worth the investment. Also shout out to gnar dog for the tip

[@dascreeb5205]

Hmm, yes, money.

[@BMTH2296]

You absolutely can re-map buttons on console. I’m on Xbox and use left bumper for my class abilities, shatter dive, and crouch, and I use, “B,” for my grenades

[@pvpeet9374]

I am not really happy about the upcoming slide changes due to the effects on primaries. We shall see… Great overview, my titan brother from another mother! Nice tips and tricks, very interesting things to pay attention to during a gameplay session! Happy to see you starting to get more reach here!! Much love from Germany!

[@CastleContent]

Thank you!!

[@perfect2107]

I love your videos Castle, definitely helped me start and sustain a positive KD. You are the truth my guy.!! Keep it up love to see it..!!!!

[@CastleContent]

Thanks!

[@CronusChronicles]

These are amazing tips. I didn’t realize I have a routine for warm up and cool down with gaming, same as I do with fitness, until I saw you recommend it. That’s awesome stuff man.

[@CastleContent]

Yeah that helped me so much personally

[@fr3ak90]

I haven’t heard ogre twitch in forever. And now realize I still do it a lot

[@glitterkoe]

Controller keybind for res: ADS button! (LT on XBox). It's a button that's not really a pain to hold if you're aware of your surroundings before committing to the res and doesn't conflict with reloading. You lose some radar at times, but imho it's worth it for ease of use. Since it's "interact" in the settings, it makes sparrow riding... interesting at times (you may jump off when re-engaging boosters). For critical sparrow puzzles you should swap back to defaults.

[@clshields56]

Thank you for the "castle whilst gaming" graphic that was great! Also, really great tips!

[@CastleContent]

Haha no prob!

[@exarkun8250]

Top PVP tip: Get better gear. No matter how much previous PVP experience you have from other games, you aren't going to be able to go toe to toe with 1300+ players with masterworked gear and optimized builds. And the game regularly pairs you with these players, so be ready.

[@Belliferous]

Idk if this is true. I stopped playing around october 2020. Just got back on. Other than being a tad rusty, i had no real issues. Yes i have some exotics, but no current meta builds. Ps4 to laptop+controller btw. Lvl 1111

[@joseycarlson3564]

Great job bro this stuff really helps casuals that don't have a lot of time for trial and error and helps show what to focus on in an engagement

[@Boxingsnow]

2:31 Quick tip for anybody who didn’t know if you change TVs or monitors a lot for some reason every time you started destiny motion blur will be automatically turned on

[@OgLilToms]

Idk about ogre twitching but moving your mouse before aiming lets you get a feel for your crosshair to mouse placement instantly before your encounter

[@OnlyGaruda]

For controller players; you need to map the ability to one of your emote buttons in-game, this is usually one of the directional pad buttons. Then, if you have an Elite Controller or something with paddles, map the directional button to one of the triggers or paddles. This allows you to use it without going near your direction pad.

[@every_eve]

The sid example helped so much - plus I'm a diehard pens fan. Great video!!

[@CastleContent]

hahaha yassss

[@ModestToast3073]

In regards to #17, there is another reason. If you spectate pro play in any fps game, you’ll see that pros always do something before a fight to “reset.” By shaking your crosshair you’re effectively resetting between fights which weirdly enough will help your aim.

[@Imperated]

as a competitive player in cod alot of this come surprisingly close to what is needed during matches

[@jordanbrad2298]

Another thing about the slide flick thing, you actually can flick and slide in a different direction to change your momentmum and flick right back to where you were aiming. Obviously it is much more accessible on Mouse and Keyboard but you can use this to instantly disengage a fight you are having if you stand at a corner and think you will lose. You can then slide right back out with an opposite flick slide when you see that maybe you teammate has begun to support you because at that point, it is likely that the enemy has changed their attention to them. This can be combined with the "aim slide" tip as well to allow your sight to instantly be where you think the enemy is.

[@Gjerda]

I love seeing drewsky do the OG ogre twitch on stream with his Xbox controller, makes me feel young again.

[@j3dwin]

1:49 The presentation here is fantastic!

[@CastleContent]

Thanks!

[@j3dwin]

@@CastleContent Thank you Castle for the great content. Very professional and very useful.

[@snottytoe6957]

I used to play crucible in d1 and a bit of trials and I guess it sort of built in anxiety for me, because of how much people would blame me for small mistakes that couldnt be helped and what not, I played with bad people. I was also never much of a competitive person and I still am not. Now when I play gambit or crucible, my heart starts beating to the point where im full blown nervous and that adrenaline rush helps make really quick decisions. Ive never been amazing at crucible, but im atleast above average. Momentum especially does this, and my god I havent had that much fun in crucible by myself in a long time.

[@sqtisfy]

For optimizing your keybinds I recommend the left trigger since you will most likely need to ads while reviving so you do both at the same time (note: if you summon your sparrow you won't be able to do the boost)

[@ShadowDestiny]

I second this

[@thewheel6212]

I found melee and nades can be switched to left and right d pad So the bumpers can be bound to anything desired

[@konrad6894]

geezus this is uber premium content. i needed this sooooo bad. thank you for this. this guy is so underrated at 30k subs.

[@CastleContent]

Thank you Konrad! Check out my other 20 tips vid let me know whatcha think!

[@AlphaMachina]

Something that's happened with me, is I used to be fairly terrible at PVP, and while I'm not incredible now, I'm worlds better than I was. And it's all about my state of mind. Since I started working out and eating better, and going walking/jogging every morning, my twitch response times for PVP are on a whole other level now.

[@bon3y4rd]

Great video! Saved this for reference. I just started the PvP in D2 about 2 months ago. Thanks for the tips.

[@CastleContent]

No problem!

[@SilkyJohnson7]

About keybinds, I play controller on pc but icarus dash is set to double tap by default. setting it to single tap made it so much easier to warlock glide to get around the map

[@kylephillip6753]

As some who came from apex a faster game and a br at that I'm surprised a lot of the things you talk apply to it as well. I'm talking about the playing with no fear and trusting your team. When I started play pvp in this game I was very meek and didn't do well disite being good at other shooters. Tried being more agrassive like I was playing apex and noticed lots of improvement

[@ayejay2688]

talkin bout no.17 i never knew it was called Ogre Twitch BUT i did get taught it by my nephew back in the black ops 2 days and he said something to the effect of "it helps keep you ready" and ever since i unconsciously do it and it really does help with not only being prepared for micro movements people make but also for just ingraining the micro movements you have to make when playing

[@CastleContent]

Yup makes a huge difference in my opinion

[@elsoybeanmike]

Great commentary and practical tips Castle!

[@mattdavis3588]

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but for Titan if you strafe jump then hit the slide button mid air it will propel you forward. I have paired this with dunemarchers for extra speed, and it allows you to slide or put a barricade down as you touch back on the ground.

[@griqs]

What?

[@mattdavis3588]

If done correctly you can fly across the map and slide near a corner, or a various amount offensive or defensive strategies for this.

[@ferfzero4333]

Awesome video, working towards improving always

[@LakerTriangle]

4:45 #6 This is the specific reason I bought a 3 side button mouse.... Got tired of dying while res'ing people because I couldn't move. Now I have full movement with a side button res.

[@dimepieces6591]

Great Vid, off topic...3:12 Gridskipper the reticle movement is out of control! Forges Pledge has this problem. Another reason to use Darkest Before.

[@MarkLumsley]

I'm probably not the only one who does this with their Logitech G502 mouse, but I have my aim button set to a macro where whenever I let go, the gun reloads. It took a bit to get used to but now I don't know how I've been playing Destiny 2 without this trick for so long. And you can of course cancel out of the reloading by sprinting if you need to get out of dodge and into strafe-type cover quickly. :)

[@JohnsonnPlays]

I think ogre did his 'twitch' more to reset his own aim as opposed to the reticle and joystick being stuck. Just a mental thing to feel confident in your shot

[@ieatricemc14]

This was super helpful. I only now just realized that I am doing the exact opposite of everything you're saying to do, and i was wondering why my KD was a 0.6 lol

[@evanflynn4680]

The controller solution to the strafe while rezzing problem is expensive. With xbox you can get the elite controller. It comes with little paddles you can slot in the back, then keybind them so you can use your thumbs for movement and your ring finger for rezzing and reloading. There are four slots for the paddles on the back, so you could actually set them to duplicate the ABXY buttons and never have to take your thumb off the sticks.

[@JustMaxXx]

Great tips, will definitely have to implement some of them

[@CuPc8K3]

Really great video! 💙 On point #10, a KZbinr (Diaside, love and miss this dude) used the phrase *Anticipation Without Hesitation*. Loved that philosophy. Helped me a ton. :)

[@MarkJolley]

These tip videos have been amazing. (just the tip)

[@oasislopez68]

I play hella pvp and never realized the radar differences, great vid

[@CastleContent]

Thank you!

[@SteelSlugProductions]

@Castle Content....bro, you earned a sub with that. Heck, with just the keybinds alone even!! The most in depth tips for PvP I've ever seen. Great work. Subbed. Keep it up 👍

[@CastleContent]

Yo thank you!

[@GamingHelp]

I liked this video enough to actually go find a machine that's logged in just to whack the like button. :) For some reason, the shield thing as bait never occurred to me and I think that's an amazing tip. I'd also like to mention the sound thing. For myself, the sound is SO important that I can literally double my ratio (or cut it in half) just by where my volume is at. I tend to be pretty adverse to loud sounds in general so I almost always play PvE with the volume just loud enough to hear discord, but this just doesn't work for crucible. The audio cues are just too important. When I can't hear stuff like backpacks boosting or melee hits, slides, etc, it's almost like having a secondary sort of awareness radar taken away. Outstanding video.

[@CastleContent]

Thank you so much Fraken! I have another 20 tips video from a while back that I think you’d enjoy as well, let me know 👍

[@GamingHelp]

@@CastleContent Awesome! I'll check it out too! :D

[@straawface630]

dope video as always. quick question tho, what’s that shader on ur pali?

[@Hynra]

Man your content is so high quality!

[@CastleContent]

Thank you!

[@boblybob74]

I used to do 3:45 when I used to play Minecraft PvP when I was younger, didn’t know you could do it in destiny as well lol

[@ethenjordan2010]

39k followers, Bro i just found your channel yesterday and already learned more in 1 day from you than i have in years of playing the game. Thanks!

[@CastleContent]

Hey thank you for the kind words!

[@vishvnarayan]

The green and yellow highlighters in ads sliding ..... respect my guy... RESPECT!!

[@CastleContent]

😅

[@adrianyabut]

Whoaaa I didn’t even know #17 was an actual thing, been doing it for so long that it’s just now a habit, especially when sniping!

[@PapaD93]

I have a lot of trouble with movement personally. Like dealing with the movement, momentum mechanics of destiny. As well as jumping too much sometimes. Lol.

[@dreaguirre3457]

Awesome tips wow! Thanks👊🏼👍🏼

[@OneLowNova]

Im really not a crucible player but ill try some of your suggestions and see how I do. Thank you

[@lonewolfsniper6697]

These videos are exotic God rolls. Thanks for the all Tips and tricks

[@GuppiAttack]

Amazing as always

[@NoOne-bg8ys]

Love the vids looking forward for more

[@alpharocket2535]

Loved the video gave me some inspiration as well keep up the good work. Let's build a giant castle haha

[@CastleContent]

LESSGOOOO

[@MarkJolley]

Does holding jump to go higher only work on hunter?

[@nathanschmit5841]

2 more radar tips. If someone disappears off your radar you need to do 2 things. 1: did they go invisible? You can hear the sound effect so this isn't hard to notice and play accordingly. 2: If they didnt go invisable you need to stop moving. Stand still a second and wait until they reappear. If you keep moving they could be behind a door ready to shotgun you.

[@TheAbstracTSniper]

@iAm Portz doesn't really matter if you move or not, the important part to note is that person is crouching and you need to be aware of that

[@nathanschmit5841]

@iAm Portz Watch your radar. As long as you know you won't get third partied you can wait.

[@TheAbstracTSniper]

@iAm Portz I'm not saying you shouldn't move. But instead I was trying to re emphasize the point.

[@TheAbstracTSniper]

@iAm Portz if you don't understand then I can't help you to understand. Now have a good day!

[@nathanschmit5841]

@iAm Portz why move if you are already in a good position?

[@jubjub567]

this really helped! thanks man

[@rock4ever812]

The cvars tip is amazing. I always wondered why destiny didn't allow that in game. Had no idea you could force it

[@MouseHunteR77n]

Ty Cast trying play Destiny 2 more but some player question able on there shooting

[@justinhumphreys4317]

Bro the radar explanation was so good

[@sarnia7559]

Holy sh1t…4 years playing, 100k kills and I didn’t know about the ADS slide mechanic that you described. Thank you.

[@kurtnordli1381]

If your on xbox, "GET AN ELITE SERIES 2 SCUFF CONTROLLER" this will allow you to assign all four of your buttons to the paddles under the controller making it so your thumb NEVER has to leave your stick.... This makes a huge deference in your reaction speed because your eliminating your thumb from having to press buttons. P.S. If your willing to spend the money and you wanna go all out buy an LG C1 with a 1 millisecond response time or a Samsung QN90A mini led with a 4 millisecond response time and ALLM, Both tv's pretty much eliminate lag time allowing for a huge jump in response time for the information sent to your tv screen, I recommend the samsung because of ALLM also known as Auto Low Latency Mode.

[@briankrumm8813]

Should I stop jumping off the map after every round or using that last heavy ammo to blow myself up?

[@masonstrader927]

To strafe res with a reg controller literally just claw sounds weird at first but you get the hang of it fast and your flicks will be impeccable

[@the4utomatik]

This was very helpful for someone joining destiny late, thank you!

[@SirKurogane]

Along with motion blur, turn off music and vibration (for controller players). All of these things are designed to stimulate anxiety or an adrenaline rush both of which affect your judgement and ability to make split second decisions in the heat of the battle.

[@dropoff2986]

I agree with turning off music and motion blur, but I leave vibration. It’s nice to know when you get shot by feeling it, rather than keeping an eye out on your health or screen effects.

[@jeff00scheett]

I am tricking opponents so much easier now on my Hunter. I went flawless in Trials because of applying your strats/tricks.

[@CastleContent]

Glad to hear it 👍

[@shivassol7380]

I'm pretty sure you need to have your keybinds for crouch as hold crouch instead of toggle crouch to be able to ads slide

[@billygames7107]

Great video! Earned my sub! Well done! Cheers

[@CastleContent]

🙌

[@IMHavingProblems]

Note motion blur film grain and chromatic aberration do not stay off or on they reset to default after play sessions I don't know why this happens but I'm pretty sure it's a bug Bungie doesn't know about

[@IssTrip]

Years playing this game and I never noticed all of those radar details. My mind is blown!! I’m bout to go drop 73 kills in Control, be right back.

[@Ryalkos]

Question, any tips for bows or bow set ups? I primarily use bows on my hunter and while I consider myself decent with them I can’t compete against some other weapon types. I usually run bow sidearm as I don’t want to give my opponents special ammo. I mainly use la monarch or titcu’s but I’m trying to get a hold of a god role wolf tone then new seasonal bow since it can run with some powerful perks.

[@CastleContent]

There’s a guy named GodinGaming on YT who uses a bow quite a bit if you’re interested. I just did a collaboration project with him rating all hunter armour!

[@881Gino]

Props for the Rick Shiels cameo @16:00

[@spacebunsarah]

I never knew why I did the ogre twitch. I just knew I did it. I figured it was sort of like a ritual dribble before shooting a freethrow.

[@zyyps]

Very concise 🤝

[@hi__]

what bind do you use for shayterdive and all 3 abilities, been working on fixing those up

[@disengagetattoos5074]

Not only music but I also turn off dialog so shax's voice or whoever isn't making me feel overhyped about getting more than one kill in a clutch situation

[@christianib]

Hi castle, I am using “O” on my ps5 for dodge and shatterdive, just fyi bc u said its not possible ingame?! I also use L2 for aim and revive, so I can aim and shoot while reviving.

[@kenzilbaptiste2519]

Ogre twitch actually started by the twins next door friend ..they did it in tournaments and it was named after them

[@Tsenovin]

Practice makes perfect. I Started off being absolute poopy in pvp, but after months of playing it, and learning my weapons, as well as learning player predictability, it's not uncommon now for me to put 5-6 players down in one life. Got my first "We ran out of medals" last night, after literal years of being the worst performing player in matches.

[@arthurlloyd5165]

Great info!

[@charleslaine]

I'm new to Destiny 2 and decided to drop into the Iron Banner this week. I got slaughtered. What are some tips for a new player for getting up to some basic level of not being a piece of cannon fodder. Half the time I'd die and not even know why or how. It was not fun.

[@TyranVz]

Holy shit. These tips are amazing!

[@CastleContent]

Thank you!