27 Must Know Tips & Tricks in 6 minutes - Insurgency: Sandstorm Guide

27 Tips & tricks to guide the beginners in insurgency: sandstorm win more fights and outsmart the enemies! (old dogs can also learn a thing or two from this video so check it out!
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0:00 Intro
0:13 Tip 1
0:26 Tip 2
0:36 Tip 3
0:55 Tip 4
1:17 Tip 5
1:40 Tip 6
1:46 Tip 7
1:58 Tip 8
2:06 Tip 9
2:18 Tip 10
2:25 Tip 11
2:33 Tip 12
2:42 Tip 13
2:50 Tip 14
3:02 Tip 15
3:08 Tip 16
3:16 Tip 17
3:36 Tip 18
3:49 Tip 19
3:58 Tip 20
4:06 Tip 21
4:42 Tip 22
5:08 Tip 23
5:16 Tip 24
5:23 Tip 25
5:28 Tip 26
5:35 Tip 27
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[@acezero8132]

Tip #1 is slightly off, they can't hear you reloading, checking your mags, the sound of your mags hitting the ground, your character yelling about reloading, the sound of you holding your breath, and certain character dialogues/reactions can't be heard by everyone, especially the enemy team.

[@Lagchunk]

Checking your mag actually does make noise.

[@blckkstrapz6]

@@Lagchunk it was a joke bud

[@acezero8132]

​@@Lagchunk Never heard the noise when I'm near teammates or enemies who are doing the animation

[@CcSmokecC]

@@Lagchunk it doesn’t. Next time your playing with a friend, test it. It only makes noise for you.

[@Mugzrd]

I'm level 1k and I don't even know what other people can and can't hear. This is news to me.

[@louisbadoy620]

I've got about 700 hours in this game now and I have to say I'm glad someone's making consistently good content for the community and new players. Keep it up man!

[@JereZiii]

Thank you so much!

[@ghosty5478]

tip #29 unlearn everything you learned in call of duty

[@kelseysvenson8544]

Bullshit. Just something people repeat to be cool. Good CoD player is going to be good at Insurgency after just a short while to familiarize themselves with the differences. I have seen so many examples of this.

[@ghosty5478]

I posted this because I thought it was funny.

[@Kringspiermusketier]

Thank God I never played COD

[@Garand.visuals]

Bro I was cod main that went to sandstorm and it's so hard to play both games in same session

[@nelsonjackson5718]

Eh, I take a pubg approach to the game. I love the key binding.

[@justanotherguy9085]

Got one of my own tips to share here. shooting through walls is a good way to see if someone is in a room, just fire 3-4 shots and they will cry out because of the suppression effect and fireing through walls can be used to GREAT effect when someone is in a staircase because of how tight the space is you can mag dump a staircase though a wall and kill them basically every time or at least get them to run away (not all weapons are capable of shooting through all walls like 9mm usually cant punch through a stone wall but 55.6 can)

[@JereZiii]

Thats actually a really good tip! Thanks man!

[@orangefranzidy426]

Tip #28 If you’ve never smoked ciggs EVER before playing this game, I suggest you start now. You’ll have cancer anyway.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

50% of everyone will develop cancer in their life time.

[@jetmark8196]

Armor also protects you from granades, you should use at least light one, I would agree that heavy is not worth it though

[@hayeshurley2789]

Heavy looks cool tho so ima use it

[@JereZiii]

@@hayeshurley2789 I love that mentality haha

[@rashidhatimparker2766]

I just wanna be a juggernaut lol

[@thegibbehhh9430]

No, armor really sucks. The difference for light armor vs explosives is not worth the weight, expanded silhouette, and supply cost. If you keep dying to pistols and SMGs, sure slap it on so you can take 1 more round. Beyond that, leave the armor.

[@Echo-hg7gu]

I found a couple problems with these tips: Tip 8: armour does help with bullets, no armour will di in 1 hit to any rifle, and most pistols, will also die to 1 knife hit. Lights armour makes it take 2 hits with most things, heavy armour adds an extra hit for the lower caliber weapons on top of what light armour provides. Wearing light armour is highly recommended because it increases your survivability by about 3x. HOWEVER! Armour is mostly to do with explosives and other damage sources. The radius at which a grenade is lethal while standing goes down by about a quarter while wearing light armour, heavy armour halves it. While prone, as long as your head is facing away, you can survive a grenade blast from about 5m with heavy armour, without it you will die. In PVP I highly recommend light armour, but would advise against heavy armour for the cost to use ratio Tip 9: LASERS DONT INCREASE ACCURACY! Now granted he might have misspoke, but lasers only show where your shot will land, guns are 100% accurate, where you point them is where they hit. In PVP, just don't use lasers man, its not worth it, and if you are, keep it turned off until you actually enter a close range fight, but even then the enemy will see you rounding the corner before you actually even do it. Also Guns are hitscan below 100m, and become physically simulated over 100m, which means that drop and travel time come into play

[@JereZiii]

Light armor gives you like 10% more resistance against grenades at best and with the TTK being so fast in insurgency, using armor against bullets just doesn't make sense most of the time.. Not saying it wouldn't help you survive some situations, but overall it's just not as good as it should be in this game... When it comes to tip number 9 you just misunderstood my words. I said laser sights help you hipfire accurately (which it does by offering visual aid of where the shot will land). I never said that it makes your weapon more accurate!

[@logansaxby7224]

I have survived many sprints across a hot intersection because of light armor. Being able to take at least one hit is invaluable especially to a new player just saying

[@thegibbehhh9430]

No, that's not right. Medium calibers like 5.56 and 5.45 always take 2 shots to the body regardless of no armor, light armor, or heavy armor (excluding extreme ranges). Light armor can buy you one more shot against rifles like the FAL, G3A3, Tavor, etc. With all the disadvantages armor brings, it is just not worth it 9/10 times. (If you're dying to SMGs a lot, though, use it. You'll take 1 more round.)

[@yoppboi1]

You can hit melee while sprinting to charge shoulder bash. Very useful to hit doors and enemies with force or even quickly making your character dash forward to dodge. You can also do this off small ledges/boxes etc while sprinting and it will launch you similar to the knee slide

[@Sao10]

I usually play Battefield and COD! My first time playing this game was last weekend and despite dying a bunch of times i really loved it!! Thanks for the tips!

[@JereZiii]

All these 3 games are incredible in their own way! Glad you found your way to this gem!

[@Garand.visuals]

I started playing sandstorm 3 days ago. ( cod main ) and I just played 10 hours of local play to get used to recoil and speed. I'm pretty good at the game now

[@thomasarnold5838]

Thanks man. Very excellent video. Subscribed.

[@oorahcrayons]

Here's something you missed. Set your fov to the max. That's help me so much.

[@GODPRODI6Y]

just found this game on the cloud today, i wanna get good. your domination suggestion really helped. thank you guy

[@JereZiii]

Glad to hear that man! Have fun with the game!

[@-_OduvanchiK_-]

Tip #n+1 switch your AK to semi-auto. It will train you to be more accurate & will save you a bunch of ammo

[@Yeahokaymate1]

I served in the Australian military ( not going into all the details as I do not want people knowing who I am. Just privacy reason. ) and recently started playing this game and the biggest tip I got for people is play like you’re in a fucking war zone. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen just run into building and not clear them first or just simply run across a street with no close cover.

[@JereZiii]

Good tips!

[@idontgotagun9867]

Nobody is gonna care who you are lol no offense

[@paulyjones3966]

Yep , it's annoying when your the last one standing multiple times

[@bounce12]

Imagine how good six days in Fallujah is gonna be!!! I can’t wait for a real next gen modern era tactical shooter game that actually looks next gen!! It’s been long enough now to get a more realistic looking tactical shooter now!! Hell let loose looks good but has a lot of bugs that make the game unenjoyable

[@JereZiii]

Hell yeah!

[@Mugzrd]

Great vid! 10/10 tips will help.

[@JereZiii]

Glad to hear!

[@streetrat160]

Most important is steam input and linking focus an ads an fire an focus link. For good measure throw in intimidate on fire also. Also link your guns an equip all to your Y button.

[@Phoenix22344]

I just got this game for Christmas and love it!

[@JereZiii]

Thats awesome!

[@MadVolbeat]

Nice tips.

[@redcell9636]

i've hear the phrase you mentioned at 3:28 as "Fast is Slow; Smooth is Quick"

[@JereZiii]

"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast" is a term used by navy seals!

[@redcell9636]

@@JereZiii I guess every branch has their own variation. Former Army Engineer, common phrase mentioned amongst the vertical construction joes

[@user-yv2fb4mi1k]

tip 4: when you cook the nade you have already pulled the pin, what you do is that you release the spoon

[@senseielim2439]

Wow, ive been playing this game and didnt know a lot of this stuff lol.

[@user-xi5rn8gi5h]

Can you suggest the best aim and look settings for the game. Thanks!

[@davidcraig8829]

Soon I will be buying myself an Xbox. My friend plays this I am looking forward to playing. Thank you for this video very educational and useful to replay.

[@JereZiii]

Hope you enjoy!! Thank you!

[@KallMeKes]

This video is a year old, but you can also use game replays to learn spots that you could get shot from, instead of assuming you're safe because you're in cover, you can still get peeked from certain angles regardles of where you are👍

[@BonkMaster363]

I learned tip 20 the HARD way when 80% of my team was plastered against any nearby object by an A-10

[@vinhnguyen-ms3kx]

tip 18 help me out alot

[@nightmarboy]

Thanks for the tips I got the game a couple days ago because I wanted something realistic and not stupid like COD ☠️ these tips make me feel like him lmao

[@ceetruth4709]

Does the laser sight increase certain invisible stats of the gun (like hipfire accuracy or recoil), or does it simply offer a visual aid?

[@JereZiii]

Only offers visual aid as far as i know!

[@ceetruth4709]

@@JereZiii Thank you! Don't feel I need it then

[@bottomtext4343]

Just visual aid, once you get familiar with the guns you can hip fire from pretty good distances with great accuracy. Also moving makes you lower your gun a bit. Coop is good for aim practice anyway. I use coop to warm up before pvp

[@Fuchs1337]

I did know all except #26. Rank 500 ^^

[@JonatanE]

Guess I'm automatically a pro now that I know these tips, who would have known it was that easy

[@JereZiii]

You're welcome!

[@connorseaturtle3162]

I swear the recoil is craaazy😂

[@ghoulishwarrior1203]

At tip #19 I noticed that you used your laser to aim and shoot the door hinges like the "point and shoot" training that comes with the night mode that we have in the game now. However you're clearly using it on a day map. How did you do this? Is it an attachment or something just for that shotgun?

[@JereZiii]

That is actually an insanely good question because I have no clue😂 Looking at the map I'm in I Might have been in the firing range... maybe thats why I can use it?

[@joseaguilera3939]

Another tip I'd like to add: if you run into an enemy right in front of you just shoot without aiming down sights. Aiming down sights will make you waste a valuable 0.5 seconds in wich you will get killed.

[@joshuaroun14]

Unless you have the aiming grip attached. In increases your ADS speed by 50%. 8/10 times I won the firefight in CQB from this, however your statement is also not wrong.

[@joseaguilera3939]

@@joshuaroun14 interesting. Thanks!

[@dropbearjd8986]

First bullets on flesh is usually the winner. Pretty hard to aim whilst hot metal is going through you lol

[@barisic111]

smooth is fast and fast is smooth

[@nickknacker3538]

I just started and all of these tips are super helpful. I do have a question maybe someone in the comments can answer. I noticed if I shoot before the gun finishes its ADS animation, and if my crosshair placement is good my shots will accurately hit the center of my screen, even though the gun hasn't fully finished the animation of moving the gun up and looking down the sights. It looks janky, but it feels like basically as soon as the fov change happens from the ADS process, my bullets are going to go towards wherever the center of my screen is regardless of the crosshair. It being effective only works if the crosshair placement is good, but if it is and you pair that with a aiming grip, you can basically play the game like Battlefield but everything one shots. I'm only asking because that's not been the gunplay from other games I've played where your either can't shoot at all or can't shoot accurately until you fully finish the ADS animation.

[@JereZiii]

I've noticed a bit of the same! Definitely a weird thing..

[@nickknacker3538]

@@JereZiii Thank you very much for confirming I'm not crazy in thinking that, much appreciated sir!

[@jakedevries1455]

I came from Reddit and these are some great tips so you've got a subscribe from me

[@JereZiii]

Thats amazing! Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel!

[@tannervallejo1340]

are you able to throw grenades back on console and if so which associated button?

[@JereZiii]

I really don't know sorry!

[@bengalboypaco3140]

Its triangle

[@rebeccadubois8270]

It's y and yes.

[@thegibbehhh9430]

#1 is off. A lot of sounds like reloading, reloading voicelines, mags dropping, etc. are silent. #4 Don't always cook your nades, because the enemy can hear you pull the pin and release the spoon, and will then peek you and kill you. Also, you can pick up magazines from dropped guns assuming it is the same caliber (and in certain cases magazine type - an AUG mag will not work in an M16, despite both being 5.56).

[@munixi9351]

Idk about armor, with heavy you take 90% reduced torso damage, you might not notice it in the moment but it will save you

[@stcknoobs5516]

Ikr but hey free kills I guess so let em listen to that horrible tip

[@sninctbur3726]

You mean 10% reduced, right? It absolutely does not reduce torso bullet damage by 90%.

[@michellelamberti6497]

What is that golden gun. I know it’s an al but I want to know which one

[@JereZiii]

You mean the AKM in the beginning?

[@michellelamberti6497]

@@JereZiii Yes. Thanks a lot!

[@danielkidgell]

Tip number 21

[@Crooked188]

As someone who has over 200 hours in this game, use the armor💀

[@PinguinAutiste]

what I don't get is that in your background video the enemies see you for a good second and then they shoot you but in my games on single pixel exceeds the corner and they shoot me right in the head in 0.35 seconds

[@JereZiii]

You play pvp or pve? Domination or push?

[@PinguinAutiste]

@@JereZiii pvp and Domination and push NA servers

[@JereZiii]

@@PinguinAutiste damn.. don't really know then! Maybe they can hear you running? Thats how i spot most of the enemies

[@PinguinAutiste]

@@JereZiii a well I'll try to play slow is smooth smooth is fast

[@richardunderwood8444]

Bro how do you get the explosive vest

[@JereZiii]

You can't! Only AI's have it

[@sninctbur3726]

Have a breacher friend give you an IED, then use the grenade throwback repeatedly

[@Anti-simp]

Heavy armor does make a clear difference, you need 1 extra shot to get down + When throwing a nade, the objective icon on the bottom is dead-center

[@JereZiii]

Against some weapons yeah but it also makes you slow and it costs 3 points! Much more viable to just use the points on an extra nade and be quicker overall

[@Anti-simp]

@@JereZiii usualy my loudouts are small ammo, heavy armor, prim weapon with foregrip and a scope), ALWAYS 1 frag and 1 smoke, no pistol (except insurgent), gas mask (always on). Have 1500 hrs and still didn't find a better loadout combination and you are not slow, but, thats my case, still good vid

[@JereZiii]

Yeah thats true! What you're rocking also depends on the playstyle etc.

[@Shack263]

Gonna use these tips for playing mw2

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Grosss

[@villainsinvitro]

Cooking your grenades does not work in this game. The spool does not come off until it leaves your hand and that's when the timer starts.

[@JereZiii]

You drop the spool by pressing mouse 2

[@nighthunterian684]

armour doesn't seeeeeeem comepletely useless...maybe its a sense of security

[@mmatheus05]

5:22 can we mute our own character? mine doesn't shut up... ''WeRe CaPtUrInG A!!!''

[@JereZiii]

I don't think you can.. but they should really add that option for people who don't wanna listen to it

[@evankemp9434]

"Only pros know" these were literally common sense tips for beginner players.

[@MCSaatananMaanantait]

Sulla on todella hyvä englanti suomalaiseks, en meinannu tunnistaa mutta jotenki puski suomalaisuus läpi mikrofonin

[@JereZiii]

Kiitoksia!🙏 Eipä sitä suomalaisuutta ikinä saa kokonaan piiloon...😅

[@mirrimatrix]

Is it easy to find lobbies on ps4?

[@JereZiii]

I don't have it on ps4 but as far as i've heard people have had no problems finding a game!

[@blantickal3269]

Yes, i just got it and the longest wait I've had is 2 minutes

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Longest I wait is like a min or less

[@JJaervenzaari98]

Ei siis oikeesti ei millään pahalla Jere mut äijä kuulostaa suomalaiselta tai sit mä oon tulossa hulluks

[@JJaervenzaari98]

Vai en tiedä olenko jo hullu koska jos sä et oo suomalainen mä oon vittu musta kiinalainen joka puhuu venäjää Intian aksentilla

[@bunssugar]

I don't like how you can't pick up your mag after quick reloading, even if it has rounds still in it.

[@JereZiii]

Thats a feature that should definitely be in the game!

[@iSohaibKhan]

They'll never add bomb plant/defuse game mode I love this game but I hate all the game modes

[@JereZiii]

Ambush? I like that one personally!

[@iSohaibKhan]

@@JereZiii Yeah but you can't play it competitively, it's fun to play but you'll get bored after a time like I got, they need to add a competitve game mode & bomb plant/defuse is the only game mode I can think of whenever competitive scene comes to my mind

[@JereZiii]

True! It's a shame they removed comp mode

[@iSohaibKhan]

@@JereZiii yeah, because of the performance issues back then & they couldn't balance the firefight in sandstorm's new map design, it was balance in source becuase the map layout, design & core mechanics were different from sandstorm but still I think & believe if they add CS defusal game mode it'll not only be just competitive it can also surpass CS defusal in my opinion becuase it'll be little bit slower pace as compare to CS defusal & less stressful also competitive & fun to play at the same time but the NWI have I don't what ego issues or what they don't wanna do it 😑

[@breakthegame03]

they just added it today!

[@anosmia6279]

Tip #28 play on PC

[@stcknoobs5516]

Why not console?

[@Sugmalocks]

Lmao armor is useless?!?! I don’t think so……

[@JereZiii]

It is in this game

[@Puppy_Puppington]

It’s the difference between life or death sometimes. Shrapnel. Or one rifle round. Especially small caliber rounds like an smg or pistol.

[@army-boi6556]

Heavy armor protects you from long distance shots from high calibers, and multiple shots from low calibers, aka not useless

[@user-ee1cr4lk2e]

Dude i dont get this fucking game, i try to be sneaky and creap up to people, i get round a corner, NO NOISE and boom im dead, i try fast, boom dead, i try irl training, boom, FUCKING DEAD Nvm i get what i need to do, i am an offencive sniper, i placed #1 three times now, i didnt know sniping was so calming 😅

[@MutedR]

...I hate how everyone says the body armor does nothing lmao its saved me from svd shots to the chest soooooooooooooooooooooooo????? stop telling ppl this outright lie?

[@JereZiii]

It's mostly just useful against explosives but yeah it can help you survive against long distance snipers or someone with absolutely horrible aim but in the end it really only makes sense to use in coop.. depending on your playstyle tho!

[@Spitfire-zx7rj]

Armor is useless? No it's not.. it is not as useful as everyone would think, but armor light and heavy could save u from a single hit except to ur head that would otherwise kill you.

[@JereZiii]

Yeah it can save you from a single hit in a game where recoil doesn't exist and it's super easy to land that second shot anyways! Armor can be argued to be effective against explosives but even then I'd rather take the extra movement speed..

[@Spitfire-zx7rj]

@@JereZiii getting saved from single bullet in a game where single bullet can kill you is a massive advantage if you think about it. I alway go with full armor except at the start of the round as rifleman

[@ValHazzard]

Tip #28 : Git gud !

[@stcknoobs5516]

Armor can take 2 shots of 5.56 and 4 shots of smg and pistol, without armor you will always die on the first shot and two shots with pistols, throw that armor on. This is a horrible "tip" your just getting people killed more often, people wonder why they never win gunfights cause they listen to people online telling them armor is useless🤦‍♂️

[@djdunning7626]

That’s why if you load up without armor you either flank or you stealth around

[@elijah2927]

✨ 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕞

[@paulyjones3966]

Yeah , wish people actually played to win instead of running around with zero cohesion , no idea of their roles and f/all comms. Learn or leave , go play cod

[@thebigXgaming]

Tip #1 just dont buy it, its an unplayable, unenjoyable broken dying half ass game... that never gets updated, is full of cheaters in PVP and has rigged ai in online co-op... save your money

[@Professional_Lube_Job]

Been playing the game for about a month . Had to get away from pub g . Sandstorm is very interesting . Thank you for the tips

[@JereZiii]

No problem man! Thanks for the comment!

[@Professional_Lube_Job]

I'd keep the recoil grip

[@JereZiii]

Recoil is honestly pretty much none existent in this game anyways

[@Professional_Lube_Job]

@@JereZiii I forgot your on PC . I'm on Xbox so i could see that in your case. Still learned a few tips tho

[@Professional_Lube_Job]

@@JereZiii I'm pretty decent I usually and top three of my team win or lose . If your ever on console . I'll be trying to kill you for sure

[@JereZiii]

@@Professional_Lube_Job ah makes sense!

[@fhdk227]

03:05 abu hajar 🥲 lives in our hearts