PvP Tips and Ship Combat [Basic & Advanced] | Sea of Thieves

[@lavvgiver]

"Wait... that's not a skeleton ship." "No, it's my ship."

[@MrLowbob]

such a nice move and perfect sword lunge

[@hoolify4712]

Lol

[@GeorgeThoughts]

Certainly a contender for the Best Pirate I've Ever Seen award

[@Keefan1978]

"No, You can talk while you're dead, it's fine."

[@Abraxas0365]

shit had me dying

[@keziah5647]

Did not know about harpoon locking... nice.

[@christiancasaverdepertica1802]

I discovered it accidentally. Felt like such a big brain when it happened

[@kobiandsierra6679]

dudeee sameeee had no idea till now

[@toxicjr7478]

It turns out there are lot's of things that you can do with the harpoon, that I did not know you could do lmao, time to grind!

[@caseyjcarroll]

Same

[@hoolify4712]

I did

[@youyou564happywheels2]

Hold Q while you're on the cannon, and a radial menu pops up allowing you to pick normal cannonballs or any of the cursed cannonballs you're carrying on you.

[@phixto57]

Holy shit thanks

[@youyou564happywheels2]

@Ruska Enjoy the frienship i never had.

[@LimitlessEntertainment_]

also, you can zoom in while manning a cannon by right click to help you shoot those far away targets

[@MiddleFingerLimited]

I did not know that. I've been pressing tab to get different cannonballs, lol. That is so much faster.

[@smcsixes]

For console that's LB

[@StoveandGarden]

I love that the shark decided to attack their ship when you were already jacking them up lol

[@Jonathan-ec1lv]

shut up

[@koorikid7126]

@@Jonathan-ec1lv why are you being hostile?

[@FauxFalsetto]

@@koorikid7126 Spooky was on that galleon He still isn't over it

[@dennisdzeko3916]

​@@koorikid7126 Horsestyle, doggystyle, any style...

[@nritnirt8382]

@@Jonathan-ec1lv big mad

[@artyomnikulenko7096]

God, those chainshots. I would NOT want to ever fight you in game, you are so good at this lol

[@hoolify4712]

Ikr

[@shacochad7052]

Total tryhard

[@HandsomeGamerGuy]

@@shacochad7052 He played since Alpha. It's called being good via experience.

[@team.killus5099]

@@shacochad7052 u cant say people tryhard when they're actually good

[@gurpy2134]

@@shacochad7052 what do you want them to do? Not try?

[@choiswimmer]

The tragedy of uploading on reddit is you don't get the views on youtube. This should have thousands of views if not more

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

it has more

[@Lyghfe]

2:22 last week me and a friend went duo sloop and encountered a galleon; we landed a few shot really low so they were busy while we were punching holes through their mid deck and shortly afterwards sinking them with a ballast ball. It was insane how fast it went down.

[@zGoldenHawk]

how much loot did you gain?!

[@hamsterdmg]

the key thing i learned from this video was i didnt know you could LOCK the harpoon by pressing x

[@Ace-fi8vs]

damn that's useful!

[@syfekyle7666]

@@Ace-fi8vs what button to lock it on Xbox?

[@t0mbst0neyt]

@@syfekyle7666 X on controller R on keyboard

[@aidanjackson5084]

I did not know this either. Very useful to know. Especially if you attempt to go faster to someplace by Harpooning a Megalodon. This would especially be so if you're trying to escape from a Kraken and a Megalodon spawns on you.

[@asian_magic.-.2769]

Seeing kegs explode from firebombs when I’m in a fight always amazes me because of how beautiful the chaos is

[@ynotmichael]

Set roles between your crew mates and you’re already better than 50% of the “sweats”

[@fourcatz918]

I dont know what you are trying to say for a generalization, but it seems uneducated. Almost every NAL player would be considered "sweaty" and they have assigned roles like bilge, helm, boarder, cannon 1 and 2, and more. It seems like you just want to insult tdmers you have encountered in arena, who choose not to naval (at least while tdming)

[@jspearow6794]

@@fourcatz918 what are you talking about... first of all, it seems like you both agree about setting roles being important but when and where did he even HINT at trash talking TDMers?? How did you even bring TDMs into the discussion. You were the only one being insulting. You just sound dumb. Go sit in a corner and think about how to use you’re brain before you speak.

[@EZIC_agent]

im that one sloop buddy that boards and wipes gealleons clean

[@arando1410]

My group consists of me and one other general ship stuff, one captain, and one in the crows nest

[@jimboonie9885]

@@EZIC_agent ok

[@PonderJutsu]

3:18 I'd add that fireballs are perfect to deny control of the anchor and the steering wheel + a lot of monitinors have a crosshair feature which makes aiming cannons and harpoons so much easier

[@ballistichorse6221]

I can feel my immersion dying at the thought of a crosshair.

[@PonderJutsu]

@@ballistichorse6221 LOL it's gotta be this way

[@juanpablomontes5715]

how

[@mangopenguin6217]

Ive been using your tip about sword lunging people off your ladder, ive also been using the turn and burn from your sword guide and its made me a better player. Also that jump onto your boat from the enemy’s exploding crows nest was so badass and felt like a movie moment

[@captainfunk1490]

This was probably the best combat guide I’ve ever seen for this game. Very well done!

[@Craft2299]

That last tip is really valuable to master, it can depend on speed, angle etc, especially for a galleon crew. If one is on the harpoon, and the rest on the cannon ball, I have many times gotten them to sink through cannonfire alone. It is actually glorious if you can catch them in what I call a vortex. It is hard to describe, but as you (a galleon) passes the enemy (Galleon), harpooning their front side and locking will put both ships in a Pirates of the caribean 3 whirlpool of a vortex. The enemy usually does not expect this, and so aiming at the cannons first is always recommended and then hail fire on lower decks. You will be putting enough holes for the water to fill faster than they can handle. So yeah, mastering the meneuvers of the harpooning of other ships is super good.

[@dragonthebeagle1145]

Thank God I found these videos. I'm so sick of rando gallys ruining hours of work because I'm not good at pvp. Time to become a pirate pvp sweat lord

[@myaccount219lol]

this is the most straightforward tutorial Ive ever seen. Thanks a lot I will definetly come back to this video time to time

[@WrathChild-NZ]

changing the canon reload button to tap R Not hold R helps a lot! means you can can free up that finger to aim your next canon shot

[@JJAB91]

How do you change that?

[@HandsomeGamerGuy]

@@JJAB91 In the Settings, just read through them.

[@pardMASHEEN]

thanks for these! i just started solo slooping and these have been extremely helpful! Thank you! would love to see more of PVP tips as i struggle a lot with almost any PVP game.

[@Friendly_Fireball]

as a newer player to the SOT, this was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your tips.

[@mango9829]

Dammn this guy is a monster, those shots

[@MR_JERWHITE]

Yo cheers on your voice over work. Most of the video game youtube channels out there have terrible diction and cadence and it's insanely fatiguing to listen to. You do a great job, keep it up!

[@Blurbs]

Appreciate this. I'm not trying to be over the top or anything, just trying to get the info out without messing up lol

[@Jack-wx4hg]

"wait that's not a skeleton ship" -famous last words

[@AShinyRay]

Fantastic video mate, nice to see the small Sea of Thieves channels knocking out stellar content!

[@IanMusic97]

Dude great guide full of usefull tips. I suscribed yesterday and I just want to say I'm very happy to see that in only 24 hours you got around a hundred subscribers. Im glad that the community acknowledge good content creators like you.

[@Blurbs]

Dude that's like the nicest comment ever thank you so much

[@mingtooter]

Jumping ship perfectly after igniting their crows nest keg was a king move 👌👌👌 great vid

[@ArasDiel]

I love Sea of Thieves, but when spawn camp - is "just how the game works" - it's a problem

[@saintofgayfrogs]

This is a very high quality video with nothing but good information. Even for veteran players, there are some very useful tips here.

[@MrIronZilla]

Dude. That harpoon trick is something I need to try. Thanks again!

[@tugdualmarquer]

Man... I'm a pioneer sea of thieves player... Been playing for so long. And u are the first I see making a short video about what so important to do and not to do. You did a great job here. It help player base to understand sea of thieves is a over cooked type game after all. Every action who can make u save even just a second can make a huge difference. My big issue is my aim. I even train every day kovaaks for fix that. I even down my sensitivity to 36cm/360. But still I miss some shoots. I have a trouble anticipating the latency and the velocity of the gun shoot. (To make it harder hitreg are off) Also as I'm a father since 2 years I have lost a lot of playable time, rebuking me to do friend on discord. (Also because I'm in a so small house I cant talk because I would wake up my kid) I have noticed than even I train in arena regularly. The fact to don't be friend to anyone have gives me a disavantage about knowledge and pvp tips. (The double gun glitch combo, the fast reload by switching or empty hand and detain the gun again like thee digging)... This kind of glitches. And not having a discord make it hard to plan good none toxic tdm. Where every body just assume it's skills to chose double gun and force other player to double gun as well even if they more talented about sword. ( Who also need skill as well) example your dodge out ladder are a stupid usefull tip I should have figure out by myself with my knowledge. But I never thought about it and your video told me it thanks. If you can give some advanced tip video about double gun, tdm, what ever tip I might not know as many not regular players, I would appreciate ! :) Great job in this video u really deserve subscriptions to your chanel! Gg

[@cyanea.]

This guys videos are so addicting- automatic sub.

[@PBI45]

Since I began arena on school nights (I save adventure mode for the weekend) my cannon aim has been on point. Super entertaining, thanks!

[@jakethemistake19]

Just got the game on gamepass and your vids made me leagues better than friends who are just getting their sea legs too. Great stuff man

[@nstef57]

Wow this is a great video and this really helps. You included so many different tips. There is no KZbinr that has a video with so many tips.

[@WusterWasti]

Kegs are high risk high reward options. They saved us many times because we stacked them up and had multiply tries to sneak on board while being chased across the sea. Storing them on your crowsnest isnt so damaging either, sure your mast falls down but you can repair and there is only some fire on the deck. BUT if someone knows what they are doing and board you they can use the kegs against you, so kegs are more a tool for a surprise attack or a last effort option when the enemy has outnumbered you but i would never say, dont use them ever.

[@nunkie9023]

7:00 that getaway was CLEAN

[@cristopherriley8959]

Thanks a lot for the tips, trying to get better and feel more confident in pvp situations instead of being so passive

[@MrAcceptable]

F in the comments for the fresh spawners he sunk during the making of this...

[@96Logan]

1:36 I already did this, but it's nice that it's in a tips video so I feel like I'm on the right track to fine tuning my pvp game on the seas.

[@MrTemplar092]

Also, if you hold block with a cutlass while grabbing the ladder of an enemy ship it will mute the splash sound it makes

[@wookieezzz2551]

Kegs are good if you're looking to surprise the enemy. They can be very risky but if you manage to get a hit with one on their hull it can be brutal

[@ritter3723]

i sneak onto the ship, set off a keg, take their most valuable item, and run

[@nickmcnally7808]

@@ritter3723 ah yes, the classic “blow and go.”

[@ritter3723]

@@nickmcnally7808 yes

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

Has the sail in to the wind been patched since? As when I'm on the sloop it's felt faster turning my sail as far left or right as possible. Also with wind, is the sloop still faster?

[@laithalabri8456]

I believe the sloop is fastest in a headwind and the slowest in a tailwind.

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

@@laithalabri8456 yes it seems so, the other day we were been chased down by a galleon 😂 and in a tail wind it was gaining on us before we turned in to the head wind and I jumped off bored them and dropped anchor...lol, man this game never gets boring.

[@laithalabri8456]

@@GreenthumbsGarden always a great strat! Evading larger ships as a sloop is always a thrill.

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

@@laithalabri8456 it was a real thrill man, they didn't even know I was on the ship when I dropped anchor, they were at the front of the ship spyglass us, and I did not have a clear plan after that and kind of messed it up. Were still learning the ropes ,lol

[@nickmcnally7808]

@@GreenthumbsGarden if you ever see them all at the front of the ship like that again, throw a blunderbomb behind them and yeet them all of the ship. It’ll be like a pirate firework, but better because you’re probably screwing over reaper’s bones asshats at the same time!

[@Theredmeep852]

Ok 1. 3 years later and this video really helped me out And 2. I didn't even realize this was blurbs until 5 min in when he shows his face 😂 dude sounds so different back then compared to now.

[@chAIboIBoogie]

I've been playing almost every day since the game was newly released. I learned 3 valuable tricks from this video.

[@khadrogo4797]

This is the best hint and tips for SoT I've seen so far....cheers

[@Botzz28]

I’m so happy I bought this game yesterday I’m so pumped to play it looks amazing. A lot to learn tho I’m guna suck for a while especially since I’m a solo

[@Verdant11686]

Still think they should change how the respawns work, it's such a frustrating gameplay element

[@kowalskisports4916]

Definitely

[@hamsterdmg]

how exactly would you change it though? not much you can do in that regard

[@lowkey_Ioki]

@@hamsterdmg Make players invisible for .5 seconds after they respawn. It's not enough for them to get a shot off but it is enough for them to start moving so that the spawncamper doesn't get a free 70% of their health instantly.

[@hamsterdmg]

@@lowkey_Ioki nah its fine the way it is. if you want something fixed, get them working on hit reg and other glitches.

[@lowkey_Ioki]

@@hamsterdmg Except it's demonstrably not fine the way it is? If your opponent is on your ship you practically spawn with a third of your health because they get a free shot in while you're immobilized. That's not "fine" because, as far as I know, there's _literally nothing_ a solo player can do to prevent it. Plus, the people who would be working on hitreg improvement and the people working on spawncamp reduction are two different parts of the dev team, they can do both at the same time.

[@Loudman._]

Your chainshots are cracked my guy 😂🔥

[@theblazemaze9366]

Great video, I’ve been playing this game on and off since launch but I had no idea about that harpoon locking or taking down enemy sails with a chain shot from their own cannons

[@dailydoseofsports1740]

Yo great video my dad said that he and his friend 1v4 you and that you said it was the greatest fight that you’ve had since the alpha

[@dailydoseofsports1740]

I mean they had 4, you were by yourself!!!

[@Officer_duh]

Fire bombs could be useful for applying pressure tho, becuase they create sort of no-go zones for the enemy players and could force them to backsplash or pause bailing to extinguish the fire.

[@JayArr96]

Beebs! I didn’t know you had a KZbin channel! Love your streams, man.

[@RageWraith]

The clip at 7:00 is BRILLIANT, awesome video thank you for all the tips!!!

[@Fokkleman]

Self chain shotting the boat is genius👌

[@AuzziGaming]

thank you so much. i had 0 idea i could lock the harpoon. this and the other tips will help a gr8 deal. im only on day 4 so thank you so much!

[@einsteiger7686]

The last one was great, makes harpoons very useful

[@mellowdarkness3344]

Got recommended this. Very useful info for starting my pvp escapades

[@sawyerheintz2737]

finally a tip video that shows tips that i haven't known since i started playing

[@mynameisntimportant9341]

Ive always loved the pure chaos of sea of thieves

[@BigMan274]

That harpoon thing was really helpful because I didn’t notice a big rock in the way so they crashed into the rock

[@toastysketches2517]

I know lots of combat tactics already but I did not know about harpoon locking, Thanks

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

I recently got to try harpoon locking and you were damn right. Sunk five ships in less than an hour using it.

[@imsgard9618]

1:17 rip the players on that boat meg plus getting shot at

[@SantaCruzSoulSurfer]

Truly excellent vid, both informative and hilarious!...”No that’s my ship, OK GOTTA GOooo!” 😂🤣

[@johnham14]

The spawn camping is griefing doesnt matter that they can scuttle it if you are shooting them at a black loading screen while spawning. A lot of the people that are watching this are people who are just trying to play and not get hunted to hunt by overly sweaty stuff like that but good video otherwise.

[@primrose5031]

Another thing is that (especially in arena where you only have a few chainshots) is that if you’re trying to knock the mast down (especially on sloops where there’s only 1) aim for the crows nest

[@electricgaming9914]

3:21 good looking explosion

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Mate your videos are awesome - brilliant tutorials.

[@johnfrasca8812]

This is really helpful but I'm a little confused on the first point about using the sails properly: To my understanding, it sounds like you're saying the same thing twice: "If you can't catch the wind, have your sails aim forward." With the sloop, do the same thing? Sorry I'm literally brand new to the game so maybe I'm missing something

[@unrelentingpest]

He means, on a ship thats not the sloop, angle the sails to get the wind as much as possible. Like if the wind is blowing left and a bit backwards, angle your sails fully left to catch it as best as you can. On a sloop, however, if you can't turn the mast to fully catch the wind, then angle them straight forwards.

[@kindofbox]

Congrats, you now have a new subscriber

[@wickwickening3977]

If you want to calculate the shot when shooting your self to learn the arc of shooting yourself use a chainshot they are roughly the same weight so pretty much identical arc .thats how i practiced in the early days .

[@CleanSockQ]

Just recently learned about the keg fact in a stupid way. Kept a keg beside the cooker and forgot I was cooking chicken. Luckily it didn't kill the ship :)

[@fribble4952]

Hi, thanks for the great video! I was just wondering, what's the benefit of using blunderbombs instead of regular cannonballs?

[@FwoGiZ]

blunderbomb will only knock the ship around and possibly people lifting the mast up, or raising the anchor. It's not about damage, it's about cancelling what people are doing or making their ship lose their angle.

[@spartandud3]

I love when some KZbinrs are advising you aim for a particular part of the enemy boat where as I'm lucky if my canon balls end up in the same post code as the enemy.

[@WysteriaASMR]

I like to shoot a fire flask at the cannons and attempting to board, it gives a few seconds unless they are already taking on water. edit:this taking on water thing does not apply to a galleon with water in its bottom deck.

[@jaytee3557]

Downloading the game now, so naturally this is the video for me

[@onxplwb]

you can actually use fire bombs to create panic or like he said, blow up any kegs on board. but when i mean create panic, i mean to make the opposing crew focus on putting out the fire instead of shooting, steering, or repairing.

[@realisNeo]

I get that spawncamping is supposed to be how the game works, but it is still honorless and disgusting to me. Same applies to fighting in outposts.

[@TheEmeraldPixel]

OK, but is it ok if I sink them at an outpost if they fired first?

[@StopTheMoment1]

@@TheEmeraldPixel Definitely. Thats self defense. But spawncamping as a game mechanic is terrible. That's the developers fault 100%. I'm not sure if it exists but spawn immunity should be a thing (~1-2 seconds after spawning). Not too long so that you cant just spawn, jump on their ship and be invincible, but just long enough so you can get a hold of your surroundings and kill whoever is spawncamping you.

[@Veenaza]

I agree, Neo. People can do it, but it is still spineless action to me. Not being able to defend hours of your own time and hard effort is the opposite of fun. Even more so when the enemy crew themselves are glad to destroy your efforts, or even keep your ship afloat to kill you over and over while you try your best to salvage your work. And the best is when a bug within the game makes it impossible to fight back.

[@dracoslayer16]

In literally any other game I'd agree. However in this game respawning is pretty short and has no penalties making respawning players super dangerous in PVP. If you sit there, let them respawn, and leave them be you basically made your boarding operation pointless as the time you spent doing it is negated by the enemy simply respawning and returning fire. Overall I'd say this is a problem with the game's design, but currently spawn camping is an unfortunate but common part of PVP.

[@LISA-qj2bw]

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[@SPARTAN-B312-bx1pj]

I learned to use my harpoon on the rear side of their ship and I got a ton of hits on their ship, unless they shoot you it's an amazing strat to sink them

[@jacobfoss4622]

I think I might need this because me and my friends were on a galleon and we lost to a 2 person sloop

[@Plague_Crafter]

You just need a friend to get on board with a keg, get that keg on the crow's nest, and fire bomb. The mast will be downed instantly. You can also put interactables all over their anchor to make it harder for them to flee.

[@splash883]

Found you thru PhuzzyBond. Thx for the great advice!

[@fluffybat5421]

Time to use all these tips to properly defend myself from vultures! thanks you for this

[@noxious456]

you seem quite competent :) thx for the advise, I'm just about to start in the game

[@MCshadr217]

Only kegs you should have on your crows nest are mega kegs and athena kegs, with selling them being top priority. Learned the hard way.

[@mrquintontheone]

Worst part about the game is definitely the ease at which people board your ship. Then it’s just a matter of exploiting the latency. Honestly I hope in the future they make it a feature where you can pull up boarding ladders. That would make the game so much better

[@finchblue7322]

Another good tool for getting players off your ship (especially in the crows nest) is the blunderbomb. My friend went up there and threw one, and nocked the guy right off and we were able to escape!

[@dylanconnolly2665]

When I first started I was spending a lot of time experimenting with I discovered this after I locked on to a megladon during the tutorial and thought well it doesn't do any damage and it sticks for quite a while so.

[@jalapenopoggers8310]

The harpoon locking, great tip

[@degganodontlie6978]

Used that sword dash trick versus a duo sloop was very handy

[@cainabel6356]

Putting your sail into the wind, yeah, that does not make sense, but knowing that would have saved me from the reapers. I tried to catch the wind. Thanks for the tips.

[@smokinexoticc]

Holy shit I bet haters going to say you have aimbot

[@pbk8724]

Very good Tutorial.

[@tyfighter6799]

Harpoon lock method looks really good, have to use that sometime.

[@moseq]

Damn I didn't know about chainshooting from enemy's cannon

[@kingmidgetda3rd]

Best tips I’ve ever heard

[@EliLovesAJR]

So that's what the sound is when I press x on harpoon! Thx fren!

[@benrinehart7776]

I didn’t know you could harpoon an enemy ship that’s so useful

[@Myster36]

mate, your videos are absolute quality

[@goldcase9071]

really good video your channel has grown so much congrats

[@felixwormanns9592]

I want to be honest I was top 3000 reapers and if I see anyone they are stopping or not on board so you don´t have to do so much just get the sails and it is all fine but it is a great video