Do THIS to get your PVP Curse | Sea of Thieves

[@PhuzzyBond]

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[@DarraghMontgomery]

You know I never thought about the music, thanks for the tip. I used to use that whenever climbing Ranks in Mobas. it's easier to avoid getting angry whenever you're not being motivated to drastic action which is what epic soundtracks tend to make you feel like doing, but since Sea of Thieves is usually such a slow paced game, with occasional high speed moments I never thought about it in the same light as I did a moba. I've never earnestly tried hourglass beyond tipping my toes in the water to see whether I liked the pvp meta but being solo that didn't go well x3 If it works out I'll be sure to try and do something to thank you for the help. who knows how long that'll take though lol.

[@Randomuseryouhate]

can you link music playlist in description?

[@sparrowsbewertungen6930]

Those tipps n tricks arw a nice thing, if.. well.. your pc is great 😅.. losg a battle just now, with like 8 fps

[@Inletsurfer7]

Love it, great advice. Some additional great advice is: you WILL lose, a lot, and that’s okay. Have fun and stay relaxed, having a good time let’s you learn, getting mad blocks everything out. Stay focused while losing, what could you do better, what did the enemy do that worked well? And ALWAYS give a GG, don’t be the salt in the sea. Much love Phuzzy!

[@carloschiriboga4078]

This is something I still had to keep in mind even at 1500+ hours. Despite being experienced, I would still sink a lot as a solo in hourglass.

[@hornethill7799]

Ggs!

[@jaymcdude1291]

Legend has it, the Sea of Thieves is just a giant puddle of sweat from the ancient sweat lords.

[@Buffy03]

I cant have fun and be relace while fighting and losing 20+ times because Im depressed

[@madzoroark5396]

I have to say, I hate pvp, partly because I suck at it, but mostly because I don't enjoy it in this game.

[@michaelgenovese3497]

One suggestion I have, if you’re running sloop hourglass is find someone you can play with regularly. I was horrible at naval and tdm before season 8 started. My friend and I even though we kept losing badly in the beginning started learning something from each match. We began to improve and then figured out what each of us were good at. He was good at helm and boarding and I was good on canons. We kept at it, talking about what we did well and what we could improve. After a month we were winning on a regular basis and having more fun. This not only worked out well for hourglass, it translates well to PVE as we were no longer running scared every time we saw a ship on the horizon. It has most definitely helped with obtaining Chests of Fortune this season where we now go for steals with confidence.

[@Buffy03]

Id love to be like you but i wont

[@crazypuppies3650]

​@@Buffy03if you try you will

[@ianbelletti6241]

I barely touched hourglass because it feels more like being in an arena than being on the regular seas. I'd be more willing to do hourglass if we could have bigger battles. The battle strategies in hourglass are way more limited than in normal seas conditions.

[@WardErickson-nl1jk]

That would be nice if I had friends and stuff

[@ottoelite5766]

​@@WardErickson-nl1jk true

[@tysonjewell4673]

As a person level 800 in both factions, the best way to get better is to solo sloop these fights. If you just wanna hop right into the action and start progressing, solo for me was the way to go. Just remember you do not have to repair and bail moment you are hit on a sloop. But keep the water down and turn out of the fight if you get hit too much! Keep practicing pirates! You'll win your battles over time while improving! Happy sailing!

[@camarobro1897]

Exactly this is what I tell people. Sloops sinks incredibly slowly bailing is usually not top priority. Further more if your mast is down and you fail to catch it and aren't able to lift it fight back. Don't let them pressure you otherwise you are not going to recover.

[@zwartzaad4879]

people just run so much in 1v1

[@tysonjewell4673]

@@zwartzaad4879 I haven't played hourglass in such a long time so I don't know how bad it is for running now. But just keep grinding my friend

[@Cl0udPvP]

@@tysonjewell4673 from playing for about 2 weeks now, around half the matches I enter as a solo sloop have people who just run to the edge of the border, or just run out of the border. Someone even stopped to blow me up with a keg they found at an island in the arena once.

[@galganobriganti2461]

How many hours did it take you to unlock 1 curse, and how many for both?

[@arathyn8294]

Duo sloop fights are also great because the sloop is an extremely tanky ship. Don't give up if your ship gets in a bad spot! Brigs and galleons require several people on bail once only one side of the boat opens up, but a sloop can be efficiently bucketed and repaired by one person until both sides are leaking. A team who is really active about repairs can outlast some of the most extreme pressure. If you want to see this in action, look up Erin Stirling or ItzMino's sloop battles - there are a few videos of their duo rebounding from a full death spiral. To gain every edge when in tough situations, there are a few strategies you can use: (Just keep in mind these are on the sweatier side). 1. Maintain helm over mast. Being able to control your ship's angle is super important, because even if you're in a really bad spot with your mast chopped, you can keep your ship broad to broad with the opposition and match their spiral. This makes it so that the amount of holes the enemy ship can open is limited, under the threshold that a single person can maintain, and you can ideally be able to return fire. If you can kill the enemy cannoneer, or chop their mast as well, that greatly equalizes the situation. (Just remember to straighten wheel after the other boat stops moving, that way you don't overturn and lose the broadside angle). 2. Keep a long ranged weapon equipped. Blunder + sword can be forgiving for new players, but if you want to beat the more challenging fights consistently, you want to have a pistol or sniper in your loadout somewhere (ideally the latter, but you're entitled to what you like better). Since sloops have such a limited crew, getting kills has a huge impact, and your guns still work even from ship to ship distance! Really good helmsman/support players will fire potshots at the other boat's cannon line when they have no other ship management tasks to worry about, and if your shots are on point, often you'll kill the cannoneer because of the splash damage they likely took from your own ship's volley. This is also critical in defensive positions. If you are getting shot at but don't have angle, or aren't able to get on cannon and return fire due to repeated splash damage, gunshots can kill the enemy or at least require them to back off for a bit to heal, buying you a little bit of time. Coordinated crews will "doublecross" enemies by calling out shots and both firing at the same time, which is a really good way to guarantee a kill from range. This is an excellent and fairly reliable method to relieve pressure when your ship is hurting, and tip the scales a little bit. 3. Use the ship's harpoons if you're able. It's risky, but you can pull an enemy on to your ship and kill them if you're quick. Furthermore, the auto aim of the harpoon makes this more reliable than sniping, especially if you also have a blunderbuss to one tap the pirate you just yoinked over. Though, be mindful of how bad your ship is hurting and call out to your teammate when you're doing this. The last thing you want is to have a player jumping around on your deck when your ship has water up to the map table. There are many more things to be said, but I hope this puts a lot of valuable concepts on the table.

[@Jrush2000]

I tried the instrumental music and it really helped me. I have problems with my nerves when I do hourglass PvP and the music really helped me stay calm. Thanks for the help!

[@thewolfenknight37]

Here is a tip that helped me. Don't aim for level 100 immediately. Aim for level 10, then 20, then 30, then 40, and so on. This way you will feel accomplished for hitting milestones instead of feeling burnt out for not being 70 levels away from your curse, after such a long grind.

[@True_Camo]

Thank you so much for this video. It was reassuring to hear how even you, someone very skilled at the game, have experienced feeling discouraged from time to time. It's rough out here trying to grind for these curses, and I appreciate you encouraging us to have more confidence and give it a go :)

[@DaSlOtHbOi]

I recommend watching a ridiculous amount of pvp streamers/youtubers. I have my coral bones for the skelly curse (which means you have to get to level 200) and I still do this. There is still so much to learn, even with the best of the best. Watching this kind of content helps to get a grasp of what to do in specific situations.

[@Flowerr0284]

What name do you have. I know some youtubers like sponge or Stirlin but they are mainly helm. I only know ItzMino and Sir Lixy who doesn't have much content on KZbin. So do you know any main canon youtuber ? (Good one)

[@tankerd1847]

One of the biggest things that's improved my PVP is recording my battles, watching them later on and discussing with my crew what went wrong and what went right. I think this is important even for battles you won. I highly recommend it to anyone who has the capability and if you don't maybe someone on your regular crew does.

[@AnteSocial86]

Agreed. Be sure to record both the good and the bad moments. Even when you win there'll still be something you could have done better.

[@Envixty6991]

The best tip I have for anyone that is new is to not go for plays like ramming and spamming board, these plays can be effective if used in the right places but if used wrongly they can lose you the match.

[@alexanderhogstad]

Remember, the best thing you can do to get better is practice.

[@aidanc6672]

Very hard to practice if you get crushed each game

[@SerenaBluee]

The most important thing is looking back on the fight and working out where it went wrong, and what you might be able to do about it next time, which you can do even if you get crushed.

[@steveng5322]

Bro you know a lot of these players dont even know how to tie a shoe. lol

[@wirb3859]

@@aidanc6672 you can practice shooting against skeleton ships and ghost ships

[@goldenlegendgaming123]

Hard to practice if you don’t have the time

[@jackthompson7546]

that last clip reminds me of my favorite time in SoT. Teaching 2 new players to sword lunge, as we were sailing away we saw them on the beach lunging back and forth practicing. it was so cute!

[@jsnotlout3312]

The best advice is to just have fun, for real. I never get upset about it when I choose to make it a fun experience.

[@cavalr1002]

I've just been playing dice all the way to level 200. I play on European servers and most people I encounter always willing to play. I've actually made more friends in the PvP mode than in the adventure mode.

[@isthislegal8864]

thats a weird way of saying you are a bot

[@mathiasmatrelie9797]

​@@isthislegal8864🤡

[@decepticonsoundwave297]

I- Props, actually. Most people dont have that level of dedication. Good luck getting skelly customizations, though.

[@DragonGunzDorian]

Perfectly valid.

[@MagPie073]

I love your channel. I often get discouraged in HG because I almost always lose. Half the time I am matched with people who already have the curses and/hackers. But your videos on PvP gives me confidence and motivation to keep going. I love your videos

[@AntiSora2]

I'm far from great at pvp, probably in the middle mostly, but grinding a few hourglass fights solo have taught me a few things. 1) Naval is as important as being able to pvp, if you are good at one, and the opponent outclasses you in the other, the fight may not go well, so as said, doing world events to practice naval helps. 2) Learning to tank bilge can win fights. I've had fights where mast is down and every hole that can be there is there. being able to bilge and repair between a shot here and there against the opponent can swing momentum in a large way. So getting bilge practice is always helpful. 3) Knowing when and how to keep pressure. As above, if a ship is sitting and having to repair or even anchored, if your ship isn't immediately sinking, apply cannon pressure between your own buckets or repairs, or if you're more pvp, and your ship isn't actively sinking, then when you know they are forced to repair, shot over and distract them at the least, making time between repairs or buckets even a fraction of a second longer can be a deciding factor. 4) Anti-tilt/when to take a break. If you're unseasoned with pvp, or in general just come up in a losing streak, that's ok. When you hit a losing streak, you can take a step back, log out for an hour or so, let your mind relax before trying again. As Phuzzy said with music and being hyped up, that can distract you and keep you from your end goal or delay reactions. This also applies to dealing with toxic players, as much as you want to be upset, just remember, they most likely have done what you're doing and are toxic to make themselves feel better, but if you don't react, then it hurts them. 5) Honestly, watch other people play. If you watch guides and practice what fits your style, that always helps. On the flip side, if you watch what your opponent does, you can see patterns they use and play around that to try and get the upper hand. 6) Play the game to have fun. If pvp isn't your thing, then don't try to actively grind the curses. Instead think of ways to try hourglass out, maybe one or 2 battles a session, or be on defense while doing mid tier voyages/world events. That helps lessen the impact of doing something you don't like. When I started solo hourglass, I sold my wins every time i only had 1, and slowly worked up, to now I try to get a streak, sell and lower and repeat.

[@lynic-0091]

What is tank bilge?

[@AntiSora2]

@lynic-0091 it's also referred to as turtling, but essentially you're able to repair and bilge out water in such a way that the other crew mates can continue to fight without having to send a second person below deck and lose firing power.

[@doritodorifutoman3748]

My biggest tip for hourglass is to stop caring about whether you win or lose battles and instead just enjoy the fights and mess around with friends. Doing this makes the grind feel less like a grind and you just gain levels while enjoying what you're doing rather than forcing yourself to grind. There's no point in grinding for the curses if you're not enjoying it.

[@cloaker7237]

Only thing I don’t like is restocking supplies. Even after the new update, you usually need to stock up a bit

[@Uncouth-Heretic]

@@cloaker7237 Same, I recommend (if you're solo slooping) just going default materials & getting your supplies from the other ship, just make sure you buy a supply crate from the merchants first. If you don't have that much gold though I do recommend at least stocking up to get value out of your supply crate purchase

[@Kezsora]

I personally think Galleon battles are the best for obtaining the curses. You'll come across newer galleons more than newer sloops because most people don't have 3 friends to play with so the gellons you play against are more often than not open crew. Secondly, galleon battles don't drag on forever like sloop battles do as it's a lot harder to bring yourself back if you're losing heavily.

[@roadtopro-rtp695]

The most important tip is to not get discouraged because the only way you'll get better is by playing over and over and see your weaknesses and your strengths and find someone which has the opposite traits and you'll slowly get better the more you play. Just don't quit.

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

For me it is not about me getting better or worse. I am locked at being a 8,5 player if 10 is being an absolute god without flaws. Maybe a straight "9" player on good days. No what makes me wanna kill myself is the sheer amount of time the grind has succed out of my life. 😒🥱 The mode rules. The grind SUXX and is way too long. I stole my first FoF today, almost accidentally. What can I say? It was fun! Winning an hourglass battle feels like *NOTHING* to me by now.

[@CinderedSilver]

_"Don't you dare go hollow"_

[@simonnachreiner8380]

Something to remember in all pvp fights is there’s two ways to win (with some mandatory overlap) Naval and pvp. The guys I play with regularly will occasionally make judgement calls when the other crew is locking out our board attempts to go “hard naval” and focus on shot placement. The thing about sloops is while they’re tanky they lack deck space. It’s entirely possible to shut down bailing and reps by landing repeated shots around the stair case. When a sloop is taking heavy water even a single bit of splash can be enough to cause the bucket splash to hit the ship and cause a sink. You can also shut down attempts at raising sail and/or capstan. Also remember if you get red markers indicating a player kill trying and hit the same spot, dollars to doughnuts you hit someone trying to rez.

[@jaspervn4722]

its been a while since I've watched a video and just went, "i like this guy"

[@xAllSystemsReadyx]

You rock man, I love everything your doing for the SOT community!

[@SoulzBaen]

As a Hand-Tools-Only woodworker, I have to agree with your assessment of music in the shop. I typically play Polyphia when I'm working on projects to help me focus.

[@CupCuppington]

it takes 1200 loses to get level 100

[@TheWeilders]

Thanks?

[@Lordofjars]

Bro above took that personally 🤣

[@real_slickZ]

ima lose 1200 times

[@purplehaze420-9]

✅️

[@maxmustermann1533]

It took me 135 wins to get level 135... even if you lose 2 out of 3 matches, just going for the win will be a lot quicker

[@cptgjjam4276]

To practice cannons I would say skeleton fleets are better than ghost fleets as u have to hit specific spots to sink them

[@Ketchupburger]

Bro no wonder you've always got so much tasty jazz playing in the background. I had no idea you had a background in music. I just graduated with a degree in jazz studies so thats really cool to hear.

[@tori623worth]

As someone who has never played on an open/public server before, Sea of Thieves is a whole new experience on many levels 😂 I love the point about changing your music. SoT’s music is amazing and effective, which can be distracting for a new player trying to get her sea legs. Definitely going to check out that playlist! Thank you!

[@bunny1780]

So...my story goes as such. Ive played since launch. Ive made great friends through the game, and met great crewmates over the years. Even with that, ive mainly stayed a solo slooper. Its always great to have a crewmate to watch your back, but ive appreciated the challenge in being solo. These days, i have no choice but to play solo, for a variety of different reasons. And even since lauch, i still suck at pvp. Ive put in many hours, and with that alot of practice, but theres always someone better than you out there. It was this knowledge that led me to just not care. It was really as simple as that. Keep reminding myself, it genuinely dosnt matter, win or lose, its all about what you can learn and grow off of. As i once heard Phuzzy say, all loot is just pixels. I wish i had obtained this knowledge sooner as even i have noticed that my game play has slowly improved. Its much easier to win, when you dont really care if you do or dont. Its not an easy thing to do with general toxicity, but if you can train yourself to remain calm, and focus on your strengths as Phuzzy so kindly described, you will always win, even through defeat

[@Nimbus3000]

There are just two things you need for pvp: 1. Always be doing something, there are so many players out there that have some sort of brainfog and dont act or think the game will play itself, if you arent shooting a cannon, be handling sails, repairing, bucketing, preparing to board. ANYTHING, you cannot win pvp if you do not act. 2. The ability to triage or prioritize what you should be doing, this is an extension of #1. Always be doing something is good, but to always be doing the RIGHT thing given the information at hand is better. See someone trying to board or is already on board? Priority. Everything else is stuff that cant easily be taught, aim, movement, game mechanics etc. That all just comes by pvping and you dont get better at it without doing it.

[@CaptainDefault]

Something that has been working wonders for me in hourglass is to get my ship stuck and keg my opponents when they let their guard down!

[@OneMor3Win]

My suggestion to new or casual players is to cancel hourglass matchmaking when the 1 minute ‘searching for opponent’ banner pops up. Matchmaking is skill based, but from what I can tell, if you can’t find a match sometime around the 1:20 mark, the matchmaking expands to include players with higher and lower MMRs who also couldn’t find a match. So if you find yourself facing major sweats too frequently, trying my suggestion might fix it.

[@gartacusthebold715]

1:25 the lesser of two evils: a pizza with pineapple and a pizza with kiwi lol. love the subtle humor

[@AndrewJnsn]

Some of the solo sloop battles can last what feels like forever so I'm glad there are some alternatives. I seriously had one go on for like an hour the other day and it only ended because TWO galleons decided to join the fun. Luckily the galleons sunk my opponent first, and I ran away while the galleons fought each other. I for sure need to figure out something to speed up the process. I do like PvPing, but just not forever.

[@Jujz2003]

I might was on the galleon that helped u sank ur opponent 😅

[@kiro-fo9qg]

That's honestly why I don't do solo anymore. People just run away and waste your time until you give up.

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

@@kiro-fo9qg but solo is hands down the fastest and best way to get better in this game, i used to be a terrible pvper back in the day but through endless solos slooping my skill went up really quick , now im saling around wth arena cosmetics cause i managed to compete in the arena because of all the solo slooping

[@KirBYEonyt]

@@Makaveli13Xroy im gonna ignore the part where you said handing in the arena chest uncontested required pvp skill

[@ardynizunia9709]

​@@KirBYEonyt he didn't even say that though?

[@southwardfaun9008]

My advice has always been to figure out what you're doing wrong. Be specific and dont blame the other crew for being "too good." Figure out what was the point of no return and what mistake led to it. What could you have done differently that would have kept your boat floating for anpther 2 minutes? If it's unclear, then tecord your fights and watch them back afterwards. Or if you have a crewmate, talk it over with them every time you sink. Figure out what you guys would have wanted to do better and where everything went wrong. Then make a mental note and try to avoid making those mistales in future. Don't focus on the level 100 goals. Its just a cosmetic. Focus on making these tiny incremental improvements and learning from your msitakes every time. Atttiude is everything.

[@Tuck213]

This is very healthy advice. Self-reflection > beating yourself up over losing.

[@shacochad7052]

I mean ...if you lose because you did SOMETHING Wrong it means the other crew indeed was better so that's not Exactly blaming it on that thing Yes you should Focus on improving your skills but if you get better crew against yourself And you lose because they Are better...well then Its just a fact they indeed were better

[@JohnTheFrogRDR2]

bro this video was so calming i wanna hop back in SOT and try again for the curses

[@essp-rezoocaaphe1018]

Hey Phuzzy, I started playing this game in January 2019 and I would call myself a well experienced Pirate. But i always love watching your content even if its more for newer Players. I believe everybody can still learn from your videos. Also your Videos most of the time are really funny and entertaining, for example 1:26 "The lesser of two evils" and then you show two pictures of pizza with Kiwi and Pizza with Pineapple/Ananas 😂 I really had to laugh when i saw this. Its a great example. Anyways keep doing your content pls.

[@TheHammerofDissidence]

Don't play for the curse, play to become a better fighter. Treat HG like a training mode, not a grind. Each game is an opportunity to learn and improve. The curse will come along the way.

[@aDreamingNomad]

One of my Favourite videos ever. Much appreciated as I don't enjoy PvP. But of course would love the Blessing/Curse.

[@codingvio7383]

Me and a friend duo sloop. We often have a 3-4 win streak at times. I am a god at cannons, maneuvering, and maintenance prioritization. Meanwhile, my friend is an expert border and close combat pvp er. He can board a duo sloop and take control of the ship while spawn camping (Not toxic) while I bombard the ship with cannon balls. Teamwork and Delegation can be the difference between winning and losing over and over again (What is the fun in that?). Having one person do one task while the other person does another contributing to an end goal, will result in a pretty satisyinf outcome. Also the music tip is really effective. While hourglassing, listening to piano or jazz keeps me relaxed and calm whenever I get blundered. It also might help you focus a lot more.

[@Rk30wil]

No matter what even if you lose still be happy that you are getting allegiance and keep going, I got solely curse a month ago on ps5 as I was grinding and didn’t give up

[@jotarothedixieboo3435]

Dont panic, enjoy the fight and dont get discouraged imo is key to getting better at pvp. I know for a fact that rn hourglass is so much harder since all the casual players have quit and moved on to PvE and all that remains are very sweaty players but playing with the big boys is what helps you improve ALOT

[@lanceelmlinger787]

I agree 100% about your music comments. As a drummer and vocalist, i understand how music can drive or dull emotion, anxiety, and doubt. It's like alcohol for your ears 😅

[@TheFenirr]

As always a very calm approach to how to improve in little steps to get better, thank you as always for being the helpful guiding legend that you are phuzzy! Btw I didn't know you're an audio expert and even teacher! Best of luck to you!

[@squishysteam3218]

Changing the music is a great suggestion, I've never thought of that but it makes perfect sense, I'll try it out next time!

[@jjrulez1596]

depending on crew size depends on how accurate this will be, but biggest tip I'd recommend is learning the 4 main roles of the ship. 1) helm: duties; maintain angle, shot calling, if you want to be helm learn when you can continue pressure even if you're under pressure, and when to pull out; practice advices: just do it, you'll make bad calls and sink early, but you'll get better. 2) main cannon(MC): duties; shoot cannons, your job is to shoot the enemy ship, prioritizing cannon line to make the other crew be unable to fire back, if you can't shoot cannons, snipe them with eor (assuming you equip it), you are the 2nd boarder if the helm calls for a double board; practice advice: anything that makes you shoot the cannon. 3) bilge: duties; keep the ship afloat, call the flex down if you can't keep the water down and repair, if you're not taking any water, shoot the enemy lower deck to make their bilge go down 1st (if possible). if you need help in order to come down to help| flex, helm, MC| note, if MC is needing to help, you're probably already sunk. practice advice; learn to grate bucket (on galleon), any for of ship vs ship combat (ghost fleet as in video is helpful), if you want to pvp, practice tanking/tank test (don't put any pressure on the enemy ship, and keep yourself afloat as long as you can, only focusing on bilge), also when repairing if possible try to repair holes opposite to where the enemy is (ie, enemy on right of your ship repair holes on left, because they'll just reopen the right side, assuming they don't blast you off of it). 4. Flex: duties; everything, if your helm gets killed, you rez them, if you can't rez, take over helm until they get back. if bilge calls for help, you're the 1st to go down, drop everything to help. on cannons you're shooting lowers for the same reason as bilge, to make the other flex have to go below and help bucket. you're the primary boarder, when boarding play your life, sacrificing yourself to anchor the enemy isn't worth it, but making them ladder guard you for 30+ seconds is, if you fully demast them, play water, if you can anchor them great if not, focus on keeping them from presuring your ship, because the less people shooting cannons the better; practice advice: practice tdm (you can most likely find people looking to tdm if you want on the official discord, or some streamers discords) all previous roles practice advice aswell. learn routes around the ships you plan to play (ie, from ammo crare to ladder on sloop) if playing on a crew smaller than galleon the roles (tend to) merge as so: bilge-->helm, so helm focuses bilge while flex, and MC focus shooting until help needed then flex comes down. MC---> flex, for sloop helm bilge so you can stay dialed into putting pressure without having to redial and obv for solo sloop you do everything.

[@hlibushok]

Honestly, I don't know why Phuzzy gets so much flack from tryhards. He's the only SoT PvPer who truly understands PvP newbies. Thanks for the advice. Now I will annoy my friend even more, so that he finally starts playing Sea of Thieves with me.

[@firehedgehog1446]

Because Tryhards rely on people sucking at PVP, if everyone was good at PVP the Tryhards would need to actually, well, try hard

[@Andi.E]

as always a very informative nice short video from my favourite SoT streamer

[@luparcom472]

I think it is important that one understands that if you want to improve one specific skill, whether in game or not, it will take its time. we humans are a species which perform by habbit, so if you want to improve yourself you need to build yourself some habbits, be that getting a bucket of water while reballing or as helm going for a snipe after you cranked that wheel as an example. it will help creating a calm environment because your memory already knows what to do so you can adapt your playstile and focus on other problems

[@elmasmiller4371]

the best tip i could give is doing your best and beeing okay with beeing sunk, and asking yourself after the fight, what could i have done differently. thats it, maybe get some supllies before diving, at least better food than the standard supplies.

[@shaggyandscooby]

I'm almost 190 in Reapers Bones the best advice I have given everyone who wants the curse is don't sweat the losses, use what your comfortable with if you want to use sword, use the sword. If you want to double gun, double gun. Another tip I can give is like the video said practice but another big thing is get a good crew if you aren't that good at PvP you may be better at maintaining the ship have people that make up for what you lack. But I just should tell you the biggest tip, don't bog yourself down if you lose, it happens you know but just keep going set goals for the day if it helps.

[@Magnificent2600]

Dude! You are super cool!! You made my SoT brain expand.

[@fenrirtitan1921]

Love the messege. "You dont have to be good, but you can still be great"

[@SwiftDuckFPV]

The last tip about the music is actually brilliant. I dont know why i didn't think of that. The battle music in SoT gives me anxiety lmao. Its like Jaws music

[@RookyLobster447]

just some good general advice to give to everyone no matter what your doing out on the seas is to just make sure you dont get too frustrated with it and always be willing to take a break and come back later its always better to take a break and come back later to try again when your feeling better and ready to instead of pushing yourself to keep going and causing mental burnout

[@finnjay6149]

I'd never thought of switching my adrenaline-filled music to calming music. That's really smart.

[@esba802]

I think this was what I was missing, I need a way to calm myself in battle. Thank you so much!

[@midnightplayzyt9239]

Listening to music on Spotify while fighting: *KALM* When the ad break hits: *P A N I K*

[@ArcaneTester0]

Thanks for the vid Phuzzy!

[@jackbullandothers3322]

as a day 1 player with both curses I agree on the tip with the music. Don't get me wrong, the tracks are awesome! But they also pump me full of adrelenine what can cauce me to get to pumped up. Meaning I am not calm anymore and can't think straight. I always turn it off now. Another tip I do.. take a break. When in a loosing streak it can worn you down, depress you or even make you really pissed off. So when it gets to mush, don't be afraid to take a break and go back into next time.

[@BeenDrowned]

i feel like we need more people like you in the sea of thieves community i really enjoy sea of thieves but starting off the community was outwardly hostile to me making it harder to become better

[@gaburieru6534]

If youre in duo sloop, ALWAYS keed someone on the cannons, ALWAYS keep pressure, only stop shooting if the situation is really critical, but beside this constant pressure alone can grant you a lot of wins.

[@lemonpi9466]

Didn’t expect it to work, but listening to music actually really helps Without it I get way too big of an adrenaline rush, and then get too jittery with movement

[@WILLEFJORTON]

Ive just started playing sea of thieves on ps5 and i started to watch your videos. Love your tips and your videos. Im trying to get better in pvp in sea of thieves . And your tips have helped alot. I hope i Will get my curse one day!

[@TheDaddyD10]

Comunication is vastly underated And im not only talking about calling out boarders Little things like angle/half sails or coordinating everybody for a quick anchor turn can set you up for success Also as silly as it sounds, make sure your bilge/ crew is doing alright before you jump into action! i´ve seen a lot of great players sink, because they went for a board or ignored the pleas of their bilge for buckets A simple "you guys fine if i go for a board?" can go a LONG way

[@CptDoge]

Ah yes, the classic 'main cannons got 1balled, bilge/helm are 2 buckets from sinking, and the flex calling out he is going for a board... 2 seconds after they shot out of the cannon'. Boarding plays can be strong, but going at the wrong time will sink you faster than the enemy.

[@wakawakawookie]

I'll be honest: I am very average at PvP. My win/loss ratio is about 50/50. Despite this, I have the Ghost and Legendary curses and am working on my commendations for sailing disgusting distances while having the hourglass active. I wasn't always very confident in my PvP skills, however. So how did I change and improve, and what is the best way that someone else can do the same? The secret lies in the mindset. Think about this: even if you get absolutely demolished by a PvP sweatlord, you will still get reputation from that battle. In other words, as long as you are willing to put in enough time, you are GUARANTEED to get to level 100 eventually. Once you realize this, you'll notice that your PvP skills will begin to improve a lot. Like Phuzzy always says, you walk away with something after every encounter, whether that be gold from a win streak or experience from a loss. This is why I did not give up when I hit a massive losing streak from levels 60-70. I pushed through, getting better and better with every battle. Eventually, I reached 100 and got my curse. Of course, another thing Phuzzy likes to say during his streams a lot is that hourglass PvP becomes a LOT more fun after you get your curses. All of a sudden, you don't feel the pressure to reach a certain milestone. You have your reward, so you don't have to worry about reaching some milestone. Even level 1000 doesn't sound intimidating, especially if you're like me and know that you'll probably never reach it nor have any real reason to. I've seen very few people that get the curses and stop altogether. Whether they keep going for extra rewards, practice, money or just for fun, it's a lot more enjoyable past level 100. So get back into the game and put in as much time as you need. You'll be rewarded for your hard work, and who knows? It just might make me feel better about how many hours I have in this game.

[@jotarothedixieboo3435]

50/50 and with curses (esp legendary) already means ur good lol. Less than 1% of the playerbase has the curses meaning the majority of the playerbase are not even doing PvP. Theyre a cakewalk to fight

[@jimpatterson3536]

on the sloop brigantine and galleon you can bail water and shoot at players through the grate

[@romanklein143]

Thanks for the help! This is gonna help me for sure

[@OldManBriney]

I feel like one of the biggest parts of getting good at PvP is time and mentality, sure you can go at PvP once or twice and lose both times but sometimes you take things away from it, there are so many tools at people's disposals, at the start of season 8, I was a pirate legend at best on ground, rather unknowing- And now im pretty sweaty because I learned a lot from so many different people, other people like Phuzzy, sterling, B.S.G, or mino the list goes on.. you can learn things from even just watching content, so my TLDR, the mentality to learn and keep going will get you good with time.

[@erikochoa3306]

Man, I wish I had someone to do this with or at least go through the same pain with me. Keep up the good content 🤠

[@GobbleGobbleTurkey]

As a cannoner use the default cannons, might not be the most appealing but makes it way easier to aim. Another tip is to use the rings on the cannons to align with the ship to make out how high or low you have to aim.

[@personaldevil8686]

Similar to the amped music leading to confused thoughts dont be afraid to just step away for a minute to cool off if youre getting frustrated. maintaining a clear cohesive thought process helps alot when having to multitask in these fights and if youre frustrated or upset the call you make may not always be the proper call for the situation. Its a long grind and only by surviving it will you get what youre after. Good luck everyone

[@emeraldPipers]

Uncle Phuzzy with with some great Sea of Thieves wisdom.

[@JamesGRaptor]

Honestly when I was grinding for both curses rather than looking at level 100 as a goal I just set a different goal for each day for example on weekdays I’d try 3 levels a day and try get 5 levels on weekends and it felt like I had the curse in no time. If your not the best at PVP just try get 1 level a day and then you’ll have the curse in 100 days or less, so long as you keep at it you’ll get it eventually you just need patience.

[@Silas-po2cn]

Fun fact, if your opponent is sailing to the left/right while their sails are half way down, you can go full sail until you are in front of them, then quickly raise them to get some chains off, and if your lucky can get yourself into a death spiral and sink them

[@shawbag11]

This advice is what i actuly want to hear rather than consently being told im a loser cus im a brave vanguard and im not the best at pvp. i mean i just dont like pvp and the hour glass grind was probaly the most stress iv had in a video game and has put me off sot somewhat. soo refreshing to see someone in this community that isnt just a toxic try hard. I mean tbh i enjoyed pvp when sot was new but its just become too sweety and unfun for me and if it wasnt for the tall tails and the fact iv been a day one player i probs would have given up after subjecting myself to the hell that is hour glass grind. Think what people fail to realise is some of us have a life outside of the game and cant spend 2k hours "getting good" and besides sot pvp isnt really that fun even when you are good at it.

[@ToAsTaHPoP]

Ayyyye! 🏴‍☠️ That made my day, Phuzz! 😁

[@camarobro1897]

Some good things are to practice naval combat just sail around a fort and practice aiming on various land marks. Bailing on a sloop isnt top priority u gotta remember to fight back and steer to avoid being presured. If your mast falls dont prioritize it. Prioritize fighting back and repairing to keep them from pressuring you. You can actually win by fighting back and force them to repair. In reality the best way to deal with broken mast is to catch it. As for borders blunderbombs are your friends. Best strategy is to not let them on in the first place. If they do board blunder bombing or ganging up on them will overwhelm them. The best tip is to just practice and learn from your mistakes. Communicate and learn you will sink a lot at first that is ok. Whats not ok is giving up

[@Briggan_]

Thank you for making this video! Idk if you remember but I posted something on Twitter and your response meant a lot. I solo sloop pvp and it can be very disheartening when you lose over and over. I have been watching your guides and it has been helping me so much! I just wanted to say thank you and keep doing what you do!

[@Ackthal]

I have been hard struggling with solo hourglass, thank you for this video.

[@saudaceps]

ofc you have to practice but you have to study too, watching videos from cracked pvpers will help you noticing what you have to do in different moments of the battle

[@Chloricmass80]

One thing you can do, especially if your short on time and actually want to get better, don't leave broadsides as much. It may be tempting to get scared when someone annihilates you with cannons as soon as they get an angle, try to see how long you can wait before your certain any long would mean sinking. Yes it's risky but otherwise you'd be having fights that are 30 minutes+ which is why most players run out of time. If the other person is seriously better than you then don't inconvenience them by you wasting their time, if you know you're going to loose, go for the broad, stay in as long as you can, and try to see what they're doing and repeat it for your next match instead of padding out the fight time needlessly.

[@CL3NRcProductions]

I've gotten the skeleton curse mostly solo, and it was probably one of the worst 2 weeks of my life. it was NOT good for my mental health. however, I've found that when I'm due slooping with a buddy of mine that is REALLY good with canon shots, that I was much more calm and actually enjoyed the mode even more

[@ArloTheKing]

I find playing at certain times in the day is key, though you may have a longer time finding a match it most likely will be a tiered player. 2:00-5:00 EST is the best times for me

[@musasha187]

Some tips I can give new players: - Remember that it is a game at the end of the day, if you're feeling anxious or angry and generally not having a good time take a break, go outside, come back refreshed - After losing or winning, look back and think what you or the enemy did that was awesome/bad. Try to replicate the good and drop the bad. - Be friendly to your opponent. You'd be surprised how many new pirate pals you can make just by being friendly. Sometimes I get my ass kicked but its more wholesome when I throw out a compliment and they don't expect it. - Experiment with weapons, cannonballs, sailing tactics etc - Play a mix of adventure PvE & PvP. Sometimes its good to take a break from constant PvP and take it easy and so some PvE stuff to unwind - Cannons and sailing are 90% of PvP, if you learn to lead your shots and adjust each missed cannonball, while simultaneously rotating your ship around the enemy and monitoring their damage vs yours, you've already won. Good luck and have fun!

[@Warden9268]

Do you also turn off your hit indicator music?

[@PhuzzyBond]

No I keep that on

[@chiefbeef6047]

3:48 idk about that currently, i did an hourglass to give away supplies at the end of my run. 3 of us were still on the galleon and we got matched against a duo sloop

[@LegendaryZA]

Best way to Brig PvP is have one person (probably the helmsman) make all the tactical decisions. When to board, when to drop anchor, when to repair, and make them do the call oouts: "boarder", "bail water", "put out fire" etc. The key thing to brig/gally battles is clear communication and having a competent commander who can think a little ahead.

[@Nimbus3000]

I actually don't think that's a good call, your team will work better if everyone knows what they should be doing.

[@xMigliore]

One tip that I have is to join a few TDMs (Team Death Matches). The best players in the game can be found in TDMs, so fighting good players will definitely help you improve your PvP skills.

[@o-bagram-o]

phuzzybond never disappoints with a new video

[@RoseGlazer]

Ive played this game for like 3yrs in total but i havent played for like 3 weeks cos of how bad i sucked at pvp but I recently decided to give the game another chance and i tried getting better on my own and im actually a million times better than i was I mainly practised my cannons on ghost ships and on those sea forts with the athena veil mission and with cannon practise done i moved to the good ol 1v1 player combat... I died A LOT but i slowly adjusted to a higher sense and i was able to to actually start killing people after dying 30+ times against other crews I decided to go into my first hg game after nearly 4 weeks of not touching the mode and i managed to get a 10 solo streak on my own and i was honestly happy with myself and with my confidence restored im looking foward to getting both the curses im already lvl 50 in SOF after a day of playing😭

[@Noglle]

I would like to say that duo is one of the ideal ways to play pvp hourglass but the hard part is that since it’s like that there are ALOT of sweaty players that play duo. Solo can be fun but it is less then ideal at times you can just sink because the other player got lucky and solos is better for players who are good at tdm. Galleon is good but you need your team to all the the exact right things at the moment needed causing battles where it can be a really easy fight if the other galleon is bad but it can also mean you can get completely rolled at times since there some galleon with very good player. Brig is the most fun in my opinion it hasn’t got a ridiculous amount of sweats but it still does have them so brig can be fun the only tough thing about it is that the brig is a glass cannon so when your in a bad spot it’s really hard to get back on you feet if the other crew is confident

[@Jallu555]

I dont think tdm is a problem in solo when you start learning how to succesfully defend your ship from boarders with blunder

[@Blu3r4bb1tking]

For me, I have a helm who I play with, and we complement each other’s skills perfectly. For me, I am the main cannon and boarder, and he is my helm. My advice is to find someone to play with as it can be less stressful as you know you have someone else to rely on to help you win the fight. My advice is just to find a fun crew mate to play with, as even if you lose it can make it more fun and less crushing.

[@tymekhajduk9223]

my tips for sloopers (scrimmed with nal teams, lsd and played the game for 4,5 years) - double gun(EoR is necessary and you cant play sloop without blunder) -watch phuzzys vid on aiming cannons -watch blurbs's vid on in game sounds if your new -dont use cannon flares -if you are not confident in your combat skills, do not keep firebombs on ship and keep your resources in barrels(a crate will likely get dumped overboard) -keep blunderbombs in inv- in case you are trying to drive someone into shroud, you can get a couple extra seconds keeping them away from capstan -aim to drop anchor if boarded and driven into barrier -if you cant get on your cannon, spam eor or load cannon from a distance(not interacting with it) -shoot next to the window on the sloop to prevent bailing -if facing ppl with no streak, playing for them running out of res is really good -if you find yourself facing very good oponents, loss farm for a bit- it will lower your mmr -stay calm -learn from mistakes(90% of losses are caused by misplays, not someone being better) -if you have enough resources, keep the trades short and dont engage in close combat -grind, you will find out things by yourself thats all i could think of for now

[@janmoravek157]

Does the mmr even do anything? Because I feel like im losing so much, and yet i keep facing elites. I recently sunk a Guardian champion without even realizing this guy sank at least 5 ships before meeting me and messing up. Honestly, I dont think mmr does a thing by now, because only sweats and beasts partake in it after a year.

[@acalicodragon]

I got the skelly curse the other day, when season 8 dropped didnt have the time to play but now I wanted to get it, I was rusty, I am not exceptional at the game either. But with time, I got it. The most important thing for me was trying to having fun and not care a lot about losing. Some losses can be frustrating, you may think those are keeping you away from the objective. But if we focus so much to get the curses, we fail to have fun.

[@danm7298]

How many streaks should i go for? Is it best to try to win two in a row if your not that good? Or maybe risk going for 3?

[@Flowerr0284]

Depending on your level, you can also sell at 1 win. Or just go for the max each time, sell the flags and keep going with your hourglass. Because each win gives a lot after a certain streak

[@awalkthroughthewoods157]

I've never been the best at pvp, I'm still not but me and my friend did start enjoying the hourglass mode again the other night. We didnt win a single match out of the maybe 12 we played but we werent trying to win in the first place. We went in with a mindset of just having fun and not caring on winning or even repairing our ship, just ramming our ship into theirs instantly, boarding, and fighting with weapons until our ship sunk, it was the most fun we had in the mode really. We did realize though that when we were doing this we actually were fighting better than we did when we were actually trying (as in actually trying to pvp, not trying to win) But i do still try to get batter at it. Small edit: we were preforming better at both naval and weapon combat despite the fact we werent trying or cared for winning, friend was landing cannon shots, i was able to direct the ship into angles where they could hit them whilst also trying to ram, and so on, but any tips or such would be appreciated, we arent the best pvp side but we're just trying to enjoy what to us will be a severely long grind for curses we always wanted.

[@danm7298]

I like to do hg after playing for a lil while since i have free supplys.

[@timothygary1]

this is awesome. Thanks Phuzzy!

[@Sound_Tech]

I didn't get good at the PVP until I grew totally apathetic towards it. I wanted the skeleton curse, but I stopped caring about the outcome of individual matches and instead focused on the moment to moment gameplay. I wasn't even reflecting on what I was doing good or bad, just focusing on what needed done next, win or lose. It helped with the burnout, I got much much better, and I managed to get skelly curse. There isn't much joy in it, only the pleasant lack of fear when spotting other ships in the day to day, knowing I can probably outmatch them, and I'll get over it if I lose.

[@Corzappy]

War veteran tactics.