Quake Champions - Beginner's Weapon Guide

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[@FrothyOmen]

Just a heads up, the tri bolt got buffed like crazy after this video was made. It's a really good gun now, and you should totally use it!

[@Aerafae]

Woah 9 hours ago haha. Just started playing, your vids are an amazing help!

[@ADubiiousTask]

lol

[@jackwhite2657]

tri bolt is amaxing cant believe that it use to be an alright weapon

[@Makron5]

Tribolt is a fun weapon if you know your enemy is going be in a certain place. Oh hey you keep going for the rail gun? Surprise!

[@elgatochurro]

how was it buffed? damage?

[@Emi-qw3wm]

9:25 >You fragged FrothyOmen Trust no one, not even yourself?

[@jackm3595]

I don’t even play quake and I don’t plan to but I still find myself watching the full 17 minutes just because of how Frothy presents it. Thanks for an amazing video.

[@FrothyOmen]

Wow, thanks so much for that. I'm glad that you enjoyed it that much. Hopefully the clips in there were at least entertaining!

[@hellocyrax]

You should play!

[@thomasstokes5799]

Yeah. Your videos are great. They're informative, entertaining and interesting! Thanks for the cool vid : )

[@quantessenz]

Play it

[@FormerFuck-up]

@@FrothyOmen They really are. I'm in the same situation as this man, and I enjoy your playstyle so much and find it incredibly entertaining. Your movement and aim is so nice and fluid (like most PC players, but there's just something special about yours in particular). I highly doubt that you're ever gonna see this Frothy, but if you do; I dig you man, you're one of my favorite on this platform and thanks to you I am a truly well rounded pilot, if you could say that. You could even say I'm really really good as a console player. My K/D was at 1 and slowly moving up to 1.4 for a long time in titanfall, but I've raised it pretty quick to 1.8 now and my latest 10 games are exclusively at above 3. Thank you for being an awesome and great teacher at everything.

[@kevinc6971]

I've spent much of my life in boxing gyms, and there's a saying that good technique leads to knockouts, and searching for knockouts leads to fatigue. Seems similar to what you were getting at about not focusing on aiming for the body with the rocket launcher even if it might look cool. Thanks for the video

[@pzogel]

Solid advice Frothy! Coming from a guy with 18 years of Quake experience.

[@coolddp]

So you started with quake 3 arena, me too, I mean I started with Quake 1 in 1997, but I started playing seriously with quake 3.

[@mrh5270]

Anyone of you watching thiss and want to play Quake Champions. It's free rn on steam.

[@Togaholic]

I'm glad you've started playing Quake Champions, I really hope to see a lot more Quake videos from you.

[@Deadlokked]

Good to see another video, Frothy. Helpful as always.

[@MatthewSinitiere]

Just stumbled across your channel and it’s been helping me out a tremendous amount. Thank you!

[@FrothyOmen]

Happy to hear it!

[@lydiasteinebendiksen4269]

As someone with a few years of delving into fps historyand trying my way through the classics, doommaybe the game I fell in love with the fastest and hardest, but quake earned a stronger respect and awe from me. Super exited about getting out of my sub zero kdr phase and starting to pull my own weight in matches. These guides are insanely helpful, and thankfully not as... unwelcoming as a lot of quake players can be to newbies, at least the ones who make content and posts. Thanks for helping out.

[@dbomba]

I'm a COD Modern Warfare player but I discovered it's not really my playstyle... I mean I like it but the maps are too big, campers are everywhere and movements are slow. I like speed, people everywhere and run and gun so I immediately thought about Quake, I searched up the last Quake game and I found Champions, I went too see the price and... Wow it's free! Now it's downloading, I think this video will help me a lot

[@Joel-iu3zu]

I came here watched the video, downloaded Quake played the first game and now I am hooked.... IT'S AMAZING.

[@FrothyOmen]

Enjoy!!!

[@CeilingF4n]

Miss you and your hugely helpful videos. Hope you're doing well!

[@chrisbingley]

If you have the rocket launcher and the enemy has the high ground, you can use the rocket launcher to get the high ground on them, or even just get to the same level as them. With practice, you can even fire at them whilst you're in mid-air. This takes a little practice, but is extremely satisfying.

[@itsspectral1718]

Feels good to watch a Frothy tutorial after a while.

[@jeremyfridley2862]

God, I miss watching you play Quake Champions!

[@codybieker4924]

Thanks for the video. Finally after 4 years I got a computer that can play the game. Quake, doom, and unreal tournament has always been my favorite series.

[@shimmytsgk]

lovely guide, and very nice gun play! keep the beautiful videos coming

[@hellocyrax]

Amazing video

[@limjunekiat]

Yay Frothy you're back!

[@KarlKognition]

I'm getting excited to be able to play soon.

[@TFunk584]

nice guide very helpfull dude!

[@zeliph]

This guide is useful! Thanks Frothy! I just got Quake Champions because Lawbreakers died. I'M HOPING QUAKE DOESN'T DIE TOO!

[@afr4y117]

hey, after getting into the game with your vid, been playing for maybe 4 or 5 weeks now, i would love to see videos on the nailgun and tribolt, specifically i want to improve at the nailgun, so i can really take advantage of that 200 potential dps

[@chrisodillman3355]

nice video dude!

[@bbombkook7718]

Great vid dude👍🏼

[@FrothyOmen]

Thanks! :D

[@doubledonkus7092]

Thanks for the quake content this game is highly underrated imo

[@FrothyOmen]

+Double Donkus agreed!

[@TimeWobblers]

Weirdly enough I've had much much more challenges with the shotguns that the nailgun or a tri-bolt. Nailgun was one of my favorite ones from the start (if I haven't got a lightning gun or a rocket launcher yet), it just does a crazy amount of damage at different ranges which is brilliant. Yes, the projectiles are somewhat wacky and weird at the times and it really is a plasmagun from q3 at the times so one has to be careful with the walls and close ranges. Otherwise its just great and pretty intuitive :)

[@-.Yami.-]

@Frothy im brand new and at 6 minutes when you talk about the tribolt you go into a room where youre shooting balloons with it, where is that at or how do i do that? i've searched all over the game it seems

[@simonanewton]

Excellent video!

[@FrothyOmen]

Thank you! :)

[@Paladin_Kou]

I recently got Quake champions a few days ago, and I love it. Sure I get my butt handed to me at times but Im glad I stumbled onto this channel. Hope to see more guides!

[@CrystallizedBlackSkull]

:0 A fello G+ user Henlo

[@JanReichelt]

is it wrong that i prefer tri bolt above machine gun? i just like to not aim derectly but a little bit ahead of the enemy and on top i get an insane ammount of dmg :)

[@AdrenalineJunkieXL]

Ugh love quake and unreal

[@jendi56]

I like the marcus D intro music. :)

[@thinkublu]

I use the shotty/supershotty largely. It's just fun and satisfying. Also, as with your video about being new being hard, I find it surprising you recommend TDM, FFA is TDM but more fun in pubs because you can fight anyone rather than half the people, and there's no team coordination to speak of anyway.

[@puddintaine4556]

Thanks for more guides, even if I'm still playing Titanfall 2...

[@onutrof1157]

6:37 The chat xD

[@hqrsyd]

When is the game going to be released as a Final Release? Every video I watch says early access in the hud.

[@yoggz]

I loved Doom and the old unreal tournament games so this doesn't feel completely alien to me but the skill cap in quake is something I'm just now beginning to respect, hopefully I can win a 1v1 against someone who knows what they're doing someday.

[@zeliph]

I just realize something. Can you show some advanced movement tricks & tips? Specifically for Slash and Clutch? I see that you're pretty good at sliding with Slash. I have no idea how you do those long slides with Slash. For me, she just slides 3 feet and slows down. I'm not sure if I'm using her correctly. As for Clutch, how are you zipping across the map like that?!

[@FrothyOmen]

+Matoro Zeliph I'll get there! Give me time

[@osamabeenlaggin2639]

Is anyone else here because of the free weekend? Me :)

[@copsarebastards]

Osama Been Laggin i am. So excited to learn the game. Hope the free weekend brings lots of noobs to learn with and against.

[@heebs9728]

Me too, having a blast with it so far. I didn't plan on trying it and I'm glad I did!

[@tha2htolx848]

16:55 - You Fragged HitleWasRight.

[@ChloetteSK]

Do you have any updated opinions on the new tribolt?

[@danteeliasson1647]

Ahh, the Rubber Duck, my favorite Quake Champions weapon!

[@barney2159]

I have been playing Shadowgun Deadzone for more than 2k hours, half of which are with a railgun, so hell yeah

[@nicoocrf]

How can i set the nailgun, the rocket and the LG in the center of my screen, and the other gun on the right?

[@FrothyOmen]

Use the default weapon position then choose weapon skins that have default locations in those spots. Really stupid, but that's the only way

[@zzador]

1. The tribolt is a substitute to the grenade launcher from quake 3 arena and it should be used in the same way: To stop the enemy from entering a certain area. 2. Where is the railgun?

[@aarlavaan]

have been very excited to see a new quake game. sadly my computer is a potato, so I am pretty sure I can't play Quake Champions. but it looks fantastic!

[@FrothyOmen]

Hopefully you can at least give it a try once the free to play edition comes out! Should be a few months.

[@aarlavaan]

will be looking forward to it. great video by the way. keep up the good work. :)

[@fahadus]

For a game that's in it's alpha stage. This game knocks the optimization out of the park. I had NO idea that it'd run so smoothly on a very old GPU on a laptop. I couldn't run Overwatch on this machine. If you can play Paladins, this should also work. Just give it a try. These guys really know their craft.

[@AnonymousB460]

Hey I faced you last night. You were killing me...A lot lol GG

[@FrothyOmen]

GGs!

[@PandaKnight26]

i play quake champions and i hate how the bullet speed on the nailgun is different than quake 1's speed.

[@guillesanz6869]

That was a nice video! One question, what you think are the best champions to start with the game? Beyond Ranger and Scalebearer? Sorry for my English hahaha

[@FrothyOmen]

Honestly, I would strongly recommend focusing on Ranger. If he and Scalebearer aren't doing it for you, try Galena. The Totem is too good.

[@guillesanz6869]

FrothyOmen okay, I'll play galena when is free! Thanks!

[@robertschaffer596]

Wait what? You can select a starting weapon at respawns? :O LoL I have played about 9 hours into the game and never noticed it :D haha :D

[@GerhardSchwaiger]

How do you get these ups boost all the time? If I walk normally, iam around 300 ups fast...how you increase this nearly every second to 400-600? (Iam completly new in Quake)

[@FrothyOmen]

I've got some movement guides on my channel that will answer this question in great detail, and teach you how to do it yourself! Look up my guide on strafe jumping and circle jumping :) I'm on mobile right now, otherwise I'd link you to them myself. I hope that video helps you!

[@HuffDaddyYT]

*so is circle jumping pretty much bunny hopping like in csgo?*

[@FrothyOmen]

No

[@dazeen9591]

Aye, as Quake is free currently I'm going to finally start playing it. I have been playing Team Fortress 2 for the past 5 and half years, clocking in over 3100 hours atm, so I have experience with how to use certain weapons in an effective manner. The concept of a nail gun sounds brilliant for me even if it might be tad harder to grasp than your typical hitscan weapon. Is it a good idea to prioritize Nail gun at the start and have the Rocket launcher as a secondary priority? Or should it be the other way around? Edit: yeah nvm, now that I started playing I noticed it was super easy to pick up and I'm already pulling over 100 K/D. Thanks for the guide though.

[@FrothyOmen]

Glad you're enjoying it, welcome to quake. Rocket launcher definitely a top priority pickup.

[@dazeen9591]

FrothyOmen just realized Quake makes me bad at TF2 😅

[@d.thieud.1056]

and here i was, thinking picking up quake would be like the 1st 20 hours of TF2 all over again, where you're a gibus sniper and that one insanely skilled demo who keeps killing you seemingly out of nowhere is actually just an average player amusing himself by trying to sit on your head and call you a spy for as long as possible.

[@dazeen9591]

Dorssen Derhaeg my first 20 hours were just playing the ol' gibus & pyro vision heavy with the brass beast on dustbowl

[@user-yi2tr2qj5r]

Whats the difference in between quake champions pack and quake champions pack upgrade? Do i need to have the champions pack to get the champions pack upgrade?

[@absolutefeces]

i imagine the quake champions pack is the game + champions pack. The other one, Champions upgrade pack would be to unlock all the champions if you bought the "starter" edition (which is about 5$, you get acces to the game and scalebearer i believe)

[@BananaKen298]

i like this game and even better i got it free for being in the beta. just pick the lizard guy armour up and spit shotgun.

[@DualWieldedEggrolls]

FrothyOmen is the type of guy to find ways to bunny hopping on any game.

[@thereisa100chanceiwilllose3]

I mean Quake is the series that invented bunny hopping.

[@z1u512]

ThereIsA100%ChanceIWillLoseMyLifeIfThisContinues quake literally invented online arena shooting

[@kekakaleka_2001]

@@z1u512 no, fps multiplayer was invented by DOOM. Quake is when multiplayer games had first real esports competitions

[@z1u512]

@@kekakaleka_2001 doom had multiplayer back then?

[@kekakaleka_2001]

@@z1u512 not sure if Doom did but Doom II had it definitely

[@d.thieud.1056]

question: i never once see you rocket jump in this, is that not a thing? as an avid tf2 (as in team fortress 2) player i was under the impression that rocket jumping was a thing we got from quake, that in quake you either git gud or get rekt when it comes to blast jumping, that it (together with a PHD in geometry and perfect railgun acuracy) was to quake what the butterfly knife is to the spy in tf2.

[@FrothyOmen]

Rocket jumping is absolutely a thing in this game but it's really not necessary in TDM most of the time. I only ever really do it in duel and sacrifice if I need to get somewhere crazy fast or if I'm chasing down a kill.

[@ProPotato]

Depending on the map, 8/10 times I get killed, it's by the Tri-Bolt, it's insane in a close quarters brawl!

[@capt_c0ve688]

sorlag and her little bonus ducky =D

[@KGODSMACKC]

Does armor have any damAge mitigation properties? Or does it act as extra health?

[@FrothyOmen]

+KGODSMACKC it takes 2/3 of damage received

[@fodolocraigo8426]

just curious. the weapons make sound when you have it equipped? or when I'm using it? for lightning gun you said don't hold it because of noise. you meant for shooting?

[@FrothyOmen]

No, it makes noise when you just hold it in your hands. Same with Lightning gun. Don't hold them out in duel unless you're sure you're OK making that noise.

[@fodolocraigo8426]

@@FrothyOmen omg. had no idea. why didn't they say so!

[@fodolocraigo8426]

@@FrothyOmen so which ones do or don't?

[@FrothyOmen]

Rail and LG make sound.

[@bobcobb158]

Damn I wish my game ran half as smooth as yours.. and I'm playing all low settings with a decent ish computer.

[@Heisen_Bergensen]

any rumors about when this game will be released?

[@TheGruwy10]

-The-Jawbreaker it's available free now

[@Bauglir100]

@@TheGruwy10 But when is it going to get an actual physical release in stores?

[@TheGruwy10]

@@Bauglir100 that's a question to dev team :D

[@konchus2]

got me lookin bad out here 4:18

[@AnyHeroBlake]

what's wrong with the tribolt? I love that gun, does big damage if you use it right

[@FrothyOmen]

The tri bolt changed a lot since this video game out

[@AnyHeroBlake]

FrothyOmen I learned from another of your videos, I just never went back to change/delete this comment

[@DRKILLIE]

Rail king for life.

[@elsquibbs]

The qc railgun has been really difficult for me to get used to. In q2 and q3, the slugs felt like they were shooting instantly. In qc, it feels like there's some sort of slight delay, sort of like the rocket launcher in q2 or Mei's icicle shot in overwatch.😕

[@FrothyOmen]

The qc railgun has no delay before firing, and is a hitscan weapon. If it feels like there is delay, you need to make sure your setup is not introducing input lag. Turn off vsync, play in full screen mode at low graphics settings, make sure you are getting well above 60fps

[@elsquibbs]

FrothyOmen Thanks, I'll have to look at the settings. I know it's supposed to be hitscan, but something seems off. I suspect a vsync issue.

[@FrothyOmen]

Good luck 💪

[@elsquibbs]

FrothyOmen It turns out setting texture filtering to medium solved the issue 👍. Thanks again.

[@kudosbudo]

Can you do a guide on key mapping. The one thing I have issue with in arena shooters is reaching for number keys.

[@FrothyOmen]

Yup, that's one of the next videos!

[@s4ltvin3g4r6]

I use w,a,s,d for movement . Q= rocket E= lg R= rail F= mg/hmg V= sg/ssg c= nail/snail x= tribolt ability= mouse 5 pummel/gauntlets= mouse 4 but you can use whatever you want as long as you get confortable reaching your key while moving

[@kudosbudo]

S4lt&Vin3g4r cheers. Need to get back on quake. Enjoyed in the closed beta. Benn playing unreal 4 alpha, wish it would pick population, but probably gonna jump on quake while it's still hot.

[@nottheengineer4957]

This looks like a lot of fun actually, I will definitely download it when it is available for free outside of the bethesda launcher, because that thing has autostart wich cannot be disabled and severely hurts FPS in any game. Killing it via the task manager every time I boot my PC is not worth it.

[@FrothyOmen]

Have you tried opening the "startup" tab in your task manager and disabling the bethesda launcher from there? That's usually pretty foolproof. Nonetheless, I hope you have fun with the game when it finally makes its f2p debut on Steam! You can get keys pretty cheap through grey markets online if you're not looking to spend all that money on it right off the bat. If you like it, pay back the difference with microtransactions!

[@nottheengineer4957]

FrothyOmen I did open the startup tab in the task manager and it did not show up. I also checked the autostart folder manually and there is no shortcut to the launcher wich means it is likely using an exploit or windows is screwing up as usual. I will definitely try to get a cheap steam key, thank you for the info!

[@ganon4688]

Only two guns you ned are the Rocket Launcher and Railgun. And BFG10K, but hell if I know if they have that in that... game they call Quake.

[@csabaszabo6859]

can some one help me? I turned the nail gun to my starter weapon and I really regret it any body know how can I change it?

[@FrothyOmen]

You can change it while respawning

[@csabaszabo6859]

@@FrothyOmen thank you

[@remigusker6024]

FWIW The gauntlet can be both effective and hilarious in insta gib.

[@iiexio773]

How do you lay againts such a normal players? I never can even shoot 10 bullets out of my SMG after spawn being absolutely rekt by everyone

[@copsarebastards]

iiEixo my first 3 matches i shit on people and then after that i got crapped on. Ill get better quickly i think though. The game is intuitive and fun.

[@TheSyntheticAbomination]

The guantelet is a meme weapon, even have the medal of humilliation because be kill by this is very frustrating XD

[@conked944]

I didn’t even know this game came out lol

[@cyrinaefox6828]

I'm at least passable with all the weapons, but I'm terrible at quick-swapping.

[@lennyward7662]

Hey Frothy do you still play Quake Champions or are you just an Apex guy now?

[@FrothyOmen]

I still play regularly but don't make youtube tutorials for it. There's nothing else I want to cover in quake right now

[@MartianBuddy]

How do I equip nail gun

[@FrothyOmen]

Once you pick one up off the map, the default key bind is 4

[@corriedebeer799]

Running away is what rapha has been doing for a decade.

[@VALIS538]

Spoke to soon suppose the nail gun is the same as plasma

[@FrothyOmen]

It's getting a plasma gun skin next patch, as well!

[@FerutElCampeador]

Plasma Gun for life!

[@7xppgngrmj22jhx7enubvnw5grndiy]

for some reason it's easier to aim when it's filled with plasma instead of nails, although it's supposed to not affect gameplay at all

[@jorgecorea7528]

I feel the same but I think it's because the plasma spheres are bigger and easier to track, so it's easier to notice by how much you are missing the target.

[@hassandabo6288]

I hope your streaming more then uploading ;-;

[@FrothyOmen]

Been streaming a lot for the past year! 3-4 days a week. :)

[@kekwkekw5117]

Whoa, how did you flip that dude off?

[@FrothyOmen]

That's just the animation of activating slash's ability

[@fallendelta7344]

Play some titanfall there are some really cool new features modes

[@VALIS538]

Is there a plasma equivalent

[@jorgecorea7528]

There is but it's just a skin for the nailgun.

[@macabrew]

TriBolt is one of my favorites lol thing rips

[@FrothyOmen]

Yeah they buffed it a lot since this video

[@the_9170]

Duck Gun when

[@casualmma]

No plasma gun? Damn.

[@Duenferra]

Trybolt is my favorite wtf xD

[@paullee2111]

I was watching, then at the end you said learn their individual hotkeys... "Smacks forehead" I've been playing with scroll wheel only and wondered how people were so good at scrolling through their weapons so quick....

[@FrothyOmen]

Haha! Yeah, quake isn't a game you can use the scroll wheel to switch. Gotta make the effort to learn each individual weapon's button.

[@Shaolink]

Great guide. You forgot tosay , the railgun is shooting through walls without dropping any dmg. With visor a good combination.

[@FrothyOmen]

The railgun does not shoot through walls.

[@Shaolink]

FrothyOmen okay. I but it did in older versions? Like q3a i think :S

[@hfreeman7126]

I have notifications on but didn't get one for this vid, what is going on

[@FrothyOmen]

welcome to the new youtube. make sure you click the bell next to the subscribe button and select the option to see all notifications :\

[@KaasTVNL]

Can i play this on xbox?

[@FrothyOmen]

PC only

[@KaasTVNL]

a console release wil be awesome

[@lr44x13]

If you played soldier in tf2 good tou should be able to airshot with rocket launcher.

[@chrisbingley]

Especially with Ranger as he has built in Gunboats.

[@lr44x13]

@@chrisbingley strafing in quake champions/3/live is different than on source engine

[@mickjaegar2379]

16:53 If only you were playing B.J...

[@leinadreign3510]

I tried the game, it was fun at the free trrial/ giveaway with other beginners. But know there are only the uber-freaks. The entry point for a new player is to high and frustrating. You can't get better if you die every 2 meters. So i quit. And waiting for the next free trial, when the game can be fun again.

[@user-25352]

video timings should get fixed: lightning gun is 13:33, rail gun 14:56

[@markbeaver4806]

Like, for speedometer on

[@markbeaver4806]

3 jumps and it is 700, awesome

[@Thatonecyborg]

bad aim makes railgun ineffective so have good aim or it wont be effective