Get the Edge in Quake Champions: Rapha's Ultimate Movement Tutorial 2023 Edition

In this video tutorial, Quake Champions pro player Rapha shares his expert knowledge of movement in the game. With his years of experience and numerous championship wins, Rapha is one of the top players in the game, and he's here to help you take your skills to the next level.
In this comprehensive tutorial, Rapha will cover everything from basic movement techniques to more advanced strategies for dodging, strafing, and jumping. Whether you're a beginner looking to improve your skills or a seasoned player looking to take your game to the next level, this tutorial is perfect for you.
Throughout the video, Rapha will share tips and tricks to help you master the art of movement in Quake Champions. You'll learn how to move quickly and efficiently, how to dodge incoming attacks, and how to navigate the game's many maps with ease.
So if you want to dominate in Quake Champions, be sure to check out Rapha's ultimate movement tutorial. With his guidance, you'll be able to move like a pro and take your game to the next level!
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Rapha's Setup
🕹Keyboard - Razer Deathstalker Chroma (amzn.to/3Lb4EcF)
🕹Current Mouse - Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro (amzn.to/3ndJ7Gx)
🕹OLD Mouse - Zowie EC2-A (amzn.to/2YEijx5)
🕹Video Card - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (amzn.to/2MPDHNg)
🕹CPU - Ryzen 5950X(amzn.to/3FeDptZ)

[@RaphaVideos]

Rapha's Setup 🕹Keyboard - Razer Deathstalker Chroma (amzn.to/3Lb4EcF) 🕹Current Mouse - Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro (amzn.to/3ndJ7Gx) 🕹OLD Mouse - Zowie EC2-A (amzn.to/2YEijx5) 🕹Video Card - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (amzn.to/2MPDHNg) 🕹CPU - Ryzen 5950X(amzn.to/3FeDptZ)

[@goatree_saluberrimae]

Even after years in quake one cannot get enough of strafe jumping. Straight addictive

[@TheOnlyDonQuixoteDeLaMancha]

Raffer

[@tekgeekster]

The ability to naturally move faster without needing a button to do so with a near infinite speed ceiling is really satisfying.

[@iamthehippychannel]

This is the kind of information the community needs to create more excitement in the Game!

[@TempheX]

“Strafe jumping works like how a snake moves, with a S movement”… That’s actually a very nice analogy that I never thought. GL to all people who are learning.

[@Vordikk]

Learning is hard... Especially without proper equipment :) Like cheap non-gaming keyboard is unable to handle w+a+space clicked at once, and i've realised how bad it affects the game just now while watching video, after a month in QC, and so i've tried to rebind keys somehow, like jump on RMB, but this has affected shooting badly, which is even worse. IDK, i'm gonna buy proper keyboard right today then.

[@coolgazzcool1119]

Hey guys, just found out info about quake champions and my brain just blown from amount of EVERYTHING thats happening in this game. Sad to see that online is nearly dead especially wen compare with other FPS's, but damn I'm looking forward to play it, and this video just added fuel to the fire of my desire to play it.

[@skoskibroski]

I'm a fairly new player, played it a couple times but really got into it these past few days, someone recommended for me to watch this video, I was actually learning how to strafe without even knowing, but now I seen this video is understand it even more, that's crazy. I'm more excited now to play quake & I just went 7 hours straight 😂 thanks for this video!!!

[@blame1991]

My man so used to quake he's making sure to pickup megahealth on time while explaining

[@DelasVC]

It's such a shame that this game is still missing a proper tutorial mode for strafe jumping and also an internal vod reviewer, I'm not even talking about a proper map editor.. Rapha best man though!

[@yrrahyrrah]

I loved how Quake Live had the movement tutorial

[@spacetime3]

Haha where was this tutorial at the launch of Quake Champions lovely explanation. God i still love Quake styles of movement still

[@user-xk6ed4zi3t]

what a god, one of the greatest of all time and he still spends time to help new players

[@sebastianme6368]

i might be a little late to the party. but i love it. helps me alot.

[@friscofatseas5696]

15 mins and this video is still blowing my mind, great work how exciting to be a new player

[@seamees4022]

So far all the players I encountered where the nicest people I’ve met online in a while

[@chris-rb7bm]

cool Thanks Rapha :)

[@MarkoPozega-hx3ly]

q3 was my first love,then i see Rapha playing qc 2-3 years ago and i was in a game right that day with good old fealing back again.Still learning and trying to get better.Thank you for everything,wish you all the best and ofc that belt need to go back to his ovner.

[@amcphailnz]

GOATED tutorial by the GOAT himself... What a cool dude 😎!

[@BlackRuffy17]

I am 100% sure this is what "scares" everyone away from Quake champions. Smooth and good movement is bread and butter in this game. Saw the doc play it once and man, just running and a jump here and there will just make it all worse haha. Edit: Okay he said it in the end anyway haha.

[@whatisaman689]

The goatest

[@kathorsees]

Thanks a lot! The misconception I had was that you must look in the opposite direction from where you're strafing (mouse right, keyboard left). Now it makes a ton more sense. I remember playing Quake 3 as a kid, single player only, barely understanding what's going on (bc I didn't know English), and still having a blast. Now KZbin has recommended me a video about QuakeCon 2016, and I was instantly hooked again. SC2 is living through a renaissssance with many people returning, maybe it's time for QC to resurge too! Already installed the game and played a few rounds - it's fun, although I do miss Q3 and it's wackier art style (Orbb, anyone?).

[@ShinDeon]

Great info

[@blackmancer]

I wish it was a more popular game because it really is one of the best shooters.

[@attractivegd9531]

Very cool of rapha to give us a free lesson. A few notes, 16:40 another thing to note that many people don't know: you lose all your air control if you crouch midair with a CPM champ. I'm not sure this was intended by the devs. 17:50 you have to press the crouch key early and not once you are close to or already touching the ground, I know he knows it but I thought clarifying it was a good idea since I had the same problem when I started QC, while in Q4 you could press crouch very late. Again no idea if this was intentionnal or not.

[@attractivegd9531]

Also a good thing to note: you do not lose any speed if you keep the jump key pressed, this is especially true in QC. It is not the case in Quake 3 and early QL because it did not had autoHop. Not sure what made him think it was the case but it's probably his Q3 days.

[@viejandro]

@@attractivegd9531 I think he was talking about a reduction in acceleration, not speed

[@attractivegd9531]

@@viejandro Either way the result would be the same and you would lose speed, which is not the case in QC. QC does not have snap zones. It's very easy to get the good angle.

[@TarenGarond]

​@@attractivegd9531 When I played QC(Stopped playing in 2020) the same bug from Q3 that lowers your wishspeed(The max speed you can accelerate to in the direction of your "acceleration vector"(wishdir), basically your "acceleration dead zone" gets larger) while pressing jump was present(In Q3 it also lowers your air acceleration as it is airaccelerate*wishpeed, not sure about it in QC). This is with "standard strafe jumping" not sure what happens with "air strafing", but I don't think you lost any acceleration.

[@-xHALx-]

Great insight on movement in Quake Champions - especially for people wanting to learn how to play. 10/10

[@alka7145]

Some really sweet tips, even if you've been playing the game for years like I have. Thanks Rapha man.

[@MMBaconslice]

Awesome teachings there by Rapha himself; I would really love to see more content like this. Keep it coming for the newbies!

[@QuckHead]

A and D on Anarki is kind of the same thing as air movement in source games, because it managed to stay mostly the same from Quake 1 all the way to TF2. Some people in VQ3 also use only A and D for strafe jumping but it's rare

[@BPKPhoenix]

Mmm, source bhopping, second nature to source players as rocket jumping is to Soldier Mains.

[@Thund3rboltGaming]

YESS MY ANARKY IS ON NEXT LEVEL !!!! LETS GOO

[@cagatayguitar]

Well deserved thumbs up from my side. İ think this is the best explanation on youtube for movements. Big thanks champ.

[@MelancholicFlow]

This is very helpful. Coming from Q3, I know strafe jumping, and it's second nature, but I've not been doing it really well, and this gave some great pointers to improve it. The info about crouch sliding and bunny hopping is also very nice to know! Thanks! I've been trying out dueling and be a bit more focused and controlled when playing (vs just going with the flow in random game modes). Would you be interested in making some kind of Duel 101 video?

[@iamthehippychannel]

Thanks for sharing this information Rapha!

[@buddahbud1]

thanx for this info video ... I've tried to learn to play and use the players but didn't know half of this info. No one around to show me how to do so much of what helps game play with them. Much appreciated

[@dindon171]

Thank you!

[@manuelcohnen9434]

very good tutorial, thanks!

[@dunderdotten]

Very good infos :) Thank you sir

[@EdwardLaurenson]

So good! Very impressive

[@thereferencegide]

this is super informative and helpful as a low level player myself so thank you, i really enjoy champions each having different movement mechanics or quirks, its a very interesting unique facet of the game to me

[@romapanin1502]

thanks a lot Rapha!

[@FgF_24_07]

sos un genio Rapha

[@keaganratcliffe8973]

good vid man ty

[@WakiMiko]

Thank you so much! This video should be in the game :D

[@EVS2585]

Awesome tutorials. I've been getting better at Anarki ever since this video came out.

[@AnarchyIsLove]

thanks for uploading this, I hope more people pick this game up. pretty lonely in queue lol but such a satisfying game, love playing sorlag with the tank zoomies

[@UrusaiJoe]

Such great guide

[@sleevzfps5085]

27:42 Actually slash can also do it if you crouch slide + jump from those stairs and she'll land right on the ledge with the vials. It's tricky but definitely doable with practice

[@jag0937eb]

Never thought you had a youtube channel. Subed just for the moral support 🍍

[@jhojansegura]

Makes me want to play Champions again

[@friscofatseas5696]

Overwatch addiction is dead as fuck finally after like what 6 years maybe 5 lol, played some bloodhunt and that game isn't doing it for me with the latest patch concerning me (not my cup of tea). So here i come, quake champions baby see you guys around! Lets have a blast

[@DaDweekly]

what a nice video

[@b4byj3susm4n]

Hey Rapha awesome video. It makes wanna try these out and get back into QC. (Even as a relative noob, my favorite champion on my profile is Clutch lol). Question: If there was a new champion introduced which utilized Half-Life style long-jumping, how would you react? Or a champion that can slow fall?

[@user-sl5jx4qu9b]

Ok you got me. I will try it. What monitor size is the best for quake? Bigger monitor bigger targets right?

[@KevinR242]

Years ago strafe jumping only became possible when I bound the jump key to the mouse. Don't know why but when I jumped with the mouse it was Easy to strafe jump and it worked every time. Quake3 and Quake Live. Now if I could only speed jump in RocketLeague.....

[@TheChannel1978]

Being able to have good movement in Quake is like having a good golf swing. It's what makes the game easy to play and hard to master. I miss that a lot in 'modern' shooters, even Apex doesn't have interesting movement like that

[@garbage_0218]

i’m gonna assume you haven’t been mantle jump, 180° tapstrafe super glided on by a cracked out octane yet

[@Def_Not_Batman]

Apex advanced movement can get pretty interesting

[@zheixer7061]

apex movement is like watered down Titanfall 2

[@Def_Not_Batman]

@@zheixer7061 I can agree to some extent, I play both. The thing about Apex is that it more grounded so things like superglides, mantle movement, climbing terrain, is more important to the game than on Titanfall where it's more aerial movement and since your already flying with basic movement there's no need to such those things. Plus with a more grounded style wall bounces and climbs make for a different style than the running on and flying around. Apex having more health also makes the use of movement in gunfights more fun and interesting with tap strafe and such. While in Titanfall people die far too quickly to make use of such a thing. But there's more ways to style and do creative kills in Titanfall. I think both are fun, well Apex being BR and players the way they are is the only issue to me, even if it can be a big one sometimes.

[@colbyboucher6391]

A golf swing is a great comparison, the thing in most games movement tricks are binary. You can do it or you can't. In Quake you keep optimizing and optimizing and getting faster amd faster basically forever.

[@i.must.hate.my.wrists]

thanks i can go fast now

[@yuriykulagin]

Good

[@nortropgrumann9594]

Gold info

[@kodemasterx]

I miss year one Arnaky, now that was the real CPMA movement... He got nerved to oblivion :-(

[@lubomirlukco5772]

With great beard comes great wisdom!

[@JogoDetonado]

Hail Raphael. Is it possible to take advantage of training modes in Quake live for use in Quake champions?

[@HaloDaycare]

As someone who has never played quake before, thank you. I noticed you still use an EC2a. Is there a reason you don't upgrade to the EC2 CW?

[@Kooflan]

Congratulations...as I planed...KINGU BACKED ON THRONE

[@83joonior]

I am pro level in FPS like CS and BF. Very good spatial awareness, and I can predict where someone is gonna go, based on audio. I hear someone grab a armor and then grab ammo and I can predict where they're gonna be in one second. Just like you laze dudes or prep rocket aoe. It's impressive how you know what the enemy is going to do.

[@user-cc3ef7qh1x]

🧢

[@j03T3XAz]

The Professor

[@maddyleaf]

I played Quake Live for a while but ultimately stopped playing Quake for years. I remember playing Quake Champions in closed beta and I didn't really vibe with it, but man, I really miss playing an actual good 1v1 game, has Quake Champions evolved into something good? Is Quake Live dead? Wah

[@x-techgaming]

Quake turning = acceleration

[@donqpwnz]

"..Practice.Practice.Practice.:"

[@Tyrant482]

Lern from Final‘s best and forget the rest! 😉😎😊👍🏻 Thank‘s For me it’s very hard to get it again after 12 jears cut. I was more UT player in the past, but now is no choice. Quake is the last Game standing. I wish the add the flag gun here and the triple shot of rocket launcher. The black hole generater from blood 2 the choosen would be cool too. That’s where i am starting from with fps games in the early 90s 😂😂😂 Wish everyone fun. Don’t forget, never stand still! 😎👋🏻

[@Simone_jw]

I understand that Rapha used mouse acceleration on cue live. Conversely, is mouse acceleration not used in the quake championship? Then, I wonder why you don't use it. (I use 800dpi, 2sensi.0.09 accel in quakelive. Is it medium and high sensitivity? Do you think the acceleration is high?)

[@kulkutha6148]

That beard is godlike

[@shikaka9032]

very difficult management game to relax in the game...😆

[@rehannoor4961]

if they really working on a new quake, i think rapha should be the play tester. well the problem is probably that rapha arent retiring yet, still competing.

[@user-25352]

gets me wondering how much of strafe acceleration is possible in TF2

[@Pro100Batman]

16:27 I can't do it. Is it necessary to enter the stairs from acceleration?

[@ShooterBoyxl1]

Rapha's sabes cómo puedo bajar el ping?soy de argentina y es complicado jugar con ping alto

[@neomuler4958]

Can someone can explain me why Doom got 100/100 hp and armor and double jump but Nyx just 1 wall jump and 100/75 hp armor (ok the difference is the speed but its very substible)

[@whoaboutofcup]

rapha girafa :)

[@Thund3rboltGaming]

deem every time i use anarky and press left or right never press forward.... and now i see you only press w and do that kinda of movement... just tried deem... im soo dumb.

[@eonhet7826]

Is the movement in quake live the same as this?

[@colbyboucher6391]

Same as standard Quake strafe jumping, no bhop movement.

[@DarthAsdar]

Unfortunately, strafe jumping was one of the things that killed this game. On the one hand, it is a bug that became a feature of Quake and we can not imagine this game without it. But on the other hand, it can deter new player: mastering strafe jump can take hours and hours. It took me a couple of weeks to learn how to jump from the bridge to the railgun on dm6 in Q3 (Ofc, I was a kid and had only a couple of hours per day to play computer, but I was spending all possible time to master this jump). It was OK in the end of 90s and the beginning of 00s, when you had only one game on the hard drive and you had nothing to do, but to play it and master it's features (strafe jump, bunny hop, rocket jump and so on...). But now, nobody wants to waste time for mastering basic moves (and these move tricks are more important than such mechanical skill as aiming, you will never win a duel vs player with worse aim than yours, but who knows how to move in this game and you don't).

[@insider5093]

Расскажи это дефрагерам 😊

[@angelicbeast7793]

8:00 I've been playing on and off since release and somehow didn't know about this. I kind of get why it's there but that is such a dumb mechanic. It's probably buried in the tutorials somewhere I never bothered reading.

[@EnormeEkoH]

im not a quake player but my movement is not even half decent as my aim (and im not an aim god) cause my "weak" parts of my body, so left leg and left arm are so trash compared to the strong ones, idk why prob i always did all with the right as a kid and now i cant improve that much, thats also an L for hobbies, sport and everything, i wish i was born ambidextrous

[@F1END.MEGALITHIC]

*Waffa

[@x-techgaming]

You are wrong, Rapher. I DO need to jerk my mouse around. It has been misbehaving all week.

[@polskastylezz187]

you look like an eldergod

[@The.Toaster]

I feel like they really spoiled the ranger champion. His self rocket damage is too much. The freedom to use rockets to boost you around the map is pretty small. It would have encourage ranger as a core usage champ and seen some amazing acrobatic tactics. Given the 100% Sorlag acid immunity and the hell fire resistance etc. rangers self rocket damage is too high imo.

[@Hellaow]

I get the same speed (the same as you) when I'm holding jump or not. My friend got the same issue as you, just watch your video, you are doing crappy strafe jumps when you are holding jump, because you have jump on mouse2 and it mess up your movement :D

[@Ice-Sikill]

What should jump be binding 2 then? I feel this might be my reason.

[@audiotrauma4276]

Такое крутое видео и ничего не понятно

[@ruks-yl4ut]

Not going to watch, just wondering how much he moans about his keyboard and mouse

[@kriszenn1125]

this works in warsow/warfork. Source bhopping/airstrafing AND Quake strafejumping work in that game.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Warfork is CPMA movement + dashing basically. CPMA was the Quake community going "just give us all the movement tricks from every game plz" and then Warfork added more on top of it.