How To DEFEND Your Sloop from BIGGER Crews in Sea of Thieves

#seaofthieves
In this video, I will teach you how to win against larger ships and defeat bigger crews in PvP in Sea of Thieves. Win more fights with these easy tips and tricks. This is your guide to unlocking the secrets of the sloop in Sea of Thieves.
Chapters
00:00 - The Fort of Fortune
01:42 - We Outsmart our Enemy
03:08 - We Counter-Attack
04:21 - Revenge
06:32 - The Galleon Attacks
10:03 - Victory

[@captain_squiddy]

Thank you for 7,000 subscribers! 🦑 Looking for a crew to play with? Join my Discord: discord.gg/JsCxbKvS Chapters 00:00 - The Fort of Fortune 01:42 - We Outsmart our Enemy 03:08 - We Counter-Attack 04:21 - Revenge 06:32 - The Galleon Attacks 10:03 - Victory

[@runningreaper99]

That poor brig crew picked on the wrong sloop lol

[@SychoTikk]

I just posted I similar play good work 🤣, congrats on 7k!!!

[@sawyerbagrosky]

Hey I don't want to be that guy but did you know you can assign hotkeys to your d-pad so that you don't have to open your scroll wheel

[@bence1719]

Thx

[@durandmefew]

Solo sloopin teaches you the way of the honey badger.

[@Dualities]

he is literlly ina team whole video

[@durandmefew]

@@Dualities It's a general statement.

[@TheJokerha]

​@@Dualities💀

[@davisashton7602]

And wut is the way of the honey badger?

[@durandmefew]

@@davisashton7602 Pirates that get rabies when agitated.

[@palerider2132]

Tbh, i love the sloop. Me and my buddy arent too skilled, but we seem to consistently take down brigs. I think teamwork is probably the biggest factor in winning or losing. If your team can't coordinate, you might as well scuttle.

[@Jallu555]

The easiest way to beat a brig/gally with a sloop is to go to ghost fleet, its especially dangerous for a galleon to go there

[@kevintan5497]

or u can just do what my friends and i do and jump onto their ships with explosive barrels​@@Jallu555

[@madeofsoil69]

My anxiety when I'm alone on a sloop

[@captain_squiddy]

You always gotta be on the lookout

[@madeofsoil69]

@@captain_squiddy if you ever see a sloop called the "flamenco" on the seas that's me and I won't attack

[@pyerack]

Playing Solo is basically playing Hardcore

[@BoundlessResolve]

Don't worry. Get your ass kicked enough time and that anxiety will turn into bravery real quick

[@FadyFTJ]

For real, my heart drops into my stomach when I think I see a ship on the hozison coming for me... but it's just a cannon tower at a fort. Solo sloop paranoia is real.

[@LeLabersack]

big advice for new players on console: if youre not absolutely cracked at fps games, enable the option to play on console only servers. mouse and keyboard lets you do better movement and aiming, so when you encounter an experienced pc player they will make you feel like a headless chicken

[@MrGiganoth]

Maybe a silly question but I assume if you do this you can't invite your friend from PC to play with you on console?

[@LeLabersack]

@@MrGiganoth yeah thats the only downside. i don't know if PC players can join/stay when they use a controller.

[@CravenMaaaaaaaaa]

I play on pc... With an Xbox controller.

[@KaelynSmith-bc9ww]

@@CravenMaaaaaaaaawhy would you do that, purposefully merging yourself in every category except for maybe fishing.

[@KaelynSmith-bc9ww]

@@CravenMaaaaaaaaanerfing*

[@OakStairs]

As someone who has exclusively solo slooped since I started playing last year, this video was very satisfying to watch

[@21ninpo]

how do u fight a gally when solo slooping? I can fight another sloop but idk how to fight 3-4 people on a bigger ship

[@CravenMaaaaaaaaa]

​@@21ninpou don't, u book it out of there with what you got (I ain't a good player, but I solo sloop, and it's never really a winning fight for new players like me)

[@CravenMaaaaaaaaa]

​@@21ninpoSoT is a game designed to be played with friends

[@21ninpo]

@@CravenMaaaaaaaaa well thats fun

[@TheFastMoving]

@@21ninpo you fight from distance. The gally fills up pretty fast so you can as long as you hit your shots haha

[@Eastonfection]

If I know there’s someone tucking at a fort, I’ll use voice chat to tell my partner “let’s load the kegs last”. This will usually lead to the tucker waiting until the kegs are loaded to make a move, but of course we will never load the kegs and simply sail away as soon as the loot is loaded.

[@clueless4085]

This is genius.

[@myself8354]

Some pointers for solo sloopers or Anybody really. Blunderbombs are invaluable for ship defense. I always carry some with me as all I need to do is just throw a bomb at the side of the ship I heard them grab the ladder from and the splash damage will go through the wall and knock them off. This is much safer than trying to one blunder them as they climb up as there is a chance you won't one shot them or they will ladder juke you to make you miss your one shot to stop them. You can also spam blunderbombs much faster than you can shoot your gun so even if you encounter somebody who just grabs the ladder again after being knocked off you can just throw another blunderbomb to knock them off again. And if they keep regrabbing the ladder then after only 2 blunderbomb splash damage they are now in 1 shot kill range from the eye of reach so it's much more dangerous to climb the ladder.

[@Ayuka368]

Another thing is that if you are on duo or even solo and you do use your gun, don't stand right in front of the ladder. People can just ungrab and shoot you then take that opportunity to climb if you do get knocked back. You can usually stand on the railing on the cannon side and hit them off so that they cant regrab, or literally anywhere on the sides thats not infront of the ladder. Note: Usually you don't see adventure mode players shooting from ladder, but it's a good habit to have anyways.

[@danyul2581]

The far cry 3 music really pulled this together 🔥

[@captain_squiddy]

It’s one of the best video game soundtracks of all time

[@OverlyToasted]

The Days Gone Music too

[@Mangoleiter-pm5ny]

Ich wollte es schreiben bis ich deinen Kommentar gelesen habe mein freund du bist einer der noch richtig gutes gehör hat und ich liebst ❤ tolles video übrigens 😁

[@Sketchlogic]

Thanks for this awesome and very helpful video. Could you list the music tracks used in the video? Amazing music.

[@captain_squiddy]

@@Sketchlogic “Further” from Far Cry 3 “Days Gone” by Nathan Whitehead “A New Dawn” from the F1 ‘22 soundtrack “Becalmed” from the Sea of Thieves soundtrack

[@kbk239]

The Far cry 3 ost choice is priceless, you a goat for this.

[@zrvo]

This is wicked. My buddy and I are beginners and we just sunk our first ship the other day and it was the best feeling ever. Keep up this content

[@jacoblyman9441]

I am learning how to out-sail other ships in the game too. Sure, you can beat me in a fight; but you have to catch me first. Watching brig and galleon crews waste their time chasing me across the map in my sloop is a hoot.

[@modman287]

8:50 'through the spoils, through the toils, the fight for freedom and friendship never ends.' the music at this part really got me, because even in the most devastating defeats this game is amazing, and it makes the victories that much more worth it

[@ChrisR-fy1ud]

i really enjoyed this video, the talking, the music, the intense pvp and skill, amazing

[@FifCircle]

3:22 “To give the Covenant back their bomb”

[@user-fq2ky9dj2t]

Nicely done. Ive been a solo Slooper since the beginning . it's always awsome seeing other aloopera beating the bigger crews lol

[@grielfi1221]

Star Wars references are great! Love it!

[@captain_squiddy]

I fit two prequel memes in one video!

[@sullyzfist1101]

Love the farcry3 music! Like you're conducting the orchestra. Love it!❤

[@Dualities]

def doesnt sound like a bo0t promotinal account right

[@psychxx7146]

Solo slopping (sometimes duo) is what makes this game feels great for me. It’s a whole other dimension man.

[@mr_p_191]

this is the best feeling ever. Me and my brother sinked an agressive reaper lvl5 brigantine and we did it in a sloop. it was amazing how we managed to take them out. we only have 20h playtime in the game but my game knowledge and my brothers amazing ship fixing skills allowed us to win

[@Nemesis-Snow]

Helloooo, crew member of a big ship here! Me and my friends are beasts with our big ship, we've not sunken once in pvp against other big boy ships. But we are extremely friendly to smaller ships who don't attack us, we mostly mind our business killing skeletons or ghost pirates or going to sunken ships, me being drunk, and everyone singing and playing an instrument, just having a good time. Just wanted to let everyone know, not all big boy ships are looking to bother you. Much love guys and see you guys in the high seas

[@FireCrack83]

thats basicly me and my 2 mates. me vomitting from way to much grog and the others playing shantys or dancing

[@jmccain22090]

@@FireCrack83this is my crew unless we have too many real life drinks and start hunting smaller crews. We usually lose, as we are idiots, but it’s always a good time.

[@connornicholls7096]

epic soundtrack you did for this, great vid!

[@ironboogsie1187]

i like the f1 23 or 22 main menu music at the beginning, brings back so many memories

[@runningreaper99]

You earned a sub! I love this narrated style content

[@captain_squiddy]

Thanks lad

[@jollygoodgordon5580]

Yes, two legends (skilled players) on a tiny ship is more than enough. Big up for this W video 🤝

[@abiasaphmaldonadoiii6335]

Took a brig solo slooping yesterday felt so satisfying

[@acklious]

Noice content, always good to see another duo sloop out their, we’re with ya brother

[@happyhipposarchive3198]

This video is really high quality for a smaller creator goodjob im subscribing.

[@oddygaming1873]

Love the use of one of the F1 game theme musics haha. Nice video!

[@chaseplaysvr8534]

dude farcry music hit me like a flashbang

[@riquestrong9496]

2:44 is the reason why blundy will always be king in sot, never leave home without yours kids

[@Bear-ig5kj]

Beutifull work guys! It's always fun to humble a bully Galleon crew.

[@iydmoh961]

I just slooped all over the screen 😅

[@user-lk5kl4px3r]

😐

[@raymoniano]

Nasty ahh 😂

[@AxtonTheObstagoon]

this reminds me of a satisfying moment i had recently. i just did Fortress of the Damned and me and the random i was with made an alliance with a Solo Sloop who came in mid-Fortress. we sold our loot at the nearest outpost, leaving just the reaper chests, and i noticed on the map that a Reaper Alliance ship was waiting for us there and it was a brig. we still had the powder kegs, so we had a plan. our solo sloop ally went in with one of the kegs and blew them up while we stopped on the other side of the island to sell. the Solo Sloop sunk because he crashed trying to rush the keg over to them. when we stopped, i told my friend to launch himself over to fight while i sold the chests. after i sold them, i went and joined the fight and the crew was desperately trying to save their ship. we kept killing them until their ship eventually sunk. they also had other treasures on board, so we sold them as well and then we all parted ways. it was probably my most satisfying moment in the game by far

[@jhiatt1516]

That was a great adventure!

[@deltaray3012]

Played today and decided to do a treasury for an east headstart in Emmissary Grade and once I was finished, I returned to my ship to be jumpscared by a grade 5 Reaper. Not because they were sinking me or waiting to ambush, but because I spawned below deck and walked up to the top to be met with 2 guys staring at me with their spyglasses... while on my ship. They were honestly pretty chill, just asking what I was doing and just taking my firebombs and chainshots. Nothing else.

[@theroaringfelix8758]

You got lucky there bro!!

[@robertciesielski3559]

nice job, thx for advices

[@MrDraco981]

man i wish i was good at this game. i play solo because my friends dont like it very much and i keep getting curbstomped, but its still fun. the other day i was running from a galley with some big ass shiny chest in my hands and i jumped off and swam to sell it while they were still chasing my empty ship. someday i will be the one chasing

[@Randulaith]

Maybe you just need a change of attitude. Instead of doing stuff and running, you could start collecting kegs on a rowboat and hunt them. I only log in to steal from others and sink their ships. If you see reapers on the map, wait without a ship but plenty of kegs and reapers and destroy their day. You're gonna be the monster they fear most of.

[@MrDraco981]

@@Randulaith i can try that this weekend, thanks for the idea! but how will i know where i am and where reapers are without the map table?

[@franticspudbuild]

Thanks for the video I swear half the ships I fight are brigs and larger, far too big for a solo slooper

[@captain_squiddy]

Slooping can be rough sometimes

[@Ayuka368]

As someone that is mediocre in sot pvp(Servants of flame 283), I don't spend as much time on sot anymore nor do I play on adventure mode, but I've had a few encounters with bigger boats, a couple of them on duo and a couple of them on solo. These may help for sloop fights but I'm unsure about brigs v galleons. One of the most important part is to be patient as a smaller crew. On opening broads where neither boats have significant disadvantage, you DON'T want to be at a close broad, I.e within chainable distance. This has worked out the best for me as me and my crews are relatively confident with midrange to far broad. Keeping distance is usually done by actively being on helm and keeping fullsail. Since you are at such a disadvantage, you should go for boards often. Boards are extremely useful as they give the enemy crews something to think about, as well as gauging the skill level the enemy is(As Cpt Squiddy said). Also just straight up lets you win if the skill disparities are big enough. If the enemy is competent enough, your best bet is to just stay from afar and hope they make a mistake, or you out pressure them. Sometimes it just doesn't work out, whether it is that the enemy is just good or whatever it is. It is a bigger crew we are talking about after all. Another tip I find interesting, one that is kind of not used by a lot of mid tier helms. Sometimes it is better to just not deathspiral. A lot of the times you can get away with sitting diagonally to a galleon and get side/front cannons without fear of broad. You don't need to deathspiral if it can get the job done. If they turn, you start moving and get behind them. Even better if the wheel is hit. When fighting brigs, I find it easier to effectively hold down cannonline and pressure but it is still good to be careful. Staying infront of boat presents opportunity to one ball or cause enemies to backsplash. This strategy should be done when you are sure that the enemy have enough pressure or can't shoot you back. I would say this one is an "advanced" tip because pretty much no brigs/galleons I've fought in adventure mode knows how to actually tank. Also! Abuse blunderbombs. Abuse them a lot when fighting big boats, it gets them off cannons.

[@Ayuka368]

Please do let me know if there's any shitty tips I've said. I don't pvp in adventure mode as often as I'd like to and it'd suck to spread wrong information.

[@captain_squiddy]

Good tips!

[@OliJoli09]

Really good video!!

[@matthewlubbee3627]

The best video ive ever watched The music and gameplay beautiful

[@SirPato1]

clicking on this video was insane, hearing that far cry 3 song gave me chills for a secopnd.

[@TidusDowthelas]

A true Reaper, loves the thrill of being out gunned and out manned in a naval fight. Battle on, soldier on! We sink or swim, hunt or be hunted! Nothing brings me more joy or thrill then the thrill of sloop to brig or sloop to galleon combat when the odds are stacked 3 or 4 vs 1 against me.

[@bruhmoment11111]

This game is so perfect. The money means NOTHING but we all like to see the number go up. It's enough incentive to care about losing loot and a good reward for beating an enemy. Stakes are high when you got a full ship, and the dopamine rush from sinking a loaded enemy is priceless.

[@Seraph6957]

Thumbnail had me thinking about something else 💀

[@captain_squiddy]

I was waiting for someone to comment about that 😂

[@Shadow_Kingdoms]

Squiddy is always unhinged with his long form videos 🤣 Always great uses of it though

[@captain_squiddy]

🦑

[@mattevans4377]

12 minutes is long form now? God I feel old. Half an hour to an hour used to be the form for long form.

[@Nounsi_Dev]

​@@mattevans4377 man u not alone, im 19 but still short and tiktok ruin everyone attention span

[@Shadow_Kingdoms]

@@Nounsi_Dev I mean I'm younger but I remember the older KZbin Just now that there's something shorter these become long lol

[@Nounsi_Dev]

@@Shadow_Kingdoms yeh make sense but stilli prefer the old long form content haha

[@forbidenpupetry]

I love to use a galleon even if I am alone because it just adds that little bit more effort to look like you are not a good target while having a lot of fun watching them wonder where the rest is

[@blightchip4236]

Nothing more satisfying than sinking a galleon as a sloop once their holes and water gets out of control and seeing their ship instantly fill up with water is one of the best feelings in SOT

[@ShenanticsGaming]

Amazingly strategic! I 💓 how your brain works!

[@adamborges3966]

I just hopped off sea of thieves because I spent hours on getting chest and bounty. Was about to sell everything but as soon as I got on land I got jumped lost everything. Crazy how as soon as I open KZbin this was in my recommendations.

[@Deetle99]

im newer and while doing a low level merchant voyage to learn how to trap animals i sunk a skeleton ship and then my animal island had THREE cursed skeleton captains and i accrued more loot than i planned for. Totally got jumped by a Brigatine when i tried selling at port merrick and they got 16+ chests and high value skulls 🥲😔 i scout the horizon but my combat skills r terrible and im still kinda slow on sail adjustments to keep top speed so i needed this strategy tip vid

[@kickermen1559]

Randomly hearing the Far cry 3 music at 6:50 ... Goosebumps one of the most hearth hittings songs i know tbh

[@KLOEG370]

wish i had this game, sloop seems like an awesome ship

[@AcheAbram]

Any time me and my buddy play it’s always one of us occasionally checking the horizon for other plays while looting an island

[@bobthebuilt8566]

Your team mate sounds exactly like my brother it’s strange

[@Keke_Kanal]

Nice vid 👍

[@SirWhiteFireO]

Solo sloop here. Thank you

[@fellixxio]

I massacred galleons with the brig but seeing you do that with the sloop is just wow...

[@bendyboi0428]

Tip for avoiding boarders: go to the merchant at your outpost then buy two crates any is fine then place them by your ladders so that when they try to board the crates will block them coming on and they'll fall off

[@CaptainRatty896]

This is not true at all???

[@The_B1rd]

This truly was a sea of thieves moment

[@braylonmaxey2341]

Future big sea of thieves creator❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@RRW276]

My friend, that was beautiful.

[@Monst3rCaptain]

I like the use of Days Gone music

[@Iminbrawl]

Good to see that even after years there's still no shortage of people in their skinny black pajamas who play the game by being afk 95% of the time and risk nothing in any fight they participate in.

[@josiahR125]

Me and my friend's run a galleon. We all have sloop paranoia from running solo but now we use it to identify sloops in need and run interference for the smaller sloops.

[@MatthewTaylor-ze8yv]

I’m back to once again say thank you

[@njfox3305]

Thanks for this as a solo player I just can't keep acting recless on a public server and I can't just pull out my megaphone expecting the passer to be friendly. My eye sights not very good but I need to be more alert I can't just ancher at a small island and hope to get away with 4 king chests I have to watch for sails on the herizon even if the loot is tempting I must leave the island and bolt it as much as possible. Thanks for the advise.

[@FeRiTYx_]

That F1 music in the background 😂👍

[@latenightwolf4253]

What cannon cosmetics were you using? Nice video btw

[@Dynamike761]

15min Ago i sank solo an Brig but i think they just Player singen 2-4 weeks, and i think when you are playing solo bone callers are your best friends

[@Roombave]

such a good music!

[@Sealioboi]

hey quick question how do you record on your xbox? im planning on doing how to guides for the game for new ps5 players

[@stevenhavlen7484]

From a ghost curse player to you I respect your skill you certainly are not an easy sink.

[@vamperic]

Galleons are easy to take out, chains and lots of fire and now with the new scattershots

[@Hassans1337]

the far cry 3 music is amazing

[@Radio_Bun]

Even when you raise sails all the way you still have some momentum. So thats why you drifted into the Galleon a bit.

[@xaqxiq9281]

I had this happen last night. I didn’t realize that a brigantine was stalking me for a good while and was waiting for me to become a level 5 emissary. They attacked after I docked and was cashing in my loot. I was able to get to about half of it. But I figured the level 5 flag was more valuable so I was able to lower it right before they killed me. Very annoying but at least they didn’t get everything they wanted.

[@fellixxio]

I love the sloop

[@asasn8or]

As a Playstation player I just turned off crossplay and keyboard/mouse players and now I mostly find other new people instead of pvp sweat lords

[@m4x899]

That Far Cry 3 music hit me like crazy

[@ClassicShiba]

Do you play on console only servers or pc ones, ive been feeling like i might want to go on pc ones cuz they might have more activity but idk

[@amooozk7777]

the music makes it even more dramatic. xD

[@morbidmike]

I personally love slooping solo and never give an f

[@ortsheidi]

I wanna keep in mind the Sentence said in the end of the video: „You are not always going to win.“ The enemy Crews shown here aren’t particularly PVP gods and his sloop crew was also pretty good. Don’t get me wrong, this can happen, but don’t expect it to always happen. I myself was able to sink a 4 Crew gally as a solo sloop, because their crew was pretty bad at the game. More often then not you will encounter a bigger crew, which will sink you in combat. But yes sometimes you can defeat a bigger Crew. What I’m trying to say is don’t always engage in combat with bigger crews expecting to always win, it’s not going to happen.

[@CarlThePirateYT]

Another major thing to point out is that "Victory" doesn't necessarily mean beating the enemy in combat. It can mean just getting away with the loot and selling it. I usually duo sloop with a frien, and we very rarely get sunk by bigger crews because we're able to maneuver better and get to outposts quicker than they can.

[@YxC1l1]

Days Gone Music is so nice

[@edoardofarri2093]

What cannon skin are you using?

[@nytrek9815]

This guy likes star wars and I like him. Subscriber gained

[@leaguespork5146]

The great thing about sloops is they can take a beating. Its a big shock to see when going from a sloop to a brig to even a gal how fast those sink if your not prepared as a first time player when going to them ships from only using sloops. But once you figure it out it its easy.

[@nimroids6587]

What spyglass do you run? That spyglass looks awesome

[@mateuszgrzadziel666]

Love the video ! Guess I'll be coming back to the seas some time soon ! btw, what's the song at 6:33 ? It sounds familiar but I can't pinpoint where I've heard it

[@manuelschmidt7852]

Asked myself the same 😅

[@Ff7Sunbro]

A buddy and I sunk a Galleon with scatter shot shortly after taking down 2 of their masts. It was the quickest take down that ever happened, and we found out that it was due to a Chest of Sorrow they had on board. Just a little food for thought, for the risky players hoarding cursed chests.

[@x-sac2652]

That Far Cry 3 music brought some massive nostalgia

[@kickermen1559]

shit give's me goosebumps every time i hear it

[@jasunsandiego]

I finished one of these fort of the damned without using the lanterns. Someone much better than myself managed to chase me and my friend down in the middle of a storm and board our boat and sink us. Taking all of our treasure.

[@Randulaith]

Sounds like us 😆

[@jasunsandiego]

@@Randulaith This happened very recently to me and my crew. Probably a week ago.

[@bahencio]

that anti keg suicide with the shotgun was insane

[@Flarez_yt]

The timing on it was just perfect

[@simula152]

Only worked because the enemy didn't light the keg before grabbing the ladder.

[@Mr_HandsomeFace]

What spyglass and cannon set is that?👀🔥

[@carolinecassidy9047]

Fun video

[@Jetfish2474]

Personally I would have tried to save 1 mega keg for the brig but overall good video 👍

[@keepitkush5208]

That's a nice cannon.

[@morbidmike]

Well played as a new player on PlayStation this game is one of my favorite additions ever