How to Squad Lead - Supporting the Team from Behind Enemy Lines

[@HaebyungDance]

For those of you who don't know what a Double Neutral is, I have a REALLY old video that explains it succinctly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn_RZKNmjcRjbKc

[@Julenissen117]

"And in typical Squad fashion, our team is immediately full of confusion a minute and thirty seconds into the match." Yes, that is Squad in a nutshell.

[@panouklakos7609]

Usually me and 3 other guys play as a recon team behind enemy lines destroying Radios, Ambushing etc. Most people don’t understand how much a small team can do and you’ve explained it perfectly here. But might I add, there are a lot of SLs who do not know how to play such a position and I think they have painted a bad picture for those who know. Great video as always

[@nixon3336]

It’s insane how such qualitative and insightful content can have so few likes and subscribers in rapport with people who just scream and shoot on video in milsim games. As a blueberry in squad who came on the free weekend from arma, I will never be able to thank you enough for providing me with the needed nuances to the in-game mechanics. The least I could do is subscribe and like all the videos I watched and of course enjoyed. Keep up the good work brother!

[@HaebyungDance]

Thank you so much man! I tried to time the release with the free weekend so I’m glad that it helped someone.

[@gior987]

@@HaebyungDance seriously, these videos are awesome. They deserve way more views, it's criminal what the algorithm is doing here. Please keep 'em coming, they are so insightful

[@HaebyungDance]

@gior987 thanks man

[@jonlannister345]

This is the best video I've seen on the topic. It's like multiple Karmakut videos condensed down into just 45 minutes to really explain in detail what is going on in a concise way.

[@physh2596]

Really love how you just explain every step of the process. I go through the exact same procress and I am relieved to see people showing new players how it's done, rather than the flashy OperatorDrewski way of just grabbing a kit and showing an insane K/D because that's all you do all day.

[@HaebyungDance]

I tried to time it with the free weekend lol

[@Wh1skyz01]

@@HaebyungDancedoing the lords work fr fr

[@jacquesoquinn7790]

Super awesome, I love the strategy and tactics it's more fun to watch then run and gun.

[@viniciuscu1]

Prime content, loved the long format. You could do that once in a while, really enjoyed the way that you contextualize in the first half and then more gameplay and ingamecomms on the second half. Also shootout to SL6!

[@HaebyungDance]

Awesome - thank you so much for the feedback.

[@chillcauseidk]

Shmeep is a good squad mate. Especially as secondary to you. He gives you feedback and idea without insisting on orders which is great. 👍

[@HaebyungDance]

Yeah he’s great

[@Sunesen]

That was a interesting watch. Especially the second match.

[@akselik6380]

I dont even play this game, but generally speaking in games supporting your teammates executing their dumb ideas (round 2) is more likely to succeed than getting mad at them and not help them. Its a game, and sometimes doing some dumb thing well will win you the game.

[@HaebyungDance]

Yeah that’s my general attitude too lol

[@TheOtherOtherAccount]

I love content like this - have missed it since Captain stopped uploading. One thing I’ve always wanted in these vids is to periodically check the map and have it appear in a corner of the screen with a timer since last update. Would be nice to see the snippets over time showing marks, movement, etc .

[@HaebyungDance]

That’s an interested suggestion - thanks and I’m really glad you enjoyed it

[@WalkerTexRanger]

Captain Mentioned, miss my first squad father. The plays him and other BHM members made taught me so much.

[@TheOtherOtherAccount]

@@WalkerTexRanger It’s amazing the impact Captain and BHM made on the game. I still regularly will see/ hear another SLs actions or callouts and can immediately tell “Yo, you learn to SL from captain?” “Yes, of course”

[@isaacbrowning5871]

I have over 500 hrs post ICO, and in my some what limited experience the balls deep hab is always a risk but can work if your armor out matches theirs. You have to take out the enemy armor before establishing the hab. If you weren't there to take out the enemy APC, it probably dies in the cradle. Due to your dedication to the mission, I'll be putting you in for an AAM. Unfortunately, that is all I can do because the LT in logistics is getting a Bronze Star.

[@HaebyungDance]

Lmao thank you sir!

[@jafermohammed3530]

this video format is great especially the explanations and the commentary!!

[@tommyboy5924]

Your content is absolutely on point, as always. Thanks for being such a great contributor to the game

[@HaebyungDance]

Thanks dude I really try

[@wolfpack571]

If the chat is a clusterfuck, prioritize squad chat. Some factions play very different from one another. Even if your new, dont be afraid of taking the initiative. Remember that people play to have fun. Dont be to hard on the "wrong" kits. If your a new squad leader, start by back capping and hold defense. You will get frustated. Carry on.

[@HaebyungDance]

Really good tips

[@DarukaEon]

Lmao! Squad 6 playing 4D chess with checker pieces. Ha ha ha! Second match was super fun to watch!

[@Hinokassaudifan1]

I really want to squad lead, but I fear for my braincells committing *unalive*

[@HaebyungDance]

Don't rush yourself. Once you start thinking "Hey I could do this better," when you're playing, that's when you can start. And the best way to learn is by doing.

[@ttocsic1235]

ironically, turning your brain off and not overthinking it is the best way to get in to squad leading. just do the basics, build a HAB, keep your squad together, make sure your squad knows where the enemies are and communicate with the rest of the team.

[@HaebyungDance]

@ttocsic1235 this is really good advice. A good SL isn’t somebody who does advanced stuff, it’s somebody who is consistent with the fundamentals.

[@DarukaEon]

Ooh hoo hoo! I love a good flank! Also! New subscriber! Never played Squad before, but now I'm inclined to. 😊

[@HaebyungDance]

Hey glad you enjoyed!!

[@shmeep8179]

Cooking as always.

[@HaebyungDance]

Well played man

[@yungcaco1443]

Great video man 👍🏻

[@gase93]

As an experienced backline SL, for 4 man SQ I'd always bring a medic, rifleman and 1 HAT/LAT. Its very risky to go out without a medic

[@HaebyungDance]

Yeah my choice to forgo a medic was a spicy one, but i rarely feel like a single LAT can do much so that was why I opted to bring two and play around the lack of a medic.

[@gase93]

@@HaebyungDance as a small unit we aim to disrupt enemy spawns and logistics. (Only if we have a HAT , we would actively ambush enemy armor as a secondary objective.) Now, if we only have a LAT we use it defensively : For logi / transport / light ones with exposed gunners - shoot the crew (only destroy it if you have spare ammo for the AT or you sense both teams are close in terms of tickets) Light ones with turrets: destroy them with 2 AT shots (aim for the engine block) APCs/IFVs - hide or focus on their turret so they need to leave the area. Tanks - you cannot kill them. Hide or aim for the tracks if nearby Armor can deal with them (communicate with your friendly MBT/IFV in advance ). The medic keeps the squad alive and fighting longer behind enemy lines, with short supplies and over numbered. (That's at least what I learnt by testing different loadouts)

[@moshethepirate1428]

​@@gase93 If the Squad is ever maneuvering a medic will be required based on the increased risk of the movement, the stationary defender has the advantage the majority of the time. Medics are less necessary if the squad is defending especially in other gamemodes(Invasion/Insurgency). If the squad is attacking a Hab/Radio/Obj/Enemy vic a medic should be required even down to a 2 man squad. If you are getting extremely sweaty the squad would not be attacking without transportation/mortar cover. This ensures you can have smoke for an advance, mortars to kill crippled enemy vics and the speed/ammo of the transportation source. My favorite transport being anything that can carry 600 ammo and doesnt require the crewman kit (open top Tigr/APC).

[@HaebyungDance]

Love the discussion guys thank you

[@gase93]

@@moshethepirate1428 yes! The Tigr is great for doing that... Hope someday they add more ammo to the MRAP or some other light vehicles 🤞

[@gior987]

Thanks, awesome video

[@beautifulheadache]

"The balls are in" LOL

[@galacticdragon9841]

I was in this game on the other team, and it was such a mess for us towards the end of the game. We stalled out on the attack then ya'll got that hab right behind Chernikov when we got rid of your northern attack, so half ya'lls team spawned right on Chernikov and absolutely fucked us up with only I think half my squad on the defense and the rest of our team on the attack, resulting in a CLEAN sweep. I learned a lot that game, mainly that if you are sitting on the defense, it is a good idea to go around scouting to find enemy habs early, and to always have at least one full squad on defense. Also another thing is, take other squad leaders seriously, squad leaders started arguing once we lost Chernikov cause most of the team didn't want to listen to the squad that was mainly attacking barracks for the game.

[@HaebyungDance]

GGs man

[@christiandonalson2342]

Prepare yourself I’ve been watching your training manuals lol

[@HaebyungDance]

LOL most of my gameplay is just chill fun, in contrast to my discussion vids, but there may be some elements you see applied!

[@christiandonalson2342]

@@HaebyungDance they helped thanks love you -marathoner lol

[@HaebyungDance]

Damn dude you really did kick my ass haha

[@christiandonalson2342]

@@HaebyungDance it was a good game and I had bad starts twice in a row thought I dropped the ball lol

[@Rain-Man]

lets go!

[@HaebyungDance]

I'm back!

[@NEXUSIX-T9]

Good vid, Dance.

[@HaebyungDance]

Thanks bro

[@FTGTrains]

9:15 technically not true. This only 100% works for HABs but defenses stay up even when the radio is taken down. I know it’s rare and nitpicky but it still happens sometimes, especially when the enemy is superfobbing a point

[@HaebyungDance]

This is very true. It was an educated guess I made based off of the context and likelihoods.

[@aaaaaz2]

love the vid, prefer this style of story telling but its probably better for the channel to make 2 separate videos? :D

[@HaebyungDance]

Thanks! Glad that you like the style. I made into one because the two were very closely related, and I wanted to test to see how the longer style would do. So for YOU, was the longer better or are the shorter ones preferable?

[@aaaaaz2]

@@HaebyungDance in this context i like the longer ones with a cohesive “story” like this vid!

[@HaebyungDance]

Thank you :)

[@UEemperor]

Somehow this felt like a love letter to my gameplay. Good shit dance! I enjoyed the gameplay, some really good moments there esp the fob takedowns. A few things to talk about/criticize would be: -Never go out without a medic. Theres just never a reason, in squad, why you wont have a medic. THAT SAID, you seemed to be ok on using rallies to respawn than heal, so i think it works out. I heavily prefer to maintain 0 or the least amount of deaths. -I think the mission profile was a bit miscommunicated in the second vid (the total side confusion 5 mins in part), and would help a lot more to make sure everyone knows their roles than just "lets go to sq 6 to support". Still ended up ok, altho both the humvee and AA was lost. -A thing you do dance and would like to point out, is that you open the map too much in situations where the priority SHOULD be to finish a fight. Obv i get the reasoning and your way of doing this, but i do think that it might be bad for the viewers to not prioritize solving the "local" situation first. Maybe a good topic for a video? Either way, kudos!

[@HaebyungDance]

Thanks man! - Yeah I talked about it with another commenter. No medic is a spicy decision but we played a very specific way to compensate with the rally as you noticed. We do also have a very different style from TTC where we don’t mind trading deaths for a goal. - There was a lot of comms in the start of the second round I cut out. It definitely could have been smoother but the mad scramble at the start of round was kinda fun ngl - I both agree and disagree on this. I do tend to get buried in my map a lot but I think most people have the opposite problem and don’t open their maps enough. Placing down those markers and making callouts is so important in pubs. This is one of Squad’s “gameisms” with the divisions of roles between SL and others. When I SL I tend to feel and function more like an officer than an NCO. But again, different styles I think. In 7th we regularly run 50-man teams whereas TTC is a highly specialized fireteam or squad, which creates different pressures for the development of our SL styles.

[@UEemperor]

@@HaebyungDance Yep definitely insightful to see different PoVs. One note is that i wasnt really talking about TTC on the third point. I also think its important to mark targets and do the general SL stuff, but i think there were moments were the situation might have been a lot better being dealt with locally, then shared, if that makes sense. Either way, good shit, i wanna see more!

[@HaebyungDance]

Yeah makes total sense - like I said, I definitely do open my map too much. But it's a habit born out of needing to coordinate with other clan SLs while relying more heavily on FTLs to fight the local fight, if that makes sense. As always, thanks for the comments man.

[@onecallednic]

I love your tactical content! have you considered doing some aim training? You seem to miss a good deal. Otherwise your leadership and expertise is next level and I look forward to running on a squad with you someday

[@HaebyungDance]

Definitely considered it, but Squad’s gunplay mechanics are inconsistent enough that I haven’t really deemed it worthwhile. Usually I can hit my shots when I’m stable. The headshot I missed on the guy by the first HAB was an issue of me not seeing his head clearly. Hipfire is a perishable skill and kinda depends on how much I’ve been playing. lol. There was a time I was much better. Running and gunning seems to be luck driven as much as by skill. Dont mind either way. But yeah I’m much more of a thinker than a shooter.

[@robs8270]

the background music is :/

I've been playing a lot on the 7th server and hopefully I'll get to be on a squad with you. Give me a shoutout if you see me there (RedWarrior) Love your videos, man!

[@HaebyungDance]

Thanks man! I’ll definitely give you shout if I see you :)

[@tugman5345]

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