The Quick and Dirty Guide to Squad Leading | Squad Leader Tips, Settings and Keybinds for Squad

[@MoiDawg]

I'm probably Squad Leading right now over on Twitch! Come say hi! www.twitch.tv/MoiDawg

[@A_Qwynide]

... Squad Leading that Bob Ross Hot Tub Stream

[@riseup3150]

I remember literally my first game ever back in freaking v8 or something I joined a squad got passed sl immediately didn't notice till a vet pointed it out and then the entire squad gathered around to help me place a rally. 2000+ hr later and I miss those boys haven't seen them on in 3 years I miss you La Savior.

[@juliocamposhaedo9222]

I would also suggest asking to your squad who wants to be fireteam leader Bravo and Charlie, they will be your second and third set of eyes for spotting vehicles and enemies

[@MoiDawg]

I actually cut a section of the video going over this since it was getting too long. Agreed 100%!

[@juliocamposhaedo9222]

@@MoiDawg Yeah i get it, great video and I'm gonna try out the Right and Left audio setting today!

[@Wauwwie]

I usally give the hat/lat FTL and assign a rifleman to that group, and asks who wants the other FTL. And maybe a video about FTL on how to use FTL properly, as FTL. As FTL you can build stuff too, but anyone hardly uses it to place sandbags for a wall so you can peak over it, or use it build defences themselfes.

[@nickname-kr1yx]

And I didn’t learn until recently that they also have the ability to put down basic fortifications like sandbags.

[@Kole723]

SL's leaving has got to be one of the most annoying things

[@avay8726]

Yeah, when the plan doesnt work and SL abandon his squad, i hate when SL do that

[@drewbienewbie03xx81]

Yea man, when I first started playing I would create a squad cause I was impatient. I would always transfer the sl position. Found out that was not a good practice and I started asking the squad if anyone wanted it instead. Now I'm 100% comfortable as an ftl and am gonna try out sl soon!

[@zer0coolninja887]

Bro I been new as a 2nd medic then boom in hear yellow chat

[@MM-op6ti]

@@avay8726 “sorry mates looks like we’re gonna lose this one” *changes teams*

[@ohdevy]

I'm a total noob in this game and was promoted by sl leaving and I panicked and left the server cuz idk wtf I'm doing. So here I am. Learning and shit

[@VCR1117]

The intro is gold. Every round is like that now days haha 😂

[@privatefrizz8627]

One time my Sl made a squad; only to leave and play armor instead…

[@hectatusbreakfastus6106]

Lots of good tips on the video. He even showed an ideal radio location, if you bury the access to the radio with the hab so the enemy needs to dig it down before they can access the radio to demolish it. Hide or bury your radios as best you can, if you are doing a in the woods type fob hide your radio in a bush, drive the logi away from it immediately, and build the fob somewhere far away from the radio and it will be very hard for the enemy to find it. More habs is better than less habs, Ideally all points should have 3 habs defending a point from different angles and you can hold it down extremely well. A good rule of thumb is that you should try have a good amount of hours in the game before you start taking squad lead roles, it makes for a good experience over all. Also when building your bases, think about how you would assault your base if you were the enemy. That will help you to do stupid things like build your fob in a valley surrounded by hills on all sides completely exposed and not hidden in a building. Assigning fireteam leaders is also helpful since they can mark the map for you when they spot enemies. You also want to have your squad working together, if they are all over the map it doesn't help the team that much however that can be situational so use your judgement but being a squad lead can sometimes feel like you are herding squirrels. The squad mortar calculator makes dropping mortars with deadly precision extremely easy and it's epic! On the last free weekend I had a guy raining mortars down for our team and he thanked me saying that it was the best squad experience he's had. I have no idea how many enemies he wiped out but we completely crushed the enemy team. Another tip would be if you plan on rushing and putting a fob deep in enemy lines or at the middle of the map, if you have ANY delays driving there immediately stop that plan and put a hab way further back or you'll just get your squad wiped and lose a logi full of supplies. A delay can be as simple as two logi's bumping each other while driving down the same road. The rush fobs are time sensitive because you'll likely be attacked immediately while you are trying to build it. Communication as a squad lead can get pretty hairy because a lot of SL's like to spam command chat. Try to communicate as effectively as possible (something we all need to work on, and something the military guys have a huge leg up on the rest of us). Most importantly have fun! The community is pretty good especially if you are a new player or new SL, there is usually someone on your squad that is willing to walk you through what you need to do. I tried to summarize a bunch of tips in one comment but a lot of people are dropping knowledge also.

[@Prefix1998]

When someone makes a squad and immediately dumps it on someone else to use a specialist role (9 times outta 10 it's marksman) remember to kick his ass out of that squad.

[@nickname-kr1yx]

There really needs to be some sort of punishment for people who create a squad then immediately leave it just to drop squad lead on some random player. It’s been rampant lately and it completely fucks up the staging phase when you’ve got two or three squads playing musical chairs for SL.

[@grey.7828]

If I am in a squad where the crester gives it to someone random. I ask for the sl and kick the asshole

[@maxmitrochine8758]

🤣🤣🤣🤣" musical chairs " so true

[@ViisualsHD]

i wish squad was more represented on media as the game it actually is, a badass brain stimulating strategy game that is, god honest, sometimes the most brutally boring and/or blood pressure turbo boosting game youve ever played in your entire life. people think they can just jump in and immediately get in action movie style massive scale firefights when a majority of the time youre running thru seemimgly empty woods while passing 2 different enemy squads all laying in the grass under your nose

[@skate5652]

bro but those fights are cinematic AF

[@ViisualsHD]

@@skate5652 they very much are and fun to experience as well, but i just hate hearing my friends talk shit on it or ask how i have "so many hours in such a shit game" when the only reason they dont like it is bc they play it like battlefield and just want to run around and shoot stuff. by all means if thats what will get it done but if i say we gotta pull out the shovels they all start squealing about how its dumb lol

[@PrimeNPC]

This lol. I love doing wide flanks and honestly 80% of my time near enemies is spent prone in the grass letting them or vehicles pass by lol

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

I got Squad back during V9 and after about 3 or 4 matches I felt comfortable enough to give playing SL a shot. It was tough at first but with a little common sense you can manage it. As much fun as it was playing SL sadly it became more of a necessity than a preference because more often than not if I didn't lead my squad would get led into easily avoidable ambushes and meat grinders. You'd be amazed how 9 times out of 10 simply attacking the enemy from behind when everyone else on your team is attacking from the same direction can make or break the battle.

[@Rodi727]

OWI should put that Video into the Tutorial.Thank you Moi for educating people on how to properly play the game

[@Aleks-Milenkovic]

A good way to start to learn how to squad lead is doing logi runs as a dedicated logi one man squad just re supplying radio's. I've learnt alot just by listening to the comand radio communication whilst being a vital team player making sure the whole team has enough supply's. Squad leading is one thing but specific tactics for each map are crucial for the win and listening in on what's going on is very beneficial it's also great for map knowledge experience and no one is going to complain about someone doing dedicated logi runs because mostly its seen as boring everyone wants to go to the objective understandibly 😅 but I have learnt ALOT as a logi guy

[@tom.w7273]

The timing for this video to come out is perfect. I was looking for your old sl video but its quite old.

[@30ShotKid]

"Oh I'm Squad Leader now..."

[@geofft08]

I usually take SL if someone leaves and new SL doesn't want it. What bothers me is command channel and other squads don't listen much to a new SL that's not well known. While you might have a full and capable squad, if feels useless cause either other squads/command don't listen nor believe in your capabilities

[@destroyerimo]

we need more of these skits!!

[@debian11]

Thanks for doing these sort of videos up. Very helpful for the player base.

[@Notllamalord]

I got bullied for driving my squad's logi off the edge, this helped a lot

[@EmperorElijah]

I was a squad leader on a match today after our squad lead left, I wish I watched this video before lol. I was an awful squad lead, tho I was good at spotting enemies for my team

[@MrReiSBey98]

0:54 Too real man ... Too real...

[@leonverhaegh4126]

I actually recommend going for 75% on the viop balace settings

[@miguelturner7824]

The Russian BTR squad thing has happened to me so many times. Like, all I want to do is be in the commmander seat and use the binos to spot vics.

[@mihaipuscas919]

Good and detailed video man..i struggled for weeks to understand this part..now i have it clear

[@Jagecage]

Legit I always recommend you to my friends for how to instructions on squad

[@zanzibarzamfir276]

Ye ay those first skits are pretty common occurrences, quite sad. Ironically though they end up being really fun games, its like the rest of the squad sort of knows that the sl wasn't the sl and they give em more slack so you guys end up enjoying the stress free game. Still not preferable to having some one how want to do it though haha.

[@chewie_9893]

great acting tbh

[@MoiDawg]

Emmy Award Winning

[@asciiCAT]

i need more of it

[@joe97man]

Paid actors

[@christophertrynchy8585]

upvote for the intro. right in the feels.

[@davidpielykh3996]

Just what I needed

[@LaikaTheG]

A lot of servers have now made it a rule that armor squads are locked to normal infantry. What sucks is that most of the time I will let inf join my armor squads when other squads are locked or full for the reason of they have no where else to go and just let them do their own thing but admins will get angy and threaten to kick me. It’s the dumbest thing ever especially since I enjoy having inf support against enemy AT kits.

[@andyderp6473]

Yeah I've messaged Admins about this as x markmens kits can cuck your lat kits so having the lats work with armour just seems to make sense, I've done it a few times where we have 2 crew 2 lats and the appropriate riflemen to allow two specialist kits and it worked wonders being a anti vehicle squad.

[@ZigzagEnd]

1:01 😭 the violation

[@jaggybot9631]

Just come from BF as saw that the latest one looks like its going for a fortnite type game, much more flashy flashy look at me. However Squad on the other hand is amazing, I love how its not just a free for all and everyone isn't just running for the vehicles. Its more team based and as "realistic" to IRL as a game can be, I've never shat myself more in a game when bullets are whizzing above my head. Awesome! 10/10 - wish I had a better PC to run it

[@GhosthoundYT]

I should give this video to the guys who were SL in my last game... Me: "Ah.. is nobody building HABs beside me?" Sq 4: "What is HAB?" Me: "mmmm... Delicious pain" 15 minutes later MAJOR DEFEAT

[@u18wal]

I made my first HAB today so now I know what that is okayyyeeee!!!

[@dsolie1131]

My first time squad leading was yesterday and the previous SL dumped is on me. Now squad leading is my second favorite role behind lat.

[@Sturgill.]

Honestly only done squad lead a few times as I’m new, I play arma more frequently. Anyway, I noticed just communicating is the biggest thing. So many SL just never talk and tell you to stay somewhere way behind lines and give one command every 30 minutes and refuse to accept pointers. I just communicated with my squad and asked their viewpoints and assigned anyone with experience as fireteam leaders and let them take a few guys too.

[@dark_4936]

Love the start XD

[@kwcnasa]

This is a good video on what Squad Leading do.

[@hectatusbreakfastus6106]

Hahaha yeah you nailed all the squad types right off the start.

[@themasterninja110]

Is there anyway we can get a marksman tutorial any time soon? I quite enjoy playing the marksman class and I wish to know how to better relay what I see behind my scope to mortar teams or the rest of my squad and provid more effective overwatch

[@mattmanhero2375]

LOVE IT!

[@skingiseasy6912]

Last problem THE SQUAD NEEDS TO LISTEN FIRST

[@venturefanatic9262]

OMG, Thank You!!

[@andyderp6473]

I was having issues hearing my squad over command chat and it's a huge issue as I'm a very aggressive (in movement and pushing) SL but this was my first time SLing, I overlooked that split audio gonna try it today, I found my brain getting flustered being in CQB, with 4 audio sources coming into my ear, while fighting, while being asked to micro manage people, while It seemed I was the only one who could frag enemies. Still managed to top frag, obj and revive score my team but Jesus I felt so stretched across all areas of the game. It put me off SL but I'm gonna try that today

[@jamesmclaughlin272]

You're the ideal squadmate ngl. If you can frag and know what to do without being micromanaged, hell even fireteam lead and spot threats, you're giving your SL and the rest of your squad a good game. My best games as SL are when I have 2-3 really competent people in my squad under me, they just make leading 10x easier. More frequently though SL is herding cats, not fun...

[@PrimeNPC]

They have volume sliders for each channel now and also you can set squad / command comms to come through only the left or right headphone - a genius move

[@TheHujnik]

At these days it's kinda easy to squad lead but to win you need more people which understand the game

[@Cptlink420]

Usually I find it more fun to f around than play seriously when playing insurgents, theres no point roleplay something that doesnt exist IRL. Also VBIEDs are the most effective weapons in the game.

[@mikesmart3734]

Thanks mate. Nice and concise. :)

[@TheMetalfreak360]

I am no leader, having difficulties with my voice is one thing as well. But whenever I lead a squad because there is no other option, like, here in EU many squads kick you if you don't talk "x" language even though the server has "ENG" in it, or the squad didn't specify. Anyways, whenever I do, I tend to have the most problem with cordination with other squads, in the sense that the SL channel is not much used, and whenever you hear something, it is in a language you don't get at all. I just tend to give tips to players if they dunno something, try to keep them alive, and stick to simple things like "We are gonna defend this point" and give orders about different POI. Tend to be the most effective squad in most games, so I am guessing I am doing something right even though I am not confident and dunno 50% of the time wtf I am doing except running around with binos.

[@PrimeNPC]

In Hell Let Loose i find it's vital to have comms between squads but in Squad more people seem to know what they're doing and have larger squads, you can talk direct to Commander with Num 0 and often I only engage with the Commander and request orders and only talk to other SLs when spotting / warning etc

[@TheMetalfreak360]

@@PrimeNPC Wow. Necro post from 1 year ago.

[@thewargamingreports]

very good work. thank u

[@ArmadilloManiac]

Great Tips!

[@thelesserknownhansenbro8028]

Nothing worse than when I’m tank hunting as a HAT then I see “you have been promoted to squad leader”. Then you get the whole “why are you a HAT as a squad leader?”

[@bearwincariaga4623]

the last one hits me hard I WANT TO BE A DOOR GUNNER

[@benny7305]

I can not keep my squad organized or engaged for the life of me. Medic at heart. Lol

[@Dynasty1818]

Typical day in Squad - nobody opens a squad, rush in to a squad the second one opens, then shouts at you for not being a good squad lead.

[@yungcaco1443]

Intro is 👌🏻😂😂😂

[@Endumattis]

Should make a video how to be Mechanized inf squad leader video :)

[@GotMullet1985]

Top intro

[@mr.jacksonp1735]

Be me, just downloaded the game, do the tutorial, mess around on the range have a total of 15-20 Minute of Total Playtime hop on a server, joined an open squad of 9/9, the SL leaves, you become Squad Lead randomly, people saying get a squad lead kit, you have no idea what that is or where to get one, you head out and die.

[@diesel92kj1]

Worst things are being given recruit kit in the middle of nowhere & needing an SL kit when passed it again in the middle of nowhere, both leading to you either being kicked from the game or the squad disbanded, this needs fixing.

[@JuanMercado91]

i came for the quick and dirty but will be returning for the lulz

[@Jeremiah59]

Any tips on avoiding people who are not noob friendly?

[@fergusconnor7476]

I main SL now and my first time squadleading was when the other guy lefy

[@xlim5367]

This happens to me all the time. I become the SL because the previous one left. And when i try to speak to command and ask them if there is anything we could help with, everybody is just silent and doesn't respond. I really don't know what to do when that happens, Any advice?

[@joshchu]

mutes every SL except Cmdr, put down rallies, sets marker, and don't talk.

[@justanotherfollower4693]

Ahhh the intro, AHHHHHH

[@echo5827]

9 Is just too many I can't keep track of 8 people and make sure they're busy, then two guys go off on their own and now we have no AT or medic. Not to mention no one wants rifleman so we get no ammo

[@benhopper7341]

John nearly forgot his name, haha.

[@outdisbih4339]

good ass video

[@kunturkusilla1933]

i always end up as SL like the intros

[@ptrckk88]

my nr1 tip is to watch a tutorial !

[@maggot8213]

how do you rotate a FOB ?

[@YDSimeonov]

Asking the real question here!

[@bensmith6868]

When someone passes SL at beginning to a random I ask for it then chew them out and kick them then lead us to victory

[@05-arfianaliefyanto6]

aww yes, the intro that BTR team is so true, like BTR is have like 6 more seats for invantry, why they lock the squad only for 2 people, why not a full squad, its more effective

[@Freshy287]

Being a dedicated amour squad, the squad leader probably don't want to micro manage infantry, as they are not gonna be on the objective all the time. They can transport squads for sure tho

[@privatefrizz8627]

Moidawg: calls the outside FOB circle “gray” Me: ITS WHITE!!

[@zetsev1494]

I just want to know one thing about the community... It's healthy (I mean if there is toxicity or a disrespecful treatment with the new players) cause I really want to play with a team mindset but I'm nervous to just playing another Insurgency full of lone wolves

[@joaquinvidal2583]

When you ran over the guy

[@jeremylanier4743]

I will play for ten hours just for that one game that everyone follows chain of command.

[@LoadDiscrepancy]

Lol this video was made for me XD

[@Jesper1988]

Squad runs bad on my pc very laggy in combat :( i have a rtx 3070 ryzen 5 3600 16gb ingame 1440p

[@Freshy287]

@jesper what is the ping on the servers? And your settings?

[@hugohom2280]

maybe install the game on an ssd

[@masteryoda535]

Died at 1:02

[@definitelynotadam]

1:20 they aren't scared, they are just too lazy to lead.

[@ChromeN9ne]

What is the purpose of the radio structure?

[@SomeDude-gs7om]

Radio allows creation and use of team spawn points. Destroy radio, and the spawn will dissapear in 1 minute.

[@ChromeN9ne]

@@SomeDude-gs7om yeah, I figured it out in the game :D but thank you

[@jamols09]

Lol so accurate

[@midwestfps]

For the Algorithm!

[@Lazuli2-6]

this intro hits way too close to home

[@Herro676]

Id add, never give marksman fireteam, and kick marksman if over 100 meters away

[@ttocsic1235]

eh there are some good marksmen in the game, also 100m is a reasonable spread across a 9 man squad, considering at least 10m spacing. Also, if they're useless as a marksman I'd ask them to change kits rather than kicking them, because otherwise you're a man down and you've pissed someone off.

[@balintnemes6774]

Quick question: have you ever won as INS invading on Anvil?

[@MoiDawg]

I've only played it once, but no. Half my team decided to not attack the first objective so it was pretty tough. You need to hard push the first objective with the entire team because once they're set up it's almost impossible to get them out as INS. Still think it's a great layer since it's unique but needs a lot of coordination.

[@spacebar8015]

say hi to me...

[@toinewitteveen6907]

Just disband swuad its funny asf