Movement Shooting & Strafing

Learn essential movement, shooting, and strafing techniques in THE FINALS. Improve your combat effectiveness with tips on positioning, aiming, and dodging.

Mastering movement, shooting, and strafing is crucial for success in THE FINALS. This guide covers key techniques to enhance your combat performance.

Key Techniques:

• Strafing: Continuously move left and right while firing to make yourself a harder target. Combine this with aiming down sights (ADS) for better accuracy.
• Counter-Strafing: Briefly tap the opposite movement key to stop your momentum instantly, allowing for precise shots.
• Slide-Jumping: Use the slide mechanic followed by a jump to quickly change direction or gain a burst of speed. The recent patch has slightly decreased the movement velocity required to trigger a slide, making them easier to perform.
• Aiming Down Sights (ADS): While strafing, utilize ADS for increased weapon accuracy, especially at range. Some weapons, like the FAMAS, have had their recoil reduced when ADS.
• Environmental Awareness: Utilize the destructible environments to your advantage. Create new sightlines or use cover effectively.
• Gadget Synergy: Tools like the Hover Pad and Jump Pad can be used to reposition quickly or gain high ground, complementing your movement.
• Health and Speed Adjustments: Be aware of recent balance changes, such as the Heavy's increased movement speed and decreased health, and the Light's decreased movement speed and increased health.

By practicing these techniques and staying updated on game balance changes, you can significantly improve your survivability and effectiveness in combat.