The art of "leaving the ball" is a valuable lesson to learn. Often times, this will let them set up a better pass and maybe even earn you an easy goal. Rather than both crashing the ball (and it inevitably taking a weird bounce all the way downfield, back into your goal) back off and let the teammate with the better angle go for it. Even if it's not, dropping back to defend is generally the safer and better choice.Įven if you're properly rotating and you're going after the ball, your teammate may have a better angle. In many cases, you will find that it's your turn to drop back and defend. But if you're following a rotation, you should (very quickly, on the fly) assess who is in a better position to tackle the ball. It happens, and sometimes instincts just take over. Instinct will tell you to crash the ball anytime it comes near you. Get very familiar with it and use it to your advantage. It allows you to drift and whip your car around quickly to get into position, and it's helped me score a lot of unexpected goals. The handbrake is a tool I use as much as boost and jumping. This image breaks down rotation in 3v3 for both offense and defense. This gets more tricky when you're playing 2v2, but you must adapt the same principle to make sure someone is always keeping an eye on your goal. When one or two players push up for offense, one should remain back on defense. When you and your teammates are properly rotating - whether playing 2v2, 3v3 or 4v4 - the goal should never be left unattended. (To be fair, sometimes it is.)īut once you play the game for a while, you may begin to notice a pattern, aptly called "rotating." It may seem like everyone is charging after the ball flat-out all the time - it feels like pure chaos for a time. When you're first starting out, positioning is the most important thing to pay attention to. Me, way out of position, as two opponents take a shot at my goal. Personally, I say the more I can see, the better. And everyone has a slightly different preference for how it should look.
All of these things will affect what you can see in-game.
You can change the distance of the camera from your car, your field of view, the angle of the camera and much more. Customize the camera settingsīefore you take to the arena, spend some time in practice mode not only getting familiar with the mechanics of the game, but also setting up your camera. If you abandon that, what's the point anyway?īelow are 11 tips to help you climb the ranks of Rocket League. If you wish to get better at Rocket League, the first steps are to stop trying so hard and to not forget to have fun.