How to Get Your First Earnings in Fortnite

Summary

This video outlines strategies for earning in Fortnite game modes, focusing on solos, duos, squads, and zero build tournaments. Tips include playing passively for placement points, utilizing specific loadouts, and mastering endgame tactics like healing off and securing height in squads. The guide emphasizes the importance of adjusting playstyle based on game progress and Elo levels.

Takeaways

• 🏆 In Solos, winning a Victory Cup is easier as you only need to excel in one game to earn your first 100 Herb.
• 🥊 The Nitro fist has been vaulted and Nitro splashes have been nerfed, leading to a more balanced Meta where anyone can win.
• 🔄 In Opens, the importance of kills has been reduced, with wins now worth 65 points, emphasizing the need for high placements.
• 📉 The points distribution in Opens is non-linear, with most points awarded to the top six players, making it crucial to perform well in the final stages.
• 🎥 For Solo finals, determining your play style is crucial, with a focus on either passive or aggressive strategies depending on your preference.
• 🏥 Carrying six Med kits is recommended for a passive play style, allowing for extensive healing during the storm.
• 🔨 Aggressive players should carry two guns for end-game refreshes, ensuring they have the materials to secure a win.
• 🌳 In Duos, reaching the top 50 in cash cups and then top 40 in finals is the goal, with strategies varying based on Elo levels.
• 💪 High Elo in Duos is the most challenging, requiring careful gameplay to avoid mistakes that could lead to early elimination.
• 🏢 Squad Victory cash cups require winning a single game in finals, with the challenge being to qualify among only 150 teams.
• 🌟 Solo zero build Victory cups are considered the easiest to earn in, with no need for building and less impact from ping or FPS issues.

Q & A

What is the main focus of the video script?

The video script focuses on strategies for earning in different game modes in Fortnite, particularly in solos, duos, squad victory cash cups, and solo zero build victory cups.

How does the script suggest earning in solos?

The script suggests that in solos, players can earn by playing well in a single game to win Victory Cup, considering the current meta where Nitro fist has been vaulted and Nitro splashes have been nerfed.

What is the impact of the new format in open games on kills and wins?

The new format in open games reduces the importance of kills by making wins worth 65 points, while kills are less significant. This emphasizes the need for good placement over kills.

How does the distribution of placement points affect gameplay strategy in open games?

The distribution of placement points, which gives more than half of the total points to the top six players, encourages players to play extremely passively and focus on placement rather than kills.

What is the recommended play style for solo finals in the script?

The script recommends a passive play style for solo finals, where players can win without getting a single kill by focusing on healing and avoiding unnecessary engagements.

What are the key items to carry for a passive play style in solo finals?

For a passive play style in solo finals, the script suggests carrying six Med kits, a gatekeeper shotgun, a Fizz, and either more Shield or Nitro splashes.

How does the script recommend handling the end game in solos?

The script recommends 'min-maxing' in the end game, which means keeping everything completely optimal up until the end game, ensuring maximum materials and healing.

What is the strategy for earning in duos according to the script?

To earn in duos, players need to place top 50 in a Duo cash cup open and then make top 40 in the finals the next day, focusing on qualifying and then performing well in the finals.

How does the script describe the elo system in Duo cash cups?

The script describes three main elo levels in Duo cash cups: low elo (outside top 1,000), mid elo (around 1,000 to top 200), and high elo (top 200), each requiring different strategies for qualifying and winning.

What is the recommended strategy for Squad Victory cash cups?

The script recommends focusing on winning a single game in finals, emphasizing the importance of securing a high elo in the last hour or two of the tournament to qualify.

How does the script suggest players handle the final zones in solo zero build Victory cups?

The script suggests two main loadouts for solo zero build Victory cups: one passive with a combat shotgun, bunkers, bubbles, Fizz, and Nitro, and another more aggressive with a burst SMG, GateKeeper, and Nitro bunkers.

Outlines

00:00

🏆 Winning Strategies in Solos and Duos

This paragraph discusses the best strategies for earning in every game mode, focusing on solos and duos. It highlights the importance of playing well in a single game to win the Victory Cup and the changes in the meta due to the vaulting of Nitro fist and nerfing of Nitro splashes. The speaker emphasizes the need for a balanced approach in open games, where kills are less important and placement points are crucial. The strategy involves playing passively, carrying six Med kits, and using a gatekeeper shotgun, Fizz, and Nitro splashes for survival. The speaker also advises on how to handle the final zone and when to use floppers to outlast storm sickness. For duos, the focus is on qualifying for the finals by placing top 50 in the cash cup and then top 40 in the finals, with tips on handling different elo levels and the importance of the last hour of the tournament.

05:01

🤝 Duo Cash Cups and Squad Victory Cups

This paragraph delves into the specifics of Duo cash cups and Squad Victory cups, explaining the elo system and how it affects gameplay. It details the three main elo levels: low, mid, and high, and how players can strategically play aggressive or conservatively depending on their current elo. The speaker clarifies that it's easier to qualify by starting poorly and catching up towards the end, especially in the last hour of the tournament. The paragraph also covers the new tournament mode, Squad Victory cash CS, where winning a single game in finals is the goal. The speaker advises on the importance of dropping in the right place and securing a mid to high elo in the second to last game to qualify. Finally, the paragraph touches on Solo zero build Victory cups, which are considered the easiest to earn in, with tips on loadouts and strategies for both passive and aggressive playstyles.

Keywords

💡Victory Cup

A 'Victory Cup' in the context of the video refers to a game mode where the primary objective is to win a single match to earn rewards. This is significant as it contrasts with other modes where consistent performance over multiple games is required. The video emphasizes that in solo Victory Cups, players only need to excel in one game to secure their earnings, highlighting the importance of seizing opportunities in this mode.

💡Nitro Fist

The 'Nitro Fist' is a weapon mentioned in the script, which has been 'vaulted', meaning it is no longer available for use in the game. This change affects the game's meta, or the dominant strategies and tactics used by players. The video suggests that with the Nitro Fist out of the picture, the game has become more balanced, allowing for a wider range of viable strategies.

💡Meta

The 'Meta' in gaming refers to the most effective tactics available, often dictated by the current state of the game, including weapon balance and strategies. The video discusses how the removal of the Nitro Fist and changes to other items have led to a more balanced meta, where different play styles can succeed.

💡Placement Points

In the context of the video, 'Placement Points' are points awarded based on a player's finishing position in a game. The video explains that in open tournaments, the importance of kills has been reduced, and more points are awarded for higher placements, making placement a crucial factor in earning points and qualifying for finals.

💡Solos

'Solos' refers to a game mode where players compete individually. The video discusses strategies for earning in solos, such as playing aggressively to secure kills or playing passively to survive until the end. The emphasis is on adapting one's play style to maximize points and secure a win.

💡Duos

'Duos' is a game mode where players team up in pairs. The video outlines the requirements for earning in Duos, which involves placing top 50 in a cash cup and then top 40 in the finals. Strategies discussed include playing aggressively in lower ELO games to secure kills and loot, and then focusing on survival and consistency in higher ELO games.

💡Elo

ELO, or skill rating, is a measure of a player's skill level in competitive games. The video categorizes games into low, mid, and high ELO, indicating the skill level of the opponents. It suggests that players can strategically choose their play style based on the ELO of the game to maximize their chances of earning points.

💡Heal Off

'Heal Off' is a strategy where players focus on healing during the final stages of a game, often at the expense of engaging in combat. The video mentions that in both solo and squad finals, a heal off can be crucial for winning, as it allows players to outlast opponents and secure a victory.

💡Squad Victory Cash CS

'Squad Victory Cash CS' appears to refer to a specific type of tournament mode where teams compete for cash prizes. The video highlights the difficulty of qualifying for finals in this mode due to the limited number of spots available, emphasizing the importance of strategic gameplay and timing.

💡Zero Build Victory Cups

These are tournaments where building is not required, making them more accessible and less dependent on technical skills like ping or FPS. The video suggests that these cups are easier to earn in due to their format and the fact that they are not affected by these technical factors.

💡Min Maxing

'Min Maxing' in the context of Fortnite refers to optimizing one's gameplay to the fullest extent until the end game. The video describes this strategy as keeping everything optimal, such as health and materials, to ensure maximum readiness for the final stages of the game.

Highlights

Earning Victory Cup means playing well in one single game to win and take home your first 100 herb.

Nitro fist has been vaulted and Nitro splashes have been nerfed, leading to a super balanced Meta.

In open games, wins are worth 65 points, emphasizing the importance of placement over kills.

Placement points are distributed non-linearly, with more than half given to the top six players.

To qualify every week, play extremely passive and focus on placement points.

Solo finals require determining your play style and mastering strategies like healing off meta.

Carry six Med kits to heal for 600 ticks in the zone.

An ideal loadout for a passive play style includes six Med kits, a gatekeeper shotgun, a Fizz, and either more Shield or Nitro splashes.

Play extremely conservatively to make it to the end of the final zone without killing anyone.

Use old builds to save materials and scavenge loot for a refresh.

Master getting down an efficient off Swamp to live almost every game off spawn.

Min-maxing in Fortnite means keeping everything completely optimal up until end game.

For aggressive players, carry two guns to ensure refreshes deep into end game.

In the last zones, if you kill someone but don't have time to carry extra Med kits, leave your mark and walk back to get them once Zone Foy closes.

Use floppers to outlast a couple ticks of storm sickness in solos.

To earn in Duos, place top 50 in a Duo cash cup opens and then make top 40 in the finals.

Dual cash C games can be separated into three main elos: low, mid, and high.

The most important part of the cash cop is the last hour when you need to catch up and get around 350 points.

In Squad Victory cash CS, making finals is difficult with only 150 teams qualifying.

In Squad finals, height is the most optimal position, and one person needs to go for the heal off while others disrupt opponents.

Solo zero build Victory cups are arguably the easiest tournaments to earn in Fortnite.

Two main loadouts for Solo zero build Victory cups are a combat shotgun bunkers, bubbles Fizz Nitro, and a burst SMG GateKeeper with Nitro bunkers.

Transcripts

today I'll be going through the best way

to earn in every game mode in this video

I identify key strategies to placing and

earning this season whether you're

already someone who earns consistently

or someone that has yet to get their

first earnings starting off with solos

it's never been easier to earn Victory

cup means that instead of prolonged

consistency over the course of many

games all you need to do is play well in

one single game to win it and take home

your first 100 herb now the Nitro fist

have been vaulted and the Nitro splashes

have been nerfed The Meta is actually

super balanced and anyone can get a win

in finals before finals though you you

actually have to account for the huge

format change in opens instead of it

being 30 points per win and one point

per kill they basically half the

importance of kills by making wins worth

65 points this old format was already

placement heavy but the new format is

even more so so that basically means

kills are useless this means that in

order to qualify every week you need to

play extremely passive and not only are

the placement points extremely important

the way that they're distributed is not

linear at all instead of evenly giving

out points as the lobby dies down they

give more than half of the total

placement points in the lobby to the top

six players dying in seventh gives you

30 points or winning the game gives you

65 which is an absolutely insane

exponential explosion in points given at

the very end the main difference between

how it was before and how it is now is

that you can't rack up points needed

with a bunch of mediocre games instead

you need two strong games to give you

enough points to qualify now moving on

to finals I've already made a dedicated

video talking about solo finals and if

you want to hear a more in-depth

explanation about it go watch that video

but the first thing you have to do is

determine your play style the more

passive the players watching this video

it's 100% possible to win a game without

getting a single kill because of the

heal off meta in my other video I watch

a whole game of mine where I win without

getting a single refresh the trick to

doing this is a couple things first off

it's important to carry six Med kits six

Med kits allow you to heal for 600 ticks

in zone which is how long it takes for

storm sickness to start ticking any more

Med kits than that and it's useless

because you won't be able to pop them an

ideal Loadout for this play style would

be six Med kits a gatekeeper shotgun a

Fizz and either more Shield or Nitro

splashes in order to make it to the end

of final Zone without killing anyone you

need to do one of two things the first

option is to play extremely

conservatively and I mean extremely

conservatively you have to do things

like sitting in cones instead of boxing

up midm moving zones and timing your

rotates perfectly so you don't have to

build to block shots to execute this you

need to have topnotch awareness of your

surroundings so that you can understand

exactly what you can get away with and

what is going to you kill another

strategy you can use that I touched on

in my full guide is using old builds to

save materials if you don't feel conf

going for kills but you use too many

mats to not need a refresh a good

strategy is trying to scavenge loot

often times when someone dies the person

who killed them doesn't get all of their

loot or any of it and whoever is the

most aware can often times just jump on

it and get it first now one of the

biggest mistakes I see is people over

complicating everything the first thing

you need to master is getting down an

efficient off Swamp because since

there's only three games you need to

make sure you live almost every game off

spawn because you can play all of them

out every time during mid game your only

focus should be to stay Max healed and

Max Max mats in solos I like to do

what's called Min maxing Min maxing in a

fortnite context means keeping

everything completely optimal up until

end game this means building off every

angle to ensure you don't waste heels

while ensuring you rearm literally

everything possible to stay completely

Max mats for as long as possible once

you've mastered this concept and can

consistently make two to three end games

completely stacked you should be able to

win some games now for the more

aggressive and more confident players

instead of carrying six Med kits you

should be carrying two guns to make sure

you can get refreshes deep into end game

since everybody knows the games go to

heal off just about everybody in the

final zone is carrying Med kits often

times instead of their secondary gun

this gives you with a secondary gun a

huge Advantage looking for kills and it

will not only allow you to secure the

mats you need to close out the game but

also pick up the med kits that you need

in the last Zone rather than holding on

to them for the entire game another

small tip for these last zones is if you

kill someone but don't have time to

carry the extra Med kits you can leave

your mark on them and then walk back to

get them once Zone Foy closes out this

often times is worth it because taking

ticks to grab them before Zone f closes

makes you susceptible to losing to storm

sickness even if you have six man kits

for the final bonus to for solos you can

use floppers to outlast a couple ticks

of storm sickness so save them and use

your medkits first and then once you

start getting storm sickness warning

count 10 seconds and then immediately

start popping your floppers moving out

to the next game mode to earn in Duos in

order to earn in Duos you need to place

top 50 in a Duo cash cup opens and then

make top 40 in the finals the next day

while getting top 40 can be relatively

difficult if it's your first Finals the

main challenge is getting top 50 and

qualifying into the finals to begin with

dual cash C games can mainly be

separated into three main elos for those

of you who don't know the amount of

points that you queue into a game with

determines the skill or points of the

other people in your game the first of

of three is low ELO these are the games

that start when you're outside of the

top 1,000 of the tournament these are

the types of games you can play

aggressive in order to secure a lot of

kills and game-winning loot to boost

yourself up on the leaderboard a common

misconception that a lot of people have

about the Dual cash cups is that they

think that once they've done poorly in a

couple of games it's over from there and

there's no way to catch up and qualify

this is completely wrong in fact it's

actually easier to qualify by doing

poorly at the beginning and catching up

towards the end I'll explain why this is

the case once I get through the other

two elos but it's important to note the

most important part of the cash cop is

that last hour this is when you need to

catch up and get around 350 points so

that the qualification is within 65

points AKA one win now back to the elos

mid ELO is when you're within around

1,000 to top 200 in these games in order

to make it up to the top 50 you just

need to win but players on average will

be pretty decent and in these lobbies

you should play aggressive enough so

that you can secure your storm surge and

winning loot early finally Hilo hyow are

the hardest lobbies in the tournament

and most of the players in them are Pros

in order to do well in tournaments you

need to make sure that you're not

wasting a lot of time in Long games

where you don't get any points and the

games that are easiest to die at this

20-minute Mark are these ones these

types of games you get punished hard for

making any type of mistake while the

ideal way to qualify seems like it would

be to get a high kill win and then stay

consistent throughout the next two and a

half hours of the tournament in practice

that's actually extremely difficult

instead of trying that often times it's

much easier to just die and ride the low

and mid ELO throughout the first two

hours of the tournament and then towards

the end in that last hour you shoot up

to higho for one final game that way you

only need to stay consistent in one

really hard game if you take a look at

this match history you can see they

start off kind of hot but as soon as

they get into those higher ELO games it

becomes extremely difficult and they die

early in mid game at 12 minutes and then

right at the beginning of end game in

17th Place these games really give no

points and so now they're falling back

down to Mid ELO and they get into lsh

mid ELO now in this last hour they get a

15 kill win in that mid to Lish ELO that

boosts them up a ton and now all they

need is like a top six or seven to call

they end up getting a six with three

kills which easily qualifies them and

that's honestly one of the easiest ways

to qualify the next game mode you can

earn in is the new tournament mode from

this season Squad Victory cash CS these

are Victory cups so the only thing you

have to do to earn is win a single game

in finals the main difference between

this and solos though is that making

finals is actually quite difficult

instead of the top 5,000 players

qualifying only 150 teams which is 600

total people in squads to qualify it's

absolutely necessary to drop iut win

again like Duos though it doesn't matter

how you're doing until that last hour or

two games is as long as you use your

second to last game to put yourself in a

mid to high ELO and then your last game

to secure qual that's as easy as to get

it is worth mentioning though that since

this is only a 2-hour tournament in

squads instead of Duos it's easier to

stay consistent in high Evo throughout

the tournament since they're less games

overall and in squads it's just easier

to stay alive once you qualify winning a

game in finals is the real challenge

again like in solos it comes down to a

heal off every game unlike in solos

though the vast majority of games are

won by the team has height in squads

since every team is 6,000 mats usually

they end up tarping throughout the

moving zones and everyone needs a

refresh again so most of the times

everyone just starts getting in on each

other right at the end this means that

on any layer other than height it

becomes really hard not to get griefed

and jumped in on at the end when you're

going to try and get your heal off

another benefit to high grounded squads

that only one person needs to go for the

heal off so the other three can drop

down and try and disrupt the other

players heall to guarantee your squads

well now that we can understand why

height is the most optimal position in

squads the next course of action should

be figuring out how to get it in Squad

finals surge is high and in order to

stay stacked you need kills throughout

the game so instead of playing out all

your RS in end game I think that if

you've made as end game the best

strategy is to go for a refresh it will

give you tons of mats that way you can

go for right now for the final and

arguably the easiest game mode to earn

in Solo zero build Victory cups not only

are these arguably the easiest

tournaments to earn that fortnite has

ever had from a difficulty standpoint

they also aren't affected by ping or FPS

since you don't need to build and

there's never that many people alive in

endgame which means that basically

anyone on any setup or anything can earn

not to mention that since they got rid

of regional you've can play multiple of

these cups a single day since the pain

doesn't matter I'm going to skip over

opens because it's really easy to

qualify all you have to do is just sit

in the bush and can in the finals there

are two main loadouts that you should be

holding first off the more passive

Loadout is a combat shotgun bunkers

bubbles Fizz Nitro this Loadout allows

you to carry a lot of utility so that

you don't have to go for risky plays

like pushing people out of their bunkers

or other things like that the main

downside to this load out is that

enclosed range fights you're at a

disadvantage to anyone that has a

gatekeeper and at long range you don't

even have a gun to shoot the combat

shotgun really only excels at mid-range

so you have to ideally limit your

interactions to those tanks the other

load out and the one I recommend is a

burst SMG GateKeeper is Nitro bunkers

while this sounds like not such a great

idea to not carry utility like bubbles

it actually works out because you can

use your extremely powerful guns to push

people off their bunkers which means you

don't have to use your own this also

allows you to be stronger throughout

fights in the game and if you look at

people winning multiple games most of

them are carrying two guns if you like

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