He’s won about $365,000 while playing for some notable teams including: Ghost Gaming, Rogue, and his current team, FaZe Clan. If I had to relearn Rocket League, my controls would look very similar to these.Īt age 18, Firstkiller is playing in his native country of the United States. Still, at least he’s not got directional Air Rolls on the face buttons… jheesh. Unlike many other pros, he doesn’t have a directional Air Roll bound. Like most pros (if not all of them), Jknaps has opted for his Powerslide and Air Roll to be on the same button. At age 23, he’s older than most heads knocking about the scene but he’s not to be messed with. He’s a mainstay of the scene, having spent the majority of his time with G2 Esports and racking up a mammoth $505,000 in prize winnings. Jknaps is a Canadian pro currently playing in the United States. Jknaps at the world showdown of Esports (WSOE) He can access boost and every other button at the same time. The rest of his keybinds are relatively easy to understand and we see why he’s got them this way. I personally couldn’t imagine playing like this but hey. He’s opted to put directional Air Rolls on two of his face buttons, Square and Circle. Hey, he’s much better than me so maybe I’m doing it wrong. He’s been ranked both in 20 as the 14th best player, let's see if he can improve on that in 2023.Īir Roll (Left/Right): L1 (Square / Circle)Īs you can see, ApparentlyJack has some questionable keybinds. Having racked up an impressive $173,000 in prize money so far, it’s safe to say that ApparentlyJack will be one of the best players. With all that out of the way, let’s get into some of the settings used by the pros.ĪpparentlyJack is a British Rocket League pro currently playing in the United States for Gen.G Mobil1 Racing.

The default controller scheme doesn’t even come with Air Roll left or Air Roll right bound by default. It’s just not even a real option unless you are Torsos, the mad Australian lad. There are no right or wrong answers here except for the default control scheme and using a keyboard. It’s better to play with a control scheme that is weird for everyone else but perfect for you if you can get the full range of motions from it. The last thing to remember is that controls are personal preference. This gives them more control over the car overall, but is significantly harder to learn than just having one directional Air Roll. One for Air Roll left and another for Air Roll right. Some pros even take this a step further and bind 2 directional Air Roll buttons. This also translates better to learning freestyling and other more advanced mechanics. Pros bind a directional Air Roll key so that they can maintain the car's direction with the left stick and still have the ability to Air Roll by holding down a single button. At higher levels of play, this becomes infeasible to do as you need the full motion of the left stick to aerial your car quickly and efficiently. By default, Air Roll is activated by holding Square / X and turning the left analogue stick in the desired direction. You’ll also notice that pros tend to bind at-least one directional Air Roll key. They do this so they can use the boost button, Powerslide and Air Roll simultaneously. Most pros opt to keep their Powerslide and Air Roll on the same key as each other but change the default layout so they are on one of the shoulder buttons such as R1/RB. With the default keybinds above, you’ll notice that a lot of your car’s mobility is dictated by the face buttons. Default Keybindsįirst up, we need to know why changing your controls is such a beneficial thing to do. One of the most common configurations of keybinds. I just wanted to go over a few basic things before we look at the pros controller set up so we understand why they have their controls set up this way.

But first… No it's not a sponsored segment. Let's have a look at the top 5 best Air Roll settings used by pros in Rocket League. Pros have been changing their controls up for years, and there is no reason that we shouldn’t as well. Too often, people will stick with the default configuration and miss out on so much potential because it’s nearly impossible, if not counter-intuitive, to use the default keybinds. Air Roll is a really important setting to get right in Rocket League.

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