I’ve recently started playing McCree (I know, I’m over 3 years late) after spending about 3 hours playing McCree 1 in the chamber and learning how to actually aim with him. I’ve been using him in total mayhem, Team Deathmatch, and a little bit of quick play to good effect
I’m able to get kills, I understand the range of Flashbang, and I still die more than I would like, but I’m maintaining a consistent 45-55% accuracy per game while using primary fire exclusively.
I have one major problem though: Fan The Hammer. This mode of firing doesn’t make any sense to me. I try doing what I’ve seen in countless killcams, but no matter whether I’m barrel stuffing an enemy at point blank range, moving the camera to compensate for recoil, standing a bit away from my target, or moving forward while using spam the hammer, I cannot seem to ever land more than 0-1 out of 6 shots and my accuracy (and ability to burst) is severely suffering as a result. I can reliably two tap most targets after flashbang, but can never execute the flash-fan combo or fan-roll-fan combo. I think I’ve only been able to get one fan the hammer kill in the Several hours I’ve spent playing him over the past couple of weeks.
Can anyone explain how to reliably use fan the hammer? Are the rng bullets not worth my time? Should I just stick to my consistent ability to RT (M1 for you pc users) all of my targets?
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I never really use it much. I get better results just shooting them in the head If they’re a squishy hero. For tanks or bigger hitbox enemies I use fth.
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I only use it to down tanks if they are in range.
Basically, point blank range, aimed at the naval area and pull the mouse down to control. Then roll for the reload then FTH again.
Flash + fan is not comfortable for me to use. I just flash + heads.
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For some reason my fth still misses against those targets. Like I’ll have my crosshair center mass, the monkey jumps and boom there goes all my bullets, or so it seems.
To clarify, I just had a scenario about 5 minutes ago where a monkey literally used a standard jump and my FTH missed when I was maybe one or two steps away (those bridge-like structures on Castillo. We were standing as far apart as the width of those bridges)
It has a pretty big spread. I guess best advice is to test it on every hero in practice range and get a feel for how far you can be and still get the most from it. In my experience it’s usually point blank range lol.
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Good idea! I forgot I could spawn in test dummies in the PR
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Actually using FtH like that requires some degree of recoil control and tracking.
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Aim a bit lower than center mass.
My crosshair is always point at the naval/pubic area and i just slightly pull the mouse down as the crosshair rises. That way you’re maximize surface area/effect of the spread.
Crotch area.
Maybe even…gootch area for some…stability.
Also, buttcheeks…cause…buttcheeks.
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Don’t use it unless it’s a tank or you flashed them at point blank range.
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Interesting. So you’re saying that fth requires recoil management and a bit of aim like Whole Hog?
It always seems like such a fire-and-forget ability when it’s used against me and I watch the ensuing killcam.
Try it on the bots.
You can see there’s a slight muzzle flip to each shot that raises your crosshairs a bit. That’s why i pull the mouse down.
Mind you my sense is like 3.5 on 500dpi so i pull a lot on the mouse. Lol.
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Pretty much. Everyone thinks it’s skillless because it’s almost entirely useless outside point blank range, so using it skillfully doesn’t really do much outside very niche scenarios.
A good way to test it is to have infinite ammo in a custom. It’s legit hard to not look at the ceiling. Combat roll stops it should you require a break.
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I use it on barriers, mostly.
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Um…
My vertical sensitivity is 40!
I’m playing on Xbox
Ah i see.
When i had it on XB1, my sense settings where still pretty low. I forget now but i was all”…man this contoller be trippin…” i think im like…the only one who uses inverted settings.
Then i figured out about the different controlly settings you can tweak to make it a bit better. Like the legacy thing and the other one.
Edit:
Got it:
Vertical: 35
Hori: 45
This is besides the point but im just saying.
Bottomline:
Aim low and let the recoil take you to centre mass or up until the neck area.
Now i have a nasty habbit of flashing the floor. So my crosshair is already in a low position. This is a bad habbit.
But for reins and others where you flash high, aim as close to the chest a possible in the amount of time your given. Lll
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after flashing a target get super close and press m2
aim for their center of mass, easier to hit and it cant headshot anyways
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Fan the barriers, fan the Hammond who s hiding his head, fan in panic mode against a group up enemies. That’s what fan the hammer is for.
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Use it in close range.
It is pretty much the only place you are ever gonna use it actually. The spread is too high that makes it useless in long ranges unless you are spamming them on a shield from a far.
However, here is a thing about FtH. People HATE getting it unloaded into their own faces, hell I know this. So if you see THAT guy in the enemy team (be it DPS Moira or some other type of players that you don’t like), Flash FTH them all the time. I guarantee you that you will send them to the moon with rage.
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I too use invert y.
My brother prefers invert x or invert both. Depends on the game. He’s weird.
I quite dislike Doomfist. Is spam the hammer effective against DF?
Yes, very much.
Show that guy who is the boss champ
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