Well if you just want to win, you basically can just camp it out and luck out a win at the end.

But if you want to actually just get better. The best thing to do is drop close to populated areas (so like the houses near salty and retail). Loot those houses and get like 200-300 wood and then go clean up the kills in those places where you likely have more shield and materials. Try and rush them with ramp rushes and get the high ground.

To learn how to build, you pretty much just have to go into playground mode and practise as long as you can. If you keep doing this, over time you will just get better and better.

Get good squad mates to show you tips, or just do playground stuff and practise against randoms

Err, did it really take you 3 seasons to get a kill?

Play to improve, not to just play. What I mean by this is being analytical while playing rather than just auto-piloting . You have to question your own gameplay. "Why did I die there?" Did you miss your shot? Did you get outbuilt? Did you over commit on trying to get a kill? You need to figure out what you're doing wrong. If it's your aiming mechanics, you have to practice aiming. If you're struggling to shoot opponents because they keep building in front of you, then you need to improve on your building to get better angles.

You should go to Ninja's stream and donate $10 just to ask him /s

Practice practice and more practice

Jump into a map called “Zero Build PIT” or “The Pit”. It’s a small map that allows you to constantly be in tense CC combat situations. You can try out new guns, techniques and sensitivity’s/controls while you’re in there as after you die 2/3 times no situation become tense. This helped me a bunch when I decided I wanted to get better. Look into changed your sensitivity - it’s night and day once you find and get used to the sensitivity that is best for you

I would play with your wife and niece as you enjoy that and if they aren't around just play solos.

If you like playing it doesn't matter how good you are, it's just for fun after all.

I've been playing for 7 years and still have terrible games and make big mistakes, then I just land somewhere quiet and enjoy doing challenges etc. 

Practice will improve how you play and if you don't win who cares!

Play solo, keep playing solo. You will learn to rely on yourself and you will learn by experience. Literally just throw yourself at that wall repeatedly.

level is 90 is nothing i bet your wife is above 200 to know all about the current season. you just gotta play more which is impossible if you hussling in real life.

It depends on what you need to improve. If it’s map and loot awareness, then all you can do is explore and memorize the map. When it comes to skill, the best way to improve is to constantly put yourself in high-stress fights. You can do this the slow way by playing regular matches, or you can speed it up by playing creative maps like Zero Build The Pit or Go Goated for aim, or the build version for building practice.

All I'll say is that my SO has been playing since C3S3 and he's still terrible somehow. This is basically the only shooter he plays and he always panics and gets himself killed. His arch nemesis is gravity.

Basically, your first goal is to work on your nerves. Stay calm and just point and shoot at enemies. Also practice movement. You need to know how to run just as much as shooting. Its a long process but if you keep at it you'll improve.

Honestly just jump into zero build and go have fun. (Or build if that's your thing! But my point is just hop into a game lol)

Think about having fun more than anything else, think about small objectives rather than big ones -- I don't have guns, lemme get some guns. I don't have shields, lemme get some shields. Lemme make the next storm circle.

The bigger picture will come to you naturally, don't stress about it, it's a silly fun game and you'll get the most out of it by starting trying to have a silly fun time :)

Ok my best advice for a new player is probably a few things.

First off I would recommend learning basics down like learning the weapons, movement like tac sprinting, mantling, and stuff like that, and try and play Zero Build or Zero Build creative maps

Then once you learn the basics and want to start learning how to build, its best to either find private creative maps and just free build, or play some creative maps that have building and try it out

And if you want to I can even add you to try and how you how the game works, Im actually trying to look for more people to play with so it would help both of us if you'd be down

Fortnite is definitely rather overwhelming at first and it will take months if not years in order to fully get comfortable with all of the nuances of the game. I think the best advice especially if you're brand new is to just play the game and try your best to figure out what all the weapons and items do. Don't worry about getting a lot of eliminations or winning, that will come with time as you improve and get more comfortable playing.

My advice is to watch some streamers for a bit. Help you learn how to use some things.

I recommend playing zero build squads as a beginner. You don’t have to engage everyone. Take it slow and think methodically. Adjust your sensitivity if you find yourself over or under aiming

If you can manage to watch Evolve Jake’s videos daily over a month or two, you will definitely learn a thing or two.

He tries to make useful informative videos for Zero Build, and if you put into practice some of his ideas, you will start playing better.

Welcome to the game, don’t let any negativity in this sub sully your experience, and just enjoy the game.

Avoid BR map.Masters play them.First master both Skybox 1 and 2 on private so horrible players can't grief you,then get 100 clears SOLO in Havok Hotel 3 on private.You need bo help.And then get 50000 kills at Crazy Red VS Blue,then bring THIS new you over to BR pubs.

Just hours put in

Honestly just learning not to panic and practicing your aim and movement is the best advice I can give.. I just started in January of this year and it was incredibly frustrating at first cuz I’ve never played an online shooter game before 😬 it’s still frustrating but I am at least decent most of the time now 😂

My partner I play with is much better than me and playing w them, seeing how they react to situations and what not has helped a lot too!

There are a lot of good YouTube channels w tutorials and tips as well

Watch FNCS livestreams. Watching people that are crazy is both inspiring and a good learning tool.

Play creative. Even just freebuilding and editing in an empty creative lobby can go a long way.

Survive. This is by far the most important tip. Dropping 10 kills and dying in 75th place isn't going to net you nearly as much progress as getting a few kills in the top 10, even if you don't win.

For me and what i tell my girlfriend is, you almost want to be careless. These people telling you to watch Pros isnt going to work, you have to just throw EVERYTHING at the wall, if you are in a car, learn to FLY around the map, learn to B hop from impulses, learn to instinctually switch weapons, and learn to keep your gun in the action (no mantling in the wrong moments, no sprinting in the wrong moments) & this might be obvious but make Sure you have Visualize Audio on. Alot of people freeze up or panic in a fight, if you do your best to be as CRAZY as possible EVERYTIME, it really does help you see how normal most engagements are also, Queue for Ranked Reload. I have had great teammates & have also help plenty of people achieve greatness. In short. Be carless. Be crazy. Use all your items. USE THEM, DONT HODL THEM

If you wanna improve, watch players who are way better than you. Don’t just watch for highlights. Pay attention to how they rotate, take fights, build, and especially when they don’t take a fight. Try to understand their decision-making, even when it looks weird or different from what you’d do. That’s where you learn the most.
Watching VODs of your own games helps too, but it can be hard to spot your mistakes if you don’t know what ‘good’ looks like yet. That’s why watching ranked climbs or ‘road to champs’ series is so useful, it shows what changes at each level.
I’ve had to tweak my playstyle at different points just to break through plateaus. What works in gold lobbies might get you clapped in diamond lobbies. Knowing when to adapt is key.

I watch sliinky and tobiWanShinobi a fair bit and listen to tobi’s tips, I play ZB so it’s mainly taking those ideas about movement and strategy.

Tobi has a training map that’s really good and I go in that a fair bit to dial in settings. Making sure your movement is at the level you can control gameplay.

I got some thumb stick extension things which was a game changer.

I played with purpose. If I made a mistake and suffered, I’d make sure I knew what I should have done better and then do that next time a similar thing happened.

For me, I've always loved fortnite. Began in Season 3, but SUCKED at building. So much so that it made me quit the game on and off over the years. However, at the beginning of Chapter 6 Season 2 (in February) I decided to try my best to play FN (frfr) and NOT give up despite the skill cap I would inevitably face. It's been 3 months, and I've peaked Diamond 1 (never done that well in any competitive PVP before!). Not that this is crazy high elo, but I feel more accomplished than ever. What I would suggest is a few things: Check out the following Youtubers: JivanTV (VibinJivan) & KenBeans. They have excellent beginner friendly content and also have great creative maps to practice on. Specifically, Jivan has what's called "How to freebuild" and "How to Piece Control". Through these maps, I've learned all kinds of skills I never even knew existed. He covers the bases and it's great to build your foundation on. Raider464 is a legendary editor, and has always been infamous for his mechanics maps. His current map is "Mechanics V.5" (Map Code: 2424-4344-7824). Alternatively, Gabriellho has a great all-in-one practice map for Aim, Piece Control, and Mechanics (With Demonstrations!) (Map Code: 9510-9643-4467) This is currently my favorite map to practice on!

TL;DR - Improving at FN isn't as complex as you may think. There are many resources you can use to improve fast! I suggest Jivan's "How to Freebuild" (Map Code: 6483-9631-9857) and "How to Piece Control" (Map Code: 7037-5244-5527) to get started. My favorite map to learn/practice on is called "Practice Map" by Gabriellho (Map Code: 9510-9643-4467). GLHF friend :D

There’s a lot of common advice with stuff like play everyday and analyze your deaths/replays but that is always pretty vague and won’t give you tangible results. In my experience the best way to improve is to practice things one at a time and accumulate new tricks/skills over time which add up to you becoming good overall.

Play alot more then you think. And take breaks.

Focus on improving. Just playing the game wont make you improve fast anymore after certain point.

Every time you die or lose alot or health, try to think what you could've done differently. Don't blame RNG or something else than yourself, always try to find what you did wrong.

Don't try to make the game easy for yourself, take fights and land in spots you're not comfortable with. This is how you will get more comfortable in certain scenarios and winning will be way easier in future.

Spend more time in Playground practicing both basic and advanced builds / strats. Try to perfect 90 degree turns and some usual edits.

Watch pros play and do 1v1s and analyze what they do in certain situations. If you want to learn positioning and game iq, watch Poach and Vivid play in scrims or Skrimishes.

How you usually win fights easily is by shooting with pump / heavy and then blocking his shot, repeat. Tfue is master of this and he doesn't even carry smgs anymore since there is no need to. If you want to perfect this, watch Tfue and look how he builds after every shot.

solos get harder every week, most people are sweaty and bots have become spam builders now. Most people that are still bots actually have good aim too.

JuSt dO 90's BrO

Creative fill the best practice is against real players

Watch good players, play every day, practice building and editing responsiveness

You need a healthy mix of aim training, creative (edit courses, boxfighting, storm wars, etc.), w-keying in Arena, scrims, reviewing your own replays as well as pros, and researching the map on lootlake.info.

If you feel like you're hitting a plateau when it comes to mechanics, don't abandon your creative routine, but also work on the mental side of your game. Hop into battle lab to take a fresh look at your drop spot, ie try to find some new cheeky angles to abuse for easy kills. If you die off spawn watch the replay to learn what you did wrong & they did right. Even if they "got lucky" there's still something you probably could have done differently. Figure out a safe & repeatable formula to use for your midgame rotations to all corners of the map. Get a bunch of reps in scrims & zone wars so that the endgame "slows down" for you and your decision-making stays a step ahead. Remember that a battle royale is half-shooter and half-chess match, and don't neglect either side of that equation.

Vod review every game you play

VOD review VOD review VOD review like Balla said: We gotta VOD review this!

Never go back to COD.

1. The weapons and loot pool changes every season/chapter.Usually the meta guns are the legendary or mythic guns the bosses drop, and any exotic weapons that might exist. This season the overlord spires will drop a random exotic. And you can buy mythic weapons in the superhero room beneath the academy if your hero level is high enough.
2. Yes, if you just started playing on a new account, the game will put you in predominantly bot lobbies until you level up between 10-20 i think. Then the game uses a SBMM to try to put you in lobbies with similar skilled players.
3. Zero build carrying heals and movement items like shockwaves are kind of a must. Build mode still important, but you can use builds for cover, and you can't in zero build.