Rocket League 101: Rotating and Positioning

Rotations might be the most important part of team play in Rocket League, and @SunlessKhan is teaching you the basics. Learn to be a team player in the latest Rocket League 101!

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[kryptex]

Psyonix is able to make really good choices for example:

Adding sunlessskhan to the scene

[jasperhodgsona]

I love the way Rocket league/Psyonix is actually using the dedicated community e.g. Sunlesskhan, to help show the game.... before they were so 'too them selves', this is great to see!

[vladimir]

-It's up to you, really
-So I have chosen ball chasing

[ToughLlama]

my teammate: *just chillin' in the enemy team's goal*

[YRalvarez]

"Rocket league is a team game"
Ball Chasers: are you sure about that.

[WARDEN]

These videos should be mandatory to watch before you start playing online. This kind of strategy in particular is beyond most of the people I end up matchmaking with and against.

[LuisMartinez-usxd]

Im gonna show my friends this video so we can play together without yelling at them xd

[Triiiplz]

Me: * Tries to pass, rotate and position *

My friends: *hehe balls goes bounce*

[goober]

Me being at bronze for 6 months: interesting

[t_ranu]

Me: knows about rotations

Also Me: InTeReStInG

[emstiennn]

i really hope all of us don't take this for granted because this a LOT more helpful than people originally think

[polarity]

Honestly dividing the field into a grid and thinking of it this way helped my 3v3 game so much. It's so simple but it's so effective. Always available to follow up when your teammates commit to something. It's shameful how long I've been playing RL and just now adopting this tip lol

[peterolofsson]

To all newcomers. I can tell you that there is not better feeling than a game with perfect rotations with two other people that you dont know. The speed increases drastically, the goals, the save everything. It's like three players becoming one :)

[aboodhabibitm]

Thanks for this 101 series I think it is been helping me a lot recently and looking forward to be pro at this game thank you sunless and rocket league for helping players like me to be better at this game.

[chknnuggies]

Literally all my teammates: “I’ll ignore that”

[TheBattleKing]

hey rocket league as a pretty new player i appreciate all these tips making me a better player(:

[Exsulator]

Worth mentioning that in 2s it's also a valid tactic to ballchase a counterattack on your goal even with no boost if you happen to be close, because your team mate can save their boost and scoop up a goal if you successfully interupt the counterattack. If you fail to stop it, your teammate still has a much better chance at defending a shot that has been disturbed by you.

Edit: should you rotate out in this scenario, your teammate has to defend an uninterupted shot, and even if they can save it, both of you might not be in a position and with boost enough to counterattack the counterattack.

Disclaimer: This tactic is also somewhat risky because double committing is more likely to happen, so both players need good awareness for this to work

[raphaelr.b.]

im a new player in rocket leauge and im really enjoing it! but i almost always lose but i think this is going to help a lot thanks!


ps : i really like this series

[antonioc.]

This is actually the most important aspect imo, as sunlesskhan said, I'm not a mechanical genius and Inmade it to champ ll without even playing that much, is just know where to positioning and wait for the rivals mistake.

[gabe]

The most in-depth and simple video I have ever seen regarding Rocket League rotation.