How the Top Controller Players Dominate PvP (Destiny 2)

This video is a complete controller / console guide for Destiny 2. Topics include movement, aim, physical setup (e.g. custom controllers), and settings such as sensitivity and button layouts. I feel like there is a lot of controller-specific information that doesn't get a lot of attention these days due to the majority of D2 content creators playing on MnK. People always ask me about the best Destiny controller settings, how to move as a controller player, and how to aim on console, so hopefully this video addresses those questions!

This video is designed to focus on all the key aspects of console / controller within Destiny 2 so that you can optimize your performance and take your controller game to the next level!

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Sections:
0:00 Explanation and Important Notes
1:24 Movement: Strafing
3:40 Awareness 101
4:26 Sliding
4:49 Jumping
5:36 How to do an instant 180-degree turn
6:20 Positioning & Controlling the game
7:18 Are Custom Controllers worth getting?
8:52 Do Kontrol Freeks help?
9:34 Setup Consistency is KEY
10:03 Aiming Fundamentals: Left Stick Right Stick Dominance
12:22 The Key to Aiming on Controller
15:00 Example of Crosshair Placement in action
15:53 What is the best Aiming Style (snipers)
17:18 Sensitivity Settings (is there a "best" sensitivity?)
20:50 Best Button Layouts
22:47 Optimize your Misc. Settings

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[PattycakesGaming]

This is going to help a lot of players! Awesome guide

[carbonspork]

Another controller tip - don't be afraid to sacrifice some emote slots to get rid of "hold" actions. I put my warlock rift on d-pad down and switch to heavy on d-pad up, the former so I can rift faster than "holding" and never accidentally rift while sliding, the latter so I don't accidentally pull out an empty heavy in a weapon swap mistake

[ShadowDestiny]

Just want to clarify that my remark at 3:55 wasn't intended to be insensitive toward colorblind people. I was just making a joke about the surprisingly high amount of players who choose to play with colorblind settings to make the radar yellow simply because they find it to be more noticeable than the red.

[kyledavis]

One additional console movement tip for non hunters/hunters without dodge:
When you need to turn 180 to run from something you can jump backwards before turning to get backward momentum, instead of rotating in a stationary position.

[dancecultnoir]

i think 'inverted' is for older players like myself. I always saw the right stick as like a lever to pull or push, not even sure which game started me off doing it. It is second nature to me now and steadying recoil actually feels easier as I am "pushing". You'd be surprised how many play this way, its like being left handed. So thank god the option is still available.

[sodiumz]

I’m moving around a lot due to my current lifestyle so I’ve began using a controller instead since I don’t have mouse space. This vid really came at the perfect time.

[rizwansiddiqi]

Shadow I really appreciate your insight specifically for controller users. So many streamers have now moved to mnk that it's difficult to relate and replicate. You, Drewsky and True Vanguard are the only controller players I can look towards now. Thanks again.

[michaelo]

I appreciate the fact that you are on console and made a video like this, i’m decent not great and always watch pc players and hope to learn strictly from them. But it never helps and this video totally did, i’m gonna join the discord and i’d love to play sometime

[kuwabatakesanjuro]

This is by far the best PvP tutorial I have seen in D2. Thank you for putting this out there, as a PvE main carefully threading the PvP waters, it's very much appreciated..

[Krangis]

I really like to see the perspective of high tier gameplay from a fellow controller player. And keep getting more great sniper clips

[Zikuto_]

I appreciate the guides as usual would love to run with you when cross play comes out

[Crushanator]

The 1v1 private match demonstrations of what you're doing while showing your hands, and then showing the other players view in order to contrast two different techniques is SUPER helpful. I'm sure it's a pain to do vs just capturing actual pvp play, but I felt it was much more illustrative than the normal sort of background pvp play.

[havoctwoone]

Bruh I’m on pc on mnk. I still watched this whole video. Your content slaps like that.

[AhmadM]

i came to destiny the first time in season 8 and quit in the begining of season 9. I only played pvp cuz thats the only thing i knew how to play. The game was so overwhelming i didnt even put mods on my armor cuz i didnt know. I usually play fps games like overwatch and cod and i came back to destiny in season 10 and i have been playing since. I played on console until splicer i switched to pc but now i have ssitch back cuz i bugged my crossplay and i have to wait 90 days. Originally i played on max sens and it still felt slow compared to cod but after switch to pc and coming back 10 feels way too and i am overshooting my opponents. This video helped become a better player a lot. You definitely deserve my sub!!

[benstanfill]

I hugely want higher sensitivity with ads modifiers.

[Synaxari]

My advice for sensitivity is keep slowly increasing it until you reach the highest sens that still allows you to consistently hit shots. You might be great on 3 or 4 sens but what you might not realize is that you can be just as accurate if not incredibly close on a sens like 7 or 8 where you then get the best of both worlds

[Pestillence]

Shadow, this was the most informative video I've ever seen about controller play. I've been playing for 7 years in Destiny and I learned alot. So thank you! Best of luck to you 👍 ❤

[spartan]

Great video, thank you. I’m an Xbox and PC player and I use the Xbox elite controller because of the four paddles.

Just to answer your question of why, I play inverted, always have, because of flight simulator type games where you pull back on the stick to go up, (e.g. X-Wing and Tie Fighter and a very old PC game called Blue Max), so it is more intuitive to me.

[chills]

little tip for us controller people if claw is uncomfortable and u don’t want to buy backpedals i map my buttons so my jump is l1 and my crouch is r3 so i can keep my thumbs on the sticks a lot more has helped me a lot!

[InsomniacStephens]

This video is incredibly useful even over a year later. I've been getting frustrated about my competitive gameplay lately and felt like it was time to relearn. I ended up getting my first freelance flawless by using the techniques in this video