How to OPTIMIZE your finesse in modern tetris

Before learning how to T-spin or do DT cannons, make sure you know how to move your pieces around! If you want to play like the pros, you're going to need to figure out not only the basic stacking, but also the basic way to put the pieces where you want them.

DAS-Tapback finesse mode

DAS-Rotate finesse mode

S/Z finesse mode

I finesse mode

Music (all from persona 5 lol)
Royal Days
Have a short rest
Butterfly Kiss

0:00 Intro
0:32 What is finesse
2:10 Why learn finesse
3:29 Why not learn finesse
4:20 Why new players should practice finesse
5:18 How to learn finesse
8:47 Tools and Settings for learning finesse

[jeffandmark]

As a player that triple-rotates clockwise instead of rotating counterclockwise, this is pretty useful :)

[darkimoo]

The tip: "Don't triple rotate"
Me: *Rotating 3 times then messes up and rotates one extra time. Then does triple rotate again*

[dylanlhp]

I played tetris with poor finess for so many years...
Thats so nice for you to include the link of practising finess.
Thank you so much!!!

[Schtaron]

Its been 3 weeks since I watched this video and I have actually started focusing on my finesse. I have trained to have atleast an 80% finnese rate and I can say it really helps with not only keeping my brain focused more on actually trying to place pieces down, but also lessen the tension on my fingers whenever I try to play fast. When I first started I actually get cramps because of trying to play fast without knowing the proper way of doing so. Thanks Orz!

[ii]

I’m so happy to see modern educational Tetris videos, keep doing it, nice!

[g_way]

I’ve gotten really good at tetris by myself, like .. “self-taught?” Lol. But I’ve hit a plateau in my improvement, so I’m swallowing my pride and dipping my toes into the online tetris community because everyone seems impossibly good at it. Now I’m angry I didn’t earlier because I have to rewire my muscle memory. 😔 I rotate the right way but I gotta relearn how I move the pieces — holding down the button instead of rapidly tapping is gonna be frustrating. Thanks for the video! I’m excited to put this knowledge to work lmfao

[spoopy_noodle]

As someone who is a more experienced player who never practised finesse this is really helpful! I just started and really regret not practising it earlier on and tbh the struggle is real.
Especially because finesse is super helpful when you play higher ranked games bcz then small mistakes and extra rotations can really waste time.
So if there are any new players watching this I really recommend doing it earlier on if ranked or speed is important to you!

[MrMalix]

As someone who has nearly mastered finesse, this is a great guide!

[FT]

The jstris finesse modes are nice! Sometimes it's possible to double tap instead of das + tap in the opposite direction.
My finesse is not great, but my movement has been so ingrained into my muscle memory that focusing on it makes me slower

[chrischellekaterenacido]

So I've played Tetris Sprint for around 2 years, and all I did was keep playing the same way again and again without changing anything. I reached 57-59 seconds on good days and those times I was still using the upwards key to rotate everything. I learned recently to finally break out of my shell and use the z and x keys to rotate left and right. It took me a few days to get used to it but I altered my muscle memory. After that, I watched this video. It helped so much turning the sound on on every finesse fault in jstris!! Huge recommendations. The first time I played with it, my time went from 1:10 to 54 seconds, finally breaking my record in just a week of practice in comparison to the 2 years of playing again and again. Thank you!! I practiced more and got 2.5pps which is absolutely amazing, my finesse dropped to 60-70 in comparison to my old 100-120. What was amazing was that it was too easy to do, I didn't even practice on Tetresse yet and I've improved so much.

tl;dr: Don't triple rotate and turn on the sound for finesse faults! It'll improve your game A LOT.

[GreenishBlue]

I've been able to freestyle my way down to 1:06 on a sprint, but I was really struggling with pushing myself to go any faster without misdrops. Finesse is literally the PERFECT solution for this! Learning the rotations off of the wall feels SO consistent and I'm sure once I have re-wired my brain to use them quickly, misdrops will be a significantly smaller stressor. Love the vid and the tools you give at the end <3

[Hack--rzio]

I wonder how large the Tetris/melee overlap is

[Schtaron]

Ayo, I love the quality of this video. Keep it up!

[az]

Ive been avoiding learning finesse since i had it explained to me and this guide made it a lot less scary and it was explained very well so thank you for this lmao

[praj]

I mainly use tetrio as my main tetrio client and see and have adapted to my custom bindings. However, on other clients such as jstris, fourtris, and even tetresse my das and arr settings are completely different from what I have set in tetrio. Is there any way to accurately set your das and arr settings on clients other than tetrio which correspond and act/move the same way as if it was in tetrio?

[person]

i’m glad i learned it a few days after getting into tetris and i never used the up arrow (but did triple rotate) it makes placing stuff so much easier (i’ve only been playing about a month for context)
i’m at like 92%

[williamhu]

Thanks, man! I was so confused when I watched all them pros stacking with super high ppm. I thought they held the left/right keys for the exact right amound of time until the piece hovered over the correct spot. That's what I thought finesse was. Turns out I was wrong! The pros use 0 ARR. I didn't even realize they did the DAS-tapback thing until I slowmoed some top gameplay. Whups. I'll be working on this for sure!

[IamNOBODY]

This guide is really helpful I rotate as soon as the pieces spawn in so I am trying to work on my DAS rotation

[cooltm]

I’ve realized recently that incredibly, there is even more to finesse than this!
the next steps in order would probably be:
DAS preservation: hold down left or right if you have a chain of pieces you all want to place on the same side of the board.
Super DAS preservation: If the placement requires a double tap or das and tap back, you can hold down instead for the second tap to charge das if the next piece is going all the way to the side.
This actually works for any placement with tap as the final movement

I really had to think about this after seeing VinceHD’s 2.37 kpp 9-0 run and how that’s even possible even with smart stacking.

[justins]

Great vid friend, as someone who used to produce videos I can see how much work you put into this. Keep it up! And as a new Tetris player, thank you so much!