Looking for Rocket League tips and tricks? The mechanical accuracy required in Rocket League makes it unlike any other action-sport game out there. As with any sport, there are many techniques that have been developed to make you hit harder, move faster, and win more. Since the game became free to play, the player base has grown massively, recently breaking one million concurrent players – and as the player numbers continue to multiply, we’re bound to see even more interest in Rocket League’s exciting competitive scene. There’s never been a better time to start improving your Rocket League skills – perhaps you could be the next player to show off in the community tournaments, or eventually maybe even make the jump to pro.
If you’re looking to top the leaderboard, here are nine of the easiest-to-learn Rocket League tips and techniques to take your game to the next level and help you climb the ranks in everyone’s favourite carball simulator. It should be noted, however, that even though these techniques are relatively simple to achieve, this is a high-level guide for experienced players.
Camera settings in Rocket League are extremely important and very personal. The more aware you are of your position relative to the ball, walls, floor, opponents, or even the ceiling, dictates how capable you can become as a player. Play around with the settings on offer to find something that works for you.
Rocket League has lots of controls and some aren’t even bound to the controller to begin with, such as air roll left and air roll right. Change these up so that you can be faster at making your car go where you want it to. But even if you go with the default controller setup, changing your boost to a different button that will let you trigger it with a different finger to the one you use to jump will make you faster at getting off the ground in almost all situations.
The half-flip is an awesome recovery move. In Rocket League, you want your boost to be pointing in the direction you’re going all the time. It’s not always possible, but the half-flip quickly allows you to face the right way if you end up backwards.
Recovery is key in carball. You need to be able to get into position as fast as possible from any situation – flying into the back of one of the goals, for example. A lot of the time, the fastest way back out and into play is to boost through the bottom of the net, around the curve at the back, and onto the roof of the goal.
You can prevent yourself from flailing into the back of your own net by ensuring that you rotate into defence via your back post. This gives you a number of advantages. First, you probably picked up your corner boost or farmed about 36 boost from pads as you curved into position next to the post. Second, because the only way to get there is through your corner, you’ll have given yourself a great overview of the developing offensive play that your opponents are setting up. Third, you can now boost to every point of the goal making it much harder for opponents to get the ball past you. Finally, rotating in such a predictable way makes it easy for your team mates to fall in behind you as you go for the challenge, and allows your team to cycle through the goalkeeper role very efficiently.
If you’re the furthest car back on your team, you are the last line of defense for your goal. As tempting as it might be to try and fly across the whole pitch for an epic aerial play, try and hold off on committing until you know for sure you’re beating the other team to the ball, and that your teammates in front of you aren’t going for the ball themselves. Double or triple committing is one of the biggest mistakes that newer players make, so be patient to avoid booping bumpers, even if your teammates won’t extend the favour.
Kick offs can both prevent and cause goals in either direction very quickly, flipping the momentum of a game. There are a variety of kick offs in Rocket League, but it’s hard to beat a simple, rock-solid kick off – nothing fancy. The reason being it gives you a solid wall and stops the ball coming anywhere near your half.
Your nose is one of the hardest hitting parts of your car because of the way Rocket League’s physics work, so you want to use it as much as possible.our back is actually just as powerful, but you can’t boost backwards, so the nose wins. The front corner bumper is technically the hardest, but requires a lot more precision, so stick with the nose until you’re comfortable. Use air roll to invert your car on high aerials, allowing you to hit the ball down at the car without any risk of getting the wheel touch that will slow the ball down and remove all your power.
In a game where everyone wants to hit the ball, sometimes the most effective thing you can do is not touch it. The mind game is the ultimate Jebaited moment. You’re rushing to hit the ball, your opponent jumps to block, and… you stop. They fly past and you simply dribble the ball into the net spamming “What a save!” until they mute you. It’s almost too easy but there’s lots of room for creativity using backflips, powerslides, or even wavedashes – next time, maybe – to keep your opponent guessing wrong.
