Disclaimer: Gold to Diamond only (500 melee kills/weapon). Gold prep time is NOT included.

Game Mode – Carnival Shootout

If it wasn’t obvious enough already, this game mode was more of a fun, interactive playlist, and overall it was very boring after the first game, but I realised very quickly how I could at least get some use out of it. (This being a bad mode really benefits this grind as player activity was very low.)

A simple 5v5 mode with rotating buffs and gifts, and most importantly; the jet boost, which allows you to jump over to the enemy platform which enables your melee and a small cage for the poor enemy team.

Optimal Setup

  1. Bot Lobbies: Controller or emulator (PC) for easy lobbies ≠ no real players interrupting.

  2. Profit

That’s pretty much it, if you can speed up this process in any other way then do so by any means necessary, I realised how little to no real players were joining up, then I thought playing late at night with a controller connected would make most if not all games completely empty of human activity, and I was correct.

There was often times you’d have a real person on the other team but 99% of the time they either had a mutual agreement to hop over and murder your bots, or they’d have no idea on what to do or how to kill you.

I have shared this method with a few other people that were playing in touch lobbies, and even though they weren’t 100% sure how to execute the method, still managed over 80-100 kills in their first few games.

Grind Steps

  1. Start: After 15 seconds, you will be teleported to the enemy side for a short duration, this is where you can get 10-15 melee kills in.

  2. When the time reaches 7:48 remaining, you will receive jet boost.

  3. You can jump directly to the opponents platform by using the full jet boost from either the raised platform, or anywhere along the front of the platform if timed correctly.

  4. Match End: ~220 kills was my average, some games slightly lower and some slightly higher, with my best being 258.

My Stats

• In-Game: 5h 33m (match history).

• Real: 6.5-7h (queues/swaps).

• Kills/Match: 7546 / ~220 average

• Matches: 35

• Deaths: 58

Key Tips

• Bot Lobbies Essential: Players = deaths + respawns = less time to kill.

• AVOID GIFT BOXES: Picking one forces operator weapon (no melee kills during duration). Let enemies grab if they want but back off from their skills.

• No Falls Nail Jet Boost jump, it’s only a small loss but still a loss.

Melee sucks, but camos grinding is fun. Questions? Ask away.