Free Fire guide: Best ways to win close-range gunfights

Like every battle royale title, close-range gunfights are impossible to avoid in Free Fire, regardless of whether you’re a stealthy passive player or an aggressive one who loves to go all in for a fight. These gunfights often spark and end within a snap of a finger, requiring precise aim, excellent weapon recoil control, quick decision-making ability, and swift finger movement. Furthermore, what weapon you wield during such combat also determines who will be the last one standing.

Winning close-range gunfights is tricky, but if won, they boost your confidence for the next fights, which is imperative for victory.

There are numerous tips and tricks to confuse your enemy in close-range gunfights in Free Fire, such as jumping around, abruptly going prone or crouching, and aiming for the head. This article will further discuss them.

Disclaimer: Free Fire is banned in India. Readers in the region are advised against playing the game. Instead, they can engage in Free Fire Max, an India-exclusive and legal variant.

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Free Fire close-range gunfight guide

Various factors underpin the outcomes of close-range gunfights, and some of them are your region of combat, weapon combination, mindset, and more. You should also be well experienced with the game's various weapons and their proficiency in varying ranges to master such gunfights.

Weapon recoil control, along with a deceiving and swift movement speed, are other skills that significantly impact your close-range gunfight victory.

Along with deceiving and swift movement speed, weapon recoil control is imperative to win close-range gunfights. Mastering it allows you to land more precise shots or register headshots, which is essential to eliminate the foe quickly. Avoid using suppressors with your firearm to reduce its recoil rate. Additionally, you can tweak your sensitivity settings to control the weapon better.

Although no set of sensitivity settings can be deemed ideal, here are some settings many FF veterans use.

• Red Dot: 78
• 2X Scope: 70
• 4X Scope: 55
• AWM Scope: 48
• Free Look: 100

You should keep an appropriate Heads-Up Display (HUD) and sensitivity settings for your controllers. The three-finger custom setup comes in handy to produce swift movement speed. It also allows you to fire back at enemies, meanwhile dodging their attacks. Moreover, the setup helps you with weapon recoil control as well.

In close-range gunfights, you can practice crouching or going prone suddenly to dodge and confuse the enemy. Moreover, the skillful use of gloo walls in Free Fire can also play a pivotal role in these gunfights.

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Best Free Fire weapons for close-range gunfights

Free Fire offers countless weapons with different attributes and proficiency. For close-range gunfights, many players prefer Shotguns (SGs), which deal colossal damage and have zero-to-no recoil. MAG-7 is one of the best SGs that inflict lethal damage of 89 and comes with a clip size of eight. Furthermore, the firearm has a movement speed of 62, which can be very helpful in close-range combat.

Other SGs, such as M1187 and M1014, can be a great aid in close-range gunfight. However, you should avoid equipping two SGs at the same time, as the range of combat can vary on the battleground, for which you may need a weapon with high-range proficiency.

In Assault Rifles (ARs), you can turn to Groza, AK, or M4A1, as all these firearms deal decent damage and can get you out alive from close-range combat.

Going further, melee weapons such as Scythe or Katana are becoming a favorite choice of many players due to their quick and easy elimination. If used skillfully, they can easily add a decent number of kills to your name.

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