pre-fire

Definitions

To shoot at the anticipated location of another player before they are visible or within range.

intransitive

Examples

“I could hear⟳ him just around the corner, so I just started pre-firing until he walked right into the cascade of bullets.”

“There will be times you go from a full health bar to almost dead in one round of cart combat, but you can always repair⟳ at the next town, and there are definitely attacks that you can "pre-fire" to prevent⟳ getting bogged down and stay⟳ healthy.”

“I've seen others where players follow⟳ an unseen opponent with their crosshair and pre-fire as they turn⟳ the corner for an instant kill⟳.”

“Steel, however, was stuck behind the corner in Squeeky, and he was forced to prefire the Squeeky opening because he knew dephh had to kill⟳ him to win⟳ the round before time ran out.”

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