PUBG Mobile tips and tricks: become a champion

Connect your headphones: PUBG Mobile has great audio and often the speakers on your phone won't do it justice. Connect your headphones for a more immersive experience - it also helps you pinpoint approaching enemy.

Get the right weapons for the job:

The weapons in PUBG Mobile work like real-world weapons: shotguns and pistols are only good for short range, SMGs are great in enclosed spaces when you want to put down a lot of fire quickly, the assault rifles are good all-rounders. An assault rifle and an SMG is a great combo, two pistols is not. Version 6 added the armoury where you can see the characteristics of all the weapons and mode.

Don't jump from the aircraft for easy kills:Here's a sneaky tip. If you stay in the aircraft, you'll be thrown out at the edge of the map and descend with anyone else who didn't jump. Usually, that's everyone who has disconnected, meaning you can then slaughter all those people and get some easy kills.           Swim underwater:

 You have pretty good lung in PUBG and mostly they will let you swim across things like rivers underwater. Do this, because you can't be seen and you won't get shot. When swimming on the surface, you're an easy target. Also watch the exit from the water as you're slow, so again, easy to shoot.

Master the map: 

The map is your best friend because it shows you the game area, which decreases through-out the game. You need to stay inside this area, or you'll slowly die. Drop a marker on the map and you'll see it in your compass to help you navigate to a safe area. You might need to zoom in as the game progresses, especially towards the closing stages.

Avoid the red zone: The map also shows you the red zone, which is an artillery barrage. If you're in the red zone, there's a good chance you'll get hit, although if you're in a building you'll be able to ride it out just fine. 

Get protected with auto pick-up: Your baseball cap looks great, but a helmet stops your head splitting like a melon (usually). Grab that protective kit so you can take a little more damage. Ensure that auto pick-up is turned on and you'll replace kit with higher rated stuff when you find it.

Set custom levels for pick-up: 

There are default levels for things you'll automatically pick-up. For example, ammo is set to 180 rounds per weapon - but you might want more. At the same time, grenades are not set to pick-up automatically. Head into settings > pick-up and you can change these values to you actually collect the stuff you want as you explore the map. Don't like stun grenades? Then you don't have to automatically collect them.

Drink energy drink for a speed boost:You'll collect energy drinks in the game. These will give you a slow energy recovery (about 23 per cent), but if you smash down two cans, you'll get a running speed boost too. Need to run from a building? Need to get to the game zone? Neck a couple of Energy Drinks before you go.