Sword Mechanics
SMP Mechanics
Best PvPers
Crystal Mechanics
MCTiers Terms & Definitions
100

This is strategy used when repeatedly sprint hitting a player, to where they are unable to hit you back until this strategy is finished, or is countered with a jump reset

What is a combo?
100

This is an item used to enhance the player's physical attributes, whether it be speed, strength, or height of jumping

What is a potion?

100

This is the current best PvPer

who is Marlowww?

100

This technique is performed by hitting someone into the air, and while in the air, placing obsidian, and crystaling your opponent.

What is a Hit Crystal?

100

This is the designation given to the best player in a specific kit

what is HT1?

200
This is a crit performed using the air time given from a previous crit performed by your opponent
What is a punish crit?
200
This is the formula for shield delay
what is 250 milliseconds + your ping?
200

Known for their advanced crystal techniques, this player was once the best of all time, before retiring in every gamemode. He also spent quite some time on the Donut SMP

Who is ItzRealMe?

200

This technique is performed by throwing a pearl behind your opponent to distract them, and then throwing one in the opposite direction after they turn around

What is a Fake Pearl?

200
This designation is given to those with anywhere from 100 to 249 points on MCTiers.com

What is a combat ace?

300

This is the base attack speed of a sword

what is 1.6 attack speed?

300

Most commonly performed in Axe PvP, this is a technique performed when two players are in close quarters holding up your shields at each other in a stalemate.

What is Shield Dancing?

300

This is the current best Sword PvPer

Who is Kylaz?
300

This crystal technique is performed by making sure your opponent's armor is broken before yours.

What is the Drain playstyle?

300

This is done to determine your tier in a specific kit that you choose.

What is tier testing?

400

This technique is performed by holding S immediately after getting stun hit

What is a Stun-Hit Prediction/Reaction?

400

This is a mending technique where you are required to get every piece of your armor around 400 durability. Taking off your helmet is mostly prohibited in this technique.

What is First Mend?
400

Being one of the best UHC players, this man retains the HT1 spot on the tier list, whilst sharing it with Swight, who beat this person in his HT1 test.

Who is BlvckWlf?

400

This item is often used to retreat from a drain fight in order to restock/access your ender chest

What is an elytra?

400

This is the exact amount of points you earn from being a HT1 on MCTiers.com

What is 60 points?
500

When you and your opponent are about to crit eachother at the exact same time, let them crit you and then do a falling sprinthit instead of a crit, right after they land their crit on you. It will result in them getting knocked away, allowing you to start a combo.

What is a Falling Sprinthit Deflection?

500

Pearls do not instantly teleport you on your opponent's screen, and instead you will float above the location of where you throw the pearl, to where it lands on their screen. This technique is heavily reliant on ping, however allows you to get an extra hit before your opponent has the chance to hit you first.

What is Pearl Drag?

500

This person shares the current LT1 spot on the Pot PvP tier list with Marlowww

Who is ciphar?

500

This technique is used to prevent taking knockback from your opponent. it uses damage ticks to avoid double taps, generating a .5 second damage tick. This technique can also be used to double tap your opponent (double tapping means to hit crystal twice at once)

What is pearl flashing?

500

This is the most recent kit to not have a HT1 (it does now)

What is Diamond Pot?