The Fortnite coach who can make your teen a millionaire

19-year old Fortnite coach shares his gaming strategies with the world after his 16-year old pupil bagged a $3m cash prize at the Fortnite World Cup Finals held on July 26 in New York.

Today, the Fortnite Champion Series has begun and Hugh Gilmour, the 19-year old Fortnite coach from Kent (UK), shared some of his gaming tactics with BBC, as he trains his pupils for the ongoing competition.

Previously, he mentored the top three competitors in the New York solo competition last month, including the winner – Kyle Bugha, 16. Despite the huge success, Hugh continues to charge his students the standard £120 fee, without asking for any profits made from the players’ wins. When asked about this, Gilmour said, "I was at home watching the matches so closely, and even though it was my players who were making all that money, I was thinking this is great for me too”.

Gilmour was never the champion his pupils turned out to be, which is why he switched to coaching young teens, saying: “I got into Fortnite when it went really big in March 2018. I was working at a gym and I started playing to a high standard, then casually helping others with tactics and tips,” reports BBC.

He coaches his pupils online, focusing on mental preparation, spending the rest of his time drafting tactics and analyzing matches.

Gilmour pointed out that this game was not some childish fantasy, saying, "It's an intense game with mechanical work, target practice and looting. There's so much going on, you have to have a good early game set-up with items and building materials.”

According to the star coach, 5 tips are of utmost importance when it comes to Fortnite, he told BBC. He advised all players to:

• Pre-plan the landing route and watch out for upcoming fights and how to gain the upper hand at that moment.
• Practice the mechanics daily, to perfect your aim, editing and building techniques
• Form a routine, dedicating fixed hours to the game daily
• Practice the Box Fights with a friend as they are the most crucial part of the game
• Watch your game on playback and evaluate what went wrong, supplementing it with knowledge from other professionals’’ gamesCopyright Business Recorder, 2019