Here are Ninja's settings in 'Fortnite' that help him play so well

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Based on Ninja's performance while he's playing "Fortnite," you know for a fact that whatever he's doing is working.

I can't guarantee it'll turn you into a "Fortnite" legend, but if you want to try something that clearly works for one of the biggest "Fortnite" streamers in the world, a good place to start is with the game's settings more than anything else — apart from being Ninja himself. 

Fortnite has preset options for graphics and controls, but a little tweaking here and there can actually give you advantages over other players who don't tweak their settings.

YouTube channel Unbox Therapy recently posted a video showing some of Ninja's "Fortnite" settings, and a website called BestFortniteSettings.com also laid out the specific tweaks, as revealed by Ninja himself during some of his streams on Twitch. 

Check out Ninja's "Fortnite" settings, as well as hte tweaks and shortcuts he has on his keyboard and mouse:

Ninja doesn't set all the graphics settings to "Epic."

Choosing every graphic setting's maximum value is great for making a game look great, but some settings actually make it harder to spot enemies, especially from far away. 

Ninja's has every graphics setting in "Fortnite" set to "Epic" apart from a few things, according to bestfortnitesettings.com and Unbox Therapy. 

- Shadows are set to "Off"

- Anti-aliasing is set to "Off"

- Post processing is set to "Off"

Make sure you set the "Frame rate limit" to the highest possible number your monitor supports.

Ninja uses the $480 Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor, which has a refresh rate of up to 240Hz.

The number next to the "Hz" — or hertz — is how many times the screen can refresh itself every second. The higher the number, the more frames per second it can display. And the more frames per second, the smoother the gaming experience.

That smoothness doesn't just make the game look better when you're moving around. It can help your aim, too. Essentially, you can make finer and more accurate aiming movements with high refresh rates than with a monitor with lower refresh rates. 

Resolution should be set to the highest resolution your monitor supports, unless it makes the game play less smoothly.

Ninja's monitor has a 1080p resolution, which isn't the sharpest monitor you can buy. But with lower resolutions, your computer's graphics card doesn't have to work as hard, and it can push more frames per second. As a result, you can get smoother performance with lower resolutions. 

Ninja gets between the the 70 and 220 frames per second with his PC, which is on the high-end of smoothness.

At the same time, monitors with higher resolutions like 1440p can deliver sharper details than a 1080p monitor, which can help you spot enemies from further away. The trade-off is that the game may not play as smoothly as it would on a 1080p monitor, as the graphics card has to work harder to render graphics at 1440p resolution.

4K monitors would offer the sharpest details, but few PCs — if any — can play "Fortnite" at higher than 75 frames per second. That's smooth enough for most players, but if you want Ninja's smoothness, you'll need a monitor with lower resolution. 

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