PUBG Strategy Guides

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When to Trade Armor and Helmets

Rules Apply to Uzi, UMP, Any AR and Any Sniper Rifle.
May differ for crossbow and handguns
Rules based off of best option for surviving your next fight

General Rules of Thumb

In most cases a 1 level increase in armor/helmet gives protection against 1 more shot (excluding AR/Sniper headshots).

Damage to arms and legs recieve 50% less damage than base damage assesment.

Armor takes up to 7 seconds for damage to update.

Armor will protect against full damage from a shot even with 1 durability left.

Helmet Rules

ALWAYS take the higher level helmet regardless of its durability

Helmet	Durability	Downgrade At
Level 1	80	Never
Level 2	150	91
Level 3	230	Never

* UMP and stronger will destroy a level 1 helmet in 1 shot.
* Level 2 helmets can take 2 shots from all but sniper rifles.

Vest Rules

Downgrade vests to 1 level at HALF durability or less

Downgrade 3 vest to level 1 vest below 75 durability

Vest	Durability	Downgrade At ≤
Level 1	200	Never
Level 2	220	89
Level 3	250	113 to L2 68 to L1

Armor data and rules from nonreg's video here.

Watch his video for even more in-depth analysis

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General Circle Info

There are 9 phases of the circle.

As each stage progresses the circle shrinks, the blue zone damage increases and the blue zone speed decreases.

Armor does not reduce blue zone damage.

The final blue zone narrows down to the center instead of a random spot.

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Blue Zone Delay

(Unit: Seconds)

PHASE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
As of 4/11/18	90*+300	90	60	60	60	60	60	60	80*+15

* Blue zone inactive time

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Blue Zone Speed

(Unit: Meters Per Second)

PHASE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
As of 4/11/18	21	13.7	9.4	5.2	2.8	2.1	1.7	.9	1.2

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Blue Zone Damage

(Unit: Damage Per Tick)

PHASE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
As of 4/11/18	0.4	0.6	0.8	1	3	5	8	11	14

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