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How to build a big break in Apex Break
In Apex Break your score is your best break, so the whole game is about one thing: keeping your turn going. Hitting one ball in is the easy part. Leaving the cue ball where the next shot is easy is what turns a break of 8 into a break of 50.
The controls in ten seconds
Drag out from the white cue ball to aim. The dashed guide shows the line your shot will take, so line it up through the ball you are aiming at.
Drag the power meter up for a harder shot, then release to play it. Long-press the cue ball to open the spin control and add top, back or side spin.
Think one shot ahead
Before every shot, decide where you want the cue ball to stop, not just which ball you want to hit. If you pot a red, you need a colour next; if you pot a colour, you need a red. Pick the shot that leaves you closest to the next one, even if a different red looks easier right now.
Good players aim for an angle on the next ball rather than a dead straight shot. A small angle lets you send the cue ball where you want; a straight shot leaves you with less control.
Use less power than you think
Most missed breaks come from hitting too hard. A soft shot keeps the cue ball close to the pack and the colours, and a ball hit gently is more likely to drop. Save the full power meter for long shots and for splitting the reds.
The guide line shows where the ball goes, not how far the cue ball travels after. Practise a few shots at different power to learn how far the white rolls on.
Spin moves the cue ball after the shot
Back spin makes the cue ball stop or come back towards you after contact: use it when the next ball is behind you. Top spin makes it follow through: use it when the next ball is further up the table. Side spin bends its path off the cushion, and is best kept for when nothing else will get you there.
Start with a little spin. Too much makes the shot harder to judge and the white harder to control.
Stay around the black
The black is worth the most of any colour. The biggest breaks come from taking reds near the black spot and returning to the black each time. When you can, play reds that leave you on the black, and use the pink and blue when the black is not on.
Open the pack of reds early, with a controlled shot off a colour, so you are not left with reds stuck on a cushion when you need them.
How your break is scored
Your highest break in the competition window is your score, and ties go to the higher frame total, then the quicker frame. If still level, the prizes for the places they share are split equally. Every frame is replayed and checked on our servers before it reaches the leaderboard.