Lyric “Lyr1c” Quinonez: The King of Movement By VolcanFPS

14th October 2022

Good day, y’all! One of the reasons we all love to play Apex Legends is because it has some of the best movement systems in all FPS games. This system is very simple but, at the same time, has some depth to it. Overall, when you run, jump, slide, and vault over obstacles in the game, the whole process feels fluid enough, as if your character is a parkour artist on a free run. It’s going to take some in-depth game knowledge to discover that this system has hidden mechanics that allow you to perform some movements that the developers didn’t intend for the game to have. In order to pull these stunts off, you have to be a very mechanically-skilled player. If you do manage to learn some of these moves, not only will they look stylish on screen, they will actually give you an advantage over your enemies in the game.

Speaking of having an advantage, spacial awareness is another skill that can set you apart from your opponents. Knowing your surroundings lets you move around more confidently and win a fight against someone who is seemingly “stuck” in one place and doesn’t know how to pick a better position.

These qualities are what make Lyr1c such a dominant player in Apex Legends. So, join me, VolcanFPS, as together we go over Lyric’s backstory and his in-game settings that allow him to perform miracles that put him on the same level as Aceu and Dizzy!

Lyric Quinonez’s Story

If you have never heard of Lyric Quinonez, that’s because you’re probably thinking of Lirik, a variety Twitch streamer. But trust me, this guy's nickname is the only unoriginal thing about him.

Lyric is a Filipino boy from California, US. He was born on May 11th, 1998. His childhood was centered around video games. Little Lyric would be playing games like Wu Tang Shaolin Style on PS 1 and Super Mario and Tony Hawk games on Nintendo 64. So, he mainly grew up playing single-player, story-driven games. The first-ever multiplayer game that Lyric tried was Call of Duty 4, which became his favorite game of all time. He was so into CoD that he even started posting videos on YouTube of him performing various tricks, such as 360-no-scoping his enemies in CoD: Black Ops in 2012.

Fast-forward to 2017; Lyric tried streaming on Twitch with various success. His irregular and almost non-existent schedule didn’t help his channel to get enough friction to take off and gain popularity. That was mainly due to the fact that Lyric was actually more interested in a career as a professional COD player. He started streaming only because his friends highly recommended trying it to grow a fan base. Then, in 2019 Lyric switched to Apex Legends and almost immediately got signed to Counter Logic Gaming (CLG), joining NiceWigg (whom I wrote about a while ago), where he stayed for a couple of months until July 2019. Six months later, Lyric joined eUnited and became the team’s content creator. Right now, his YouTube channel has 215k subscribers, and his videos get anywhere from 50k to 200k views. His videos mostly showcase Lyric’s insane movement and aiming skills as he tries different sensitivity settings, different video settings, etc. The one constant that persists through his videos is his Legend of choice, which is Wraith. As Lyric puts it himself, the reason she is his Legend of choice is that Wraith has one of the smallest hitboxes in the game, which lets Lyric pull off some of those crazy movement stunts. On top of that, her toolkit allows Lyric to play more aggressively and utilize her Tactical Ability if things go south. Basically, Wraith doesn’t get punished for extremely aggressive plays because she can always escape using her signature ability.

Lyric’s In-Game Settings

Lyric’s settings are something everyone’s trying to get a hold of. It’s also pretty difficult to find his latest settings because, as I said, he likes to experiment with them and challenge himself for content quite often.

Gameplay

• Interact Prompt Style - Default
• Button Hints - Off
• Crosshair Damage Feedback - X
• Damage Numbers - Stacking
• Ping Opacity - Faded
• Obituaries - On
• Minimap Rotation -Off
• Weapon Auto-Cycle on Empty - On
• Auto Sprint - Off
• Double Tap Sprint - Off
• Jetpack Control - Hold
• Incoming Damage Feedback - 3D
• Taking Damage Closes Deathbox or Crafting Menu - Off
• Hop-Up Pop-Up - On
• Streamer Mode - All
• Anonymous Mode - Enabled
• Usage Sharing - Enabled
• Performance Display - Off
• Club Invites - Enabled

Judging by these settings, Lyric prefers to have a very minimal amount of information to prevent cluttering. For instance, the Crosshair Damage Feedback only displays the number without showing the shield icon. The Ping Opacity is Faded, which again, makes UI a bit clearer. The Performance Display is turned off for the same reason. At the same time, the Streamer and Anonymouse modes are turned on. The Streamer Mode changes the nicknames in the kill feed to Legend’s names, which prevents the possibility of other players crashing your game by using special symbols in their names. The Anonymous mode hides your name from the kill feed as well.

Accessibility Settings

Additional Accessibility options are available in the Gameplay settings tab. Lyric has some of them turned on:

• Color Blind Mode - Tritanopia
• Subtitles - Off
• Subtitle Size - Normal
• Enable Accessible Chat Features - Off
• Convert Incoming Voice to Chat Text - Off
• Play Incoming Text Chat as Speech - Off

Tritanopia is one of the types of color blindness that makes you unable to tell the difference between blue and green, purple and red, and yellow and pink. We can’t assume that Lyric has it; perhaps, he has this option turned on just to make his game look different. Some gamers are known to turn on the Color Blindless options in the game to get different effects. For instance, in PUBG, turning this option on changes the color of blood.

Mouse Settings

Like I said before, Lyric’s keen on trying different options when it comes to sensitivity. So, the options I’ll give you here are dated December 2021. The DPI and Hz might be completely wrong, depending on when you’re reading this.

• Mouse Sensitivity - 2.4
• Mouse Acceleration - Off
• Mouse Invert - Off
• Lighting Effects - Off
• DPI - 1600
• ADS Sensitivity Multiplier - 1
• Per Optic ADS Sensitivity - Off
• eDPI - 960
• Hz - 1000
• Acceleration - Off

Lyric’s DPI is actually quite standard for most gamers. As I keep saying in my articles, low DPI is more of a PRO player's prerogative that gives them more precision at the cost of movement, whereas Lyric is all about the movement, so he needs that kind of DPI.

Keyboard Settings

• Move Forward - W
• Move Back - S
• Move Left - A
• Move Right - D
• Sprint - L+Shift
• Jump - Scroll Wheel Down
• Crouch (Toggle) - C
• Crouch (Hold) - L+Ctrl
• Tactical Ability - Q
• Ultimate Ability - Z
• Interact/Pickup - E
• Inventory (Toggle) - L-Alt
• Map (Toggle) - Tab
• Toggle Fire Mode - B
• Attack - Left Click
• Aim Down Sight (Hold) - Right Click
• Melee - Mouse Thumb button
• Reload - R
• Cycle Weapon - None
• Equip Weapon 1 - 1
• Equip Weapon 2 - 2
• Holster Weapons - 3
• Equip Grenade - F
• Equip Survival Item - X
• Use Selected Health Item - 4
• Use Syringe - 5
• Use Med Kit - 6
• Use Shield Cell - 7
• Use Shield Battery - 8
• Use Phoenix Kit - 9
• Character Utility Action - H
• Inspect Weapon - N
• Open Quip Wheel / Thank You - T
• Ping - Mouse Wheel
• Ping Enemy Here - None
• Push To Talk (Hold) - V

Lyric’s keyboard bindings are pretty interesting. It is clear that he has changed some of the buttons to help him with his movement tricks. First of all, the jump is not set to Space, which is very unusual. Instead, it is set to scroll down. The inventory is set to L-Alt, whereas the Map is now set to TAB, which seems more like a preference thing. Furthermore, the melee attack is set to the thumb button on the mouse, which tells us that Lyric needs to be able to perform as many actions as possible using only his mouse. Push to Talk is set to V, replacing the melee attack. Using a grenade is set to F which is closer to WASD than the G key. Overall, it looks like Lyric’s bindings are more compact and grouped up closer to each other.

Video Settings

• Display Mode - Full screen
• Aspect Ratio - 16:10 (native)
• Resolution - 1680×1050 (native)
• Field of View - 110
• Brightness - 76%
• Sprint View Shake - Minimal
• FOV Ability Scaling - Disabled
• V-Sync - Disabled
• Nvidia Reflex - Enabled
• Adaptive Resolution FPS - 0
• Adaptive Supersampling - Disabled
• Anti-Aliasing - None
• Texture Streaming Budget - Very Low (2GB VRAM)
• Texture Filtering - Anisotropic 16x
• Ambient Occlusion Quality - Disabled
• Sun Shadow Coverage - Low
• Sun Shadow Detail - Low
• Spot Shadow Detail - Disabled
• Volumetric Lightning - Disabled
• Dynamic Spot Shadows - Disabled
• Model Detail - Low
• Effects Detail - Low
• Impact Marks - Disabled
• Ragdolls - Low

Note the Aspect ratio of Lyric’s monitor and his resolution which is even lower than FullHD resolution. Another thing to take note of is the increased brightness, which might actually mean that Lyric has Tritanopia although, I didn’t find any confirmation of that online. Most of the settings are on low, except for the Anti-Aliasing which is set to Anisotropic x16. This graphical option simply eliminates the “ladder” of textures and makes the image smoother overall. This specific option is considered to be cost-effective.

Lyric’s PC Setup

Last October, Lyric recorded a video tour of his room and PC. He has quite a hefty setup, I shall say.

Gaming PC Specs

• CPU: i9 12900k
• GPU: RTX 3080
• RAM: 32GB 3800MHz

Streaming PC Specs

• CPU: i9 9900k
• GPU: GTX 1060
• RAM: 16GB 3200MHz

Periphials

• Monitor: BenQ XL2546
• Mouse: Logitech G Pro Superlight w/ Hyperglides and Sidegrips
• 2nd Mouse: Zowie FK2
• Mousepad: BenQ Zowie GSR SE 2017 edition
• Keyboard: Ducky One2 Mini
• 2nd Keyboard: Logitech G Pro Keyboard
• Microphone: Audio Technica AT2020 USB
• Mixamp: Astro TR MixAmp
• Webcams: Elgato Facecam and Logitech C922
• LED Lights: Phillips Hue Play
• Sound Panels: Elgato Wave Panels
• Capture Card: Elgato 4k60 Pro
• Key light: Elgato Key light
• Desk: IKEA Bekant
• Chair: Herman Miller Embody
• Earbuds: Bose Quiet Comfort 20s

Learn to Move Like Lyr1c with Legionfarm

Having mechanical skills is not something you’re born with. You can definitely teach yourself to move like Lyr1c. And Legionfarm can actually help you with that. We have special training programs where you and our PROs can practice these moves and try another movement tech together!

Furthermore, you would benefit from teaching yourself the game sense and spacial awareness. This includes stuff like map knowledge, potential dangerous spots, climbable objects, etc. This will give you an upper hand in every fight and will help you survive those fights where odds are not in your favor. So, come on over to Legionfarm and ask our PROs to teach you positioning, and movement tricks and you’ll see how your survivability in the game increase.