Violence District is an action shooter in early alpha - small maps, fast firefights, and a studio actively tuning it. What exists today already rewards good positioning.
These maps are compact, so sightlines are short and rotating costs you the fight. Know which two lanes are the high-traffic ones and which corner is the escape route.
Pre-aim the doorway you expect, break the first exchange before stepping, and use the cover near spawn rather than walking to the middle. Middle is where three other people already have an angle.
The developer explicitly asks for bug reports - clipping through geometry, desync or hit registration oddities. Clip it and post it in their channel; the feedback is what the next build fixes.
Expect balance changes. Learn the map and the movement, and those will still be true after the numbers move.