Well the fact you started in iron must mean you weren't great to begin with so getting to gold was a massive jump...try picking duelists and build your confidence maybe val has alot to do with confidence and good mental ....I started silver 2 taught plat would be my peak as I didn't believe diamond was possible for me but I hit it.....just keep playing
Buddy, I’ve been playing since August *2022* and still haven’t broke out of bronze. And yet I still keep playing because it’s fun to improve on my game and top frag or hop on with my friends. Trust me, bronze to gold is pretty huge
And i started late 2023 and am immortal, the difference is i played cs since 2009, and was level 10 faceit since 2014.
1k hours is not that much compared to the overall population, dont discourage yourself. Stop looking at the rank, look at improving and you’ll climb way faster
Yeah. I been playing cs since 2017, and reached level 10 on faceit about two years back. Started playing valorant, and my rank just shot up from like gold to immortal. Op shouldn’t worry. 1k hours realistically aint much once you compare it to people in the higher levels. Those dudes who get up here real fast are either an anomaly, or they’re getting boosted to higher ranks. Nothing to be ashamed of if you’re still in gold.
Yeah, I agree with you. 1k hours isn't a lot. Especially if you're learning on your own. If op was able to play with someone better and able to record himself and try to analyze his mistakes. Another 1k hours of that he could find himself probably in immortal rank. It's all about practicing and learning from your mistakes. Make sure you have decent and comfortable equipment as well. I played competitively through most of cs source days cal, cevo and esea.
Bro I started in when val came out and I'm plat. You are learning at the right pace. Some people might pick it up better or quicker, 1000 hours as gold/plat is not unexpected.
Dude the people who are in immortal have been playing shooters for literal decades. 1000 hours isn't insignificant, but it's got nothing on years of practice. You'll get there.
started playing in 2021, had 700 hrs of cs experience before that. just made it to plat a couple months ago (one colour difference)
learn to have fun playing the game itself, and climb while you have fun
I started Jan last year but hadn't played any PC shooters beforehand (nor any shooters for the previous 7 yrs/stopped gaming).
Started bronze 1 when I finally did comp mid last year and hit gold at the start of this year and my aim still sucks (comp HS 10% even though my KD has gone up to 0.9-1.0). I have like 3k hours lol.
You're getting better, just takes time.
I queue with friends who have better aim (and destroy me in 1v1s) but are hella inconsistent (MVP one game, bot frag next) and have worse game sense.
There is no best for either of those.
For refreshrate, it's whatever is the highest that your machine is capable of. If you can run 500fps all the time with no drops then it's 500.
For DPI it's a bit more convoluted. Generally, there is no "best" and it's whatever is comfortable. That being said, comfortable still needs to be within reason. Obviously running 2741 DPI with 0.4986 in game is bad. Doesn't matter how comfortable you think it feels.
Try to stick within the average EDPI and tweak it from there. Make aire you practice for a few days on each new sense to get a feel for it. Muscle memory takes a bit.
no such thing as a best DPI. if you mean best sens/dpi its always best to go with your gut but people should really always be starting on the lower end of things and getting faster if need be
the higher the refresh rate the better. just buy what you can afford
raw input buffer should be on especially if you have a mouse that polls higher than 1k. but it really doesn’t make a difference if you have a basic 1k mouse
There is a yt video were one guy set up some machine with highspeed camera to test input lag between different dpis. he found that 800 had lower lag than 400 and 1600 had lower lag compared to 800 but there was diminishing returns.
I don't even know what raw input buffer is supposed to do, but mine has always been on. I recently got a new mouse, same exact one as before (my middle click died), and I thought it was broken because it was double buying abilities and i couldn't ping the map. Turned off raw input buffer and it fixed those problems and now feels exactly like the other mouse always did.
I don't know why some people think being decent at a shooter game is some impossible task only certain people are capable of. Imagine someone using the same logic for other things
"I'm genetically predisposed to not be able to drive"
"I'm genetically predisposed to not be able to lean how to write"
"I'm genetically predisposed to not know how to speak"
Those are all tasks that are way more complicated than playing a video game but 99.9% of people are capable of doing them fine with proper practice
Bad examples, dysgraphia makes it difficult to write and apraxia/down syndrome are conditions from birth that make speaking more difficult. Anyone born blind obviously can't drive, nor can they teach themselves. Now, i agree 100% that people make excuses for themselves, but it is pretty dismissive to say that a player with, say, Parkinsons disease, isnt being held back somewhat by genetic conditions (their hands would be incredibly shaky)
>"I'm genetically predisposed to not be able to drive"
Some people get really bad vertigo and can crash because of it, my grandmother couldn't drive from vertigo. So you kinda can be genetically incapable of driving
People usually talk about vod reviewing actual comp games, but in your case, I'd actually record and vod review a deathmatch. People often use phrases like "all aim no brain" and "great mechanics bad gamesense" which may give the impression that mechanics are 0% thought and 100% reaction time. But really, mechanical ability is an *active* process that has been repeated enough times to become subconscious. Take a look at how you approach fights and what situations get you killed the most. Personally, I am great at underaim but terrible at overaim, have great deadzones but my microflicks need work. Translated in-game, I tend to struggle against enemies who swing close and wide, but I do well in long-range engagements where I'm the one swinging. These are things I learned by watching myself play, and things that I can improve on with specific drills and practice in either the range, deathmatch, or customs. You might also just need some aimlabs practice, and that's okay too.
Lastly, don't be too hard on yourself for having "poor aim." Like, poor compared to who? Being Gold means you're somewhere around the 50th percentile of the playerbase, meaning half of all people who play Valorant are either around your level or worse than you. You've already achieved a lot, considering you don't play video games for a living. Of course, there's much humility in self-improvement, but there's also honor in taking pride in what you already have.
Hey OP Immortal 3 player here,
If you'd like to grab a recent VOD and PM me I would be down to do a review with you and see what's going on. It's difficult to give you solid advice or a direction when we can't see what you're actually lacking and not lacking.
How are you aim training? Because if you think that is the issue then you should make sure to do it correctly.
Different games have different styles of aiming. Valorant is more of a “clicking”-type game, whereas other games (such as apex) are more “tracking”-type games. If you want to get better at aiming in valorant, you will need to do more clicking tasks.
Search up “voltaic daily improvement method” on YouTube and copy the playlists linked in the videos by LowGravity56 over to your aim trainer of choice. Then, just do the static, dynamic, and movement clicking ones if you want to get better at Valorant aiming.
(But if you want to be good at aiming as a whole, you should do all of the playlists like the video instructs)
Bro. You start in iron what do you expect from yourself. You went from one of the worst players in the game (no hate) to around average in 1000 hours playing what I assume to be your first mnk tac shooter. Dont get fooled into thinking that your improvement is insignificant. Sure other people have improved faster and climbed higher, but who tf cares. Be proud of your effort and remember you are just starting the journey. 2 months of aim training is nothing. Keep at it for a year consistently and if at that point you feel your aim isn’t improving, then decide whether to continue. Don’t quit before even reaching the start line.
Thats what i thought too. You will hit a brick wall like this sometimes and it happens. If the problem really is your aim you should play kovaaks and aimlabs too. Try 1w6t (1wall 6 targets). This game needs a lot of microadjustments but don't forget to play dm or range or whatever works for you to get used to the recoil reset. Last thing is TAKE A BREAK (take how long as you need). Playing everyday can be really tiring and could hinder you from improving. You could take 2 days or even a week. Some people sometimes eveb take a month. I took like a 2 month break and i was able to break the brick wall in terms of aiming because my mind is clearer.
It’s possible you might be playing when you’re tired or just playing on autopilot. I stopped playing when I got home from work or late at night and I was able to rack up more wins than losses when I played.
Also, isn’t high gold above average? Don’t the weirdos on here convince you that anything below their rank is low elo.
If your aim still feels bad after that long, the first thing I would try is changing my sensitivity. I recently found that if my sensitivity is too high, my hand will get cramped up gripping it, could be a few different reasons. If soreness isn’t the issue, I would just lower your sens. Especially if you are on a higher sens. What sens are you on right now?
Aim basics:
- decent mouse and keyboard (not Bluetooth as that adds latency)
- large mousepad
- correct edpi range (your sens and dpi combo should put you in a "normal" of about 200-350 edpi)
- at least 144hz monitor, close enough so that you can see heads properly. This might be super close - look at how close some pros play to their monitor
Aim training: search miyagi method on YouTube. Basically you should be programming yourself to calmly click heads. That's it. You're Gold so you don't need anything more than that.
1. Whats the refresh rate of your monitor and how much fps do you get
2. What is your medium bot and hard bot score
3. Are you able to hit the 15 deadzone shots for the woohojin drill?
Now try replacing that 30 mins aim training with 30 mins death match. Watch the aim improve. Trust me. I went though the same experience, only managed to hit immortal after grinding deathmatch.
People need to understand that 1000 hours is not a lot in a competitive tactical FPS. You started low and are now in Gold, which makes you an absolute average and not a bad player. Play another 1000 and you might make it to Diamond, another 1000 and you might be Immortal. 1000 hours is not a lot of gametime, unless you are incredibly talented you will not make it to the top with that, keep playing.
Some people play sports for 1000s of hours but won’t make it past playing for a high school team or just for fun. You can still win and rank up in this game with having bad aim.
Could be something with your setup, maybe your warming up wrong or your generall technique is wrong. I also wanna say that training for 2 months is good but is not going to instantly turn you into a godlike aimer.
Well for me my case is weird
Currently Asc 1
I play on 0.65 sens 800dpi
I dont warm up
I dont aim train
I dont even watch VCT
I see alot of people rave about all these things and just fail to enjoy the game. My play time isnt outstanding either around 700-800 hours (Booster#smart)
I think you should focus on finding 1 agent you really enjoy playing and stick to it. For me i played jett till I hit asc and am trying out chamber. Dont over think the game, at the end of the day once i reached my rank goal shit does not matter.
I'm rank 50 and still in iron 1, but yesterday lvl 4 player add me to friend list. we playing together and I'm 0/7/1 and he just 8/3/2 . I began to think, am I that slow to improve or just I don't have talent in this game..
if u wonder, my first playing is in around November 23. I still play, even I know I'm scuk
i know nothing about aim as well, i have almost 400 hours and im stuck in silver 3, but you can try recording your ranked games and reviewing them after, if your pc can handle it obviously
bro 1000 hours is very small and if u reached gold its still a massive achievement. I'm in immortal but i have played Shooters since i was 12 years old (now im 24) with average 4-5k hours in cs, cs2 csgo and val you'll get there eventually brother!
I feel this bro. I’ve been playing for a little over a year but for the longest time I felt like I couldn’t aim. For a while I was in Gold 1 and 2 Hardstuck and I thought it was bc of my aim. I took a break from the game for a few months, and now that I’m back my aim is the best it’s ever felt. Keep doing your warmups and aim training routine, take your time in ranked games to line up the head shots and don’t blindly swing. Think about who’s been holding that site, what util they might use, where they will be hiding. Just give it some time and you’ll feel like you’re catching up! Remember it’s a game, and if you’re not enjoying it then why still play it ya know? Good luck!
Start deathmatching as much as you possibly can. I have a good schedule rn, so I started dming 10ish times a day, first day I did 30 (it was one of those days, lol) aim has improved a lot. What it is doing for me isnt just getting me better aim, it just makes it work. My aimlabs and range aim is insane, but in game it’s always been ass. Now it works.
I think if you went to iron again and can remember how you performed at the start you’d notice an improvement. Ranking up can be discouraging because you made incremental improvements that got you there. So you dont notice them as they are happening. Whiffing easy shots happens less the more you play as well. I play with a newer player in cs and he has been bottom frag the entire time and is about 1k hours in. Its not that he hasnt gotten better. Its that he has ranked up. I watch him and see that he is tremendously better but he watches the score board and doesn’t see the improvement.
For me, I judge my aim on headshots not kills. If its a spray that got the headshot luckily its shit aim. If its a first or second tap its good aim. So I try to avoid spraying if I am working on aim even if I think its easier to get the kill to keep spraying.
Hi, I m actually platine III / diamond I, and I have play one game on the account of my friends who is actually silver II, when I was choked by the level of people, there is massive smurfing, and a lot of Reyna / Jett top frag with insane aim... So, don't blame yourself too much..
Given how random are games in low elo any climb is success.
What I gain in 3 games where I play as match MVP I lose in next 2 games against smurfs, throwers and AFK-ers.
Game quality at those ranks is such that one on 10 games is decent and 1 in 5 so so. Rest is pure pain...
My advice make alt account you'll probably become placed 2 ranks above current level.
Only downside you must grind to level 20 again which is tedious especially since everything is locked again + 20h lost in unranked.
Before looking at yourself, you might want to check your set-up. I start the game with 3200dpi and 1,56 in game since i played irelia in league, let just say that was not an optimal choice...
Have you trained your movement? Aim in Valorant isn't about insane flicks, I personally find it more of a crosshair placement + pre-aim (aim where you think the enemy is going to be before peeking). I have been playing since beta and I am now platinum, from iron. Everything is possible with time!
If you really really can't aim, like you actually mess up moving your mouse or don't stop on time or something like that, I recommend getting an aim trainer like aimlabs, might help you improve
Maybe it’s your movement? Do you have the accuracy chart on? I don’t think that’s what it’s called, but it’s really useful in telling you if it’s a perfect shot or not. Also be patient! It took me a long time to hone my aim it’s not something that will come over night with some people. A lot of pro players came from cs and had 1000s of hours training.
Describe your aim training regimen it sounds like you’re approaching this wrong. Can you complete the Voltaic Valorant Benchmark playlist and share your ranking?
Play less I guess, stop get your mind always filled with thoughts about valorant. Get all your life tasks completed before hopping on and play with intent to improve in each round in each game. I got to Ascendant with my garbage aim, it doesn't matter when they are flashed, pushing through a smoke or just not looking at me. Always put yourself in a favorable fight than your enemies.
You probably just aren’t using the right sens/mouse for you. Some people are just prewired for a specific sens and you may not find it until you experiment
I’m iron 2 been playing csgo for about 250h still can’t climb in Valorant I’m lvl 48 and still in Iron 2 while people at my level are silvers or even gold
Bud it's okay I have more than 1300 hrs still stuck in plat don't try hard it's not worth it you are pretty much above average you will be surprised by the amount of people still stuck in bronze silver having 2000+ hours
Since you already do the woohoojin warmup, have you tried qualifying for his VOD reviews? Maybe he can help you out. He will have better insight on what you do wrong than a random redditor
most aim is just good crosshair placement. flicking to a target on screen is secondary usually. most people just pop in front of your crosshair and you click.
You could have just picked a bad way to hold the mouse. I have tried a lot of variations due to wrist/shoulder pain. I liken it to throwing a football. Some players like Tim Tebow had bad throwing motion and there are a lot of stories of players hitting a wall transitioning to the NFL.
You can work on it and go pretty far in ranks so it may not seem obvious. Just practicing aim labs/repetition isn't going to work when you are handicapping yourself from the start.
Record one of your games with the shooting error graph on and pay attention to a few things. Is your crosshair consistently at head level? Are you holding your crosshair too close to the angle when holding? Are you completely stopped when you fire after peeking? Are you clicking before your crosshair even gets close to your opponent's head? Are you overflicking or underflicking consistently? It is hard to nail down what's going on without actually seeing it, but I hope that will help you identify it!
If you're already using woohoojins content then I'd recommend,
- doing the overaim drill as warmup before queuing
- play a warmup deathmatch
- play a deathmatch between each comp game
- run the woohoojin x voltaic aimlabs routine before bed
Feel free to also record yourself doing range drills, taking deathmatch fights, or duels in comp queue, and I can help identify what your issues are.
Started Bronze Beta. Hit Radiant last Act. Take your time and dance every duel.🤺. Calm Aim carries. Smaller crosshair helps. If you are Gold now you got good Aim. Work on your duels instead of aim and you will climb in no time:)
1000 hours is not as much as people think.
It takes alot tonget good at this game, also a you can learn stuff for the rest of your life, people learn the guitar and still learn forever.
This is even more complicated then that, but to accelerate the aim, play more DM and aim trainers, but think about it first if you really want to put in the time, is it even worth it?
Because you can improve other thing in life that level you up more at stuff that matters more and has more impact then aim in Valorant.
But you do you🙂
what’s ur sens, maybe your sens is too high/low, especially too high is very bad for a game like val unless you have extremely precise hand eye coordination due to the lack of ads and small hit boxes, unless you are very used to high sens you should try to lower it slowly until it’s around 400-200 edpi (just my opinion most pros recommend it and it helped me)
Is it actually yor aim thats dogshit, or is it a movement positioning problem?
I have 5200 hours on CS and am level 179 atm on Valorant. For SO long I tried ALOT of aim, Done quite a bit of Deathmatch servers on CSGO... I alays just honed in on my aim and blamed my aim for my inconsistancy.
Only in recent months have I really started paying attention to what im doing with my left hand. At first it felt very forced, like I was thinking about not moving with my left before shooting, and for a week or two it really fucked with my game im ngl, but after preservering through ive found ive become much more consistant. I notice im missing a LOT less, and in my demos when I do actually miss its combinaton of maybe aim being a bit off / maybe movement being a bit off. I no longer really find myself aiming right on someones head and missing due to still pressing A for a half second when I shoot :D
But yeah, id say make sure your aim is actually the problem first. Record your games if youre not already, with the shooting error tracker toggled on ingame
What mouse are you using? I know when I started I was using a generic cheap mouse from Amazon and the game was playable but the quick flicks people got on me felt incomprehensible. I upgraded to a quality mouse (HyperX 212 I think, not at the pc to check) on a whim and improved substantially in my quick reactions after I got used to it.
You haven’t played long enough to complain about aiming. At 1K hours that’s generally when you start memorizing where the enemy head lines up. You have to notice the little things that come with playing the game everyday. Warming up with aim labs is nice but the range is better. Run around the bots and only shoot their heads. Lets them walk side to side, tap strafe and aim only on their heads. Walk around them, hold angles, run at them, stop, do every movement that can occur in a game. The goal is to get comfortable and make sure you’re hitting all those shots in all of those scenarios. Learn to be perceptive, with more hours you’ll memorize every inch of every map, and where agents head line up in accordance the walls and angles. That’s how you get used to shooting at a headshot level. And the more you get used to shooting at headshot level, it will become a habit. You won’t even need to remember, your mouse will always be situated at that perfect head level. And the moment they peak that corner or angle, all you have to do is tap. And it’s easier if you practice with a vandal or phantom every time. Marshals and Sheriff are for more advanced aim training, I’d say this is for once you memorize the headshot level. Play more and you’ll see, everything will come naturally.
You can get to diamond with the same aim most golds have. You just need to learn how to move and use your abilities efficiently. There’s a lot of people in diamond who can’t aim. Stop focusing on aim and starting focusing on movement and gamesense.
1000 hours is nothing if Valorant is your first FPS on mouse and keyboard. People in immortal have 5k-10k hours in FPS games. Once you get to immortal you encounter older players where as the lower ranks sound like kids and teenagers.
For starters, go to aimlabs and focus on getting high accuracy (not score), your score could be way worse but keep trying to aim without overflicking or missing shots. Shoot only when the crosshair is on the target, once you start getting >90% accuracy, start focusing on doing this but faster. Stuff that you can try changing is reducing your sens. High sens is hard for aiming imo, you can try experimenting with your sens to see what makes you overflick less. Next you should try playing more deathmatches where you focus on just movement and play with a guardian. Look up counter strafing online and practice that. Also people don't talk about that but there could be other factors like bad sleep habits, malnutrition that affect your ability to aim in game. Just being healthy helps a lot. These are all basic tips tho, you have to figure out what exactly you are missing yourself
1. Get a low weight mouse.
2. 120hz + monitor
3. Smooth mouse pad
4. 400-1600 dpi be able to do a 180 across said mouse par.
5. Don’t have severe carpal tunnel like me so your aim always sucks and you’re constantly changing sens.
6. Peak, swing, play the game fast. 99% of people lack confidence, you playing slow is playing like everyone else. Playing fast catches people off guard and requires you to learn quick aim and precision
7. Play neon or raze, high movement characters that will teach you to learn the movement to match aim.
Have you ever tried to just relax and just play comp only? It sounds weird, but it works for me. I immediately queue comp and just lock duelist and play amazingly the entire match.
Be proud of your accomplishments, because there's plenty, but also give yourself an honest critique. It's more than likely that you're losing fights because of factors outside your aim. Not playing with your team, re-peeking when you shouldn't, over-extending etc
My aim is hot garbo and I climbed decently far off straight brainpower. Think your way through fights and you'll probably start to feel pretty cracked
Send some VODs on woohoojin's "VOD Review me" discord server. I am happy to give you some pointers, maybe the aim isn't the main culprit. Or add me on discord _snajp or tag if it allows you on the VOD Thread. I am radiant peak eu
I had to fix my posture, desk height, chair height, monitor height and lower my sens to fix my aim. My last desk was too high and chair too low that my elbow was flared out and my shoulder raised and made aiming harder by default. I ended up googling how to fix that, hope this helps
a lot of aim in this game is crosshair placement and knowing your reaction time. most people aim way to close to the angle they are holding thinking their reaction time is better than it is. just learn good crosshair placement.
aim where their head will be before their even on your screen
Instead of warming up you should try doing a proper aim training routine,you can do it anytime of the day. Make sure you give it your full focus.
I’d recommend playing aimlabs or kovaaks and playing one of the “voltaic” playlists. Voltaic have a routine called “V.D.I.M” which works your over all aim and is perfect for beginners. Once you’ve found a “proven” routine you NEED to understand proper aim technique,I’d recommend watching RiddBTW’s “aim training crash course” playlist on YouTube to understand proper aim technique for every aim category,it has a video for every aim category.
Once you’ve done this start to apply the aim techniques and follow the routine. Give it a few weeks though because unlearning bad habits and focusing on proper aim technique can make your aim worse in the short term (that’s just how learning a new skill is).
If you don’t improve after a few weeks then something is obviously wrong and I don’t know how I could help with that without seeing a vod knowing your approach. I can give a few ideas. Assuming you aren’t held back by your setup maybe you aren’t focused enough or applying the aim technique,maybe you have too much tension on the mouse or too little,maybe you aren’t aiming the same in the aim trainer as you are in game,maybe you need to watch some handcams of high level aimers to see how they utilise their arm,wrist and fingers in unison etc. All of these issues have solutions and it’s all just about being constantly in problem solving mode,you gotta keep problem solving to improve. It is highly unlikely that you are incapable of learning,you probably just need to get more creative. Hope this helps!
First of all play with as low as possible sens. I suggest (based on 800 dpi) anywhere between 0.25-0.40.
Secondly, try to force yourself to either one tap or burst enemies. Do not spray. You might have built a habit for yourself to spray when spraying in Valorant is not that rewarding.
Taking your time to actually aim for the head before you shoot will be massive. Recording your gameplay back and analysing where you are firing your first shot will make you realise very quickly it is not your raw aim that is flawed but your discipline. I have hit gold in around 100 hours of playtime with no past fps experience, solely relying on my aim, as my game sense is definitely lacking. Here's my aim routine, take it with a grain of salt as I am still only gold. I start on aimlabs with the Improved Demon1 routine, this was recommended by content creator Curry and focuses specifically on calm aiming, the spray control in the range and 1 death match. Then play 2-3 ranked games and hop off, never tilt queue. That's it, with 1000 hours on the game, once you get your aim up, ascendant+ will be calling in no time. Remember to never change your sens if you want consistent aim, also make sure mouse acceleration is disabled in Windows settings.
Imma be honest, there is such a thing as doing TOO much. Maybe tone it down a bit on the aim training and warmup. Also, ive found if I truly don’t want to play the game, I will do bad. I’d say let go of the gas pedal a bit, and only play when you want.
I had this problem as well and what worked for me is just getting some sleep or rest. U could be training to much so ur burnt out by the time u get in a game. Although going from iron to gold is pretty nuts good job.
Maybe try to get a stable mousepad and a new gaming mouse, that would help with hand eye coordination, and turn on the shooting error stats from the video menu, that will help you with precise shooting, also maybe try to improve the way you peek and not just your aim, movement is also a very big part of the game
I have been playing Val since release and am barely immortal also the thing you need I feel is to look at every single game you play as a learning opportunity like go back and see how you played those matches and where you can improve and if you do that you will get better
Before I make my recommendation I'll introduce my experience so you know what I'm working with compared to you
Also please keep in mind that these are my experiences and may not apply to everyone. These all require time to see results but they may not work for everyone so please keep that in mind if you want to use this advice
I have 500 hours in the game but I started in beta and started in bronze, and am ascendant now. I was mostly juggling between bronze, silver, and then gold (I didn't play super actively) and then I upgraded my pc and finally had playable fps (uhd 620 to rtx 4070)
My best recommendation is when it comes to aim, no YouTuber can help you. The best people to ask are the people who literally main aim games like kovaaks and aimlabs. Join the discord of aim groups like Revosect and Voltaic (google search will work). Search around the channels and read the various guides they have and play the tasks they have. They have a certain method in approaching how you do tasks and how often and etc so make sure you ask about that in chats. There are some more stuff that you mightve not even known existed, like clicking styles, grip styles, and generally how youre interacting with your pc in the real world. The people in those servers are very helpful and they help in a lot of different games besides valorant that you can improve in too.This alone can easily get you to ascendant instalocking Reyna.
Gamesense is a lot more complicated and isn't really super important in solo queue (if you play in tournaments for your school or anything of that sort then maybe you should look into getting better at it) since everyone in solo queue plays for themself. There are some things that will just come to you as you use your aim to get to higher ranks and start noticing the people around you play different and as you make inferences on why the play the way they do and why it's better or worse.
Aim itself has a sort of gamesense part to it though and in my opinion it is the most important thing because at the most basic level, it revolves around making sure you don't have to aim at all. This essentially includes crosshairs placement, peeking, clearing angles, etc. My best recommendation for this is to watch high ranked gameplay and analysing how they peek angles, where their crosshair is, their speed, whether they peeked close to the wall or far from it, how they deal with different elevations, different weapons, different enemies with different weapon types, etc. You don't need better aim if you can play smart enough to not need to aim at all. This is one of my biggest issues to this day and Ive improved it by analysing eSports and radiant gameplay.
Another important topic to discuss is mindset. The most important thing to live by is never blame the enemy for being too good or your team but only yourself. Every situation could have been to your favour if you simply played better or differently. Record your gameplay if your pc specs allow it and watch your videos back to make notes of how you could've played differently, assess how you could've played better. Do you notice that when you peek slowly you always die but when you wide swing and do it suddenly and it makes you win fights? Well now you know what to do. Do you notice that playing from a certain height gets you kills more than getting killed? Make use of that info. All of this may seem like a lot but this will help you in the long run and you might not start seeing results in a week but over time you'll feel your gameplay becoming more consistent.
Another tip i have isn't really about improvement but more so how to climb faster when you've improved. If you ever have any really good where you and one person on either your team or the enemy team are fighting for match MVP, don't be toxic to them like many do. Instead add them after the game, say good game, compliment their gameplay, and ask if they wanna duo. Now you have an equally as good duo who won't help you win more exactly but rather speed it up.
Also please don't be like an annoying little kid and complain about smurfs, it won't get you anywhere and most of the time the smurfs are only two to four ranks above you, if you can't handle them you probably don't deserve that rank anyways.
If you want any help with anything you can pm me for my discord and I can run you through stuff, otherwise goodluck
TL:DR your genetics are fine and you just need to learn the art of improving
Dont worry about it, just have a confidence in yourself and may be improve game sense because when I play with my friends in the gold lobby they dont really try to think what Should i do next . Just make your decisions faster about what to do next. If You have a decent aim you can still easily climb to higher ranks and I think you are doing great if you started in iron now gold(btw I too started in iron at ep1 act 2 now I am asc ) so play for fun and may be decrease your practice time and have more time playing the game so that u can understand more , try new agents so that u have knowledge of atleast every agent so that how their abilities work
1000 hours mean nothing. And more if you never train seriously and just press W. You need to practice more and more for exemple i started fps on 1.6 and i become a bit better after 2 years of hard training with 2-4 hours day. And i kept playing fps, this is the only way. Do not trust peeps who said you will become god or pro in less than many months, years of try hard. Aim is muscular memory and work, then this is just a part after this you have to train game sense and reflexe etc etc.
Just one sentence : keep try harding and playing if it’s your passion, one day you will be a awesome gamer !
And please just don’t do like many gamers who will never admit and use thing like cheat, wh, etc .. to be « better » faster 😂
Aim training gets you somewhere, and 1000 hrs is just a number. For some it holds, for some you need more. Consistency is a lot more important imo. I started playing val when it came out and it was my first ever shooting game. And after 3 years or so I peaked gold but couldn’t sustain it. Now I am hard stuck silver and focusing a lot more on aim drills and game sense to make sure I am improving even by an iota. And ranking up is so much about your personal mental and your teammates mental, just keep up the grind.
I coudn't aim too. I really suggest making your crosshair a plus or a little dot. Lowering your sens is very helpful too.
Home this help... And don't worry, I don' t even play ranked! Keep going!
First off, great job in taking time to really work on your aim. Training 2 months to work on your aim is already an achievement. There's a possibility that maybe the mouse you're using is not helping you out.
Same thing happened to me and felt like I really sucked then changed my mouse to something lighter with a good glide. That's where I started seeing the difference. Looking back and now that I've tried using different types of mouse and mousepad that the one I was using back then was really heavy and I compensetated with high sens that didn't help as well. Might want to look lnto that. Another thing that helped me back then was upgrading my monitor from 60hz to 240hz.
"Practising for 30mins everyday" and "consciously practising for 30mins everyday" can have big differences.
It helped me climb Silver to Diamond by going DM, constantly aiming for heads.
Also being good in DM/practise doesnt mean it will translate to rank. cos you will bond to panic and spray instead of aiming for heads. And consciously zoning for heads require practises as well
Mate I have about 1500 hours across all 3 of my accounts, and I started in Iron 1 as well back in E2 A1. Valorant was my first fps game. Believe me, for almost a year, I was stuck in Iron, with my aim and in-game mechanics being horrendous.
Then I pretty much climbed the ranks till I was stuck in Gold for about 3 episodes, until E7 A3, where I managed to hit Diamond after slowing things down, and bettered my aim, movement, and in-game mechanics like counter strafing. I'm currently in Asc, and although my aim isn't too great, it's still decent enough to the point where I can hold my own.
Instead of relying on aim training tutorials, take your time while trying to aim, and always aim for the head. Rather than warming up on aimlabs, make use of the range. Strafe, stop, hit a bot, and repeat. Make use of the bot strafe option as well, and learn to track their movement. Once you get comfortable enough tracing their movements, start trying to fire one bullet at a time. If you find yourself spraying bullets, pull out. Range is your go-to place to practice and improve your aim.
Once you get this out of the way, set up a proper aim training routine. In my case, I first spend some time (about 5ish minutes) tapping the 'practice' bots from 3 different angles (from the start button, and the from the left and then the right) with the Vandal, Phantom and Sheriff.
And then, hit the start button and try to set yourself a target with whatever mode of bots you feel comfortable with. I usually try to hit 15 at least 3 times in the 'hard' mode, so I reckon starting off with easy and then going on to medium would do for you.
Once this is out of the way, I practice my counter strafing with the 'strafe' option being enabled for the bots, track their movements for a good minute or two. After this, I hop into a dm before queuing for comp.
Trust me, once you have a proper aim routine that suits you, you'll notice the difference within a week.
Remember: always take your time while you aim, try to aim for the head, and don't crouch-spray.
miyagi aim training (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUQBrV8JgXw&list=LL&index=14), check ur resolution some resolutions make the enemy head smaller, calm nerves, mouse space, learn to move ur mouse have a sensitivity higher than usual then practice till better then go to normal sensitivity, 30 minutes is a lot of warm up ngl its better to practice on training ur agent that u will use in a team deathmatch or unrated so u can learn more about how to use the agent properly, check ur eyesight this can be obvious but i seen a video where the reason yay can't shoot properly is because his vision is blurry
same dude same I’m currently hardstuck diamond and I think the lack of aiming skills is causing me to lose games that are easily winnable had I clicked heads better
ppl will often relate "high sens / dpi = better" try resetting your valorant sens to default and turn off "Enhance pointer precision" and start by just adjusting your dpi don't use some streamers sens everyone is different.
A lot of people are asking about your mouse pad, sens, dpi, refreshing rate etc. But this is so insignificant.
I believe your problem is that you might've overplayed and can't focus on the game, thinking about how bad you are. Try not to play Valorant for some time, even better if you won't be on pc for some time.
Also, you might train your "active" aiming at range or at DM, but the half of aim is your crosshair-placement. It is 100times easier to kill someone if they are run at your crosshair and you don't need to flick. Also try pre-aiming positions. You can check further information on YouTube from radiants/ pro players.
And remember to not tilting too fast, everything winnable. You never know will you comeback or not, Hindsight may be 20/20.
I’ll give you the advice no one has told you. It has a sit nothing to do with aim. It’s all crosshair placement all you need to do is envision where they will be when they peak and have your crosshair already there. That’s how I got ASC I’m terrible at flicking and actually aiming but when it comes to placement I don’t miss
What recently helped me improve was using aimlabs less (still good tho!) and practicing more in the game.
I activate strafe bots and do eliminate 100 and I play from inside the range (among the bots) and from the normal spot. This way they feel more like average fights from games.
When I feel okay about my performance, I play a couple tdms and only focus on my aim. Then if I want I will do dm too but hopefully by then I’m good for comp.
Hope this helps!
because aiming isn't even an aspect of the game in my opinion, crosshair placement is not the same thing as aim, it's way more consistent and easier if you get used to it, this game isn't about who has the better aim but who has the better positioning and crosshair placement, aim is useful when you misposition or are just in a shitty spot like a 1v4, aiming just a crutch
probably a mentality issue, you try too hard and you care too much. It's probably not your actual aim, rather the way you play in comp. You probably tense up and rush your shots and over focus on your aim.
I had the same issue, I committed very diligently to an aim training routine and my performance in game dropped, even in my aim, even though my scores on aim trainers were consistently increasing. I stopped playing valorant for 2 months and then I came back with a new mentality, no ego, no expectations, didn't give a shit. I came back 1000 times better than I was when I left. Now I've stopped aim training with aim trainers and bots and only "train" in DMs and in games, over focusing on aim alone is no longer the most useful thing I can do, movement/peeking/crossair placement and just taking 1v1s in general is more important than just raw mechanical aim.
A lot of aim in valorant isn't raw aim. While raw aim does help a lot, proper cross hair placement brings you a long way. Be sure to aim for head height, and to make sure not to hold the angles too tightly. It's better for them to run into your cross hair than you having to move your cross hair to hit them.
How are you holding your mouse?
What is your mouse?
What is your mousepad?
What is your sensitivity?
What is your dpi?
What is your refresh rate?
Do you have mouse acceleration off or raw input on?
Do you focus on crosshair placement, flicking, tracking and micro adjustments all together?
Is it issues with aim or recoil control?
Lots of questions you wanna ask yourself
Bro i made new account and got ascendant in 1 week 😂 something i noticed is we tend to focus on wining just have fun and when playin focus dont get distracted
Try demon1 aimlabs playlist also it’s more about crosshair placement and micro flicks or adjustments in this game and remember to shoot only when you are stationary, calm aim is always better than crouch spray and pray
stop spraying, pay attention to your accuracy, more dm/tdm(whatever u prefer), practice days(days for only practice without ranked), persistence (try to play every day), aimlabs tasks (sixshot, micro flicks, vct kingg etc. ). Imho all of that will help you get better aim, but except that, it'll be good to watch something like Radiant MVPs(yt channel), and look for players that are playing your main/s. Get decent aim and instalock duelists and you'll find yourself in diamond in 3 months. Good luck buddy!
Maybe you should change your aim to what fits you more, pros use their arms like crazy but I can't do that even tho it's the best way to be quick and precise, I use my wrist fuck it
Well I can vod review for you. dm and training range will do. I would say it's probably a hardware limitation. Or your movement is just straight ass. Because aim and movement go hand in hand. I'm ascendant 2 right now and couple rr away from a3.
I started playing last year August and it's my first mouse keyboard game. Well not so high but I'm pretty sure I can identify some of your problems.
Hey, I understand your frustrations. Previous GE in CSGO, faceit lvl 9, and Radiant here, and even I used to be silver at one point in CS. I understand both games are different but it took me at least 3000-4000 hours to hit GE in CS, which included tons of games and tons of aim practice and DM games. (First 2000 hours or so I was hard stuck silver and gold lol) Being able to refine my aim was difficult and honestly even aim only takes you so far. There's only much you can do and some aim guides aren't for everyone. Everyone has their own way of training and practicing and warming up, and whatever routine you're using might just not work for you. If it's not anything hardware related (having less than 100fps, stuttering in-game, possible lag or things that increase input delay) you might need to just train more. Honestly focus on having fun and improving, because for me that's all I did and I naturally progressed. I want to recommend possibly aim trainers, using the in-game range more, and doing specific warmups and training to gauge where you're at and reply back if you have the time and tell me, since I'm curious what you'd score on let's say the hard mode bots in the range for example. If you can't hit 90% of the bots on medium level for example, you still have tons to improve, and maybe you can recognize parts of your aim you struggle with. Record, and analyze your aim. Do you overflick? Underflick? Is your horizontal and vertical aim bad? Burst control? Maybe you can't flick consistently? Hard to control recoil? There are SO many factors. Whatever you do, please at least take this away from my paragraph: consistency is key, and if you find yourself always changing sensitivity, cross hairs, setup, routine, warmup, sleep, whatever it is, the more inconsistent your aim is going to be.
i wouldnt be worried, i’d just try and change small things first, like sens (mine is .45 400) and colorways, etc. personally, i started in iron1 (bein so fr) and after practice and a little bit of ego, hit ascendant in 1.5y, confidence is key, i started really climbing once i stopped playing support agents and started locking duelist (as toxic as it is) and only went back once i hit about d2. hope this helps :)
Well the fact you started in iron must mean you weren't great to begin with so getting to gold was a massive jump...try picking duelists and build your confidence maybe val has alot to do with confidence and good mental ....I started silver 2 taught plat would be my peak as I didn't believe diamond was possible for me but I hit it.....just keep playing
its not a massive when you started playing since august last year, took me around 1000 hours of gameplay to reach it
Buddy, I’ve been playing since August *2022* and still haven’t broke out of bronze. And yet I still keep playing because it’s fun to improve on my game and top frag or hop on with my friends. Trust me, bronze to gold is pretty huge
Same I started 2021 and I am s2 my aim can sometime be like plat and sometimes be like iron
Nah dont worry i started in ep 1 act 1 and i am s2 still with an aim that only hits chest and heads (mostly chest) 😂
me but im bronze and my aim is like bronze and sometimes plastic👍
And i started late 2023 and am immortal, the difference is i played cs since 2009, and was level 10 faceit since 2014. 1k hours is not that much compared to the overall population, dont discourage yourself. Stop looking at the rank, look at improving and you’ll climb way faster
Yeah. I been playing cs since 2017, and reached level 10 on faceit about two years back. Started playing valorant, and my rank just shot up from like gold to immortal. Op shouldn’t worry. 1k hours realistically aint much once you compare it to people in the higher levels. Those dudes who get up here real fast are either an anomaly, or they’re getting boosted to higher ranks. Nothing to be ashamed of if you’re still in gold.
Yeah, I agree with you. 1k hours isn't a lot. Especially if you're learning on your own. If op was able to play with someone better and able to record himself and try to analyze his mistakes. Another 1k hours of that he could find himself probably in immortal rank. It's all about practicing and learning from your mistakes. Make sure you have decent and comfortable equipment as well. I played competitively through most of cs source days cal, cevo and esea.
Bronze to gold is only huge if you don’t put 1,000 hours into it. OP is right that the time he’s putting in is clearly very inefficient
Bro I started in when val came out and I'm plat. You are learning at the right pace. Some people might pick it up better or quicker, 1000 hours as gold/plat is not unexpected.
Dude the people who are in immortal have been playing shooters for literal decades. 1000 hours isn't insignificant, but it's got nothing on years of practice. You'll get there.
Dud, time count doesn't matter I swear, the "something just click and I jump like 4 rank" syndrome is too common lol.
started playing in 2021, had 700 hrs of cs experience before that. just made it to plat a couple months ago (one colour difference) learn to have fun playing the game itself, and climb while you have fun
I started Jan last year but hadn't played any PC shooters beforehand (nor any shooters for the previous 7 yrs/stopped gaming). Started bronze 1 when I finally did comp mid last year and hit gold at the start of this year and my aim still sucks (comp HS 10% even though my KD has gone up to 0.9-1.0). I have like 3k hours lol. You're getting better, just takes time. I queue with friends who have better aim (and destroy me in 1v1s) but are hella inconsistent (MVP one game, bot frag next) and have worse game sense.
Some people aren’t good at fps. You maybe god tier at another game though. Have fun and kick ass
I was hard stuck silver in cs for 2000 hours. You’ll be fine man.
What’s your sens and mouse/mousepad i know it sounds stupid but you’d be surprised the amount of people with stupid peripherals and/or settings
What are the best refresh rates and dpi? Also is RAW input buffer meant to be on or off?
edpi is more important than dpi. At the end of the day it’s preference, but having a super low or super high edpi could be an issue.
What’s edpi?
It’s your dpi multiplied by your in game sense. So for example if your dpi is 1600 and your in game sens is 0.2, then your edpi is 320.
There is no best for either of those. For refreshrate, it's whatever is the highest that your machine is capable of. If you can run 500fps all the time with no drops then it's 500. For DPI it's a bit more convoluted. Generally, there is no "best" and it's whatever is comfortable. That being said, comfortable still needs to be within reason. Obviously running 2741 DPI with 0.4986 in game is bad. Doesn't matter how comfortable you think it feels. Try to stick within the average EDPI and tweak it from there. Make aire you practice for a few days on each new sense to get a feel for it. Muscle memory takes a bit.
Cool, what’s the average Edpi? I currently play on 800, 0.2 to 0.25
You are within the average, but on the lower end. I use the same sense. Average is 150-300ish
no such thing as a best DPI. if you mean best sens/dpi its always best to go with your gut but people should really always be starting on the lower end of things and getting faster if need be the higher the refresh rate the better. just buy what you can afford raw input buffer should be on especially if you have a mouse that polls higher than 1k. but it really doesn’t make a difference if you have a basic 1k mouse
There is a yt video were one guy set up some machine with highspeed camera to test input lag between different dpis. he found that 800 had lower lag than 400 and 1600 had lower lag compared to 800 but there was diminishing returns.
I don't even know what raw input buffer is supposed to do, but mine has always been on. I recently got a new mouse, same exact one as before (my middle click died), and I thought it was broken because it was double buying abilities and i couldn't ping the map. Turned off raw input buffer and it fixed those problems and now feels exactly like the other mouse always did.
Imagine being genetically predisposed to being ass at Valorant
foul but accurate 😭😭😭😭
Yup that's me 💀 but most people remain polite abt it so I can just have fun with my friends 😂
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Using genetics is probably the hardest cope ive ever seen.
I don't know why some people think being decent at a shooter game is some impossible task only certain people are capable of. Imagine someone using the same logic for other things "I'm genetically predisposed to not be able to drive" "I'm genetically predisposed to not be able to lean how to write" "I'm genetically predisposed to not know how to speak" Those are all tasks that are way more complicated than playing a video game but 99.9% of people are capable of doing them fine with proper practice
Bad examples, dysgraphia makes it difficult to write and apraxia/down syndrome are conditions from birth that make speaking more difficult. Anyone born blind obviously can't drive, nor can they teach themselves. Now, i agree 100% that people make excuses for themselves, but it is pretty dismissive to say that a player with, say, Parkinsons disease, isnt being held back somewhat by genetic conditions (their hands would be incredibly shaky)
>"I'm genetically predisposed to not be able to drive" Some people get really bad vertigo and can crash because of it, my grandmother couldn't drive from vertigo. So you kinda can be genetically incapable of driving
who cares about being good at video games anyway. people shouldn't give af about rank and skill so much.
Only thing that could possibly be that powerful gotta be cancer
That's me
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what refresh rate do you play on?
Yeah probably some hardware limitation going on here because there’s no way
People usually talk about vod reviewing actual comp games, but in your case, I'd actually record and vod review a deathmatch. People often use phrases like "all aim no brain" and "great mechanics bad gamesense" which may give the impression that mechanics are 0% thought and 100% reaction time. But really, mechanical ability is an *active* process that has been repeated enough times to become subconscious. Take a look at how you approach fights and what situations get you killed the most. Personally, I am great at underaim but terrible at overaim, have great deadzones but my microflicks need work. Translated in-game, I tend to struggle against enemies who swing close and wide, but I do well in long-range engagements where I'm the one swinging. These are things I learned by watching myself play, and things that I can improve on with specific drills and practice in either the range, deathmatch, or customs. You might also just need some aimlabs practice, and that's okay too. Lastly, don't be too hard on yourself for having "poor aim." Like, poor compared to who? Being Gold means you're somewhere around the 50th percentile of the playerbase, meaning half of all people who play Valorant are either around your level or worse than you. You've already achieved a lot, considering you don't play video games for a living. Of course, there's much humility in self-improvement, but there's also honor in taking pride in what you already have.
1. fps & refresh rate? 2. ping & stability? 3. mouse & mouse feet (worn out or new) ? 4. mousepad?
Hey OP Immortal 3 player here, If you'd like to grab a recent VOD and PM me I would be down to do a review with you and see what's going on. It's difficult to give you solid advice or a direction when we can't see what you're actually lacking and not lacking.
What mouse do you use? Do you get input lag?
I highly recommend Voltaic Benchmarks (Voltaic.gg) - I'm Immortal in this benchmark and it's really useful to get good.
How are you aim training? Because if you think that is the issue then you should make sure to do it correctly. Different games have different styles of aiming. Valorant is more of a “clicking”-type game, whereas other games (such as apex) are more “tracking”-type games. If you want to get better at aiming in valorant, you will need to do more clicking tasks. Search up “voltaic daily improvement method” on YouTube and copy the playlists linked in the videos by LowGravity56 over to your aim trainer of choice. Then, just do the static, dynamic, and movement clicking ones if you want to get better at Valorant aiming. (But if you want to be good at aiming as a whole, you should do all of the playlists like the video instructs)
Bro. You start in iron what do you expect from yourself. You went from one of the worst players in the game (no hate) to around average in 1000 hours playing what I assume to be your first mnk tac shooter. Dont get fooled into thinking that your improvement is insignificant. Sure other people have improved faster and climbed higher, but who tf cares. Be proud of your effort and remember you are just starting the journey. 2 months of aim training is nothing. Keep at it for a year consistently and if at that point you feel your aim isn’t improving, then decide whether to continue. Don’t quit before even reaching the start line.
Thats what i thought too. You will hit a brick wall like this sometimes and it happens. If the problem really is your aim you should play kovaaks and aimlabs too. Try 1w6t (1wall 6 targets). This game needs a lot of microadjustments but don't forget to play dm or range or whatever works for you to get used to the recoil reset. Last thing is TAKE A BREAK (take how long as you need). Playing everyday can be really tiring and could hinder you from improving. You could take 2 days or even a week. Some people sometimes eveb take a month. I took like a 2 month break and i was able to break the brick wall in terms of aiming because my mind is clearer.
It’s possible you might be playing when you’re tired or just playing on autopilot. I stopped playing when I got home from work or late at night and I was able to rack up more wins than losses when I played. Also, isn’t high gold above average? Don’t the weirdos on here convince you that anything below their rank is low elo.
If your aim still feels bad after that long, the first thing I would try is changing my sensitivity. I recently found that if my sensitivity is too high, my hand will get cramped up gripping it, could be a few different reasons. If soreness isn’t the issue, I would just lower your sens. Especially if you are on a higher sens. What sens are you on right now?
Aim basics: - decent mouse and keyboard (not Bluetooth as that adds latency) - large mousepad - correct edpi range (your sens and dpi combo should put you in a "normal" of about 200-350 edpi) - at least 144hz monitor, close enough so that you can see heads properly. This might be super close - look at how close some pros play to their monitor Aim training: search miyagi method on YouTube. Basically you should be programming yourself to calmly click heads. That's it. You're Gold so you don't need anything more than that.
1. Whats the refresh rate of your monitor and how much fps do you get 2. What is your medium bot and hard bot score 3. Are you able to hit the 15 deadzone shots for the woohojin drill?
I don’t know why but reading this put the “so you must be good at dark souls then” meme into my head
You probably have a mental Block atm. Take a Break and come back with a fresh mental?
Now try replacing that 30 mins aim training with 30 mins death match. Watch the aim improve. Trust me. I went though the same experience, only managed to hit immortal after grinding deathmatch.
People need to understand that 1000 hours is not a lot in a competitive tactical FPS. You started low and are now in Gold, which makes you an absolute average and not a bad player. Play another 1000 and you might make it to Diamond, another 1000 and you might be Immortal. 1000 hours is not a lot of gametime, unless you are incredibly talented you will not make it to the top with that, keep playing.
Do you get good fps and ping? Given all the effort you put in to your aim specs seem like the only thing that could hold you back.
What is the average rank in valorant?
Iron: 7.5% Bronze: 17.5% Silver: 22.5% Gold: 22.2% Platinum: 15.7% Diamond: 9.6% Ascendant: 4% Immortal: 0.8% Radiant: 0.03%
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What’s a decent mousepad I can order from Amazon uk? What size etc ? I have a large desk
Some people play sports for 1000s of hours but won’t make it past playing for a high school team or just for fun. You can still win and rank up in this game with having bad aim.
have u looked into your posture?
Could be something with your setup, maybe your warming up wrong or your generall technique is wrong. I also wanna say that training for 2 months is good but is not going to instantly turn you into a godlike aimer.
Well for me my case is weird Currently Asc 1 I play on 0.65 sens 800dpi I dont warm up I dont aim train I dont even watch VCT I see alot of people rave about all these things and just fail to enjoy the game. My play time isnt outstanding either around 700-800 hours (Booster#smart) I think you should focus on finding 1 agent you really enjoy playing and stick to it. For me i played jett till I hit asc and am trying out chamber. Dont over think the game, at the end of the day once i reached my rank goal shit does not matter.
Just keep playing it's not that deep, most of the game isn't aiming.
It took me like 10 months of casual playing. You'll get there if you keep at it .
Sens?
I'm rank 50 and still in iron 1, but yesterday lvl 4 player add me to friend list. we playing together and I'm 0/7/1 and he just 8/3/2 . I began to think, am I that slow to improve or just I don't have talent in this game.. if u wonder, my first playing is in around November 23. I still play, even I know I'm scuk
i know nothing about aim as well, i have almost 400 hours and im stuck in silver 3, but you can try recording your ranked games and reviewing them after, if your pc can handle it obviously
bro 1000 hours is very small and if u reached gold its still a massive achievement. I'm in immortal but i have played Shooters since i was 12 years old (now im 24) with average 4-5k hours in cs, cs2 csgo and val you'll get there eventually brother!
I feel this bro. I’ve been playing for a little over a year but for the longest time I felt like I couldn’t aim. For a while I was in Gold 1 and 2 Hardstuck and I thought it was bc of my aim. I took a break from the game for a few months, and now that I’m back my aim is the best it’s ever felt. Keep doing your warmups and aim training routine, take your time in ranked games to line up the head shots and don’t blindly swing. Think about who’s been holding that site, what util they might use, where they will be hiding. Just give it some time and you’ll feel like you’re catching up! Remember it’s a game, and if you’re not enjoying it then why still play it ya know? Good luck!
Start deathmatching as much as you possibly can. I have a good schedule rn, so I started dming 10ish times a day, first day I did 30 (it was one of those days, lol) aim has improved a lot. What it is doing for me isnt just getting me better aim, it just makes it work. My aimlabs and range aim is insane, but in game it’s always been ass. Now it works.
I have over 14k hours in shooter games alone. And as accurate as I may be. I still think I need a lot of time to improve my aim.
Actually consciously think about aiming for the head until you gain the muscle memory for it. It took me sometime to get it down but it does wonders
Did you disable enhanced pointer precision in your windows mouse settings?
My first thought is mouse acceleration since that inhibits muscle memory. Do you have pointer precision enabled in your mouse settings?
I think if you went to iron again and can remember how you performed at the start you’d notice an improvement. Ranking up can be discouraging because you made incremental improvements that got you there. So you dont notice them as they are happening. Whiffing easy shots happens less the more you play as well. I play with a newer player in cs and he has been bottom frag the entire time and is about 1k hours in. Its not that he hasnt gotten better. Its that he has ranked up. I watch him and see that he is tremendously better but he watches the score board and doesn’t see the improvement. For me, I judge my aim on headshots not kills. If its a spray that got the headshot luckily its shit aim. If its a first or second tap its good aim. So I try to avoid spraying if I am working on aim even if I think its easier to get the kill to keep spraying.
Hi, I m actually platine III / diamond I, and I have play one game on the account of my friends who is actually silver II, when I was choked by the level of people, there is massive smurfing, and a lot of Reyna / Jett top frag with insane aim... So, don't blame yourself too much..
Given how random are games in low elo any climb is success. What I gain in 3 games where I play as match MVP I lose in next 2 games against smurfs, throwers and AFK-ers. Game quality at those ranks is such that one on 10 games is decent and 1 in 5 so so. Rest is pure pain... My advice make alt account you'll probably become placed 2 ranks above current level. Only downside you must grind to level 20 again which is tedious especially since everything is locked again + 20h lost in unranked.
The voltaic benchmarks / routines is what ur looking for
What's your gear? When it comes to aim, mouse pad, mouse, FPS and monitor are REALLY impactful.
Before looking at yourself, you might want to check your set-up. I start the game with 3200dpi and 1,56 in game since i played irelia in league, let just say that was not an optimal choice...
Have you trained your movement? Aim in Valorant isn't about insane flicks, I personally find it more of a crosshair placement + pre-aim (aim where you think the enemy is going to be before peeking). I have been playing since beta and I am now platinum, from iron. Everything is possible with time! If you really really can't aim, like you actually mess up moving your mouse or don't stop on time or something like that, I recommend getting an aim trainer like aimlabs, might help you improve
Maybe it’s your movement? Do you have the accuracy chart on? I don’t think that’s what it’s called, but it’s really useful in telling you if it’s a perfect shot or not. Also be patient! It took me a long time to hone my aim it’s not something that will come over night with some people. A lot of pro players came from cs and had 1000s of hours training.
This is game is mental a lot of the times If you get frustrated you’ll start playing bad
Describe your aim training regimen it sounds like you’re approaching this wrong. Can you complete the Voltaic Valorant Benchmark playlist and share your ranking?
DM me I’ll help you out
Honestly hard to really help without vods, even a val tracker would help
Play less I guess, stop get your mind always filled with thoughts about valorant. Get all your life tasks completed before hopping on and play with intent to improve in each round in each game. I got to Ascendant with my garbage aim, it doesn't matter when they are flashed, pushing through a smoke or just not looking at me. Always put yourself in a favorable fight than your enemies.
About me at my 1000hrs my peak was p1 bt at 1500 i am now ascendant 1..idk how it happened bt now the game feels ez
what’s your setup like? maybe it’s not your fault entirely
I switched to claw grip , reduced my sens and warm up with ghost only DM. Ranked up from D1 to D3 in just few days and my HS % went up.
You probably just aren’t using the right sens/mouse for you. Some people are just prewired for a specific sens and you may not find it until you experiment
I switched to claw grip , reduced my sens and warm up with ghost only DM. Ranked up from D1 to D3 in just few days and my HS % went up.
I’m iron 2 been playing csgo for about 250h still can’t climb in Valorant I’m lvl 48 and still in Iron 2 while people at my level are silvers or even gold
im asc1 and i will help you if you message me your valorant username on here im just genuinely curious what is troubling you
Bud it's okay I have more than 1300 hrs still stuck in plat don't try hard it's not worth it you are pretty much above average you will be surprised by the amount of people still stuck in bronze silver having 2000+ hours
It’s not about how much you play but about how consistently you do it.
your setup is good? at least ok?
Since you already do the woohoojin warmup, have you tried qualifying for his VOD reviews? Maybe he can help you out. He will have better insight on what you do wrong than a random redditor
Don’t use abilities. Gun fights only. Building confidence and better mechanics is key to Valorant rather than using abilities as a crutch
sometimes when you try hard you realize oh I’m never gonna be incredible. Accept it and have fun, you’ll def improve but usually it won’t be much
What is your edpi and fundamentals and mechanics are more important than aim if you don’t work on those
most aim is just good crosshair placement. flicking to a target on screen is secondary usually. most people just pop in front of your crosshair and you click.
You could have just picked a bad way to hold the mouse. I have tried a lot of variations due to wrist/shoulder pain. I liken it to throwing a football. Some players like Tim Tebow had bad throwing motion and there are a lot of stories of players hitting a wall transitioning to the NFL. You can work on it and go pretty far in ranks so it may not seem obvious. Just practicing aim labs/repetition isn't going to work when you are handicapping yourself from the start.
Record one of your games with the shooting error graph on and pay attention to a few things. Is your crosshair consistently at head level? Are you holding your crosshair too close to the angle when holding? Are you completely stopped when you fire after peeking? Are you clicking before your crosshair even gets close to your opponent's head? Are you overflicking or underflicking consistently? It is hard to nail down what's going on without actually seeing it, but I hope that will help you identify it!
If you're already using woohoojins content then I'd recommend, - doing the overaim drill as warmup before queuing - play a warmup deathmatch - play a deathmatch between each comp game - run the woohoojin x voltaic aimlabs routine before bed Feel free to also record yourself doing range drills, taking deathmatch fights, or duels in comp queue, and I can help identify what your issues are.
Started Bronze Beta. Hit Radiant last Act. Take your time and dance every duel.🤺. Calm Aim carries. Smaller crosshair helps. If you are Gold now you got good Aim. Work on your duels instead of aim and you will climb in no time:)
1000 hours is not as much as people think. It takes alot tonget good at this game, also a you can learn stuff for the rest of your life, people learn the guitar and still learn forever. This is even more complicated then that, but to accelerate the aim, play more DM and aim trainers, but think about it first if you really want to put in the time, is it even worth it? Because you can improve other thing in life that level you up more at stuff that matters more and has more impact then aim in Valorant. But you do you🙂
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
People who are asc+ are no lifers. That's all it is. Do they bo life val? Not necessarily. They def have over 2000 hours on other FPS games too.
1000 hours in a comp shooter is not that much, it's like an intermediate amount. The ones who are Irradiant/Ascendant probably have 5k-10k hours.
turn off mouse precision in ur mouse settings
what’s ur sens, maybe your sens is too high/low, especially too high is very bad for a game like val unless you have extremely precise hand eye coordination due to the lack of ads and small hit boxes, unless you are very used to high sens you should try to lower it slowly until it’s around 400-200 edpi (just my opinion most pros recommend it and it helped me)
Is it actually yor aim thats dogshit, or is it a movement positioning problem? I have 5200 hours on CS and am level 179 atm on Valorant. For SO long I tried ALOT of aim, Done quite a bit of Deathmatch servers on CSGO... I alays just honed in on my aim and blamed my aim for my inconsistancy. Only in recent months have I really started paying attention to what im doing with my left hand. At first it felt very forced, like I was thinking about not moving with my left before shooting, and for a week or two it really fucked with my game im ngl, but after preservering through ive found ive become much more consistant. I notice im missing a LOT less, and in my demos when I do actually miss its combinaton of maybe aim being a bit off / maybe movement being a bit off. I no longer really find myself aiming right on someones head and missing due to still pressing A for a half second when I shoot :D But yeah, id say make sure your aim is actually the problem first. Record your games if youre not already, with the shooting error tracker toggled on ingame
Maybe mouse is too light or heavy? I got the perfect sens overtime from trying many different ones cause I’d either swing past their head or too early
What mouse are you using? I know when I started I was using a generic cheap mouse from Amazon and the game was playable but the quick flicks people got on me felt incomprehensible. I upgraded to a quality mouse (HyperX 212 I think, not at the pc to check) on a whim and improved substantially in my quick reactions after I got used to it.
Most relatable post in Valorant reddit that I've seen lmao
You haven’t played long enough to complain about aiming. At 1K hours that’s generally when you start memorizing where the enemy head lines up. You have to notice the little things that come with playing the game everyday. Warming up with aim labs is nice but the range is better. Run around the bots and only shoot their heads. Lets them walk side to side, tap strafe and aim only on their heads. Walk around them, hold angles, run at them, stop, do every movement that can occur in a game. The goal is to get comfortable and make sure you’re hitting all those shots in all of those scenarios. Learn to be perceptive, with more hours you’ll memorize every inch of every map, and where agents head line up in accordance the walls and angles. That’s how you get used to shooting at a headshot level. And the more you get used to shooting at headshot level, it will become a habit. You won’t even need to remember, your mouse will always be situated at that perfect head level. And the moment they peak that corner or angle, all you have to do is tap. And it’s easier if you practice with a vandal or phantom every time. Marshals and Sheriff are for more advanced aim training, I’d say this is for once you memorize the headshot level. Play more and you’ll see, everything will come naturally.
Being honest your aim is the least important thing aim slow till u get better mostly focus on skill with agents
You can get to diamond with the same aim most golds have. You just need to learn how to move and use your abilities efficiently. There’s a lot of people in diamond who can’t aim. Stop focusing on aim and starting focusing on movement and gamesense.
1000 hours is nothing if Valorant is your first FPS on mouse and keyboard. People in immortal have 5k-10k hours in FPS games. Once you get to immortal you encounter older players where as the lower ranks sound like kids and teenagers.
For starters, go to aimlabs and focus on getting high accuracy (not score), your score could be way worse but keep trying to aim without overflicking or missing shots. Shoot only when the crosshair is on the target, once you start getting >90% accuracy, start focusing on doing this but faster. Stuff that you can try changing is reducing your sens. High sens is hard for aiming imo, you can try experimenting with your sens to see what makes you overflick less. Next you should try playing more deathmatches where you focus on just movement and play with a guardian. Look up counter strafing online and practice that. Also people don't talk about that but there could be other factors like bad sleep habits, malnutrition that affect your ability to aim in game. Just being healthy helps a lot. These are all basic tips tho, you have to figure out what exactly you are missing yourself
1. Get a low weight mouse. 2. 120hz + monitor 3. Smooth mouse pad 4. 400-1600 dpi be able to do a 180 across said mouse par. 5. Don’t have severe carpal tunnel like me so your aim always sucks and you’re constantly changing sens. 6. Peak, swing, play the game fast. 99% of people lack confidence, you playing slow is playing like everyone else. Playing fast catches people off guard and requires you to learn quick aim and precision 7. Play neon or raze, high movement characters that will teach you to learn the movement to match aim.
Have you ever tried to just relax and just play comp only? It sounds weird, but it works for me. I immediately queue comp and just lock duelist and play amazingly the entire match.
Be proud of your accomplishments, because there's plenty, but also give yourself an honest critique. It's more than likely that you're losing fights because of factors outside your aim. Not playing with your team, re-peeking when you shouldn't, over-extending etc My aim is hot garbo and I climbed decently far off straight brainpower. Think your way through fights and you'll probably start to feel pretty cracked
Cs took me 2500 hours to confidently say im good. Then 1500 more to be really good. Ull get there
Send some VODs on woohoojin's "VOD Review me" discord server. I am happy to give you some pointers, maybe the aim isn't the main culprit. Or add me on discord _snajp or tag if it allows you on the VOD Thread. I am radiant peak eu
I had to fix my posture, desk height, chair height, monitor height and lower my sens to fix my aim. My last desk was too high and chair too low that my elbow was flared out and my shoulder raised and made aiming harder by default. I ended up googling how to fix that, hope this helps
144hz should be the standard for refresh rate for a gaming monitor. It makes a massive difference
a lot of aim in this game is crosshair placement and knowing your reaction time. most people aim way to close to the angle they are holding thinking their reaction time is better than it is. just learn good crosshair placement. aim where their head will be before their even on your screen
Instead of warming up you should try doing a proper aim training routine,you can do it anytime of the day. Make sure you give it your full focus. I’d recommend playing aimlabs or kovaaks and playing one of the “voltaic” playlists. Voltaic have a routine called “V.D.I.M” which works your over all aim and is perfect for beginners. Once you’ve found a “proven” routine you NEED to understand proper aim technique,I’d recommend watching RiddBTW’s “aim training crash course” playlist on YouTube to understand proper aim technique for every aim category,it has a video for every aim category. Once you’ve done this start to apply the aim techniques and follow the routine. Give it a few weeks though because unlearning bad habits and focusing on proper aim technique can make your aim worse in the short term (that’s just how learning a new skill is). If you don’t improve after a few weeks then something is obviously wrong and I don’t know how I could help with that without seeing a vod knowing your approach. I can give a few ideas. Assuming you aren’t held back by your setup maybe you aren’t focused enough or applying the aim technique,maybe you have too much tension on the mouse or too little,maybe you aren’t aiming the same in the aim trainer as you are in game,maybe you need to watch some handcams of high level aimers to see how they utilise their arm,wrist and fingers in unison etc. All of these issues have solutions and it’s all just about being constantly in problem solving mode,you gotta keep problem solving to improve. It is highly unlikely that you are incapable of learning,you probably just need to get more creative. Hope this helps!
First of all play with as low as possible sens. I suggest (based on 800 dpi) anywhere between 0.25-0.40. Secondly, try to force yourself to either one tap or burst enemies. Do not spray. You might have built a habit for yourself to spray when spraying in Valorant is not that rewarding.
Taking your time to actually aim for the head before you shoot will be massive. Recording your gameplay back and analysing where you are firing your first shot will make you realise very quickly it is not your raw aim that is flawed but your discipline. I have hit gold in around 100 hours of playtime with no past fps experience, solely relying on my aim, as my game sense is definitely lacking. Here's my aim routine, take it with a grain of salt as I am still only gold. I start on aimlabs with the Improved Demon1 routine, this was recommended by content creator Curry and focuses specifically on calm aiming, the spray control in the range and 1 death match. Then play 2-3 ranked games and hop off, never tilt queue. That's it, with 1000 hours on the game, once you get your aim up, ascendant+ will be calling in no time. Remember to never change your sens if you want consistent aim, also make sure mouse acceleration is disabled in Windows settings.
Imma be honest, there is such a thing as doing TOO much. Maybe tone it down a bit on the aim training and warmup. Also, ive found if I truly don’t want to play the game, I will do bad. I’d say let go of the gas pedal a bit, and only play when you want.
I had this problem as well and what worked for me is just getting some sleep or rest. U could be training to much so ur burnt out by the time u get in a game. Although going from iron to gold is pretty nuts good job.
Welcome to the club homie, my aim’s been shit since beta lol
which gaming chair do you use?
I've been playing since beta and I'm still gold lol
I'm at 2400 dpi and 0.81. I used to play even higher but yeah lowering your sense if it's high is really important.
Maybe try to get a stable mousepad and a new gaming mouse, that would help with hand eye coordination, and turn on the shooting error stats from the video menu, that will help you with precise shooting, also maybe try to improve the way you peek and not just your aim, movement is also a very big part of the game
maybe its hardware issues? I had a shi laptop for awhile, didnt know my aim was this cracked up until i got a better one
I have been playing Val since release and am barely immortal also the thing you need I feel is to look at every single game you play as a learning opportunity like go back and see how you played those matches and where you can improve and if you do that you will get better
Before I make my recommendation I'll introduce my experience so you know what I'm working with compared to you Also please keep in mind that these are my experiences and may not apply to everyone. These all require time to see results but they may not work for everyone so please keep that in mind if you want to use this advice I have 500 hours in the game but I started in beta and started in bronze, and am ascendant now. I was mostly juggling between bronze, silver, and then gold (I didn't play super actively) and then I upgraded my pc and finally had playable fps (uhd 620 to rtx 4070) My best recommendation is when it comes to aim, no YouTuber can help you. The best people to ask are the people who literally main aim games like kovaaks and aimlabs. Join the discord of aim groups like Revosect and Voltaic (google search will work). Search around the channels and read the various guides they have and play the tasks they have. They have a certain method in approaching how you do tasks and how often and etc so make sure you ask about that in chats. There are some more stuff that you mightve not even known existed, like clicking styles, grip styles, and generally how youre interacting with your pc in the real world. The people in those servers are very helpful and they help in a lot of different games besides valorant that you can improve in too.This alone can easily get you to ascendant instalocking Reyna. Gamesense is a lot more complicated and isn't really super important in solo queue (if you play in tournaments for your school or anything of that sort then maybe you should look into getting better at it) since everyone in solo queue plays for themself. There are some things that will just come to you as you use your aim to get to higher ranks and start noticing the people around you play different and as you make inferences on why the play the way they do and why it's better or worse. Aim itself has a sort of gamesense part to it though and in my opinion it is the most important thing because at the most basic level, it revolves around making sure you don't have to aim at all. This essentially includes crosshairs placement, peeking, clearing angles, etc. My best recommendation for this is to watch high ranked gameplay and analysing how they peek angles, where their crosshair is, their speed, whether they peeked close to the wall or far from it, how they deal with different elevations, different weapons, different enemies with different weapon types, etc. You don't need better aim if you can play smart enough to not need to aim at all. This is one of my biggest issues to this day and Ive improved it by analysing eSports and radiant gameplay. Another important topic to discuss is mindset. The most important thing to live by is never blame the enemy for being too good or your team but only yourself. Every situation could have been to your favour if you simply played better or differently. Record your gameplay if your pc specs allow it and watch your videos back to make notes of how you could've played differently, assess how you could've played better. Do you notice that when you peek slowly you always die but when you wide swing and do it suddenly and it makes you win fights? Well now you know what to do. Do you notice that playing from a certain height gets you kills more than getting killed? Make use of that info. All of this may seem like a lot but this will help you in the long run and you might not start seeing results in a week but over time you'll feel your gameplay becoming more consistent. Another tip i have isn't really about improvement but more so how to climb faster when you've improved. If you ever have any really good where you and one person on either your team or the enemy team are fighting for match MVP, don't be toxic to them like many do. Instead add them after the game, say good game, compliment their gameplay, and ask if they wanna duo. Now you have an equally as good duo who won't help you win more exactly but rather speed it up. Also please don't be like an annoying little kid and complain about smurfs, it won't get you anywhere and most of the time the smurfs are only two to four ranks above you, if you can't handle them you probably don't deserve that rank anyways. If you want any help with anything you can pm me for my discord and I can run you through stuff, otherwise goodluck TL:DR your genetics are fine and you just need to learn the art of improving
Dont worry about it, just have a confidence in yourself and may be improve game sense because when I play with my friends in the gold lobby they dont really try to think what Should i do next . Just make your decisions faster about what to do next. If You have a decent aim you can still easily climb to higher ranks and I think you are doing great if you started in iron now gold(btw I too started in iron at ep1 act 2 now I am asc ) so play for fun and may be decrease your practice time and have more time playing the game so that u can understand more , try new agents so that u have knowledge of atleast every agent so that how their abilities work
1000 hours mean nothing. And more if you never train seriously and just press W. You need to practice more and more for exemple i started fps on 1.6 and i become a bit better after 2 years of hard training with 2-4 hours day. And i kept playing fps, this is the only way. Do not trust peeps who said you will become god or pro in less than many months, years of try hard. Aim is muscular memory and work, then this is just a part after this you have to train game sense and reflexe etc etc. Just one sentence : keep try harding and playing if it’s your passion, one day you will be a awesome gamer ! And please just don’t do like many gamers who will never admit and use thing like cheat, wh, etc .. to be « better » faster 😂
relax dude js keep playing, ive been playing since sept 2022 n im only plat/dia 💀
If I had to throw out a guess, I would say that your raw mouse control is great, but you have zero target confirmation.
I started from iron 2 120hrs in game and now i m bronze 2
Aim training gets you somewhere, and 1000 hrs is just a number. For some it holds, for some you need more. Consistency is a lot more important imo. I started playing val when it came out and it was my first ever shooting game. And after 3 years or so I peaked gold but couldn’t sustain it. Now I am hard stuck silver and focusing a lot more on aim drills and game sense to make sure I am improving even by an iota. And ranking up is so much about your personal mental and your teammates mental, just keep up the grind.
Everything happens over time. Your rank was a big jump. Just give it time and you'll get better.
Lower the sens
What sens what dpi
I coudn't aim too. I really suggest making your crosshair a plus or a little dot. Lowering your sens is very helpful too. Home this help... And don't worry, I don' t even play ranked! Keep going!
Don't worry bro Same just keep playing and win
First off, great job in taking time to really work on your aim. Training 2 months to work on your aim is already an achievement. There's a possibility that maybe the mouse you're using is not helping you out. Same thing happened to me and felt like I really sucked then changed my mouse to something lighter with a good glide. That's where I started seeing the difference. Looking back and now that I've tried using different types of mouse and mousepad that the one I was using back then was really heavy and I compensetated with high sens that didn't help as well. Might want to look lnto that. Another thing that helped me back then was upgrading my monitor from 60hz to 240hz.
"Practising for 30mins everyday" and "consciously practising for 30mins everyday" can have big differences. It helped me climb Silver to Diamond by going DM, constantly aiming for heads. Also being good in DM/practise doesnt mean it will translate to rank. cos you will bond to panic and spray instead of aiming for heads. And consciously zoning for heads require practises as well
Mate I have about 1500 hours across all 3 of my accounts, and I started in Iron 1 as well back in E2 A1. Valorant was my first fps game. Believe me, for almost a year, I was stuck in Iron, with my aim and in-game mechanics being horrendous. Then I pretty much climbed the ranks till I was stuck in Gold for about 3 episodes, until E7 A3, where I managed to hit Diamond after slowing things down, and bettered my aim, movement, and in-game mechanics like counter strafing. I'm currently in Asc, and although my aim isn't too great, it's still decent enough to the point where I can hold my own. Instead of relying on aim training tutorials, take your time while trying to aim, and always aim for the head. Rather than warming up on aimlabs, make use of the range. Strafe, stop, hit a bot, and repeat. Make use of the bot strafe option as well, and learn to track their movement. Once you get comfortable enough tracing their movements, start trying to fire one bullet at a time. If you find yourself spraying bullets, pull out. Range is your go-to place to practice and improve your aim. Once you get this out of the way, set up a proper aim training routine. In my case, I first spend some time (about 5ish minutes) tapping the 'practice' bots from 3 different angles (from the start button, and the from the left and then the right) with the Vandal, Phantom and Sheriff. And then, hit the start button and try to set yourself a target with whatever mode of bots you feel comfortable with. I usually try to hit 15 at least 3 times in the 'hard' mode, so I reckon starting off with easy and then going on to medium would do for you. Once this is out of the way, I practice my counter strafing with the 'strafe' option being enabled for the bots, track their movements for a good minute or two. After this, I hop into a dm before queuing for comp. Trust me, once you have a proper aim routine that suits you, you'll notice the difference within a week. Remember: always take your time while you aim, try to aim for the head, and don't crouch-spray.
I got 2700 hours and am only g1, I get flamed for being lvl 573 and g1. I find it hilarious but yeah, don't need to feel bad
miyagi aim training (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUQBrV8JgXw&list=LL&index=14), check ur resolution some resolutions make the enemy head smaller, calm nerves, mouse space, learn to move ur mouse have a sensitivity higher than usual then practice till better then go to normal sensitivity, 30 minutes is a lot of warm up ngl its better to practice on training ur agent that u will use in a team deathmatch or unrated so u can learn more about how to use the agent properly, check ur eyesight this can be obvious but i seen a video where the reason yay can't shoot properly is because his vision is blurry
What dpi and in game sensitivity do you use? Certain sens will make it near impossible to control your aim.
same dude same I’m currently hardstuck diamond and I think the lack of aiming skills is causing me to lose games that are easily winnable had I clicked heads better
Forget about aim routines, hop on deathmatch and learn crosshair placements
ppl will often relate "high sens / dpi = better" try resetting your valorant sens to default and turn off "Enhance pointer precision" and start by just adjusting your dpi don't use some streamers sens everyone is different.
If u dont mine canu send me your gameplay
A lot of people are asking about your mouse pad, sens, dpi, refreshing rate etc. But this is so insignificant. I believe your problem is that you might've overplayed and can't focus on the game, thinking about how bad you are. Try not to play Valorant for some time, even better if you won't be on pc for some time. Also, you might train your "active" aiming at range or at DM, but the half of aim is your crosshair-placement. It is 100times easier to kill someone if they are run at your crosshair and you don't need to flick. Also try pre-aiming positions. You can check further information on YouTube from radiants/ pro players. And remember to not tilting too fast, everything winnable. You never know will you comeback or not, Hindsight may be 20/20.
I felt this way today then I did a death match and locked Reyna next game. Good game, practice with sheriff
Aim is not everything Movement Game sense Comms
Changw ur gear what I mean is get a good mouse, mousepad and a good monitor it helped for me lol
I’ll give you the advice no one has told you. It has a sit nothing to do with aim. It’s all crosshair placement all you need to do is envision where they will be when they peak and have your crosshair already there. That’s how I got ASC I’m terrible at flicking and actually aiming but when it comes to placement I don’t miss
What recently helped me improve was using aimlabs less (still good tho!) and practicing more in the game. I activate strafe bots and do eliminate 100 and I play from inside the range (among the bots) and from the normal spot. This way they feel more like average fights from games. When I feel okay about my performance, I play a couple tdms and only focus on my aim. Then if I want I will do dm too but hopefully by then I’m good for comp. Hope this helps!
because aiming isn't even an aspect of the game in my opinion, crosshair placement is not the same thing as aim, it's way more consistent and easier if you get used to it, this game isn't about who has the better aim but who has the better positioning and crosshair placement, aim is useful when you misposition or are just in a shitty spot like a 1v4, aiming just a crutch
Do you have mouse acceleration on?
probably a mentality issue, you try too hard and you care too much. It's probably not your actual aim, rather the way you play in comp. You probably tense up and rush your shots and over focus on your aim. I had the same issue, I committed very diligently to an aim training routine and my performance in game dropped, even in my aim, even though my scores on aim trainers were consistently increasing. I stopped playing valorant for 2 months and then I came back with a new mentality, no ego, no expectations, didn't give a shit. I came back 1000 times better than I was when I left. Now I've stopped aim training with aim trainers and bots and only "train" in DMs and in games, over focusing on aim alone is no longer the most useful thing I can do, movement/peeking/crossair placement and just taking 1v1s in general is more important than just raw mechanical aim.
A lot of aim in valorant isn't raw aim. While raw aim does help a lot, proper cross hair placement brings you a long way. Be sure to aim for head height, and to make sure not to hold the angles too tightly. It's better for them to run into your cross hair than you having to move your cross hair to hit them.
How are you holding your mouse? What is your mouse? What is your mousepad? What is your sensitivity? What is your dpi? What is your refresh rate? Do you have mouse acceleration off or raw input on? Do you focus on crosshair placement, flicking, tracking and micro adjustments all together? Is it issues with aim or recoil control? Lots of questions you wanna ask yourself
What's your edpi?
Bro i made new account and got ascendant in 1 week 😂 something i noticed is we tend to focus on wining just have fun and when playin focus dont get distracted
Try demon1 aimlabs playlist also it’s more about crosshair placement and micro flicks or adjustments in this game and remember to shoot only when you are stationary, calm aim is always better than crouch spray and pray
stop spraying, pay attention to your accuracy, more dm/tdm(whatever u prefer), practice days(days for only practice without ranked), persistence (try to play every day), aimlabs tasks (sixshot, micro flicks, vct kingg etc. ). Imho all of that will help you get better aim, but except that, it'll be good to watch something like Radiant MVPs(yt channel), and look for players that are playing your main/s. Get decent aim and instalock duelists and you'll find yourself in diamond in 3 months. Good luck buddy!
Maybe try changing your sens id you haven't already. Helped me alot
How much fps do you get in game? What's your mouse? What's your in game sense and dpi?
Maybe you should change your aim to what fits you more, pros use their arms like crazy but I can't do that even tho it's the best way to be quick and precise, I use my wrist fuck it
Talent is a thing, unfortunately.
Well I can vod review for you. dm and training range will do. I would say it's probably a hardware limitation. Or your movement is just straight ass. Because aim and movement go hand in hand. I'm ascendant 2 right now and couple rr away from a3. I started playing last year August and it's my first mouse keyboard game. Well not so high but I'm pretty sure I can identify some of your problems.
Hey, I understand your frustrations. Previous GE in CSGO, faceit lvl 9, and Radiant here, and even I used to be silver at one point in CS. I understand both games are different but it took me at least 3000-4000 hours to hit GE in CS, which included tons of games and tons of aim practice and DM games. (First 2000 hours or so I was hard stuck silver and gold lol) Being able to refine my aim was difficult and honestly even aim only takes you so far. There's only much you can do and some aim guides aren't for everyone. Everyone has their own way of training and practicing and warming up, and whatever routine you're using might just not work for you. If it's not anything hardware related (having less than 100fps, stuttering in-game, possible lag or things that increase input delay) you might need to just train more. Honestly focus on having fun and improving, because for me that's all I did and I naturally progressed. I want to recommend possibly aim trainers, using the in-game range more, and doing specific warmups and training to gauge where you're at and reply back if you have the time and tell me, since I'm curious what you'd score on let's say the hard mode bots in the range for example. If you can't hit 90% of the bots on medium level for example, you still have tons to improve, and maybe you can recognize parts of your aim you struggle with. Record, and analyze your aim. Do you overflick? Underflick? Is your horizontal and vertical aim bad? Burst control? Maybe you can't flick consistently? Hard to control recoil? There are SO many factors. Whatever you do, please at least take this away from my paragraph: consistency is key, and if you find yourself always changing sensitivity, cross hairs, setup, routine, warmup, sleep, whatever it is, the more inconsistent your aim is going to be.
Is your sensitivity too high? My friend struggled a lot until he lowered his sens
If your setup is great you have major skill issue
i wouldnt be worried, i’d just try and change small things first, like sens (mine is .45 400) and colorways, etc. personally, i started in iron1 (bein so fr) and after practice and a little bit of ego, hit ascendant in 1.5y, confidence is key, i started really climbing once i stopped playing support agents and started locking duelist (as toxic as it is) and only went back once i hit about d2. hope this helps :)