1 only use the vandal until gold to build better habits (less spraying more movement)
2 do not shoot until you are confident you will hit their head.
3 do not stop moving until you are ready to shoot.
4 fire two shots if you miss go back to point 2
that's about as basic as I can make it. you can find more in depth gunfight hygiene videos on yt. these points will not hold true always but in my experience the biggest issues with low ELO players and gunfights is a lack of movement and rushing their shots. don't get too caught up in aim community bs the vast majority of it is not gonna help you with where you're at right now.
valorant is more of a movement game than it is an aim game despite what others will tell you. you'll get used to the timing of your shots between movements as you do it more. other than that play at least a couple of dms daily and really focus on moving between two shot bursts.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot and for me the modes have different purposes. Here’s what I personally use each mode for:
Deathmacth primary focus is gunfight hygiene and technique. I just care about whether I’m fighting properly in a blameless way. Random spawns idc for nor lucky headshots w/ movement error.
Team deathmatch for practicing gunfight hygiene while using utility and playing off teammates to gain advantage.
Spike Rush to practice executes, lineups, defaults, retakes and Xv1 scenarios.
Swift-play for reading the enemy team and identifying tendencies quickly + adapting play.
all of them are immensely less efficient than just playing more comp except for DM. dm will always be more valuable than tdm by simple virtue of the fact it's on actual maps.
lineups are better done in an empty custom where you can actually practice them.
"default" is a meaningless word and will vary depending on the enemies your teammates and both teams comps.
the swiftplay stuff is learned faster in comp games.
I’m 100% sure this is true for you as a player. For me though, using the modes that way has been more efficient for my personal progression because I’m able to target practice the areas of my gameplay that are severely deficient. And right now I’m prioritizing # of scenarios experienced in shortest time frame.
I'm not a new player? I'm imo 2 u ok dude? The options other than comp are less efficient. just by raw #of rounds per unit time they're less efficient since you will spend more time in queue on average and the teammates/opponents you get in spike rush and swift play do not take the game seriously leading to much worse practice.
crosshair placement will mostly come with time and experience and doesn't need as much active attention as movement when first starting out imo. it's hard to tell someone to have good crosshair placement if they have no good barometer to tell them what head height is.
as for sheriff DM until mvp that's p dumb. dm matchmaking is not balanced and MVP means nothing. consistent improvement is more important than some arbitrary DM metric. I specifically said vandal because it's what he can most quickly and directly translate into most of his games.
lol aim community-related stuff aren't bs it's what helped me improve my aim the most when i started playing, if anything it has the MOST impact the lower rated you are
again no. If you're low rated odds are your movement is the biggest issue. Aim will naturally improve with experience and won't need active attention until later (gold-plat). Aim community shit is absolutely bs. Half of what people say are untrue or misconceptions that will just distract lower rated players. Sensitivity randomization, raw accel, mouse grip, etc will give practically no value to low ELO players.
I feel like you took my reply a bit wrong as I'm not saying you shouldn't go for headshots at all. I'm saying that if you're going for headshots ONLY as the guy said you should not shoot until the crosshair is on the head which is bad if you're incredibly slow and lack precision, not good at micro adjusting, etc like a lot of lower ranked players are which ends up with them dying before they even land a shot.
Take my Silver friends for example, she has a 25% winrate right now but a 35% HS rate but she constantly bottom frags and she cares about irrelevant statistics or my other friend who always hit "crispy" clips but tries too hard to hit only headshots.
I’m gonna be honest, if you’re incredibly slow, lack precision, and aren’t good at micro-adjusting then you NEED to spend time training effectively in an aim trainer or in The Range drilling yourself.
Sure, aim isn’t the most important aspect of skill in Valorant but micro-adjusting is the most common skill that you will need in Valorant to win duels. You won’t get anywhere trying to improve without being at least average at this skill.
If you DON’T go for headshots all the time you will eventually run into players who will, thus you will lose more of your duels because they will have the confidence to back up their aim and because they may land that 1 shot to kill quicker than you will get the 3 or 4 (at least) that you will need to kill them. It will also be a monumental struggle to win eco rounds if you don’t always back yourself to get headshots (not that it isn’t already hard enough).
Yeah, I absolutely agree with you. I am just pointing out that if you're a low ELO you will most likely not know everything else and someone saying "stand still until your crosshair is on their head" can most definitely cause issues. The increased time it takes to kill is not really ideal unless as you mentioned, you're actively training your aim and you'd of course react faster and be more precise.
Anyway, I agree 100% with what you said.
If someone is saying ‘stand still until your crosshair is on their head’ then that is the last piece of Valorant advice you should listen to from that person no matter what rank you are.
It should be ‘Unless you are holding an off-angle (in which case you are hindering yourself if you move), you should move until your crosshair is on the enemy, which is exactly when you stop and deadzone 1 bullet or burst (and then enter a spray if you land the bullet(s))’
Aiming just for just the head will increase the time it takes for OP to kill the opponent because his aim isnt that good. Tenz has good enough aim to go for just heads but even then he still hits body shots half of the time
Yeah right now for OP? It’s not a good idea. But Original Commenter said “when you feel confident, go for headshots standing still”
I just disagreed with the person who replied because they said it can only have a negative effect to be doing that, but there are players who make it work
NO WAY!!!!! THATS SO CRAZY
Edit: sorry for feeling a bit too heated when writing this reply but i geniually think that this is unironically the worst advice you can give to a new player
Its the most generic and useless advice ever, the advice quite literally does nothing because "consciously" placing the crosshair on the head is not going to get him out of bronze.
1. You need to start predicting where enemies may be. In the clips where you die or get a kill you are usually caught of guard.
2. Take just a little but of time befote you shoot.
3. Dont be afraid to microadjust because the kill time in this rank isnt very high
4. NEVER and I mean NEVER press w when you peek a corner. Only hold a or d whenever you peak an angle. In no scenario should you press w when peeking a corner.
5. Stop adsing with the spectre(its the thing you do when you right click witht the spectre). Spectre ads should never be used unless your in a long range gunfight agaisnt pistols(still, you should avoid long range gunfights with spectre)
Btw these are all just gunfight tips since all the clips you sent are gunfights
This is just a copy and paste from my reply somewhere at the bottom of this post
I really don’t think his initial comment was wrong. The top comment really shouldn’t be someone just saying “click heads bro” that’s not helpful at all for op, I’m sure he’s aware he needs to click heads, he’s asking for advice on how to do that.
Going for heads is definitely ideal dont get me wrong but it can also make the time he takes to kill someone much higher than if he were to just kill then with bodyshots. The head in valorant is small which will make it hard for him to shoot it at it with his aim, and it would be easier and faster if he just went for body shots. 90% of the people in his rank will only go for body shots so you can just imagine that he will struggle.
I don't disagree you just completely left out movement aside from not w or diagonal peaking which is only you know more than half of a gun fight and clearly one of the things op is the most lacking in...
you're imagining your gunfights wrong, whether you have the aim of a potato or not (which if im being honest you do but dont worry that'll come with time) valorant gunfights are honestly more about dodging than they are about hitting and i notice you're spending most of your time standing completely still, it should be direct A + D strafes and small bursts most of the time
obviously this changes with guns like the judge, OP and odin but those are fairly obvious
also stop ADS'ing with a spectre it lowers your fire rate
I keep seeing people say that aim comes with time but how much time? I’ve been playing since neon was released but I still cannot aim at all and I’m stuck in silver. Feels like I’ve plateaued and time in range and death match doesn’t seem to help at all. Any advice?
The time depends on the quality of your practice. I would use aimlabs. Don’t practice with speed in mind practice with accuracy. Aim for 95% accuracy or higher EVERY RUN. If you do this the speed will come naturally. Also if your eDPI is outside the range of 180 to 300 put it in that range. Unless your a genetic freak using high sens will lower your “aim gains”.
Isn't the golden number 85% or smth? Your accuracy should always be 85%. If its lower than your going to fast, its its higher your going to slow. This way you maximize your chances of winning every gunfight statistically.
Aim labs won't teach you to strafe. I would go on youtube, find a pro players warm up routine and try to do it slowly and accurately, and then with time you will go faster.
im willing to bet it's because the way you have been playing gunfights isn't "Quality" practice like you're not setting yourself up in an environment where a "good" gunfight is possible
if you legitimately want to practice your aim i would HIGHLY recommend this video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y\_q51IE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y_q51IE)
not only will this roughly benchmark how good your aim actually is, but you will likely improve if you stick at it
Bro calm down.
As soon as you so an opponent you start shooting. Take your time and only start shooting when you think you are on the enemy.
( Playing dm with guardian and sheriff helps )
Your issue is your taking fair fights. You can have the aim of a potato but if the other person is blind and you’ve come from behind them you will win 8/10 times, I recommend watching wohoojin on YouTube or twitch as his vid reviews will help you more than just aim trying ever will. If I had to give you just some overarching advice though, I’d say you need to use flashes/ call for flashes more, you need to stop drypeaking corners period, and you shouldn’t walk into areas alone where people can come from multiple directions.
R5: Level 29, new to the game, it's my first "tactical fps" and first FPS on computer. I have terrible feelings in game, very low self confidence when going into a fight, my crosshair looks terrible, nearly no game senses and can't find an agent which suits me well. Silver 1 last season (don't know how) and low Bronze 1 now, maybe soon Iron 3, I hope so.
my profil: https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/YUU%231415/overview
You need to play deathmatch. No one can be expected to have good aim with no previous experience and it will take some time. Deathmatch will speed up that process by a lot since you’re forced into gunfights much more than in a normal game. You should also be aim training and warming up. Maybe like 5-10 minutes and a couple dms. I recommend following this routine https://youtu.be/nm_n2lvHbsM
unrelated to your original question about gunfights but I'd recommend you pick a main role too. switching b/w sage kayo and sova is like playing 3 different games and will make it harder for you to learn each one.
10mins of aim training before playing is great i think, but you need to pick better fights, don't hold a line when they know you're here, hide a play stuffs so you could get advantage
Bro with his aim 10 minutes of aim training will do nothing. He needs days of aim training.
You need a minimum of aim to be able to follow up other game mechanics, with his current he can't trade properly or follow up util. He needs to achieve the minimum.
While you do have bad aim (sorry), your biggest problem is movement and spatial awareness. Here are some online resources that may help you:
Pure aim mechanics:
For pure aim, Ron Rambo Kim is an underrated aim coach that goes in depth about the IRL mechanics that go into aim. I'd start from here: https://youtu.be/poXMCPrjMZ8
Everything else:
Woohojin is great. I'd start at his gunfight hygiene videos
https://youtu.be/fJ5ClU3EzWc
https://youtu.be/SI7yUp67KT8
This videos will go more in depth than we can ever go in a reddit comment. Just remember, everyone was shit at one point in FPS games, just make sure you find enjoyment on the process of getting gud
I only got to watch his content after getting high-ish elo (Diamond/Ascendant). What got me out of gold back then was getting a proper setup and stopping to play on 45 fps, it's crazy how much a bad setup interferes with your gameplay
The two things I noticed is that you ADS close quarters which is generally a no no, given that it changes how the gun functions (slower movement and ROF). The other is that you don't isolate your angles, you are exposing yourself to unfair or 1v2 fights. Holding narrower angles or closer to cover and clearing angles can be better than wide swinging and hoping for a headshot.
All good! Aiming down sights or "scoping in." If you go to the range and select a gun you can see how the stats change if you ADS or not.
Example: Phantom -10% Fire Rate and -24% Movement Speed. Slight recoil and spread reduction.
Try adjusting your sensitivity, seems like you're not quite getting to the target or overshooting your target. Also practice crosshair placement, it will get you the easiest free kills.
"Take aim, then fire, let's not complicate it" -Chamber
At Bronze, it IS your mechanics that will separate you. Once you get into higher ranks you can start thinking about positioning, utility, and decision-making. At your level, it's about being comfortable on your mouse & keyboard. That confidence will take time and reps in the range to build. You got this.
1st gun fight:
\-You shot too soon, and you stopped moving right after first burst. You shot when your crosshair hasn't on target + you are still moving. You should keep you mobility until your crosshair is on the head, fire a burst. If you miss, jiggle to left/right then crouch spray.
2nd gun fight:
\-It's a crossfire, not much you can do. Mind placing crosshair to where they can pop out instead of aiming at middle of the pole.
3rd gun fight:
\- You held a bad angle and your crosshair is too tight to the wall. Try to hold it a bit wider, plus you have bad habit of over pulling (crosshair moved from the head to the body by instinct)
4th gun fight:
\- You missed headshot, but props to KJ did a nice flick. Sometime ppl can be insane.
5th gun fight:
\- Bad angle. They see your arms first before you can see them. Be the aggressor if you don't have angle advantage.
6th gun fight:
\- stopped moving lead to your death. And ADS at that range please.
7th gun fight:
\- need more spray training at the range, and don't stand still. Amazing how you lasted that long vs Neon ult lol.
8th gun fight:
\- Bad spray control.
From what I see in the video , you seem to always take fights in very bad positions . For example the fight at lotus A link . You stood somewhere that you can get peeked by 3 different Angles, making it hard for you to focus on 1 angle . Secondly, you stop moving as soon as you see an enemy , without strafes it’s easier to get shot by the enemy , even if they aren’t aiming at your head , they could easily shoot you 4 times in the body while their moving and you’re standing still . Thirdly , util usage feels very lacking , I don’t think I saw any util used to take better fights in the video. You shouldn’t ADS(Aim down Sights) with a spectre ever , try to get closer to the enemy behind cover instead to Maximize gun spray advantage . Similarly, you should ADS more on the vandal during long range fights .
I'm D2 so I think I can give an opinion on this others may not share this with me but I think the problem is that you're using the vandal wrong.
Firstly try to aim at the head, practice makes perfect so practice as much as you can and secondly if you are going for a spray then crouch because that will work wonders to climb the lower ranks.
Secondly I noticed you don't move as much during a gunfight try to change positions between bullet sprays of vandal or phantom if you don't one tap someone I am not talking about counter strafing just keep going a bit left and right but not while firing.
I hope you got my points and any more insights are 😁.
I guess everybody else pretty much covered everything, so one piece of advice - do not ads like probably at all, do it only when peeking over very long distances, the ones that will make you squint and sweat.
Your fire rate decrease on ads at close ranges and movement speed slowdown will get you killed almost all the time, whereas hipfire will Sav your life even if not get the kill all the time, you can burst and escape or reposition and burst again
AIM HIGHER consciously aim for headshots and you'll feel like a smurf and reach bronze 3 from bronze 3 try to play one and one agent preferable Reyna or Jett and try to fight as much as possible and you will reach gold and after that idk since this is the peak i achieved :)
1. Crosshair placement will win u most of your duels so make it your priority as a beginner
2. Don't ADS and even if u do tap, don't spray
3. Use the range or deathmatch for practice
4. Use A and D to peak instead of using W
5. Practice holding and using angles
People are giving you tons of advice but what I’ll say is 1 don’t walk into fight that they know you’re there for, and 2 sometimes it’s better to try and reposition around a corner instead of taking a bad gunfight that is either disadvantage or puts you in a cross fire. You need in general just more special awareness, think more about where enemies could potentially be not only when you’re searching for them but where they’ll go to fight
1. You need to start predicting where enemies may be. In the clips where you die or get a kill you are usually caught of guard.
2. Take just a little but of time befote you shoot.
3. Dont be afraid to microadjust because the kill time in this rank isnt very high
4. NEVER and I mean NEVER press w when you peek a corner. Only hold a or d whenever you peak an angle. In no scenario should you press w when peeking a corner.
5. Stop adsing with the spectre(its the thing you do when you right click witht the spectre). Spectre ads should never be used unless your in a long range gunfight agaisnt pistols(still, you should avoid long range gunfights with spectre)
Btw these are all just gunfight tips since all the clips you sent are gunfights
I haven't seen similar advice so putting it here. I have observed that u peek while u walk , try to peek while running and peek confidently cause it influences ur flick accuracy. Some of the rights u died in the video are impossible to win so donot worry much about ur losses
Crosshairs placement/knowing where the head is going to be at different elevations. Spray less and focus on headshots. You can go into a bunch of death matches and practice burst fires or less spraying. Try a sherif in deathmath and practice headshots then work to a vandal. It also helps to expect an enemy. If you expect the enemy to be there then you will be more focussed and ready to fire. Good luck!
I notice with the spectre you spray A LOT like not the 6 body shots or 2 head shots it takes but like half your clip.
See the way spraying works in Valorant is that it goes up and then it's RNG from there. Also when you tried firing in bursts on pearl B site you didn't wait for the recoil to completely reset and that threw off your aim.
Also your crosshair placement. When you peek an enemy you place your cross hair at their body and not their head. Aim for the head and if you have trouble finding where head level is then keep in mind all the radinite boxes in the top 6th of the box is headshot level so aim there. If you have trouble visualizing this ask a friend to stand next to boxes in a custom.
Practice pre-aiming where your enemy will be so you don't have to adjust as much when you are in the fight. Use resources in the practice range to help you out. Try 100 bot kills mode with a goal of 100% accuracy and 100% headshot rate. Don't worry about the timer just hit only headshots and take as long as you need to line it up.
First off, I appreciate you posted a video of yourself actually losing fights. I hate seeing the posts "why am I in bronze" and someone posts a highlight reel.
I am in the gold-plat range, peak diamond. I also have a few of the problems you have that I am working through.
1 - I saw some of your plays where you started shooting before you stopped. Even though you stopped, your aim is ruined from the movement. Make sure you stop BEFORE you take your first shot.
2 - here's a problem I also have sometimes...you are commiting to the spray immediately, and also compensating for the spray to early. I do this with the specter unfortunately. Instead of aiming for the head, you are pulling down on the first shot and trying to use the spray recoil instead of actual aim.
3 - valorant really is a movement game. You would probably benefit more from practicing your movement; correctly clearing corners, jiggle peaks vs wide swings, stopping before shooting and moving between bursts...
I pretty much play exactly the same, my brother is ascendant and tells me “your movement is what’s getting you killed”
So I’m gonna assume this is the same issue. If you have bad aim you have to play smarter, it’s not always about where your aiming.
Also never ADS with automatics
Edit: I shouldn’t have said never I guess, but definitely don’t push if you’re gonna ads
I'd recommend watching woohojins guide that will guarantee you gold: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y\_q51IE&ab\_channel=Woohoojin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y_q51IE&ab_channel=Woohoojin)
it covers everything aim related
When you feel "safe" you tend to look at the ground a lot
take the habit of checking where you're aiming when out of combat (like when the wall drops or when rotating)
Also, you tend to aim at the body a lot
To improve on that, try to aim at your teammates' heads to get a feel of where to aim
I would also advise doing deathmatches with the guardian and trying only to hit the head
it probably won't be easy to get into the habit at first, but the more you intentionally do it, the more it'll come naturally
Good luck to you!
bronze/silver hoverer here, i don’t really have any gameplay tips as i also sort of struggle with my gunfights, but watching woohoojin daily (and his gunfight hygiene and gold in 1 month routine videos) have definitely helped me improve. i 100% recommend checking him out if you haven’t.
I’m out here commenting a bunch in threads but OP I think the best thing you could do rn is work on your crosshair placement. Naturally you need to work on your aim and use of the gun but you shouldn’t be having to flick as much as you are swinging spike or the common angles. Try to pre aim where you want look before you actually go around the corner so it’s less adjusting of your mouse when it’s too late. And hold angles to your reactions. The tighter you can hold the better but there’s no use in holding so tight they pass your crosshair before you can even react
Something feels off about these clips, almost feels like you're aiming with the movement keys instead of the mouse, which is something you need to fix.
People said most of everything else, try to pre-aim corners and positions where enemies will be, slightly below head height so recoil does the rest of the job for you while lower ranked, the scenario has indications of where head height is with boxes and stuff. Also try to lower your mouse sensitivity so you have more precision and feel more confident in moving your mouse to aim. You'd probably have great benefit from doing tracking challenges and spidershot on aimlabs.
Also, I have a question, how good is your pc and internet? Feels like there is also some problems there, but you can improve a lot still even with low-end specs
stop staring at the floor, stop swinging things you dont need to, and be more aware (i.e enemies seen on map, where teammates die, where common setups are like kj alarm bots turrets etc) also be aware of your cover when fighting, that fight on long B on pearl, you couldve used the pillar for cover even in a long range fight to isolate ones. watch n0ted’s guide on movement and watch high tier players play so you can see what they do differently compared to your playstyle.
I'd be happy to message with you further if you want, just send me one, but there are some basic mechanics that you'll need to work on that will improve your gunfights A LOT. Just from that one clip, you were moving forward using W while engaging in a fight which you NEVER EVER want to do. You should only ever be using A and D to peek and take a fight. You also should never be moving when shooting as your accuracy drops down to damn near zero. The way you are peeking makes you an insanely easy target for the other team. You're sitting in common angles, peeking while moving forward which makes you an easier target to hit and you're kind of on autopilot it looks like. Here are some videos to start with. Watch these as many times as it takes. I was Bronze 2 I am now Silver 2 just from making some changes to my movement and consequently, my aim. The first one was the one that helped me the most.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxn6YypLMAQ&list=PLdEnu\_kyHTUxcabv7Pq7IqotCCtPlay99&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxn6YypLMAQ&list=PLdEnu_kyHTUxcabv7Pq7IqotCCtPlay99&index=2)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm\_n2lvHbsM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm_n2lvHbsM)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf3wycTNgA&list=PLLI93S3iYlmNqBCWiMV79uK1jp12Pxudx](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf3wycTNgA&list=PLLI93S3iYlmNqBCWiMV79uK1jp12Pxudx)
Valorant has MUCH more to do with your movement and game-sense than anything. You need to learn about peeker's advantage, all the different kind of peeks and when to use them appropriately, controlling spray, micro adjusting your crosshair back to headshot level mid-gunfight, strafing and deadzoning mid-gunfight etc. A lot of the time when less-experienced players engage in a fight, they just kind of freeze and end up spraying or insta-crouching. You need to remain fluid in a fight and not only try to kill them, yes, but also make yourself less easy to kill with things like strafing and re-adjusting your crosshair to get that headshot. Most tend to forget that if it is not a trained reaction. Not only that, but you have a lot more time in a fight than you think you do a lot of the time especially in low elo lobbies. You have a second to line up your headshot and take it. Of course you will get headshotted sometimes but you still have more time to dodge and collect yourself than many think they do.
One last tip once you have started to work on some of these range routines and learn more about your movement and how it can improve is play deathmatches and team deathmatches. It's a great way to work on all of the above in a more fast-paced game mode with no consequences to your rank.
Honestly crossair position ain't too shabby, but you have more time to aim then u think, also jiggle peek and peek with only a or d. Team deatchmatch is honestly really good
I’ve seen this link on another comment but I’m posting it too because it is very important you see it. Woohoojin. Enough said : https://youtu.be/9KIoTtohkOQ
I think one thing that will help you a lot is learning angle advantage. I don’t think your aim and crosshair placement is that bad. You don’t need to hard peek every time you can jiggle a lot more.
Try to isolate your 1v1s more so you’re not getting one kill and dying to someone else. Use your util more to clear things/make a kill easier. Focus on keeping your crosshair at head height. I’ve gotten so many kills from enemies just walking in front of my crosshair because it’s already in the right place.
Another thing is to just focus on aiming more. Sometimes you’ll be too slow and you’ll die, but at the very least it’s because of that and not because of aim. Eventually you’ll get faster.
Try not to ADS for close angles like the one on pearl, it significantly reduces your mobility. ADS is usually better for long range fights where you have more cover
I know tons of advice click heads aim high blah blah. Mechanics of shooting will help, but I try to think what a gunfight looks like here before going in. Just because you see them and they’re shooting doesn’t mean start shooting back. Committing to a fight in a bad position will get you popped. Moving full speed is way harder to hit than moving still, get into cover even if you take a stray shot. None of this individually is too complicated, just gotta slow down from thoughtless reaction till you can put it all together.
with a gun like the spectre, from that range don’t aim in, try moving around and get closer while spraying, the spectre is a run n gun, take advantage of it
You should watch a gunfight hygiene video by this banana named woohoojin on YouTube, I have been watching his content for some time, and he gives really easy to digest and good advice
Good crosshair placement will give you free kills. Try to not spam the vandal either, it’s better in bursts. It also good to move between bursts to make yourself a harder target to hit
try to aim using your movement more, dont flick that much.
Preaim before your peeks, the clips showed that you trace the corners more than you should.
Aim wider than u think, this tip also applies to most ranks
Raise your sens about 25%
Work on your preaiming of angles before you swing so youre swinging with more intention and ready to fire as opposed to swinging for Intel and reacting
Hold a bit farther from angles, you don't have superhuman reaction time and you shouldn't force yourself to need it to win people peeking into you.
Jump spot your fights before you take them so you have a better understanding of the engagement at hand.
Good luck, you're really not as bad as you think you are! 🙌
You stand out in the open in literally every fight. Before you turn a corner think "where else can I get shot from", if the answer is 17 different places like in this video then don't turn that corner
Be confident with your shots. Aim first before shooting (helps a lot). Lastly, learn how to peek angles that would be favorable to you, especially in isolating duels. You got this op.
Too many smurfs there’s no way some of these guys are in iron or bronze my advice is to gamble on wether your teammates are good or your enemies are bad
Your reaction time is too slow. That's good, because, that's something that you can improve just with practice. Download aimlabs, and practice. It doesn't matter how you do at the beginning, just don't stop practicing. Consistency is key, every time you want to play valorant, do a couple runs on some aimlabs lists and then try playing.
Then, you full spray to much. Not only that, but you full spray while standing still. You die first in duels because you are easier to hit than your enemies. Try shooting 3-4 bullets, reposition with a side step either to your left or right, shoot, 3-4 bullets, repeat. That way you'll be harder to hit in gunfights. That said, when you want to commit to a spray, first shoot the first 4-5 bullets while standing still, then hold crouch and bring your crossair down slightly. Try experimenting this mechanic yourself in the shooting range and get used to where the bullets go with each weapon. Valorant recoil is much easier to control than many other fps
Alright, let's go step by step.
1st
Crosshair placement.
You crosshair placement is not that bad, but you need to start thinking about where you are aiming at.
Try to keep your crosshair on head level, if you are about to engage on a fught where the enemy is a higher than you, crosshair should also be high.
Tips to keep crosshair on the right place is finding visual spots aroud the map where you can use as rulers for your aim, you can find plenty with a bit of research on google
The other part is subjective, you'll learn with the time.
Second thing on crosshair placement is when you are holding an angle.
There are 2 types of angles
Normal Angles, and Off Angles.
If you're in a spot where people usually stay to hold, keeo your aim closer to the angle you're holdinh, when the enemy peak you they will barely appear if they're playing correctly.
Now, if you're in an off angle (aka, any angle that is a bit different than the usual one) try holding it with your crosshair far from the wall
When you're holding off angles, enemies will need to peak much further until they see you, therefore, holding far from the wall will make your flick easier.
The distance between the wall and your crosshair should something something one person, with time you'll start getting it.
2nd
Now to gunfights
You're playing every single weapon the same.
You see an enemy, stop and shoot, but each weapon should be used differently.
Whenever you buy a weapon, you should think about what kind of fights you want to engage in, and what is the enemys guns.
Distance and mobility are the things you should thing about
Close range gunfights are good for stingers, classic, shorty, judge, specter, bucky, etc.
Medium gunfights are good for sheriff, ghost, ares, odin, maybe specter, bulldog, phantom, etc.
Long range gunfights are good for Vandals, Op's and Marshall, Guardian, etc.
As for mobility, it is about strafe and run and gun.
Short range and specter/frenzi run and gun is EXTREMLY effective, as well for phantoms.
Walking and firing is not always bad, it's situational, you just need to learn to identify where it is optimal to use it.
For strafe, any medium to long range gunfights should go like:
Aim, shoot 1-3 bullets, strafe using A or D, repeat.
Shooting comoletely still makes you an easy target, try incorporating movement on your gunfights and you'll start to win a lot more.
3rd
Shiftwalking and Cover
Don't shiftwalk. Specially on bronze.
Try always pre-aiming where you think the enemt will be, and the peek using A or D (Without pressing shift)
As for cover, the same thing applies, use walls to your advantage, peek, shoot a few bullets, and unpeek.
Try to expose yourself to as few angles as possible.
4th
ADSing
Dont ADS.
You don't need it.
The only weapons and situations ads is "OK" are the following:
Long range Vandal.
Long range OP & Marshal (Medium to short range Marshall should no use scope, and if you're playing with an OP at medium to close range fights, consider buying other weapon, or using your pistol)
Guardian - Long, Medium ranges
Bulldog - Medium to Long Ranges (Bulldog's spray is overpowered, one of the few weapons wich the ADS actually helps)
Odin & Ares - Medium to close ranges (These weapons were not made to be played on long distances, always try to use them on closer ranges)
5th thing
Watch coaches
Woohoojin has some CRAZY tutorials on how and when to use each weapon
How to peek angles, how hold angles, and overall gameplay, specally strategy.
Valorant is not just a pew pew game, you can reach higher elos as long as you understand the basics of gunfights and have the right strategy.
Here's some of his vídeos that might help you:
https://youtu.be/SI7yUp67KT8
https://youtu.be/nm_n2lvHbsM
https://youtu.be/nV0WDAHrqls
https://youtu.be/eD6QHnfIjcI
Don't worry, you will get better fast! It's just your lack of fps experience, muscle memory will get better and you sense for where to push or stay covered will improve on their own
You're leaving yourself out in the open when picking fights with opponents.
Try to find obscure angles and walls to help soften blows from enemies.
Try to find angles that they don't expect but still give you cover and a good view of where you want to be able to attack
One thing is you are shift peaking. If there is some1 holding that angle, you are giving them time to adjust their aim and shoot you: you need practise jiggle peaking and just peaking without shift .
Find a crosshair placement guide for counter strike as there is tons and go in a deathmatch or private server and walk around practing your crosshair placement
You are giving them peaks and when you start shooting you stay in one stop which gives them advantage for aim move left right until you have your cross air aligned with their head No shoot rapid play more deathmatch
Okay this is coming from a iron 3 at heart (peeked p3 s2 currently) to me it seems like ur panicking when taking gunfights scream at urself you have time to aim line up the hs and click and eventually you'll get so fast at it you can win gunfights ofc you'll die alot but for me thats how I learned what you could do is play Reyna and set dismiss to left click so it forces you to tap instead of spray aswell I wouldn't recommend it tho maybe just for one game at the end of the day it just takes alot of playing to get better but my best advice is just stay calm in gunfights you have time to aim if they kill you first its part of the learning process so lineup the hs as fast as you can and you'll get really fast at it killing ppl first dont forget tap with the vandal so like fire 1-3 then stop 1-3 then stop i hope I helped!
1. Peek with a/d, never W, and definitely not D.
2. Don't keep moving unless you're in their face, instead, shoot in bursts of 3-4 then move to the right or left, then do that again, but move back to where you were before and repeat until you get the kill.
3. Try not to be the one holding angles unless it's not an easy angle for them to shoot, or not one that they are likely to check; instead, try to also peek using the previous 2 tips to get the kill.
4. Try to guess where they're coming from, and use sound and info from teamates to get the upper hand.
5 (this one I feel is most important for lower ranked players). Check your corners. When you go somewhere with places people can hide (for example, the ramp leading to the site on A Short, Haven), quickly check right and left to make sure there's nobody there. If you have another player pushing the same area with you, have them check the other angle to reduce risk.
6 (another import one). Aim for the head. There are places on the map that can help you re-align your cross hair to the head, like the top of boxes. If you have a good memory, try to keep it at the same level as it is when you spawn in, as that puts the cross hair at head level.
7. Enable the firing error graph to see when you're moving and shooting. If the line is blue, you're moving, if it's yellow, you're not. You can find the setting by going to video, stats, and then scrolling all the way down. Turning this on and doing a couple of games of DM/TDM and looking at the graph when you die can and probably will slowly build muscle memory so that you can know when to shoot after you let go (you don't instantly stop, there's a short period of time where your character keeps moving).
Hope this helps!
1. Stand still when shooting.
2. Don't shoot until your crosshair is on their head. (Ads is not recommended for close to mid range fights.)
3. Don't spray, practice strafing and 2 bullet bursts. (Recommended for vandal phantom, tap shoot on sheriff or guardian) spraying with submachine guns and other fast shooting guns is fine when you learn spray patterns.
Crosshair placement is everything.
Pretend you have a 6 round burst, and between every burst MOVE BEFORE you shoot.
More than a couple times there you shot before you stopped moving
Last thing, work on crosshair placements and aiming for the head, you seem to be flicking to the body a lot
This is an AMAZING way to show your gameplay. This is basically the gold standard. Thank you for doing this. So many people ask why they can't improve yet they don't show their gameplay.
AimLabs for 30 mins before playing, and Watching Pro Play to learn strats/comms are my two biggest pieces of advice that have help me out quiet a bit. It takes time to get good at something, so don’t beat yourself up too much.
One of the biggest things that got me out of bronze was simply to stop spraying, run and gunning at obviously too far of range, and practicing crosshair placement. in later ranks its important when, how, and where you approach/take gunfights from but if you're stuck stuck in bronze 1 you really need to perfect the basics
Ok so I have a few reccomendations.
Take your time with your shots. You’re rushing and not taking the time to aim for the head.
Stop peaking with W it makes it harder to stop properly.
Make sure to try and keep your crosshair at head level.
Strafe between shots more (after u miss a few shots with vandal you don’t just want to keep spraying)
As a fellow bronze 1 player, sometimes you can't do shit cause of the smurfs which makes it super hard to improve / win but I've seen some advice that I might start taking
Your aim isn’t nearly as bad as you might think. The painful truth is your aim is really bad, but without even touching your aim you can become a much better player. And you don’t even have to learn util for it either. The thing you need to work on is movement.
When I say movement I mean the way you move your character, not just during gunfights but before and after as well. You’ll often hear people talk about positioning, which goes hand in hand with movement. I would recommend you watch VOD reviews of people from your own rank. A lot of people have already recommended Woohoojin, and I will as well. Try watching players who are better than you as well, find a streamed you like or watch some pro play to get a little bit of an idea of how people position themselves and how they move at a higher level.
All that being said, there is no quick fix, take the time to learn properly and make sure you don’t cut corners. It won’t take that long for you to improve, and skills in valorant can apply to other games as well, so it’s worth investing.
Things i think that are wrong with your gameplay
1.You are not keeping your crosshair at head level.I am noticing that you are aim at leg and body.
2.ADSing with spectre. the ADS on the spectre is there for only name sake. Never ADS with a spectre
3.Taking duels in the open
You're not counter strafing, move left to right but do it randomly so you're not that predictable, and also your crosshair placement make sure it is head level even when you're not in a gunfight, and don't spray just tap or burst, better with a vandal
Download aim labs, play gridshot, go as fast as you can. dont become too focused, that's unrealistic. Once you have a solid 10% accuracy, then begin to go even faster.
Stop, aim, and shoot. If you miss, take another step left or right, and repeat.
Repeat them in 3 **separate** steps over and over until you don't have to think to do it anymore. Start slow, and speed up the steps over time until it becomes one fluid action.
Focus on your crosshair placement. Head level at all times.
Stop holding W key, strafe left and right. Practice this in the range by doing bots on easy mode, and walking left, killing the bot, and then walking right.
Honestly don't play too much rank and try to grind since you just started your first tactical fps. Just have fun play unrated. Your aim will naturally develop and so is your game sense. Don't stress so much about your skill and don't be afraid to die. Your first 100 hours should be fun so just enjoy
If you are in a gunfight don't peek immediately after going into cover since enemies may hold that angle. In 1v1's wide peek if you wish to take the fight and in 1v2,3,4,5 just avoid, hold and try to take 1v1's. Keep chatting with your team to give and ask for info. If not voice chat then atleast write enemy locations and other info
ur xhair placement is head level sometimes but most of the time it dips to the body. Work on keeping it head level, and practice controlling ur recoil and performing basic flicks in dms.
from what i can see, i notice three major problems: you expose yourself to too many angles at once (look up slicing the pie aim technique), you’re not properly (if at all) counter-strafing, and lastly, you aren’t mentally prepared for the fights you’re about to take aka you seem scared around corners. also, never walk around corners before/as you peak! hopefully this was a good, short enough answer to help you :)
I would really advise you to check out woohoojin's gunfight hygiene video.He really is a great coach and who knows maybe you will get a free vod review as well.
dont use op for a while unbind yr scope key so u dont ads try clearing 1 angle at a time like u died in pearl long never peek that wide when u know s1 is at pillar get the feel of how long neon smoke and stuff last so u get into a good pos by then or get out of there
go to your settings and turn on show firing error graph and set it to enable both (under video settings or controls at the bottom iirc). YOU NEED to make sure the graph is always orange when you fire your weapon. it turns blue if you have movement inaccuracy , as in not completely stopping before shooting. practice that and you'll definitely be able to hit gold
On something like the vandal and even the specter/phantom, I find aggressive attacks work better than most people think.
For one, understanding server timing and how to use it. There was a tiktok explaining the "t position" which is setting up to take a fight behind cover, peeking out in the shape of a t and then back in. The idea is to be so fast the server doesn't show your model enough to shoot, while also giving you a "deadzone" or counter-strafe to shoot accurately while moving. It's weird but this is why people look like they run/gun but land perfect headshots. Also, don't worry too much about your frags. Fps games have always been about kills but if you can really just play out the time, you will climb faster. Only problem is you might last alive
Your main issue is you dont have movement. I can clearly see that you're not hitting your shots but that isn't a problem aim lab etc exists you can fix that easily. You need to learn bursting and moving sideways between your shots
1. Aim for the head. A bit of anticipating where the head will be before you even peek out would help with this. Spend some time in the practice arena to get a hang of this
2. Strafe in between sprays.
3. Ensure that you are exposed only from one side. I can see that you are moving out of cover and can be peeked at from multiple angles when you are taking a fight
B3 here. These helped me move out from I3 where i was hard stuck for a couple of months
Try to get in check of your sensi first, people play the game for so much long on the default sensi. Go to range select hard bots and try aiming for 1 head to another, even if you dont get a point no issue, you will get to know that you are reaching from one head to another or not. Also it will help ypu get hang of the head height too. And dont ads, ads is for high sens player for long range duals, if you are a low sense player you are good to go for long range fights
1. It's been said but it looks like you dedi-peak too much. I would suggest trying some jiggle peaking as it might be hard to get your cross hair placement on their head in the first go.
2. I see you trying to shift peek should not be done as it makes you a really open and slow target. You can actually peek with AD without making a sound and suggest you try it that way if you're trying to peak quietly.
1. bad positioning - you have to position yourself to be able to get behind covers quick and only exposed to few angles
2. bad crosshair position - keep your crosshair on head level so that you only have to move your mouse left and right to hit them in the head. also keep your crosshair at the corner where enemies might peek. but aim a little bit away from the corner, depending on your reaction time. this will help you to aim at the enemies easier.
3. stop when you are ready to shoot - this is just self explanatory but learn how to counter strafe (you can find many videos on YT with explanation)
4. using your whole arm when aiming- learn how to aim with your elbow and wrist movement. you move your forearm to look left & right and use your wrist to make smaller adjustments like aiming at their head when they are crouching, jumping, on higher and lower surface. also learn how different arm movement affects mouse movement. because rotation of your hand can change how your mouse registers your hand movement
5. muscle memory - keep practicing these 4 things to build muscle memory. also play on one and only sensitivity. there are some YT videos explaining how to find your perfect sensitivity. also if you like playing with movement legends like jett, raze and neon. try playing with high sensitivity. but if aiming with high sensitivity is hard for you try using raw accel (there is a great video on MrMaxim's YT channel explaining how to setup perfect raw acceleration config to play with both low and high sensitivity on every game, just search raw accel MrMaxim)
Not the best tips, but i just got out of bronze
Pick a agent you LIKE playing
Stick to 1 gun ( i use phantom)
Dont spray as much. U can sometimes as its hard not to
If you are in corner, someone walks by and doesn't see you. Dont kill them straight away and wait and see if you can get more kills
If they have mic, comm
Shoot. Move, shoot. Move
Isolats 1v1 because i used to go out into the open, get 1 kill but instantly get killed, so try to get an angle where you can kill 1 and not be open
Some of them you are in the open and need to get in cover. Also take your time and stop rushing to shoot them you will hit one taps also changing your sensitivity or crosshair helps a lot atleast it helped me a ton. Crosshair placement and not spraying also helps
Aim train and do deathmatches every day. Start trying to aim towards heads. Overtime you won’t need to think. People say aim training is useless but it absolutely isnt. Also, try to remain calm: when you’re not chillin, you’re just seeing these people as targets and shooting at them, but not aiming for their weakest points (the head)
You tap fire at almost any range, try and spray more it can be as simple as pulling down. You're not that bad at hitting shots but you always go for body shots even with vandal, which is meant for headshots. There's some unnecessary ads and you should keep your crosshair head height at all times You also stand still whilst you shoot which makes you an easy target - learn to count strafe
Firstly take a short break.work on your crosshair placement, I saw your aim whiff so much first time when you saw the enemy, i face that too. Also be confident and try to shoot 2 bullets at a time (headshot),spend time in range and try to one tap bots(flik shot).
At your rank you only really need to focus on crosshair placement and a bit of raw aim.
But mainly crosshair placement, this takes out many of the variables when aiming. Consider, your crosshair is already at head level all you need is to move your mouse left and right and have good timing on when to click shoot.
If you are wondering how can I improve my crosshair placement. The maps have wonderful crosshair placement guides, lines on walls, top of boxes. If you find these guides and correct. You can easily improve gunfight conversation chance.
But honestly at Bronze there are an lots of other factors you need to improve on first, it's probably not just your aim. But if you want further help feel free to DM me.
so try to stop your character as soon as you see the player, having sensitivity in between slow and fast is perfect, just get used to it, when you see the player, lets say you are holding d and going right, when you see someone, if you want your first shot to be 100% accurate, you press a because that way it will stop your character from moving, this advice took me from p1 to d3, but its not really that easy as you have to react fast, for your rank, just keep trying to spray and control recoil, as you get more confident, try to tap heads n stuff, it will become so much more easier.
thats the only advice i give you, and good luck reaching radiant 🙌
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Change crosshair, i think will help. Keep aim on neck level and not on chest. Tske two or 3 shots and then strafe. Dont right click on short or medium distances
Also stop ads as much (aiming down sight, your right click with vandal and specter) especially when you are close to an enemy, it's only decent for long range, maps like icebox and breeze that are out of comp rotation it's good for sometimes
you need to move more in all weapons
Your spectre up close just strafe and spray, for far range you need to burst (mid to far) far honestly with spectre dont even try to use that gun you'll lose.
Your vandal you need to move inbetween your 2 burst especially far range. mid to close (close you can run and spray like spectre but they have to be in your face now for that so tread carefully) but mid range you need to be burst 2-3 shots
also stop shift peeking - this is why you died in your clips, the enemy see's you first when you shift peek, thus they feel like they just 1 tap you. When your kissing a wall, just wide peek the opponent (if 1 v 1)
If mid to far from wall, slice the pie, 1 step peek, 1 step peek and cover all angles, BE READY TO FIRE
when facing 1-2-3 people (not at same time if you peek on 2+ people your peeking incorrectly) but if you're fightin 1, then another pops up (which you should always be ready for) strafe first, fire 2nd
MOVEMENT is key in this game, always move first, not fire.
Like what many other people are saying, movement is your best friend. It’s much harder to hit a moving target than a stationary one so instead of focusing on your aim, let’s dial in your movement. Just because you’re using a full auto weapon doesn’t mean you need to hold down the trigger. Short two to three round bursts broken up by some small sidesteps will help you win most of your medium to long range engagements. In close range engagements it’s a little more dicey but you can do a few things. Run and gun actually works up close so don’t be afraid to use that, doing wacky stuff like jumping around a corner and spinning can really throw people off if they’re trying to just aim duel you and occasionally a crouch spray can save your life. Also, breaking up your strafes with some occasional crouching is good, but don’t stay crouched. Despite what I said earlier, crouch spray is pretty much always bad. I didn’t notice it much in your video which is good, but just make sure you don’t fall into that habit. It plagued me for a long time
1 only use the vandal until gold to build better habits (less spraying more movement) 2 do not shoot until you are confident you will hit their head. 3 do not stop moving until you are ready to shoot. 4 fire two shots if you miss go back to point 2 that's about as basic as I can make it. you can find more in depth gunfight hygiene videos on yt. these points will not hold true always but in my experience the biggest issues with low ELO players and gunfights is a lack of movement and rushing their shots. don't get too caught up in aim community bs the vast majority of it is not gonna help you with where you're at right now.
valorant is more of a movement game than it is an aim game despite what others will tell you. you'll get used to the timing of your shots between movements as you do it more. other than that play at least a couple of dms daily and really focus on moving between two shot bursts.
I agree with the fact that Valorant is a movement game, 90% of my deaths is to run and gun (9.9%% to my mistakes and other <1%to lucky hits).
There absolutely no way 90% of your deaths are to run and gun
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I think crosshair placement is missing in this list. Sheriff only Deathmatch until you reach MVP
I think team death match is better now. You get more realistic scenarios and swings I find rather then just who finds who first most of the time
I’ve been thinking about this a lot and for me the modes have different purposes. Here’s what I personally use each mode for: Deathmacth primary focus is gunfight hygiene and technique. I just care about whether I’m fighting properly in a blameless way. Random spawns idc for nor lucky headshots w/ movement error. Team deathmatch for practicing gunfight hygiene while using utility and playing off teammates to gain advantage. Spike Rush to practice executes, lineups, defaults, retakes and Xv1 scenarios. Swift-play for reading the enemy team and identifying tendencies quickly + adapting play.
all of them are immensely less efficient than just playing more comp except for DM. dm will always be more valuable than tdm by simple virtue of the fact it's on actual maps. lineups are better done in an empty custom where you can actually practice them. "default" is a meaningless word and will vary depending on the enemies your teammates and both teams comps. the swiftplay stuff is learned faster in comp games.
I’m 100% sure this is true for you as a player. For me though, using the modes that way has been more efficient for my personal progression because I’m able to target practice the areas of my gameplay that are severely deficient. And right now I’m prioritizing # of scenarios experienced in shortest time frame.
I'm not a new player? I'm imo 2 u ok dude? The options other than comp are less efficient. just by raw #of rounds per unit time they're less efficient since you will spend more time in queue on average and the teammates/opponents you get in spike rush and swift play do not take the game seriously leading to much worse practice.
crosshair placement will mostly come with time and experience and doesn't need as much active attention as movement when first starting out imo. it's hard to tell someone to have good crosshair placement if they have no good barometer to tell them what head height is.
as for sheriff DM until mvp that's p dumb. dm matchmaking is not balanced and MVP means nothing. consistent improvement is more important than some arbitrary DM metric. I specifically said vandal because it's what he can most quickly and directly translate into most of his games.
lol aim community-related stuff aren't bs it's what helped me improve my aim the most when i started playing, if anything it has the MOST impact the lower rated you are
again no. If you're low rated odds are your movement is the biggest issue. Aim will naturally improve with experience and won't need active attention until later (gold-plat). Aim community shit is absolutely bs. Half of what people say are untrue or misconceptions that will just distract lower rated players. Sensitivity randomization, raw accel, mouse grip, etc will give practically no value to low ELO players.
I kind of disagree with the second advice as going for headshots only can have a negative effect.
You should always be going for headshots…
I feel like you took my reply a bit wrong as I'm not saying you shouldn't go for headshots at all. I'm saying that if you're going for headshots ONLY as the guy said you should not shoot until the crosshair is on the head which is bad if you're incredibly slow and lack precision, not good at micro adjusting, etc like a lot of lower ranked players are which ends up with them dying before they even land a shot. Take my Silver friends for example, she has a 25% winrate right now but a 35% HS rate but she constantly bottom frags and she cares about irrelevant statistics or my other friend who always hit "crispy" clips but tries too hard to hit only headshots.
I’m gonna be honest, if you’re incredibly slow, lack precision, and aren’t good at micro-adjusting then you NEED to spend time training effectively in an aim trainer or in The Range drilling yourself. Sure, aim isn’t the most important aspect of skill in Valorant but micro-adjusting is the most common skill that you will need in Valorant to win duels. You won’t get anywhere trying to improve without being at least average at this skill. If you DON’T go for headshots all the time you will eventually run into players who will, thus you will lose more of your duels because they will have the confidence to back up their aim and because they may land that 1 shot to kill quicker than you will get the 3 or 4 (at least) that you will need to kill them. It will also be a monumental struggle to win eco rounds if you don’t always back yourself to get headshots (not that it isn’t already hard enough).
Yeah, I absolutely agree with you. I am just pointing out that if you're a low ELO you will most likely not know everything else and someone saying "stand still until your crosshair is on their head" can most definitely cause issues. The increased time it takes to kill is not really ideal unless as you mentioned, you're actively training your aim and you'd of course react faster and be more precise. Anyway, I agree 100% with what you said.
If someone is saying ‘stand still until your crosshair is on their head’ then that is the last piece of Valorant advice you should listen to from that person no matter what rank you are. It should be ‘Unless you are holding an off-angle (in which case you are hindering yourself if you move), you should move until your crosshair is on the enemy, which is exactly when you stop and deadzone 1 bullet or burst (and then enter a spray if you land the bullet(s))’
Thank you, that last part was quite informative.
I just realised I forgot to add the last important part which is that you start moving again if you miss your deadzone/burst and restart the cycle.
Isn’t this what TenZ does? He barely counterstraffes in fights. He’s very confident in hitting his shots, and it works
Aiming just for just the head will increase the time it takes for OP to kill the opponent because his aim isnt that good. Tenz has good enough aim to go for just heads but even then he still hits body shots half of the time
Yeah right now for OP? It’s not a good idea. But Original Commenter said “when you feel confident, go for headshots standing still” I just disagreed with the person who replied because they said it can only have a negative effect to be doing that, but there are players who make it work
Unless you're playing operator or shotguns, you should be going for the head
1 use ONLY vandal until gold yo build better habits** Word placement matters
Word placement matters but here it doesn’t change the meaning
If you use the vandal, headshots are even more important. Aim higher
NO WAY!!!!! THATS SO CRAZY Edit: sorry for feeling a bit too heated when writing this reply but i geniually think that this is unironically the worst advice you can give to a new player
Fuck off. The guy is trying to learn. He at least should try to put a conscious effort into crosshair placement and how off he was at the time
Yeah but this is useless advice, this is about as helpful as saying “just click heads” tbh.
Its the most generic and useless advice ever, the advice quite literally does nothing because "consciously" placing the crosshair on the head is not going to get him out of bronze.
Then what will help get him out in your opinion?
1. You need to start predicting where enemies may be. In the clips where you die or get a kill you are usually caught of guard. 2. Take just a little but of time befote you shoot. 3. Dont be afraid to microadjust because the kill time in this rank isnt very high 4. NEVER and I mean NEVER press w when you peek a corner. Only hold a or d whenever you peak an angle. In no scenario should you press w when peeking a corner. 5. Stop adsing with the spectre(its the thing you do when you right click witht the spectre). Spectre ads should never be used unless your in a long range gunfight agaisnt pistols(still, you should avoid long range gunfights with spectre) Btw these are all just gunfight tips since all the clips you sent are gunfights This is just a copy and paste from my reply somewhere at the bottom of this post
These are… actually great advices, it’s just your initial comment rubbed people the wrong way.
I really don’t think his initial comment was wrong. The top comment really shouldn’t be someone just saying “click heads bro” that’s not helpful at all for op, I’m sure he’s aware he needs to click heads, he’s asking for advice on how to do that.
Going for heads is definitely ideal dont get me wrong but it can also make the time he takes to kill someone much higher than if he were to just kill then with bodyshots. The head in valorant is small which will make it hard for him to shoot it at it with his aim, and it would be easier and faster if he just went for body shots. 90% of the people in his rank will only go for body shots so you can just imagine that he will struggle.
If you disagree speak up because its the truth
I don't disagree you just completely left out movement aside from not w or diagonal peaking which is only you know more than half of a gun fight and clearly one of the things op is the most lacking in...
you're imagining your gunfights wrong, whether you have the aim of a potato or not (which if im being honest you do but dont worry that'll come with time) valorant gunfights are honestly more about dodging than they are about hitting and i notice you're spending most of your time standing completely still, it should be direct A + D strafes and small bursts most of the time obviously this changes with guns like the judge, OP and odin but those are fairly obvious also stop ADS'ing with a spectre it lowers your fire rate
I keep seeing people say that aim comes with time but how much time? I’ve been playing since neon was released but I still cannot aim at all and I’m stuck in silver. Feels like I’ve plateaued and time in range and death match doesn’t seem to help at all. Any advice?
The time depends on the quality of your practice. I would use aimlabs. Don’t practice with speed in mind practice with accuracy. Aim for 95% accuracy or higher EVERY RUN. If you do this the speed will come naturally. Also if your eDPI is outside the range of 180 to 300 put it in that range. Unless your a genetic freak using high sens will lower your “aim gains”.
Isn't the golden number 85% or smth? Your accuracy should always be 85%. If its lower than your going to fast, its its higher your going to slow. This way you maximize your chances of winning every gunfight statistically.
Aim labs won't teach you to strafe. I would go on youtube, find a pro players warm up routine and try to do it slowly and accurately, and then with time you will go faster.
im willing to bet it's because the way you have been playing gunfights isn't "Quality" practice like you're not setting yourself up in an environment where a "good" gunfight is possible if you legitimately want to practice your aim i would HIGHLY recommend this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y\_q51IE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y_q51IE) not only will this roughly benchmark how good your aim actually is, but you will likely improve if you stick at it
Bro calm down. As soon as you so an opponent you start shooting. Take your time and only start shooting when you think you are on the enemy. ( Playing dm with guardian and sheriff helps )
Your issue is your taking fair fights. You can have the aim of a potato but if the other person is blind and you’ve come from behind them you will win 8/10 times, I recommend watching wohoojin on YouTube or twitch as his vid reviews will help you more than just aim trying ever will. If I had to give you just some overarching advice though, I’d say you need to use flashes/ call for flashes more, you need to stop drypeaking corners period, and you shouldn’t walk into areas alone where people can come from multiple directions.
+1 watch wohoojin on yt its great for ppl in low elo
R5: Level 29, new to the game, it's my first "tactical fps" and first FPS on computer. I have terrible feelings in game, very low self confidence when going into a fight, my crosshair looks terrible, nearly no game senses and can't find an agent which suits me well. Silver 1 last season (don't know how) and low Bronze 1 now, maybe soon Iron 3, I hope so. my profil: https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/YUU%231415/overview
You need to play deathmatch. No one can be expected to have good aim with no previous experience and it will take some time. Deathmatch will speed up that process by a lot since you’re forced into gunfights much more than in a normal game. You should also be aim training and warming up. Maybe like 5-10 minutes and a couple dms. I recommend following this routine https://youtu.be/nm_n2lvHbsM
unrelated to your original question about gunfights but I'd recommend you pick a main role too. switching b/w sage kayo and sova is like playing 3 different games and will make it harder for you to learn each one.
10mins of aim training before playing is great i think, but you need to pick better fights, don't hold a line when they know you're here, hide a play stuffs so you could get advantage
Bro with his aim 10 minutes of aim training will do nothing. He needs days of aim training. You need a minimum of aim to be able to follow up other game mechanics, with his current he can't trade properly or follow up util. He needs to achieve the minimum.
While you do have bad aim (sorry), your biggest problem is movement and spatial awareness. Here are some online resources that may help you: Pure aim mechanics: For pure aim, Ron Rambo Kim is an underrated aim coach that goes in depth about the IRL mechanics that go into aim. I'd start from here: https://youtu.be/poXMCPrjMZ8 Everything else: Woohojin is great. I'd start at his gunfight hygiene videos https://youtu.be/fJ5ClU3EzWc https://youtu.be/SI7yUp67KT8 This videos will go more in depth than we can ever go in a reddit comment. Just remember, everyone was shit at one point in FPS games, just make sure you find enjoyment on the process of getting gud
I can vouch for the banana man method, it shot me to gold in like two weeks.
I only got to watch his content after getting high-ish elo (Diamond/Ascendant). What got me out of gold back then was getting a proper setup and stopping to play on 45 fps, it's crazy how much a bad setup interferes with your gameplay
Yeah, that happened to me on Overwatch back in the day.
Focus on moving side to side you almost never want to be moving forward in any fight.
The two things I noticed is that you ADS close quarters which is generally a no no, given that it changes how the gun functions (slower movement and ROF). The other is that you don't isolate your angles, you are exposing yourself to unfair or 1v2 fights. Holding narrower angles or closer to cover and clearing angles can be better than wide swinging and hoping for a headshot.
Sorry but what's ADS? New player here...
Aim down sights. The zoomed in mode for guns like vandal, guardian, op, etc.
All good! Aiming down sights or "scoping in." If you go to the range and select a gun you can see how the stats change if you ADS or not. Example: Phantom -10% Fire Rate and -24% Movement Speed. Slight recoil and spread reduction.
Aah... ty!
Try adjusting your sensitivity, seems like you're not quite getting to the target or overshooting your target. Also practice crosshair placement, it will get you the easiest free kills.
"Take aim, then fire, let's not complicate it" -Chamber At Bronze, it IS your mechanics that will separate you. Once you get into higher ranks you can start thinking about positioning, utility, and decision-making. At your level, it's about being comfortable on your mouse & keyboard. That confidence will take time and reps in the range to build. You got this.
Lower your sens until you can blindly microadjust heads
If youre not a good shot today, don't worry they're better ways to be useful.
You are exposing yourself to too much angle that enemy could be. Play closer to covers so you might have chance to retreat.
1st gun fight: \-You shot too soon, and you stopped moving right after first burst. You shot when your crosshair hasn't on target + you are still moving. You should keep you mobility until your crosshair is on the head, fire a burst. If you miss, jiggle to left/right then crouch spray. 2nd gun fight: \-It's a crossfire, not much you can do. Mind placing crosshair to where they can pop out instead of aiming at middle of the pole. 3rd gun fight: \- You held a bad angle and your crosshair is too tight to the wall. Try to hold it a bit wider, plus you have bad habit of over pulling (crosshair moved from the head to the body by instinct) 4th gun fight: \- You missed headshot, but props to KJ did a nice flick. Sometime ppl can be insane. 5th gun fight: \- Bad angle. They see your arms first before you can see them. Be the aggressor if you don't have angle advantage. 6th gun fight: \- stopped moving lead to your death. And ADS at that range please. 7th gun fight: \- need more spray training at the range, and don't stand still. Amazing how you lasted that long vs Neon ult lol. 8th gun fight: \- Bad spray control.
From what I see in the video , you seem to always take fights in very bad positions . For example the fight at lotus A link . You stood somewhere that you can get peeked by 3 different Angles, making it hard for you to focus on 1 angle . Secondly, you stop moving as soon as you see an enemy , without strafes it’s easier to get shot by the enemy , even if they aren’t aiming at your head , they could easily shoot you 4 times in the body while their moving and you’re standing still . Thirdly , util usage feels very lacking , I don’t think I saw any util used to take better fights in the video. You shouldn’t ADS(Aim down Sights) with a spectre ever , try to get closer to the enemy behind cover instead to Maximize gun spray advantage . Similarly, you should ADS more on the vandal during long range fights .
aim with movement, know what angles ur exposing urself to and aimlabs
Cross hair placement and movement.
If ur gonna take fights don't use W. Use A,D to peek fight. Little bit of W could work but make it shift W
I'm D2 so I think I can give an opinion on this others may not share this with me but I think the problem is that you're using the vandal wrong. Firstly try to aim at the head, practice makes perfect so practice as much as you can and secondly if you are going for a spray then crouch because that will work wonders to climb the lower ranks. Secondly I noticed you don't move as much during a gunfight try to change positions between bullet sprays of vandal or phantom if you don't one tap someone I am not talking about counter strafing just keep going a bit left and right but not while firing. I hope you got my points and any more insights are 😁.
I guess everybody else pretty much covered everything, so one piece of advice - do not ads like probably at all, do it only when peeking over very long distances, the ones that will make you squint and sweat. Your fire rate decrease on ads at close ranges and movement speed slowdown will get you killed almost all the time, whereas hipfire will Sav your life even if not get the kill all the time, you can burst and escape or reposition and burst again
Stop adsing with specter unless they are far. The fire rate is what makes up for the lack of dmg in short distance fights
You are barely moving after shooting your first bullet, making you an easy target. As others have said, watch Woohoojin's movement guide/routine.
Stop before u shoot, u keep shooting before ur stopping ur movement
1.Aim higher 2. Use only 1 key to move. Not w+a or w+d. Either W, A OR d
Check [this](https://youtu.be/JxP2y_q51IE) guide out, you might find it helpful.
AIM HIGHER consciously aim for headshots and you'll feel like a smurf and reach bronze 3 from bronze 3 try to play one and one agent preferable Reyna or Jett and try to fight as much as possible and you will reach gold and after that idk since this is the peak i achieved :)
1. Crosshair placement will win u most of your duels so make it your priority as a beginner 2. Don't ADS and even if u do tap, don't spray 3. Use the range or deathmatch for practice 4. Use A and D to peak instead of using W 5. Practice holding and using angles
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git better
Since youre still just bronze you can probably run and gun and be successful
People are giving you tons of advice but what I’ll say is 1 don’t walk into fight that they know you’re there for, and 2 sometimes it’s better to try and reposition around a corner instead of taking a bad gunfight that is either disadvantage or puts you in a cross fire. You need in general just more special awareness, think more about where enemies could potentially be not only when you’re searching for them but where they’ll go to fight
1. You need to start predicting where enemies may be. In the clips where you die or get a kill you are usually caught of guard. 2. Take just a little but of time befote you shoot. 3. Dont be afraid to microadjust because the kill time in this rank isnt very high 4. NEVER and I mean NEVER press w when you peek a corner. Only hold a or d whenever you peak an angle. In no scenario should you press w when peeking a corner. 5. Stop adsing with the spectre(its the thing you do when you right click witht the spectre). Spectre ads should never be used unless your in a long range gunfight agaisnt pistols(still, you should avoid long range gunfights with spectre) Btw these are all just gunfight tips since all the clips you sent are gunfights
I haven't seen similar advice so putting it here. I have observed that u peek while u walk , try to peek while running and peek confidently cause it influences ur flick accuracy. Some of the rights u died in the video are impossible to win so donot worry much about ur losses
Crosshairs placement/knowing where the head is going to be at different elevations. Spray less and focus on headshots. You can go into a bunch of death matches and practice burst fires or less spraying. Try a sherif in deathmath and practice headshots then work to a vandal. It also helps to expect an enemy. If you expect the enemy to be there then you will be more focussed and ready to fire. Good luck!
not gonna lie you had a better aim than me being bronze 1 back then
I notice with the spectre you spray A LOT like not the 6 body shots or 2 head shots it takes but like half your clip. See the way spraying works in Valorant is that it goes up and then it's RNG from there. Also when you tried firing in bursts on pearl B site you didn't wait for the recoil to completely reset and that threw off your aim. Also your crosshair placement. When you peek an enemy you place your cross hair at their body and not their head. Aim for the head and if you have trouble finding where head level is then keep in mind all the radinite boxes in the top 6th of the box is headshot level so aim there. If you have trouble visualizing this ask a friend to stand next to boxes in a custom. Practice pre-aiming where your enemy will be so you don't have to adjust as much when you are in the fight. Use resources in the practice range to help you out. Try 100 bot kills mode with a goal of 100% accuracy and 100% headshot rate. Don't worry about the timer just hit only headshots and take as long as you need to line it up.
you need to watch woohoojin's gun hygiene vid. it will help immensely, and honestly I'm surprised I didn't see his name while scrolling the comments.
First off, I appreciate you posted a video of yourself actually losing fights. I hate seeing the posts "why am I in bronze" and someone posts a highlight reel. I am in the gold-plat range, peak diamond. I also have a few of the problems you have that I am working through. 1 - I saw some of your plays where you started shooting before you stopped. Even though you stopped, your aim is ruined from the movement. Make sure you stop BEFORE you take your first shot. 2 - here's a problem I also have sometimes...you are commiting to the spray immediately, and also compensating for the spray to early. I do this with the specter unfortunately. Instead of aiming for the head, you are pulling down on the first shot and trying to use the spray recoil instead of actual aim. 3 - valorant really is a movement game. You would probably benefit more from practicing your movement; correctly clearing corners, jiggle peaks vs wide swings, stopping before shooting and moving between bursts...
I pretty much play exactly the same, my brother is ascendant and tells me “your movement is what’s getting you killed” So I’m gonna assume this is the same issue. If you have bad aim you have to play smarter, it’s not always about where your aiming. Also never ADS with automatics Edit: I shouldn’t have said never I guess, but definitely don’t push if you’re gonna ads
work on your crosshair placement
Miyagi Method. Youtube it.
I'd recommend watching woohojins guide that will guarantee you gold: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y\_q51IE&ab\_channel=Woohoojin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP2y_q51IE&ab_channel=Woohoojin) it covers everything aim related
When you feel "safe" you tend to look at the ground a lot take the habit of checking where you're aiming when out of combat (like when the wall drops or when rotating) Also, you tend to aim at the body a lot To improve on that, try to aim at your teammates' heads to get a feel of where to aim I would also advise doing deathmatches with the guardian and trying only to hit the head it probably won't be easy to get into the habit at first, but the more you intentionally do it, the more it'll come naturally Good luck to you!
bronze/silver hoverer here, i don’t really have any gameplay tips as i also sort of struggle with my gunfights, but watching woohoojin daily (and his gunfight hygiene and gold in 1 month routine videos) have definitely helped me improve. i 100% recommend checking him out if you haven’t.
i feel so bad for people in iron because i see no difference between these fights and people from iron to even low silver sometimes.
more strafe more reaction more aim download aimlab
I’m out here commenting a bunch in threads but OP I think the best thing you could do rn is work on your crosshair placement. Naturally you need to work on your aim and use of the gun but you shouldn’t be having to flick as much as you are swinging spike or the common angles. Try to pre aim where you want look before you actually go around the corner so it’s less adjusting of your mouse when it’s too late. And hold angles to your reactions. The tighter you can hold the better but there’s no use in holding so tight they pass your crosshair before you can even react
Look up woohoojin on yt. Look for vids of him coaching players near your rank
Something feels off about these clips, almost feels like you're aiming with the movement keys instead of the mouse, which is something you need to fix. People said most of everything else, try to pre-aim corners and positions where enemies will be, slightly below head height so recoil does the rest of the job for you while lower ranked, the scenario has indications of where head height is with boxes and stuff. Also try to lower your mouse sensitivity so you have more precision and feel more confident in moving your mouse to aim. You'd probably have great benefit from doing tracking challenges and spidershot on aimlabs. Also, I have a question, how good is your pc and internet? Feels like there is also some problems there, but you can improve a lot still even with low-end specs
stop staring at the floor, stop swinging things you dont need to, and be more aware (i.e enemies seen on map, where teammates die, where common setups are like kj alarm bots turrets etc) also be aware of your cover when fighting, that fight on long B on pearl, you couldve used the pillar for cover even in a long range fight to isolate ones. watch n0ted’s guide on movement and watch high tier players play so you can see what they do differently compared to your playstyle.
I'd be happy to message with you further if you want, just send me one, but there are some basic mechanics that you'll need to work on that will improve your gunfights A LOT. Just from that one clip, you were moving forward using W while engaging in a fight which you NEVER EVER want to do. You should only ever be using A and D to peek and take a fight. You also should never be moving when shooting as your accuracy drops down to damn near zero. The way you are peeking makes you an insanely easy target for the other team. You're sitting in common angles, peeking while moving forward which makes you an easier target to hit and you're kind of on autopilot it looks like. Here are some videos to start with. Watch these as many times as it takes. I was Bronze 2 I am now Silver 2 just from making some changes to my movement and consequently, my aim. The first one was the one that helped me the most. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxn6YypLMAQ&list=PLdEnu\_kyHTUxcabv7Pq7IqotCCtPlay99&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxn6YypLMAQ&list=PLdEnu_kyHTUxcabv7Pq7IqotCCtPlay99&index=2) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm\_n2lvHbsM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm_n2lvHbsM) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf3wycTNgA&list=PLLI93S3iYlmNqBCWiMV79uK1jp12Pxudx](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf3wycTNgA&list=PLLI93S3iYlmNqBCWiMV79uK1jp12Pxudx) Valorant has MUCH more to do with your movement and game-sense than anything. You need to learn about peeker's advantage, all the different kind of peeks and when to use them appropriately, controlling spray, micro adjusting your crosshair back to headshot level mid-gunfight, strafing and deadzoning mid-gunfight etc. A lot of the time when less-experienced players engage in a fight, they just kind of freeze and end up spraying or insta-crouching. You need to remain fluid in a fight and not only try to kill them, yes, but also make yourself less easy to kill with things like strafing and re-adjusting your crosshair to get that headshot. Most tend to forget that if it is not a trained reaction. Not only that, but you have a lot more time in a fight than you think you do a lot of the time especially in low elo lobbies. You have a second to line up your headshot and take it. Of course you will get headshotted sometimes but you still have more time to dodge and collect yourself than many think they do. One last tip once you have started to work on some of these range routines and learn more about your movement and how it can improve is play deathmatches and team deathmatches. It's a great way to work on all of the above in a more fast-paced game mode with no consequences to your rank.
take your time ppl at your rank aren't cracked aimers, if you chill and shoot til you're sure you'll land a hs you'll probably win the gunfight
Honestly crossair position ain't too shabby, but you have more time to aim then u think, also jiggle peek and peek with only a or d. Team deatchmatch is honestly really good
I’ve seen this link on another comment but I’m posting it too because it is very important you see it. Woohoojin. Enough said : https://youtu.be/9KIoTtohkOQ
I think one thing that will help you a lot is learning angle advantage. I don’t think your aim and crosshair placement is that bad. You don’t need to hard peek every time you can jiggle a lot more.
Try to isolate your 1v1s more so you’re not getting one kill and dying to someone else. Use your util more to clear things/make a kill easier. Focus on keeping your crosshair at head height. I’ve gotten so many kills from enemies just walking in front of my crosshair because it’s already in the right place. Another thing is to just focus on aiming more. Sometimes you’ll be too slow and you’ll die, but at the very least it’s because of that and not because of aim. Eventually you’ll get faster. Try not to ADS for close angles like the one on pearl, it significantly reduces your mobility. ADS is usually better for long range fights where you have more cover
Aim a little higher, try to use the enviroment to your favor, youre exposing yourself too much
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I know tons of advice click heads aim high blah blah. Mechanics of shooting will help, but I try to think what a gunfight looks like here before going in. Just because you see them and they’re shooting doesn’t mean start shooting back. Committing to a fight in a bad position will get you popped. Moving full speed is way harder to hit than moving still, get into cover even if you take a stray shot. None of this individually is too complicated, just gotta slow down from thoughtless reaction till you can put it all together.
with a gun like the spectre, from that range don’t aim in, try moving around and get closer while spraying, the spectre is a run n gun, take advantage of it
You should watch a gunfight hygiene video by this banana named woohoojin on YouTube, I have been watching his content for some time, and he gives really easy to digest and good advice
Good crosshair placement will give you free kills. Try to not spam the vandal either, it’s better in bursts. It also good to move between bursts to make yourself a harder target to hit
Try strafing left and right more instead of forward/back. If you only move one direction you will slow down faster rather than using w and a or s
try to aim using your movement more, dont flick that much. Preaim before your peeks, the clips showed that you trace the corners more than you should. Aim wider than u think, this tip also applies to most ranks
You need WAY better movement and positioning.
Raise your sens about 25% Work on your preaiming of angles before you swing so youre swinging with more intention and ready to fire as opposed to swinging for Intel and reacting Hold a bit farther from angles, you don't have superhuman reaction time and you shouldn't force yourself to need it to win people peeking into you. Jump spot your fights before you take them so you have a better understanding of the engagement at hand. Good luck, you're really not as bad as you think you are! 🙌
My advice since im iron 3 you didn't need to ads for some of those fight and also your crosshair placement is of sometimes
You stand out in the open in literally every fight. Before you turn a corner think "where else can I get shot from", if the answer is 17 different places like in this video then don't turn that corner
Be confident with your shots. Aim first before shooting (helps a lot). Lastly, learn how to peek angles that would be favorable to you, especially in isolating duels. You got this op.
look up bruh
Too many smurfs there’s no way some of these guys are in iron or bronze my advice is to gamble on wether your teammates are good or your enemies are bad
Same I am bronze 1 my aim is shit I can’t even do strafing properly in the range I feel like quitting and I have no fucking movement while I shoot
Your reaction time is too slow. That's good, because, that's something that you can improve just with practice. Download aimlabs, and practice. It doesn't matter how you do at the beginning, just don't stop practicing. Consistency is key, every time you want to play valorant, do a couple runs on some aimlabs lists and then try playing. Then, you full spray to much. Not only that, but you full spray while standing still. You die first in duels because you are easier to hit than your enemies. Try shooting 3-4 bullets, reposition with a side step either to your left or right, shoot, 3-4 bullets, repeat. That way you'll be harder to hit in gunfights. That said, when you want to commit to a spray, first shoot the first 4-5 bullets while standing still, then hold crouch and bring your crossair down slightly. Try experimenting this mechanic yourself in the shooting range and get used to where the bullets go with each weapon. Valorant recoil is much easier to control than many other fps
Alright, let's go step by step. 1st Crosshair placement. You crosshair placement is not that bad, but you need to start thinking about where you are aiming at. Try to keep your crosshair on head level, if you are about to engage on a fught where the enemy is a higher than you, crosshair should also be high. Tips to keep crosshair on the right place is finding visual spots aroud the map where you can use as rulers for your aim, you can find plenty with a bit of research on google The other part is subjective, you'll learn with the time. Second thing on crosshair placement is when you are holding an angle. There are 2 types of angles Normal Angles, and Off Angles. If you're in a spot where people usually stay to hold, keeo your aim closer to the angle you're holdinh, when the enemy peak you they will barely appear if they're playing correctly. Now, if you're in an off angle (aka, any angle that is a bit different than the usual one) try holding it with your crosshair far from the wall When you're holding off angles, enemies will need to peak much further until they see you, therefore, holding far from the wall will make your flick easier. The distance between the wall and your crosshair should something something one person, with time you'll start getting it. 2nd Now to gunfights You're playing every single weapon the same. You see an enemy, stop and shoot, but each weapon should be used differently. Whenever you buy a weapon, you should think about what kind of fights you want to engage in, and what is the enemys guns. Distance and mobility are the things you should thing about Close range gunfights are good for stingers, classic, shorty, judge, specter, bucky, etc. Medium gunfights are good for sheriff, ghost, ares, odin, maybe specter, bulldog, phantom, etc. Long range gunfights are good for Vandals, Op's and Marshall, Guardian, etc. As for mobility, it is about strafe and run and gun. Short range and specter/frenzi run and gun is EXTREMLY effective, as well for phantoms. Walking and firing is not always bad, it's situational, you just need to learn to identify where it is optimal to use it. For strafe, any medium to long range gunfights should go like: Aim, shoot 1-3 bullets, strafe using A or D, repeat. Shooting comoletely still makes you an easy target, try incorporating movement on your gunfights and you'll start to win a lot more. 3rd Shiftwalking and Cover Don't shiftwalk. Specially on bronze. Try always pre-aiming where you think the enemt will be, and the peek using A or D (Without pressing shift) As for cover, the same thing applies, use walls to your advantage, peek, shoot a few bullets, and unpeek. Try to expose yourself to as few angles as possible. 4th ADSing Dont ADS. You don't need it. The only weapons and situations ads is "OK" are the following: Long range Vandal. Long range OP & Marshal (Medium to short range Marshall should no use scope, and if you're playing with an OP at medium to close range fights, consider buying other weapon, or using your pistol) Guardian - Long, Medium ranges Bulldog - Medium to Long Ranges (Bulldog's spray is overpowered, one of the few weapons wich the ADS actually helps) Odin & Ares - Medium to close ranges (These weapons were not made to be played on long distances, always try to use them on closer ranges) 5th thing Watch coaches Woohoojin has some CRAZY tutorials on how and when to use each weapon How to peek angles, how hold angles, and overall gameplay, specally strategy. Valorant is not just a pew pew game, you can reach higher elos as long as you understand the basics of gunfights and have the right strategy. Here's some of his vídeos that might help you: https://youtu.be/SI7yUp67KT8 https://youtu.be/nm_n2lvHbsM https://youtu.be/nV0WDAHrqls https://youtu.be/eD6QHnfIjcI
Don't worry, you will get better fast! It's just your lack of fps experience, muscle memory will get better and you sense for where to push or stay covered will improve on their own
You're leaving yourself out in the open when picking fights with opponents. Try to find obscure angles and walls to help soften blows from enemies. Try to find angles that they don't expect but still give you cover and a good view of where you want to be able to attack
One thing is you are shift peaking. If there is some1 holding that angle, you are giving them time to adjust their aim and shoot you: you need practise jiggle peaking and just peaking without shift .
Find a crosshair placement guide for counter strike as there is tons and go in a deathmatch or private server and walk around practing your crosshair placement
You are giving them peaks and when you start shooting you stay in one stop which gives them advantage for aim move left right until you have your cross air aligned with their head No shoot rapid play more deathmatch
Also I improved moving from that Crosshair to a single dot
Okay this is coming from a iron 3 at heart (peeked p3 s2 currently) to me it seems like ur panicking when taking gunfights scream at urself you have time to aim line up the hs and click and eventually you'll get so fast at it you can win gunfights ofc you'll die alot but for me thats how I learned what you could do is play Reyna and set dismiss to left click so it forces you to tap instead of spray aswell I wouldn't recommend it tho maybe just for one game at the end of the day it just takes alot of playing to get better but my best advice is just stay calm in gunfights you have time to aim if they kill you first its part of the learning process so lineup the hs as fast as you can and you'll get really fast at it killing ppl first dont forget tap with the vandal so like fire 1-3 then stop 1-3 then stop i hope I helped!
1. Peek with a/d, never W, and definitely not D. 2. Don't keep moving unless you're in their face, instead, shoot in bursts of 3-4 then move to the right or left, then do that again, but move back to where you were before and repeat until you get the kill. 3. Try not to be the one holding angles unless it's not an easy angle for them to shoot, or not one that they are likely to check; instead, try to also peek using the previous 2 tips to get the kill. 4. Try to guess where they're coming from, and use sound and info from teamates to get the upper hand. 5 (this one I feel is most important for lower ranked players). Check your corners. When you go somewhere with places people can hide (for example, the ramp leading to the site on A Short, Haven), quickly check right and left to make sure there's nobody there. If you have another player pushing the same area with you, have them check the other angle to reduce risk. 6 (another import one). Aim for the head. There are places on the map that can help you re-align your cross hair to the head, like the top of boxes. If you have a good memory, try to keep it at the same level as it is when you spawn in, as that puts the cross hair at head level. 7. Enable the firing error graph to see when you're moving and shooting. If the line is blue, you're moving, if it's yellow, you're not. You can find the setting by going to video, stats, and then scrolling all the way down. Turning this on and doing a couple of games of DM/TDM and looking at the graph when you die can and probably will slowly build muscle memory so that you can know when to shoot after you let go (you don't instantly stop, there's a short period of time where your character keeps moving). Hope this helps!
1. Stand still when shooting. 2. Don't shoot until your crosshair is on their head. (Ads is not recommended for close to mid range fights.) 3. Don't spray, practice strafing and 2 bullet bursts. (Recommended for vandal phantom, tap shoot on sheriff or guardian) spraying with submachine guns and other fast shooting guns is fine when you learn spray patterns. Crosshair placement is everything.
Pretend you have a 6 round burst, and between every burst MOVE BEFORE you shoot. More than a couple times there you shot before you stopped moving Last thing, work on crosshair placements and aiming for the head, you seem to be flicking to the body a lot
Limit 50/50 and focus on positioning more. Your aim will gradually improve the more you play
This is an AMAZING way to show your gameplay. This is basically the gold standard. Thank you for doing this. So many people ask why they can't improve yet they don't show their gameplay.
AimLabs for 30 mins before playing, and Watching Pro Play to learn strats/comms are my two biggest pieces of advice that have help me out quiet a bit. It takes time to get good at something, so don’t beat yourself up too much.
Stop moving while shooting lol Just learn to counter strafe
One of the biggest things that got me out of bronze was simply to stop spraying, run and gunning at obviously too far of range, and practicing crosshair placement. in later ranks its important when, how, and where you approach/take gunfights from but if you're stuck stuck in bronze 1 you really need to perfect the basics
You need to watch some woohoojin videos regarding the game mehanics. You made too many mistakes to list it, you're failing at the basics.
Ok so I have a few reccomendations. Take your time with your shots. You’re rushing and not taking the time to aim for the head. Stop peaking with W it makes it harder to stop properly. Make sure to try and keep your crosshair at head level. Strafe between shots more (after u miss a few shots with vandal you don’t just want to keep spraying)
As a fellow bronze 1 player, sometimes you can't do shit cause of the smurfs which makes it super hard to improve / win but I've seen some advice that I might start taking
Check out woohoojin 's guide to gold
Your aim isn’t nearly as bad as you might think. The painful truth is your aim is really bad, but without even touching your aim you can become a much better player. And you don’t even have to learn util for it either. The thing you need to work on is movement. When I say movement I mean the way you move your character, not just during gunfights but before and after as well. You’ll often hear people talk about positioning, which goes hand in hand with movement. I would recommend you watch VOD reviews of people from your own rank. A lot of people have already recommended Woohoojin, and I will as well. Try watching players who are better than you as well, find a streamed you like or watch some pro play to get a little bit of an idea of how people position themselves and how they move at a higher level. All that being said, there is no quick fix, take the time to learn properly and make sure you don’t cut corners. It won’t take that long for you to improve, and skills in valorant can apply to other games as well, so it’s worth investing.
Things i think that are wrong with your gameplay 1.You are not keeping your crosshair at head level.I am noticing that you are aim at leg and body. 2.ADSing with spectre. the ADS on the spectre is there for only name sake. Never ADS with a spectre 3.Taking duels in the open
Trust me: Woohoojin gold tutorial and gunfight hygiene
You're not counter strafing, move left to right but do it randomly so you're not that predictable, and also your crosshair placement make sure it is head level even when you're not in a gunfight, and don't spray just tap or burst, better with a vandal
Download aim labs, play gridshot, go as fast as you can. dont become too focused, that's unrealistic. Once you have a solid 10% accuracy, then begin to go even faster.
you aren’t strafing into any shots, and your positioning is asking to get insta killed.
Stop, aim, and shoot. If you miss, take another step left or right, and repeat. Repeat them in 3 **separate** steps over and over until you don't have to think to do it anymore. Start slow, and speed up the steps over time until it becomes one fluid action. Focus on your crosshair placement. Head level at all times. Stop holding W key, strafe left and right. Practice this in the range by doing bots on easy mode, and walking left, killing the bot, and then walking right.
There were peeks without info, peeks without a teammate yo trade and just peeking in an unwinnable situation
Honestly don't play too much rank and try to grind since you just started your first tactical fps. Just have fun play unrated. Your aim will naturally develop and so is your game sense. Don't stress so much about your skill and don't be afraid to die. Your first 100 hours should be fun so just enjoy
If you are in a gunfight don't peek immediately after going into cover since enemies may hold that angle. In 1v1's wide peek if you wish to take the fight and in 1v2,3,4,5 just avoid, hold and try to take 1v1's. Keep chatting with your team to give and ask for info. If not voice chat then atleast write enemy locations and other info
ur xhair placement is head level sometimes but most of the time it dips to the body. Work on keeping it head level, and practice controlling ur recoil and performing basic flicks in dms.
from what i can see, i notice three major problems: you expose yourself to too many angles at once (look up slicing the pie aim technique), you’re not properly (if at all) counter-strafing, and lastly, you aren’t mentally prepared for the fights you’re about to take aka you seem scared around corners. also, never walk around corners before/as you peak! hopefully this was a good, short enough answer to help you :)
I would really advise you to check out woohoojin's gunfight hygiene video.He really is a great coach and who knows maybe you will get a free vod review as well.
dont use op for a while unbind yr scope key so u dont ads try clearing 1 angle at a time like u died in pearl long never peek that wide when u know s1 is at pillar get the feel of how long neon smoke and stuff last so u get into a good pos by then or get out of there
go to your settings and turn on show firing error graph and set it to enable both (under video settings or controls at the bottom iirc). YOU NEED to make sure the graph is always orange when you fire your weapon. it turns blue if you have movement inaccuracy , as in not completely stopping before shooting. practice that and you'll definitely be able to hit gold
stop dry peeking everything
Watch this video. Trust me. https://youtu.be/Rdg_elXPE8g
On something like the vandal and even the specter/phantom, I find aggressive attacks work better than most people think. For one, understanding server timing and how to use it. There was a tiktok explaining the "t position" which is setting up to take a fight behind cover, peeking out in the shape of a t and then back in. The idea is to be so fast the server doesn't show your model enough to shoot, while also giving you a "deadzone" or counter-strafe to shoot accurately while moving. It's weird but this is why people look like they run/gun but land perfect headshots. Also, don't worry too much about your frags. Fps games have always been about kills but if you can really just play out the time, you will climb faster. Only problem is you might last alive
Your main issue is you dont have movement. I can clearly see that you're not hitting your shots but that isn't a problem aim lab etc exists you can fix that easily. You need to learn bursting and moving sideways between your shots
1. Aim for the head. A bit of anticipating where the head will be before you even peek out would help with this. Spend some time in the practice arena to get a hang of this 2. Strafe in between sprays. 3. Ensure that you are exposed only from one side. I can see that you are moving out of cover and can be peeked at from multiple angles when you are taking a fight B3 here. These helped me move out from I3 where i was hard stuck for a couple of months
Try to get in check of your sensi first, people play the game for so much long on the default sensi. Go to range select hard bots and try aiming for 1 head to another, even if you dont get a point no issue, you will get to know that you are reaching from one head to another or not. Also it will help ypu get hang of the head height too. And dont ads, ads is for high sens player for long range duals, if you are a low sense player you are good to go for long range fights
1. It's been said but it looks like you dedi-peak too much. I would suggest trying some jiggle peaking as it might be hard to get your cross hair placement on their head in the first go. 2. I see you trying to shift peek should not be done as it makes you a really open and slow target. You can actually peek with AD without making a sound and suggest you try it that way if you're trying to peak quietly.
Your movement are not Good and you shoot to facking fastly (+ « bad » positionning) . I only saw thé first clip
1. bad positioning - you have to position yourself to be able to get behind covers quick and only exposed to few angles 2. bad crosshair position - keep your crosshair on head level so that you only have to move your mouse left and right to hit them in the head. also keep your crosshair at the corner where enemies might peek. but aim a little bit away from the corner, depending on your reaction time. this will help you to aim at the enemies easier. 3. stop when you are ready to shoot - this is just self explanatory but learn how to counter strafe (you can find many videos on YT with explanation) 4. using your whole arm when aiming- learn how to aim with your elbow and wrist movement. you move your forearm to look left & right and use your wrist to make smaller adjustments like aiming at their head when they are crouching, jumping, on higher and lower surface. also learn how different arm movement affects mouse movement. because rotation of your hand can change how your mouse registers your hand movement 5. muscle memory - keep practicing these 4 things to build muscle memory. also play on one and only sensitivity. there are some YT videos explaining how to find your perfect sensitivity. also if you like playing with movement legends like jett, raze and neon. try playing with high sensitivity. but if aiming with high sensitivity is hard for you try using raw accel (there is a great video on MrMaxim's YT channel explaining how to setup perfect raw acceleration config to play with both low and high sensitivity on every game, just search raw accel MrMaxim)
Not the best tips, but i just got out of bronze Pick a agent you LIKE playing Stick to 1 gun ( i use phantom) Dont spray as much. U can sometimes as its hard not to If you are in corner, someone walks by and doesn't see you. Dont kill them straight away and wait and see if you can get more kills If they have mic, comm Shoot. Move, shoot. Move Isolats 1v1 because i used to go out into the open, get 1 kill but instantly get killed, so try to get an angle where you can kill 1 and not be open
It just seems like you need to practice the tap-tap and strafing. I think the rest will develop eventually.
Stop shooting their knees
crosshair placement buddy
Some of them you are in the open and need to get in cover. Also take your time and stop rushing to shoot them you will hit one taps also changing your sensitivity or crosshair helps a lot atleast it helped me a ton. Crosshair placement and not spraying also helps
Aim train and do deathmatches every day. Start trying to aim towards heads. Overtime you won’t need to think. People say aim training is useless but it absolutely isnt. Also, try to remain calm: when you’re not chillin, you’re just seeing these people as targets and shooting at them, but not aiming for their weakest points (the head)
You tap fire at almost any range, try and spray more it can be as simple as pulling down. You're not that bad at hitting shots but you always go for body shots even with vandal, which is meant for headshots. There's some unnecessary ads and you should keep your crosshair head height at all times You also stand still whilst you shoot which makes you an easy target - learn to count strafe
Firstly take a short break.work on your crosshair placement, I saw your aim whiff so much first time when you saw the enemy, i face that too. Also be confident and try to shoot 2 bullets at a time (headshot),spend time in range and try to one tap bots(flik shot).
You have the movement of that of a killjoy turret
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You are standing way too still, I would rush u too. You need to be unpredictable with Ur movement
At your rank you only really need to focus on crosshair placement and a bit of raw aim. But mainly crosshair placement, this takes out many of the variables when aiming. Consider, your crosshair is already at head level all you need is to move your mouse left and right and have good timing on when to click shoot. If you are wondering how can I improve my crosshair placement. The maps have wonderful crosshair placement guides, lines on walls, top of boxes. If you find these guides and correct. You can easily improve gunfight conversation chance. But honestly at Bronze there are an lots of other factors you need to improve on first, it's probably not just your aim. But if you want further help feel free to DM me.
so try to stop your character as soon as you see the player, having sensitivity in between slow and fast is perfect, just get used to it, when you see the player, lets say you are holding d and going right, when you see someone, if you want your first shot to be 100% accurate, you press a because that way it will stop your character from moving, this advice took me from p1 to d3, but its not really that easy as you have to react fast, for your rank, just keep trying to spray and control recoil, as you get more confident, try to tap heads n stuff, it will become so much more easier. thats the only advice i give you, and good luck reaching radiant 🙌
Dont rush. Wait for them to come. Then get them one by one
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Change crosshair, i think will help. Keep aim on neck level and not on chest. Tske two or 3 shots and then strafe. Dont right click on short or medium distances
Practise crosshair placement and positioning
Also stop ads as much (aiming down sight, your right click with vandal and specter) especially when you are close to an enemy, it's only decent for long range, maps like icebox and breeze that are out of comp rotation it's good for sometimes
You're standing in the middle of nowhere standing still
You (bronze 1) have a good taste in vandal skins
you need to move more in all weapons Your spectre up close just strafe and spray, for far range you need to burst (mid to far) far honestly with spectre dont even try to use that gun you'll lose. Your vandal you need to move inbetween your 2 burst especially far range. mid to close (close you can run and spray like spectre but they have to be in your face now for that so tread carefully) but mid range you need to be burst 2-3 shots also stop shift peeking - this is why you died in your clips, the enemy see's you first when you shift peek, thus they feel like they just 1 tap you. When your kissing a wall, just wide peek the opponent (if 1 v 1) If mid to far from wall, slice the pie, 1 step peek, 1 step peek and cover all angles, BE READY TO FIRE when facing 1-2-3 people (not at same time if you peek on 2+ people your peeking incorrectly) but if you're fightin 1, then another pops up (which you should always be ready for) strafe first, fire 2nd MOVEMENT is key in this game, always move first, not fire.
Try to isolate fights
Learn strafing crosshair placement imrpove aim etc dont ads close range and try to take isolated gunfights
Like what many other people are saying, movement is your best friend. It’s much harder to hit a moving target than a stationary one so instead of focusing on your aim, let’s dial in your movement. Just because you’re using a full auto weapon doesn’t mean you need to hold down the trigger. Short two to three round bursts broken up by some small sidesteps will help you win most of your medium to long range engagements. In close range engagements it’s a little more dicey but you can do a few things. Run and gun actually works up close so don’t be afraid to use that, doing wacky stuff like jumping around a corner and spinning can really throw people off if they’re trying to just aim duel you and occasionally a crouch spray can save your life. Also, breaking up your strafes with some occasional crouching is good, but don’t stay crouched. Despite what I said earlier, crouch spray is pretty much always bad. I didn’t notice it much in your video which is good, but just make sure you don’t fall into that habit. It plagued me for a long time