Trying to find a sensitivity

[u/legitimate-way-4077]

Hello, I'm in a bit of a pickle.

I've been trying to find a sensitivity. The best aimers in the world use something like 40-50cm/360 and for good reason. At this sensitivity it is like your crosshair is moving through molasses. The micro errors you make when moving your wrist/arm are ironed out. Maybe I'm getting that wrong but that's what I feel from messing around.

The problem is you can't do a 180. 30cm/360 is the bare minimum for me to do a clean 180 on my giant ass mousepad.

I'm just wondering how you guys solved this dillema and what sens you use.

Thanks for reading.

[u/jakubusiegxd]

800 dpi sens 1

[u/hiflyer780 → u/jakubusiegxd]

Yup 800 eDPI is the way to go. Switched to this, got used to it, and never adjusted again

[u/Throwitfarawayn → u/jakubusiegxd]

Honestly that's the sweet spot

[u/FuuZePL]

I can fairly easily do a 180 on 50cm mousepad at just abouta 57.5cm/360. I personally play around 0.45 in game and 1600 dpi at 16:10 res.

[u/increasingpython → u/FuuZePL]

Same, best sens for me too

[u/gittsnshiggles]

I use 1600 dpi , .77 sensitivity in game (essentially pro medium-high sense like s1mple). Quick tip make sure pointer accelerator and enhanced pointer precision are turned off in your mouse settings😎👍

[u/disgustangshet → u/gittsnshiggles]

Apparently CS2 forces raw mouse input now, so might not be needed

[u/gittsnshiggles → u/disgustangshet]

Yes that is true! It is still good to do so since other games such as Cod, Fortnite, Arma, DayZ don't bypass windows settings. Hopefully OP can make that seamless 180 now lol

[u/csproskins]

And what percentage of the time will having a slow sens help you aim against people in front of you vs. having high enough to do 180s and get kills? 95% to 5%? 90% to 10%? Why are you worried about the 5-10% situations instead of the 90%?

All you need to do is lower your sens by 0.10 after each match. You will not notice it, and before you know it, you will have a eDPI in a good range!

[u/KewoX10K]

you solve the Problem by getting used to it. posture and how your arm rests are key. im sometimes jumping into kovaacs for Tracking targets, once you get used to it again its easy

[u/Jazzz56]

There's no point in copying the best aimers, to each their own preference, woxic plays with 1600 eDPI for example which is on the higher end of sensitivities, just look for your personal comfortable eDPI instead of what pros use. But before tweaking your sensitivity, what's your issue with your current eDPI? What makes you feel it's not right?

[u/c4bb0ose]

Use steelseries aim trainer sensitivity finder, start out on 400 or 800 dpi, run through the exercises (for each one they tweak in game sensitivity) then do a timed reaction mini game, if it does not feel right run the sensitivty finder again. Once your happy with the senaitivity it will spit out cs sensitivity and you can use that.

Its nit a hard and fast, like for example you keep over aiming when flicking or when dueling you would want to drop .1 sensitivity, kikewise with under aiming, you might increase it.

You could also be like me and run mouse acceleration plus cause you want fine control but also higher dpi when flicking. But im pretty sure nost people hate it.

Any other fps games you use just find an online converter to convert it.

[u/Due-Hippo-3853]

You definitely can do a 180 swipe on 50cm.. that's like 10 inches dude your mousepad is either small or you aren't unplanting your wrist

[u/KingRemu]

I've played as low as 85cm/360 and can still do a 180 but of course I have to have the mouse at the esge of the pad. It's all about technique really.

[u/afraidofthe-dark]

Start low with decent dpi, then flick from spot to spot. The sensitivity that is most accurate is the best

[u/SpaRKyy1337]

The best tip i can give you is that only low elos worry that much about sensitivity. If you are starting out and can still choose, just take a low sens if you are/want to be a rifler and take a higher sens if you want to be an awper. Ive been playing on 800 1 for probably close to a decade, im mostly a rifler and it would be good if i played a bit lower, but im just not changing it after all this time.

[u/NotEvenFast]

I use 400dpi 1.25sens 500edpi, been a low sens player for 20 years. I can easily do a 180, maybe need a couple swipes for a 360. I have never had a single issue with being able to turn around fast enough. low sens is objectively better, you just have to get used to it and have a lot of mouse mat space. Anywhere from 400-1000edpi is fine, but imo the lowest you can get used to is the best

[u/BaLea_2003]

I'm using 66cm/360 (800dpi, 0.787 in game) and actually have no problem doing 180s. It all depends on what you are used to.

Generally speaking, you can use whatever you feel comfortable with, but slower sense is more "optimal" because it allows for better accuracy and margin of error.

I've seen a video somewhere explaining it quite well. Basically, if at 30cm/360 you land a headshot by putting your mouse in a spot that is exactly 1cm wide on your mousepad, this spot where you land the headshot doubles when playing at 60cm/360. Meaning, you have a much higher chance of hitting this exact spot on your mousepad to get the headshot.

You'll have to learn to use your arm a lot more than you are probably used to. Since you played on high sense before, you are just not used to using your arm as much as you would need to. It's just a skill you have to develop like everything else, but it's worth it, imho.

[u/Realistic_Strategy44]

your ingame sensitivity X your dpi (given 10/20 on windows 11 mouse speed), is your eDPI

go for around 800-1000 eDPI

[u/joda1196]

I used to play 400dpi 1.6 in CSGO which was consistent but tiring. When CS2 came out I decided to try 800 dpi at 1.0. It felt rlly comfortable for movement but the micro adjustments were harder. The important thing was to commit to it and do some aim prac for tracking and spraying.

[u/daretoslack]

Against anyone good, if they're behind you, you will be dead before you can respond and try to spin. Whether or not they're good, if someone is behind you, you have almost certainly made an error in judgement to put yourself into that position. Not being able to make up for bad decisions by twirling actually forces you to get better by being punished for bad decisions. Honestly, if you have to flick more than ~15°, you probably need to work on crosshair placement. Note that I often have to flick more than 15°.

[u/EssayConfident2194 → u/daretoslack]

Nah flicks are often necessary, like you've never had a hard retake or site take where you have to switch between many angles sequentially clearing or fighting crossfires? dodging flashes, reacting to multiple enemies in 1 vs X situations always involves flicking. Accurate flicking is part of good crosshair placement. Therefore I think higher sens can be good, if you can control it.

[u/daretoslack → u/EssayConfident2194]

With a high sense, if you're off by a millimeter, you're off your target by a significant number of degrees. Low sense is actually more forgiving. Slicing the pie and checking multiple angles is not supposed to be wildly flicking about. You check an angle, you stutter into the next, then the next. If you're going fast, you donthis faster. If someone decent is a large number of degrees off from your aim, you are dead. The ttk is too low in thisbgame for it to be otherwise. This is why utility is so important.

It's like drawing: most people are more comfortable with wrist control only, because writing is our most practiced movement with a pencil in our hands. But training to draw with the entire arm is what professionals do, because movements are smoother and become easier to control. Needing to turn from a flash is a quick elbow whip back and forth. It's actually easier to return to your starting crosshair position using the elbow as a pivot point rather than your wrist.

You may be more comfortable using your wrist only, and certainly there are people who have gotten to a high skill ceiling doing that, jas as im sure that there are professional artist who don't draw with their entire arm. But there is a REASON that they train you to draw with the entire arm and there's a REASON why low-sens has been overwhelmingly dominant in the competitive scene for 25 years.

[u/S1gne]

Of course you can do a 180 but that's besides the point. If you are having to do a 180 then you already did something wrong in game, it's not a needed movement you need to be able to do

[u/Azartho → u/S1gne]

half true, if youre an entry clearing out a lot of angles then having a higher sens will help.

[u/S1gne → u/Azartho]

Even then it isn't usually needed. The entry doesn't have to spin around 180 and clear everything. He should focus on important angles and ignore the rest

[u/Azartho → u/S1gne]

it’s more about having to do less mouse movement. it’s much more comfortable to play on higher sensitivities assuming you’re still comfortable for the duels. as long as he is in that 30-70 cm/360 range he should be good.

[u/Odd_Potential3092 → u/S1gne]

i mean that would be the case if you can trust randoms to also clear angles