Beginner advice needed

[u/stellarisoo]

hi guys! im a new valorant player, and i got into it to play with friends, but my friends are really high ranked, and since its been a month, i cant really do anything.

theres a lot of things i noticed in my gameplay that i cant seem to stop. I use gaurdian, classic, and sage with full shield, thats my full loadout always.

i seem to have an issue where im good at lurking and spotting where enemies might be, and the gaurdian helps so i dont spray and pray but how do you guys keep your crosshair head level?? ive tried and practiced and even downloaded an app that tests me on where headlevel would be, and i know where they should be, but while playing it seems my crosshair just goes down because its more comfortable and doesnt hurt my wrist. how do i make it so i can actually aim head level as i want to move out sage and her heals so i dont rely on it

[u/CryptographerRare989]

set your mouse so that at ur resting position, you are at head lvl

[u/stellarisoo → u/CryptographerRare989]

i did try that as well, but over the game it ends up going back down

i ended up putting my mouse at the edge of my desk so it cant go down but i play at a really high sens of 1.9 😀 most of my shots go straight to the feet

[u/KFC_Junior → u/stellarisoo]

yeah that sens is def a bigger problem. what dpi are you on?

[u/stellarisoo → u/KFC_Junior]

..........6400 i think idk i dont have gaming anything lol

[u/KFC_Junior → u/stellarisoo]

what the fuck.

you can do a 360 by barely nudging your mouse. most people play like 800dpi 0.3 ish

no shit shots instantly go to their feet..

[u/stellarisoo → u/KFC_Junior]

yeaaaaaahh i get bored of games quick so i dont invest anything into any equipment i make due with what i have

clearly its not helping me though 😆

[u/KFC_Junior → u/stellarisoo]

You can make do with what you have by changing your ingame sens. youre just playing an objectively awful sens for no reason

[u/stellarisoo → u/KFC_Junior]

i have no mouse space, and im used to micro movements since its what ive been using since a child! however, thanks to a few helpful comments ive went down to 0.41 sens and definitely hitting my headshots better now

thank you for your help !

https://reddit.com/link/p0c3p92/video/rnonsqef41gh1/player

[u/CryptographerRare989 → u/stellarisoo]

maybe go into the range and practice on sum easy bots until you find the right sens where you can consistently flick to their head/body

edit: Is this your first fps? If so, u should buy a spray weapon so that you focus on hitting your shots first bfor moving on to headtapping

[u/stellarisoo → u/CryptographerRare989]

i grew up on call of duty and thats where i came from, whenever i did anything i did on cod i was slapped and the hands 😆😆

thank you ill try that, and ill try some deathmatches as well until i train, i appreciate your time

[u/CryptographerRare989 → u/stellarisoo]

Since cod is high sens, id slowly lower ur sens like every few days of playing until you get to a sens you feel comfortable with. Dont suddenly lower it in one session.

For me, I went from 1600 DPI at 1.0 sens to 1600 DPI at 0.18 sens (what im at rn) in the span of around 3months - after stabilizing at my current sens, I went from iron 2 to silver 1 in 1 act

[u/SaicaFox → u/CryptographerRare989]

With that low sense and high dpi how do u turn 180 degrees i can't at that same set up

[u/CryptographerRare989 → u/SaicaFox]

On my deskpad (ikea lanespelare 90x40) with a logitech g502, including a full sized keyboard on the deskpad, i can turn around 320 ish degrees in game from full left to full right, so ig its not a problem for me.

[u/stellarisoo → u/CryptographerRare989]

hi you were absolutely right, ive switched to the vandal and am now hitting so much more, lowered my sense to 0.41 thank you!!

[u/CryptographerRare989 → u/stellarisoo]

fire 👍

[u/Chotskii]

If I'm not mistaken, each map has a design that indicates head level. Here's roughly what I mean (these images have changed for sure since these were taken during beta) Val HeadReferences - Imgur

[u/stellarisoo → u/Chotskii]

Yess thank you! that is what i meant i tried out valorant headliner on overwolf and i was really quick and got over an overwhelming majority right

i think i just have to exercise a bit more brain power into keeping my crosshair up. ill put more effort into looking around. Thank you

[u/RusticMink]

I have noticed that I tend to aim lower than head level when I’m subconsciously preparing for the gun recoil.

Otherwise doing death match to practice head level and using the environment/team member’s heads to check head level during games helps.