Precision doesn’t start in Valorant – it starts on the mouse pad. Here’s how to find your perfect sensitivity.
Do you lose every duel because your crosshairs always miss the head by a hair? Then maybe it’s not your aim – it’s your mouse speed. In Valorant – as in most shooters – the right sensitivity determines victory or defeat. If you want to dominate, you need optimal settings.
What exactly is DPI and where can I find it?
If you’ve already looked into this topic, you’ll quickly come across two technical terms: DPI (dots per inch) and eDPI (effective dots per inch). These refer to the “raw” speed of your mouse and the speed of your mouse after all settings and modifiers in the game have been applied.
You cannot find the DPI of your mouse in Valorant – instead, you have to check with the manufacturer of your hardware: either on the packaging or on the internet. The most common values are 400, 800, 1,200, and 1,600 DPI. Many gaming mice have an additional button to switch the DPI, often in the same increments.
Experimenting to find the right sensitivity
Now that you know your mouse speed, you need to navigate to the range in the game. You can find settings for your mouse speed on the control console for the robots. This is where eDPI comes into play.
Valorant pros usually have an eDPI value between 200 and 500. Since you want to test your personal mouse speed, start with the golden mean: 350. If your mouse’s DPI value is 400, that means a sensitivity of 0.87 or 0.88. If you have a DPI value of 800, set the sensitivity to 0.44, and so on.
Now activate the robots. The difficulty level is irrelevant; adjust it to suit your individual skill level. Then stand in the middle of the game or on the console and aim at the wooden beam in the middle.
Now it’s time to be precise: as soon as a robot appears, move your crosshairs onto its head in one movement and fire. Then move your mouse back to the wooden beam and repeat until you have completed the training.
You are now in one of three situations: Did you feel like you were always hitting the robots’ heads perfectly? Then you have found a good mouse speed. However, it is more likely that your movements were often either too short or too long, which is why you couldn’t hit them perfectly.
Did you fly too far and have to correct yourself? Set your mouse speed lower. If, on the other hand, you often stopped before you had a head in your sights, you need a higher sensitivity. Now repeat the training until you have found your perfect setting.
Found the perfect mouse speed? Then stick with it. In exceptional situations, it may be worth questioning your own settings. However, the variance in sensitivity values among professionals shows how individual these settings are. And copying eSports players or influencers is pointless if you are already used to your mouse speed.
