Valorant sensitivity settings: Mouse acceleration and DPI settings guide

Valorant is a free-to-play competitive first-person shooter game which involves use of skills and abilities to impact and change outcome of game. It is currently available only on Windows platform, where mouse is main controller in game. Mouse DPI and sensitivity settings are extremely crucial mainly due to fact that it’s an FPS game and it largely impacts your aim and performance. So, let us take a look at how you can get your configuration just right.

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Mouse acceleration

One of first things to do when you’re getting starting is to turn off mouse acceleration as it will really help you on your ‘aim improvement’ journey. reason a mouse acceleration could be an issue is that system automatically attempts to raise precision of your cursor as you move it around. This will significantly affect your precision and cause a hindrance.

Once you have it turned off, your system will longer tamper with cursor, meaning you will have complete control over mouse movements.

Here’s how you can turn off mouse acceleration:

Step 1: Search for “mouse settings” using Windows search bar.

Step 2: Click on ‘Change your mouse settings’.

Step 3: Select ‘Additional mouse options’.

Step 4: Go to ‘Pointer Options’ tab and disable ‘Enhance Pointer Precision’ option.

Step 5: Hit ’Apply’ and click ‘Okay’ to save changes.

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Valorant sensitivity settings

mouse sensitivity totally depends on a gamer’s personal preference. However, it is recommended that you try playing game around 400 to 800, which falls under low DPI.

Once you’ve tried playing game with low DPI settings, you can go slightly go higher to see what works best for you and which setting you’re more comfortable with.

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When you set mouse at low DPI settings, you will need to put slightly more effort with each cursor movement. On or hand, when you go for a higher DPI setting above 800, it will require small wrist movements and subtle mouse gestures.

It is likely that you tice differences with change in settings, and you will need a little tinkering to perfect it. You can always jump into your DPI settings and make adjustments until you feel it’s spot on.

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