10 BEST Valorant Sensitivity Settings [2023]

Unlike other FPS or Battle Royale games, Valorant has very different aiming mechanics, and you may consider it close to CS GO. Therefore, the precise gunplay in Valorant requires the best sensitivity, and in this guide, we will explain how to configure it.

Key Highlights

• The precise gunplay in Valorant requires the best sensitivity since you need to hit those precise shots in a still position and balance sensitivity with movement.
• Sensitivity relies on two things, mainly your In-game mouse sensitivity and your Mouse’s DPI, which stands for Dots Per Inch.
• The DPI of your mouse determines the movement speed of your cursor on your screen.
• Your DPI will be considered High if it exceeds 800 and Low if it ranges below 800.
• High DPI will limit your arm movement greatly and you will have to do minimal wrist movements only.
• Low DPI will force your arm into more movement than your wrist. You will have to put more effort into moving your cursor or crosshair across the screen.
• In-game sensitivity is measured by how quickly your mouse cursor responds to your mouse movement.
• In-game sensitivity depends on your preference, gameplay, weapons you pick, and your desired agent.
• The eDPI, or effective Dots Per Inch, is the last measurement for your mouse sensitivity and how you feel when you are using the best sensitivity in Valorant.
• To determine your eDPI, multiply your in-game mouse sensitivity by your mouse’s DPI using basic math.
• The Mouse, Crosshair, and VIdeo settings of some Professional Valorant players such as Tenz, cNed, DAPR, ShahZam, ScreaM, Shroud, Asuna, Mixwell, nAts, and YAY are listed.
• The sensitivity converter helps you adapt to the difference in sensitivity mechanism in different games.
• Try different sensitivity combinations until you come across the sensitivity setting you are comfortable with.
• In Valorant, having the best sensitivity that suits you will improve your aim phenomenally and practice will further improve it.

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What Does Sensitivity Rely On?

Aiming in Valorant is not as simple as it may sound. There is no run-and-gun like in WarZone or Apex Legends. Here you have to stay in a still position before you can take a shot; otherwise, the bullet will go in a random direction missing the target completely.

So, in order to make a perfect shot, you need to be in a still position and balance your sensitivity with your movement. If your sensitivity is too high, your crosshair will go past the enemy’s hitbox, and controlling your recoil will be more difficult.

If it is too low, you will have a hard time taking close-range fights, reacting towards a flank, and even dodging a flash. Sensitivity mainly relies on two things, your in-game mouse sensitivity and your mouse’s Dots Per Inch (DPI).

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DPI

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The DPI of the mouse will dictate the speed at which your cursor will move on the screen. The normal DPI range of common mice is between 400 to 3,200. Lowering your DPI will slow down the movement speed of your cursor on the screen and vice versa.

In Valorant, it will be best for you to keep the DPI at lower ranges and make further changes in sensitivity. The most common DPI that most Valorant Community keeps is 800. It is okay if your DPI is 400, 800, and even 1,600.

High DPI

Your DPI will be considered high if it is above 800. The changes you will notice are that you no longer have to do broad strokes. Rather, minimal wrist movements and subtle mouse gestures will be enough.

The advantage of a high DPI will be that you will react faster and target opponents without exerting too much work on your hand movement. However, if you are playing bigger maps like Breeze, Fracture, Icebox, and Pearl, then you will find yourself in long-range combats.

In long-range combats, high DPI is likely to fail because minimal movement will move away your crosshair from the opponent by inches. However, if you are not expecting any long-range duels, then go with it. You will be able to push faster, dodge flashes, and land some amazing flicks.

Low DPI

A low DPI range is between 400 and 800. In lower DPIs, you will need to put much more effort into your arm rather than your wrist. If you don’t feel burdensome lifting and moving your arm while gaming, then you should go for it. In the beginning, it will feel unnatural and tiring as you will be focusing on it more.

However, with time, once your muscle memory builds up, your aim will start getting more precise and smoother. You will be patient and accurate on long-range duels, but you will need to practice a lot for the short-range. Make sure that your mousepad has enough area so that if you need to turn around 180 degrees, you can without being limited by your mousepad.

In-Game Sensitivity

The in-game sensitivity is rather complicated. It is measured by how quickly your mouse cursor responds to your mouse movement. In simple terms, the mouse sensitivity shows how relative the cursor speed is to your mouse movement. If you have a higher sensitivity, the cursor will move faster than your mouse movement, and vice versa.

Not only does it depend on your preferences but also your gameplay and the weapons you pick. If you are playing with agents like Jett and Raze who dash in on-site, then you will need a higher sensitivity so you can change angles fast.

Moreover, in weapons, if you are playing with the Operator, then keep your sensitivity low so you can match the opponent’s pace, which will help you in tracking. Compared to Operator, if you use rifles such as Vandal and Phantom, then increase the sensitivity so you can peak angles better. Read Valorant Guns Tier List to gain an in-depth understanding of Valorant weapons.

The aim down sights sensitivity is usually kept at 0.9 no matter what your in-game sensitivity is. However, we recommend you to use the aim-down sights minimally, so you get used to only one sensitivity.

eDPI

The effective Dots Per Inch (eDPI) is the last measurement for your mouse sensitivity and how you feel when you are using the best sensitivity in Valorant. Sometimes you may feel like your crosshair movement is not synchronizing with your hand’s movement, and that happens when either the DPI is changed or the in-game sensitivity is.

The goal is to keep the DPI and the in-game sensitivity in harmony, so your aim starts feeling natural. To do that, you have to set the eDPI first, and it is basic math. All you need to do is multiply your in-game mouse sensitivity with the DPI. So, let’s say your in-game sensitivity is 0.48, and your DPI is 800, which means that your eDPI is 384.

Another purpose of setting an eDPI is that many Valorant players have their own preferences in choosing DPI. The reason is that they also need to use the cursor for purposes other than the game. So, they want to change the sensitivity in Valorant. The optimal sensitivity for each DPI would be:

• 0.625 will be the best sensitivity in Valorant for 800 DPI.
• 0.5 Valorant sensitivity will be best for you if you have 1000 DPI.
• 0.416 sensitivity would be the best for Valorant players having 1200 DPI.
• 0.277 Valorant sensitivity will be best for players having 1800 DPI.

Sensitivity of the Best Valorant Players

With Valorant Champions Tour gaining more and more popularity, Valorant players are taking inspiration from professional players. For example, lots of Jett players would spectate TenZ during a professional tournament or on his twitch so they can learn new methods and improve their game altogether.

Therefore, when the community looks up to these professional players, they also imitate the movements, the weapon preference, and the gameplay altogether. However, in imitating the gameplay of a professional, you need to imitate their sensitivity and DPI too.

These best players in Valorant have hired coaches for testing and come out with the best sensitivity that suits their gameplay. So, you don’t need to worry much because they have done all the eDPI work, and we have provided you with your favorite players of Valorant.

TenZ

The ‘wonder kid’ Tenz has time and again proved himself to be an invaluable part of his team, Sentinels, as a Duelist. He is most frequently seen playing Jett and Reyna, the two Dualists who have the potential to push a site. His aim is practically the best.

He drops scores of 130k in Aim Lab like it’s a walk in the park. Sometimes his clutches amaze people.

Tenz Mouse Settings

• DPI: 800
• Sensitivity: 0.487
• eDPI: 372
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

Tenz Crosshair Settings

• Color: Cyan
• Outlines: Off
• Show Inner Lines: On
• Center Dot: Off
• Inner Lines – 1 / 4 / 2 / 2
• Show outer Lines: Off
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Fade: Off
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

Tenz Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Multithreaded Rendering: On
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: None
• Anisotropic Filtering 1x:
• Improve Clarity: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off.

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cNed

ACE cNed is no doubt one of the best players right now. He was part of the first Valorant Champions winning team. Acend won the first ever Valorant Champions after a 3-2 victory over Gambit in the Finals. If you frequently use Operator, you should definitely have these settings.

 cNed Mouse Setting

• DPI: 800
• Sensitivity: 0.32
• eDPI: 265
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

 cNed Crosshair Settings

• Crosshair Color: white
• Crosshair Outline: off
• Outline Opacity: 0.5
• Inner Line Opacity: 1
• Center Dot: off
• Inner Lines: On
• Outline Thickness: 1
• Inner Line Length: 4
• Inner Line Thickness: 2
• Fade: Off
• Inner Line offset: 0
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

 cNed Video Settings

• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Ratio: 16:9
• Display mode: Fullscreen
• Refresh Rate: 240 HZ
• Multithreaded Rendering: On
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• Vsync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: MSAA 4x
• Anisotropic filter: 4X
• Improve Clarity: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• FPP Shadows: Off.

DAPR

Dapr’s Mouse Settings

• DPI: 400
• Sensitivity: 0.66
• eDPI: 264
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

Dapr Crosshair Settings

• Color: Green
• Outlines: Off
• Center Dot: Off
• Outline Opacity: 0
• Outline Thickness: 0
• Inner Line Thickness: 2
• Center Dot Opacity: 0
• Inner Line Opacity: 1
• Center Dot Thickness: 0
• Inner Line Length: 3
• Outer Line Opacity: 0
• Inner Line Offset: 5
• Outer Line Length: 0
• Outer Line Offset: 0
• Fade: Off
• Outer Line Thickness: 0
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

Dapr’s Video Settings

• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Ratio: 16:9
• Display mode: Fullscreen
• Refresh Rate: 240 HZ
• Multithreaded Rendering: On
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• Vsync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: None
• Anisotropic filter: 1X
• Improve Clarity: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• FPP Shadows: Off.

ShahZam

Here’s yet another former professional CSGO player: Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan. He is the in-game leader for Sentinels, one of the Top 3 teams in the world. Shazam had been credited for not only scouting the star out but helping him settle seamlessly into the team.

ShaZam Mouse Settings

• DPI: 400
• Sensitivity: 0.53
• eDPI: 212
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

ShaZam Crosshair Settings

• Crosshair Color: Green
• Center Dot: off
• Outline Opacity: 0.5
• Inner Line Opacity: 1
• Crosshair Outline: off
• Inner Lines: On
• Outline Thickness: 1
• Inner Line Thickness: 2
• Fade: Off
• Inner Line Length: 5
• Movement Error: Off
• Inner Line offset: 3
• Firing Error: Off

ShaZam Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Medium
• Vignette: Off
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: None
• Anisotropic Filtering: 1x
• Improve Clarity: On
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off.

ScreaM

TL ScreaM earned his fame in CS GO through his insane one-taps. In 2020, ScreaM officially retired from CS GO and switched over to Valorant. He just one-taps enemies so flawlessly using his dot crosshair.

ScreaM Mouse Settings

• DPI: 400
• Sensitivity: 0.785
• eDPI: 314
• Hz: 500
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

ScreaM Crosshair Settings

• Color: Cyan
• Outlines: On/1/1
• Center Dot: On/1/2
• Inner Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Fade: Off
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

ScreaM Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: MSAA 2x
• Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
• Improve Clarity: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off.

For detailed settings of him, read Scream Valorant Settings guide.

Shroud

SEN Shroud has become an inspiration for many gamers around the world. He is an esports professional. Shroud received much praise from the global audience during his time in CS GO’s professional circles with Cloud9 and was considered the best during his era.

However, in 2018, the player decided to move on from his elite competition and pursue content creation. Now on 8 July 2022, he is back in competitive, joining the Sentinels’ roster.

Shroud Mouse Settings

• DPI: 450
• Sensitivity: 0.78
• eDPI: 351
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

 Shroud Crosshair Settings

• Color: Yellow
• Outlines: On/1/1
• Center Dot: Off
• Inner Lines: 1/8/2/5
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Fade: Off
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

 Shroud Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 2560×1440
• Frame Rate Limit: 240 FPS
• Material Quality: High
• Texture Quality: High
• Detail Quality: High
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: MSAA 4x
• Anisotropic Filtering: 8x
• Improve Clarity: On
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: On.

For detailed settings of him, read Shroud Valorant Settings guide.

Asuna

Asuna is a Ukrainian-American professional VALORANT player who is currently playing for 100 Thieves. His background as a competitive player lies in Counterstrike. The 18-year-old’s prodigy hangs around in the top 50 Radiant players in NA, and he’s even reached the Top 1 Radiant in the current Act.

 Asuna Mouse Settings

• DPI: 1400
• Sensitivity: 0.295
• eDPI: 413
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

 Asuna Crosshair Settings

• Color: White
• Outlines: On/1/1
• Inner Lines: 1/2/1/3
• Center Dot: Off
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Fade: Off
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

 Asuna Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: On
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: None
• Anisotropic Filtering: 1x
• Improve Clarity: On
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off

Mixwell

Mixwell is a Spanish Valorant player who plays professionally for G2 Esports. As with most of the other players, he also was a CS GO pro-player before he made his shift to Valorant. However, he became more popular after switching to Valorant. He used to be a Jett player, but he has recently transitioned to playing Chamber, Skye, and KAY/O.

Mixwell Mouse Settings

• DPI: 400
• Sensitivity: 0.69
• eDPI: 276
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

Mixwell Crosshair Settings

• Color: White
• Outlines: Off
• Inner Lines: 1/4/2/3
• Center Dot: Off
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Fade: Off
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

Mixwell Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: None
• Anisotropic Filtering: 1x
• Improve Clarity: On
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off

nAts

He is one of the most versatile and flexible players in Valorant. nAts can play a controller role and smoke for his team with Viper or provide a stellar defensive setup with Cypher. After his performance at Master’s Berlin, nAts has proven that even a controller or sentinel main can carry their team to victory.

nAts Mouse Settings

• DPI: 800
• Sensitivity: 0.49
• eDPI: 392
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

nAts Crosshair Settings

• Color: Green
• Outlines: On
• Center Dot: Off
• Outline Opacity: 1
• Inner Lines: 1/2/1/2
• Outline Thickness:1
• Fade: Off
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

nAts Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Med
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Low
• Vignette: Off
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: MSAA 4x
• Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
• Improve Clarity: Of
• Bloom: Off
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off

YAY

He’s always been one of the best players and fraggers in Valorant’s North America region. He struggled at first, but OPTC Yay eventually got the hang of Valorant and completely dominated the professional scene.

Yay, Mouse Settings

• DPI: 800
• Sensitivity: 0.27
• eDPI: 216
• Hz: 1000
• Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier: 1
• Windows Sensitivity: 6

Yay, Crosshair Settings

• Color: Red
• Outlines: Off
• Inner Lines: 1/3/2/2
• Center Dot: Off
• Outer Lines: 0/0/0/0
• Fade: Off
• Movement Error: Off
• Firing Error: Off

Yay, Video Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Multithreaded Rendering: On
• Resolution: 1920×1080
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited
• Material Quality: Low
• Texture Quality: Low
• Detail Quality: Low
• UI Quality: Med
• Vignette: On
• VSync: Off
• Anti-Aliasing: MSAA 4x
• Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
• Improve Clarity: On
• Bloom: On
• Distortion: Off
• First Person Shadows: Off.

Sensitivity Converter In Valorant

If you frequently switch between games, you might notice that the sensitivity mechanism is different in each one of them. It will not be best if you have a sensitivity of 1 in Apex Legends and use the same 1 for Valorant.

You will definitely feel a major difference. However, you don’t need to worry as we have got a simple convertor which will show sensitivity and will be the best for you in Valorant.

• Fortnite players will have to divide their sensitivity by 12.5.
• Overwatch, COD: Warzone and Destiny 2 players will have to divide their sensitivity by 10.6 for Valorant.
• CS GO and Apex Legends players will have to divide their sensitivity by 3.18 for Valorant.
• RGS players need to divide their sensitivity by 12.2 for Valorant.
• For Aimlab, you will need to divide your Aimlab’s sensitivity by 1.4.

So, let’s say you were a CS GO player having a sensitivity of 0.8. Now in Valorant, you will need to divide it by 3.18, which will give you a sensitivity of 0.25. The numbers are different, but the crosshair movement will feel the same. If you have been playing another game, then open the Valorant converter so you can find sensitivity.

Set Your Own Sensitivity

Let’s say that you practiced all the sensitivities in Valorant, and you still cannot find the best sensitivity yet. Then you need to understand the basic concept of setting up your Valorant sensitivity. The method is one of the most accurate ones; however, it will take some time, practice, and a lot of math. So, make sure you are committed to it.

The Calculations

First off, you will need to sum up all the professional players’ eDPI and then take the average; we did the math for you and got the eDPI of 280. Then divide the average eDPI by your DPI; in our case, it is 400. After dividing it, you will get a base sensitivity; from our calculations, we get 0.7.

Then multiply your base sense by 1.5; we get 1.05 which is our high sensitivity. Then divide the 0.7 base sense by 2 to get a low sensitivity; in our case, it will be 0.35. Now you have to open the game and try out the high sensitivity first in the range. Hit the targets, kill the bots, and practice your aim to see what it feels like.

After the high sense, you need to jump towards the lower one directly and see if you can do 180 degrees turn in one flick. It might feel uncomfortable, and it does to many players. If you feel like it is not for you, then it is okay. See which one you were more comfortable with, the high sense or low sense.

Let’s say you were more comfortable with the low sensitivity. Now you will need to take out an average between low sense and medium sense. In our case, it will be 0.525. Now your base sense will be 0.525, high sense will be 0.7, and low sense will be 0.35.

Keep on making the sensitivity range smaller like this unless you start to feel more comfortable. Once you are able to do an easy 180 degrees, good flicks, and better aim tracing, then you will have your own proper and personal sensitivity.

Conclusion

That is all from our side; if you are not sure about your current sensitivity, then make sure you practice out whatever is in the guide. That is because in Valorant, having the best sensitivity is quintessential, and it will improve your aim phenomenally.

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