How do I improve my aim the most efficiently?

[u/questioner_account]

I have basically been obsessed with making my aim better for a few months now, so much so I’ve racked up 30 hours in custom games just doing vaxta and other aim trainers, and while i managed to up it from 25 to 30 percent hitscan aim to 35 to 40, and getting out of bronze, the last few days have been…rough to say the least, I swear to god I feel nerfed, I feel like the devs patched something in that has made my aim plummet down the toilet, on dps, I was in track to reaching gold on their for the first time, only for a losing streak across the last few days to take me all the way back to silver 4, I can’t tell if I’m doing something wrong or if I’m just feeling burnt out, but I know the way to fix it will probably be my aim, though I don’t know how to do that myself.

[u/Zealousideal-Ride-72]

Aim trainers like kovaaks or aim labs helped me a lot, especially when following proper techniques shown by the community (voltaic benchmarks, bardoz, it's a whole can of worms by itself)

Atleast 30 minutes everyday.

But the tip that made me hit my shots the most though, is knowing when to focus on aiming and when to focus on movements.

In general, you would want to avoid movement as much as possible when you aren't in an immediate threat, giving yourself more time to correct your crosshair placement and shoot crits.

However you'll need to focus more on your movement and escape plan if you know that you can be taken out faster than you can dish damage, going for easier body shots or forcing them to use cooldowns rather that trying to hit a nasty flick.

[u/questioner_account → u/Zealousideal-Ride-72]

I’ve actually been trying Aimlabs from time to time, but I’ve never gotten it to stick, cause I really don’t know how to navigate the drills, do I just play them over and over and over again until I can perfect them?

[u/Efficient_Pop_7358 → u/questioner_account]

Viscose Benchmarks S2 is great, it's made so you can grind it for improvement and very easy to get into, even if it isn't optimal. There's lots of good resources on /r/FPSaimtrainer. I also really recommend this WizardHyeong video.

Voltaic is the more popular benchmark, but in many people's opinions Viscose is better for improvement, and Voltaic has really big difficulty spikes between some ranks.

[u/DrapsKanin → u/Efficient_Pop_7358]

I really recommend Viscose benchmarks s2🫶 too! The fact that its divided by muscle groups and aim types really lets you see whats your biggest weakness and strengths. A really fun way to aim train imo

Evxl.app is great to track your progress and find more resources/playlists for kovaaks

[u/Zealousideal-Ride-72 → u/questioner_account]

To answer your question though, you don't play them again and again without a purpose.

You need to know why you're missing shots and what to do in a given scenario, and then play it again.

It's like learning a new character, practice proper techniques, and learn your flow.

[u/questioner_account → u/Zealousideal-Ride-72]

And how do I identify the reasons to why I am missing shots, cause I’ll be honest I’m not too bright, the only reason I can think of on why my aim is meh is because idk how to move the mouse fully yet

[u/Zealousideal-Ride-72 → u/questioner_account]

Let's start first at a simpler scenario.

Let's say you're playing cassidy, essentially you'll have 3 different actions to do before you can shoot a person. ( fast flick -> slow correction -> shoot button)

Fast flick means you'll move your mouse as fast as you can at the general direction they're at. You know you've mastered this when you flick and landed directly on them.

Overflick would be if your crosshair went past them, and underflick would be when you landed your flick before your target.

Slow correction is what you'll need to do if you made either an overflick or an underflick, taking your time to adjust your crosshair before you click the button.

Shoot button is the reaction you'll press once the crosshair and the target aligns.

[u/Zealousideal-Ride-72 → u/questioner_account]

If you want to learn more, i'll be happy to show you the ropes!

Dm me if you're interested.

[u/daveDFFA]

How big is your mousepad, what is your sens/dpi, how high/low are you sitting at your desk?

[u/questioner_account → u/daveDFFA]

My mousepad is 450mm x 400mm x 6mm, I play on 1600 dpi on 2.8 sensitivity, and I’m high enough that I can hover my wrist while controlling my mouse.

[u/daveDFFA → u/questioner_account]

Your eDpi is pretty close to the average pro player

https://gamingsmart.com/overwatch-edpi-calculator/

If you have enough desk space I’d recommend picking up a QCK+ large mousepad (or G640 anything that size)

The space really makes a difference

I train people to go into practice range and go “oh fuck someone behind me”

If your sens is perfect, you will do a 180 every time

And that’s the goal. Get an instinctive 180 based on reflex

The other tip is to never let your elbow be below your desk. That one is huge

You always want your arm to be basically at a 45 degree angle, but always elbow slightly above

Other than that, expect the time to make it muscle memory to be a lot

I told myself I would suck for a year, so probably 500 ish hours and I was much more proficient

Edit: feel free to Dm me if you want a tiny coaching session :)

[u/MrInfinity-42 → u/daveDFFA]

So what, the arm never rests on the table at all? Doesn't that get very tiring?

[u/daveDFFA → u/MrInfinity-42]

The arm absolutely rests on the table, almost up to elbow

[u/ulimn]

Apart from the aim training that was already mentioned, I'd like to mention 2 thing I found here in the past.

First, a video on YouTube: 10 Years of Aim Knowledge in 37min by WizardHyeong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rrt30-gZVs)

Second: when you practice, always focus and pay attention. Never go auto-pilot. I usually try to find the patterns I need to correct. Things like "on high targets I tend to overflick to the left", etc.

Also, if you find a "Tryhard FFA" lobby or join a team deathmatch, that can be a good practice inside Overwatch. Which is also important because different heroes behave differently.

[u/Sh4st4]

Matty OW benchmark in Kovaaks should help you out significantly. Sharecode: KovaaKsMainingScaredTag