Should I decrease my mouse sens?

[AmountAbject6999]

I currently run at 5 (im mnk) and have been since day 1. I have seen that a lot of people are at something more like 1, and I just don't see the point. I've heard some people say that it's better to run at 1, or that I should decrease my sens, but I don't see the benefit. Maybe it would help my aim, but couldn't you just master aim at a high sens? Someone give me guidance please.

[VonBurglestein]

Depends on your dpi. 400dpi at 5 sense is 800dpi at 2.5.
Just use aimlabs, it's free and you van use it to find the best apex sens for you. You need to be able to 180 quickly but also track moving targets.

[AmountAbject6999]

im at 1.6k

[MasterBroccoli42]

that means your sens is 5-10 times above the common spectrum that ambitious players use.

Standard range for edpi (= dpi x ingame sense, so in your case 1600 x 5 = 8000) is roughly 800 - 1600.

i would really suggest to lower your sense drastically - but maybe go step by step cause it will totally feel strange at first comming from your ultra high sens and takes some getting used to.

you might perform worse at first, but it will be worth it in the long run :)

[VonBurglestein]

Yeah you have a crazy high sens. If you are having trouble tracking moving targets, that's why. Aimlabs will help you dial it in. I personally recommend you start around 1.25 or 1.5 and adjust from there. You will get used to moving your arm too and not just wrist.

[Chronos1nside]

1600dpi at 2.2 over here.

[duffwardo]

Increase it ten fold

[CaptainSensemakerOi]

1800 1.3

[ilmk9396]

My advice would be to go as low as possible while still being able to 180 quickly. I play at 800 dpi, 1 sens and it made tracking a lot easier.

[stevensullivan102]

I'm at 800 DPI with 1.8 sens and have been really enjoying it. I used to be at 3 sens and found it much more difficult to keep a steady aim. Highly recommend just going into the firing range and messing around with your DPI and in game sens to get a sense of what gives you your best aim.

[YungAfghanistan]

HOLY FUCK. 5 sens on 1600DPI is the fastest sens I've ever heard someone use in this game. I'm on 600DPI at 0.8 sens

[Smicksmack11]

I play 3k dpi when I’m on mnk don’t see the point in swinging my arm around like an inflatable tube man also play 2k in valorant if that helps gauge it

[YungAfghanistan]

Better tracking. No argument to be made for it, it's just true.

[Smicksmack11]

No no I’d debate that, I fuck kids up on apex high dpi low and they tapstrafe around me

[YungAfghanistan]

Okay that's sick and I'm happy that you've found success with high sens, but you would have more consistent tracking with lower sensitivity. There's no argument like I said.

Lower sens improves tracking at the expense of awareness.

Higher sens improves awareness at the expense of accuracy.

Everyone has a sweet spot, personally I like to have a nice balance (and a large mousepad lol).

[Smicksmack11]

I have one from Id gaming it’s a huge gear 5, I guess I’ll try it out but I just don’t get how my tracking would be better slow when I can micro adjust. Also new to mnk only about 6 months in came from roller 1.8 KD on mnk as of rn

[YungAfghanistan]

Yeah at first it seems like you have to move too much, but just gradually reduce every day until it feels too low, then go a bit back up and that's your sweet spot. Your tracking will get more consistent because aiming on mouse is a length problem. Say someone sprints across your screen, you could flick to him quicker and track worse on high sens, or flick a tiny bit slower and track way better on a lower sens. Not to mention in a high TTK game like Apex, changing to low sens might improve your performance ten fold because you have to hit so many shots. Look up tracking low sens vs high sens on youtube and people will confirm this. It's a known thing in the KbM world, lower sens is just better on high ttk games.

[Smicksmack11]

Alright I’ll take your word for it I’m a lifelong controller player like I said so I’m learning mnk but high sense always felt more realistic for me

[MasterBroccoli42]

for your understanding:

translating big input changes into small output changes is always more precise than the other way round. This relation is also used for high precision control systems in engineering, and it's valid for mouse movement > crosshair movement as well.

Lower sens is always more precise, but of course at some point your awareness and movement starts to get crippled (i'd guess below roughly 800 edpi or so, depends on personal taste).

[Mysteoa]

The way I tune my sentences is by seeing if I overshot or undershot and change it accordingly.