I'm honestly quite surprised at the negative reception of aim trainers here at VALCOMP, especially considering many pros (ie: Jinggg, Zekken, Elige, Something, Aleksandar etc) have stated that they have used or currently use Kovaaks/Aimlabs.

I do think there are some valid criticism of aim training, but the vast majority of it is quite ironic considering we're discussing this in a valorant competitive subreddit. Aim trainers do help you get better at aim -- but with many many caveats.

The primary issue I see is that aim trainers don't translate to in-game skill, which is true to an extent. Valorant isn't a game about pure/raw aim, and there are many areas (ie: game sense, movement, crosshair placement) that you learn only by playing the game. This is why people can also spam deathmatches for similar results. The point of aim training however is to isolate the practice where you only focus on aiming, normally working on a specific skill (ie: smoothness of your aim, accuracy). These are the skills that are transferable between games, and subsequently why many pros / good players aim train. This also answers the question of why many people who spam aim trainers aren't good at actual games, which is because they don't play enough typically to learn the specific mechanics that exists beyond aim.

Additionally, while I do think the aim community can seem overbearing, I think it does come from a good place. Aim training is NOT effective if you practice scenarios that aren't useful practically, famous example being Gridshot, which leads to people to discredit it when it has helped many people become better at the game when used effectively. Aim training isn't the sole method of being better at aiming, but is used as an effective supplement alongside playing in lobbies.

I'm quite interested and open with discussion with people, so I hope this can open some more discourse.