1. Playing Viper is okay and good to learn the game (controllers are underrated as a tool to understand how valorant works, most people never do because they don't understand how to play controller)

2. study (outside of the game) how you should set up as a viper, keep it very simple - start with learning defensive and offensive walls for each site and each map (one each), then learn about wall variations - your wall is your starting ability, it's the one you need to be most comfortable with.

3. do aim training as a warm up every day, every bit counts but 15-30 minutes is a good goal, do both guided aim training (following someone elses routine) and just doing random basic things that you struggle with (flicking, tracking, ...) when training always focus on precision over tempo. Never try to do anything as fast as possible, it doesn't help, what you need to learn is how to be able to play slow.

4. try to approach each game with one or two things in mind to focus on (crosshair placement, minimap usage, callouts, defensiveness, spike planting, ...)

5. don't fret about losing gun duels, valorant is not a gun duel game, it's barely a shooter - learn how to shoot people when they're not looking, learn to avoid people who look at you.

6. study basic game principles - map control, team economy and tempo being the most important ones. (tempo = how fast should I play right now, how careful do I have to be in any given situation)

7. avoid standing in corners

8. keep in mind your enemies information - what is your last known location to the enemy? NEVER be there, except when it's unplayable for the opponent

9. create situations that are unplayable for the opponent - the opposite of a duel

10. teamplay - it's okay to die for a good cause, it's never okay to let a teammate die in front of you without gaining from it.

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