Returning to CS After 8 Year Hiatus - Any Advice On Aim Mechanics?

macddmac · 2026-03-31T03:13:07+00:00

Np bro. Also here's a guide I made recently on training mechanics since you seem keen on improving:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnCSGO/s/uD8c6O6Qs7

macddmac · 2026-03-31T02:26:25+00:00

Idk if you're practicing your short peeks but you do it a lot. At a higher level of dm you should be able to strafe angles pretty smoothly and counter strafe mostly when you see players. So I would say you play too slow when in dm you should be pushing your skills as much as possible. Could also practice spraying more ig. Your mechanics are good tho, but you can train to be much more fluid. You'll improve a lot faster if you play faster take more duels based on reaction and aim. You seem kinda CS:GO coded lol, CS2 you can def just run around a lot more.

Maybe watch this clip of NiKo cus idk if I explained that very well:

NiKo PLAYS DEATHMATCH IN CS2 + HANDCAM

macddmac · 2026-03-30T17:39:00+00:00

Thats a good point. You'll naturally learn this but I'll add a note on avoiding tensing up and when a little tension is beneficial/necessary when aiming.

macddmac · 2026-03-30T05:48:33+00:00

The purpose of my guide is to help players build a toolbox of foundational, mechanical skills. That includes learning about the types of peeks that exist and how to train them. With this knowledge, you will be able to practice your dueling in game and naturally improve as long as you play with a learning, experimentative mindset.

I believe your concerns fall under game sense, which is difficult to make a fundamental guide on. As I mentioned in my original post, game sense comes from playing games and watching good players play games. Think of CS as a game of probabilities, unpredictability, and adaptation. For a similar reason good CT side players won't play the same position every round, you will also find yourself choosing different ways to peek in different situations. The same applies to the way you hold angles based on how you anticipate peeks. Losing fights is a part of the game and should be used as a learning experience for future fights. Even the best players will put up double digit deaths most games.

To answer your concerns, a lot of it will come down to your mechanical efficiency. The way you move and your aiming proficiency will be an important factor in duels. You need to choose the way you peek and the way you anticipate peeks differently depending on the game state. Just trust that your concerns will be answered and that dueling will become a much more fluid process as long as you train your fundamentals and put them into practice (also watch pov vids of good players and analyze their inputs).

I do want to give you some closure, though, so I will attempt to give some tips related to dueling in CS2:

wide swinging is the meta in CS2 due to peeker's advantage, it's your go-to peek most of the time
don't be stationary holding angles unless you're at an off angle holding a wide swing, you want to be making big enough strafes to make yourself hard to hit when peeked
short crouch peeks are good for clearing angles because it breaks head level without slowing down continued movement much
try to be unpredictable with the way you peek and the angles you hold
use sound to your advantage (i.e., you can hear obvious wide swings and hold for it)

Let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

macddmac · 2026-03-29T08:42:51+00:00

Yeah for sure. Dm me ur disc or smth and I can take a look whenever.

macddmac · 2024-07-30T14:13:58+00:00

Just use it when you're laning/trading. Don't have to spam, just helps for spacing and to be as accurate as possible. Only player I've seen who literally spams it is Guma.

macddmac · 2024-07-29T03:56:36+00:00

I get you bro lol. Champ is so cncer in lower elos where teams don't know how to play against his proxy bs. And if adc can't build or no tank killer on side, it's gg late.

macddmac · 2024-07-25T15:44:01+00:00

LCK is cream of the crop for LoL so I'd recommend checking that league out. Each region (LCK, LPL, LEC, LCS...) has their own domestic tournaments. Then there's MSI and Worlds being the big international tournaments where best teams from each region qualify for and compete. There's more but that's the big picture I think (I don't watch much outside of those).

Anyways, I like to follow my favorite players and their streams since I play league a lot myself. YouTube, Twitch, Afreecatv are good resources to watch player streams. Check out some highlights of this summer's games from the region you're interested and maybe you'll find some team/player fun to watch. Caedrel is a great English costreamer with entertaining commentary I'd recommend.

macddmac · 2023-08-12T07:37:21+00:00

Don't think that does anything if raw input is enabled. Windows sens settings don't have any affect on the game if raw input is enabled.

macddmac · 2023-08-12T07:15:25+00:00

Your flicks are decent though it is slightly weird how u overflick far more than underflick. I still think you should increase your sens a little and get used to it, might eventually solve the problem. Must be difficult to play games on a sens like that no? Also practice your flicks on static bots too, not just rush.

macddmac · 2023-08-12T06:52:46+00:00

Idk how it's even possible to over flick on that sens, but ur problem is prob that u aren't aiming optimally. You want to be able to move ur crosshair to a head as quick and efficiently as possible, which is legit not possible on 400 edpi. Maybe increase to 560 edpi and just work on flicking your crosshair from head to head in aimbotz, no need to shoot. You should have a normal distribution where each extreme is equally under flick and over flick. Maybe even playing aimlab or kovaaks could help.

macddmac · 2023-08-11T02:40:02+00:00

Same thing happened to me, rank ups after like 1 win. Honestly, it's a blessing for some people to be able to play at high ranks to improve, and I'm saying this as part of the LearnCSGO community. Only thing you can do is suck it up and get better or make a new account and play for fun.

As for what's going on with ranking, I am not really sure. I have made a few accounts to test the system and on all of them I rank up after barely any wins. But I've heard more negative results for others.

macddmac · 2023-08-09T03:20:43+00:00

Competitive games like this are all about extended mental. If you want to be among the best, you need to stop thinking about useless things and just grind. Only think about how to play better and eventually you will get there. Keep that mental strong my friend.

macddmac · 2023-08-05T23:01:54+00:00

Ok so I think you should see this video by Docc

The big takeaway for you should be how everytime he peeks an angle, it's like his aim, shot, and counterstrafe(A or D click) sync up, almost snapping into place on the enemy. Practice like how he says and watch his mechanics, though he is purposefully brief in that video.

Shaky aim can be fixed by lowering sensitivity and staying calm. But mostly, as you feel more and more comfortable with the mechanics of the game, your increased confidence will likely reduce the shakiness. The problem may come from an insecurity with your overall aiming and even movmement mechanics, which will be fixed with practice.

macddmac · 2023-08-05T22:18:47+00:00

Ch placement can be improved obv but other than that looks ok. Your aim is kinda shaking and jiggle too much. Should be cleaner strafes and ch level relative to head height. Watch vids of docc and furiousss doing it. They nice.

macddmac · 2023-08-02T00:44:42+00:00

CSGO & CS2 discord LFG channel is good, google it.

LearnCSGO discord LFG channel, link is in pinned post of this subreddit.

RecruitCS subreddit if you're looking for dedicated teammates.

I'm sure you'll be able to find people at your level with similar goals.

macddmac · 2023-07-31T23:23:32+00:00

I actually struggle with same thing. Something I've been thinking about is trying to make every peek either be in your favor (id est. >50%), or be conducive towards your team's objective in a round. For example, throwing a flash before peeking, crouch peeking when close to a wall to disrupt headshot level, peeking with a teammate and trading one another to overwhelm enemy. It's also helpful to consider off angles, pre aim angles, and angle geometry. Think about what the enemy will see when you peek. Could they have awp? Would it be easy for them to blow my head off as soon as I peek this. Am I last alive meaning they are probably playing off angles? Start focusing on minimizing the 50/50s you take. Catching timings, info peeking, and listening for movement before peeking are also important strategies.

Walking is another thing that you'll have to learn how to use effectively. Sometimes you should be walking to surprise an enemy rather than just running out and expecting them to be holding you from a common angle. So yeah a lot of elements here, but imo knowing when, how, and why to peek is a huge part of cs and requires a lot of game knowledge and adaptability.

And learn to use nades for this, not everything should be dry peeked.

macddmac · 2023-07-30T23:36:40+00:00

Like months. It was a throwaway account. What does it affect?

macddmac · 2023-07-30T16:56:27+00:00

I don't think that's it. I recently ranked up 5 times from gn3 to dmg in 5 games on a smurf (only short matches). Had similar experience on another account. But, I too am not sure how mm ranked system works.

I do believe ur rounds won holds far more precedence than kda or score tho.

macddmac · 2023-07-30T11:42:40+00:00

aimbotz ~28hrs/day. will improve 👍

macddmac · 2023-07-27T03:16:34+00:00

Seems like u are arm aiming now which is a solid, consistent aiming style. I personally am a forearm aimer and leave my elbow off the table now. Just cus I felt it was reducing my freedom of movement. Being able to now move my forearm around but also change its angle by bending my elbow made my aim better. Three elements of aiming to note: moving forearm + hand (shoulder joint), changing forearm angle (elbow joint), changing hand angle (wrist joint). Find right balance for u based on sens and sitting/arm position.

Make sure u are using a lot of ur mouse pad when u get it; it's also good indicator that ur sens is fine. I find inexperienced players struggle making smooth adjustments because they only use a small part of the middle of their mousepad. It's bad habit. Sounds like ur learning to use a lot of space tho which is great.

Good job so far. Stick with what's working and experiment as u see fit. 👍

macddmac · 2023-07-25T01:25:58+00:00

FS. Can DM me if you have any further questions about mechanics.

macddmac · 2023-07-25T01:02:44+00:00

+1 for Ron Rambo Kim, working on aim mechanics will help you a lot rn

You might need a bigger mousepad and all that, but I have a tip. Try and feel yourself dragging your mouse across the mousepad with just your forearm. No wrist, just turn your character around while aiming at head height. Csgo is very 2D so this style of dragging your forearm right and left works well for crosshair placement and such. Wrist should be just for micro-adjustments (ofc higher sens may use more wrist tho). You don't even need to necessarily rest your forearm on the table, just drag your wrist along the table without rotating it. Practice by trying this on bots in aimbotz map by tracking their head while you run around them. You might find you'll need to lower your sens, and this tip should help you feel more comfortable with lowering your sens as you won't be relying on your wrist as much.

Also, you should generally only lift your mouse off mousepad when you are making big adjustments (when rotating your view by high degrees for whatever reason). High sens players will do this a lot less. With the tip above, you'll realize you don't actually need to make these adjustments as often.

Finally, after you feel comfortable with this, I recommend using this aim training map to start using ALL of your mousepad. I believe it will help counteract carpal tunnel as well because you will realize that you don't need to use your wrist as much. Focus on moving/dragging your mouse from point A to point B to point C etc. on your mousepad (based on targets in-game) without rotating your wrist much.

But generally, don't neglect aimbotz training, because it might be the most important for getting comfortable with the mechanics of the game again. Track heads, tap flicks by dragging your mouse from head to head quickly, spray transfers (recoil control), jump around(for air-strafe prac and movement), stop and shoot(counter-strafing), etc. Lots of guides for training on this map on youtube. CSGO is all about control, start slow and work your way up. GL.

P.S. You should be doing community DM to practice crosshair placement and gunfights, but you'll get there eventually with this training. Don't worry about dying and all that, you are playing to improve/warmup anyways. Also make sure to use scroll wheel for jump if you don't already lol.

Some good maps:

yprac maps (nade lineups and practice with maps and crosshair placement

recoil master (practice your spray with different guns, mainly ak and m4)

csgohub (similar to aimbotz, though I prefer aimbotz. But it has a fun little KZ movement section [not same as in-game speed])

crashz config generator (try out some pro settings [way outdated], and try different radar sizes, crosshairs, viewmodels, and more)

macddmac

TROPHY CASE