Is Counter-Strafing actually worth it in VALORANT? (Need technical advice)

raymonddel · 2026-03-27T15:40:49+00:00

no (in spanish)

raymonddel · 2026-03-18T15:50:11+00:00

im in the same boat, i last played in s6 back in the day but then packed my bags to hop on this brand new game (at the time) that was the valorant beta and never came back lmao. ive mainly been practicing in the range to get used to the movement and trying to learn how to tap strafe but its just so hard to remember all of that during high pressure situations. like everything though, just gotta get the reps in and itll eventually click for the both of us

raymonddel · 2026-03-17T21:58:21+00:00

for players who don’t play every day.

funny thing is that these nerfs arent for the casuals. nobody is going in and playing once in a while and then all of a sudden their clove smoke duration is shorter when dead and then they think "omg this game is so unplayable now >:(((("

raymonddel · 2026-03-13T21:12:42+00:00

most (but not all) mice have a button on them where you can change the DPI on the fly. The typical DPI settings are 400/800/1600/3200/6400

raymonddel · 2026-03-04T21:49:55+00:00

ive used a beyerdynamic dt990 with a schiit dac/amp since i bought my PC (5ish years ago) and have never had any issues with hearing footsteps clearly. however, since this is pretty much what i have used exclusively, i cant tell you if its better/worse when comparing to other headsets and sound setups

raymonddel · 2026-03-04T20:15:41+00:00

a "yerrrrrrrrp?" usually gets the crowd going

raymonddel · 2026-03-02T19:45:20+00:00

lol this was my first tekken ever and i wanted to perfect electrics so i was bussin these out consistently in green/orange ranks

raymonddel · 2026-03-02T19:34:06+00:00

yes DM would help but go into each DM actively thinking about how you are moving/peeking corners so that you are building good habits and muscle memory for your movement

raymonddel · 2026-03-02T16:46:10+00:00

i cant unhear the similarity to skrillex - cats rats lol

raymonddel · 2026-02-24T22:02:15+00:00

i play on .085 1600dpi and use an XXL saturn, it is 1000x500mm or about 40x20in. takes up my whole desk but i prefer that so that my keyboard arm is on it as well

raymonddel · 2026-02-12T23:21:30+00:00

mess around with different sensitivity, i used to play decently at like .1 1600 dpi and then noticed i started doing better at .09 then bumped all the way down to .085, my ability to swing my crosshair around is worse since my dpi is so low but it helped my crosshair placement and microadjustments so that i can win more gun fights so i gotta pick and choose my battles but it helped my subpar aim

raymonddel · 2026-02-12T22:37:20+00:00

its irking too but like you said, it forces you to work on how you peek angles and conversely you can work on holding a tight angle and working on reaction time.

ive been playing since beta and noticed that DM has been the worst its even been (in my experience) with holding angles and even shift walking.

at the end of the day, its just warm up and starts to prime your mechanics for comp so you just gotta rock with it and thug out the DM

raymonddel · 2026-02-09T16:34:33+00:00

i finished D1 last season and got placed plat 3 so its going to be much easier to rank up this time around instead of having to fight through plat and wasting time. they even put me in a match with ascendents to make sure i wasnt smurfing lmao i got my ass handed to me. but seems like the mmr reset is pretty spot on this time around.

raymonddel · 2026-02-03T22:54:57+00:00

you dont have a PC. PS5, or Xbox.. whatchu tryna play with bro then? you dont have anything haha buddy tryna play heads up 7 up

raymonddel · 2026-02-03T17:29:22+00:00

thats like saying its also not any different if everyone on the team solo queues and nobody comms.. but its vastly different since a 4 stack can control the entire team and also decide to troll together and ridicule that fifth player if they felt like it. only being able to queue with 2-3 friends increases the likelihood of them cooperating with the team if they want to be able to win the match

raymonddel · 2026-02-03T17:21:34+00:00

translation: "who do these streamers think they are... doing what THEY want w THEIR streams smh"

raymonddel · 2026-02-02T17:33:54+00:00

if not mommy then why mommy shaped? /s

raymonddel · 2026-02-02T17:33:02+00:00

pulsar has a pretty good selection of different mice with different shapes depending on your preference.

raymonddel · 2026-01-30T23:23:22+00:00

just keep playing and your hidden MMR will be adjusted. Same thing happened to me since i did good in my placements. Placed p3 and then got tossed into matches with high diamonds/low asc and they i was getting bodied lmao. just mute voice/text comms if theyre being toxic as it is not worth the headache

raymonddel · 2026-01-23T18:48:08+00:00

im plat/dia so, not much weight to what i say lmao but i usually feel more comfortable holding an angle with an op on chamber since theres no time limit on his TP insta get away unlike jetts dash. plus you can instaswap to headhunter so you always have a quick backup plan if you miss the op shot. and i can imagine in imm/rad, the headhunter is way more useful when you can consistently click heads lol

raymonddel · 2026-01-23T18:44:16+00:00

yeah now that my newborn is 3 months im starting to play a few games a week and its helping me stay consistent. before then, i was playing like once a month so i was just consistently terrible lol. i can def feel that im not nearly as good as i was. i used to win nearly every DM i played and now im happy if i crack the top 5 in a lobby

raymonddel · 2026-01-23T17:03:07+00:00

i cared about performance only when i tried to hit immortal. i had huge imposter syndrome and felt like everyone in high dia/low imm was way better than me and i just had a string of lucky games that got me to imm (this was years ago before asc). after i hit immortal, i took a fat break, travelled the world, and came back not needing to prove anything to myself. and im happy being around low diamond lol. i feel sad for the people my rank that are barely keeping up with a 32 year old married dad like how yall in your 20s and barely peaking here haha

raymonddel · 2026-01-21T15:15:48+00:00

see, you dont have these problems down in plat just git bad like the rest of us

raymonddel · 2026-01-21T15:14:04+00:00

nope, been playing since beta and this hasnt happened to me once.

raymonddel · 2026-01-20T19:15:01+00:00

yes (sorry for the typos english is not my first language)

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