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Best aim training

A short aim routine that uses the game you actually play, plus when a trainer is worth opening.

1 min readYuval Eizik

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The best aim training is the smallest block you will do before you play. A famous scenario you skip is worse than a boring one you repeat.

Start in the game

Use the practice range, custom lobby, or aim mode of the game you queue. Your sensitivity, crosshair, and field of view are already the ones you compete on. A trainer with different settings teaches a different hand.

Spend the block on one pattern. Tracking a moving bot, or clicking static bots, not both. Ten to twenty minutes. Then stop and queue.

Add a trainer for a missing drill

Aimlabs and KovaaK’s are useful when the game cannot repeat the exact motion you miss. Pick one scenario that matches the miss. A wide tracking scenario for a tracking miss. A small click scenario for a clicking miss. Play that scenario, not the whole workshop.

Do not change sensitivity inside the trainer to chase a high score. The score is not the match. If you change mouse DPI, change the in-game sensitivity the other way so the crosshair still travels the same distance. A new mouse is a shape decision first, which is how to choose one.

What the block is for

The block is there so the first ranked fight is not your warmup. It is not there to replace matches. If you train and feel worse in game, the block was too long or the scenario was a different motion than the game asks for. Shorten it or switch the scenario. Do not add a second trainer on top.

Keep one note

Write the scenario and whether the same motion showed up in the match. If it did not, you practiced the wrong thing. Change the scenario next time, not your whole sensitivity.

Common questions

Do I need KovaaK or Aimlabs?

No. The range or practice mode in your game is enough until the routine itself is consistent. A trainer helps when you want a repeatable scenario the game does not have.

How long should aim training be?

Ten to twenty minutes, then the real game. An hour in a trainer and no matches is how aim stays in the trainer.

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