Answering the 12 most common aim questions in 12 minutes

[@ViscoseOCE]

Hi! The questions for this video were pulled from qnas I did on twitter and patreon, but there were a few questions from there that didn't make the cut for this so I made a vid answering those for patreons! Some of the questions were things like do genetics matter in aiming, should I predict or react, how do underaiming and edge tracking differ, a brief overview of tension management and a few others. I plan on covering most of these in videos here in the future but in the meantime u can check it out there if you are interested

[@sebaba001]

Hello viscose, I have a question, there's 1 specific exercise that I enjoy more than all others in aimlabs: pokeball, medium size wall, many small targets. How bad would it be if 90%+ of my aim routine was just repeating this exercise? I practice it in different ways, focusing on speed, on smoothness, on acceleration/desacceleration, underflicking, fluidity, etc. I have fun in it and I love being top 3 weekly every week and progressing by playing it a lot. The amount of time needed to invest in many other scenarios is frustrating, so I only do tracking and dynamic clicking occasionally to complement. How bad am I fucking up? Is it a complete waste of time or am I still getting a lot better at mouse control, just going a bit slower than people who train in a very 'complete' way?

[@iitsMikeB]

I have some very important questions as well: - When do I know that I'm on a skypad? - Is it good to infuse my mousepad with pickle juice for more control? - Have you heard about the bowling-min-max method? It's when you put a cucumber on either side of the mousepad to act as guard rails. - What does pot of greed do? - Is it good to use resin on the back of the mouse to make your hand stick? Oh yeah and since changing to the LGG saturn from the Aqua Control Plus, I can definitely confirm that mousepads are more important than some people realize. Oh yeah, and if you'd ever want the Saturn inside your spreadsheet. It's "textured" on the verge of abrasive, barely any static friction, quite a bit of dynamic friction with a soft amount of stopping power. I know that probably doesn't mean anything in your sheet since it's based on numbers, but as a guideline, it might work. And lastly, SCOD is more revolutionary than people think, because game studios might be inclined to add SCOD into their games to prevent hall effect users from gaining too much of a competitive advantage. I would either not allow it in pro play, or wait until games have it implemented to allow it.

[@no5428]

I also have another question. Why is MW3 so fucking bad?

[@iitsMikeB]

@@no5428 I think you can answer that better than I can.

[@HAZARDxdxd]

true

[@no5428]

@@iitsMikeB I do, the campaign sucks (it's like a Battle Royale and they ruined Makarov) the multiplayer always been the same thing that they don't fix until months later, and warzone looks like the same shit as before but with the old movement that I hated so much (people going at speed of the light with that movement, and also the old time to kill I also hated). This last one is kinda my personal opinion though.

[@iitsMikeB]

@@no5428 Well there you have it. I actually find the old movement to be sluggish. I prefer pressing a button to sprint, and that's it, instead of having an extra useless sprint function (tactical sprinting) and having to pull off a street fighter combo to sprint for 2 seconds. I much prefer the movement pre-mw19.

[@FinesseBTW]

Uploading the video on unlisted just for a 5 second clip of skimming through the video chapters at 0:14 is some crazy dedication

[@kaitofv]

Feel like some people (myself included) think a lot on mice and mousepads. But one thing I feel like most people think, is that having a bad mouse or mousepad gives them the thought of “no point in trying until etc” I personally have really good scores on voltaic despite having a bad (dogshit) mousepad. Naturally when I do switch I will do better, but if I didn’t already work on getting to that level beforehand switching to better stuff wouldn’t make a difference. And I feel like the thought of being held back, holds people back the most.

[@laureh-0296]

i agree with u too, i reached around jade level with 60 hz, a g305 with no gliders and a hyperx mousepad that was fucked up. Then when i got a new pair of gliders, a new razer strider and 75 hz (lol) i was instantly frying more

[@greippuli9166]

Agreed from my own experience.

[@acborgia1344]

I upgraded my mouse from my old super heavy G305 to an OP1 8K and I gotta say it was night and day, my aim didn't improve but my aim consistency was so much better, way less variation in my aim. Now I'm consistently bad at aiming

[@afifamarzouk2064]

😂

[@Morningstar-.-]

same btw i was using a old razer mouse i got 2-3 pages of cheater comments on my steam page then i bought a logitech g pro x superlight my aim trash now even i spend very long time on it.

[@TheMe9595]

With equipment, there is a bit of diminishing returns with more expensive gear. The difference you will see from going from 60 fps to 144 is greater than the difference you would see from 144 to 220 or whatever. I also appreciate the statement about the most important thing is going to be time put in. For any skill, the main determining factor in how good people get is the time they put into practicing. There is a good veritasium video about how to improve at any task and I think a lot of it is relevant here.

[@cold4835]

I personally feel when switching to anything over 240hz will help reaction speed and tracking

[@greippuli9166]

​@@cold4835Wish I had 240hz, still on 144 myself. The big difference I believe is motion clarity. I have a very old 144hz monitor and when I turn even slightly fast in a game, all I see is insane ghosting and blur, nothing else. Good motion clarity is the biggest buff I think, and bying 360hz+ monitors for the sake of less input delay is completely useless imo

[@ffalaffel]

Couple years ago I added you for some guidance on improving aim, just wanna say another thank you because it really helped me

[@tyraxljoesabino]

MOM WAKE UP, VISCOSE UPLOADED A NEW VID

[@yaboi-bosi3177]

As a former college athlete, I like the way you described the warmup vs practice. In swimming, your practice focuses on developing your technique, but also pushing you to your limit and then pushing that limit further and further. Warmup at a meet or competition is simply to get the blood flowing or "warm" so you aren't jumping straight into your event with your muscles not ready/not in the mode of working. You might put effort into a warmup but you aren't trying to tire yourself out.

[@qorxulu]

Hey viscose! I was just coming back to gaming after taking over 2 years break. Which also brought me back to kovaaks! I still remembered you from the leaderboards and I had you added in stream back then. Well, imagine my surprise when I found you actually uploaded in depth videos that helped me out and not just vods. I am very pleased with your content and have been binge watching them lol. Thank you for your videos!

[@wooziikz]

I know that you've probably seen messages like this a lot but I just wanna say thank you for always putting out quality content ❤ You're pretty much the reason why I started putting effort into improving my aim.

[@ViscoseOCE]

[@aversiveac6459]

Another banger video. A real gem to the aiming community!

[@fpsKabe]

Your concise explanations make this video such a good resource for ppl of all skill levels, great vid as always

[@cakei1580]

been using your kvk scenarios without even knowing who you were. glad i discovered your channel; very informative and im sure will be very helpful on my aim training climb :D

[@DucksFlyLOL]

That Kraber shot @2:22 was insane holyyyy - also tysm for another easy to understand and busy enough visually to keep brain active to learn video!

[@leoneedr]

i know all these things, but its still really nice to watch your videos explaining it in such simple terms, i think youre the goat

[@493PLAYA]

i get into your channel in the late night and your aiming videos are most likely the coolest and best ive seen so far. otherwise your aiming looks damn satisfying i wanna see that live please start streaming

[@EverTechReviews]

I really love your content. You raise the bar, not just for Aimers, but for content creators as well.

[@ordnaa]

one big thing for me was changing my stock mouse skates on the superlight to xraypad jades. the change in initial friction was massive

[@ViscoseOCE]

100% and honestly id recommend this to almost anyone on a mouse with stock skates haha, glad your liking the jades :D

[@ordnaa]

@@ViscoseOCE The glide is so nice just need to replace my odin infinity with something else and ill be set

[@Allbyepic]

This video simply answered all my questions, thank you Viscose, a hug from Brazil🇧🇷

[@GhosthoundYT]

So.. to sum it up "Do whatever works and shows high consistency and dont think too much about it" ?

[@Jade_4114]

what sens do you use for valorant and another question was why some people say that your senstivity should be able to help u 180 easily.. and i have a very large hand and i use a razer viper mini does that effect my aim

[@shandyy]

i would like to add to the target or crosshair question that u can be intune with the center of ur monitor which only gets better with experience so u dont have to even think abt ur crosshair but if ur new to fps you are most likely going to be focused on where u are aim rather than what u are aiming at cause u are naturally not as intune etc, could be bad wording makes alot of sense in my head though

[@josephmorgan780]

I don't get how she doesn't have more subs

[@amino3_desu]

When you move the mouse with your hand, your wrist and arm automatically follow. No one worries about whether to write with their wrist or arm when writing. It’s a natural thing.

[@Dudewithabeani3]

Viscose thank you so much for making content! I’m on controller and this still helps me, your an amazing content creator

[@greippuli9166]

Imo if a mouse is comfortable and does not feel restrictive, as if it's too big, there is absolutely no use in thinking that you would aim better woth something else. That's all I have learned from going through a bunch of mice. After actually getting better, now I can perform the same with basically any mouse in game.

[@tenjiFPS]

very very useful video, well done as always!! and thank you for using one of my clips

[@ViscoseOCE]

ty goat c:

[@ThePesident]

I do believe playing the game is the #1 way to get an edge. I was much better at the games I play when I had a lot of free time to practice & improve in them, even though my setup at the time was incredibly modest compared to what I have now

[@logantaylor1834]

To add to the point at 10:39, If you find yourself thinking that your setup or choice of peripherals is holding you back, I encourage you to pick up a Fighting Game, where pretty much none of that matters. If you think you need an arcade stick or some other kind of special controller to do so, you really don't. Normal Xbox & Playstation controllers work just fine, and leverless arcade controllers, which are considered some of the best FG controllers, are pretty much glorified keyboards anyway. Playing a Fighting game really does help with your mental around external factors like this, so I hope people at least think about this.

[@pitl]

You should definitely upgrade your peripherals to get to a certain baseline though, since a 5 dollar office mouse on a bad mousepad and 60hz monitor would definitely be considered as a limiting factor. Not to say that it's impossible to get good with those specs, but it will definitely be a lot harder.

[@Cryfails]

I agree with your sentiment. And think that most players shouldn't worry about peripherals. However, there is a competitive advantage to having the best technology. Leverless arcade sticks have been proven to have an advantage in frames and inputs than other controllers, besides maybe a keyboard. So if someone with a high skill level wants an advantage then upgrading would be worth it IMO

[@logantaylor1834]

@@pitl I'll agree with you there. Though I'd guess that the amount of money that you'd need to put in to get those areas up to an acceptable level (without touching your PC) is more or less the same as my arcade stick (roughly $100, and even then, an arcade stick is more of a "feel" thing than anything else). I'm not sure though, I don't know too much about PC gaming (I'm a console peasant).

[@logantaylor1834]

@@Cryfails I do see where you're coming from, though that largely doesn't matter unless you're playing for money, where people are taking all of the advantages they can get (even if there aren't many in the first place). You can get a leverless controller and shave off as much input delay as you want, but the beauty of fighting games is that they can be played on nearly anything. I play on a really bad TV and still get somewhere in Street Fighter.

[@gearvanguard]

your knowledge and presentation are very much appreciated, fantastic video!

[@johnnyguy9442]

I love your content- always such good information. Much love!

[@kayzen2329]

The one thing that literally changed my aim is definifitly the mouse change, i used to play with Logitech g pro wireless (the heaviest one) and my hands are so small (17.5cm x 8cm) that i needed to swap to fingertip grip 5 years ago (i was apex predator in this painful condition 😂) and today i got my G-Wolves HTX (still with fingertip grip) my aim is much more consistent and better

[@Allaroo]

thank you for the vid Viscose, please keep up the amazing work c:

[@csgaming7273]

Hi great video once again! I know you mentioned that different sensitivities cater to different games. For example, higher sens being preferred in overwatch because of the fast paced and all over the screen gameplay, and lower sens being preferred in more accuracy demanding games like csgo and valorant. Shouldn’t high sens players switch to low sens in csgo and valorant to play at their highest or most optimal levels? for example Demon1 in valorant plays using 160 edpi vs forsaken who plays on a sens that exceeds 700 edpi. Both are incredible players, however, wouldn’t forsaken benefit more if he lowered his sensitivity? You don’t really need a sens so high that you can do like four 360s with one mouse swipe 😂

[@soxxks]

Yayaya. I'm always checking to see if you upload videos and you finally did! woooo!

[@Eneresx]

halfway through, video super helpful I'm gonna start just because of this

[@Baba_Jyaga]

thank you awesome - fast, simple, and most important full of knowledge

[@Howyadoin1]

I’m so confused and overwhelmed about all the options in kovaaks and don’t know what to train or what to do

[@ViscoseOCE]

this vid might help! i go through the basic setup stuff and where to start kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6LcqmegaJebjc0si=jZRsctdp-CaTHhWM

[@ThinhNguyen-uq3jx]

The conclusion was fire, really hit me hard 🔥🔥

[@alexpg6532]

Great video!, I'd like to see the "gaming posture" topic too in a future video :D

[@shin0a]

viscose this was all wrong how dare u not say there is an objective best sensitivity that gives me aimbot automatically with 0 effort involved >:( ok but fr this was a great video and im sharing this with ppl cus its sooo good for ppl starting out

[@ShootingStar0014]

wow what a insane tracking speed and precision you have, never seen anything like that... looks like aimbot :D kinda jealous ngl XD

[@khanthemonke]

I think it was very interesting that you brought up finger tip aiming, I play osu! with a mouse so I naturally started to do that and didn't even realize it also would you say its better to have a lighter mouse? I use a logitec G502 so its pretty heavy and I'm thinking about getting a new mouse

[@ZsClawed]

I don't even play games anymore but i still like to hear your opinions. Visgoat.

[@TheSwiftDJ105]

apEX catching strays, take my like (ive become a vitality hater)

[@Parkourcrazed]

Great video, very thorough and very honest!

[@frog4fun]

sitting optimum down at 2:14 is such a flex

[@merkwey]

Ik its a stupid question and mostly you wouldnt even think about it in match, but do you lay ur forearm full weight on pad, vary the amount of pressure on pad, or more of less hover, I kinda just want a perspective of someone better than me to compare myself. I think im aware of my issues and trying to work on it.

[@CptShrimps]

I think last win SOCD should be allowed because although modern keyboards achieve it through software, it is technically achievable with only hardware.

[@fallingcloud4627]

Ive been waiting for so long finally a video 😁

[@tsunami3334]

I like your honests points of view. Ty for your contents.

[@Shadow_Oni]

Another question that is prob really common is "do you recommend training before or after a play session and do you recommend single scenes or playlists like the voltaic fundamentals playtlists" top tier video

[@NonJohns]

Depends on personal preference imo I'm a low stamina player and so I can't learn/retain anything if I'm fatigued, so I play in smaller chunks, fresh so I feel better about my sessions but some people thrive off being warmed up or whatever so keeping the ball rolling is important

[@greippuli9166]

Personally I always train after I have played. I only do a tiny warm up before playing and noticed I generally play much better like this and can make better decisions. If I aim train before platying, I kind of fall into an auto pilot during a match and just try to aim, forgetting what's actually happening in the round.

[@HoratioAccel]

For me ideal fps session would look like this: Quick warm-up before, less than 15 minutes (even less than 10 is okay). Then game (1.5-2 hrs). Then skill training session (20-30 minutes). Plus, if you play long sessions you should be taking rest breaks if you're playing for multiple hours at a time

[@harmony7]

Honestly, I don't even play games much anymore, but your voice is so relaxing. Great video 💙💙

[@marcychai]

new viscose video today is a good day!

[@filzz9]

What mouse skates do you use on the op1 8k ? (also we have same hand size)

[@rahellscream]

Sister your channel is gold.

[@ZlukkZlukkZlukk]

Another great vid! Thank you!

[@Stripbolt]

That spray transfer at 2:05 tho 🎯

[@krymasuru]

0:52 shoutout to my high sens goat irrpa 🗣

[@jvnecat]

U do know we can see the hand camera doesn't match with game footage right ?

[@MissColourz]

CANCELLED .

[@redspyy10]

her gameplay with hand cam looks pretty accurate to me

[@MissColourz]

@@redspyy10 no redspy something isn't adding up.

[@ViscoseOCE]

@@redspyy10they r being dorks LOL someone unironically said this under my last twitter post

[@Koolaid2282]

Looks like someone’s been exposed….

[@hypnotic_o]

viscose posted? its gonna be a good day

[@GabrielSilva-zf7dl]

Hi! I am thinking about getting an OP1 to give it a try, but I don't know if I should go with the 8K or the wireless. I'm already kind of used to wireless, and where I live, the price is actually very different, with the 8K being more expensive. Do you think there's a big difference between the two?, i head about the click of the WE being too heavy

[@jameschoi0614]

Hey Viscose what polling rate do you like to use even though 8k battery life concerns isnt a concern with your mouse?

[@uszateq2956]

omg new viscose banger just dropped :o

[@boltedrecoil5350]

A question I had that wasn’t answered is whether you should play with your whole arm on the table or wrist? For example, VTmatty rest only his wrist on the table with a little bit of forearm but shroud, killuminati, beaulo, and others use rest their whole arm on the table. Which anchor point do you use? Not the question of “are you a wrist aimer or arm aimer” but what anchor point do you use or recommend.

[@Iuta]

i don't remember when i subbed but i'm happy to be here

[@dumadoogaming]

how do you think posture effects your aim? i try to have consistent posture but it doesn’t correlate to how i play

[@budstopseasyroadspence]

Preference/difference between the Zero soft and Shidenkai Xsoft? I'm looking to pick one of these up but not sure which. I'm a COD player if that helps so good tracking and flicking is what I'm looking for.

[@kaydizzzzle]

is there an aimlabs ver of all the footage she used in kovaaks or whatever trainer that is? i like all of them but idk what theyre all called in aimlabs

[@RealKamiFPS]

lesgoooooooo my fav aimtuber

[@karmen2023]

If you play WZ, What do you recommend sens? and please give me a sens

[@CILINKY]

Curious on your thoughts for optimal monitor sizes for FPS games as well as the effectiveness of using 4:3

[@Justtwizzy1]

Firstly really good video and secondly what’s your Valorant Sens?

[@ecoaimer]

VISCOSE UPLOAD HOLY SHIT

[@randomosugamer]

how do i get the crosshair at 3:35 in val do you use crosshair x or some other software?

[@ViscoseOCE]

just with the in game settings haha, this is the code 0;s;1;P;c;7;o;1;d;1;0l;0;0o;4;0f;0;1l;0;1a;1;1f;0

[@onigiri8946]

Another viscose masterclass

[@ow_Rose]

Great vid vis as usual

[@protfire3786]

Minecraft aim training when? But seriously as someone who unironically mains 1.8 pvp this is still such a helpful guide even to a non fps player like me.

[@verhREQUIEM]

this video is so good thank you viscous

[@Circonia777]

can you explain the aim v wrist thing a bit more? Whenever i use mostly arm my aim sometimes feels slow; If i use mostly wrist i lose smoothness and genuinely dont lnow how to fix it

[@Khan-sf5kz]

One more question. In your experience at least, how long does it take you to get back to form after long breaks? Due to education, I will be taking a break for minimum 1 year. I wonder if I’ll ever get back in current form after that 😭

[@VaKeVK]

A year ago you uploaded a video about the HTX 4k mouse being your end game mouse. Now you're using a different mouse, the OP1 8k. What happened?

[@ShoxSerious]

hi, i wanna know how to not sleep when holding a angle ( primaly with a awp), how can i improve in this aspect?

[@eggwuheggwuheggwuh]

I haven’t played video games in a really long time, but I’m looking to get back into them and greatly improve my close range tracking and I find a lot of the voltaic tasks pretty difficult. Any tips? I typically kept a lower sens like ~45cm but have just recently swapped to 28.8cm and find it pretty comfortable

[@1tsj1mmy]

i am jimmy 🥶💯

[@Cr9mson]

While everyone is thinking about all of this im still trying to figure out movement mechanics while aiming

[@OldSchoolL4D-zb2kt]

In kovaak do I always shoot with a mouse to get maximum results? Kovaak performance better if I shoot with keyboard for tracking scenarios. Would that be worse then carrying over to fps games?

[@ViscoseOCE]

i dont think it would be much worse? it could make it easier to manage tension when using space which might be why its helping scores, but as long as you are aware of the pressure you apply it should be fine imo

[@CrowGraystone]

Another great video! 👍

[@TH3N00BK1N9]

Hello, I've just come across your KZbin channel and I'm glad to be one of your newly subscribers. I've just got a question if you dont mind answering when you have the time. I play Valorant mainly and that game has to do more with crosshair placement and flicks. But is it a good idea to focus on tracking as well, that way i work on the fundamentals of aim in general and is able to carry it to mang other games? Thank you.

[@iMakeMagicHappenn]

amazing video, once again

[@bales1569]

Hey @ViscoseOCE, idk if you answer these sort of questions but what mousepad would you recommend for cs? Im using the Steelseries QCK heavy which I like for the most part but living in Queensland it gets quite humid and the palm of my hand gets stuck to the mousepad despite using an arm sleeve

[@NuaCat]

aiming is epic and all but what do you use to record your videos? Why is it so buttery smooth wha da flip?!

[@ViscoseOCE]

ty!! i use obs to record with cq18 and at 120fps for smooth slowmos :D

[@NuaCat]

@@ViscoseOCE Thank you! I'll have to tweak some settings. My recording goes to like 5 fps when i change it to 120 fps for some reason

[@ViscoseOCE]

@@NuaCat what gpu do you have? some gpus wont be able to encode at that fps, but if you have an nvidia gpu you should be able to

[@NuaCat]

@@ViscoseOCE 3060 💀

[@NuaCat]

@@ViscoseOCE i also have my video downscaled to 1080P don't know if thats messing up aswell

[@wolfyakuza]

guys dw about hardware, i hit immo 3 on val on 60 hz with a ryzen 3 1200 and i believe you can too.

[@vortex9814]

Immo1 peak on 240hz 😭 it’s over for me

[@Zydronsv]

she’s back!!!!!

[@mr.darkes]

If possible, then open up the topic about smooth tracking as much as possible

[@MangoSurF746]

I envy people with small hands y'all have every mouse fit u well , can't even find a mouse that feels nice enough and not being 80g

[@StinkyPinkyMalinky]

Yay

[@glispy1]

when should i aim trained before playing or after?

[@toothtree]

i love this yap q&a