How to get BETTER ACCURACY and HIGHER SCORES in Beat Saber! | Tips from a Pro

Hey, I'm a top 50 global Beat Saber player with over 1000 hours of experience. This video covers some accuracy tips and tricks I wish I knew earlier.
Drop a comment if you have any questions about accuracy or Beat Saber (or if you just want to say hi).
intro: 00:00
Tip 1, How Accuracy Works: 00:06
Tip 2, Hilting / Saber Wobble: 01:18
Tip 3, Slicing Diagonally: 01:58
Tip 4, Straight Swings: 02:26
Tip 5, New Sliders and archs: 02:56
Controller guide
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Time Dependency
• Time Dependency the Ac...
If you are just straight up struggling to get good accuracy and have no idea why this mod lets you see which notes in what lane and direction you cut blocks in throughout a map so you can see where you need to work on. (most pros use this mod including me).
SliceDetails Mod
github.com/ckosmic/SliceDetails
My Headset: Oculus Quest 1
My ScoreSaber: scoresaber.com/u/765611983129...
My Discord: / discord
My Twitch: / shani132_
Thumbnail: Shani, with help from Purp1e
Purp1e: / @purp1evr

[@xknight9943]

Just wanted to say how nice it is to see an actual pro give these tips, rather than someone that can hardly ss songs on e+ that doesn’t even have their game modded that would give bad tips like “swing harder.”

[@shani1328]

swing harder was going to be my next tip 😭

[@xknight9943]

@@shani1328 uhhhhhhhhhh

[@xknight9943]

@@shani1328 ig swinging harder isn’t really a bad tip now that I think about it but you get what I mean lol

[@shani1328]

@@xknight9943 i was being sarcastic soz :)

[@null_ify]

@@shani1328 💀"yo guys im cerretfan1234 on how to beat every expert+ song in one step! step 1: swing the sabers, anyways remember to like and subscribe!"

[@DieSense122]

why am I watching this, I literally started playing this game yesterday, lol

[@shani1328]

It's never too early to start learning :)

[@ToureTaylor]

Thanks. Doing these got me top 2000-500 on some Beat Saber song leader boards.

[@shani1328]

:o

[@takiyon]

Thanks Shani. This was really helpful I'll be on your level within hopefully a year of practice

[@shani1328]

:o

[@nitromathias42]

Even though im a top 500 - top 1k player i still think my acc is bad so these tips help thanks, good video

[@ciubciubpl]

thank you ,very nice tips :D

[@shani1328]

np :)

[@willwunsche6940]

Thanks I didn't really know these. They are very helpful

[@shani1328]

Np :)

[@Touqai]

I still missed on cold weather clearly not truthful (but fr good vid)

[@realtimestatic]

I often play modded songs with friends in a voice call and in fast Songs i absolutely smoke them but in slow Slsongs i keep losing since i oftenonly get like 107 points and don't have the accuracy for the rest. I hope thanks to this video I'll be able to beat them there too

[@shani1328]

Get those 115s 😈

[@FivetyYT]

Somebody may have already said this but arcs were the ones that were originally called sliders, then they became known as arcs when chains were made

[@shani1328]

Yea arcs were sliders and the sliders were burst sliders

[@FivetyYT]

@@shani1328 oh yeah, forgot they were called bust sliders and sliders

[@yaboijeff4839]

This is a fantastic video that really gets into the small things about accuracy, but I feel like the method of improving acc is kind of left out. For me, my acc was terrible up until I started to play accuracy maps. I played those until I could 96 them, then I went to slightly harder maps until I could 96 them and etc. That's just my way of how I improved my acc, and it might not be the same for everyone. These things are very important with acc, but the fundamentals of swinging and playing are arguably more important.

[@shani1328]

Thanks :) and yea lots of people kind of find their own way to train and usually playing acc maps is the best for learning acc lol. Speed maps are quite different though as without technique most of ur acc in slow maps will not transfer to fast ones.

[@hdavis2930]

I haven’t looked through the comments, so I’m sure somebody else asked or answered this, what song are you playing in the video? Lol it looks like a lot of fun.

[@shani1328]

Pretty sure its Funk assembly

[@krozz9309]

hey man what’s the song you were playing at the end lol, anyways great tutorial my man

[@shani1328]

Funk assembly: )

[@redx6923]

A difficult part about accuracy for me is bottom row up hit notes, I don’t understand how to hit them over 100, maybe cause of height or grip but the height would make me reach to high which effects my stamina too much

[@shani1328]

The way to acc those is by swinging diagonally through the center of the note. I would recommend watching the time dependency video In the description if u want to go more indepth.

[@Peter-fq4ur]

@@shani1328 I watched the time dependency vid but honesty not getting it. Would you mind explaining it a bit in your words?

[@shani1328]

@@Peter-fq4ur If you swing straight on, then it doesn't matter if you hit the block close or far to you as you will get the same amount of points. If you swing on an angle you have to wait until you saber is in the right position to get full points as depending on when you hit the note your saber will slice a different part of the note.

[@Peter-fq4ur]

@@shani1328 thanks I see - so what is your recommendation on such time dependency situation? Is it a general recommendation to make as many non time dependent cuts so that the accuracy would be boosted ( hence a higher score)? In my experience, some note combo, especially in expert+ lvl, doesn’t allow you the time to position your arms to the perfect non time dependent position. Is that a issue for you as well?

[@shani1328]

@@Peter-fq4ur yea usually you just try to get swings that are as least dependant on timing as possible though of course the harder the map the harder it will be to do, to be honest it doesnt matter to much but it does help with consistency when you try playing acc maps.

[@Menopocalypse]

I have trouble with hitting all of the links in a slider, and also those really wide double/triple block notes (gaps between the blocks.) I can't tell if I should just be following through faster or (for sliders) slower. Any tips? I've come a long way but these continue to trip me up.

[@shani1328]

The double and triple notes are called stacks, you should swing at the same speed but with a larger degree swing. If I'm being honest the links on the new sliders are actually quite hard to read as I kinda had the same issue to start off. Mainly I just swing them faster than normal for that song speed.

[@Menopocalypse]

Ah, stacks. Now I know the name of the blocks I hate :) I'll keep working on it, thanks!

[@shani1328]

@@Menopocalypse just extra info, the notes that are like the 3 block stack but have a missing note in the middle are called windows.

[@Menopocalypse]

Ah, so THOSE are what I hate the most!

[@Nothingnothingt]

is it better to have your saber settings closer or further away from you? Further away makes it so you can reach further, and the closer makes you have less wiggle.

[@shani1328]

your saber settings should ideally have the bottom of the saber handle where the pivot point is. You can then decide to either swing early to reach further or swing later for less wiggle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGW5YaWDicefiJo This is the video I used to help me make my controller settings.

[@kicsiduda]

Seeing most of the pro gameplays on youtube, i have to ask: Will the endgame just mess up my wrists? I'd rather move my whole arm and not just rotate and flinch my wrists around.

[@shani1328]

Ima be completely real here, If you play like 2+ hours a day and overswing a lot and you play faster Maps, you will probably have some wrist pain after a few months. There are ways to mitigate this, though, like stretching, strengthening your forearm muscles, etc. Not overswing is what helped me the most since I used to swing way more than I needed to. If you play casually like once a week for an hour playing random maps for fun, I doubt you'd ever get any wrist pain.

[@MrEnderman420]

Ayo I got this video in my reccomendation and I also found out i got your card on the beat saber discord bot

[@shani1328]

Nice lol, im yet to get myself :(

[@melonz525]

im struggling to acc bottom row up notes. i dont understand how people hit them over 100 points

[@shani1328]

if your getting less than 100 points your swing angle is too small.

[@NanoEvolutionYT]

I have a question, why in my beat saber i dont see my acurracy? Like the % and SS,S,etc... I only see my score and not that

[@shani1328]

on the left where the modifers are, at the top change tabs and find and turn on the Advanced HUD setting.

[@NanoEvolutionYT]

ohh, thysm!@@shani1328

[@2gen_alharic]

So basically for Hilton’s should I move my z coordinates for the controller negative or posotive

[@shani1328]

whats hilton's?

[@2gen_alharic]

@@shani1328 hilting

[@shani1328]

@@2gen_alharic well tbh to you dont need to change Z offset to hilt though for good controller settings you want the bottom of the controller to be the point of rotation. Hilting is just basically hitting the note slightly later so its closer to the hilt of the saber so you dont need to worry about saber wobble.

[@navi4807]

I want to know your quest 2 offset,can you tell me,thinks guy!

[@shani1328]

I don't use quest 2, I used to use quest 1 (which use different offsets than quest 2) and I currently use the valve index.

[@McFudgyFace]

hi shani132

[@shani1328]

hi 😁

[@my5t1c4l]

But how do u get straight swings?💀

[@shani1328]

I got straight swings by setting up my controller settings for how I hold my controller. and also calm swings help keep the sabers less wobbly and straighter.

[@ccencceth]

omg accing

[@shani1328]

B)

[@alexmurrell7502]

cheese burger

[@shani1328]

Ikr

[@rhi9583]

???????

[@shani1328]

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[@flynnhaslett]

Thanks Shani. This was really helpful I'll be on your level within hopefully a year of practice

[@shani1328]

:o

[@KipNotChicken]

hi shani132

[@shani1328]

Hi :)