How 1 Week of Extreme Aim Training Changed Me Forever

I'm horrible at shooters... so let's fix that! I did a lot of research, some intense aim training routines in both Aimlabs and Valorant, got coaching, reviewed gameplay, grinded deathmatches... just to see how much I could possibly improve (and if I could climb out of Bronze). I was honestly amazed with the progress, hope you enjoy the video and the journey!
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[@MyNameIsBen]

Short disclaimer that I'm not a pro yet at Valorant, there's definitely still things I can do to improve my routine. But for those wanting to mimic the training I did, here's what I did every day (after experimenting the first couple days and getting coached): -2 hours of Aimlabs -Between 30 minutes to 2 hours of Practice Range -2x Deathmatch with Sheriff, 2x with Guardian, couple more runs with random guns (like Phantom, Ghost, Marshal and Spectre) -Multiple Ranked games, when I had a bad game I jumped back into Deathmatch and rewatched the footage to find flaws -If I had time left, I went through every Aimlabs exercise 1 more time I know this is a really intense routine most people probably don't have time for while I could fully devote myself to it, but still hope it's useful to people looking to improve! My Aimlabs Playlist (can definitely still be optimized): Headhshot (Precision) / Spidershot (Speed) / Spidershot (Precision) / Motionshot (Speed) / Motionshot (Precision) / Microshot (Precision) / Gridshot (Ultimate) / Decisionshot (Ultimate) / FSA Reflexshot (Precision) / VCT NA - YAY / VCT EMEA - Scream / Gridshot 3x3 / VCT NA - TenZ / Icebox Wide Flick / VCT Leer Shot / Voltaic Intermediate Benchmarks S2

[@aldomorales1283]

I think something that can help u improve is changing your crosshair settings

[@AxeLucA]

Great video and great content! It is amazing how good your aim has improved over in a period of 1 week and congrats on exceeding your goal in rank. I can see you reaching way higher ranks in no time as you have the correct mindset to do it from the start. You didn't do much mistakes apart of the ones you mentioned on your video although I think one huge part that will help you rank up is a good communication with your team (even on solo queue). There is so much that you can adapt to if both you and your team pass the right information + map pings that denies the enemy team from catching your off-guard. In terms of peeking an angle I would suggest you to incorporate in your games the mindset of what people call slicing the pie (clearing common angles slowly to isolate fights to 1v1 and deny trades from the enemy team). I have to admit that I am on the other end of your gameplay, I feel my game sense is decent enough although my aim is lacking and your video is an inspiration to improve on both ends. Keep the with the great content.

[@injaymusic792]

That lovely feeling when you're hardstuck at a low rank and decide it's time to improve and put in the work. In the last episode (or whatever the Dorito shows) I went from bronze 2 to gold 1

[@Emi_yokan]

Thanks, you inspired me. Time to work on these.

[@Bell_420]

thats a full time job hahaha

[@RageElixir]

The improvement is insaneee

[@MuhammadUmar-nx5ur]

omg its rage elexir i love your videos

[@rescuehelicopter2833]

lol what are you doing here rage, i rememeber last time i watched you it was on the john doe roblox situation haha

[@Lord_Hippo]

Fr the improvement here wants me to start practicing

[@art6322]

You need to play a sport

[@Thelostmcmotorcycleclub]

I bet if i did this i would have good results for a day. The next day my aim skill would suddenly go away

[@SebastianjoseMojica]

Bro, I was jealous of your aim improvement! I was an ascendant-diamond player last act and I kept changing my sens and dpi whenever I have a bad aim day. I never had a chance to practice my aim consistently and your video motivates me to do so. Can't wait to grind again this upcoming school vacation!

[@easansan2542]

Dont blame bad aim on changing ur sens

[@cameron6410]

@@easansan2542 you just felt like shit talking huh?

[@sairachith9723]

@@easansan2542 i mean it does contribute to making it worse imo cuz muscle memory is not being built which leads to aim that you are not comfy with👨

[@zeuxisjay3721]

@@sairachith9723 Muscle memory doesn't affect your general aim, only those really specific long flicks. Muscle memory has long been proven as a myth in aiming. Changing sens just makes you worse cause you don't know it. If you have well enough mouse control you can control almost any sens fairly well (Long as it's within a normal range and not insanely extreme) :D

[@CipherPlā]

Just stay motivated on your sens and dont change it, if you have a bad day, play through it or maybe take a break for a day or two, it might also be a confidence issue

[@boostednoodleleagueguy8370]

A lot of people also forgets that a good rest can really change a lot for your aim, so never forget to get some good rest guys

[@Joe-vq4lm]

Also aimtrain before sleep, it helps improve more and faster

[@Idk_Rush]

yea thats so true,

[@fondbeebboop9705]

@@Joe-vq4lm that is cool to know

[@Thelostmcmotorcycleclub]

I get 8-10 hours. Missing shots and doing bad is boring and makes me tired

[@Nopers_]

And being hydrated, really diet in general. People don’t think it cause you’re just sitting at your desk, but food can really energize you or it can make you groggy

[@mediocrephil]

Been playing FPS games since 1999, some competitively. I think the thing that takes FPS beginners' aim to the next level is understanding that aiming is done nearly as much with your left hand as your right. Understanding the relationship between movement and aim is the key to getting better. IMO.

[@HeadsUpTV]

And this is the key to becoming the best of the best. Most players today believe that aiming is done solely by the mouse. Over time, they come across players who can perfectly dodge their shots, while shooting them down precisely Understanding the sync between keyboard and mouse might take time. But when they do, it will feel like winning a lottery.

[@tumultoustortellini]

I would love to see a video on improving positioning. That'd be the next frontier after aiming, since you're already better than 85% of players in that field

[@fieeraontop]

Seeing this video as a higher ranked player inspired me to get even better at the game, and the only thing i can say to this video is WOW. Amazing progress for 1 week, normally those videos are pretty boring but this was amazing, i do want to give you a few tips tho, not just about aim, i do recommend hopping into a custom game and practice your crosshair placement on the desired map, doing a clearing path (walk around the map clearing EVERY angle, so you get faster at it and learn the swiping aim, poorly used but pretty underrated!) and the other tip is a tip that will help you enjoy more besides ranking up, try to review your gameplay and review your util usage, you had almost every util available on most of your clips, so knowing how and when to use your exclusive utility can be as important as practising your aim. Keep it up, it was incredible!

[@joemiller2205]

I’m glad this came up on my feed, I’m in bronze, just started playing pc games again after playing controller for 10+ years. I played COD2 competitively on mouse and keyboard when I was a kid but now my aim isn’t very good. I downloaded aimlabs the other day and have been practicing for 20-30 minutes a day for the past 6 days and seeing my scores slowly improve. Hoping to see some good progression like you

[@Yaku62]

I have a friend that encouraged me to play valorant, at first I didn't like the game at all but now I do. I've been thinking about trying to improve my aim too cuz im just too bad and this video motivated me. Thank you

[@thatfastrunner6478]

Came over from your main channel and must say this other content is great! Very fun to watch you play other games besides just Hearthstone Battlegrounds. Keep up the amazing content!

[@GuardianAVG]

As an ascendant and you as a (bronze at the start of the video, i havent finished it yet and i may have misheard your rank)... your aim scares me. It is legitimately better than mine so...WP.

[@pentagramexe]

ur disclipine in not crouch spraying is insane.

[@bladearmorginga6582]

Positive mentality and playing smarter rather than harder, are crazy ways to improve, learning from mistakes in positioning, and when/when not to use util helps out so much.

[@isekold]

Bro honestly I think you have to have the best progression idea on KZbin

[@f12rraainn59]

i'm literally immortal and learning from this video this is amazing man

[@prayhe]

These are some insane improvements for this short period of time! Really interesting experiment :) Edit: Forgot the mention the editing was very clean aswell :D

[@mar1us97]

Love the improvement! Currently I'm at dia 1 with so-so aim but that proves aim isn't everything despite it being a fps shooter. Game sense would carry you through the lower ranks but it's a lot harder to develop compared to your actual aim. Some tips i would give is watch pro players or tournaments, see how they play and even think about why they do it. Try taking up lurker roles or even controller agents to start off. The amount of micromanagement needed to be effective is very apparent for you to pull them off (Astra timing her util, harbor cutting angles so you can isolate more fights, and enemy rotations u take advantage off to know when and where to flank) Hope you video your improvement and make your way to immo : )

[@beuh0623]

I literally just got a new mouse and mousepad and with changing my sens to low after also being a high sens player my whole life I'm basically where you were day 2. I'm gonna grind me some aimlabs tomorrow, maybe I'll get better with a week or two or three of training

[@NexusSpace]

Yoo thats a insane level of improvement

[@parmopan]

your improvement is insane! that being said i do think you could improve tons more by changing some things, positioning being a main aspect. thinking about where you are and having a plan to escape are 2 insane things most valorant players dont consider that could help people a ton.

[@Lazidiz]

This motivated me to the MAX , thank you for making this videi

[@eliter1474]

Im glad this worked out for you. Aim training is definitely a good way to improve. I just wanted to clear up a misconception though that aiming is not about muscle memory at all. Its more so hand eye coordination. The difference being that muscle memory would mean picking a new sensitivity would be like starting over, but it’s really not. All your skill you build up will be retained, as long as you’re not going from a high extremity to a low extremity.

[@lopadova_]

fr. I'm Imm and an experienced FPS player. You could put me in a DM with 5x my sens and I would be smashing almost every head by the end of it.

[@orivalorantVods]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@awryfps]

thank you, someone thats knows mouse control.

[@TheSectric]

yeah its super bad misconception, I used to play on a really low sens, but switched to playing more arena style fps games, so I am way higher now, and if anything I feel more confident. I think switching is actually good training for mouse control.

[@orivalorantVods]

@@TheSectric I personally use a sensitivity randomizer when doing aim training and seeing huge improvement

[@jadesnails]

I have spent months on val and you murdered it with one week

[@n0ah372]

nice video, i rly enjoyed how you directed it with the commetary and everything

[@pandadncr4825]

Insane improvement 👀 would u mind sharing ur aimlabs routine?

[@Ozasuke]

Inspiring stuff, man. I'm just trying to get better at aiming in OW, and your approach here has helped me. Thanks!

[@guanboLiao]

broo im asc2 and the hard bots are hard man u doing great

[@anthonycastro0796]

This was a fantastic video! Through anf through gained a lot watching, and was just well put together. Thanks for showcasing the results of your hard work!

[@Soulless_Sommy]

That was so inspiring to watch, I will try to do your routines too! Amazing video, I wish I could watch more. I like how you show your bad or not so good plays too, when you whiff etc, I feel better that I'm not the only one, thank you so much for the video, keep it up ♡

[@triplespace007]

Honestly pretty impressive! Glad to see you lower your sens and get used to it quickly. Only thing I noticed that can help is getting better with bursting. There were a few clips where you’d burst multiple times while aiming around head level and your bullets were going to the heavens. Try to make those bursts as close to your crosshair as possible. Best wishes.

[@neregw2]

very nice video, refreshing watching your dedication for the week pay off

[@mitchellarthur8905]

Damn, I'm a gold player and I can say that I should go back to silver or even bronze. I'm a top performer in most of my competitive matches but I used odin more than vandal and phantom. I feel like Odin is the only way to negate my bad aim when competing with other players. But, that's not the case when I'm in a match with some platinum players that have good aim. After watching this video, I feel like. I can win over them with probability but that doesn't mean I'm improving, and in the higher rank I'm probably treated like dirt. This video opened my eyes and thank you for sharing your experience on how you're getting better at valorant. I will try to invest my time in getting better at aiming. Hope you reach gold soon.

[@rtong1]

Nice video , the editing is pretty good

[@johnryadornado6714]

Thank goodness I found this video.

[@sethyoder7996]

Biggest thing I'd recommend to anyone getting into fps's is to lower your sensitivity. As a kid I ran a high sense and it worked for me. Now as a young adult I'm starting to feel the effects of constantly straining my tendons just to keep that high sense stable. If you like your sense higher I'd recommend getting a large mousepad, lowering your sense, and looking up rawaccel so you can still have big turns and flicks but don't have to strain your arm to do micro movements.

[@RafaelCosta-wf9qb]

This video was a hell of an inspiration for me 👍

[@cesc0ld527]

Gz mate.

[@siper0viper495]

im silver, not boosted by anybody. And it took me 300 seconds to do 100 bots while they were strafing. My aim is not good at all. But, watching him do this, really inspired me to learn.

[@banaqos]

I’m so motivated now to try this lol. Thank you

[@8kknight145]

Ur aim is so still! My bullets seem like they fly all over the place😭

[@KiokeeOfficial]

The improvements were awesome to see! I was able to get to bronze myself but I never really apply any of the skills that I have seen from other pro players. I def want to try this out and see how well I can improve!! (maybe also invest in some skins as I am a default main LOL)

[@chris-_--km7vt]

putting my sens on 0,5 really helped a lot

[@kevincampos766]

Thank you for this! Im more of a console player so I’m really new to keyboard and mouse movement. Been practicing in rank and grinding hard but my progress is pretty slow imo. Will definitely give this a try! Like you said, I must get to the point that my crosshair is an “extension of myself”!!!

[@matinmoradi9078]

more videos like this please

[@shuig1744]

hey bro, i didnt watch the whole video YET, however, I do have a few things to point out. 1. your decision-making is really good with deciding when to burst/tap or spray, very often see people just spraying at 50m range and being surprised when they die, so you have a plus for that, you are good with deciding when to spray, or burst/tap (correctly you should spray on close and burst/tap on mid/far range) 2. theres difference between preaiming and crosshair placement. you got it a little mixed up in the video, but at the same time you didnt, because a lot of people dont point out the difference between these to resulting in one being mistaken for the other. Crosshair placement is when you peek with your crosshair being at head level, resulting in you only having to do horizontal movement with your crosshair for it to be on their head, because if you stare at the ground, you are forced to do horizontal and vertical movement to aim for their head. Preaiming is when you basically visualize what your enemys position is going to be, meaning that you will basically look through the wall at where their head is going to be and just peek, resulting in your crosshair being exactly at your opponents head, requiring you just to shoot to get the frag(frag=kill, for those who dont know) 3. for many people including you, movement is the problem, of course sometimes people dont have good aim too (it differs from person to person), but. People that come to valorant from games like cod, overwatch or fortnite, they often have one problem similar. they shoot and move at the same time, resulting in terrible accuracy, not hitting anything and most of the time dying. I suggest to everyone seeing this, when you go to settings, video and stats, go all the way down and turn on "Shooting error - Graph only", because the shooting graph shows you what your shooting error is (no shit sherlock), with orange showing you solely your gun shooting error, and blue showing you movement shooting error. everytime you die because you didnt hit your shots even though you were looking right at your opponents head, look at the graph and there you will often see what happened. gun shooting error is your guns recoil, movement shooting error is your movement affects your weapons accuracy. This about sums it up, these are the main mistakes ive noticed from this video only (not including positioning), so if you are interested | V I was a coach in games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, etc. and currently in valorant (because i play it) doing VOD reviews and live coaching, so if you are still eager to improve in valorant feel free to leave a response under my comment so we can discuss anything further, and just to be clear I offer this for free. Your improvement was huge but it could be even better :)

[@NxT_Onix]

This video is going viral broooooo!!!

[@AfroJeffrey]

I have not seen the later part, but get a mouse bungee or something to make your Mouse cord dangle from above so you won't have drag. Or in my case I bought a wireless mouse. Logitech G304 is a cheap wireless mouse with small loss, and and I won't lie, I got many people to buy this and they love it, price point and comfort, but that depends on you.

[@_cecile]

00:46 ah finally a worthy opponent

[@1Chitus]

Congratulations on your path to getting better! Watching you progress did remind me of my way to becoming a nasty aiming beast and also somewhat made me really proud. The funny thing is that I have not been playing seriously any FPS on a mouse since last year, yet I could feel every move of your mouse, each inch of muscle memory. By watching this video I could accurately relate to what happened the moment you didn't eliminate the enemy. Keep on going, feller. You are on the good path.

[@unicornsrdabest]

Nice to see content like this from someone who isn't a top 0.001% basement dweller playing 14 hours a day making a 2% increase on their aim over 6 months. It's a lot more encouraging and great job on the progress!!!

[@sewane_]

And that’s why my Smurf Reyna enemy it’s not Smurf, just had a 1 week aim improvement

[@SorahKetsu]

Valorant was my first fps. I had no notion of anything, I didn't know my sens was important, the crosshair, nothing. I didn't know I had to stop to shoot, I didn't know aim positioning. My friends came from CS so I was struggling to play with them. So I decided to spend hours in the range. I made a excel sheet to keep track of how many bots I was hitting with each gun, and I was going for hard mode with armor on, using sheriff, guardian and vandall. At first I'd hit like 4. At some point I was hitting 20. I went from iron to silver without even playing the game, just in The Range. I was getting match mvp in 9 out of 10 games with my friends, getting 30+ kills easily, I got 4 aces in a single game. Today I'm diamond 2, and I can do 22 on average, but my record was 27 with the vandall. I even got a 17 with the marshall. :)

[@pphobiaa]

Ok and I thought my 2 hours at 2 AM were something, but compared to this, I guess not. Bro bought a mousepad, watched endless videos, and spent more hours in the range.

[@umbrahighwind1220]

Good stuff. The method I use is trial by fire (no aim training just play as normal) with a Guardian. Reason being is that the first shot inaccuracy of non snipers, sometimes the bullets won't go where your crosshair is no matter how well you aim so I dedicated myself to using the Guardian. I could use a Marshall or OP but I know that sometimes even I'm only human and that will be on me unless I get the second one off. This has gotten me out of Bronze to Ascendant. Plus the one taps are always satisfying.

[@Moodyaudi]

what do you mean by trial by fire like he just plays with a guardian normally? or does he go for one taps only or what

[@kal1589]

Wdym? Only use Guardian in death matches or all the time?

[@TwentyOneSkillz]

Not a pro but had a friend who is a radiant, always tell me, if you want to train aim, only use Reyna in matches, once your train enough then start to use other agents and the reason is because Reyna can get heals on her own and because Reyna can get heals you get more kills and can use this to train muscle memory and also train not to panic in tough situation. He said aim lab is good but sometime is just too boring, you do increase good aim but you are not in tough situation. Even the best player sometime panic and cause aim to go off.

[@amirhosseinerfani8701]

thanks for sharing this useful video

[@gaming4K]

How 1 week of extreme Aimlock searching changed me forever.

[@Hraesvelg]

Wowowow what’s this ItsBen??

[@plunderersparadise]

THIS is how to play FPS. If you like training 2/3rd of your game-time, FPS games are for you. The same stands for RTS games. I used to play CS:GO, but its not for me. I played a lot of SC2, while it was learning new builds, executing them properly, doing research - and i like it. In arbout 4 months i got from gold 3 to plat 2> i didnt play a lot of ranked games. I played all around them

[@flutchsamoylov4076]

Nice video man, keep it up

[@MoxieBoxxyOffline]

From what I saw in the beginning of the video I feel like that was more along the lines of Silver 3 or Gold 1

[@quantumfreak]

keep going dude, imma try too

[@quantumfreak]

also first time and I like ur content

[@CipherPlā]

Great video, im plat and you've got better aim than me, shows that aim isnt everything, keep up the hard work 👍

[@LightModeContradiction]

hes also going against silvers who dont know what strafing is, so dont judge too fast

[@itsBenjamon]

Hey that's a nice name you got there

[@chickown]

I truly wish I had more desk space :(

[@theredeemedpodcast4565]

I loved this video!

[@exboom12]

Honestly, looking at your last few demos, just improving your movement and crosshair discipline would help enormously.

[@joaoaugusto7049]

What a premium content

[@cherryblossom5528]

i am so inspired gonna push for diamond this act-

[@juliokobayashi5652]

the sova of my team ult: 0:37

[@jaytik3460]

looking at your handcam i would say its worth considering either moving that thing thats blocking your mouse cord or getting a nice wireless mouse.

[@lycoris1286]

inspired it a lot you got my sub buddy whats the aim lab thingys did you try out?

[@PeterThePhoque]

best way to aim: stay calm

[@chikkinator]

Personally, I aim with my wrist and fingers. I see the advantage of the arm, but for me it is just much more intuitive to use my wrist. I play on 800 dpi and 1.6 sens to make up for it though.

[@iamNazrak]

This is so motivating!

[@eminmutlu1464]

I just learn that and I want to share with you guys considering you clicked video you may want to learn more ab aiming so quick explanation: if you out focus center of your cross you more likely respond quick if anything happened where you are not aiming forward tho, its just because you are trynna see around corner of your monitor(or where the enemies far from your cross but you can still see them) with enough precise flick and maybe one little micro adjustment you can flick way faster. I'm using this when I'm hugging wall and peeking behind wall more likely I kill them first even they have peekers advantage it was happened dia 2 elo idk how ppl play in high ascendant or low immo but if you train this you can train your eye for more attention. if you search 'n0ted eye tracking excercise" on youtube any video with purple dots will work, all you have to do is track the balls while you looking at center ball. it is hurting so I reccomend doing this with [blue light glasses or Blue light filter]

[@MrCoata-pc5uq]

I cant wait tell I can get a good mouse pad

[@m0nst1]

Good video! Although i feel like the rank gameplay is not very informative, its just highlight clips, would have loved to see positioning diffrence between day1 and day 7 good video tho

[@carlitosdominguez1091]

That ain’t a mousepad that’s a hole carpet holy

[@versatile938]

ive been playing for like a year and bro is the same rank as me when he has put in 7 days 😭

[@mildrop1121]

Playing better than my d3 mates ngl

[@Quickland123]

plat 2 aim bronze gamesense. Keep it up my guy

[@jenjuuu]

great vid

[@beanpot3]

i wish i could find the motivation to do this

[@sail1900]

Train the right way and consistently enough and you'll have immortal level aim within a month.

[@justinspikes5053]

From Bronze to GOD... nice.

[@cykachu4994]

lol your day 1 aim is same as mine but i manage to grind plat 2 without training my aim just by play with brain and when i have luck with good team mate

[@james8354]

This guy is so ahead of his rank lmao

[@justinmaze6219]

I just started playing and an in the same exact boat. I had to cut down my sensitivity by over half and now have to retrain how to aim. What aim labs scenarios did you end up using I’d love to start practicing with them

[@Thelostmcmotorcycleclub]

Bet if i did this my aim would still not improve

[@b2air1921]

This guy has better aim than me at Day 1 😭

[@icefire4814]

This is the kind of video that a famous youtuber would post, then you see 3370 subs, bruh

[@ExtraVITality]

Good luck to get destroyed by Immortal Smurf's at Gold ranks ;) Good vid though! Keep up your training!

[@RawrstyOfficial]

Insane improvement indeed but its normal to improve that hard when you have bad aim. I started b1 in valorant and peakd d3 ty to aimlabs and warm up routines. I can say for my own. aimlabs is not helping me. When i get overconfident or train too mutch i get lazyer faster, get faster tilted and stuff. I just startet this season to play every day even when i feel shitty i play swiftplay to dont lose my mouse feeling. You dont need aim training at higher ranks just a good warm up before ranking some dms, normals, swiftplays. Aimlabs cost too mutch time imo. I know many good players who start pure cold in ranks. But they are cs players tho. :D

[@cedricl.marquard6273]

You could do one week of intense coaching or game sense improvement or something like that. Would be amazing to see the improvements of that synergise with your aim in this video. Perhaps have a coach 2 times and rewatch you games and do movement and aim coordination drills.

[@vincejajaja]

could you share the aimlabs playlist

[@theresia5807]

Hi, i've been playing valorant for a month now. I wanna ask, as beginners what should we practice first? movement or aim?

[@michaeljhale23]

THAT MOUSE PAD 😂😂

[@zennin.n]

WE HAVE THE SAME NAME

[@eliaspointinger133]

bro has better aim in silver then me in diam