Why do I lose so many duels

[@kirasmith1147]

Pathing is bad (holding W when you could be peeked a lot, you need to prefer being ready to counter strafe) crosshair placement is lazy either not paying attention to your audio or unable to parse it you start spraying before you've actually even started moving your crosshair to the opponent a lot - generally seem to have a hard time moving the crosshair near the head *before* shooting consistently fail to reset crosshair to head level // people already mentioned it's too high a lot of the time sometimes your movement does a little wiggle, but it's not really clear that you're counter strafing all of it only the topic of sensitivity - literally just set it to 52 cm/360 (2.0 on 400 dpi or 1.0 on 800dpi or 0.5 on 1600dpi) and call it a day. nothing else matters, it just has to be somewhere near that so it's in usable range, some ppl go slightly higher

[@dw9986]

few standouts for sure my friend Without a doubt your mouse sens. Way too slow my friend. You're consistently dragging and tailing behind enemies, unable to pivot 45 or 60 or 90 or 180 degrees. Up it, and keep upping it slowly until its as fast as comfortable with. Unless you have an uncomfortable mouse, then if thats the case get one easier to grip. If you want it slimmer, wider, longer, shorter, heavier, lighter. Your pathing is really fuckin weird man. Movement needs to be extremely deliberate and yours doesn't look thought out. Lead with how you move, and the aim comes second always. Lotta wide swings with no cover, lotta foot planting, real lack of anti strafe. a real lack of jiggling. Really learn to manipulate the movement to throw off enemy crosshairs, this thought needs to absolutely be at the forefront of your mind when you make a move. This mostly comes with time, but not always. Crosshair placement is the biggest offender and needs a lot of discipline. This is easily the most important mechanic in the entire game, any shooter, and is the undoubted key to success. Its like reading the future. If you dont improve shit else, hammer home your xhair placement. Its consistently way too high, way too close or far off of angles. Either has to do with not knowing mirage at all, or knowing how people tend to swing and peek corners. You consistently misjudge your placement. From start to finish of this video. But this is an 8 minute deathmatch clip. Only you know if what I say rings true or not.

[@wnn243]

Too much spraying and too predictable movement