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i use low dpi for long range targets or when im againts other pro player the game that i play is on roblox called Phantom forces and these tips helped a lot.
games with very small ttk slowing stuff down won't help if the enemy is behind without even making a sound (lurking) you or you're blinded or better yet you can't react fast enough or your getting smurfed basically valorant and csgo
Pro tip: When you're feeling too lazy to play well or focus, count backwards (out loud or in your head) from 5 to 1. This requires mental focus and activates a part of your brain that sometimes shuts off when you go into automatic mode. It's perfect for getting yourself out of bed in the morning and overcoming procrastination.
"True focus makes you feel like you're playing in slow motion" I have ALWAYS said that. There are times, which happens very rarely where I can *see* what the enemies are doing. There's no blur of the mind, or time to process. What I see on the screen directly goes to my brain, without any sort of thing between those two actions...hard to explain properly in my words.
That is the same thing happened me once when i was training with kovaak. That thing let me do a much higher score than my averages and get top500 in a well know tracking scenario. Never happened again, but i was like "wtf i was doing" after finishing the scenario
This seems to me an effect of being a gamer god hallucinating a false reality to come up with various schizophrenias known as ‘conscience’ to kill time and or communicate ideas under language restricted mind control is turned off and your monkey brain can see reality for what it really is for a moment and the world is just what it is
Meditating regularly really helps with keeping me focused. I also do that fan technique that you show in my day to day life by tracking cars going by with my eyes or swapping my perspective between random objects. I find that training techniques that you want to improve in-game irl helps a ton. And it's cool to see someone else who thinks quite similarly. Great aiming tips video!
I also apply irl room clearing techniques used in swat police. It helps pretty well to find enemies and prevents you from getting oofed behind corners.
Something I've noticed during the years as a pretty good fps player is that the few occasions I needed to take a phone call or otherwise mute my game audio I would do very well. One time a teammate for my comp games played a whole siege game without audio and top fragged. There's truly a lot of distractions when you aren't immersed in the important visual cues in front of you
yeah I've had this happen as well, and I was surprised. Wife was talking about something and I had to take the headphones off so I can hear her better while still aiming around.. and then I weirded me and my wife out top by fragging without any audio. since then i've practically reduced the in game sfx and in game dialogue audio there to like 50 or 60 whenever I play and I have much better focus, but just enough to hear important cues amidst all the noise.
I would play siege regularly on silent because I didn't want to wake up family members when I was younger, Surprisingly my teammates had less situational awareness even with audio, they must have had their monitor off 😅
Fun story of mine: I've always been pretty bad at shooters, and often relegated myself to a support/distraction/intel role for my much better teammates. This doesn't bother me, and acknowledging this early has made me essentially immune to raging at my lack of skill. I never really bothered to fix my aim because it never troubled me, so I never thought to examine how I fought. Then, one day on Destiny I decided to get the Ace of Spades and play around in 3v3. And I found myself dominating these matches. I was baffled. I made sure to record one of the games and watched it back. And it was then that I realized: I had been shooting at their heads. And they were dying. I mean, obviously right? But it occurred to me in that moment that I had spent the last 10 years NOT doing that. When I walk around I stare at the ground (something that I've gotten flak from before in CSGO) and I didn't correct my aim when facing an enemy, so I would only hit their legs. This revelation made Crucible much more fun, and I stopped avoiding PVP whenever possible. I was even on par with some of my friends. But now my friends include Masters and a guy who could absolutely be a Pred if he tried. So I'm dragged into matches against people who far outclassed me. And I'm back to playing support. However, the knowledge that I had missed something so simple for so long has opened my eyes, and a few days ago realized that, although I have fixed my ground staring issue, I was still missing because I wasn't focusing on my targets, just kinda shooting at them hoping to hit. But I struggled to put the problem into words. Until this video showed up in my recommendations anyway. Weird how that works. Sorry for the length, just thought it was worth sharing, maybe it might helps someone else.
@@landolonnie8811Its a thing humans do, people usually look at the ground far (away-ish from them, not directly in front of them) when walking, jogging, running
well... i kinda obliterated people years ago, when i can focus 100% on killing... I though i just lost my aim due to aging or something... today i try to focus on battlebit and just get ruined and angry... i mean, focus is not exactly easy, but any role i take, sniper or medic was a disaster... i saw the enemy but not hit properly... Maybe my mind was working in something on background... even sniper shoots i just hit, not kill, assistence is fine, but kills is what i want to achiev LOL
@@viniciusschadeck4992 Just play an arena shooter. Unreal Tournament 2004 is pretty cool, apropos old, but who knows maybe Splitgate or one of them Quake games is more to your liking. Everyone plays these massive Battle Royale style games these days but it's all looting and running, and very little clicking on people's heads. But once in a blue moon you encounter another team, and the outcome of that engagement is determined pretty hard by how good you are at clicking on people's heads. But in a Battle Royale, you spend maybe tops 0.1% of the total play time attempting to do that, any surprise that you are no longer good at it?
I always used to try to bring my crosshair over the enemy even at 600 hours in kovaaks but recently i shifted my awareness and found out i was actually doing a rookie mistake (focusing on the xhair), ever since i started focusing on the bot i noticed that i no longer needed to micro correct intentionally every time my hands automatically moved towards where my eyes were looking
I recently started doing this too. Always used to focus on crosshair because that's what I was taught with rifles - to focus on the sights primarily. But 3D and 2D are very different in that regard
@@bainelf Interesting. I was taught to to focus on crosshair at long ranges, like for hunting - we never really practised close range. And I love playing games with no crosshair and no hud, did it with Doom Eternal and Metro games. I should try it in Apex but it's such a hardcore competitive game I never considered it.
I fought with that a lot when I finally got serious about aiming too. Myself, I thought of it in driving terms of look where you want to go. What finally cured me of needing to see the reticle while shooting though was realizing I was old enough now that I can't see the damn thing anyway after the first shot, so why bother trying? Doesn't help I play on a tiny little laptop screen either I suppose. Instead, I just learned to shoot by "feel". AKA, learning the weapons well enough I can sort of "feel" which way the recoil pattern pushes the aim point and eventually just correcting it without even realizing just due to muscle memory from shooting enough. (Edited) And learning to center targets in the middle as a habit as well. Pushing towards being able to quickscope helped to make that habit too.
Earned a sub from me! This aspect of aiming doesn't get talked about enough and is the main difficulty that most people have with games like Apex that have a lot of visual clutter. You know instantly when you're focused vs. Not focused because one second you'll be smoothly and calm moving your crosshair with the target and the next you'll be flicking frantically trying to hit a shot as they strafe around.
Without even watch the full video I knew this was a treasure. Because using focus on the target, and remaining calm in the moment, has helped me go from a gold player to a diamond player pretty rapidly. That comes with experience in the game, too. But my raw aim is far better than it used to be by realizing how over-reactive I was, and often times how small the crosshair adjustments needed to be. When you're focused on a target, not just seeing a blob on a screen, it's no longer about being reactive to their movement, it's about anticipating what they'll do. Enemies that try to escape through the air or follow an arcing pattern while falling/launching are easy to beam if you pay attention. players who jitter back and forth can be annoying, but oftentimes it's better to keep your crosshair centered on where they're crossing back and forth over your crosshair (anticipating vs reacting). Great video, and great analogies (the fan analogy is perfect).
I remember this being called "owl eyes" or "sniper eyes" by my survival trainer, never connected the concept to this before now. Broadening your field of vision does a lot to increasing effectiveness in visually stimulating environments
This video was a banger bro! I find myself being a victim to sensory overload when I’m playing Apex. There’s so many audio cues that throw off my focus when I should be just worrying about what’s in front of me. When I’m locked in, I can hang with Preds and Masters. When I’m not, I play like a borderline Gold, not even joking. Great advice, gonna try to play Control or TDM with no audio, sounds like wonderful exercise to help stay locked in.
Turning off the music (or dropping it to like 20%) and turning off/down most everything but the necessities really helps. Also for anything with transparency options should be set to the most transparent you can still see. Gets rid of so much clutter and make it easier to focus on the important bits.
Earned a sub! I've watched a few of your videos now and although it's not always absolutely new to me it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for bringing me back to the fundamentals that actually matter. Building a habit of "focus" after certain actions is a good idea, I also like something I heard from Woohoojin in the valorant coaching space: Pre round, every round, build a habit. Like tracing paths around boxes, tracking your team mates heads, doing 180 flicks between two points. It can be anything but do it every round without fail, that's your action to signal "I am now dialled in and focussed on this round, nothing else matters". Over time you build up that association of "tracing lines with my crosshair means it's Morbin time", and then you naturally get in the zone each time more consistently. Similar to your "focus" after manual reload but for round based games that require extreme focus especially in the early round.
Thank you so much! Really like that advice from Woohoojin, i'm not too familiar with the Valorant scene but if I get into it he'll be the first person I watch.
3:21 Fully agree, I find it really difficult to remain focused for prolonged periods of time. Sometimes it happens naturally, but not very often unfortunately.
Legit solid video. What I'm experimenting with rn is how much of aim I can let my subconscious do vs how much I need to actually think about. I'm finding that I dont have to try nearly as much to hit shots as I would think.
wow the explanation was really concise and helped me to realise how my playstyle is sometimes good or bad because i wasnt able to have a continuous focus but mostly autopiloting
Your superb editing and explanations (and godlike flicking and tracking) made understanding these concepts so much easier. Subbed. Keep up the great work
The brain is amazing bro. When I’m grinding aim training it literally feels like the targets slow down. It’s takes a while grinding an endless task but it’s pretty cool. I also finally got desk that goes up and down soo much easier finding and fine tuning my sweet spot. Like the rotation I test it to each extreme. Thank you again buddy
This is so true, i learnt about focus aiming when i was playing COD, now i play Apex and the same principles apply. I didn't really apply my peripheral vision much tho, i used to tunnel vision a lot, that's one thing i would work on now. Thanks for this informative masterpiece
I 100% feel like I understand this. There are moments when I do ridiculously good and it feels like I'm actually keeping up with moving targets in fights, and I realized it happened when I tunnel visioned on a target and told myself to keep my crosshairs on a specific part of them This i believe is why alot of us (or at least myself) will say things like " MY AIM IS SO MUCH BETTER IN TRAINING MODE WHY CANT I DO THIS IN A FIGHT" and alot of us will just convince ourselves it's because real enemies move differently from ai targets but always forget to factor in that in firing range, we have no distractions and we're wholly focused on the target. Which is why real fights feel devastatingly different
“focusing” on my enemy is something i’ve done a lot in the fighting games i play, predicting what my opponent will do next and when to stop and block or counter when i enter their threat range. i’ve never thought to apply this to my fps experience.
This thing about staying in *focus* and not letting yourself go into autopilot mode is probably one of the most important things in multiplayer games in general. Being aware of yourself allows you to concentrate much better.
I love someone else who puts attention and thought into these things. Optimizing for maximum performance and comfort, no matter what it is. A lot of these concepts apply to life and learning in general. I truly think a lot of people (not all) diagnosed with ADD simply never learned to be mindful of their thoughts or what they focus on. True pure focus, or the flow state essentially is like a super power when you can achieve it. I really don't believe anyone can truly multitask. Our brains excel at singular, intense focus on a small aspect of something, similar to how our own eyes work. A lot of that is masked with muscle memory like you said, but it doesn't account for every scenario and puts you in a half-focused state. Achieving that ultimate focus in work, life, gaming, whatever is truly amazing. Many people rarely experience it and don't understand their own potential.
Man I've been playing shooters for over a decade and this thought has never even crossed my mind. Great video, definitely going to put this into practice.
I didn't understand where you were going and prolly would have dismissed the advice untill I saw the impact of the fan. really focusing on that 1 blade slowing everything down in my perspective and improving clarity not only on the one I'm tracking but my peripheral vision too
This is a genius video. The fan analogy is amazing. When I did this and actively focused I went from missing most of my wingman shots to hitting most of them. Genuinely not exaggerating. Its so simple, snapping out of autopilot mode really works. It is hard to stay in that mindset for long though and not autopilot, I guess it takes some getting used to.
Been working on this for months always awesome to to see people happen upon the same solutions, another key to it for me was presence of mind. Not concentrating if I miss this shots before or if I’m whiffing
In 5 words: extremely hard but extremely effective I just watched this video and started trying to use this technique: i needed 2 hours of playing to actually do it right, and although it was only for like 20 seconds, i dont think ive ever aimed any better.
You need to trust your aim and vision, you need to actively scan the whole map waiting for something that "doesn't look right" to pop out and then keep looking at it while shooting. This doesn't happen overnight if you're new to games, but when you struggle this is mostly what helps as Struth said, focus is important. Same like in traffic you don't tunnel vision only in front of you, you need to actively scan the world to spot any pedestrians or something else on time. Once you just focus, ignore the crosshair and just trust your mouse and keyboard movement you will play better. We can get deeply psychological into this, but I'll make it short, remove the distractions from your environment, remove some distractions from your life even, clear mind = good gameplay. BIG UPS for the sound mute advice, when I played cod for fun all I did was play music or have the volume of the game low, I didn't like focusing on sound because sound is there just to give guidance, once you focus purely on the sound and being scared of the enemy making sound you will play like a baby. This is a big problem for some beginners, they rely heavily on sound, sound should only guide you.
Weird to say or even hear this but when your doing this technique it really help to breath to be more present. I recommend when you start to loose focus, focus on your breath and take a deep breath then once you regain your focus start to aim again. Hopes this helps
This is super interesting! I don't play FPS games but I get into competitive play with Rhythm and action-puzzle games too, a lot of the things covered in this video are in line what I've been experiencing in my own games too.
Great video. I used to play Ut2k4 with crosshair only, focusing only on aiming and movement, with subconscious tracking of ammo depletion. I knew it was working when weapon autoswitched just as I was expecting it - counting shots without thinking. I wish more modern games used HUDless views!
That may be where the inconsistency comes from. Some fights I’m landing every bullet, and some times I struggle to have a decent hit rate. While looking at the enemy instead of the crosshair is fairly well-known knowledge for the old school aimers, the key is to focus rather than just look, the beginning of the video said it all.
to max perfomance i recommend doing anything thats bugging your mind before playing. Like laundry or washing the dishes or taking the trash out or cleaning your room or working out idk stuff like that. Playing while exams is ok but i only train and never play competitively since its a thing that bugs my mind.
This is a great technique, and one of the things it helps with is that almost every FPS game has visual indicators for which direction a character is trying to move in (a lean, the way their legs are pointing etc.) So if you are focusing directly on your target, you see much sooner if they change direction or speed than if you are just staring at the center of your screen.
As someone who is a huge aim nerd I clicked on this video expecting a shallow video that spreads misinformation about aiming like unfortunately so many other videos on this platform. However I don't think I have ever agreed with an aiming video more. This is such an important concept, and I agree 100% that when I forget to "focus" control slips away from my aim. Very good video
I had this similar idea but I forgot about it, I am so glad you made a such a good and easy to digest video on it. It makes so much sense for me now, thank you!
I've experienced the game sense/aiming flow-state before, it's one of the most addicting feelings about gaming. But I could never pin point how it happened and how to purposefully recreate it. Thank you for this. Will try to put your tips into practice.
It's actually hilarious how many times I've caught myself literally not even looking at the target. Who would have guessed that actually looking where you're trying to aim could help? Lol. But yeah, I mean, I guess it's easy to get tired of dealing with all the visual clutter and feel unmotivated.
Limiting crosshair visibility has helped me tons. You only need a large or bright enough crosshair to just make it out. Anything else just gets in the way and breaks focus. Ive also recently started to experiment with different crosshairs based on hero type in overwatch. Helps a ton to get in the mindset of the characters playstyle for me.
That shot of you "physically" dragging the enemy into your crosshair encapsulates what you're actually doing in game perfectly! I feel like that's what I was doing unconsciously when I was younger and at my "peak" gaming performance. I'm absolutely going to try and use your methods in game. Thanks for the great video!
sensory overload is an actual tactic in use in league especially, enemies are waaaaaay easier to hit and to be mess with when they are focusing on other things rather than being fully focused on you, thing like global or long skillshots are way easier to hit when you shoot them at someone who's already too busy with other things to focus on the approaching ashe arrow
As always, Amazing & Unique tips mate! I've played games & aim training for the past without a crosshair to increase my focus on the target instead of trying to match the target with my crosshair. It helped me, but until now I feel that I drift back to my old habit. So, I'll give your techniques enough time and practice right away, as I've been waiting for someone to give any tips about this skill specifically, and I'm so happy & excited that these tips are coming from you mate. Keep on the awesome work Coach!
@@Eqxu Neither really.. the brain always knows the center of the screen is your hitting point. so, once I tired it I kinda aimed by making my target at the center of my screen. If u try it out you'll see what I mean.
I did the methods in this video for about 5 days straight and it has helped so frigin much. My aim still isn't perfect but I've gone from consistent sub-1k damage games in apex to consistently getting over 1k damage and 5+ kills.
Really trying to focus is a game changer but pretty hard with ADHD. After some time you lose the focus and start autopiloting again. I will try the focus reminder tip tho and see if it helps. Thank you for this great video!
ADHD is a double edged sword, on one hand if the game is compelling or new enough (novel) you can benefit from hyper-focus, allowing you to focus intently for far longer than a neurotypical person. But if you're just playing it for the sake of it, it's not as fun as it used to be, or it's simply not 'shiny and new' anymore, the impetus behind your hyper-focus disappears and you can start to struggle. Something else that may be helpful is to reduce the number of tasks you juggle in your mind when playing. If you're playing in comms and you find yourself narrating everything you do, even mid-fight like "hit him one, twice, three times, he's low" try eliminating that behavior entirely, only comm what's absolutely necessary during a fight.
@@StruthGaming really appreciate you taking the time to respond with this. i have adhd and "over com" the way you describe so i will try to follow your advice. any other awesome tips or info for those that struggle with focusing/adhd?
@@mikebiff Besides taking meds (that are prescribed mind u) one thing I have noticed that helps with focusing for long periods of time is to, whenever you get a chance (end of match, safe point, etc.) practice "de-focusing." Close your eyes, mute headphones if you want, and just let your mind drift. Don't force any thoughts, just sit with them. The idea is to limit the amount of stimuli to your brain and relax your "focusing muscles" so to speak. P.S. I like to throw in a deep inhale followed by a long exhale (20-30 sec w/ pursed lips). Exhaling relaxes your heart while inhaling aids in pumping it. This is why you may find yourself quickly taking a breath and then holding it when you are stressed. Anyway hope this was useful. P.S.S Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and has excellent videos all about ADHD, focus, motivation and way more. The info he offers has genuinely changed my life with ADHD and depression.
i have that noticed in cs mainly, checking positions only with your eye and not focusing on it specially when peaking corners, the problem most people have when reacting to slow while peaking the enemy is that the people that push the enemy do check the important corners but not expect a enemy there, that results in a way lower reaction time. so always when you peak a corner behave like someone is there, its hard to focus like that but changes a lot
Its a weird feeling but literally my highest kill games were because i was focused to the point everything was in slow motion. It feels like tunnel vision but your brain isnt turned off and youre aware of everything. You're going to feel cracked out of your mind after the game too. Every time I finish a game where I was 100% focused I feel so mentally exhausted from it.
As someone who dabbled in competitive shooting (USPSA) it's interesting to note that both gaming and real life shooting shares a common technique: target focus vs. Dot/sight focus. It tremendously help my aim once i switched from sight focus to target focus. Superb tips!
Finally, a video that doesn’t tell me something I already know! My mistake that I realize now is I don’t bring them to my sights, I try to watch my sights and put it on them but I will definitely try this(and remind myself to focus). Thanks man 🙏
I noticed that lowering fov, playing games with minimum hud helped me focus a lot more on targets, for example once I played a battlefield v game with no hud it was hard to tell friends from foes but my performance was incredible I was going 25-0 playing very aggressively nonstop pushing and moving and flanking.
I'm all for giving credit where it's due, and I've gotta say this video definitely improved my ability to aim. 1st game of a FFA on Tarkov arena and the way I was reading situations and tracking was shocking me. Gonna keep implementing these tips and see how much better this gets. Thanks!
I think the nuance come in when you consider tunnel vision. You focus too hard on the task at hand and you become tunnel visioned. Walking that line is tough. Will try grinding with the sound off. I've never heard of doing that but seems interesting
I've always felt like sometimes my gameplay is so much better and these times are always characterized by how slow things move. I always brushed this off to adrenaline, but this is eye opening. It seems so obvious yet so game changing.
This is actually 100% true. The same concept is just as true when shooting a pistol. Your shots are faster and tighter when you learn how to focus on your sight picture (front and rear sight alignment) on the target.
I’ve never trained for marksmanship competitions because my dad thinks girls shouldn’t use guns. Anyway, I was at a ski meet and we had to do a marksmanship competition with 22s and I miraculously won first place, having a higher score than the hundreds of other girls and boys in my district. I thought I just got lucky but now it all makes sense, I’ve always been great at focusing and anticipation.
Really important stuff around 5:55 to 6:30. It helped my game immensely as I can now quickly analyze my opponents strafe pattern and predict what they will do next
Also remember there's a difference in flow state and autopilot. In a flow state your focus is at it's peak, you're responses are nearly automatic whilst autopilot is just playing halfway paying attention.
I always thought about this, and how getting Fade ulted in VALORANT (mutes game audio) made me a lot better for a few seconds. Definitely a very important concept to grasp. Great vid.
Not quite the same thing, but the reason I enjoy playing Bloodhound is for the ultimate. I love how simple everything looks. Enemies are red, environment is dark, it strips away all that extra detail so I can just focus on what I need to.
I think that paying attention to my focus definitely helped me out. I feel a difference (though it could be a placebo) in my game play so far and I'm autopiloting less.
You put down to words what i have been thinking for the past 2 years since I started playing Apex, Thank you this actually helped me , definitely subbing
Great video. I knew a lot of these concepts intuitively but never gave them much thought. It's good to hear someone else talk about them because now i can focus more on them
Bro this is one of the best aiming technique vids I have ever seen! The deep analysis and detail in your tutorial actually transformed my gameplay style in 1 hour! Thank you struth
Holy crap, i watched this like one, two days ago, and within the thirty hours of fps games i played during then, my aim massively improved from this video. Even though its not pro yet, its gotten waaay better and now im top fragging constantly in casual by a huuge amount. I cannot thank you enough. Ima start playing competitive soon. Wish me luck
There are many good advices in the comments, but I have my own thing: 1) If you have 3-5 minutes between matches, just lay down and try to not think (I guess that's kinda what meditation is). Then do a few streches and a few jumps (or any movement to wake you up). 2) If you only have like 10-30 seconds, it's nice to do counting backwards thing someone mentioned in the comments already. I also look out the window and try to focus on objects in the distance (I live on 16th floor so kinda ez to find them), the technique here is: 1 second to focus on target 2 seconds of keeping your eyes closed 1 second to focus 2 seconds of eyes closed And so on. Also, kids, remember to take breakes during long gaming sessions, stretch, hydrate and use eye drops.
you the real deal man, just found your channel and it is time to soak up the example of the rotating fan and the hand technique. I'm not new to MnK by any means but that was actually insane to me. GGs and will be watching many more of your videos. Cheers bro!
This is so true. Often times I get lazy but when I correct my posture, lift my hand off my mousepad (I have the tendency to let it rest on my desk rather than a more lifted position to reduce friction), and really focus on aiming I end up doing way better
I remember when I used to play Fortnite there was an item that made your vision like a thermal camera for a little bit. The enemies were completely contrasted from the surroundings and it made my aim godlike.
I have been saying this in every valorant video of "your aim is inconsistent" qnd then recommend focusing on your crosshair. Your crosshair is just a point in the middle on your screen, in order to use it you need to see the enemy and track it until tour crosshair is in its head
i remember staycation (and kinda Kobi too) in his early psn apex days would move his whole head to look at the target and dodge nades it’s like once he went into a fight he was *on* the map right then and there.
this is something that i have been noticing for the last 2 years, when i started playing valorant i noticed that i am often in hyperfocus on the crosshair, that made me distracted from the actual target (the enemy). After a 3 months i just randomly hoped into the range and notice that: "If i just focus on the crosshair, then what i am aiming for is not actually the target rather than the crosshair itself". I also notice about the "slo-mo" thing that he was talking about, although it's not really slowing down time, i feel like it makes you more sensitive to what ever the movement that the target is doing (which is good for reaction time). If you close pay attention, you will easily see that there has been videos with title "eyes warming up for fps gamse",etc... In these videos they will make you track an object moving around the screen with your eyes. This is actually applying what we just see on the video above. In my opinion this is more important than crosshair placement, tracking, etc... because even if you have those particular skills but you don't know what to focus on to use these skills then those are basically useless. This guy deserves the attention for pointing the most important fundamental skill in fps generally.
I've struggled with focus like this a lot in Fortnite, and I've thought about doing no audio, but I usually just play with like 15%. Hearing someone else say to play with NO audio makes me ready to try it. Also, the "focus during manual reloading" tip is GENIUS! Thanks so much! Amazing video!
This is one of, if not the best aiming video I've ever seen. Most skilled players know these things intuitively but hearing it explained so well really makes you actively think about it instead of just doing it off instinct. Well done.
another good thing i found is that when you are warming up for a game like apex and or valorant you can lookup or take a screenshot of your crosshair and put it in the middle of your screen and go to the side of your screen and practice from a whole different places on your screen pulling your crosshair to the middle to help tell where to bring it into
A good example of focusing vs. looking : Have you ever preaimed a corner, but the enemy came around it from further away than you expected, so you had to readjust even though he walked right through your crosshair?
siege champion. started playing apex 2 days before season ended and got to g3 with a 4.20 and 80 games because of developing tracking like this after playing siege for 5 years
After focusing hard in the exercises in the video and keeping your tips in mind when playing, my aim actually improved a lot after just one test in a deathmatch in ow2. Great tips.
Great video! It took me a long time trying to improve aim to realize this was such a key factor myself. Complete game-changer, though, and i've recommended it to anyone who's asked. Now I can just point them to this much better explanation. Something to note is that understanding what you're seeing is a key part of having focus pay off. It takes time to get used to knowing what's going on at that detailed a level and to learn (develop 'muscle memory' for) what events mean practically for what you should do next, both in general and in any specific game.
Ive been playing without sound for a while and its helped my ranked gameplay a lot. I went hardstuck gold 1 to diamond 2 in about a season. Luck with teammates may play a role but i still carry most of the games through plat and up to diamond 3. Good video, took me about a year to figure this stuff out and they are the most game changing tips anyone can use to become top 25% players
This is really useful, but I think its actually a small part of something bigger, outside of just aiming. I'd say the first step is to remind yourself to be conscious i.e. Mentally actually telling yourself what's happening, and it applies to all games. The easiest way I found to work on this is whenever you fail (die, lose a point, whatever) try to remember in as much detail as possible what happened, and see where you went wrong. It's a lot easier in games that save match replays like Overwatch, but always try to recall it yourself before you check the replay
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this is actually the best piece of advice for aim improvement.
i got a challange for you "1 FRAME FLICKS"
i use low dpi for long range targets or when im againts other pro player
the game that i play is on roblox called Phantom forces and these tips helped a lot.
games with very small ttk slowing stuff down won't help if the enemy is behind without even making a sound (lurking) you or you're blinded or better yet you can't react fast enough or your getting smurfed basically valorant and csgo
Pro tip: When you're feeling too lazy to play well or focus, count backwards (out loud or in your head) from 5 to 1. This requires mental focus and activates a part of your brain that sometimes shuts off when you go into automatic mode. It's perfect for getting yourself out of bed in the morning and overcoming procrastination.
*perfect*, yeah sure buddy i'd rather take a cold shower and drink vodka
@@xRealUzz Cold showers have a positive effect on mental focus whereas excessive alcohol consumption strongly inhibits it.
I literally just did this and it woke up my brain and I got the feeling to get out of bed
@@Kagedamage Exactly.
letters works more for me fedcba
Fun fact: Struth actually plays the game without a mouse. Instead, he psychically thrusts opponents into view with his mind alone.
every time he wants to aim, he grabs the air infront of the monitor and drags the player into his crosshair
@@slyish4 Now I must make a system like this, and because I am lazy, I shall see you in 5000 years.
@@vectorlua8081no you wont
@@soopFPS Your right, I won't, and probably never will, but a person can dream can't they?
@@vectorlua8081You're*, not a big deal though
"True focus makes you feel like you're playing in slow motion"
I have ALWAYS said that. There are times, which happens very rarely where I can *see* what the enemies are doing. There's no blur of the mind, or time to process. What I see on the screen directly goes to my brain, without any sort of thing between those two actions...hard to explain properly in my words.
That is the same thing happened me once when i was training with kovaak. That thing let me do a much higher score than my averages and get top500 in a well know tracking scenario. Never happened again, but i was like "wtf i was doing" after finishing the scenario
Flow state. It's rare for me but when I'm in the zone it feels amazing
happened to my buddy eric
This seems to me an effect of being a gamer god hallucinating a false reality to come up with various schizophrenias known as ‘conscience’ to kill time and or communicate ideas under language restricted mind control is turned off and your monkey brain can see reality for what it really is for a moment and the world is just what it is
@@notLinode make me lol
Meditating regularly really helps with keeping me focused. I also do that fan technique that you show in my day to day life by tracking cars going by with my eyes or swapping my perspective between random objects. I find that training techniques that you want to improve in-game irl helps a ton. And it's cool to see someone else who thinks quite similarly. Great aiming tips video!
the Sniper king is here ayyyyyy ❤ mad respect for the content you put out homie
Thanks for the tip bro
My guy unlocking his chakras to get the dub
Stay focused on the road tho☠
I also apply irl room clearing techniques used in swat police. It helps pretty well to find enemies and prevents you from getting oofed behind corners.
Something I've noticed during the years as a pretty good fps player is that the few occasions I needed to take a phone call or otherwise mute my game audio I would do very well. One time a teammate for my comp games played a whole siege game without audio and top fragged. There's truly a lot of distractions when you aren't immersed in the important visual cues in front of you
I know exactly what you mean, been in that same situation many times.
Especially since siege's audio can be pretty fucked, in that the localization of sound cues can get pretty confusing.
yeah I've had this happen as well, and I was surprised.
Wife was talking about something and I had to take the headphones off so I can hear her better while still aiming around.. and then I weirded me and my wife out top by fragging without any audio.
since then i've practically reduced the in game sfx and in game dialogue audio there to like 50 or 60 whenever I play and I have much better focus, but just enough to hear important cues amidst all the noise.
I would play siege regularly on silent because I didn't want to wake up family members when I was younger, Surprisingly my teammates had less situational awareness even with audio, they must have had their monitor off 😅
Honestly speaking I usually just slap on a shit load of music
Fun story of mine: I've always been pretty bad at shooters, and often relegated myself to a support/distraction/intel role for my much better teammates. This doesn't bother me, and acknowledging this early has made me essentially immune to raging at my lack of skill.
I never really bothered to fix my aim because it never troubled me, so I never thought to examine how I fought. Then, one day on Destiny I decided to get the Ace of Spades and play around in 3v3. And I found myself dominating these matches. I was baffled. I made sure to record one of the games and watched it back. And it was then that I realized:
I had been shooting at their heads. And they were dying.
I mean, obviously right? But it occurred to me in that moment that I had spent the last 10 years NOT doing that. When I walk around I stare at the ground (something that I've gotten flak from before in CSGO) and I didn't correct my aim when facing an enemy, so I would only hit their legs.
This revelation made Crucible much more fun, and I stopped avoiding PVP whenever possible. I was even on par with some of my friends.
But now my friends include Masters and a guy who could absolutely be a Pred if he tried. So I'm dragged into matches against people who far outclassed me. And I'm back to playing support.
However, the knowledge that I had missed something so simple for so long has opened my eyes, and a few days ago realized that, although I have fixed my ground staring issue, I was still missing because I wasn't focusing on my targets, just kinda shooting at them hoping to hit. But I struggled to put the problem into words.
Until this video showed up in my recommendations anyway. Weird how that works. Sorry for the length, just thought it was worth sharing, maybe it might helps someone else.
Why would you look at the ground
@@landolonnie8811Its a thing humans do, people usually look at the ground far (away-ish from them, not directly in front of them) when walking, jogging, running
well... i kinda obliterated people years ago, when i can focus 100% on killing... I though i just lost my aim due to aging or something... today i try to focus on battlebit and just get ruined and angry... i mean, focus is not exactly easy, but any role i take, sniper or medic was a disaster... i saw the enemy but not hit properly... Maybe my mind was working in something on background... even sniper shoots i just hit, not kill, assistence is fine, but kills is what i want to achiev LOL
@@viniciusschadeck4992 Just play an arena shooter. Unreal Tournament 2004 is pretty cool, apropos old, but who knows maybe Splitgate or one of them Quake games is more to your liking. Everyone plays these massive Battle Royale style games these days but it's all looting and running, and very little clicking on people's heads. But once in a blue moon you encounter another team, and the outcome of that engagement is determined pretty hard by how good you are at clicking on people's heads. But in a Battle Royale, you spend maybe tops 0.1% of the total play time attempting to do that, any surprise that you are no longer good at it?
Ace clutch smh (jk)
I always used to try to bring my crosshair over the enemy even at 600 hours in kovaaks but recently i shifted my awareness and found out i was actually doing a rookie mistake (focusing on the xhair), ever since i started focusing on the bot i noticed that i no longer needed to micro correct intentionally every time my hands automatically moved towards where my eyes were looking
I recently started doing this too. Always used to focus on crosshair because that's what I was taught with rifles - to focus on the sights primarily. But 3D and 2D are very different in that regard
Just practice games thts all
@@bainelf Interesting. I was taught to to focus on crosshair at long ranges, like for hunting - we never really practised close range. And I love playing games with no crosshair and no hud, did it with Doom Eternal and Metro games. I should try it in Apex but it's such a hardcore competitive game I never considered it.
I fought with that a lot when I finally got serious about aiming too. Myself, I thought of it in driving terms of look where you want to go. What finally cured me of needing to see the reticle while shooting though was realizing I was old enough now that I can't see the damn thing anyway after the first shot, so why bother trying? Doesn't help I play on a tiny little laptop screen either I suppose. Instead, I just learned to shoot by "feel". AKA, learning the weapons well enough I can sort of "feel" which way the recoil pattern pushes the aim point and eventually just correcting it without even realizing just due to muscle memory from shooting enough. (Edited) And learning to center targets in the middle as a habit as well. Pushing towards being able to quickscope helped to make that habit too.
This can be really difficult when you need to use a bullet drop compensator and find the point you need to aim with.
Earned a sub from me! This aspect of aiming doesn't get talked about enough and is the main difficulty that most people have with games like Apex that have a lot of visual clutter. You know instantly when you're focused vs. Not focused because one second you'll be smoothly and calm moving your crosshair with the target and the next you'll be flicking frantically trying to hit a shot as they strafe around.
Much appreciated :)
Without even watch the full video I knew this was a treasure. Because using focus on the target, and remaining calm in the moment, has helped me go from a gold player to a diamond player pretty rapidly.
That comes with experience in the game, too. But my raw aim is far better than it used to be by realizing how over-reactive I was, and often times how small the crosshair adjustments needed to be. When you're focused on a target, not just seeing a blob on a screen, it's no longer about being reactive to their movement, it's about anticipating what they'll do. Enemies that try to escape through the air or follow an arcing pattern while falling/launching are easy to beam if you pay attention. players who jitter back and forth can be annoying, but oftentimes it's better to keep your crosshair centered on where they're crossing back and forth over your crosshair (anticipating vs reacting).
Great video, and great analogies (the fan analogy is perfect).
I remember this being called "owl eyes" or "sniper eyes" by my survival trainer, never connected the concept to this before now. Broadening your field of vision does a lot to increasing effectiveness in visually stimulating environments
This video was a banger bro! I find myself being a victim to sensory overload when I’m playing Apex. There’s so many audio cues that throw off my focus when I should be just worrying about what’s in front of me. When I’m locked in, I can hang with Preds and Masters. When I’m not, I play like a borderline Gold, not even joking. Great advice, gonna try to play Control or TDM with no audio, sounds like wonderful exercise to help stay locked in.
Turning off the music (or dropping it to like 20%) and turning off/down most everything but the necessities really helps. Also for anything with transparency options should be set to the most transparent you can still see. Gets rid of so much clutter and make it easier to focus on the important bits.
This is actually how soldiers aim guns in real life.
"Don't look at the red dot. Look at the target and put the red dot on it."
Didn't know that, thanks for sharing. Makes sense there would be an overlap.
this is by far the BEST video about how aiming works and how you should play any game! huge respect for sharing this techniques Struth!🤙
Thank you! Much appreciated.
Earned a sub! I've watched a few of your videos now and although it's not always absolutely new to me it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for bringing me back to the fundamentals that actually matter. Building a habit of "focus" after certain actions is a good idea, I also like something I heard from Woohoojin in the valorant coaching space:
Pre round, every round, build a habit. Like tracing paths around boxes, tracking your team mates heads, doing 180 flicks between two points. It can be anything but do it every round without fail, that's your action to signal "I am now dialled in and focussed on this round, nothing else matters". Over time you build up that association of "tracing lines with my crosshair means it's Morbin time", and then you naturally get in the zone each time more consistently.
Similar to your "focus" after manual reload but for round based games that require extreme focus especially in the early round.
Thank you so much! Really like that advice from Woohoojin, i'm not too familiar with the Valorant scene but if I get into it he'll be the first person I watch.
holy shit ive noticed that over the years. sometimes i'd play overwatch muted and it felt like my tracking would get better
3:21 Fully agree, I find it really difficult to remain focused for prolonged periods of time. Sometimes it happens naturally, but not very often unfortunately.
Legit solid video. What I'm experimenting with rn is how much of aim I can let my subconscious do vs how much I need to actually think about. I'm finding that I dont have to try nearly as much to hit shots as I would think.
wow the explanation was really concise and helped me to realise how my playstyle is sometimes good or bad because i wasnt able to have a continuous focus but mostly autopiloting
Your superb editing and explanations (and godlike flicking and tracking) made understanding these concepts so much easier. Subbed. Keep up the great work
Thank you so much :)
The brain is amazing bro. When I’m grinding aim training it literally feels like the targets slow down. It’s takes a while grinding an endless task but it’s pretty cool. I also finally got desk that goes up and down soo much easier finding and fine tuning my sweet spot. Like the rotation I test it to each extreme. Thank you again buddy
This is so true, i learnt about focus aiming when i was playing COD, now i play Apex and the same principles apply. I didn't really apply my peripheral vision much tho, i used to tunnel vision a lot, that's one thing i would work on now. Thanks for this informative masterpiece
I 100% feel like I understand this.
There are moments when I do ridiculously good and it feels like I'm actually keeping up with moving targets in fights, and I realized it happened when I tunnel visioned on a target and told myself to keep my crosshairs on a specific part of them
This i believe is why alot of us (or at least myself) will say things like " MY AIM IS SO MUCH BETTER IN TRAINING MODE WHY CANT I DO THIS IN A FIGHT"
and alot of us will just convince ourselves it's because real enemies move differently from ai targets but always forget to factor in that in firing range, we have no distractions and we're wholly focused on the target. Which is why real fights feel devastatingly different
“focusing” on my enemy is something i’ve done a lot in the fighting games i play, predicting what my opponent will do next and when to stop and block or counter when i enter their threat range. i’ve never thought to apply this to my fps experience.
This thing about staying in *focus* and not letting yourself go into autopilot mode is probably one of the most important things in multiplayer games in general. Being aware of yourself allows you to concentrate much better.
I love someone else who puts attention and thought into these things. Optimizing for maximum performance and comfort, no matter what it is. A lot of these concepts apply to life and learning in general. I truly think a lot of people (not all) diagnosed with ADD simply never learned to be mindful of their thoughts or what they focus on. True pure focus, or the flow state essentially is like a super power when you can achieve it. I really don't believe anyone can truly multitask. Our brains excel at singular, intense focus on a small aspect of something, similar to how our own eyes work. A lot of that is masked with muscle memory like you said, but it doesn't account for every scenario and puts you in a half-focused state. Achieving that ultimate focus in work, life, gaming, whatever is truly amazing. Many people rarely experience it and don't understand their own potential.
Man I've been playing shooters for over a decade and this thought has never even crossed my mind. Great video, definitely going to put this into practice.
I didn't understand where you were going and prolly would have dismissed the advice untill I saw the impact of the fan. really focusing on that 1 blade slowing everything down in my perspective and improving clarity not only on the one I'm tracking but my peripheral vision too
Trying to unlock this focus ability dealing with an mental illness that prevents me to focus. Great video dude.
Huh
adhd? thats why im here
This is a genius video. The fan analogy is amazing. When I did this and actively focused I went from missing most of my wingman shots to hitting most of them. Genuinely not exaggerating. Its so simple, snapping out of autopilot mode really works. It is hard to stay in that mindset for long though and not autopilot, I guess it takes some getting used to.
Been working on this for months always awesome to to see people happen upon the same solutions, another key to it for me was presence of mind. Not concentrating if I miss this shots before or if I’m whiffing
In 5 words: extremely hard but extremely effective
I just watched this video and started trying to use this technique: i needed 2 hours of playing to actually do it right, and although it was only for like 20 seconds, i dont think ive ever aimed any better.
You need to trust your aim and vision, you need to actively scan the whole map waiting for something that "doesn't look right" to pop out and then keep looking at it while shooting. This doesn't happen overnight if you're new to games, but when you struggle this is mostly what helps as Struth said, focus is important.
Same like in traffic you don't tunnel vision only in front of you, you need to actively scan the world to spot any pedestrians or something else on time.
Once you just focus, ignore the crosshair and just trust your mouse and keyboard movement you will play better.
We can get deeply psychological into this, but I'll make it short, remove the distractions from your environment, remove some distractions from your life even, clear mind = good gameplay.
BIG UPS for the sound mute advice, when I played cod for fun all I did was play music or have the volume of the game low, I didn't like focusing on sound because sound is there just to give guidance, once you focus purely on the sound and being scared of the enemy making sound you will play like a baby. This is a big problem for some beginners, they rely heavily on sound, sound should only guide you.
This advice would get you killed so fast in Tarkov or Hunt lol. Sound is like 70% of those games
Weird to say or even hear this but when your doing this technique it really help to breath to be more present. I recommend when you start to loose focus, focus on your breath and take a deep breath then once you regain your focus start to aim again. Hopes this helps
This is super interesting!
I don't play FPS games but I get into competitive play with Rhythm and action-puzzle games too, a lot of the things covered in this video are in line what I've been experiencing in my own games too.
Great video. I used to play Ut2k4 with crosshair only, focusing only on aiming and movement, with subconscious tracking of ammo depletion. I knew it was working when weapon autoswitched just as I was expecting it - counting shots without thinking. I wish more modern games used HUDless views!
That may be where the inconsistency comes from. Some fights I’m landing every bullet, and some times I struggle to have a decent hit rate. While looking at the enemy instead of the crosshair is fairly well-known knowledge for the old school aimers, the key is to focus rather than just look, the beginning of the video said it all.
to max perfomance i recommend doing anything thats bugging your mind before playing. Like laundry or washing the dishes or taking the trash out or cleaning your room or working out idk stuff like that. Playing while exams is ok but i only train and never play competitively since its a thing that bugs my mind.
This is a great technique, and one of the things it helps with is that almost every FPS game has visual indicators for which direction a character is trying to move in (a lean, the way their legs are pointing etc.) So if you are focusing directly on your target, you see much sooner if they change direction or speed than if you are just staring at the center of your screen.
As someone who is a huge aim nerd I clicked on this video expecting a shallow video that spreads misinformation about aiming like unfortunately so many other videos on this platform. However I don't think I have ever agreed with an aiming video more. This is such an important concept, and I agree 100% that when I forget to "focus" control slips away from my aim. Very good video
I had this similar idea but I forgot about it, I am so glad you made a such a good and easy to digest video on it. It makes so much sense for me now, thank you!
I've experienced the game sense/aiming flow-state before, it's one of the most addicting feelings about gaming. But I could never pin point how it happened and how to purposefully recreate it. Thank you for this. Will try to put your tips into practice.
It's actually hilarious how many times I've caught myself literally not even looking at the target. Who would have guessed that actually looking where you're trying to aim could help? Lol. But yeah, I mean, I guess it's easy to get tired of dealing with all the visual clutter and feel unmotivated.
Limiting crosshair visibility has helped me tons. You only need a large or bright enough crosshair to just make it out. Anything else just gets in the way and breaks focus. Ive also recently started to experiment with different crosshairs based on hero type in overwatch. Helps a ton to get in the mindset of the characters playstyle for me.
That shot of you "physically" dragging the enemy into your crosshair encapsulates what you're actually doing in game perfectly! I feel like that's what I was doing unconsciously when I was younger and at my "peak" gaming performance. I'm absolutely going to try and use your methods in game. Thanks for the great video!
sensory overload is an actual tactic in use in league especially, enemies are waaaaaay easier to hit and to be mess with when they are focusing on other things rather than being fully focused on you, thing like global or long skillshots are way easier to hit when you shoot them at someone who's already too busy with other things to focus on the approaching ashe arrow
As always, Amazing & Unique tips mate!
I've played games & aim training for the past without a crosshair to increase my focus on the target instead of trying to match the target with my crosshair. It helped me, but until now I feel that I drift back to my old habit.
So, I'll give your techniques enough time and practice right away, as I've been waiting for someone to give any tips about this skill specifically, and I'm so happy & excited that these tips are coming from you mate.
Keep on the awesome work Coach!
Thank you! No crosshair is a great way to practice this, particularly for hipfire focused games like Overwatch.
If you have the crosshair off, do you rely on hit markers? Or sound?
@@Eqxu Neither really..
the brain always knows the center of the screen is your hitting point.
so, once I tired it I kinda aimed by making my target at the center of my screen.
If u try it out you'll see what I mean.
@@engin333r Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks so much mate, really appreciate that!
crazy video, when I learnt this months ago it felt like my potential cap went another tier higher
I did the methods in this video for about 5 days straight and it has helped so frigin much. My aim still isn't perfect but I've gone from consistent sub-1k damage games in apex to consistently getting over 1k damage and 5+ kills.
imagine he just said use controller and ended the video
Not a bad april fools idea
"try looking at your screen with your hand waving in front of you"
me: YOUCANTSEEME!
Really trying to focus is a game changer but pretty hard with ADHD. After some time you lose the focus and start autopiloting again. I will try the focus reminder tip tho and see if it helps. Thank you for this great video!
same :(
unmedicated adhd go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
ADHD is a double edged sword, on one hand if the game is compelling or new enough (novel) you can benefit from hyper-focus, allowing you to focus intently for far longer than a neurotypical person. But if you're just playing it for the sake of it, it's not as fun as it used to be, or it's simply not 'shiny and new' anymore, the impetus behind your hyper-focus disappears and you can start to struggle.
Something else that may be helpful is to reduce the number of tasks you juggle in your mind when playing. If you're playing in comms and you find yourself narrating everything you do, even mid-fight like "hit him one, twice, three times, he's low" try eliminating that behavior entirely, only comm what's absolutely necessary during a fight.
@@StruthGaming really appreciate you taking the time to respond with this. i have adhd and "over com" the way you describe so i will try to follow your advice. any other awesome tips or info for those that struggle with focusing/adhd?
@@mikebiff Besides taking meds (that are prescribed mind u) one thing I have noticed that helps with focusing for long periods of time is to, whenever you get a chance (end of match, safe point, etc.) practice "de-focusing." Close your eyes, mute headphones if you want, and just let your mind drift. Don't force any thoughts, just sit with them. The idea is to limit the amount of stimuli to your brain and relax your "focusing muscles" so to speak.
P.S. I like to throw in a deep inhale followed by a long exhale (20-30 sec w/ pursed lips). Exhaling relaxes your heart while inhaling aids in pumping it. This is why you may find yourself quickly taking a breath and then holding it when you are stressed. Anyway hope this was useful.
P.S.S Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and has excellent videos all about ADHD, focus, motivation and way more. The info he offers has genuinely changed my life with ADHD and depression.
i have that noticed in cs mainly, checking positions only with your eye and not focusing on it specially when peaking corners, the problem most people have when reacting to slow while peaking the enemy is that the people that push the enemy do check the important corners but not expect a enemy there, that results in a way lower reaction time.
so always when you peak a corner behave like someone is there, its hard to focus like that but changes a lot
Its a weird feeling but literally my highest kill games were because i was focused to the point everything was in slow motion. It feels like tunnel vision but your brain isnt turned off and youre aware of everything. You're going to feel cracked out of your mind after the game too. Every time I finish a game where I was 100% focused I feel so mentally exhausted from it.
I wonder if this is how people play with inverted aim. Instead of pulling the crosshair to the enemy, you pull the enemy to the crosshair.
That's an interesting thought, could be fun to mess around with that.
As someone who dabbled in competitive shooting (USPSA) it's interesting to note that both gaming and real life shooting shares a common technique: target focus vs. Dot/sight focus. It tremendously help my aim once i switched from sight focus to target focus. Superb tips!
Finally, a video that doesn’t tell me something I already know! My mistake that I realize now is I don’t bring them to my sights, I try to watch my sights and put it on them but I will definitely try this(and remind myself to focus). Thanks man 🙏
I noticed that lowering fov, playing games with minimum hud helped me focus a lot more on targets, for example once I played a battlefield v game with no hud it was hard to tell friends from foes but my performance was incredible I was going 25-0 playing very aggressively nonstop pushing and moving and flanking.
what fov do you use?
@@balazsdusek 74 in battlefield v which is 90 horizontal.
@@alexander10122 thank you
I'm all for giving credit where it's due, and I've gotta say this video definitely improved my ability to aim. 1st game of a FFA on Tarkov arena and the way I was reading situations and tracking was shocking me. Gonna keep implementing these tips and see how much better this gets.
Thanks!
I think the nuance come in when you consider tunnel vision. You focus too hard on the task at hand and you become tunnel visioned. Walking that line is tough.
Will try grinding with the sound off. I've never heard of doing that but seems interesting
I've always felt like sometimes my gameplay is so much better and these times are always characterized by how slow things move. I always brushed this off to adrenaline, but this is eye opening. It seems so obvious yet so game changing.
This is actually 100% true. The same concept is just as true when shooting a pistol. Your shots are faster and tighter when you learn how to focus on your sight picture (front and rear sight alignment) on the target.
I’ve never trained for marksmanship competitions because my dad thinks girls shouldn’t use guns. Anyway, I was at a ski meet and we had to do a marksmanship competition with 22s and I miraculously won first place, having a higher score than the hundreds of other girls and boys in my district. I thought I just got lucky but now it all makes sense, I’ve always been great at focusing and anticipation.
Really important stuff around 5:55 to 6:30. It helped my game immensely as I can now quickly analyze my opponents strafe pattern and predict what they will do next
Talking banana told me to come here
When did he say this(ofc u dont remember it been sum time)
Also remember there's a difference in flow state and autopilot. In a flow state your focus is at it's peak, you're responses are nearly automatic whilst autopilot is just playing halfway paying attention.
I always thought about this, and how getting Fade ulted in VALORANT (mutes game audio) made me a lot better for a few seconds. Definitely a very important concept to grasp. Great vid.
Not quite the same thing, but the reason I enjoy playing Bloodhound is for the ultimate. I love how simple everything looks. Enemies are red, environment is dark, it strips away all that extra detail so I can just focus on what I need to.
I think that paying attention to my focus definitely helped me out. I feel a difference (though it could be a placebo) in my game play so far and I'm autopiloting less.
this is my biggest problem when aiming, instead to focus on target, i focus to much on crosshair
just play without a crosshair
@@zitchaden oh what a great idea why I didn't think about this ?!/j
@@zitchaden Challenge Accepted
@@zitchaden Yeah cause you can just turn that off in apex
I heard that for very small targets you should still focus on your cross hair for the micro adjustment...
The best advice I ever get😮, my aiming get better 10x instantly
a talking banana sent me here
You put down to words what i have been thinking for the past 2 years since I started playing Apex, Thank you this actually helped me , definitely subbing
Hooj sent me.
Great video. I knew a lot of these concepts intuitively but never gave them much thought. It's good to hear someone else talk about them because now i can focus more on them
Mr. Banana sent me here!
This also helps in other places, not just fps games. As an artist I can see this helping with studying form.
Bro this is one of the best aiming technique vids I have ever seen! The deep analysis and detail in your tutorial actually transformed my gameplay style in 1 hour! Thank you struth
Yo, this really works. I didn’t realize how little I was actually paying attention to the target and just looking at my crosshair.
It's like flipping a switch.
This is a good video for any skill based online game with some tailored fps specific tips, perfect vid for me thanks man
Thank you!
Holy crap, i watched this like one, two days ago, and within the thirty hours of fps games i played during then, my aim massively improved from this video. Even though its not pro yet, its gotten waaay better and now im top fragging constantly in casual by a huuge amount. I cannot thank you enough. Ima start playing competitive soon. Wish me luck
There are many good advices in the comments, but I have my own thing:
1) If you have 3-5 minutes between matches, just lay down and try to not think (I guess that's kinda what meditation is).
Then do a few streches and a few jumps (or any movement to wake you up).
2) If you only have like 10-30 seconds, it's nice to do counting backwards thing someone mentioned in the comments already.
I also look out the window and try to focus on objects in the distance (I live on 16th floor so kinda ez to find them), the technique here is:
1 second to focus on target
2 seconds of keeping your eyes closed
1 second to focus
2 seconds of eyes closed
And so on.
Also, kids, remember to take breakes during long gaming sessions, stretch, hydrate and use eye drops.
you the real deal man, just found your channel and it is time to soak up the example of the rotating fan and the hand technique. I'm not new to MnK by any means but that was actually insane to me. GGs and will be watching many more of your videos. Cheers bro!
This is so true. Often times I get lazy but when I correct my posture, lift my hand off my mousepad (I have the tendency to let it rest on my desk rather than a more lifted position to reduce friction), and really focus on aiming I end up doing way better
I remember when I used to play Fortnite there was an item that made your vision like a thermal camera for a little bit. The enemies were completely contrasted from the surroundings and it made my aim godlike.
I have been saying this in every valorant video of "your aim is inconsistent" qnd then recommend focusing on your crosshair. Your crosshair is just a point in the middle on your screen, in order to use it you need to see the enemy and track it until tour crosshair is in its head
i remember staycation (and kinda Kobi too) in his early psn apex days would move his whole head to look at the target and dodge nades
it’s like once he went into a fight he was *on* the map right then and there.
this is something that i have been noticing for the last 2 years, when i started playing valorant i noticed that i am often in hyperfocus on the crosshair, that made me distracted from the actual target (the enemy). After a 3 months i just randomly hoped into the range and notice that: "If i just focus on the crosshair, then what i am aiming for is not actually the target rather than the crosshair itself". I also notice about the "slo-mo" thing that he was talking about, although it's not really slowing down time, i feel like it makes you more sensitive to what ever the movement that the target is doing (which is good for reaction time). If you close pay attention, you will easily see that there has been videos with title "eyes warming up for fps gamse",etc... In these videos they will make you track an object moving around the screen with your eyes. This is actually applying what we just see on the video above. In my opinion this is more important than crosshair placement, tracking, etc... because even if you have those particular skills but you don't know what to focus on to use these skills then those are basically useless. This guy deserves the attention for pointing the most important fundamental skill in fps generally.
I've struggled with focus like this a lot in Fortnite, and I've thought about doing no audio, but I usually just play with like 15%. Hearing someone else say to play with NO audio makes me ready to try it. Also, the "focus during manual reloading" tip is GENIUS! Thanks so much! Amazing video!
This is one of, if not the best aiming video I've ever seen. Most skilled players know these things intuitively but hearing it explained so well really makes you actively think about it instead of just doing it off instinct. Well done.
another good thing i found is that when you are warming up for a game like apex and or valorant you can lookup or take a screenshot of your crosshair and put it in the middle of your screen and go to the side of your screen and practice from a whole different places on your screen pulling your crosshair to the middle to help tell where to bring it into
This was such a great video, not many people talk about this aspect of aiming. Keep it up, bro!
Appreciate it!
A good example of focusing vs. looking :
Have you ever preaimed a corner, but the enemy came around it from further away than you expected, so you had to readjust even though he walked right through your crosshair?
siege champion. started playing apex 2 days before season ended and got to g3 with a 4.20 and 80 games because of developing tracking like this after playing siege for 5 years
great video on describing peripheral aim
people forget looking at our enemies & crosshair is really important when aiming
After focusing hard in the exercises in the video and keeping your tips in mind when playing, my aim actually improved a lot after just one test in a deathmatch in ow2. Great tips.
Bravo, this is esoteric aim knowledge 👏
Great video! It took me a long time trying to improve aim to realize this was such a key factor myself. Complete game-changer, though, and i've recommended it to anyone who's asked. Now I can just point them to this much better explanation.
Something to note is that understanding what you're seeing is a key part of having focus pay off. It takes time to get used to knowing what's going on at that detailed a level and to learn (develop 'muscle memory' for) what events mean practically for what you should do next, both in general and in any specific game.
Ive been playing without sound for a while and its helped my ranked gameplay a lot. I went hardstuck gold 1 to diamond 2 in about a season. Luck with teammates may play a role but i still carry most of the games through plat and up to diamond 3. Good video, took me about a year to figure this stuff out and they are the most game changing tips anyone can use to become top 25% players
Congrats bro 🎉 D2 is 1% btw😅
Well done! Playing with no sound is so nice.
@@9W0o Thanks i appreciate it but I didnt realise that d2 was 1%
This is really useful, but I think its actually a small part of something bigger, outside of just aiming. I'd say the first step is to remind yourself to be conscious i.e. Mentally actually telling yourself what's happening, and it applies to all games. The easiest way I found to work on this is whenever you fail (die, lose a point, whatever) try to remember in as much detail as possible what happened, and see where you went wrong. It's a lot easier in games that save match replays like Overwatch, but always try to recall it yourself before you check the replay
good tips on the slienced gameplay, really helps me to focus on target. keep up the good work fam !!
Thanks, will do!