Immortals don’t counter strafe in valorant…Here’s why

Immortals do NOT Counter Strafe in Valorant. After watching this video you’ll know exactly why. It’s just unnecessary considering that you have to think about so many things. It would be better for you to put focus in your game plan and aim. This way all you have to do is release your movement key and you won’t have to be concerned if you timed your counter strafe properly. Of course this is a heavily debated topic so let me know what you think down below in the comments. Thank you and Duce Duce.

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[maskangel]

for me, counterstrafing is a lot more consistent. pressing a key makes it easier to hit the timing, because i know i shoot after i hit the key. letting go of a key is really awkward for me. it might just be because i've played cs for years and always counterstrafed.

[Noahjowow]

I heard Shroud mention that you can shoot almost instantly after you let go of the movement key. I didn't understand this untill recently and this has been a major benefit for me and my gameplay

[hatto]

I think counterstrafing is still useful though, but just don't fully stop. It's useful on a quick jiggle for a 1-tap attempt to immediately hide after the shot. I know you kinda covered it with the jiggling part, but just wanna point that out as well.

[ItzNob]

i noticed beforehand i was doing this unintentionally without knowing. It actually explains why some days when i tend to drone out i do better but when i’m more focused i do worse

[teddyseba]

As a very consistent Immortal player myself, who doesn’t play anymore, I find myself watching these videos mainly out of curiosity rather than to learn. I believe all these tips are useful! I subconsciously stopped doing this a few episodes ago and realize I mainly do it when I’m tilting. I don’t think it has a huge impact but the discipline you build off of tips such as these will all come together and make you an overall better player. Keep trying, but don’t make your overall playstyle about the shit you’ve seen on YouTube. Valorant is the most fun when you can be yourself and play how you want, and still succeed.

[tracjng]

So ive been jiggling for 2 years in valorant?

[nickrl]

Counter-strafing is a mechanic useful in CS:GO and other 'pure' (using Source physics as-is) Source games because player characters in the Source engine have a significant deceleration period when you release movement keys. Counter-strafing cuts this time very quickly by starting movement in the opposite direction. The Source Engine is also specifically coded to stop your momentum immediately if you press an input opposing your current velocity (See: accidentally stopping mid-air as scout tf2).
Valorant is not a Source Engine game (it's Unreal Engine). The physics are not the same. Player characters lack that long deceleration period that makes counter-strafing useful. Counter-strafing has anywhere between no impact to a very, very small impact on this stopping time. Most players will find this difference basically negligible. Some players find that timing their shots for 0 movement error is easier when counter-strafing as a result of muscle memory. These players are free to continue counter-strafing as they wish. Some players find that timing their shots for 0 movement error is harder when counter-strafing as a result of extra inputs and timings (even compared to jiggling-- releasing the counter-strafe is also a learned timing). These players should not counter-strafe. Just do the thing that gets you comfortably shooting bullets near the location of your crosshair

[FeqZGalaxy]

Easy fix for the counter strafe timing: Wooting 60HE. It's equipped with analog switches which can be adjusted in 0.1mm steps. You can also enable a feature which allows to turn off a switch by releasing the key by only 0.1mm so if you let go of let's say A or D, you will instantly stop moving. It helped me alot. W keyboard hands down

[justmatu._]

thnx bro!! it really helps to see another perspective of the mechanics

[gabdielcrespo]

I've been unintentionally using both depending on the situation, you should master both so your movement is a lot more diverse.

[keawmlbb]

after following the tips you gave, now I'm always on top of the frag, thanks bro

[cagethelonewolf]

thanks for telling us about the graph, it single handly changes the learning curve, without it you'll never assume that your doing it correctly, but with the graph you can see you are jigglign at max speed without failing a shot

[udukamjoku]

I've heard for a while ppl say counterstrafing was pointless in val but until I actually learned how to counter strafe, getting those first contact kills were 50/50. Yes I see it's LESS USEFUL then when used in CSGO but to say it's useless is a understatement imo. Whenever I get my timing down with my counterstrafes and hop in ranked, my accuracy is much more consistent and this is largely why I was able to rank up. Jiggling is something Ive always tried to do and can do it's just not as effective from what I've seen in my gameplay

[harrybennett]

For you it feels like counterstrafing is something extra for you. With many other people, myself included, counterstrafing feels like second nature, and it would be going out of my way to not counterstrafe. Trying not to counterstrafe messes up my aim and just makes my experience worse.

[spiartslite]

Oh that's actually really informative, and also good to see that u made the text have an outline in the thumbnail :D

[sev]

For me personally, I aim by how the bullets/recoil feel and movement coordination. I practice A LOT in The Range, and I tend to warm up by trying to feel where the bullets are going and how to move to be accurate and evasive. But my playstyle is more of prediction, trapping, and lurking. So I play controllers and initiators more than Duelists.

[kaifreecss]

i started following u a week ago.. now i feel my aim is smoother now. Thanks for u advice 💕

[RemValorant]

Radiant coach here, if you don't counterstrafe you are only immortal because riot has a horrible ranking system.

[Purifiedk]

I've always counter strafed for years. It's not something I can really stop doing. I mean, I suppose it barely affects me. But since the movement is definitely more sensitive, I have messed my strafe up before, but not often.

[paduz]

I'm so used to counterstrafing that even if it doesn't make a difference, it's still a thing I do