The Optimal Mouse Grip for Aiming

[brandonjohannes]

There is a weakness I have found after using the optimal grip for about 3 years, and that would be needing to micro down. I have since transferred to a fingertip grip, but pushing my mouse at a diagonal with my thumb, so the mouse can be stable on the right side of my palm. I found this grip provides me with consistency, and better control towards my weaker sides. The downside with this grip is that you lose a little micro to the right side, but for me that is fine because it is my most consistent and accurate side. The point is that everyone is different and there is no such thing as an optimal grip, but rather you should tailor your grip so it can accommodate your weaknesses in your aim while maintaining a natural and comfortable feel.

[lebronzejames]

Thank you so much for this, finding a comfortable grip on a mouse has always been a struggle for me, thanks for showing the touching points, especially the knuckles (2-3) I needed this!

[subjecttochange]

I've pondered mouse grip for years as well, and recently I've kinda had a breakthrough I think.
I also used to "anchor" my mice around the ringfinger knuckle part of the palm, or at least tried to because with many mice it's real awkward to do so as you probably know.
I think I started out like that because the Logi G403 was my first mouse used in shooters and its pronounced hump made that grip possible and comfortable, but in turn I developed a kind of aversion to mice touching the fleshy part at the base of the thumb.

For years I encountered mice that just wouldn't work right, like the Roccat Kone Pro which was an otherwise gorgeous mouse but I just couldn't unlock its full aiming potential with my grip as it was.
So a couple weeks back I took the plunge and started anchoring it at the fleshy part of my palm (so, only rly the lower left part of the mouse touches my palm) and lo and behold, something just clicked in my brain when the mouse was more "to the left" within my hand.
I found better spots for my pinky and Ringfinger, it was overall much less exhausting to use for a couple hours at a time, it didn't continually recede back into my palm when holding it like this (big issue with many mice without a juicy hump in the back when shoving them into your palm's right side), and somehow the position of the sensor within my hand was more in sync with how my hand moved in response to what was seen on screen.
Wiggle room was still plenty, maybe even a little higher because of how stretchy the new anchor point is.

That opened up a number of mice that it'd just written off and I can only recommend everyone to experiment with wildly different ways to position mice within the hand because you never know which combination works out with your particular hand shape & size.

[dawsonchan]

Had a issue with finding a proper mouse grip for years. Tried every type of grip, mouse and mouse pads. finally found a perfect grip for myself from this video. man feels good

[peep]

I used to use the optimal grip but since everybody used palm grip i switched big mistake.
Usualy people just say that each grib has pros and cons but they dont list them.
Thank you really helped my accuracy went up by around 5 % and my worst accuracy stabled at around 50%

[thecheneral]

I grip my mouse with basically a fingertip grip but i also push the mouse's back left corner into the meat of my thumb so it's a 6 point grip.

[frst]

I think that the optimal one looks like a pincer claw grip. Using and loving it

[imflavo]

Straight to point and good content. Amazing as always Kovaak :D

[alvarovilela]

I use a palm grip, changed my grip to this one to go through my KovaaK's playlist today. I just got new highscores in all scenarios by a significant margin. It also feels like it doesn't tense my arm up as hard as the palm grip. Thank god for this video lol.

[eakmadashma]

Luckily this is the natural grip I use when I switched from console to pc. Although it was subconsciously influenced cause I saw that most good aimers played a sort of claw fingertip hybrid in handcams it quickly became natural because I had no prior experience with a mouse.

[levelzz]

man, thank you alot, you can't imagine the way you just helped me right now, I instantly improved my flicks by that vídeo and the other about flicking, I already had a really ok/good tracking but poor flicking and it helped me alot

[Kyloxvi]

Naturally my hand fits over my mouse like this! Thanks for letting me know I’m not doing anything wrong lol

[HobGoblino]

I’m literally giving up playing m and k. I have incredibly large hands (23 L 12.5 w). I’ve tried the deathadder v2 from a friend, g403, g903, g502. Nothing fits and aiming feels incredibly awkward. I try clawing fingertip etc but I just don’t have that feeling that I have full control of my crosshair. If only companies would give ppl like me an option for a suitable mouse. ( btw I have 400 hours in kovaaks so I’m totally convinced that my hand size is holding me back in terms of aim)
Update: finally found the mouse I needed. It’s the Corsair rgb pro wireless. I have no idea how it fits me perfectly and my aim feels natural and smooth af. Srsly for guys that have big ass hands this is a must buy if you want to have good aim

[ailurii]

Well apparently I’ve been using the right wrist placement and mouse grip subconsciously since I first switched to MnK a few weeks ago. No wonder my aim already felt so smooth and consistent despite being so new to using a mouse for FPS.

[buscon]

RING FINRGER HURTS
hey, so i have a big question im using the same claw girp and im prety decent with it, but i have a big problem i had to switch to finertip grip bc my ring finger hurts, not my finger actualy but... if u look ur ringfinger nail from above so the side wich is contacted to the mouse my nails kinda cutting in to my skin and it hurts whatever i do with my ring finger it hurts im i gripping wrong or what is happening somebody help thank you (sorry if i miss spelled something or its hard to understand english is not my first launguege

[christophs.]

this grip works well for me so far. what i don't fully understand is if you say you can microadjust with your fingers, does the mouse still touch your palm when doing so? because if i move the mouse forward with my fingers while my wrist stays planted on the mousepad, the mouse doesn't touch my palm anymore and i lose a lot of stability and control. if i on the other hand just adjust a few mm so the mouse still is in contact with my palm, i can only go for very very small adjustments and they happen mostly by pushing the mouse further into my palm as opposed to pushing it away.
so i'm not sure how to approach this problem and would be thankful for any advice.

[danielmiller]

I actually do a weird holding style, I do palm grip, but my fingertips are raised just enough, so I can make micro adjustments, mostly used for spraying in csgo

[THE_REAL_CAPTN]

A strange thing happened to me where my hand seemed to force evolve my grip for me. I had been comfortably playing something of a loose fingertip grip on a small mouse (UL2) with larger hands (20x10 cm) for a while (with good results) until suddenly my hand just didn't like the grip anymore. I would feel like I couldn't hold my mouse right. And then the only grip that started to feel good (could still aim well and hold the mouse securely) was the optimal/claw grip you've highlighted.

[siriousg]

Is your wrist planted on the pad for this or is slightly elevated?

[pangrattato]

I can't use this grip because the shape of my mouse doesn't allow it and I have a big hand, there are other grips I can use? (can't buy another mouse)