Valorant: How To Improve Your Aim & Does Aimlabs Really Help?

"What warm-up? Get in there!" Those Valorant players in ranked who skip warm-ups are like the daredevils of the game, leaving their poor teammates in the lurch. And the next thing you hear in-game when someone is whiffing their shots is "Aimlabs is free." But how helpful is Aimlabs really? Isn't a warm-up routine within the game itself much more efficient? Let's get to the bottom of it!

Aim Routine In Valorant And Aimlabs

With a solid warm-up before your ranked games, you can test out some new aim routines and soon enough, your hand will be delivering shots that even have your enemies questioning if you've secretly enlisted an aimbot.

In-game, it's best to start by heading into the Range with our old reliable friends, the bots.

Valorant Aim Training: Step By Step

• Step 1: Start by precisely aiming for the heads of the bots. Avoid flicks or any abrupt movements; just concentrate on accuracy.

• Step 2: Now, add your movement. Strafe with A and D between shots, finding the point where you briefly stop, so your first shot is accurate. In settings, turn on Shooting Error for this. Go to Settings → Video → Stats and scroll all the way down. Afterward, you'll see a small graph while shooting. The orange bars show your first shot accuracy and blue the movement inaccuracy. This graph helps you know when you can shoot most accurately.

• Step 3: Now, practice spatial aiming. Stand on the wooden beam where the start button leans, so that the heads of the bots are not in a straight line. Additionally, you can stand farther away on a Sage Wall to practice spatial aiming at a distance

• Step 4: Next, you practice flicks. You can set the bots to hard, or leave them stationary and try to shoot them as quickly as possible.
• Step 5: Let's move on to tracking. Get closer to a bot and walk around. Try to keep your crosshair precisely on the bot's head as you move. Next, you can set the bots to strafe.
• Step 6: Practice spraying. On the wall and target, you can see the spray pattern, and you should pull your weapon down around the fourth bullet. Additionally, you can practice spray transfer from one bot to another to get a feel for it.

• Step 7: Enter a mode where you have real players as test subjects. Whether it's Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, or Swiftplay. Then, you'll be well warmed up. It's like preventing tendonitis in sports, but here, you're preventing mental breakdowns.

I can confidently say that Valorant was my first shooter and with these warm-ups, I quickly climbed the ranks, so it really helps.

Does Aimlabs Benefit My Aim In Valorant?

Aimlabs can actually help you get better at aiming by training the specific parts of your brain you need for it. It also figures out what you're good at and what needs work, offering exercises tailored to you, like tracking. You can even select exercises specifically designed for Valorant, as many Valorant maps are replicated in Aimlabs.

However, it's better to view Aimlabs as a secondary exercise that you can do occasionally. If you want to improve in a game, it's always better to prioritize practicing within the game itself.

It's like when athletes go to the gym. They train their muscles there, and it's beneficial for their sport, but they still train for their specific sport on the field. A comment under a YouTube video nailed it:

I'm absolutely garbage at aim labs despite being immortal 2. I know people who are diamond 1 and even as low as silver who get higher grid shot scores than me. You have to apply those mechanics to in game.

Those were the tips and tricks for your aim routine to turn you into a GOAT in Valorant. Have fun!