Fundamentals of Counter Strafing - Improving Your Aim In VALORANT

When it comes to an FPS like VALORANT, new players will learn after a few games that moving while shooting will cause your accuracy to decline with increasing character velocity.

This feature in the game's physics engine makes it very difficult to land a reliable shot on your opponent while moving about in combat. However, there are ways to mitigate this effect. In order to avoid waiting for your momentum to reset to zero when going for a quick peek, there exists a popular tried and true method known as counter strafing.

In today's video, we demonstrate the basics of counter-strafing and how you can apply its principles to improve your performance in VALORANT.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:39 What is Counter Strafing

2:09 Benefits of Counter Strafing

2:58 Accuracy

3:32 Conclusion