More than aim, work on crosshair placement. I’m new too, and just finally getting used to using boxes and things to identify head height for different spots and know where your crosshair should be that makes aiming way easier because you’re not moving your crosshair nearly as much.

Aim for your control panel, ADS on Valorant and headshot the Uninstall button. The only winning move is not to play

that's a rabbit hole, but here's a few tips:

don't peak using the W key, just A and D

don't crouch spray, learn how to do 2 bullets burst and strafe between shots

aim is overrated, even more in lower ranks, focus on your movement so you're harder to hit

learn a single agent until you get a good grasp on the game mechanics

did I mentioned focus on your movement?

also, there's no aim that can prevent you from getting shot from behind, so be the rat and play with your brain

never tilt your teammates, never get pissed at the game, if you're not having fun, you're not going to get good

well, I guess that's not really just aim tips, but yep, good things to know if you're new

Practice

The biggest advice i can give is to try and consciously aim exactly where your eyes are focused and make an effort to focus on your target for a few milliseconds longer than usual before shooting. As time goes on you'll be more efficient with less time spent on each target but it's best to start off slow. Its difficult to describe in words but there's a phenomena called the "quiet eye" in sports where its been determined that elite shooters like Stephen Curry actually LOOK where they want the ball to go for longer than anyone else in their field. I've applied the same concepts to every fps ive played and it's definitely made a difference. If you wanna learn more about it there's this great video on YouTube by Michael MacKelvie.

Change to crosshairs

if you play on a low sens, crank it up. when i was first starting my lord grind, i saw someone say this in a guide and it changed everything. find something that is fast, but that you can control fairly easily. it’s especially important when you’re trying to track enemies after rolling.

What’s your mouse DPI and in game sensitivity?

I’m willing to bet that your mouse sensitivity is way too high.

For some reason I can’t read the comments???

#Cypher amd kill joy main

Hard to say, i am usually not the front attacker of the team

Usually i play around with tricks to win fights

Like this clip, fun one ways.

https://youtu.be/45OfyZqy_78?si=c-yKZQxfr-JKykRu

try peeking corners, and try playing sentinels. don't go for duelists. get good headphones, aur anticipate clearing corners!

what's your rank?

I think you're getting too close to the corners. Stay far away to increase your view. Getting too close to corners blocks your field of view.

use aimlab? idk there really isnt any easy way out. practice is all there is.

Good way to get used to aiming your crosshair at head-level is practice on your teammates in pre-round.

Just aim at their heads at different distances, from different Y axis, etc.

dont use aimlab like these people are saying. most modes on there wont help as they are all massive targets and the focus is on speed and not precision. Use SOME scenarios on koovaks like 1wall6 and use the range and play dm w only sheriff or vandal w taps

"other than 'just practice'", except the only way to improve at stuff is to practice, so just practice. Some people have routines they go through, feel free to youtube or google that

I've been using this kovaaks routine for the past 2 months and I went from bronze 3 to gold 3! My aim feels so good and I think I'll hit plat soon.

https://youtu.be/W3iPk04DT9w

It's used by many valorant professionals so it's really recommended.

I tend to pull down on my crosshair when I shoot because I'm not confident I'll hit the head and bodies are easier to do. it's completely unconscious. how can I fix that?

Keep this up and you can be the Valorant equivalent of PUBG's WackyJacky101.

Something small you can do is put timestamps of where each tip is in the video in your description. If people rewatch the video, they'll probably be doing it to see specific info and timestamps are convenient for finding it.

Yeah people don't ping enough. I've found it specially good for example to ping where I want my wall to go as Viper pre-round, so I can start aiming before the countdown goes to 0, or as Sova when ulting (specially because map pings are at terrain height, so it even gives you the altitude to look for).

Man I just need deathmatch to come out. I’ve heard all the tips, seen all the vids, practiced in kovaaks, but that isn’t how I learn. I just need a game mode that lets me get into a bunch of gunfights over and over.

I would say just play the game more. I’ve hit diamond without doing any aim training of sorts (got my pc 2 years ago, val is my first fps). This also allows you to improve your gamesense since aim isn’t the only thing you need to climb.

I suppose you can try to improve crosshair placement? I'm a bronze 2 player and I can safely say that crosshair placement works wonders in my elo.

EDIT : This is a small question but since this comment kinda blew up, im gonna ask here. Anyone know how to break the habit of crouching and shooting? Unbinding my crouch key just made me lose a lot more duels and such because I get thrown off so hard.

Killing bots in range helps with muscle memory for the game, IN THE GAME. Just go eliminate 100 bots with only vandal headshots. But do it for accuracy first then speed.

I’ve climbed from immo 1 to 3 in the last couple months from doing 2-3 DMs with a sheriff only at the start of my sessions (followed by 2-3 with rifles). I just find that it helps me think about when I actually pull the trigger. It also gives you a lot of confidence when you win the DMs with a sheriff vs Rifles which will translate into confidence in your pistol round and therefore the rest of your rounds in your comp games. Confidence is a big factor.

1. Sounds silly, and self explanatory, but don't auto-pilot. It's easy to lose focus on your reticle. Valorant is my first PC shooter, but I managed to peak and hold Plat 3 for like three seasons, purely because I made it my goal to actively improve in each and every game. Pay attention to when your first shots are missing, break, reset your aim, and then shoot again. Don't immediately lean into the spray and pray action.
2. Focus less on 'flicking' and more on your active crosshair positioning. Clear rooms, angles, and corners one by one - try to avoid loudly entering an uncleared area without info. By doing this you'll learn natural head positions for common angles, and you'll find headshots come to you rather than you trying to force it. Search for 'slicing the pie Valorant' on YouTube and you'll see what I mean. For example, in Hookah on Bind I check the left corner on top of the box, then put my back against the wall and check the close left for a gun (you can't see a whole person from that angle), then repeat for right hand side box & window. Never all at once, always one by one.
3. Next up - warm up. Set bots to Medium in the range, and armour on, and aim for headshots only. Reset your aim to the center of the room after every miss/ kill. This will help flicks, peripheral vision, and how to sweep your mouse without losing vertical positioning. Do this before you start playing, two or three times (or however many you want, really). If you miss the headshot, don't spray, move on to the next.
4. Warm up again. Deathmatch is doo-doo, but it's helpful in terms of taking and winning fights. Don't play to win the match - I know this is hard to shake - but instead play to win as many 1v1 duels as possible. Headshots only. I play a game with Sheriff/ Guardian, then another with the Vandal/ Phantom. Ignore your K/D, you're only here to get muscle memory and reticle awareness up.
5. Check sensitivity. I have mine at 0.3 on 1200 DPI, which many consider pretty high. I have a mate who has it on 2 at 800 dpi, which honestly sounds mental and screws him over often. Don't have it too high, otherwise you'll overaim and micromanaging when you miss becomes hard. Don't have it too low because you don't want to use a whole desk just to move your reticle 45 degrees. Don't copy pro settings - they're better than most of us and it won't apply. Find your own sweet spot, and don't be afraid to modify on the fly.
6. Don't panic. Half the sprays I see is because someone missed, and then shits a brick and starts raining bullets. If you miss, just reset and go again. You'll notice in a lot of duels that people just strafe and fire one off bullets. This is to reset the recoil, and lean into the idea of a headshot while strafing. Never default to spray unless they're right in front of you. Once you get it down, a headshot will be more economical 99% of the time. The only exceptions I would say are the Ares, Odin, and Spectre. With those, spray and pray is heavily rewarded.
7. Don't aim too close to the corner. If you position your reticle on the very pixel of a corner, you're most likely gonna whiff if someone swings fast. Human reactions just aren't cut out for that kind of thing. You want the least amount of adjustment possible to have your reticle in the right place. It's different per person, but generally I position my reticle one-two 'head widths' from the corner I'm aiming at. That way I can often fire and get the headshot just automatically.

Well i’m plat 2, so I don’t know if you’d want my advice, but here’s my aim labs routine:

Spidershot Gridshot Motionshot Microshot Circletrack Switchtrack Microshot Strafetrack

Should take ~9 minutes

BUT, if you don’t have time for that, do microshot at the very least as it’s best for hitting those micro flicks when peeking or holding angles.

Also, keep a good mindset and stay confident! That’s the real key to winning!

Aim lab is more useful for new players who need to improve their basic aiming mechanics.

Since you're diamond already, it won't benefit you much. You should just play DM, like an hour a day.

But play it the right way. Never stop moving, don't walk, check every angle until it becomes a subconscious thing, don't spray.

I set timers for myself. 35+ frags in less than 5min30sec is good. (Except for Icebox, that map is awful for DM.)

Grid shot 3x for worm up but be completely focused.don't spend too much time practicing flicks like grid shots. That should only be for warming hands.

Spider shot 5x (custom with smaller targets, make smaller as you get better)

Pentakill 5x (helps manage enemy priority and panicking habits)

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The most important is tracking tasks and micro shots, pick a few out and keep doing them the rest of the time.

It's really simple.

Just git gud

What's your DPI and Sens? Google some videos on finding a good sensitivity and mess around in practice range. Can try kovaaks or aim labs. Google routines for those games. Play DM often. Crosshair placement is the most important thing in this game. It can turn mediocre aimers into pro aimers if their crosshair placement is very good. Play the game.