The world of professional Valorant players requires skills, talent, and practice, in order to remain in this tough industry. While we know that choosing the right characters, mastering the game mechanics, honing your skills, are some of the ways to get stronger—what most may not pay attention to is the gaming setups and settings.
Having good gaming gears is like having strong in-game weapons. While we tend to focus on leveling up and practicing our characters—we tend to forget that one of the greatest ways to achieve power is to master ourselves and upgrade our real-life arsenals.
Here, we take a look at the gears and settings that one of the rising star players of Valorant’s professional scene uses in order to get an edge in the battlefield.
Who is Reduxx?
Yassin Aboulalazm is a 17 years old American pro Valorant player that has lately been on a fiery rise in the professional league with his Esports team Sentinels. We will take a peek at the kind of gaming setups that help Reduxx play Valorant greatly.
Specialized Mouse Settings
As a professional player in a fast paced game, Reduxx experimented with the mouse he uses and in-game configurations that are tailored fit for his gaming preferences. He uses a mouse with high sensitivity, about 1600 DPI, then lowered his in-game sensitivity to 0.155—a higher DPI mouse combined with a lower sensitivity in-game setting will result in a balance that provides preciseness like no other, which is great for PC Games like first-person shooting.
A high mouse poll-rate of 1000 Hz and a scoped sensitivity of 0.743 also allows him to bring out the full response rate potential of a powerful gaming build. His windows sensitivity is set to 6 to ensure raw input buffer for accurate tracking.
Customized In-Game Keybinds
After testing out various keybind placements, Reduxx, found these Valorant control settings to be the current best fit for his gameplay.
- Ability 1 is set to the F key
- Ability 2 is binded to the mouse button 4
- Ability 3 is triggered with the C key
- Ultimate Ability is activated by pressing the X key
Optimizing these key settings in Valorant allows Reduxx to be lethal in executing quick and precise shots.
Performance Over Aesthetics
One of the most relatable things across most gamers is choosing between how a game looks or how smoothly we can play the game. Not all of us are born with fortune, but that doesn’t stop anyone from enjoying being a gamer. Choosing to optimize for low graphics makes the game playable, a fact that gamers shouldn’t be ashamed of. Surprisingly, it turns out that even the pro’s are opting for performance and would not hesitate to set their game graphics low in order to ensure that their skills shine the most.
We look at Reduxx’s in-game video settings to not only know what the pro’s do but also inspire us about gaming.
Firstly, as any good gamer does, Reduxx plays at fullscreen—nothing beats experiencing a game other than this. His NVIDIA Reflex is set to On – Boost to reduce lag. His graphics settings are mostly kept low in order to get the smoothest gameplay.
Some other video setting/setups he use:
- UI Quality set to High
- Bloom enabled
- MSAA 2x and 2x Anisotropic Filtering
Conclusion
It takes so much thinking if you want to be great at Valorant, so many things to consider and practice—this applies not only to gaming but in any aspect of life where the goal is to be the best.
Swiftness, preciseness, and reaction speed are some of the most important qualities for a first person shooting game like Valorant. Knowing the kind of settings and setups that would suit you best is also crucial in order to perform as the best version of yourself. We hope a tour to one of the pro’s settings would teach gamers about the importance of trying out new things for growth.
As good as Reduxx’s settings and setups are, remember that not every player is the same. Following this guide may be the key to some and at the same time slow down others. The unknown may feel uncomfortable, but beyond it lies a form of power you and the rest of the world has yet to encounter. Keep trying out new strategies and experiment with gear and settings until you find what suits you best.
