Crosshair Placement Valorant Guide

In the high-stakes ranked matches where the outcome of the round is on the line, every shot matters and only the most lethal players come out on top.

Getting the first shot and predicting your opponents’ movements with your aim gives you the upper hand in one-on-one combat.

For this reason, it’s crucial to learn the best crosshair placement methods that will improve your performance and increase your chances of securing those vital kills.

Head level placement

The main crosshair placement skill you must master is maintaining your weapon crosshair at head level at all times.

This is because headshots are overpowered and very rewarding when hit in Valorant, much like in many other multiplayer FPS games.

By keeping your crosshair at head level, you’ll have a consistent upper hand over your opponents who will hit body shots compared to your headshots that deal more damage.

All in all, landing headshots will make you much more lethal in gunfights and help you improve your win rate in clutch combat.

Corner crosshair placement

Approaching risky territory when rushing a site can be the turning point of a game, which is why tactical crosshair placement is vital in this situation.

When maneuvering a corner, you must predict your opponent’s potential position and appropriately position your crosshair, while consistently aiming at head level.

This is something that comes with practice and experience in Valorant as you’ll be able to predict movement more efficiently.

You can also use sound cues and intel from your teammates as a source of information that can help you predict your opponents’ position.

Use efficient crosshairs

Your crosshair placement is only as effective as the crosshair it is navigating.

What this means is that your crosshair should be on-point and visible at all times when aiming to maintain a steady aim.

This means selecting a crosshair that you won’t lose when spraying and one that doesn’t blend with any backgrounds on maps.

These are some of the best and most common settings you can choose to enhance your crosshair’s quality:

• Color - Cyan, red, or bright green, these stand out the best
• Thickness - Thick enough to be consistently visible 
• Length - balanced enough to be visible but not obstructive
• Main style - The most common ones are traditional + styled cross or dots

Moving and peeking crosshair placement

While moving and peeking around the map, it’s important to pre-aim certain spots where you are likely to expect enemies popping out.

By doing this, as soon as you whip out your weapon, your crosshair will be at head level and ready to fire without any mouse movements.

This allows you to focus on keyboard movements and strafing rather than mouse movements which increases your likelihood of dodging your opponents’ bullets.

The best place to practice pre-aiming is in deathmatches and custom games where you’ll focus on potential angles where you’ll pre-aim opponents.

Predict your opponent’s peeks 

This is an intermediate method of crosshair placement that is essential for high elo players who want to climb to the very top of Valorant’s ladder.

When an opponent is trying to fight you they’ll eventually have to peek and there are a few ways that they can choose to do so.

They can fully peek with their body leaving them exposed, peek and continue the movement to throw you off guard, or strafe in between peeking which keeps them moving up and down.

In either case, it’s up to you to appropriately predict the movement of their body with your crosshair placement after they make the initial peek which is essential in giving you the upper hand.

Grind in the shooting range

Keeping your crosshair at head level is an essential skill that takes time and practice to fully adopt.

The best way to adopt a piece of Valorant skill is to continuously practice and the best place to practice your aim is in the shooting range.

One of the best methods of practicing head-level aim is to try to hit target dummies in succession while only vertically moving your cursor.

This will make head-level aim a regular habit which will increase your headshot percentage and damage output.