I used to use the side angle on my old laptop setup due to limitations on desk space. Now since when I changed my pc, desk and all the works, I converted it to a more conventional sort of forward face interface and which resulted to my aim to worsen overtime. From watching your video it reminded me on this old technique to switch back and use this and now I can finally see results on my aim improving. Thanks!
I'm having this issue, where I'm trying to arm aim, but either my chair is too short to my desk and my arms are heavily weighed on it (so i cant move them, or my arms are too sweaty and stick to the mousepad, causing me to be unable to use arm aiming. I've been trying to fix this for 2 years to no avail, I can't find any solutions.
@@cookies3294my guess the issue with your arm sticking might be from the humidity from where you live, try an artisan pad they are good for high humidity but finding one in your area is risky if you don't use the official site as clones are very deceiving. Desk position is tricky if you don't get the right adjustments, Ron rambo kim has a good video on it so I recommend giving it a watch
@@cookies3294 How did you end up fixing this cuz every problem you're experiencing I also experienced and it's been super annoying and IDK how to fix any of them.
I'm having this issue, where I'm trying to arm aim, but either my chair is too short to my desk and my arms are heavily weighed on it (so i cant move them, or my arms are too sweaty and stick to the mousepad, causing me to be unable to use arm aiming. I've been trying to fix this for 2 years to no avail, I can't find any solutions.
it may seem obvious but i didnt realize you were supposed to rest your forearm on the table for arm aiming, i was confused on how people arm aim with their arm hovering over the desk lol, thanks for the tip only problem i have now is my mouse hits my keyboard, my desk isnt very deep since its not a real desk but a kitchen counter top turned into a desk lmao
@@Cash_s ohh i ended up just putting my keyboard back as far as possible then putting my arm so the mouse is a few cms from the keyboard (depth-wise) it's not as comfortable but it's the only option lol
I cannot thank you enough, I was already a platinum voltaic aimer but this video LITERALLY boosted my scores by 1.8x. It felt weird at first and it took me a second to fully understand how to get comfterable with it BUT holly shit. All of my scores went above and beyond median and realized that I was coking myself the whole time. I cannot thank you enough for showing me the way to improvment.
I play with my whole arm on the table and honestly I thought you had two until I saw this. My desk has narrow cut outs for legs so you can't really twist your legs and I can't rotate my body and there just isn't enough room on my mouse pad with my arm fully on it to have a good range of motion. Short of getting a new desk are there any tips you might have? I might just have to switch to a standing desk or something
@@dirtyd2162 Honestly bro, a deep desk and a desk pad would suit you xD I tried twisting my position with my hayate otsu xl (16 inches by 16 inches) mousepad and it works for me. I just had to rotate the mousepad a little bit to give me the same surface area I have when I'm sitting normally. Another thing is those tables with slight/small half-circle cutouts in the middle so you can better position your body and your whole arm on the table can also help you I guess, but that is short of me saying, get a new desk.
I’m going to start aiming with my arm, I was a wrist (abuser) for 2 years it was because at the time I had a small $20 mice, so I only needed to use my wrist
that was a really fast and good tutorial i wanted to switch to arm aiming because my wrist hurts after long sessions or when i play like 3 days in a row which just wasnt ideal
Horizontal moves are ok but I am struggling with vertical movements when I place my arm to the desk. I am living in hot and high humidity enviroment so my arm sticks when I try to move vertically
What are your thoughts on having the back of your palm touching the mousepad? I’ve often wondered if people who use arm aiming keep their palms completely free of the mousepad to avoid friction.
Definitely recommend having the base of the palm, and the forearm in contact with the desk. The friction is actually quite helpful. If there is too much friction, an aiming sleeve as discussed in this video may be helpful ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7cnjeqLBZ4A.html and a better sitting position can also help out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RyhzcJTqxs4.html. Hovering the palm or arm takes a lot of effort and all it really does it create a great deal of instability and fatigue.
@@TheMeta It was very difficult to play for long periods without having the base of my hand rested. I did some testing with this and I wasn't very comfortable. I do think my desk is part of my issue as well....the one I have now has one of those pull out shelves underneath the desk (where my kb/m sits), but what I find is that I have to set my chair very low to get my arms at a 90 degree angle and I end up curling my legs underneath me causing knee pain. If I raise my chair then I'm sitting above my kb/m. This is most likely what is causing me to feel like I have too much friction when my palm is rested.
@The Meta Question: Currently transitioning from wrist (20 years) to arm. Can I use my wrist as a pivot point (putting pressure on the pad) at times if doing small adjustments or just use forearms/arm joint as pivot point? I've watched dozens of arm aim tutorial and they didn't mention if the wrist area can be use as a pivot point in micro adjustments on certain occasions. I asking because, using the wrist as pivot point makes it easier for me to aim in small adjustments especially in slow moving targets because I'm a wrist aimer all my life. The only problem I've encountered using wrist in conjunction with my arm is the friction of the wrist creates if I want to adjust on bigger swipes or if the ranges is at it's limits.
Actively planting the wrist typically isn't advisable, but most aiming on an actual target is done with the wrist. The forearm is there to get your hand/wrist where it needs to be so it can aim at things.
Even after watching your tips, I'm still struggling to incorporate arm aiming. And then the issue I get is I had carpel tunnel surgery on my mouse wrist, so when I wrist aim, my wrist gets tired after just an hour of playing if that so I can't find consistency anymore. Sad times :( I've spent hours in DM, aim labs etc, just focusing on arm only but I wake up the next day and all is forgotten
Hello. I want to ask you how to do it right. When I use a palm grip, should the end of the palm (where the palm ends and the hand begins) rest on the playing surface? Or should this "hump" be in the air and not interfere with movement? Thanks in advance for your reply. I would also like to ask you to contact you on discord so that I can send a photo of what I'm trying to talk about
How much pressure do you have on your arms? Do you have very slight pressure and essentially drop your shoulder and let the arm droop when you are resting? Or do you have the edge of the table as the highest pressure area and adjust the amount of wight you apply there? Or do you have a fairly firm amount of contact across the entire forearm with slightly more towards the back? Finally do you maintain medium level of contact at all times and completely change the possition of your arm when not aiming to rest it?
I dont know how to explain it but having more of your arm on the desk can make a super low precise sens feel a good bit faster than if you had less of your arm on the desk
My arm sticks every time going up and down. there's stutters every time it sticks to my wood desk. Solution is a sleeve or long sleeve shirt. Also if you have too much weight on the palms it sticks. Solution is a billiards glove with the fingers cut out.
I hated having my arm on my mousepad I hate the friction and feeling of my arm being dragged across it. I fixed this by wearing a long sleeve soft shirt… this sounds weird but seriously my arm is able to move freely and slide across my mousepad just like my wrist does and it feels more natural than my arm digging into the desk. could help you if you aim similar to me !
Yep! There’s less resistance when you have fabric covering your arm. That’s why some people like to use arm sleeves. A long sleeve shirt does the job just fine, though.
when i arm aim am i supposed to rest my forearm on the table and try to aim or should i try to lift it up a bit to lower the friction then aim lifting it up a bit for more than 30 minutes causes forearm pain
BROOO FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MY PAIN anyways I've been trying to figure out how people move their arm vertically without arm friction yet their shoulders don't hurt😪
@@pablotherobloxadventurer4621 but because of the shoulder pain i have gotten used to just resting my forearm on the table sure it might give me a bit more friction but that's what I'm comfortable with so you can try it out for yourself to see if it works for you
@@pablotherobloxadventurer4621 I was a wrist aimer for 2 years and I did try switching to arm 1 year ago but it didn't work out for me because I didn't know how to place my arm while aiming but finally after a year I am now an arm aimer. but I still do sometimes use my wrist for micro-adjustments
I've been doing arm aiming wrong for years after switching I guess?????? I have been keeping my entire arm off the table(I'm sitting quite high up in order to do so) and only planting my wrist for precise movements. I am supposed to plant some portion of my arm? whether it be 30-100% as you said?
woould this still work if a part of ur forearm was planted onto the mousepad and another part of ur forearm is planted on ur desk but not the mousepad?
COOL TIP: a great way to stop wrist aiming is to not use 10cm/360!!! I understand that you might be cracked at fortnite, but you have a whole arm for a reason
bruh i really hate my table like there is like a keyboard table under the actual table and monitor table above the middle table and i cant get my legs further cause of this damn last table where i mostly use it for adapters
i hav low sensitivity i used to aim gud with arm but i stopped playing for a month cuz of pc and now i am feeling uncomfortable using arm when i tried to change my sensitivity i cant get used to that any recovery for that?
I think most pro players use a combination of planted wrist, planted arm and hover arm aiming depending on the situation. wrist for micro adjustments, planted arm for the majority of flicking to what's infront of you in your cone of vision and hover arm for 180 turns.
Hovering the arm take a lot of effort and reduces control/stability. As Radizzle mentioned, hovering or lifting the arm would be fine for big movements but not when actually aiming at targets.
@@TheMeta I have a problem when hovering my arm I get shoulder pain overtime but I can do vertical movements easily, but if I don't hover it my shoulder would'nt hurt yet I can't do vertical movements properly, any tips that you have to fix this?
@kovvaks Im not sure if this is me or im just stupid but I watch all these videos and i think I have a pretty healthy mouse grip, forearm position and desk and chair higheth but i have recently started to feel very awkward at my desk feeling like i have no range of motion or control over my mouse which results in me moving my mouse pads over and over trying to feel comfortable and now i never am, so i was wondering if you could think of anything that could guide me to feeling comfortable again because all my kovvaks scores are going down :(
Sorry to hear that, I'm curious to know why there is no range of motion with the mouse. Sitting too high can definitely reduce the range of motion as your aim lifts up off the pad when aiming upwards. Or playing in a humid environment with no sleeve can make your arm stick to the mousepad.
@@TheMeta Thank you for the advice It probably is because of my chair height compared to my desk my feet barely touch the ground and sometimes my chair randomly lowers so it makes my position inconsistent and also I found that it is also a sort of mental block because when I start doing bad I start feeling uncomfortable and as the game goes on I get more and more uncomfortable to the point where I go crazy so it also might just be placebo effect
When I arm aim I feel like I have my shoulders in the shrugging position slightly and it makes it very annoying to play, I've tried lowering my chair and then it'd worse, I've raised my chair then the arms hit, help
Scenarios like pattargetswitch, ascended tracking v3 and mccoy 1v1 are a good place to start as they require you to aim at targets all over the place, while also requiring some precision once you target them.
The claim of wrist aiming being suboptimal is misleading. It's really about personal preference. You can wrist aim with your forearm on the table just fine to the point about tendons is easily avoidable. The decision depends on a lot of factors such as whether you use a heavy or light mouse, how much space you have, what sensitivity or DPI you prefer, what feels more comfortable, what game your playing, and also if you care more about accuracy or reaction time. I personally use a heavier mouse on a hard pad with an edpi of 3200 for csgo and other fps titles and it works perfectly for me. If you need to make wide sweeping motions with accuracy(entry fragging, spray transfers, complex spray patterns) then you'll want to use your arm most likely. If your going to be performing smaller inputs and adjustments(holding angles, insanely fast flicks, and Awping) then wrist aiming will benefit you more. Of course nothing is a hard rule because its really more of what you're personally comfortable with but the majority of players on a competitive level(especially for fps) will use both types of aiming to maximize their advantages and minimize any drawbacks of only using one style. Also if you're playing something like fortnite or minecraft with a building mechanic, then arm aiming is your best bet. Overall tho, you should play around with different styles, dpi, sensitivity, weight, and pad surfaces to find what works for you. If you always follow what everyone else thinks is the best way to do something then you'll never know if YOU could do it better in a different way. You can't break the mold by copying what's popular.
oh so that was my problem. My wrist stays exactly at the position that you warned bro. Thankue very much 🙏🙏🙏. I will stay careful and get some annihilation 😎😎😎.
@@Norwayscs that's what I've been doing as the common sense thing. It's taking time to adjust. Appreciate the answer to a silly question. Thank you chief.
Im my opinion, aim trainers aren’t necessarily the thing u need to get good in valorant, yes it will help but, it will be much better to use your perfect sens, map awareness and stuff like that if u do want to get better at just aim, crosshair placement, and map awareness do death match until ur arm breaks and u cry because of how annoying it is. But by the end of it u will seriously see improvement in aim, if u want to get better at abilities go into custom games and try stuff out and see if that helps or watch videos of pro players and see what they do. Hope this helps even though its late.
@@beeeman_ In the last month, I didn't find a good kovaak routine so I did a Deathmatch routine and watched pro matches, I was on diamond 3, I am currently on radiant, your advice is good, seriously
OMG! or just buy a "SAW" and make the 20cm by 60cm by 20cm "hole" in your desk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! desk without the hole is not ergonomic nor gaming.. it's a kitchen table! and up 25cm your monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for the gods love
