Dealing With Pressure Scenarios in VALORANT
Tactical shooters like VALORANT are all about holding angles and landing clean shots on your opponents, hence the old “just click heads!” However, clicking heads becomes much more challenging when your enemies push directly into your position and force you to confront them in a close-quarters aim duel.
Due to the low time to kill in VALORANT, paired with the generally slower movement and inability to shoot accurately while moving, most aim duels will take place in medium to long ranges, mainly relying on your ability to make fine adjustments to your aim. The better your crosshair placement is, the more minimal the necessitated adjustments will be.
However, you are certainly also familiar with the feeling of an opponent getting up close and personal with a shorty, or a Jett dashing and updrafting into you during her ultimate, or perhaps even a Raze double-satchelling into your face with the perpetually frustrating judge shotgun. In these scenarios, relying on your micro-adjustments goes out the window as you must rely on your ability to make swift, large adjustments to reposition your crosshair accordingly and deal with these pesky combatants.
This task will emulate these in-game situations where your opponents force you to engage in close-quarters aim duels. It puts you in a high pressure scenario where pill shaped targets with head hitboxes “push” into your position from three different points of entry in Ascent’s mid region. You will need to deal with multiple targets in close quarters combat. It’s important to manage the targets, eliminating them as quickly as possible to prevent yourself from being overwhelmed. Remember, aim for the head!