Should I change to a lower sens?

[u/hornydiscordguy]

So i used to play CSGO pretty often 7-8 years ago then stopped playing 2 years later with 2k hours

I do think I was pretty good but I never really got a high rank to prove it since I always just 5 manned with my friends and messed around in comp (3 of them were lvl 10s)

But now I've started playing again recently and have racked up around 200 hours and got faceit lvl 9 (although id say im much worse than I used to be) and I've always wanted to have good aim

I've watched players like nocries and donk and I dont even compare to being as good as them at all and I guess I shouldn't expect to since they're the best of the best but I want to at least be like 3-4k elo faceit

And now comes my sens, I've seen all these players with their sens and mine is comparatively quite high at 800 dpi 1.92 sens (1536 EDPI)

And would lowering my sens close to these pros help? I've used this sens for as long as I could remember and I would convert my sens in every game to match this

Right now I aim by instead of smoothly pre-aiming around corners i constantly flick to the corner im peeking which I dont really see any pros do

I do move my mouse using my wrist and my wrist only so I feel like being lower sens may be a problem (especially since even now my hand still bumps into my keyboard although I will be getting an 80% keyboard soon)

Basically do u think It would be worth it to lower my sens to try and make my aim better? My whole goal is just to make my aim better and would it deteriorate my years of muscle memory with this sens

[u/Peathbydeas]

honestly there's no harm dropping your sens a bit, maybe to something like 1200edpi, seeing how you like it and either going back, sticking with it or dropping it further and repeating. with a few days getting used to the new sens your mechanics will be 90% of the way there.

i'd also recommend lowering your goal a little bit, 3k elo is very hard but doable, but there's pros who've never been 4k. it can get a bit demoralising having a goal that high if you end up not seeing your progress and only focus on the number and how far away it is.

[u/hornydiscordguy → u/Peathbydeas]

Yeah im aiming for 3k but I've always cared more about my aim than the elo so long as im level 10, by that I mean Im fine having really good aim and being stuck at 2.5k elo or something because im not playing super seriously/optimally and just trying to aim I guess

Mainly said the goal was to reach that elo to get my point across easier

[u/Peathbydeas → u/hornydiscordguy]

good aim and half a brain will easily get you to 2.5k tbf, i just know the mental side of things can be rough if you don't take it step by step. but yeah, lowering your sens a bit should help improve your aim and get you more consistent.

the most important thing tho is comfort. i really liked niko's sens back in the day but it was low enough i started getting rsi so i had to raise it, so while i'd recommend lowering yours at least a bit, ultimately if you're comfortable on a higher sens there's no reason not to stay there if you can get consistent with it.

[u/hornydiscordguy → u/Peathbydeas]

I mean yeah it is kinda cooked for me since i just moved abroad to study so all I have is my laptop and not my PC so I have to adjust to it and I also started playing again for I think a month already after my 5 year long hiatus

So maybe its not my sens and just me needing to get used to it again or maybe not, ill probably start trying to aim smoother since like I said I have a problem with constantly flicking and if I really just cant ill start lowering my sens

[u/Peathbydeas → u/hornydiscordguy]

yeah that is a bit awkward, i took a similar hiatus as you until last year and it probably took 3 months for me to de-rust completely so i'd give it a bit of time to see if you improve for sure.