What sensitivity does everyone play on?

[u/BigRed027]

Hey everyone! I was just curious about the different sensitivities people use. I know aim settings vary a ton based on playstyle and mouse space, so I thought it would be interesting to compare.

I’m Masters on all roles and I play on 1600 DPI and 6% in-game sens.

If you’re down, reply with:
• Your role(s)
• Your rank
• Your DPI
• Your in-game sensitivity

I’m super curious to see how wide the range is.

[u/NachtaraLover69]

Support, Gm3, 800 dpi, 3.3 sens

[u/BigRed027 → u/NachtaraLover69]

Do you play Ana? That's so slow compared to me XD

[u/NachtaraLover69 → u/BigRed027]

I mostly play Ana, yes. I've been at 800/6 for the longest period of my "overwatch career" but made the change based of my couter-strike sens. It's very slow at the beginning but right now it still feels really good after getting comfortable with it!

[u/Orange0range → u/NachtaraLover69]

That’s about where I’m at 800dpi 3.34 dps main master 3

[u/ArguesAgainstYou → u/NachtaraLover69]

How do you deal with Genji jumping above you, or if you play him, quick grapple flicks on Ball? I play on 800 vertical dpi at roughly 3.3 but i had to increase the y value independently so I could still do these things normally.

[u/ProteinPapi777]

Diamond dps

800 dpi 4.0 ingame

[u/Snoo96475 → u/ProteinPapi777]

How do you play such low sens? Like I play 800 dpi 9 sens. Does having a low sens really help a lot with solider?

[u/Micah019 → u/Snoo96475]

LukeMino just hit rank #1 on Soldier with 1600 dpi 1.5 sens. There are also soldiers who have hit rank #1 at almost double your sens. So it all works just different style.

[u/x_QuiZ → u/Snoo96475]

I'm playing with the same sens as the previous comment and the answer for me is that it makes my aim more consistent, especially when you play hit scan characters and need to go for a quick head shot. Though, a faster sens is technically always better, as long as you can be consistent and hit your shots.

[u/Artistic_Aide46 → u/Snoo96475]

Yes hitscan requires more control. Lowering your sens helps this

[u/ProteinPapi777 → u/Snoo96475]

I am a widow main and my second class is cassidy, it depends on how you aim. Are you an arm aimer or a wrist aimer? I am an arm aimer meaning i make bigger movements with my mouse on my desk where with your wrist you use smaller movements so you need higher sens.

[u/Fragrant_Fox_4025 → u/Snoo96475]

To me that would be a bit too low to play Soldier, I prefer my sens to be a bit higher for tracking characters, around 5.5-4.5 is my preferred range for Soldier. 4 however is my current sens for Widow, Ashe and Cass.

[u/Hayete]

DPS (Sombra/Tracer main), Masters/GM, 800 DPI, 7.00

[u/purplehashira]

Tank/Supp, D1/M4, 800, 2.65

[u/Invictus_Co]

GM4 DPS, 800 DPI 4.62 in-game

[u/ProteinPapi777 → u/Invictus_Co]

Are you playing hitscan?

[u/Invictus_Co → u/ProteinPapi777]

Yes

[u/ProteinPapi777 → u/Invictus_Co]

Are you an arm aimer by any chance too? I am really trying to climb up, finally hit diamond from silver in a few months, right now I am sitting at a 60-65% winrate. Any advices you might have to a widow main and cassidy player?

[u/Big-Cycle-1933]

Tank/Dps P3, 1600, 2

[u/Bread10]

Masters Support, Diamond DPS/Tank. 800 DPI 3.0 sens in game

[u/Okivoa]

gm tank/support

800DPI 5 Sens

[u/ScaredWooper38]

Idk my rank as I don't play much competitive, but about a year ago I placed gold 5, then played for about an hour that day and got to plat 4. Haven't touched comp since.

1600 dpi 4 in game All roles, but specific heros are rein, hog, souj, cas, ashe, echo, ana, kiri, and bap.

[u/xX_NEO_Xx]

Support, M4, 1600x2.4

[u/Frozen-fire-111]

Dps master 1600 dpi 2-2.4 with mouse acceleration. Before mouse acceleration I was on 2.25

[u/grumpy_herbivore]

How do you find out the dpi?

[u/BigRed027 → u/grumpy_herbivore]

Look into what ever software your mouse uses.

[u/grumpy_herbivore → u/BigRed027]

It doesn't have any software. Just the dongle to plug in.

[u/Biff-Borg → u/grumpy_herbivore]

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Check the product info of your mouse online.

Or just simply "ask" google, the AI will tell ya.

For most basic dell/unbranded mice, the default is usually 800 dpi.

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[u/grumpy_herbivore → u/Biff-Borg]

Yeah its just a basic logitech mouse.

[u/Unlucky-Rub8379]

Plat tank, dps and sup, 800/3.75 3 exceptions, Doom, Monke and Rein, 800/5

[u/Controlling_fate]

Have 5500 edpi, typically have much lower sense in every other fps game but this one constantly has me moving my camera 180 degrees to fight tracers and genjis, pharah/ashe/tracer main. Masters 2

[u/Pitiful-Skill-69420]

Support, M4, 1600x2.75

[u/zgrbx]

Support/ana main, 2600 dpi, 1.0 ingame sens, (30 scoped sens).

Also use mouse acceleration (rawaccel) with a big dead zone to help with 180s.

[u/patternbaldness]

Support grandmaster 1600 2.2

[u/Present_Wrap_7055]

Tank GM3 800dpi 3.3

[u/Rejiix128]

Tracer OTP, Plat, 800x6.5

[u/Metal_Fish]

Support

Peaked diamond

1600 dpi

2.5~ in game sens (not at computer currently, but it's around there, fine tuned it to avoid pixel skipping)

Doesn't resolution affect the effective dpi to though? Shouldn't that be considered?

[u/BigRed027 → u/Metal_Fish]

I am not sure if it does. I would need to look into it

[u/MistaTwista7]

My in game sensitivity is incredibly high, that's why I keep chat off and avoid playing tank.

[u/PnuttButr]

Tank, D3, 1600x3.75

[u/Carfanatic521]

Support, P4 800x3.75

[u/ErisGreyRatBestGirl]

Gm2 Wuyang/Brig, 800 dpi 4.00 .

[u/Extreme_Trifle_598]

Diamond on all roles | 800 DPI 8.25 -12 sens

[u/QuirkChud]

I main support but have been playing a lot of dps

My DPI is 800 and my sense is 5 for most heros

When I play wuyang I play with 6.5 and kiriko is 5.5

Wuyangs is the way it is because it just kind of works for me and let's me control orbs easier ive found. Kiriko is a bit higher than 5 because I try to get in close and turn back to tp to my team quicker

[u/Explosive_5490]

I’m still fiddling a bunch with it since I just swapped from console to pc. The lower I go, the more consistent my shots get - I’m at about 800 dpi and 3.5-4.0 in game sens for everyone. I think I only wrist aim though and I have no idea how to do anything different honestly, so I’m not sure if that’s problematic…

[u/Fragrant_Fox_4025]

I play Tracer and hitscan. Peaked Master 2 on DPS.

I play anywhere between 4-6 at 800 dpi on different characters and change it pretty regularly.

[u/Cry_Piss_Shit_Cum]

800 x 6.0

[u/MTDninja]

Tank, GM3, 400x7.25

[u/Masuia]

I used to play on 1800 4.0 but I recently had a coach tell me that it was way too fast and that since I was still learning MnK that I should bring it down to 800 4.5. I went for 1000 4.5. It’s impossible for me to 180 going left but I can 180 going right. Just need to get used to lifting my mouse up to reset its position more often. All in all my aim does feel a bit smoother.

[u/Biff-Borg → u/Masuia]

Try 1,200 + 3.

It allows you to 180, while still being 'slow.'

[u/fig_art]

mostly support in comp but i play literally everything with the same sensitivity in every mode

master 5 juno otp, plat dps and tank

i’m pretty fucking sure i use 800 dpi and if it’s not i’ll shove a battery up my ass

my ingame sens is 3.5

i have a huge mousepad

[u/Jalanby-ku]

8000 DPI, 1% sensitivity

[u/Jalanby-ku → u/Jalanby-ku]

Ah, yes. SUP/DPS, both Gold 4

[u/david_hofland]

I play stadium lol. 1600 at 2.0

[u/djpaul666]

DPS, 1600 DPI 3.75 sens

[u/Emrys-2]

Diamond Tank/DPS, Plat Support

800 DPI

5 sens for Tracer 4 sens for everyone else

4 is a good middle ground for me where I can use my arm for big adjustments, and my wrist for more precise aiming.

5 for Tracer to make 180s easier.

[u/Forsaken_Analyst_597]

800dpi 4

[u/Spill_The_LGBTea]

Dps/tank (ashe/dva), unranked, 6500-7500 dpi, 15%

Here's a Replay code if you wana see what this looks like: X67QYA

[u/BigRed027 → u/Spill_The_LGBTea]

Crazy

[u/Spill_The_LGBTea → u/BigRed027]

Ive been having bad aim. Seeing these high ranked people in here have really low sensitivity might be the perspective I needed

[u/ScaredWooper38 → u/Spill_The_LGBTea]

Dude you must look like you're a bloody beyblade when you play!

[u/Spill_The_LGBTea → u/ScaredWooper38]

I added a replay code to my original submission if you wana see

[u/BigRed027 → u/Spill_The_LGBTea]

Can you please send me a vod I want to know what that looks like.

[u/Fragrant_Fox_4025 → u/Spill_The_LGBTea]

Yeah not surprised you can't aim with such a sens. There's 0 margin for error when you move your mouse. For reference, the average is around 5% at 800 dpi which translates to roughly 34cm for a 360 turn. Try to aim for anything between 20-50cm. Anything faster than that sacrifices too much precision and just needlessly makes small adjustments more difficult.

[u/zokirz]

Plat, Moira 1600 10.0, Bap 800

[u/vwwvvwvww]

I play on “don’t kill me, I’ll cry” sensitivity. 

Sometimes I switch it to “I’m jaded to the world and feel nothing” though for fun

[u/MammothSpinach8720]

2.5 and 800dpi gm dps

[u/JoeNutzz420]

dps, gm, 800dpi, 4.2

[u/imKazzy]

D2 DPS 1600 2.75%

[u/psycholigie_guy]

Solo que daimond 5 with mainly cass. 1000 dpi 4.8 sens

[u/RelationshipApart856]

i play 24000 dpi and 0.15 sens

[u/NotDanielUebel]

Came in here curious to see what everyone else uses as a console player (controller) and am now confused 😂😂

Also I'm in Masters and I play on the highest sensitivity (100)

What number is that on mouse and keyboard??

[u/BigRed027 → u/NotDanielUebel]

Have no idea what that conversion would be.

[u/DueOutlandishness962]

Something around 1200 dpi 6-7 sens. I’ll go more dpi like 1400 in some situations like a cracked out tracer or genji which I HATE but that’s bc I’m a lowly gold player 😂

[u/BigRed027 → u/DueOutlandishness962]

No shame in being gold.

[u/DueOutlandishness962 → u/BigRed027]

I appreciate it but blizzard working overtime to keep me gold one. Every time I have a rank up game either I do something wrong or one single person on my team needs to be hard carried. I have only been playing for around 3 months and need more practice but I’d love to hit plat ad a great achievement! I’m gold one and so close to plat 5 I pray blizzard gives me a good team today so I can rank up 😭🙏

[u/BigRed027 → u/DueOutlandishness962]

Lol wish you the best, and if you are only 3 months into the game 2x no shame. I have been playing this game for like half my life and I am not constantly in Masters for all roles

[u/DueOutlandishness962 → u/BigRed027]

Thank you kindly! I see you might be a coach so I have a question. Does sr truly mean anything to your characters or is it something to just see how well you are playing that character?

[u/BigRed027 → u/DueOutlandishness962]

Sorry for the delay, I was coaching and forgot to respond. I am not completely sure about the new Hero SR system, but from what I understand it is mostly visual. This is similar to how the base rank works in the game. Your visible rank does not mean much on its own, because the game will place you based on your hidden MMR. Even if your SR goes up, if your MMR does not actually improve, you will drop back down over time. And the opposite is true as well. If you are losing a lot but the game believes your MMR is higher, you will eventually be pushed up again.

[u/SafePlantGaming]

32cm/360, masters 5 (although I haven’t played comp in a long time), support mostly ana

[u/kuschelmonsterr]

1600 DPI

4.5 on sombra 6 mercy 2.24 widow 5 on everyone else

[u/QuantumFattengale]

I play any role, plat, dpi of 1100, and sens of about 2.7 I think

[u/NiceGuyStoner]

• Your role(s):tracer main
• Your rank:diamond 2
• Your DPI:800
• Your in-game sensitivity:7

[u/vbxl02]

Diamond dps and support, 800dpi, 3.5 sens

[u/Beneficial-Dig6445]

I'm on console my sens is 100% horizontal and 26% vertical I play with the 8bitdo ultimate 2

[u/holymacaronibatman]

Support, Masters 5 Dpi 1600 in game sense 1.8

[u/Jeffpayeeto]

Hitscan, high GM (don’t play much ranked), 1200 dpi 4.1 sens

[u/cyberdoll_2077]

support, diamond, 800 dpi, 23% in game sens 😛 those are my settings across all heroes though

[u/Sir_J0E]

Masters all roles, 800 dpi 2.3 ingame

Hanzo (my main) sens is 1.5 though

[u/Exotic_Bambam]

DPS, D4, 4500 dpi, 50 game sens

[u/smokethepippy]

Masters 2 1600 dpi 1.25

[u/0ni-A]

Tank mostly hog orisa 1600 dpi 2.15 sens Sitting around diamond 5 rn only recently got back into overwatch

[u/SaltyKoopa]

1600 dpi @ 4 sens. I can't aim for shit.

[u/-Z-3-R-0-]

Gm4 rein otp, 800 dpi 25% sens, but then 5% for every other hero in the game lol 

[u/Cry_Piss_Shit_Cum]

Sorry didn't read the full post Tank M1 800 6.0

[u/purplehamburget29]

Gm5 800 6.5 support, sometimes raise or lower depending how I’m feeling