I can't seem to get headshots that well.

[kid named finger]

I'm new to cs go. I played a couple of deathmatch matches and I got #rekt like most people on their first time playing. I want to get better, and I hear headshots can help you get better.

That's the problem.

I SUCK at headshots. Every time I try to go for one, I end up just getting beat by people with the AK-47 headshotting like pros. I've tried everything I can to get better at headshots. Changing the crosshair, practicing with bots, done recoil patterns, but none of them seem to work for me. I need HELP. Tips?

[Tiel]

Changing the crosshair doesn't help, that's a mentality thing. Only thing you can do is keep playing and practicing. Good luck.

[lopside]

Go to tf2 play sniper for about an hour then come back to csgo

/thread

[Catmality]

If you can surprise them, aim for the head, make sure the gun is still.
Otherwise, try crouching, and learn the spray and recoil for guns.

[Cynix]

A few parts of a guide I wrote a few weeks ago might help you. It's more of a general purpose "how to get better" guide but whatever.


First of all, let's go through the hardware part:
Make sure you have AT LEAST 60 FPS if you have a 60Hz monitor and 120/144 FPS if you have a 120/144 Hz monitor. If needed, turn all the details to low, turn off anti aliasing, lower your resolution, play in 4:3... What ever is needed. You want your game to run as smoothly as possible because it's harder to hit an enemy when he's teleporting around on your screen. Yes, your precious skin might look ugly on low settings, but this guide is about getting better at the game, not about looking pretty. If you can, leave shadows on high because it also increases the shadow draw distance (depending on the spot, you see shadows from enemy players before they peek. With shadows on "high", you can see these shadows even when the enemy player is further away).

The second thing you should make sure to have is a large mousepad so you have enough space to move your mouse. The problem with small mousepads is that you need to lift your mouse a lot because you reached the border. This makes movement and sometimes even aiming a chore. I personally recommend the Steelseries QcK Heavy.

Then you'll need a microphone. This game requires you to communicate with your teammates and you need to be able to do so.
You should go to an empty server, use the command "voice_loopback 1" and talk. The game will play your voice back and you can hear what your teammates would hear in a real game.
PLEASE adjust your volume setting so that your microphone actually transmits your voice and not just loud noise. People will just mute you because you're beyond annoying and you lose the ability to communicate with them, usually resulting in a lost game.


When we got this down, start with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwT5fXEloxg

The lower your sensitivity is, the more precise you'll be able to aim and make small corrections but it also means that you need to do bigger swipes to turn around. On the other hand, playing with a higher sensitivity will make it harder to pin down heads at further distance but it makes it easier to move around the map. You need to find a balance that suits you.

I personally play at 400 CPI with an ingame sensitivity setting of "1.8".
If your mouse uses a different CPI setting, this is how you can compare your sensitivity:
[CPI 1] * [Setting 1] = [CPI 2] * [Setting 2]
So say you want to use the same sensitivity I use but your mouse uses 1000 CPI:

400 * 1.8 = 1000 * X | with X being the number you need to set your ingame sensitivity to.
This would of course equal 0.72 - so when your mouse uses 1000 CPI and you wanted the same sensitivity as me, you'd need to set yours to 0.72.



You can use these two training maps to develop muscle memory:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=213240871&searchtext=training+aim+csgo+2
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=243702660&searchtext=aim_botz


This map here is really good to practice spraying your weapons:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=419404847&searchtext=recoil




Then watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9mvXfnY8wU
And practice it until you do it ALL THE TIME. You want your crosshair to be at head level and at the spot where an enemy is most likely to pop up. Why? When an enemy comes around the corner, you can just shoot and instantly headshot him.


Go to Play -> Community Servers and search for "headshot". Refresh the list. You will find a lot of headshot deathmach servers. Play a lot of that and focus on getting the kill with the first bullet. Don't spray EVER. You will get rekt really hard for a really long time. Just keep going - you're not playing for the score, you're drilling yourself to aim first, then shoot.

Together with correct crosshair placement, this will give you a lot of easy kills because as soon as an enemy pops up, you already have your crosshair right on his head and all you need to do is shoot and you'll get him.




The next thing are the maps - you need to know all the common spots on all the maps you play (so you can check them and not get get killed easily). You also need to know the callouts for every map so you can tell your teammates what is going on - and vice versa when they tell something, you know what they mean. When you play Cache and one of your teammates calls a guy in NBK, you need to know where to throw that molotov to get him out.

Some general words about communicating:
Your calls need to be precise to be useful. By precise I mean they need to transmit all the relevant information *and nothing more*. Here's an example:

When you play Dust2 CT side and see a T player on long, you call exactly that and nothing more. If you know what weapon he has (e.g. because he took a shot at you), communicate that too so your teammates know what they're up against.

YES:
"One on Long, has AWP/AK/Whatever".
"One AWP/AK/Whatever on long, probably some mid"

NO:
"A A A A A A A A A A IT'S A HELP ME FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!".

First of all, your teammates will hate you. It's really annoying and distracting to have someone shout in your ear. Nobody likes being shouted at.

Second, you sound like every single T player is literally about to swarm you and probably force your teammates to panic rotate, leaving the rest of the map open. Then they get shot in the back, you're suddenly down two players and the round is lost - all because of your call spreading panic.

Third, you block the voice chat for your teammates - If your teammate sees something important (e.g. CT doors being smoked off and Ts rotating to lower), he simply cannot tell you because you're shouting useless stuff and people won't be able to understand what your teammate has to say.





You should also know at least a few default grenades for each map and site. There's a ton of Youtube tutorials for that, you can find them yourself. Practice them until you know them by heart.

[76561198218080880]

I dont know... when i get HS everyone is getting mad why? I get like 40 kills but 30 of them with HS and ppl get mad...