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Settings, keybinds, and crosshair for VALORANT used by Boaster

Jake “Boaster” Howlett: A Rising Star in the VALORANT Community

If you’re a fan of VALORANT, chances are you’ve heard of Jake “Boaster” Howlett. He’s become one of the most well-known figures in the VALORANT community, thanks to his impressive achievements and his infectious energy. While we can’t promise you’ll play like him, we can provide you with his settings, keybinds, and crosshair, so you can at least emulate his setup.

Jake “Boaster” Howlett hails from the United Kingdom and started his VALORANT career with SUMN FC in August 2020. He later joined Fnatic in February the following year. Boaster is known for his versatility as he excels with a variety of agents in the game, including Astra, Sova, and Skye.

One of Boaster’s notable achievements in the VALORANT scene is his multiple victories in European region VCT events with Fnatic. He has also led his team to successful runs in international VALORANT events, including the championship win at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo.

Like many VALORANT players, Boaster has a background in professional play in another popular tactical shooter, CS:GO. He competed in the CS:GO circuit from 2015 to 2019 before taking a break and transitioning to VALORANT in 2020.

If you aspire to become a professional player like Boaster, here are his VALORANT settings:

Boaster’s VALORANT Settings

Mouse settings

Logitech G Pro X Superlight White

  • DPI: 400
  • In-game Sensitivity: 0.52
  • eDPI: 208
  • Scoped Sensitivity: 1
  • Polling Rate: 1000
  • Windows Sensitivity: 6

Crosshair settings

Crosshair

  • Color: Green
  • Inner Lines: 1 / 1 / 1 / 2
  • Outlines: On / 1 / 1
  • Outer Lines: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
  • Center Dot: On
  • Fade / Movement / Firing Error: Off / On / On

Key bindings

Key Bindings

  • Crouch: Left Ctrl
  • Walk: Left Shift
  • Jump: Space Bar
  • Ability 1: Q
  • Ability 2: E
  • Ability 3: C
  • Ultimate Ability: X

Video settings

Video Settings

  • Material Quality: Low
  • Anti-Aliasing: MSAA 4x
  • Detail Quality: Low
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 1x
  • Texture Quality: Low
  • Improve Clarity: Off
  • UI Quality: Low
  • Bloom: Off
  • Vignette: Off
  • Distortion: Off
  • Vsync: Off
  • First Person Shadows: Off

Map settings

  • Rotate: Rotate / Based on Side
  • Keep Player Centered: Off
  • Minimap Size: 1.1
  • Minimap Zoom: 0.9
  • Minimap Vision Cones: On
  • Show Map Region Names: Always

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