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Top Raw Acceleration Settings for VALORANT

Raw Accel: The Best Mouse Acceleration Program for VALORANT

Raw Accel is a third-party mouse acceleration program that can be used with VALORANT. While Raw Accel’s benefits have taken the competitive shooter community by storm, beginners may have trouble choosing the best settings. If you are looking for the best Raw Accel settings in VALORANT, the preferences of Tyson “TenZ” Ngo are the perfect starting point.

What does Raw Accel do in VALORANT?

Raw Accel in VALORANT can make flicking and perfecting headshots easier by adjusting your in-game sensitivity dynamically, depending on how you use your mouse. Best of all, it’s a free-to-download program and can be set up within minutes.

The Best Raw Accel settings for VALORANT

First and foremost, download Raw Accel (v1.6.1) from the official GitHub page. When you open the program, you’ll see a dynamic graph showcasing the effect your mouse input speed has on the sensitivity on the right and multiple editable factors, like the sensitivity multiplier, acceleration type, and more, on the left.

To begin, in the Raw Accel window, click on the Charts tab, select Scale by mouse settings, and enter your current mouse DPI and poll rate (usually 1000).

TenZ’s Raw Accel settings for VALORANT

Here are the Raw Accel settings TenZ prefers in VALORANT:

  1. Sens Multiplier: 1
  2. Y/X ratio: Check the box for Lock X & Y
  3. Rotation: 0
  4. Acceleration type (drop-down): Linear
  5. Gain box: Checked
  6. Acceleration: 0.05
  7. Cap Type: Output
  8. Cap Output: 1.2
  9. Input Offset: 15

Also, set your in-game sensitivity to 0.16 and mouse DPI to 1600 to get the exact experience as TenZ. After you input and apply all the values, the effective mouse acceleration curve will be displayed on the right-hand side of Raw Accel’s window.

If you decide to use TenZ’s settings anyway, check if the mouse acceleration curve suits your playstyle in the game. You can always adjust the values.

How to find the best Raw Accel settings in VALORANT

If you are willing to take the extra step in finding the ideal Raw Accel curve for yourself, we have included everything you need to know about the process below.

  1. Start by opening Raw Accel, clicking the Charts tab, and selecting your mouse DPI and poll rate.
  2. Next, select an acceleration type from the dropdown list—preferably Natural Gain, Classic, or Linear—and then input a sens multiplier value of your choice.
  3. To start testing the acceleration graph, you can use an aim trainer, as well as the VALORANT practice grounds, where you can try tracking a moving target accurately. If you find keeping the cursor within the target difficult, try lowering the sens multiplier. Similarly, if you can’t move your cursor enough, increase the sens multiplier.
  4. Once you determine a comfortable sens multiplier, you’ll need to find the perfect offset value and enter it. The offset is the time after which the acceleration to a higher sensitivity kicks in.
  5. Like the sens multiplier, you’ll need to choose a value for acceleration and limit to build the best curve. Enter 0.05 as the acceleration value and check if it suits you by practicing popular shooting exercises on Aim Lab or KovaacK’s. Tweak the value as needed; do the same for the limit parameter.

Use Raw Accel Curve Helper to find the best sens multiplier for you

You can also use a free tool named Raw Accel Curve Helper, created by ItsHappyGoLucky, to calculate the perfect sens multiplier for Raw Accel and eventually build a suitable acceleration curve for your game style in VALORANT.

Remember that the trick to cracking the best Raw Accel settings for VALORANT is to experiment and practice as much as possible.

Is using Raw Accel bannable in VALORANT?

The simple answer is mostly no. Riot Games shouldn’t punish you for using Raw Accel in VALORANT. It might be a third-party software, but it doesn’t offer an unfair advantage like cheats or other bannable programs do. It only tweaks your mouse settings to help suit your playstyle. That said, since it’s a third-party tool, we recommend using it at your own discretion.

Raw Accel in VALORANT, summarized

With Raw Accel in VALORANT, you’ll be able to adjust in-game sensitivity dynamically. It’s free, can be set up within minutes, and the best settings are the ones used by VALORANT pro Tyson “TenZ” Ngo.

Here are the Raw Accel settings TenZ prefers in VALORANT:

  1. Sens Multiplier: 1
  2. Y/X ratio: Check the box for Lock X & Y
  3. Rotation: 0
  4. Acceleration type (drop-down): Linear
  5. Gain box: Checked
  6. Acceleration: 0.05
  7. Cap Type: Output
  8. Cap Output: 1.2
  9. Input Offset: 15

Additionally, you can apply your own preferred settings for Raw Accel by following the provided steps.

Now that you know how to enable Raw Accel in VALORANT, hopefully, you’ll be able to improve your aim and climb the ranks.