Mastering Spray Control and Weapon Mechanics in Valorant : The Key to Consistency and Victory

What is spray control ?

Spray control is an essential skill for Valorant players looking to improve their accuracy and efficiency in ranged combat. In Valorant, automatic weapons such as assault rifles and machine guns tend to have a recoil that deflects the weapon's fire when used in automatic mode. Spray control, also known as "recoil control", refers to the technique of compensating for this recoil to keep shots grouped and accurate.

When a player holds down the fire button for a short period of time with an automatic weapon, the recoil will start to affect the shots, causing the bullet trajectory to climb. To counter this, experienced players use precise mouse movements to counterbalance the weapon's recoil by adjusting the direction of their shots. By reactively adjusting their mouse position as they fire, they can keep their weapon's reticle centered on the target, maintaining an efficient rate of fire while maintaining good accuracy.

Spray control is not an easy skill to master, as it differs for each weapon due to their specific recoil. Each weapon has its own recoil pattern, which requires regular practice to get used to it and achieve optimum results. The most skilled players are able to control the spray of their weapons at different intervals which means they can adapt to different situations by adjusting the distance at which they engage enemies.

How to shoot at different range ?

At close range :

Hold your sight at the enemy's head level. This will inflict more damage. Try to spray while controlling your recoil, and you can also crouch when you sure you facing one ennemi to better control your spray, but only after you've put your crosshair on the opponent.

At medium range :

Try to burst (2 or 3 bullets) in order to hit the ennemy's head, but if you don't hit the headshot immediately, you can spray and control your recoil after crouching to get the kill.

At long range :

At long range you never want to spray or crouch you can only burst in order to hit the headshot.

Gun Mechanics :

Pistols :

With any semi-auto pistols and pistols you really want to take your time because if you start spraying the bullets won't go anywhere so take your time to shoot bullet per bullet and you'll see that you'll kill more opponents. For the sherrif it's also a bit slower.

Stinger :

At more than 15m, it's better to ads and pull down the weapon as bursts are very fast.

Specter :

At less than 10m you can just run and gun at the enemy but from a distance you can ads and burst but it's better to be as close as possible to the opponent.

Bucky :

When the enemy is less than 10m away, use the left click, but when he's further away, use the right click to maximize damage. You can also crouch to group bullets.

Judge :

With this gun, it's best to take your time and not spray, as your bullets will be spread too thinly.

Bulldog :

The bulldog doesn't have damage drop, so you can ads because the recoil is small and the ads also shoots very fast.

Guardian :

At long range, for perfect accuracy, you need to ads, because where your crosshair is, the bullet will go. This is the main advantage of this gun.

Ares + Odin :

With these two weapons, all you need to do is learn to control the recoil and then chain the ennemies together. With the odin, it's best to scope and wallbang with its good penetration.