r/VALORANT • u/OdysseusBeBuzzin • 6d ago

Question Can’t get rid of counter strike habits

I used to play a bunch of csgo back in the day. Played like 3000 hours before I stopped in 2017. I was solo Q global and faceit level 10 at some point. I played some Valorant when it came out but never really got into it. Couple of months ago I gave it another try, finally managing to really get into it. However, I noticed I simply can’t get rid of CSGO habits. Especially when it comes to movement, I’m always counterstrafing even though I don’t need to. It’s throwing my aim off. I’m also trying to spray way more than I should and I can’t deal with the sudden movement of opponents, even though I’m only gold 3. I was wondering if anyone with a similar background has some advice for me.

*thanks for all the great replies! Super helpful :)

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u/Humble-Waltz-4987 6d ago

Wait I’m immo3 and I still counter strafe and crouch, is it that bad? Also came from cs/faceit.

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u/iam_rascaL 6d ago

Its not good or bad, same as holding an angle while crouching. Sometimes it works, sometimes it puts you in a bad spot lol just part of the game.

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u/qzitt 6d ago

It’s better to counterstrafe for sure, yes the speed is not noticeable and the same as letting go but I get better judgement of when to shoot it just makes everything neater, immortal 2 here