Best Raw Accel settings in VALORANT

If you haven’t been hitting your shots lately, it’s time to add some Raw Accel power to your VALORANT experience. While there’s not much work to set it up, beginners may find things a bit confusing—which is where we step in.

Raw Accel is a third-party mouse acceleration tool, often used by VALORANT players who want more control over their aim. It lets you fine-tune how your mouse speed scales with movement, giving you flexibility that the standard Windows or in-game settings don’t offer. 

Since you’ve landed here, chances are you’re trying to figure out which Raw Accel settings will work best for your playstyle in VALORANT: While the preferences of popular content creator (and former esports pro) Tyson “TenZ” Ngo can be a great starting point, you can also build your own curve to suit your needs.

What does Raw Accel do in VALORANT?

As a hardware feature, mouse acceleration makes your pointer travel farther when you move your mouse quickly, instead of just matching your hand’s movement. With it off, your pointer always moves exactly in line with your hand.

Raw Accel doesn’t introduce anything entirely new to your PC. Windows already has a built-in feature called “Enhance pointer precision,” which works as a basic form of mouse acceleration. The difference is that Raw Accel lets you design your own custom acceleration curve, tailored to your comfort and playstyle.

Mouse acceleration in VALORANT comes with both pros and cons. On the plus side, it can make flicks feel snappier and is especially helpful for players with small mousepads, since short-hand movements can cover more screen space with some acceleration. But the downside is inconsistency. Your aim won’t always respond the same way, making it tough to predict movements and build solid muscle memory.

Most VALORANT players prefer to turn off Windows’ default mouse acceleration setting since it isn’t built for gaming and usually does more harm than good. Raw Accel, on the other hand, lets you customize the feature according to your preferred in-game sensitivity and DPI. So if you’re planning to use mouse acceleration despite the cons, Raw Accel is the optimal choice.

Raw Accel isn’t limited to VALORANT. Players have been using it in Counter-Strike and other shooter games for years before it was adapted to work in Riot Games’ tac shooter.

How to download Raw Accel for VALORANT

Download Raw Accel 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. 

Best Raw Accel settings for VALORANT

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

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 drop-down list—preferably Natural Gain, Classic, or Linear—and then input a sens multiplier value of your choice. 
3. Use an aim trainer or the VALORANT practice grounds to test the acceleration graph. 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. Find the perfect offset value and enter it once you determine a comfortable sens multiplier. 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 (e.g., Gridshot) or KovaacK’s (e.g., Tile Frenzy). 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.

Can you use Raw Accel in VALORANT console?

Unfortunately, no. Raw Accel is only supported for gaming mice and on Windows PCs, so you can’t use it to tweak your controller. To improve your aim in VALORANT console, you can enable the Focus mode instead.

Is using Raw Accel bannable in VALORANT?

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 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 can 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 doing the following:

1. Open Raw Accel, click the Charts tab, and select your mouse DPI and poll rate.
2. 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. Use an aim trainer or the VALORANT practice grounds to test the acceleration graph.
4. Make adjustments using the sens multiplier.
5. Find the perfect offset value and enter it once you determine a comfortable sens multiplier.
6. Like the sens multiplier, you’ll need to choose a value for acceleration and limit to build the best curve.

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