How To Aim Like XANTARES
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This one is a big aim mechanics discussion video while we watch XANTARES farm on CT overpass with rifles. I've talked the position to death so it was fun to just watch but he didn't do anything groundbreaking so we changed course. Just wanted to watch back this insane half and talk about how talented he is mechanically.
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X-RAY OFF DEMO ANALYSIS
POV: XANTARES vs Cloud9 on CT overpass
HLTV Match Page:
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - XANTARES POV analysis
22:40 - Conclusion
Thumbnails by / daveydemeo
Editing by / stacksmo - Ігри
Comfort really is everything. If you’re uncomfortable, you snowball your mental because you can’t focus on getting the kills and you get stuck in your own head.
Would love to see Yekindar vs Cloud9 on Overpass. He hard carried Liquid to the playoffs.
Litterly about to comment this
Yekindar is a god, and he did insane but NAF can’t be over looked, second best NA player and it’s not even close
@@pelicansaredumb5485 True, NAF played really well, if Osee can get a bit more consistent (and stops missing easy shots like half the time), this liquid roster might become a title contender.
This!
@@pelicansaredumb5485 who is the best NA player then?
i think an important thing to note in xantares gameplay is peeking with intend. u can sometimes see him take a sec before peeking where he expects a 1v1 to come up and swings really fast and aggressive, like in 9:52. imo one of the most important skills to learn from him
intent*
He also go to the door by moving the mouse right which is longer and not common at all. He is very precise with his aiming at any point, Even if it's to aim the corner in his back, he'll land it
intent
just become a legit turk cheater like 99% of turkish csgo community
+1
The way he pre-aims and clears the angles is so satisfying to watch. It's honestly an art form imo.
Every time anyone talks about LAN specific 'issues' or 'technicalities' I can't help but think of the one n0thing anecdote where he'd have his teammates flash parts of the map and then look at the other team's faces, if they were lit white from their screens then he knew roughly where they were. Really clever imo.
And this bit about teammates watching a side of your screen, we used to do this back at cybercafes whenever we'd play some small 1.6 torunaments. Just small things that could win you a game, like shouting a little too much anytime you got a round to help momentum shift your way.
That's a great anecdote :D Thanks for sharing.
I never knew this was a thing but man that is quality - wpwp
In my city we play alot of csgo or cs 1.6 lan on internet caffe ..and that with flash is so true 🤣..we still do it also we scream, talk shit to drop their motivation, gave fake calls to confuse them.. playing lan its not popular like it was years ago but its still fun :)
As said by you in the video, I agree to the fact that ScreaM and Xantares both are top level aimers. But as said by shox - ScreaM is a natural pure raw aimer. His first bullet accuracy is better than anybody else. That's what places him in the league of pure aimers. Xantares is more of a spray guy. Both have sick aim, but while ScreaM would rely on his first bullet accuracy, Xantares would rely on his spray connecting to the head. That would place Xantares in the league of sprayers.
spray is more efficient anyway, scream is an anomaly
@@yessir6427 Every player has a different style. Niko has a burst fire style and he doesn't spray as often as other players do. ScreaM has a tap fire style. And every style has got these players success in some ways. So, the manner of shooting doesn't matter much. Most of the French players like shox, Kenny, rpk, xms have a very similar shooting style.
I feel so fortunate to have Lau review my teams demo in 2016. I got 2 kills overpass CT side long A with a p90 and you called me insane 😬 too bad that UA-cam video is long gone
Needed this Lau actually been watching Demos and highlights , Like that your going over it
while i was watching this game i was sure that lau is gonna make a video of it and was waiting for this since then so tnx for the quick upload
On the topic of watching crosshair vs. enemy think of it like this: When you're goin to click on an icon on your desktop, do you watch your cursor travel all the way to the icon or do you watch the icon where you want your cursor to go? Of course you watch the icon and it's the same thing in game. Look at where you want to shoot the enemy.
It makes a ton of difference if you go into DM or Aimbotz and really focus on watching what you want to hit.
It's kinda mix of both tbh (preaiming and stuff). You don't get tunnel visioned that way but also as lau said if you think about it, you are way too slow
overthinking it
Honestly, I'd have to agree with launders here, if you're asking yourself that question you probably should just play more. I personally have found my mechanics at it's best when I've been able to just play the game a lot, because then I don't even have to think about it
Kinda like driving, when starting out people freak out about their hand positioning on the wheel, how hard to hit the breaks, how much should they steer (or when to shift if they're driving manual), but after driving a lot you don't think about it: You break on signs/red lights and you steer whenever you have to take a turn. Also you get used to the car's quirks.
For some people it might come naturally after playing a lot, some might need to consciously reinforce it, go through spray patterns, specific crosshair placement and counter strafing excercises to actually cement it in their mind. But it still boils down to in game time, even if it's playing practice maps.
I think tunnel vision can be a very good thing, look at the goat res, super common to 'limit your fov' in a way. I find I dont stare at my crosshair, but my primary focus of my eyes is the center of my screen.... so my crosshair, but that doesnt mean I cant see everything else on the screen to flick to, thats what your peripheral vision is for. If your crosshair placement is clean this concept works very well.
If I focus in training, it comes naturally in games. So for me, I need to think about these things and remind myself during games too.
I mean it's possible you could've learned bad habits and still got really good at the game, if you want to change those habits you have to be mindful while playing.
thanks for this video learning a ton. I guess I've been overthinking cs, but i could watch hours of you explaining game mechanics
when ur comfortable the questions don’t get answered, they disappear!
good luck :D
I really like ur honesty and very good advices which are actually helpful for everyone, and also your passion for csgo. cheers man! :)
long time no see
After everybody pointing out the mouse accel in your first xantares vid way back, we now do it again. Its 2.0 on 400 dpi with 1.05 accel. Karrigan also uses 1.05 accel btw.
1.05 is the default.
I heard somewhere that Karrigan was using a program called Raw Accel that let's you build out the Accel curve with custom variables tuned to your liking.
@@draknov1888 Yea, but you can Change it.
is he on m_customaccel 1 or 3?
it is not just 2 sens, xantares also plays with mouse acceleration. I've played a lot of quake and think that chopping angles is almost a must with accel on.
Yo Lau, hope you having a great day.
just want to say that i really love your analysis, these are the only ones i can enjoy and watch longer than just 5 mins.
You step into details without hanging on them for too long, you try to find the simplest explaination for your viewers.
best example is at 07:20 other people would make a 20minute long video about it, but u simply doing it in a minute.
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thanks cheems!!
Love the thumbnail shade towards eternal fires logo looking similar to cloud 9s! :D
I’m feeling thank you! ❤
I like when he always says to us to grab snacks. I always get something just for lau vids :D
Dude, I simply love your content! I studied Xantares a lot but hell you keep making me seeing sides of him I haven’t realised. Fresh observation and judging. Thanks a lot
Ps.: Allow me to mention that the “lucky or god like” format is totally underrated.
I love this idea of going into details in and around the game in order to analyse and so be able to give an idea to answer the formats question: LUCKY or GOODLIKE?
Love ya, Bro
thanks bro 🫡🥹
cant wait to see cold 2016 demo!!!!!!!
You explained the aim stuff very well
15:57 It's because Xantares uses mouse acceleration. It makes these big turns way easier.
Is that even true?
@@nicolau2 i think he turned it off at some point around 2020
@@yessir6427 Only for a tournament since he said he felt some sort of input lag but he's back at it now.
@@draknov1888 do you have a source? Genuinely interested, big XANTARES fan and never known for sure
@@harry8580 There's a video on UA-cam where it talks about it and the map in the video is Nuke where it mentions he was playing with 2.7 @ 400 dpi no accel since Xantares had mentioned enabling mouse accel gave him some sort of input lag or something in regards to his mouse. If you're wondering why he switched to 2.7 at 400dpi is because in a regular shaped Large gaming mousepad (example, QCK Heavy) on 2.7 in-game sens at 400dpi if you swipe from one side to the other is a full 360 degrees. Xantares plays with 2 ingame sens at 400dpi w/ mouse accel on at default value which is 1.05, when you put your mouse and swipe it from side to side (do it fast so the mouse accel kicks in) it will give you a 360 degrees spin which is basically why he switched to 2.7 without mouse accel for that specific tournamet back when I think he was playing for B.I.G. There's a post on Twitter or some screenshot where Xanatares if I remember correctly mentions using 2.7 sens for that specific tournament and the reason why. Xantares is the sht haha I'm also a fan of him, just google Xantares 2.7 sens 400 dpi and i think theres a post about it. Hope that helped my guy.
The thing you're underrating about slicing up angles is that it really lets you isolate 1v1s.
at 14:00 you're talking about cutting the cake, which is a term sometimes used in the military to describe how one could clear a room.
19:58 "excavates angles" nice Launders XD
thank you launders, very cool!
and then woxic did 60+ frags on 2 maps vs liquid. They just somehow cant both perform like that at the same time
There are only so many frags to be taken
great insight
i don't see any better rifler than xantares
great video as always :)
Come to think of it, have you done an imorr video? Just left the hltv stream cuz the audio was broken. imorr most goated fpl player I’ve ever seen clips of
he is bad outside of pugs
I don't understand why Xantares doesn't play for Tier 1, he deserve a good Tier 1 team to play with he is best aimer in CSGO industry, but I think he only need to improve game sens, but he is insane player
he has insane aim online but unfortunately thats where it ends. if you watch most of his competitions he is not that great with the rest of the game play. thats why s1mple always tells him "you should try this on lan xantares" because they know he doesnt or cant
coz he has weird ping online that makes him able to do these things. it doesnt transfer well on LAN.
I don't skip the ads so I dont miss the "What's popular youtube? Another day, another demo"
Xantares also uses Mouse Accel I never used it before I found out but I haven't turned it off since I love it.
15:58 I think he still uses Mouse Acceleration, that's why maybe
Xantares is an actual beast!
ive taken 1000s of firefights in cs and that shit is so true launders. Never once have I thought about anything during an aim duel lol, especially not worried about looking at my crosshair vs the player lol. people think way to much.
I actually think that you should train yourself in what you should be thinking when in an aim battle, in deathmatch and in aim maps at least not in actual competitive match. I used to just ignore it, and let it be instinct but I massively improved my aim when I tackled it head on. I train myself consciously to react when I see an enemy to stop, aim, and confirm that the crosshair is on the enemy then fire. then added a couple of more stuff like decide if tap spray or burst after I got used to it. It's going to suck a$$ at the beginning, specially if you played years of cs and just started this training, you will feel like a newbie player. But you need to remember to slow down and master the fundamentals first, so you can get better. In a couple of months, it will be instinct. You need to grind and repeat things in order for it to be comfortable and instinctive. just be mindful that the things that your are repeating/practicing are correct techniques.
Mouse accel on. m_customaccel 3. (was the default mouse accel for Half-Life Deathmatch where xantares started his fps journey) A very slow ramp mouse accel not effected by frames per second like csgos default mouse accel m_customaccel 1. Growing up in the early 2000's alot of gamers advocated for mouse accel because of the similar sensation of a ball mouse. Switching to a laser mice was actually difficult for many gamers at the time. Kinda of a inverted sensitivity argument I suppose(Up is up).
In 2016 when i started playing CSGO xantares was the highest rated player so i downloaded his config. I had no knowledge of mouse accel at the time and didn't even know I had it turned on. The reason for the close chopping up the angels aim style is because long aim strafes is very hard on mouse accel. Its unpredictable at first so you take the only aim fights that are comfortable, the ones where you barely have to move your mouse. Over time however (a very long time for me) you get better at being able to flick at longer angels, but the core close nit angels are always your go to from habit. Mouse accel is not optimal, and much like fast sensitivity (woxic) and slow sensitivity (Niko) pre aim is literally everything. These players got so much better than everyone else at it because they literally had too.
Im no XANTARES, im just a pair of glasses.
idk why I typed that all out or why i know so much but if by some chance.. launder if you did read this lmk. I put my heart into that.
Wow, this is crazy!
In the video where you took the time to directly address mechanics you probably should have mentioned him using mouse accel especially due to it being such a rarity.
Definitly do NOT think during aim duel. But practicing many different situation over and over can help you know where to aim before taking the duel.
Xantares peeekkkkk i love how smooth he control his aim he.really crisp my favorite top.10.player... csgo galaxy
Have u seen a mousecam of xantares playing. He has his mouse in the bottom left corner 1 cm away from his keyboard so he can barely flick to the left. It's wierd how he can have his mouse in that spot but still be a God
You should've mentioned the mouse acc when talking about his sens, one of the rare pros to use it
actually i didnt know he still uses it
@@aleks-wy6uf theres no way to tell 1.05 accel is nothing. monesys on the same 2.0 sens
How to maximize the chances of winning duels? Is it a good idea to crouch spray using rifles?
First off, I love Launders, but I would just like to point out that what he said around ~7:00 is wrong about what do players look at when they aim. Perhaps players don't consciously think about it, but they ALWAYS look at the player when aiming. That's the right way to do it. Think of it like hitting a baseball or kicking a soccer ball. You "keep your eye on the ball", not the bat... In this case the ball is just the player and the bat the crosshair. There's a reason every sports coach ingrains this into their players heads. So what do players look at when they aim? They look at the other player and you should too. If you think about it, what sense would it make to not look at the player when trying to hit the player? I'm sure most players just aim subconsciously, but they ARE looking at the player all the way through. The reason they don't consciously look is because after doing it so much it becomes second nature. So yea, just wanted to point out a small thing he got wrong, but other than that it was a great video!
lau talks about people studidity for 24 minutes straight
Aim and reaction time comes with time and hours put in. That's something you can slowly practice. But that's about it. The rest of "aiming" is understanding bullet mechanics, timings, and ESPECIALLY movement, your own and the enemies. Without movement there is no combat, awesome enders game quote. The most frustrating players are the ones who feel like you can never shoot them but then they insta one tap you :)
and positioning, and knowledge of falling back to advantageous positioning w/ teammates
reaction time is highly genetic...
Should watch yekindar vs cloud9. Think it would be interesting.
Shroud over Niko in aiming ☠️☠️😭
What is this
shroud and scream both shit
yeah I had a good laugh.. at least mention twistzz, niko, even rain, dupreeh, shox and cols are all way above shroud.
Shrouds clips used to do crazy numbers back in the day, regardless of the fact that almost all of them were only in ESEA. He just had alot more influence than Niko.
@@paulluna8207 no, it's because he's the only player kids know, that's why his shit clips are having good amounts of views
ive been on both low and high sense
smoothing is good at low sense like you cant loose it, you dont even have to move the mouse anymore if you see the enemy
high sense is good with choppy pre aim because its hurt to my palm hand if i try smoothing
How to xantares peek and aim:
Make sure your screen is clean and fking kiss on it
what a sick player
Idk if this is applicable but did Oder do bad enough to get an unlucky or bad
You gotta do the woxic game v liquid
Storror whistle, eh? Didn't see that one coming
He's still using mouse acceleration, right?
Just wanna say that this man speaks wisdom, he probably reads art of war at least once every two weeks. Some constructive criticism, fashion style, if you wore no shirt but kept your glasses on, I think that would be the wave
big bears
The he that he throws is something grandfathered I’m from his time on big. Smoooya does the same thing
Kinda looks like he does the smooth chopping when he expects someone can be on an off angle (13:45), and the more Niko-esque chopping when clearing common angles (18:35). Doubt he does this consciously though
bro launders said a million times he isnt doing that consciously ffs
@@yessir6427 doesn't change my point lol, and I literally said that in my comment
i love u lau
it doesnt make sense to look at the crosshair while shooting. you are looking at the other player to see if he strafes left, right, ducks so you can adjust. you do see the crosshair even though you dont focus on it
You look at it at long ranges but other than that yea you don't even need one
He makes that 2.0 sensitivity look faster cause he is playing with mouse accel on.
It hurt seeing him leave BIG
You forgot about Dosia when talking about aim gods haha. Love the vid!
Also, just read the news you are gonna be on tonight's hltv confirmed show! Well deserved mate
6:27 answer is on THE PLAYER !!!!!! 10000%
pretty sure xantares plays with mouse accel. which is why it looks extra fast :)
The most importand thing about xantares is that he is using mouse acceleration, thats how he can pre aim angles so easily and destroy everyone
twistzz also makes it as easy as xantares but with 620-680 edpi. They are just skilled, it is not about their settings.
For the love of god get this man on a half decent team
to touch on your hotstreak comment. I always say csgo reminds me of basketball because they're both 5v5 and have that ability for teams to catch on fire and go on long runs but that never means a team is fully counted out.
will u ever watch a shroud demo?
Lau what you're really talking about here is working memory, vs intuition, or learnt behavior. In order to succeed in CS or any mechanical, skilled endeavour. You need to sufficiently learn and internalize certain processes such that you can free up working memory for other things. At a pro level, crosshair placement, peeking, counter strafing, spray control, even gamesense at a high level - should all be so rigorously internalized (physically occupying neurons in the brain by neuroplasticity), that all working memory is spent on communication, teamplay, tactics and timings.
It is once you spend time on eye placement, crosshair placement, peeking proficiency, counter strafing etc. ON TOP OF, russians reeeing into your ears and the strat your terrible MM IGL called at the start of your fourth lost round in a row that you already forgot - that things crumble. And this is exactly why your aim sucks so bad in game, as opposed to playing duels and DM where your sole focus is the aiming and the movement.
And this is what separates good and bad players. The literal neurons in your brain who copes well with the mechanics of the game. So how should we learn the mechanics if the surrounding gameplay hinders this very ability? Well, the only real good option is to first establish the skill in a controlled environment, DM, duel, botserver etc. And then literally ignore everything else in game and only do that one thing. That means, sacrificing your entire team, the teamplay, and your ELO, to get better at spraying. AND ONLY, after doing that, and coping with being inadequate at every other facet of gameplay, will you have learnt and adapted to that skill IN GAME. And you can move on to the rest. This is the most efficient way to improve in CS. It requires a good chunk of sacrificial games beforehand, to unlock your true potential and relegate the menial tasks of CS to instinct, and free up your working memory.
well spoken! thanks
Why has he never been picked up by a star team though or a big org?
@lau i know this video is 9 months old but i think the nomenclature you use in this video should change. In real steel firearms and military strategy, they call "smoothing" pieing a corner, as you say this is like smoothing the angle, the person, cuts the corner up into individual pieces of a pie. whereas i think pre-aming is perfectly servicable as a term, like xantares' peek on the guy in t-spawn stairs. so i think pie-ing a corner would help in this sense and would ultimately make more sense to begin with. Thanks for the vide lau they are sick!
Man, you try and hit that guy swinging on you with 90 ping.
Does he is still using mouse acceleration or no?
lau do old shroud demo next plz
fashr demo when
Lau, the reason why they answered aggressively to your tweet is because it's a prayer mat.
can someone tell me what the definition of a smooth is?
yesterday i lost on nuke with 39-19 with 150 ADR so sometimes u cant carry the game alone
Lol
Xantagod
Grim vs FaZe on Inferno and Overpass
You forgot to mention Tenz :(
Hes soo fast
The next has got to be Yeki and then some sh1ro (pls)
arm or elbow support is big for aim
when friends ask me how i make so much strafes in kz ... how i know when to turn .... well i just do it xD muscle memory
I feel like you're kind of gate keeping the question for whether to look at the crosshair or the player. I think a better answer would be, you want to look at the enemy. But you want to keep your crosshair at a level close to where you would see the enemy. Nobody looks at their crosshair when tracking or spraying. They are looking at the enemy. Hope this helps some people.
I think its quite intuitive and you shouldn't always be thinking about it, as you said. However, I believe there is a clear answer for that particular question. No need to dance around a basic hand eye coordination question.
I think launders forgot he plays 2 sens w mouse accel
12:13 💀
w0xic demo soon pls 🥺
0:20 wtf same
The title is wrong it's LANTARES
Xantares Def needs a new team, His super sharp but in the team, he's prob has more knowledge than other players. I am not too sure that is he being an IGL rn. But Xantares is a super player for sure he should move on to other teams.
LANTARES TOXIC 0MORR TRAZH MAJ0RFAILURE turkish superstar team
you forgot to mention that hes on mouse accel B)
LANtares
So I was playing FFA DM just before BIG vs fnatic started and everything was going well, a couple of known names here and there, nothing unusual.
Until the man himself joined. XANTARES.
I spawn next to him. I miss one shot. ONE FUCKING SHOT. Headshot. I'm dead.
I get crouch-peeked. Surely I'll get that noob. Nevermind, it's XANTARES. Edshot.
A lot of other pros and FPL players usually play here and they are all insane.
But XANTARES? Fuck that guy. With his stupid mouse acceleration.
It's just not fun.
That guy is so bold, he even wrote his name in all caps.
Rather going outside and catching some Corona than playing against XANTARES again.
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