First Shot: a Valorant drill for winning the first bullet

Once your crosshair is in the right place, whoever clicks first at the right moment wins. First Shot trains exactly that: placement, reaction, the first click and as few corrections as possible. The enemies are balls the size of a head, at head height, so there is no body to fall back on.

Spread is off and recoil is on. A first bullet that misses is always yours, and spamming is punished the way it is in the game.

At head height, just off the edge the ball comes from. Anywhere between that edge and the spot where the ball stops is right, because the ball walks into your crosshair. On the wall, or past the stop, is not. A thin rail at head height beside every edge shows the line to hold.

As you improve, hold closer to the wall. The less of the peek you give yourself, the faster you have to react.

No. A bait peek jiggles out one to three times, each too short for the ball to fire, then swings. A shot at the jiggle means the kill is no longer first-bullet, and that costs 40% of its points. Walking peeks are slow, so wait for them instead of overshooting. A surprise from another angle needs one committed flick, a little short rather than long, then the click.

Each ball fires after the reaction and aim time of a real rank: 0.77 seconds at Iron 1, about 0.5 at Gold and 0.32 at Radiant. After every duel the rank moves up a little when you win and four times as far down when you lose, so it settles where you win four in five. Standard starts at Silver 1, and the HUD shows the rank you face.

After every duel, one line says why it went the way it did, such as “Shot first · crosshair 3° low” or “Clean · 268 ms”.