Strafe Track: a Valorant tracking drill
Strafe Track is a Valorant tracking drill lasting 45 seconds. One bot strafes at running speed 12 m away and reverses at random, and you hold fire to keep your crosshair on it. Time on the head counts double. There is no recoil and no ammo, so only your tracking is being measured.
Updated
- 45 sLength
- VandalDefault weapon
- TrackingCategory
- FreePlan
How much does tracking matter in Valorant?
Less than in many shooters, and the honest answer helps you plan. Guns here are only accurate when you are nearly still, so most kills come from stopping and shooting. Tracking appears when someone runs across your angle, when you follow a jiggle before committing, or in close fights where both players are moving.
How do you stay on a target that keeps reversing?
Match its speed, then react to the change. The bot runs at 5.4 m/s along a 7 m lane, and at Standard reverses every 0.18 to 0.8 seconds. Guessing the reversal is the most common mistake: you commit to a turn that has not happened and spend the next half second recovering. Smooth beats fast.
Why is time on the head worth so much?
Your score is time on target as a percentage × 10, plus time on the head as a percentage × 10. A perfect run on the head scores 2,000. Staying at head height earns the same again as staying on the body, so aim high and accept a few drops off the top.
When does it fit a session?
As the second warm-up. AimKata’s daily routine runs it straight after Grid Flick at Medium. It does not need many reps, because tracking is one of the smaller skills in this game. Hard and Elite add short crouches if you want to raise the difficulty.
| Rank | Score from |
|---|---|
| Iron 1 | 416 |
| Bronze 1 | 536 |
| Silver 1 | 564 |
| Gold 1 | 669 |
| Platinum 1 | 757 |
| Diamond 1 | 899 |
| Ascendant 1 | 919 |
| Immortal 1 | 1,327 |
| Radiant | 1,779 |
AimKata’s own drill ranks, calibrated with a simulated player tuned to the reaction, aim and precision of each Valorant rank. They are a training yardstick and do not predict your Valorant rank.
| Setting | Strafe Track |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Vandal by default, or Phantom |
| Difficulty | Ranked runs use Standard. Training runs use Easy, Medium, Hard, Elite or Adaptive. |
| Score | Time on target % × 10 + time on head % × 10 |
| Movement | You stay in place |
| Enemy fire | Nothing shoots back |
| Standing | Ranked. Your best three ranked runs set your rank on this drill, which feeds your tracking rank. |
Strafe Track questions
Does the gun matter in Strafe Track?
Barely. Strafe Track is a beam drill with no recoil or ammo while you hold fire. You can pick the Vandal or the Phantom, and neither changes your score.
What is a good Strafe Track score?
On Standard, a Strafe Track score of 669 is the start of Gold 1 and 1,327 is the start of Immortal 1. These ranks are AimKata’s own, calibrated with a simulated player.
Play Strafe Track
It opens in your browser, with nothing to install and no account needed.
Keep going
- Spray Transfer: a Valorant spray transfer drillA Valorant spray transfer drill: three bots side by side at 10 m, one magazine, ten reps. Kill all three without reloading. Tips on moving your spray.
- Headshot Range: a Valorant headshot drillHeadshot Range is a Valorant headshot drill: 30 bots at 10 to 25 m, half of them strafing, and only a headshot kills. How to score and what to fix.
- Threat Priority: a Valorant target priority drillThreat Priority is a Valorant target priority drill: two to four bots at once, some already aiming, some teammates. Kill them in the right order. Pro drill.
- Aim practice online, for any mouse shooterGeneral aim practice for people who have not picked a game: the skills, Fitts difficulty, a first sensitivity by turn distance, and a 10-minute routine.