Valorant Aim Guide: Spray Decay Times, Recoil Reset & Burst Cadence BPM
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After firing a 2-bullet burst, the Vandal requires exactly 375 milliseconds of trigger release to return to its baseline 0.25° first-shot spread. Tapping faster than 375ms stacks residual firing error, causing bullets to stray wildly off your crosshair.
Practice shooting in the Range with a metronome set to 150-155 BPM. Firing on every second beat guarantees that every 2-bullet burst lands with zero cumulative recoil penalty while maximizing damage per second.
The Phantom recovers 50ms faster than the Vandal (325ms vs 375ms) and has lower first-shot spread (0.20°). In multi-target close-range fights (under 15 meters), this allows rapid target switching without pausing as long between bursts.
The Sheriff has the most punitive inaccuracy decay among sidearms. Rapidly spamming 3 shots blooms the reticle by up to 1.5°. Pace each single shot by at least 380ms to ensure 100% first-bullet headshot accuracy at 30+ meters.
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Yes. Crouching reduces weapon recoil amplitude by 40% and shortens the recovery decay window by approximately 25% (down to ~280ms on Vandal), but severely penalizes your mobility.
In Valorant, full shooting accuracy is restored the instant your character speed drops below 30% of maximum run speed (approx. 0.59 m/s). Counter-strafing (tapping the opposite movement key) instantly brakes your character into the accurate deadzone.