Valorant: The Best Crosshairs For Competitive Play

Thanks to Valorant, fans of first-person shooters now know that it’s possible to combine the thrill of fast-paced shooters like Counter-Strike with the tactical craziness of hero shooters like Overwatch. As a result, Valorant teams are Agents who use special abilities to pull off crazy stunts - be it shooting flames, blocking enemies, teleporting, or scouting the battlefield. Considering the tactical potential of such a fast-paced hero shooter, it’s no wonder some players even make it a point to customize their crosshairs for competitive play.

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Surprisingly enough, some crosshairs do end up becoming extremely useful in most competitive situations due to their keen precision and aid in shooting. With the perfect tinkering, players can achieve certain crosshair settings that just match their combat preferences in Valorant.

Updated May 23, 2022, by Rhenn Taguiam: With newcomer Fade being the most recent of Agents in the hit FPS Valorant, fans of the acclaimed team-based shooter will be quick to use her blinding-oriented and detection-focused capabilities to get the jump on her foes. However, fans who want to maximize their Fade experience will likely want to equip themselves with the best custom crosshairs, especially when it comes to ensuring they have the best ways of aiming at opponents before they even get to strike back. Included among the best crosshairs in Valorant are both white and green-colored cursors, most of which are dot-like in appearance with settings that serve specific purposes.

15 Asuna

Sometimes, being straightforward enough with the intent to shoot is what works best, and this is what Asuna has to offer in the form of a crosshair. Appearing as literally a white cross almost as thin as a hair, Asuna’s crosshair is almost invisible unless looked at carefully and takes the form of a small white cross at the center of the screen.

This, of course, makes a complete disruption of one’s vision when compared to the graphics of the game, making this choice of crosshair quite good when shooting pinpoint parts of the enemy.

14 Marved

Small yet more obvious is Marved and their perspective on an effective Valorant crosshair. Although similar to Asuna in terms of a white hue, Marved chose a more outward crosshair design.

They opted for a thicker cross that makes it more obvious when overlaid with big colors such as enemy clothing and even enemy skills. Going for those pinpoint clutch shots from inside smokes and crates makes this crosshair an ideal option.

13 Derke

Almost invisible to a fault, the crosshair of choice for Derke is simply a white dot on the screen. It’s almost too small to be seen unless players look directly at the center of the screen, and it's this demand for focus that makes the crosshair such an effective asset.

Built specifically for pinpoint shots, the lack of distractions in the form of inner lines can make Derke’s crosshair an ideal choice for players who want to get more accurate in terms of shooting prowess.

12 ShahZam

One of the most interesting approaches to crosshairs in Valorant may have to do with ShahZam, utilizing the game’s thicker approach to character models in their crosshair of choice.

Sporting green hues with black outlines, ShahZam’s crosshair makes it much easier to spot the center of the screen even from afar, making it just as easy to point towards enemies and other targets quickly and efficiently.

11 Zeek

Sporting a more sleek appearance is Zeek and his crosshair style: a straightforward white cross with thin black outlines. Despite the rather simple appearance of the crosshair, its style does work for its purpose.

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Its outlined nature makes the crosshair much easier to line up with moving objects, and the white color doesn’t make it too much of a distraction when compared to the rest of the game’s visual design. This straightforward yet practical approach makes Zeek’s crosshair something to consider.

10 ScreaM

Players who want a straightforward yet practical choice of a crosshair layout would want to try and use the same format ScreaM is using.

The focus on cyan ensures the crosshair is easy to spot regardless of how chaotic things seem to get, and using a dot instead of inner lines removes the distraction from special effects around the player. The addition of outlines to the cyan dot further emphasizes the crosshair’s “separation” from the rest of the game’s elements.

9 cNed

At first glance, cNed has a crosshair that seems like a white dot but in actuality isn’t. Instead, he uses inner lines that have been compressed to look almost like a point. Players would have to zoom in and focus intently to see that the “point” is actually a very close collection of inner lines.

The white color might feel impractical when facing the game’s lighter colors, but the white of the crosshair never fully blends in with the environment. The unimposing white color also adds to its practicality as a crosshair, as it never “demands” attention, unlike other colors.

8 Asuna

Considering the game’s focus on its playful and flashy 3D aesthetic, it’s easy to get lost in all the chaos. Thankfully, Asuna circumvents this potential hassle in crosshair detection with his own unique blend - this time turning on outlines and turning off inner lines.

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Add this with a dash of white, and he ends up with a thin crosshair that doesn’t interfere with much of the game’s environment but is still quite visible when facing dark surfaces. While hard to follow from a spectator’s POV, the mini-dot appearance of the crosshair is fairly easy to follow from a player’s perspective.

7 TenZ

While TenZ seems to regularly switch crosshair layouts, one of his more popular ones was his cyan crosshairs. This set of crosshairs works on a simple yet practical principle - cyan isn’t a color the game uses a lot for its major environments, meaning cyan is a pretty easy color to follow for the eyes.

This, on top of the crosshair’s inner lines setup, gives the cyan crosshairs a recognizable aesthetic that makes it easy to trail towards moving opponents. Among all of TenZ’s crosshairs, this cyan crosshair is a great tool to have for players who want to go pro with fast and loose Agents such as Yoru.

6 Leaf

White space is key for Leaf and his crosshair setup. Unlike other players that like their inner lines packed too closely with each other, Leaf’s layout leaves just a bit of space in between them to make them easier to spot by the eyes.

Considering the white color, it doesn’t remain as obstructive when it comes to navigating environments as well. It’s quite easy to spot quick movement through the white space of Leaf’s crosshairs, making it a great crosshair for Agents that love precision movement such as Chamber.