A Comprehensive Look at Pistol Accuracy!

Posted by Steve

Saturday, May 7, 2022 10:50 PM

A Comprehensive Look at Pistol Accuracy!

Link to first post discussing rifle accuracy: https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/uhavmz/a_comprehensive_look_at_rifle_accuracy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

The attached spreadsheet shows the results of even more accuracy testing done in the testing range, this time to demonstrate the accuracy difference within the pistols (excluding Shorty but including Chamber's Headhunter) in VALORANT.

While this graph was made with "real-world accuracy" (more below) in mind, this is ultimately an artificial test that records only the standing first shot accuracy of a pistol aimed at the head. There are many more factors at play that affects the actual performance of a weapon.

The pistols were tested by firing 1000 shots at the targeting dummy's head using an auto-clicking software at 550ms intervals (a notably longer interval than the rifles, due to the slower spread reset on pistols), a long enough time for every weapon to have reset their accuracy and removing any chance for the crosshairs to be moved off-target from mouse movement. To ensure aiming consistency, a double-zoomed Operator was used to precisely place the crosshairs before switching to the pistol. The tests were run both with the aim-point at the perfect center of the head as well as to the side, to account for imperfect but still on-target aim which often occurs in-game.

Spreadsheet link, with rifles on the first page and pistols on the second: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nVTzt-hqtOOM4vNO50bGwBoi66I-IrIg-87_0gG3BMc/edit?usp=sharing

The aim-point for perfect accuracy at 20 meters

The aim-point for imperfect (side of head) accuracy at 20 meters

The aim-point for perfect accuracy at 30 meters

The aim-point for imperfect (side of head) accuracy at 30 meters

The aim-point for perfect accuracy at 50 meters

The aim-point for imperfect (side of head) accuracy at 50 meters

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/uk9nhq/a_comprehensive_look_at_pistol_accuracy/
  • https://reddit.com/uk9nhq

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