Calculate your eDPI
Type your settings, the result updates liveWHAT eDPI MEANS
eDPI, short for effective DPI, is the real sensitivity of your aim: your mouse DPI multiplied by the sensitivity set in Valorant. It is the only value that lets you compare two setups, because it accounts for both settings at once.
A telling example: 400 DPI with a sensitivity of 0.8 gives exactly the same aim as 800 DPI with a sensitivity of 0.4. Either way the eDPI is 320, and the mouse travels the same distance on the pad for the same movement on screen. DPI on its own therefore says nothing about your sensitivity: what counts is the product.
READING YOUR RESULT
The calculator sorts your eDPI into one of three families. Here is what each one changes in practice, mouse in hand.
The three eDPI families and what they imply in game.
| Category | eDPI | What it implies in game |
|---|---|---|
| Low | Under 250 | You aim from the arm, in big sweeps, and a half turn crosses the whole pad. Micro-adjustments are very fine and recoil is easier to hold, at the cost of slow turns and a wide mousepad. |
| Medium | From 250 to 400 | The arm places the aim, the wrist corrects it. The trade-off between precision and turning speed, and the zone where the vast majority of pro players sit. |
| High | Over 400 | Everything happens at the wrist: flicks and half turns are instant, and a few centimeters of pad are enough. In exchange, your aim slips more easily on small adjustments and the spray is harder to control. |
THE eDPI OF A FEW PRO PLAYERS
These values are a reference point, not a model: every player built theirs over thousands of hours, with their own mouse, pad and habits. They also move as gear changes, so treat them as indicative.
eDPI recorded for five pro players, indicative values (source: ProSettings.net).
| Player | eDPI |
|---|---|
| Aspas | 320 |
| ScreaM | 292 |
| Alfajer | 180 |
| TenZ | 160 |
| Demon1 | 160 |
The pro players' average sits around 267 eDPI: that is the pale marker on the calculator's gauge, the one that places you against the top level at a glance.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is a good eDPI?
There is no single answer. The 200 to 400 eDPI range covers the vast majority of players, pros included, and makes a sensible starting point if you are coming in cold. What matters next is keeping the setting long enough for muscle memory to settle. The full method, test by test, is laid out in our guide to finding your sensitivity.
Does lowering your sensitivity improve your aim?
Not mechanically. A lower sensitivity makes micro-adjustments easier, but it fixes neither your crosshair placement nor your shot timing. Plenty of players drop their eDPI hoping for an instant gain and mostly lose their bearings. Work on the routine described in our guide to improving your aim instead.
DPI or in-game sensitivity: which one should you change?
The result is identical as long as the product of the two stays put, so change whichever you like. In practice you set the DPI once and for all (800 is the reference value) and only tune the in-game sensitivity, which is finer and quicker to change. A stable DPI also follows you from one mouse to the next: our selection criteria are gathered in our mouse buying guide.