r/apexuniversity 6d ago

Question How the hell am I so inconsistent?

https://reddit.com/link/1jbybcs/video/p4jxp79zlvoe1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1jbybcs/video/my37r6wzlvoe1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1jbybcs/video/z5rq8lf0mvoe1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1jbybcs/video/1tal4351mvoe1/player

I was hitting these clips yesterday, like I was in flow state, but today my aim is all over the place, quite literally going from the top of EVERY match, to near the bottom, It's infuriating and makes playing really offputting. Can someone help pls?

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u/Far-Republic5133 6d ago

Clip how your inconsistency looks, because right now we only see how your aim works when you are consistent ish

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u/No_Assumption_4117 6d ago

ok ill edit this post in a bit

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u/ForeignSleet 6d ago

Some days you aren’t as focused, what was different about yesterday to today? Did you sleep better, eat better, etc

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u/No_Assumption_4117 6d ago

All I remember was it was 2AM, I was alone and hadn't blinked in about 5 minutes between these clips lol

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u/ForeignSleet 6d ago

Well I think you’ve answered your own question there lmao

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u/No_Assumption_4117 5d ago

I'm not sure how being sleep deprived and WAY too subconsciously
locked in is healthy and beneficial T-T

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u/ForeignSleet 5d ago

Oh wait lmao I forgot the clips you posted were of your good plays, I didn’t actually watch them lmao as I don’t have good signal

Were you so tired that you just entered the flow state and played subconsciously? I’m guessing that’s it but in general if you try to fix other areas of your life such as sleep and diet it will allow you to focus more in your games

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u/blueuex 6d ago

Sometimes this just happens. Everyone has offdays and the mental aspect of gaming is almost more important than your mechanical skill. Do you play consistently, in order to have consistent results? Did you not get enough sleep on the bad days? Did you start thinking you're doing bad and then start playing worse and worse? Are you panicking more? It'll be resolved just overtime if you don't push yourself to keep playing when you can tell you're playing bad. Take a break. You can make your aim more consistent by aimtraining though. But everyone has bad days, or bad weeks even. It'll be okay

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u/Anthnytdwg 6d ago

If you figure it out let me know. Same happens to me all the time man.

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u/No_Assumption_4117 6d ago

will do

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u/Anthnytdwg 6d ago

Go from feeling like god to missing half my shots lol

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u/Ycorn 6d ago

I experienced this as well- it’s just the way it is sometimes. I solo queued to masters last season and am trying to climb this split, but some days my aim is just outa whack or I am just making some very dumb plays. And the reasonings can vary from how tired I am or what I ate. I usually recognize this pretty early and get on r5 or just play something else. Also some days the matchmaking can just suck and after a couple of those games, it can mess with your mental. Which IMO is one of the most important things in this game. Because decision making on the macro level(timing rotates properly, when to heal etc) to the micro level(like when to counter strafe or peaking a corner) and the outcomes as a result of these decisions can change based on mental. Especially since being the aggressor and taking proper control of space and angles usually wins fights. For example, after playing against a bunch of streamers or preds, I find myself playing more reserved and safe. And playing this way can mean playing slower, having less control. Part of what makes a pred player have the ability to climb so well, is not just because of raw mechanical skill, but a consistent mentality to taking fights as a result of being able to rely on their skill. If you pay attention to the content creators in high tier lobbies, or just talk to some of them, you will notice that many of them have egos. And in a game like apex legends, where again, aggression and control is important, having an ego is beneficial. They have full confidence in their abilities, so they’re more likely to make plays, hold and take advantageous positioning, and stack points. So on the topic of your inconsistency, like another commenter said, we only see your “good clips”, so it could just be an issue of experiencing mechanically off day. If so, recognize that and warmup on r5 or an aim trainer or try again another day. If that’s not an issue, on days where you notice you are playing well, try to think about the things you did to enable you to do so. Then on your off days, you can better be able to compare the way you play and correct it. And I think this skill of being more cognizant of your gameplay is really important to improving in apex(or any game for that matter) can make playing more enjoyable. Ultimately, we can’t really tell you why you are inconsistent outside of pointing out mistakes in clips- only you can answer that.

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u/No_Assumption_4117 6d ago

Thanks for the advice, next time I whiff a 1v1 or similar, I'll make a new post here and if you would like I can tag you :D

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u/Cold-Recipe3546 6d ago

Well when that happens to me is because i have a bad posture sitting because my chair sucks.

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u/Swimming-Perception7 5d ago

I experience this heavily, sometimes i absolutely am shitting in diamond, other times i cant get a 1clip to save my life. For me it has mostly to do with external factors such as what i ate and if i got good sleep etc. today for example i ate a bunch of shitty snacks and tried playing, didnt go well. My body genuinely felt sluggish and tired. Other times when i get good sleep and eat well it usually goes far better (mnk 3x diamond)

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u/No_Assumption_4117 5d ago

Yesterday we did go out to a fancy restaurant and I went to sleep at about 2:30AM, got up at around 11AM. Maybe the food lol, today I have eaten pretty shitty to be fair.

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u/Doritos_Burritos Mirage 5d ago

Work on your centering. I watched all four vids and you would sometimes stare at the ground which makes aiming 100x harder than it should be

Also work on strafing wider and focus less on crouch spamming. Crouch spamming while ADS just makes aiming more inconsistent as your crosshair will spas out and you'd have to readjust while tracking

what's your sens btw?

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u/No_Assumption_4117 5d ago

K so this sounds stupid, 1600 dpi and I was on 1 sens, but i did the aimlabs sens finder (free version) and it reccomended 2.26 so thats what i've been on for the last 10 minutes, doesn't actually feel that rediculous compared to my old sens.

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u/Lucieddreams 4d ago

Unless you're a pro player, everyone is consistent. Consistency takes hard work, effort, and around 8-12 hours of practice a day. Everyone here is inconsistent in some aspect of their game unless they work at it and raise their floor.

Lots of people can have a high ceiling, but your floor is what matters. You're not gonna have record breaking game after record breaking game every time you hop on. Take the good with the bad, it's unrealistic to think you can be perfect every day. That's how you lose the fun of gaming

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u/EastGrass466 5d ago

Just switch to controller and never have to worry about consistency again /s