Cloud9 Valorant pro Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker is considered to be one of the best players in the world. Here’s everything you need to know about yay’s Valorant settings, including his keybinds, mouse settings, crosshair, and more.
yay has put together an incredible Valorant career since his switch from CS:GO. The former OpTic Gaming player attended every international event in 2022 and was one of the top performers statistically at every tournament. At Valorant Champions 2022, he led the field in kills per round, Kills/ Deaths ratio and rating.
He was also one of the most sought-out free agents in the offseason before he signed with Cloud9.
Now those looking to improve at Valorant will be wondering Valorant settings yay uses himself. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered with a full breakdown of how he likes to play.
Contents
Mouse Settings
Crosshair
Monitor & Resolution
Video Settings
Equipment
yay’s mouse settings
The Cloud9 player competes with relatively low sensitivity settings compared to his peers with his DPI at 800 and in-game sensitivity at 0.27. He uses the Logitech G Pro X Superlight mouse.
Setting
Value
DPI
800
Sensitivity
0.27
Zoom Sensitivity
1.00
eDPI
216
Hz
1000
Windows Sensitivity
6
Raw Input
On
Mouse acceleration
Off
yay’s Valorant crosshair
yay utilizes a small white regular crosshair in his Valorant matches. You can copy the pro by manually choosing his settings, or you can import his crosshair with his unique code listed below.
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Primary
Setting
Value
Color
White
Outlines
Off
Outline Opacity
N/A
Outline Thickness
N/A
Centre Dot
Off
Center Dot Opacity
N/A
Center Dot Thickness
N/A
Inner Lines
Setting
Value
Show Inner Lines
On
Inner Lines Opacity
1.00
Inner Line Length
4.00
Inner Lines Thickness
2.00
Inner Line Offset
0
Movement Error
Off
Firing Error
Off
Outer Lines
Setting
Value
Show Inner Lines
Off
Inner Lines Opacity
0
Inner Line Length
0
Inner Lines Thickness
0
Inner Line Offset
0
Movement Error
Off
Firing Error
Off
yay’s Valorant keybinds
Setting
Value
Walk
L-Shift
Crouch
C
Jump
L-Ctrl / Mouse Wheel Down
Use Object
F
Equip Primary Weapon
1
Equip Secondary Weapon
2
Equip Melee
3
Equip Spike
4
Ability: 1
Mouse 5
Ability: 2
Z
Ability: 3
V
Ability: Ultimate
X
yay’s monitor and resolution
yay currently uses the ZOWIE XL2566K gaming monitor. He plays on a widescreen setting at a 1920×1080 aspect ratio. His Nvidia scaling value is currently unknown.
Below are his full monitor settings.
Setting
Value
Resolution
1920×1080
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Scaling
N/A
Refresh Rate
240hz
Response Time
1ms
Display Mode
Fullscreen
yay’s video settings
Like many other professional players, yay chooses to play mostly on of the lowest settings possible.
Setting
Value
Multithreaded Rendering
On
Material Quality
Low
Texture Quality
Low
Detail Quality
Low
UI Quality
Med
Vignette
On
VSync
Off
Anti-Aliasing
MSAA 4x
Anisotropic Filtering
4x
Improve Clarity
On
Experimental Sharpening
Off
Bloom
On
Distortion
Off
Cast Shadows
Off
yay’s equipment
Equipment
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Mouse
Logitech G Pro X Superlight
Monitor
ZOWIE XL2566K
Keyboard
Wooting 60 HE
Headset
HyperX Cloud II
That is all the settings and gear that you need to emulate yay’s setup. You can check out other player settings, and even his teammate’s, on Dexerto.