In this article, we’ll guide you through Shroud’s new and updated VALORANT settings. So you can tweak your settings accordingly and get even better at the game.
Michael “shroud” Grzesiek, born in 1994, is an ex-professional CS: GO player. At 20 years of age, he received a chance to play as a stand-in on the Cloud9 CS:GO roster. Cloud9 was impressed with his game approach and eventually gave him a permanent spot on the original five-man roster.
He was a small-time streamer who liked playing all sorts of games. After joining Cloud9, his Twitch viewership started to skyrocket. His insane gameplay and highlights made him the “King of Reddit.” Gradually, he became a popular figure in both the streaming and esports communities.
In April 2018, Shroud stepped down from competing as a professional CS: GO player and decided to pursue his dream as a streamer. After that, he streamed innumerable games and excelled at every one of them.
The same goes for VALORANT. Even though Shroud is not playing professionally anymore, he still gives the VALORANT pros hard times and makes the game look too effortless. When at his best, he impresses everyone with his excellent VALORANT gameplay.
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Shroud’s Updated VALORANT Settings
To complement Shroud’s playstyle, he uses specific VALORANT settings. These settings do not make him the best player, but they surely help him stay consistent. Each video setting, key bind, and mouse setting in the game are adjusted to complement his playstyle.
Also, keep in mind that content creators like Shroud often change their VALORANT settings. However, the changes are always minimal and remain in a specific range. So, it is always suggested to follow pro players’ or content creators’ VALORANT settings but not mimic them strictly, as they might not fit your play style.
So, without further ado, let’s find out what VALORANT settings Shroud uses so you can tweak yours and take your VALORANT dominance to the next level. You should go through each setting and find out what suits you best and use it just as it is or modify it to your liking.
Video Settings
Visuals are critical as it decides what you can or cannot see in the heat of the battle. Shroud uses a mixture of high resolution and medium graphics quality settings, so he can get maximum FPS without losing visual clarity.
General Video Settings:
| Display Mode | Fullscreen |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 16:9 (360Hz) |
| Aspect Ratio Method | Letterbox |
| Limit FPS in Background | On |
| NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency | On + Boost |
Graphics Quality:
| Multithreaded Rendering | On |
| Material Quality | High |
| Texture Quality | High |
| Detail Quality | High |
| UI Quality | Low |
| Vignette | On |
| Vsync | Off |
| Anti-Aliasing | MSAA 4x |
| Anisotropic Filtering | 8x |
| Improve Clarity | Off |
| [BETA] Experimental Sharpening | Off |
| Bloom | On |
| Distortion | Off |
| Cast Shadows | Off |
General Settings
Apart from the video settings, Shroud uses general default settings for visual clarity. He mainly uses customized map settings. Other than that, the rest of the general settings are set to default.
| Accessibility | |
| Enemy Highlight Color | Red (Default) |
| Map | |
| Rotate | Rotate |
| Keep Players Centered | Off |
| Minimap Size | 1.028 |
| Minimap Zoom | 1 |
Keybinds
Now that you know Shroud’s video and general settings, it’s time to see what keybinds he uses for fluid movement and commands. We’ll only include the custom keybinds below; other keybinds are left to default.
| Walk | L-Shift |
| Crouch | L-Ctrl |
| Use/ Equip Ability: 1 | E |
| Use/ Equip Ability: 2 | Q |
| Use/ Equip Ability: 3 | C |
| Ultimate Ability | X |
| Jump | Space Bar/ Mouse Wheel Down |
| Use Object | F |
| Equip Primary Weapon | 1 |
| Equip Secondary Weapon | 2 |
| Equip Melee Weapon | 3 |
| Equip Spike | 4 |
Crosshair Settings
| Crosshair | |
| Crosshair Color | White |
| Outlines | Off |
| Center Dot | Off |
| Override Firing Error Offset With Crosshair Offset | Off |
| Inner Lines | |
| Show Inner Lines | On |
| Inner Line Opacity | 1 |
| Inner Line Length | 5 |
| Inner Line Thickness | 2 |
| Inner Line Offset | 0 |
| Movement Error | Off |
| Firing Error | Off |
| Outer Lines | |
| Show Outer Lines | On |
| Outer Line Opacity | .35 |
| Outer Line Length | 2 |
| Outler Line Thickness | 2 |
| Outler Line Offset | 10 |
Mouse Sensitivity
Like his other settings, Shroud changes his VALORANT mouse sensitivity quite a lot. However, he does not change his mouse sensitivity drastically, so it usually stays in a small range. Here is the list of current VALORANT mouse sensitivity setting Shroud has.
| In-game Sensitivity | .77 |
| Mouse DPI | 400 |
| eDPI | 308 |
| Windows Sensitivity | 6 |
| Mouse Polling Rate | 1000Hz |
| Scoped Sensitivity Multiplier | 1 |
| Invert Mouse | Off |
| [BETA] RawInputBuffer | On |
Shroud’s Gears
Shroud uses specific gears that let him play at his best. VALORANT is a very competitive game. So, having these gears definitely gives him an edge over others. Here is a list of all the gears that Shroud uses:
| Gears | Model |
|---|---|
| Monitor | ASUS ROG Swift PG27AQN |
| Mouse | Logitech G303 Shroud Edition |
| Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Keyboard Shroud Edition |
| Headphones | Logitech G PRO X 2 Headset Black |
| Mousepad | Logitech G840 Shroud Edition |
| Processor | Intel Core i9-13900K |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 |
| Gaming Chair | Logitech G x Herman Miller Embody |
| Streaming Microphone | Blue Mouse |
| Microphone Arm | Rode PSA1 |
| Mixer | Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 |
| Streaming/ Recording Camera | SONY Alpha A6000 |
| Streaming Deck | Elgato Stream Deck |
So, there you go! These are the new VALORANT settings and gears that Shroud is currently using. As mentioned earlier, you should always tweak your settings according to your preferences and accessibility. So, try out Shroud’s new VALORANT settings and adjust them with your own playstyle to get maximum output.
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