Akagami28599 wrote:
but why is the difference at playing with clicking and without so big?
Coordinating your hands together is not an easy task. If your tapping hand is lagging a bit behind the aiming hand, you might find yourself clicking after the cursor has left the circle, and if the tapping hand is a bit faster you might tap before the cursor is even above the circle. While playing with relax, If you hover your mouse over a circle and leave the circle before the hitcircle is in place, the relax mod will make sure that it registers a click before the cursor is off. Because of this, you are not required to snap your cursor at all which will be detrimental to your aim. Early on it's a good practice to snap the cursor from circle to circle even if the circles are linearly placed in a straight line instead of just moving the mouse at a constant speed. To be honest a lot of times it's more tempting to move the cursor in curved motions in some patterns, but I assure you you will benefit a lot more if you learn how to snap properly if you're going to stick to using a mouse. For example doing square jumps without snapping is a pure pain.
That being said, it's fine to play hard maps that are way out of your comfort zone, but ultimately if you want to gain consistency in both holding a combo or accuracy try to play maps that you can FC without having to spend 50+ plays on it. I'm not telling you to stop playing hard maps, but try to play a bigger variety of maps, not just hard ones. Additionally, instead of trying to replay the same song over and over again, set a limit for how many times you can replay the map before you have to move on to another map, because you can always return to the map in another day. Playing the same map over and over again only learns you how to play that specific map, and in the long run it just becomes a matter of memorization.