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heipizhu
290 posts
Joined March 2022
Topic Starter
heipizhu
Hi! I'm a new player in osu! and I am a player good at (at least a intermediate player) in several mobile MUG games. My question is not about using a mouse or a tablet, it is whether I should I stick on getting a silver SS on every single map or simply win a pass is enough? Which playing strategy is the fastest to improve?
More about me: use mouse+keyboard, good at pressing the 2 keys (Z&X), bad at aiming.
WalkingAbacus
255 posts
Joined January 2021
WalkingAbacus

heipizhu wrote:

Hi! I'm a new player in osu! and I am a player good at (at least a intermediate player) in several mobile MUG games. My question is not about using a mouse or a tablet, it is whether I should I stick on getting a silver SS on every single map or simply win a pass is enough? Which playing strategy is the fastest to improve?
More about me: use mouse+keyboard, good at pressing the 2 keys (Z&X), bad at aiming.
Both are too extreme. You absolutely don't have to SS every single map and it doesn't have to be silver, just normal is enough. Usually just fcing (full comboing, meaning you never break combo throughout the song) the maps is enough (with good accuracy though, around 98-100%, although 96-97 is usually good too). Just going for passes will not benefit you in the long run (you will lack the consistency to fc longer maps).

As for which playing strategy, it really just comes down to playing more. Try challenging yourself by playing map that are 0.1-0.2* harder than your usual (comfort zone) occasionally.
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Manishh
2,095 posts
Joined October 2020
Manishh
silver SS/S are when you get a SS/S with HD or FL. So don't make silver your main priority in term of accuracy improvement. For improvement in general both things are equally important. There is something called zone, comfortzone, out of comfortzone. Lets say your skill is a metal rod, To hammer it in a sword shape you have to play out of comfort zone and to sharpen the sword you gonna play in comfort zone.

by being out of comfort zone you gonna learn skills but being in comfortzone you gonna master them by improving your accuracy, consistency etc.

So in my opinion both are important for improvement
FrostyF
118 posts
Joined February 2018
FrostyF

WalkingAbacus wrote:

Both are too extreme. You absolutely don't have to SS every single map and it doesn't have to be silver, just normal is enough. Usually just fcing (full comboing, meaning you never break combo throughout the song) the maps is enough (with good accuracy though, around 98-100%, although 96-97 is usually good too). Just going for passes will not benefit you in the long run (you will lack the consistency to fc longer maps).
I agree with WalkingAbacus on most of the points, however, I don't think you should force yourself to get 98-100% accuracy just yet as your tapping is still developing.

When you get comfortable getting S's (93%+) move your goal to 95%+, then 97%+, then 98%+, etc. Play as many maps as possible as playing 20 different maps and getting used to different patterns always outweighs trying to turn a 98.3% into a 99% when it comes to learning.

Tldr; Go for Full Combos (no misses/slider breaks) and adjust your accuracy goals as you rise in skill. Most importantly find songs you enjoy and remember it's just a game.
furry playerOSU
36 posts
Joined February 2022
furry playerOSU
try to find a sens that is fast but you can still aim kinda well with the sens then work on your aim <3
heipizhu
290 posts
Joined March 2022
Topic Starter
heipizhu
Thank you all for your reply! I'll definetely take your advice. Start easy, with a little goal of FC S, and try to get better acc. So osu!std practicing stragegy is somehow similar to other MUG games, but has a silghtly differnt directions to improve(eg. aiming), am I right?
Thank you again for your long replies!
kujubuo
1,797 posts
Joined March 2021
kujubuo
play more and learn how to have good acc on 1-3* maps (like 99%)

after that focus on being outside your comfort zone
Manishh
2,095 posts
Joined October 2020
Manishh

heipizhu wrote:

Thank you all for your reply! I'll definetely take your advice. Start easy, with a little goal of FC S, and try to get better acc. So osu!std practicing stragegy is somehow similar to other MUG games, but has a silghtly differnt directions to improve(eg. aiming), am I right?
Thank you again for your long replies!
wtf is mug game bruh

osu is not only about aiming, you have to focus on tapping too
Dont focus on ranks like S, A, B etc since you can get a S rank with 93% acc and A rank with 99% acc


for me i think focusing on 99%acc in 1-3star is dumb, i think 98 is enough
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heipizhu
290 posts
Joined March 2022
Topic Starter
heipizhu

Manishh wrote:

wtf is mug game bruh

osu is not only about aiming, you have to focus on tapping too
Dont focus on ranks like S, A, B etc since you can get a S rank with 93% acc and A rank with 99% acc


for me i think focusing on 99%acc in 1-3star is dumb, i think 98 is enough
Ah, I mean I've actually practiced a lot of tapping skills before in 4K, arc, md, and lots of other games, and steaming down with a constant BPM is not a hard work for me. For me, the thing that restricts me is aiming. I often find it hard to move the mouse before the circles should be moved or moved to the wrong place(move to the wrong circle when steaming). As a result '50' and 'x':(
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FrostyF
118 posts
Joined February 2018
FrostyF
One more thing, if you're a mouse player make sure you turn off any for of mouse acceleration you may have enabled.

Mouse acceleration changes the velocity of your cursor depending on the acceleration in your wrist which makes it difficult to develop muscle memory. (i.e. you could move your mouse 10cm two different times and your cursor goes two completely different distances)
jaaakb
2,516 posts
Joined December 2013
jaaakb
If you've not played a lot of aimy games before, a tablet might feel better to aim with. It's like drawing/writing, for which most ppl have some experience.
heipizhu
290 posts
Joined March 2022
Topic Starter
heipizhu
I'm back again. Is this score the correct direction to practice?
scores/osu/4183022964
FrostyF
118 posts
Joined February 2018
FrostyF

heipizhu wrote:

I'm back again. Is this score the correct direction to practice?
scores/osu/4183022964
Very nice. Looks like you have the 1* range pretty much under control and this is a sign u should start testing 2* maps.

When practicing I don't recommend using sudden death (SD) since it's good practice to play through a map even after a miss. (Both the experience and to gain consistency/nerves to prevent choking on top plays). I rarely use SD.
heipizhu
290 posts
Joined March 2022
Topic Starter
heipizhu

FrostyF wrote:

Very nice. Looks like you have the 1* range pretty much under control and this is a sign u should start testing 2* maps.

When practicing I don't recommend using sudden death (SD) since it's good practice to play through a map even after a miss. (Both the experience and to gain consistency/nerves to prevent choking on top plays). I rarely use SD.
Just played a 2* longer map, and a 1-miss A. A 0.3*rise causes a 3% acc fall.
scores/osu/4183103596
Fxjlk
1,209 posts
Joined July 2014
Fxjlk
For new players improvement strategies dont really matter, as long as you are playing you will be improving.

Once you have played the game for a while and are serious about improving you can start to think about how to improve certain skills because you will actually have concrete goals.
FrostyF
118 posts
Joined February 2018
FrostyF

heipizhu wrote:

Just played a 2* longer map, and a 1-miss A. A 0.3*rise causes a 3% acc fall.
scores/osu/4183103596
Sounds good, also love that song. Definitely don't worry too much about the acc/combo, 94% and 1x is definitely good enough at your stage.

Fxjlk is right that newer players generally are well off just "playing more". 1-3* maps basically teach your the foundational skills of osu!. When you begin playing high 3* and low 4* maps you'll have a lot better ideal of what you are good/bad at and what you want to improve.
Akameeee
53 posts
Joined February 2018
Akameeee
you can ignore this..

1. dont retry / disable ur retry button if needed
2. dont look at ur pp (i mean ingame pp)
3. dont compare to others in negative way
4. keep playing
heipizhu
290 posts
Joined March 2022
Topic Starter
heipizhu
Thanks for advice again.
I used to retry (in other games as well) about 10 times until I get my first valid score, and I should definetely play more instead of trying to get a higher PP with a SS score. Yup, I'm playing now.
Voidedosu
3,617 posts
Joined June 2016
Voidedosu

heipizhu wrote:

Thanks for advice again.
I used to retry (in other games as well) about 10 times until I get my first valid score, and I should definetely play more instead of trying to get a higher PP with a SS score. Yup, I'm playing now.
When you're just starting out, SS's should basically never be what you're shooting for. They're very nice to get on occasion, and certainly worth actively pursuing when you have some skill in the game under your belt, but rather time-consuming and frustrating in the early days. Plus, I wouldn't be concerned at all about pp or rank until you start hitting the mid 6-digit range, imo.

When you start playing 3* maps consistently, then by all means try to get SS's in 1-2* maps as well. Just not right now.
WalkingAbacus
255 posts
Joined January 2021
WalkingAbacus

Voidedosu wrote:

heipizhu wrote:

Thanks for advice again.
I used to retry (in other games as well) about 10 times until I get my first valid score, and I should definetely play more instead of trying to get a higher PP with a SS score. Yup, I'm playing now.
When you're just starting out, SS's should basically never be what you're shooting for. They're very nice to get on occasion, and certainly worth actively pursuing when you have some skill in the game under your belt, but rather time-consuming and frustrating in the early days. Plus, I wouldn't be concerned at all about pp or rank until you start hitting the mid 6-digit range, imo.

When you start playing 3* maps consistently, then by all means try to get SS's in 1-2* maps as well. Just not right now.
I literally push for SS on every single map i play when i first started lol. Don't be me.
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