Faster Clicking in Gaming: How to Increase your CPS
Are you frustrated with your slow click speed? Are you desperate to click faster while gaming so that your opponents are left behind? In this article, we’ll show you the best tips to increase your CPS (clicks per second) – guaranteed to make you click faster than ever before.
1. Click Faster with Known Clicking Techniques
This tip is probably the best way to click faster in games – no matter which one you play. And you can do it without spending any new equipment or money!
When we talk about clicking techniques, we mean the three most popular methods to increase your CPS:
In the individual articles about the click techniques we will explain what they are all about. But one thing is for sure: If you master one of these techniques, you will definitely be able to click faster.
No matter which one you choose, you will be able to use your hand and arm muscles in such a way that you will get more clicks everywhere than with normal clicking movements. The most important thing is that you concentrate on triggering a double click with every click.
Practice enough to learn one of the methods – because without serious training you won’t get far. If you don’t like any of these techniques, you can also try to click with both hands at the same time (you use both index fingers at the same time for faster clicks). Of course, this is nonsense for gaming, but for clicker games it might be interesting for a short time.
2. Get a Gaming Mouse
Without one of the best gaming mice, you’ll have a hard time improving your click speed. Especially for the clicking techniques mentioned in the first tip, you often need special models that support this kind of fast clicking. In addition, gaming mice are equipped with better switches, which will last you longer and also withstand the many clicks.
If you don’t have one yet, get a good gaming mouse. Because it doesn’t even have to be very expensive! There are inexpensive models that will help you click faster in games. Without the right mouse you won’t be able to trigger your clicks fast enough and maximize your CPS. Don’t limit yourself and get something solid.
3. Optimize your Hand Position
Even if you have the right mouse and one of the techniques for faster clicking at hand, you can still do more. With the following small tips you can optimize your clicking behavior and thus gain valuable milliseconds.
- Don’t click too hard: In general, you should click gently and not apply too much pressure on the mouse buttons. Also avoid long and hard clicks with your clicking finger. Otherwise, the mouse can slip and slow down your clicks. In addition, your index finger will tire more quickly, which will naturally slow down your clicks.
- Relax your hand: Except when jitter clicking, a relaxed hand is best for fast clicks. If you tense up too much, your clicking finger will get tired quickly and your clicks won’t be fast enough.
- Use a good mouse pad: This will give you the necessary support and grip so that nothing can slip. If the mouse slips out of your hand, this is not really advantageous for fast clicking. In general, mouse pads are worthwhile for gaming.
- Keep your clicking finger directly on the mouse button: Enormously important for fast clicking. Your finger should always rest directly on the mouse button and should hardly be lifted between clicks. This reduces the distance your finger has to travel between clicks and logically allows you to click faster.
- Focus completely on clicking the main button: Your clicking finger should be positioned directly in the center of the respective mouse button to enable maximum clicking speed. Preferably not too close to the scroll wheel and also not too far forward on the mouse button.
4. Use the Right Mouse Grip
If you don’t know about the different mouse grips, you should do so. Especially the popular and often used palm grip is more suitable for casual gamers and is suboptimal for fast clicking.
The best mouse grip for fast clicks is the fingertip grip. Here, as the name suggests, you only have your fingertips on the mouse, which allows you to click very quickly. You will also come into contact with it frequently in connection with the clicking techniques presented above. Especially if you want to click fast and aim well at the same time, you will learn to love this grip.
5. Use Clicker Games for Practice
Playing clicker games is an often used way to learn fast clicking. In combination with the other tips you can practice your skills and get feedback in the form of CPS values. This way you can easily see if you are making progress and clicking faster than usual.
Besides, the games are fun at least for some time and if something is fun, you learn faster. You can try the following:
Especially a game like Osu is ideal for gamers especially since it not only helps you click faster, but also trains your hand-eye coordination and reaction skills. Of course, you can also play FPS games as a supplement, but you won’t specifically train your fast clicking.
In some games you will be banned for very fast clicking. So you better inform yourself before!
If you really only want to click fast, you can use your gaming mouse and the laptop touchpad at the same time if you have a laptop. Maybe an option if you don’t like the above clicking methods.
6. Use Auto-Clicker Software
If you still don’t click fast enough, you can try so-called auto-clicker programs. If they are allowed for your purposes. In most games these are not allowed and lead directly to bans!
With an auto clicker you can reach an insane click speed of up to 5000 clicks per second. There are many free and paid auto-clickers out there, you can check out the following ones:
Alternatively, you can set up click macros that automatically perform clicks for you. Gaming mice with good software in particular support this type of macro, including models from Corsair, Razer, Logitech, Roccat, SteelSeries and others.
If you have a gaming mouse from Razer, you can set up your own auto click program via the in-house Synapse software and place it on a mouse button.
Conclusion: Faster Clicking Can be Learned
We hope we could help you with our tips to finally click faster. As with everything in gaming, fast clicking is a matter of practice and you should not immediately despair if you still can’t reach your desired CPS value. Heed our advice and you will definitely improve!
However, please do not overdo it with the click training, especially since the whole clicking can be quite stressful for your hand. Take regular breaks and stop clicking as soon as your hand or arm starts to give you trouble.