What DPI should I use for Overwatch 2?

The DPI number itself matters less than your eDPI, the product of DPI and in-game sensitivity. 800 DPI at 5 sensitivity and 400 DPI at 10 turn at the same speed. That said, it is easier to manage if you use one of the default steps where your sensor performs most reliably and handle fine adjustments through in-game sensitivity.

Should I go by eDPI or cm/360?

Use both. eDPI is convenient for comparing numbers against other people's setups, while cm/360 tells you whether a sensitivity is actually usable given your pad size and grip. Especially if you want to run low sensitivity, check first whether your cm/360 fits within the width of your mousepad.

Should I set different sensitivities per hero?

Splitting from the start is not advisable. The better order is to get thoroughly comfortable with one baseline sensitivity, then make small adjustments for a specific hero only when a clear discomfort keeps recurring. Trying to learn several sensitivities at once means adapting to none of them.

Will copying a pro player's sensitivity improve my performance?

Copying it outright is not advisable. That value is tuned to that player's build, grip, gear, and long adaptation time. Use the rough range as a reference for your starting point, but set the final value by looking at your own aiming results.

How long should I keep a new sensitivity before judging it?

Hold it for at least several days to a week. The awkwardness right after a change is far more likely to be the adaptation process than a bad sensitivity. Saving duel clips with DOR during that period and comparing your aim paths lets you judge on evidence rather than feel.

Overwatch 2 Sensitivity Settings: eDPI, cm/360, and Pro Ranges

At some point in Overwatch 2 a thought creeps in. If your aim keeps sailing past targets, or you keep dying while trying to turn on someone who flanked you, it may not be purely a skill issue. There is a good chance your sensitivity simply does not match how you play right now.

The trouble is that sensitivity advice is unusually tangled. One person tells you to run 5 at 800 DPI, another insists 400 DPI is the standard. The problem is that those numbers are being stated against different baselines. This article starts by establishing comparable units, then works through hero-specific trends and the process of finding your own setting.

Why Sensitivity Matters So Much in Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2 mixes heroes with completely different aiming styles into a single game. Broadly, they split into tracking and flicking. Tracking means keeping your crosshair glued to a moving enemy as they move, while flicking means throwing your crosshair instantly onto a target point.

These two styles want nearly opposite sensitivities. Tracking depends on fine wrist and arm control, which favors lower sensitivity, while flicking has to cover wide angles in short distances, so going too low pushes your arm off the edge of the pad. That is the fundamental reason sensitivity debates never end in Overwatch 2. It is structurally difficult for one value to cover every hero perfectly.

So the goal is not to find a single right answer, but to land on a point that works reliably for the hero group you play most while staying tolerable on the rest.

eDPI: The Common Unit for Comparing Setups

eDPI stands for effective DPI, and it is your mouse DPI multiplied by your in-game sensitivity. The math is simple.

eDPI = mouse DPI x in-game sensitivity
800 DPI with 5 sensitivity gives 4000 eDPI
400 DPI with 10 sensitivity also gives 4000 eDPI
In other words, those two setups turn at effectively the same speed on screen

This is exactly why hearing that someone plays at 3 tells you nothing on its own. You need their DPI for the comparison to mean anything. Getting into the habit of converting to eDPI whenever sensitivity comes up removes an enormous amount of confusion.

Diagram showing how eDPI is calculated by multiplying mouse DPI and in-game sensitivity — Different DPI and in-game sensitivity values still turn at the same speed as long as the eDPI matches.

Where possible, leave DPI at one of the default steps in your mouse software and make fine adjustments through in-game sensitivity. Changing DPI frequently throws off your sensitivity in every other game too.

cm/360: The Distance Your Hand Actually Travels

If eDPI is for comparing numbers, cm/360 is the metric you feel physically. It means how many centimeters your mouse must move for your character to turn exactly one full circle on the spot. The larger the value, the lower the sensitivity; the smaller, the higher.

Measuring is not hard. Mark a starting point on your pad, line your crosshair up on a piece of scenery in game, then push the mouse in one direction and measure the distance until you return to exactly that point. If you cannot do it in one pass, measure a half turn and double it.

cm/360 is useful because it directly reflects your pad size and grip style. No matter how ideal your eDPI looks, if a full rotation requires more distance than your pad is wide, it is not a usable sensitivity in a real match. If you want to run low sensitivity, upgrading to a larger mousepad comes first.

Why Sensitivity Preferences Split by Hero

I am not going to declare a correct number for any specific hero. Grip style, arm length, and pad setup differ from person to person, so even players on the same hero end up comfortable at different sensitivities. What helps instead is understanding why preferences diverge, which makes it much easier to judge for yourself.

Hitscan Heroes

Hitscan heroes, whose shots register the instant you fire, live on the stability of placing your crosshair precisely on the target. Hitting an enemy who looks tiny at long range means even the slightest crosshair tremor costs you. That is why players who mainly run hitscan tend toward relatively low sensitivity, meaning a larger cm/360.

Projectile Heroes

Projectile heroes, whose shots have travel time, depend on predictive aim, calculating where an enemy will be and firing there. Because you spend more time throwing your crosshair into empty space ahead of the target than locking it onto the target itself, extremely low sensitivity can feel sluggish instead.

High-Mobility Heroes

Heroes who reposition quickly by wall climbing, teleporting, or diving live and die on their ability to swing their view. If checking behind you takes two or three lifts of the mouse, the situation is already over by the time you get there. If these are your mains, either bump your sensitivity up a little or keep it low while securing a wide pad and a consistent lifting motion.

Even though per-hero sensitivity settings exist, splitting into multiple values from the very beginning is not advisable. The safe order is to get thoroughly comfortable with one baseline sensitivity first, then make small adjustments for specific heroes.

What Range Do Pro Players Generally Use?

Memorizing specific players' names and exact numbers is not particularly meaningful. Values change when gear changes, and more importantly they are tuned to that person's build and posture. Zoom out, though, and these trends appear.

Even at the pro level, eDPI varies widely, spanning everything from low to moderate sensitivity
The more a role depends on precision aim, the more it clusters toward low sensitivity with a large cm/360
Mobility-focused roles and supports often run less extreme sensitivity because of how much they need to check their surroundings
DPI itself is commonly 400 to 1600, but what ultimately matters is the product, your eDPI
If there is one thing they share, it is that most of them keep the same sensitivity for a long time

That last point is actually the most important one. Copying a pro's sensitivity does not work because what makes them good is not the number but the thousands of hours they spent adapting to it. Use other people's values as a reference range and make the final call with your own hand.

A Step-by-Step Process for Finding Your Sensitivity

Finding your sensitivity should be approached as a process rather than a hunch. Work through the following order.

Step 1. Measure and record your current eDPI and cm/360. Without a known starting point you cannot interpret the results of any adjustment.
Step 2. Identify the two or three heroes you have played most across your last 30 games. Tune your sensitivity around your main heroes.
Step 3. Spend a set amount of time in the practice range or a custom game testing both static and moving targets.
Step 4. If you overshoot targets frequently, lower the sensitivity. If you undershoot or your view swings feel sluggish, raise it.
Step 5. Limit each adjustment to about 10 percent. Change too much at once and you will not know what caused the improvement.
Step 6. Hold the new value for at least several days to a week. Awkwardness in the first few days is far more likely to be adaptation than a bad sensitivity.
Step 7. Review your actual results over that period and decide whether to keep it or revert.

When you change sensitivity, keep your mouse grip and seating posture fixed too. Shift your elbow position or chair height and the same sensitivity will feel completely different.

Bringing Sensitivity From Another FPS Into Overwatch 2

If you came to Overwatch from another FPS, there is no reason to throw away the hand feel you already have. Each game uses a different internal coefficient for its sensitivity slider, so the same number produces a different turn speed, but matching by cm/360 lets you carry that feel over almost perfectly.

Here is the method. First measure cm/360 in the game you came from. Then measure the same way in Overwatch 2, adjusting the in-game sensitivity until your cm/360 lands close to the original value. You can match it well enough this way without touching a calculator.

One variable to watch is field of view. Default FOV differs between games, and a wider FOV makes targets appear to move less on screen at the same cm/360. If something still feels subtly off after matching cm/360, FOV difference may be the cause, so fine-tune by a few percent from there.

Table summarizing the process of converting sensitivity between games using cm/360 — Instead of copying numbers over, use cm/360 as your baseline and your hand feel carries across.

How to Compare Fights Across Sensitivities With DOR

The hardest part of tuning sensitivity is judgment. Memory alone cannot tell you whether the fight you just lost came down to your sensitivity, bad positioning, or the enemy simply outplaying you. That is why sensitivity experiments have to be run with records.

DOR is a free game recording and clipping tool, so you can capture your fights just by leaving it running while you play. Play a few days on sensitivity A and a few days on sensitivity B, then put clips of comparable situations side by side and your judgment gets dramatically clearer.

Check whether your crosshair frequently sails past the target and snaps back. If it happens often, your sensitivity is on the high side.
Watch whether your view swing is slow when an enemy flanks you from the side or behind. If it is, your sensitivity is too low or your mouse lifting is inefficient.
Observe whether your crosshair wanders and loses the target in close-range chaos.
Check whether your crosshair trembles slightly while aiming at long range.
Comparisons are only meaningful when you group fights from the same hero at similar ranges.

The screen is more accurate than your gut. Right after a change it is easy to feel like things got worse purely because the setting is unfamiliar, when the clips often show that your aim path actually improved. The reverse happens too: something feels comfortable while you are quietly overshooting the whole time, and only the footage catches it.

Note the dates you changed sensitivity and group your clips by period. It gives you a reference point if you ever want to go back.

Wrapping Up

There is no universally correct Overwatch 2 sensitivity, but there are criteria you can judge by. Compare against others with eDPI, confirm it fits your setup with cm/360, and set your direction based on the aiming style of your main heroes.

Above all, do not change it often. Players who constantly fiddle with sensitivity never get comfortable with any of them. Adjust in small steps, hold long enough, and verify with records, and at some point you reach a place where you stop thinking about aiming at all. That is when the sensitivity is right.

Overwatch 2 Sensitivity Settings Explained: eDPI, cm/360, and Finding Your Number