Best Black Ops 6 controller settings: Sensitivity, dead zones, omnimovement, more

No different from previous years, Black Ops 6 gives players dozens of controller settings to tweak. While it allows for a very fine-tuned experience tailored to your exact preferences, it can often be overwhelming to figure out what’s best.

While using the best weapons is as important as ever, omnimovement means you’ll have to use the best controller settings to compete. Whether it’s FOV sliders, motion blur, or even just how you aim, you’ve got plenty of tricks at your fingertips to really make the most of the settings.

Best controller settings in BO6

Inputs

• Aiming Input Device: Controller
• Edit Button Layout: Default
• Stick Layout Preset: Default
• Horizontal Stick Sensitivity: 6
• Vertical Stick Sensitivity: 6
• Simplified Controls Preset: Off
• Low Motor Strain Preset: Off
• Bumper Ping: Off
• Flip L1/R1 or LB/RB with L2/R2 or LT/RT: Off
• Stick Layout Preset: Default
• Controller Vibration: Off
• Trigger Effect: Off

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Kicking it off is the Default Button Layout Preset – traditional Call of Duty button layout, the way you’ve likely been playing it for years.

That said, you could switch to the Tactical layout, swapping the inputs for crouching and melee. This means you can slide or even go prone without moving your thumb away from the aiming analog stick, an all-important change. Of course, many players now use third-party controllers with back paddles or buttons, so this may be less effective if so.

As for Swapping L1/LB with L2/LB and R1/RB with R2/RT, we recommend once again sticking to the default layout as that is likely what you’re used to. However, there are many benefits to swapping them, including a shorter response time when clicking the buttons, meaning you get your grenade out of your hand that little bit quicker,

Then, disable both the Trigger Effect and Controller Vibration. While it’s a nifty gimmick for the campaign, having resistance in your triggers for multiplayer or Zombies is completely unviable. This won’t come into play if you followed our previous step, however. As for vibration, it can be a little distracting with all that’s going on in any given match, so turning it off can keep you focused on the game.

When it comes to sensitivity, it really is down to personal preference here. Some pro players use a higher setting to quickly turn around and snap onto targets, while others go for a lower setting to maintain accuracy over all else. Picking somewhere in the middle is often best, so we recommend around 6 Horizontal and Vertical Stick Sensitivity.

Dead Zone Input

• Left Stick Min: 0
• Left Stick Max: 99
• Right Stick Min: 0
• Right Stick Max: 99
• Left Trigger: 0
• Right Trigger: 0

Dead Zones change how much movement on an analog stick is required before the game reacts. A higher Dead Zone setting means you’ll have to move your analog stick more to see your character move in-game. Vice versa, the lower a Dead Zone setting, the quicker the response time.

The best idea is to lower these settings as much as possible until you’re comfortable. I’ve had my controller for a few years now, so I set my Dead Zone to 0 and then keep turning it up until the stick drift disappears.

Aiming

• Sensitivity Multiplier:
  • Third Person Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00
  • Ground Vehicles: 1.00
  • Air Killstreak: 1.00
  • Tablet: 1.00
  • ADS: 1.00
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (Focus): 0.90
• Look Inversion (On Foot): Standard
• Advanced
  • ADS Sensitivity Transition Timing: Instant
  • Aim Response Curve Type: Dynamic
• ADS Sensitivity Multiplier (Focus): 0.90
• ADS Sensitivity Transition Timing: Instant
• Custom Sensitivity Per Zoom: On
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (Low Zoom): 0.85
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (2-3x Zoom): 0.85
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (3x-5x Zoom): 0.85
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (6x-7x Zoom): 1.0
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (8x-9x Zoom): 1.0
  • ADS Sens. Multiplier (High Zoom): 1.0

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There’s no major difference between Dynamic and Standard for Aim Response Curve, but I prefer Dynamic for its fine aim control. Standard will feel the most familiar if you’re a long-time Call of Duty player, but give Dynamic a try to take advantage of the micro-adjustments it allows for. After all, there’s a reason a majority of pro players use it. Linear is best avoided unless you’re completely new to shooters.

Lowering the sensitivity when aiming down sight with low-zoom optics can make it much easier to hit your shots. However, you’ll want to have a high sensitivity for higher zoom optics like sniper scopes as you’ll need to track moving around quickly with omnimovement.

Aim Assist

• Target Aim Assist: On

Motion Sensor

• Motion Sensor Behavior: Off

Movement

• Sprint Assist: Tactical Sprint Assist
  • Sprint Assist Delay: 0
  • Sprint Assist Sideways: On
  • Sprint Assist Backward: On
• Mantle Assist: Off
• Crouch Assist: Off
• Corner Slice: Off
• Slide/Dive Behavior: Tap to Slide
• Automatic Airborne Mantle: Off
• Sprint Restore: On
• Slide Maintains Sprint: On
• Parachute Automatic Behavior: Off
• Mantle Cancels Reload: Off
• Advanced
  • Sprint/Tactical Sprint Behaviour: Toggle
  • Auto Move Forward: Off
  • Auto Door Peek: Off
  • Grounded Mantle: On
  • Tactical Sprint Activation: Single Tap Run
  • Plunging Underwater: Free
  • Sprinting Door Bash: On

Combat Behaviors

• Aim Down Sight Behavior: Hold
• Weapon Mount Activation: ADS + Melee
• Dedicated Melee Weapon Behaviour: Hold Melee
• Body Shield/Finishing Move Behavior: Prioritize Body Shield
• Armor Plate Behavior: Apply all
• C4 Activation Detonation: All at Once
• Equipment Behavior: Hold
• Manual Fire Behavior: Press
• Advanced
  • Change DPad Up Behavior: Ping
  • Change Zoom Activation: Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus
  • Weapon Mount Exit: Instant
  • Interact/reload Behaviour: Tap to Reload
  • Sprint Cancels Reload: Off
  • Akimbo Behavior: Independent
  • ADS Stick Swap: Off
  • Depleted Ammo Weapon Switch: On

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Overlays Behavior

• Inventory Control: Directional Buttons
• Ping Wheel Delay: Moderate
• Double Tap Danger Ping Delay: Moderate
• Wheels Behavior: Hold

Best BO6 FOV settings

• Field of View: 110
• ADS Field of View: Affected
• Weapon Field of View: Wide
• Vehicle Field of View: Default

Field of View (FOV) mostly comes down to preference but we’d recommend anywhere between 105-115.

Some players prefer to crank the FOV all the way to 120 but this makes far-off targets smaller and the edges of your screen stretched. On the flip side, anything under 100 will cut off vital information from your peripheral vision.

Try setting it to 105 and see how you get on, then gradually increase the value as you get used to it.

How to find and test controller settings

While in the menu, simply tap the start/pause button on your controller to bring up a secondary menu on the right-hand side of your screen. From here, tab over to the settings cog and you’ll find the Controller option two spaces down.

Press X on PlayStation or A on Xbox to select the Controller settings menu and you’re off to the races.

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To find the best controller settings, you should jump into a private match. Load into one of the smaller maps like Bablyon with some low-level bots and play around with sensitivity, deadzones, and FOV until you find what feels the most comfortable for you.

You can also check out the best audio settings to hear every footstep, as well as the best PC settings for max FPS.