Best Black Ops 6 controller settings: Sensitivity, deadzones, aim assist, more

Just like in previous Call of Duty games, Black Ops 6 gives players dozens of controller settings to tweak and adjust. While this allows for a tailored experience to match your exact preferences, it can also be overwhelming to figure out.

While using the best weapons is as important as ever, Omnimovement means you’ll also need the best controller settings to compete. Whether it’s sensitivity, deadzones, or aim assist, this game gives you the tools to elevate your gameplay.

However, these mean nothing if you don’t know what to use. To help you out, we’ve listed the best controller settings in Black Ops 6 that will help you dominate multiplayer.

Best controller settings in BO6

Inputs

• Aiming Input Device: Controller
• Edit Button Layout: Default
• Stick Layout Preset: Default
• Horizontal Stick Sensitivity: 1.20 – 1.80
• Vertical Stick Sensitivity: 1.20 – 1.80
• 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
• Controller Vibration: Off
• Trigger Effect: Off

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Kicking it off is the Default Button Layout Preset – Call of Duty’s traditional button layout and 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.

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.

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 even Zombies is a hindrance. 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 and extend your controller’s battery life.

When it comes to sensitivity, there’s a degree of personal preference. It’s not like the same settings will work for everyone, with some players preferring higher and others lower sensitivity. However, we recommended using somewhere between 1.20 and 1.80, as this provides a nice balance between control and being able to look around quickly.

Deadzone Inputs

• Left Stick Min: 1
• Left Stick Max: 99
• Right Stick Min: 1
• Right Stick Max: 99
• Left Trigger: 0
• Right Trigger: 0

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

You’ll want to lower these settings as much as possible until you’re comfortable. Ideally, this means using 0 Min and 100 Max on sticks, as well as 0 on both triggers. However, that isn’t worth doing if it means you are affected by stick drift, so it’s best to slowly raise these and see how low you can get away with.

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
  • 3rd Person ADS Correction Type: Assist
  • Aim Response Curve Type: Dynamic
• 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 finer 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.

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 slightly higher sensitivity for high-zoom optics like sniper scopes, as you’ll need to track moving around quickly with omnimovement.

Aim Assist

• Target Aim Assist: On
• ADS Aim Assist: On

Motion Sensor

• Motion Sensor Behavior: Off
• Motion Sensor Advanced: Leave all as default

Movement

• Sprint Assist: Off
  • 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: On
• Movement Advanced Settings
  • Sprint/Tactical Sprint Behaviour: Toggle
  • Auto Move Forward: Off
  • Auto Door Peek: Off
  • Grounded Mantle: On
  • Tactical Sprint Activation: Single Tap Sprint
  • Plunging Underwater: Free
  • Sprinting Door Bash: On

Combat Behaviors

• Aim Down Sight Behavior: Hold
• Weapon Mount Activation: ADS + Melee
• Dedicated Melee Weapon Activation: Hold Melee
• Body Shield/Finishing Move Behavior: Prioritize Finishing Move
• Armor Plate Behavior: Apply One
• C4 Activation Detonation: All at Once
• Equipment Behavior: Hold
• Manual Fire Behavior: Press
• Combat Advanced Settings
  • 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: On
  • Akimbo Behavior: Independent
  • ADS Stick Swap: Off
  • Depleted Ammo Weapon Switch: On

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Overlays Behavior

• Scoreboard/Map/Stats Behaviour: Toggle
• Overlay Advanced Settings
  • Inventory Control: Directional Buttons
  • Ping Wheel Delay: Moderate
  • Double Tap Danger Ping Delay: Moderate
  • Wheels Behavior: Hold

Best BO6 FOV settings

• Field of View: 100 – 115
• 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 100-115.

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 or decrease the value depending on whether you like how it feels or would feel further adjustments are needed.

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.