Hello!
I play zarya/moira/hanzo and I was wondering what sens I should put for each character, I keep changing, but I want to know what is long term wise, best. So basically a sens that the pros use, so that I can rank up a little.
Currently my sensitivity is at 4 (I heard the lower the better) however not entirely sure.
Try this. The method is a bit time consuming and for some even complicated, but I think you’ll find it easy to follow. Plus, it really works quite well (atleast for me).
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As a starting baseline I like to set it so i do a 180 degree turn from the center of the mouse mat to the edge of the mouse mat without the mouse tipping off the edge. Imo it gives you the best precision with the space you have without sacrificing the ability to turn on someone behind you. From there you can make minor adjustments to better suit you. Make sure you have acceleration and smoothing turned off in windows, and that mouse has a high enough hardware DPI as not to cause interpolation.
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I have my sens on 4 and it’s fine.If you have a small mouse pad then you should probably increase it by little bits every day.
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Personally I run 400 dpi with 12 sensitivity, works like a charm
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that vid definitely seems to help a lot of people. i have to admit, it just didn’t work for me. sometimes the sensitivities i tested with didn’t feel more comfortable than the opposing one, so i tended to screw myself up a lot rofl
OT: i play tracer, sym, and zarya quite a lot. i find for me a higher sensitivity works. i use 2200 DPI and 2.52 ingame sens, which is 5544 EDPI. however, i suggest to start with you should use 1600 DPI with 3 ingame sens, which is enough to comfortably perform a 180 without inhibiting your tracking skills. try to get used to that, and if it feels uncomfortably adjust it up or down depending on what you want
just remember that there’s no ironclad rule for the best sensitivity. it really is dependent on you as a person. for instance, my accuracy actually suffers at lower sensitivities because it tends to make me feel a lot more restricted and uncomfortable. with the sens i play at now, it’s a lot easier for me to aim instinctively, which improves my accuracy overall
for other people it’s the opposite. you have to find what’s right for you, and keep in mind that even the pros vary wildly. Soon and Geguri have very high sensitivities and are both great at tracking. carpe and ryujehong have low sensitivities but also perform extremely well
I’m not sure what DPI is, I only use the in game sensitivity option. sorry 
oh no problem, you may not have a gaming mouse. i think the standard dpi is 800, but i can’t be completely sure
if you aren’t able to comfortably do 180 turns, i’d turn your sens up to 6 and work from there
or if you feel comfortable at your current sens but are still performing badly, my best advice would be to work through it. early on i made the mistake of constantly changing my sens every time i performed badly, which meant i was always trying to adjust to something new and never really improved my aim
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I have a gaming mouse, I’m just not entirely sure how to use it properly XD.
i mean I CAN do 180 turns, but I have to go from one end of my desk to the other (my desk is quite small). I watched the video and my sens is now at 2.81 sens. Also, I don’t feel that great using the whole desk just to do a 180 turn.
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if that feels comfortable for you or if you think you can get used to it, it’s definitely worth trying. the worst thing that’ll happen is that you end up turning it up a notch, after all 
i cant imagine having to move my arm that much rofl, i tried very low sensitivities and always felt so restricted
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You need to be comfortable with doing a 180.
It’s really important in this game.
I’m personally using 2/1600, that’s about 20cm for a 180, feels quite good to me.
But it all depends on how much space you have (my pad is quite small, I can’t do a 360 when going from edge to edge lol).
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Sensitivity is a combination of in-game sensitivity and your mouse’s DPI.
First and foremost, trying to copy pros doesn’t always work. You should focus on what feels comfortable, particularly because you don’t have the same setup as pros.
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You might not have enough space on your mousepad (some pros have desk-wide mousepads), your mouse might require a lot of pickups or a lot of pushing/sliding around depending on the mouse shape and that might be counterproductive to the settings pros use, and you might end up developing a callous on your wrist joint that gets painful (if you haven’t already).
- If your setup doesn’t allow you to use the whole desk, or it just feels really unnatural in general, you should try a different setting that might not match a pro’s, and that’s okay.
Start with a DPI, it matters for menus and emote wheels, as well tiny turning movements. Non-gaming mice are typically either 400 or 800 DPI and you typically can’t change it.
- Generally, a high DPI with a low sensitivity, or a low DPI with a high sensitivity is preferred. Since you’re using a stock mouse, you won’t be able to control your DPI so you’ll just need to focus on changing the in-game slider.
People judge their turnspeeds by something called a cm/360. The average turnspeed is 34.64 cm per 360 degree in-game turn. You’ll probably want to use a calculator like this one to see your cm/360; Overwatch DPI Tool
Use that and figure out if you like a slow cm/360 (anything above 34.64) or a fast cm/360 (anything below 34.64). From there, it’s about fine tuning something so you don’t strain.
Once you find something that feels comfortable, stick with it for a long period of time. Days or weeks at a time. From there, if you still feel you’re not getting the best value of it, you can change it in quarters or halves, and that’ll give you an intuitive transitioning period.
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DPI, or dots per inch, is a measurement on how sensitive the camera on your mouse is. Generally higher is better, but standard office mice are usually 800, with older models being only 400 (which is why a lot of pros use 400, it’s what they grew up on). Generally higher is better as too low a mouse camera’s resolution can cause the hardware to ‘miss’ a movement or a movement won’t be accurately translated to how many pixels to move a mouse cursor. These ‘misses’ are known as interpolation so whatever DPI your mouse is, it’s best to try to keep it either above or at a dividable multiple of your current display resolution (not in game resolution). This way, if your mouse moves one and one half pixel on it’s sensor, it doesn’t accidentally move the mouse cursor by only one pixel on screen.
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Use the same sense for them all. Place it at one that is sensitive enough that you can hit things, but not so much that you miss. I’m not you. 
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what is your dpi??
i currently use 800dpi and 7 in-game
The best sensitivity long term wise is the one which is simultaneously most comfortable for you and allowing you to be as accurate as possible with your movements and aiming. Lower is generally better, but not necessarily. At some point, lower will start to become worse.
For me, personally, it used to be 1600dpi and 3 in-game sens. Recently I changed it to 2. I deliberately cleaned up space on my desk so that I have more space to move. Each change I’ve done over time has taken several days of adjustment, so don’t expect any new sensitivity to just work like a charm and feel right the moment you try it out. Give it some time, take notice of your performance during that time and adjust accordingly from there.