Best controller settings for Black Ops 6

The Black Ops 6 beta has finally arrived on all platforms, so if you’re a controller player you’ll need to make sure your settings are up to scratch.

With the addition of omnimovement and a focus on smaller maps, aiming and tracking enemies effectively is more important than ever before. Luckily, if you’re on PlayStation, Xbox, or using a comparable gamepad on PC, there are a wealth of options you can change to stay accurate.

Here are the best controller settings in Black Ops 6.

Best Black Ops 6 controller settings

Inputs

• Button Layout Preset: Tactical
• Horizontal Stick Sensitivity: 6
• Vertical Stick Sensitivity: 6
• Simplified Controls: 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

The best controller layout to use in Black Ops 6 is Tactical, as this swaps the inputs of crouch and slide with melee attack. By mapping the crouch button to the right stick, you can seamlessly slide or go prone without having to lift your thumb away, allowing you to keep looking around for enemies.

Although it takes a little bit of getting used to, as it mixes up the default button layout that most players are used to, it can buy you crucial seconds in tight gunfights.

We also recommend turning off the controller vibration and trigger effect. These are great for immersion and might add to the experience in the campaign, but in multiplayer they’re more of a hindrance.

Although we’ve opted to turn off the option to flip the triggers and bumpers, if you’re someone who prefers to use the claw grip for holding their pad, this could make aiming and firing more comfortable for you. It’ll also slightly improve your reaction times, as buttons naturally respond quicker than triggers.

Sensitivity is all about what you prefer, but we’ve gone with 6 for both Horziontal and Vertical Stick sensitivity. This makes it feel consistent across the board and I found it strikes a nice balance between feeling snappy but also easy to control.

Dead Zone Input

• Left Stick Min: 0
• Left Stick Max: 0.99
• Right Stick Min: 0
• Right Stick Max: 0.99
• L2 Button: 0
• R2 Button: 0

When it comes to Dead Zones, I prefer to make full use of the sticks to make aiming feel as intuitive as possible. However, this is largely down to personal preference, so if you prefer to get the most movement out of a small nudge of the stick, feel free to lower these settings.

If you’re struggling with stick drift, which is known to happen on controller, you can fix this by sampling increasing the Dead Zones until the issue is resolved.

Aiming

• ADS Sensitivity Multiplier: 0.90
• Sensitivity Multiplier:
  • Third Person Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00
  • Ground Vehicles: 1.00
  • Air Killstreak: 1.00
  • Tablet: 1.00
• Verticle Aim Axis:
  • 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: Off

Aim Assist

• Target Aim Assist: On

Motion Sensor

• Motion Sensor Behavior: Off

Movement

• Sprint Assist: Off
• Mantle Assist: Off
• Crouch Assist: Off
• Automatic Airborne Mantle: Off
• Slide/Dive Behavior: Tap to Slide
• Auto Door Peek: Off
• Advanced
  • Sprint/Tactical Sprint Behaviour: Toggle
  • Auto Move Forward: Off
  • Sprint Restore: On
  • Slide Maintains Sprint: On
  • Tactical Sprint Behaviour: Single Tap Sprint
  • Plunging Underwater: Free
  • Sprinting Door Bash: On

Combat Behaviors

• Aim Down Sight Behavior: Hold
• Weapon Mount Activation: ADS + Melee
• Equipment Behavior: Hold
• Quick C4 Detonation: Grouped
• Manual Fire Behavior: Press
• Advanced
  • Change Up Directional Behaviour: Ping
  • Change Zoom Activation: Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus
  • Weapon Mount Exit: Short Delay
  • Interact/reload Behaviour: Tap to Interact
  • Sprint Cancels Reload: Off
  • ADS Stick Swap: Off
  • Depleted Ammo Weapon Switch: On
  • Scorestreak Reordering: Numerical Order
  • Dedicated Melee Weapon Behaviour: Hold Melee
  • Swap Body Shield and Execution Behaviour: Off

Vehicle Behaviors

• Vehicle Camera Recenter: Short Delay
• Camera Initial Position: Free Look
• Lean-Out Activation: Melee

Overlays Behavior

• Ping Wheel Delay: Moderate
• Double Tap Danger Ping Delay: Moderate
• Wheels Behavior: Hold

Best FOV settings

To get the most out of your controller settings, be sure to change your FOV to around 110. Doing so will increase the amount of the map you can see on your screen at any given team, which is ideal for spotting enemies in your peripheral vision.

You could turn it up to the maximum of 120 to see absolutely everything, but I find the 110 mark to be the middle ground between visibility without the screen feeling squished.

How to find and test controller settings

You can find your controller settings by opening Black Ops 6 in the CoD HQ launcher, pressing the Start/Options button, and scrolling to the cog icon. Select ‘Controller’ and you’ll be able to adjust all of the settings we mentioned above.

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Since this is only a beta, you won’t be able to fire up a private match to test out your aim before hopping into a real match. However, you could tweak your settings in MW3 and load into a private game against bots there to try out the aim assist and sensitivity.

While this won’t exactly replicate a Black Ops 6 lobby, it’ll still give you a pretty good idea of whether your settings are in the right place.

Now that you’ve got your controller settings in order, all that’s left to do is pick your weapons and Perks, build a loadout, and get into one of the beta game modes.