Optimizing your Mouse and Keyboard settings in Black Ops 6 is essential to dominate and win as many games as possible while also racking up both score and kills with ease.

Settings play a crucial role in streamlining your experience. This is especially true for MnK players, who have a huge variety of options they can customize. Getting this just right, in addition to using the best PC Settings and best Audio Settings, is a must if you want to dominate in this year’s Call of Duty.

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To help you out, here are the Mouse and Keyboard settings that you’ll want to use in BO6 to be as successful as possible, including keybinds and movement settings.

Best Keyboard & Mouse settings in BO6

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Aiming Input Device	Mouse
Mouse Sensitivity	Varies based on DPI*
ADS Sensitivity Multiplier	1.00
Look Inversion (On Foot)	Standard
Simplified Controls Preset	Off
Low Motor Strain Preset	Off

*Multiply your mouse’s DPI x Mouse Sensitivity, and aim for a total between 2,000 and 6,000 eDPI. Tweak your eDPI within this range until you are happy with how it feels. A lower eDPI will make tracking easier but flicking harder, while a higher eDPI will favor flick shots over tracking.

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If you are unsure of your mouse’s DPI, this can be checked and adjusted using the appropriate software for your mouse. Some popular examples include Logitech G Hub, Razer Synapse, Turtle Beach Swarm II, Corsair iCUE, and SteelSeries Engine. All of these can be downloaded and installed through each brand’s official website.

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Mouse Advanced Settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Custom Sensitivity Per Zoom	Off
ADS Sensitivity Transition Timing	Gradual
ADS Sensitivity Type	Relative
Look Inversion	Preference
3rd Person ADS Correction Type	Precision
Monitor Distance Coefficient	Preference
Mouse Calibration	Mouse Acceleration: 0.00 Mouse Filtering: 0 Mouse Smoothing: Off Mouse Wheel Delay: 200
Use System Mouse Cursor	Off
Constrain Mouse to Game Window	Off

The main setting to double-check here is Mouse Calibration, as features like mouse acceleration, mouse filtering, and mouse smoothing are all terrible for your aim. These can badly mess with your muscle memory, making it much harder to get comfortable with your chosen sensitivity. To be blunt, relying on these will make you a worse player.

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Best Movement settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Sprint Assist	Off
Mantle Assist	Off
Crouch Assist	Off
Corner Slice	Off
Crouch Behavior	Toggle
Prone Behavior	Toggle
Sprint/Tactical Sprint Behavior	Toggle
Automatic Airborne Mantle	Partial
Parachute Automatic Behavior	Off
Sprint Restore	On
Slide Maintains Sprint	On
Mantle Cancels Reload	On

Black Ops 6 features a range of movement options that were clearly designed with a controller in mind. These can be very useful on a controller but don’t complement mouse and keyboard overly well, so it’s best to disable them. The main ones you’ll want to turn off are Sprint Assist, Mantle Assist, Crouch Assist, and Sprint Restore.

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Movement Advanced Settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Walk Behavior	Toggle
Walk Speed	Moderate
Grounded Mantle	On
Slide/Dive Activation	Independent
Slide/Dive Behavior	Standard
Tactical Sprint Activation	Double Tap
Plunging Underwater	Free
Sprinting Door Bash	On
Auto Door Peek	Off
Change Camera Slide Activation	Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus
Look Keys Sensitivity Horizonal	1.00
Look Keys Sensitivity Vertical	1.00

The Movement Advanced Settings aren’t as important as some others, but there are still a few options that can elevate your gameplay. Simple changes like enabling Plunging Underwater and Sprinting Door Bash make playing aggressively more fluid, which is important given how fast-paced this year’s Call of Duty is.

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We also recommend changing Slide/Dive Activation to independent to give you more control. With this setting, you will never dive when you mean to slide or slide when you mean to dive. Having both of these actions on the same input is useful on a controller, but is completely unnecessary when you have over 100 keys to use for binds!

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Best Combat settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Aim Down Sight Behavior	Hold
Interact Behavior	Press
Dedicated Melee Weapon Activation	Weapon Cycle
Body Shield/Finishing Move Behavior	Prioritize Finishing Move
Equipment Behavior	Hold
Weapon Mount Activation	Weapon Mount (Toggle)

These are all standard settings that shouldn’t require too much tweaking. However, you will need to set a dedicated keybind for mounting if you use the Weapon Mount (Toggle) option. This is preferred over the other options, as it gives more control and minimizes the risk of you mounting when you didn’t mean to.

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Combat Advanced Settings

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Change Zoom Activation	Melee
Weapon Mount Exit	Instant
Interact/Reload Behavior	Tap to Reload
Focus Behavior	Toggle
Sprint Cancels Reload	On
Depleted Ammo Weapon Switch	On
Armor Plate Behavior	Apply One
C4 Detonation Activation	One by One
Manual Fire Behavior	Press
Akimbo Behavior	Paired

There are some niche but important settings here. The biggest one is Sprint Cancels Reload, which gives you a quick way to cancel reload animations in a pinch. Without this, your only other alternative is switching guns, which takes far longer and will leave you vulnerable.

Equally, you’ll want to set Armor Plate Behavior to Apply One for Zombies and game modes like Kill Order where armor is a factor. Last but not least, setting Akimbo Behavior to paired allows you to fire both guns with a single left click. This not only makes them more consistent, but also feels more natural.

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Best Keybinds

The best Keybinds to use are highly personal and will differ greatly from player to player. In saying that, there are some small adjustments that you can make that help a lot.

Most of the time, you are best off using whatever you find most comfortable, but these optimized settings are a great option for those looking to be as competitive as possible:

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Movement Keybinds

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Move Forward	W
Move Backward	S
Move Left	A
Move Right	D
Auto Move Forward	H
Jump/Stand/Mantle	Spacebar
Prone/Dive	Z
Change Stance/Slide/Dive	ALT
Crouch/Slide	C
Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus	Shift

Combat Keybinds

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Fire Weapon	Left Click
Aim Down Sight	Right Click
Reload	R
Next Weapon	Scroll Wheel
Weapon Mount	Capslock
Fire Mode	B
Melee/Finishing Move/Body Shield	V
Lethal Equipment	Mouse Button
Tactical Equipment	E
Field Upgrade	X
Armor Plate/Drop Item	G
Interact	F

Overlay Keybinds

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Scoreboard	TAB
Map	M
Ping	Middle Mouse Button
Text Chat (Last Used Channel)	Enter
In-Game Statistics	Tilde

Menu Action

OPTION	BEST SETTING
Launcher Menu	F1
Social Menu	F2
Settings Menu	F3
Loadout Menu	F6
Push to Talk	CTRL

That’s all for the best Mouse and Keyboard settings in Black Ops 6. If you want to try playing on the sticks instead, check out the best controller settings. Regardless of your chosen input, you’ll want to know which are the best guns in BO6 and how to level up fast and fly through the grind.

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