Tyson Ngo · Born May 5, 2001 · Canada · Duelist (retired) for T1
Tyson “TenZ” Ngo is a Canadian content creator and streamer. TenZ is a former professional VALORANT player, where he played for Sentinels and was widely regarded as one of the best professional players in the scene. Prior to his VALORANT career, he was a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, where he played for teams such as Cloud9 and Bad News Bears. He switched to VALORANT when the game came out and initially joined Cloud9’s VALORANT roster, though he was benched and moved to a streamer position after a series of disappointing results for the team. He then moved to Sentinels on loan before making his move permanent in June of 2021. He is known for changing his settings and gear frequently, sometimes even switching mice multiple times during one match.
The most-followed aim in VALORANT history — the player who made the Duelist entry look inevitable, and whose settings page is searched more than most rosters.
Masters Reykjavík 2021 championMasters Madrid 2024 championForbes 30 Under 30 (Games) 2026Retired Sept 2024, now T1 creator
What are TenZ's VALORANT settings?
TenZ plays VALORANT at 1600 DPI with 0.195 in-game sensitivity — an eDPI of 312, roughly 41.9 cm per 360°, a hair above the professional median (230 eDPI, 652-player ProAiming sample). He uses the Pulsar TenZ Signature Edition, a cyan inner-line crosshair (code 0;s;1;P;c;5;o;0;f;0;0l;2;0v;2;0g;1;0o;1;0a;1;0f;0;1b;0), 1000 Hz polling, Windows sensitivity 6 and RAW input on. Historically he is famous for changing sensitivity and mice constantly — treat any TenZ profile snapshot as a dated artefact, which is exactly what this one is.
Two Masters titles, 12 international trophies, and the game’s biggest personal brand
TenZ’s trophy cabinet is shorter than aspas’s and his peak is older, but no VALORANT player ever converted mechanics into a bigger personal audience. Forbes put his cross-platform fanbase around 14 million; his Finalmouse signature sold 40,000 units in seven hours in 2022 — still one of the fastest product drops in gaming history.
We store this share code alongside the settings above and re-check that the two agree. Last verified September 14, 2026. Share codes change — if this one imports a crosshair that looks different, the player has changed it since.
A cyan inner-line crosshair with a modest gap — small enough to keep the target clear at duel range, visible enough to track sprays. No outer lines, no centre dot; the style is the Sentinels-era TenZ default with micro-tuning he has kept roughly stable since 2023.
How to import TenZ's crosshair in VALORANT
1Open VALORANT and go to Career → Community.The crosshair share-code field lives in this tab.
2Paste the code above and press Import.The preview updates immediately — no restart needed.
3Check the numbers before you save.Colour should read #00ffff with inner lines at length 2 / thickness 2 / offset 1.
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Career timeline
2020 → today
2019
CS:GO prospect
Tyson Ngo grinds the North American CS:GO scene with Cloud9 and Bad News Bears before VALORANT exists. The crosshair instincts he builds there — minimal lines, center-first — never leave him.
2020
Launches on Cloud9’s VALORANT roster, then the stream
He joins Cloud9 for the beta, gets benched after rough results, and briefly pivots to full-time streaming — the first version of the career that would eventually absorb the second.
2021
Sentinels, and the first international LAN in esports history
A loan in early 2021 becomes permanent in June. At Masters Reykjavík — the first international VALORANT LAN ever — TenZ looks like the best player in the game, and Sentinels win it.
2024
Masters Madrid, then retirement at 23
He returns to a Champions-semifinal-level Sentinels core, lifts Masters Madrid, finishes top-four at Champions, and announces his retirement from competitive play in September to go full-time on content.
2025
Leaves Sentinels; builds the brand
After four years, he parts with Sentinels in May 2025 (“bittersweet”), and launches a community awards show for the VCT and Game Changers scenes.
2026
T1 jersey, Forbes list, Pulsar signature
He joins T1 as an influencer (his welcome trailer asks, “do I get to meet Faker now?”), lands Forbes 30 Under 30 Games, and the scrape says he now runs a Pulsar TenZ Signature Edition.
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Trophy cabinet
4 first-place finishes tracked
Majors
EventTeamResult
Masters Reykjavík 2021SentinelsChampion — VALORANT’s first international LAN — the tournament that defined the game’s opening era
Masters Madrid 2024SentinelsChampion — His second Masters title, in his final full season
Tournament victories
EventYearTeamResult
VCT 2024: Masters Madrid2024Sentinels1st
VCT 2021: Masters Reykjavík2021Sentinels1st
VCT 2022: NA Champion Series2022Sentinels1st
Champions 20242024SentinelsTop 4
Deep runs and runner-up finishes
EventResultNote
Champions 2021Group-stage exit after the Reykjavík high-water mark
Finalmouse signature sold 40,000 units in 7 hours (2022) — among the fastest gaming product drops ever — The Jawsaw UltraLight collaboration with his long-time mouse sponsor
Forbes 30 Under 30 — Games (2026) — Recognised for building VALORANT’s biggest personal brand
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Career statistics
1,317 maps tracked
MetricValueWhat it means
2021 seasonSentinelsMasters Reykjavík champion — VALORANT’s first international LAN
2022 seasonSentinelsVCT NA Champion Series title; benched for form later in the year
2024 seasonSentinelsMasters Madrid champion; top-four at Champions; retires from pro play in September
2025 season—Full-time creator; leaves Sentinels in May; launches a VCT community awards show
2026 seasonT1Joins T1 as influencer; Forbes 30 Under 30 (Games)
What matters for a settings page: TenZ’s numbers are not the lesson. His career is the lesson that aim is trainable and personality compounds — his sensitivity drifted constantly while his crosshair philosophy (thin cyan inner lines, no dot) barely moved.
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How TenZ plays
TenZ is the archetypal aim-first Duelist: crisp crosshair placement, hyper-aggressive peeking discipline wrapped around raw flick talent, and an ability to trade information for tempo that most teams could not afford and he rarely needed. What changed over time was not the style but the context — Sentinels built entire maps around first-contact duels bearing his name.
The first duel, by design
On Jett or Raze he entered not as a sacrifice but as an information weapon; his updraft/blast usage pattern is still the template NA academy players copy.
Flick-first, spray-second
Low time-to-kill duels at 312 eDPI gave him the best of both: enough speed to re-acquire on utility-dodged angles, slow enough to control the first three bullets.
The settings nomad
Scouts and casters have lost count of his mid-series mouse swaps. The takeaway for readers: his setup is a 2026 snapshot, not a doctrine.
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How TenZ compares
The natural yardstick is the current duelists he paved the way for — same first-contact role, different era of the meta.
Play deathmatch with one rule: no flicks. Pre-aim head height on every angle, and only shoot when the crosshair is already there. That is the whole TenZ mechanical story.
Enter with a question, not a prayer
Before every first peek, name the two enemies who can see you and the utility that answers them. He was aggressive on purpose.
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Things worth knowing about TenZ
His Finalmouse signature sold 40,000 units in seven hours (2022) — among the fastest product drops in gaming history.
Forbes lists his cross-platform fanbase at roughly 14 million and named him to 30 Under 30 (Games) for 2026.
He was a CS:GO pro (Cloud9, Bad News Bears) before VALORANT existed.
He is famously peripatetic with gear — mice have been swapped mid-match, which is why our page stamps a verification date on every number.
Retired from professional play in September 2024 at age 23.
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Frequently asked questions
7 answers
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What are TenZ's VALORANT settings right now?Settings
His verified snapshot (September 2026): 1600 DPI, 0.195 in-game sensitivity, 1000 Hz polling, Windows pointer speed 6, RAW input on — an eDPI of 312, or 41.9 cm per 360°.
Is TenZ's sensitivity high or low for a pro?Settings
Both numbers look unusual and both are normal. 1600 DPI is top-10 rare among the 652 pros in our database, but his 0.195 sens cancels it out: 312 eDPI sits in the 81st percentile — a standard high-leaning duelist tempo at 41.9 cm/360.
What crosshair code does TenZ use?Settings
0;s;1;P;c;5;o;0;f;0;0l;2;0v;2;0g;1;0o;1;0a;1;0f;0;1b;0 — cyan inner lines, no centre dot. Import it under Career → Community.
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What mouse does TenZ use in 2026?Gear
The Pulsar TenZ Signature Edition. Across 656 professional VALORANT setups in our database no other player runs it — if you copy his aim, copy his settings first and treat the mouse as taste.
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Is TenZ still a professional player?Career
He retired from competitive play in September 2024 after winning Masters Madrid with Sentinels, and now creates full-time — joining T1 as an influencer in 2026 and landing Forbes 30 Under 30 (Games).
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Who is TenZ?Biography
Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, a Canadian VALORANT icon born May 5, 2001 — a former CS:GO pro who became the face of VALORANT duelist play with Sentinels from 2021.
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Can you play like TenZ with his settings?Playing
The settings are only the frame: 312 eDPI is where roughly a fifth of all pros live. What separates him is crosshair placement before the duel ever starts — see the training block on this page.
How this page is built. Every setting on this page comes from ProAiming's own professional player database, cross-checked against tournament broadcast overlays, player-streamed configs and published rosters. Settings are re-verified on a rolling basis and the date at the top of this page reflects the last check for TenZ specifically.
Settings and gear: September 14, 2026 snapshot.
Career results, trophies and the official circuit rankings: aggregated from public tournament records through September 2026.
Performance statistics: professional matches only — the current sample is 1,317 maps tracked.
Prize money: approximate. Individual trackers disagree because they count different event tiers.
Where sources conflict, both values are shown rather than one being picked. Default peripheral choices reflect the most recent verified setup.
