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Hard Rock shrinks the circles and raises AR and OD, boosting aim and accuracy value. Here is how HR farms and the aim maps it works best on.
By OSUMAUK Staff
Hard Rock tightens the circle size, raises the approach rate, and narrows the hit windows. Smaller circles and higher AR push the aim value up, and the tighter OD rewards clean accuracy - so on the right map, HR is a straight pp gain over nomod. It shines on aim and jump maps where the extra precision pays off.
HR punishes loose accuracy. The tighter windows mean a sloppy HR play can pay less than a clean nomod one - only add HR to maps where your accuracy stays high under the smaller circles.
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Asu no Yozora Shoukaihan
Yuaru · [Sky Arrow] · the classic HR aim farm
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AiAe
Yuyoyuppe · [Eternal]
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MEGALOVANIA
toby fox · [Burn]
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Flaklypa
Rameses B · [Insane] · low-star HR pp
Aim maps with moderate density are the HR sweet spot. Avoid stacking HR on already-dense tech maps - the tighter circles turn a readable pattern into an accuracy trap.
See the main pp farm guide for the wider strategy, and pair HR with the aim farm maps for the biggest gains.