5 reflex games to warm up your hands
A five-minute routine our editors run before touching anything harder.
A five-minute routine our editors run before touching anything harder.

Warm-up matters more than talent in the reflex section. These five, in this order, take about five minutes and cover reading, rhythm, and one-button timing.
Start here u2014 lane reading at low speed is pure pattern recognition.
Two minutes of dial stopping settles your timing without any pressure.
The early levels are slow enough to be a metronome.
Now add precision on top of speed.
Finish with the hardest one-button test in the library.
Run this order before a Dodge Saw session and the first minute stops being a warm-up death.

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