Input latency decides high-level Star Jolt play, and refresh rate is the biggest lever you control. Most 120Hz phones ship with the mode off. This guide turns it on and verifies it in game.

Step one: force 120Hz in system settings

Most Android skins ship in adaptive or 60Hz mode by default. On Pixel, Samsung, and most gaming phones, the refresh rate setting lives in Display settings. Set it to the highest fixed rate, not adaptive, because adaptive drops to 60Hz under exactly the load a game creates.

Step two: per-app override

Samsung's Game Launcher and similar suites can cap individual apps at 60fps. Add Star Jolt to the performance profile in your game manager so the cap lifts for this title specifically.

"The jump from 60 to 120 is the single largest free skill upgrade in the game."

Season 5 performance report

Step three: verify inside the game

Star Jolt shows the live frame rate under Settings, Diagnostics. You want a stable 120 with drops under 5 percent. The diagnostics screen also reports touch latency in milliseconds; anything under 20ms is competitive.

What if your phone caps at 60

Sixty hertz is still fully playable, and the game's input buffer is tuned to stay fair. Expect touch latency around 35-45ms on budget hardware, which costs roughly one rank-tier at the very top of the ladder and nothing at all below it.

Battery and thermals

120Hz mode costs about 12 percent more battery per hour in our testing. The in-game 60Hz toggle under Battery Settings halves that cost for long sessions. Thermal throttling starts around 41 degrees on most flagships; a thin case helps more than people expect.