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Why Counter-Strike Pros Are Loving a New Mouse That Reduces the Time It Takes to Fire Their First Shot by Up to 30ms<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-18 10:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Logitech’s new X2 Superstrike mouse is said to be “taking over” the PGL Cluj Napoca Counter-Strike 2 tournament, with multiple players on five top teams trading their previous picks for the faster-clicking mouse released this month. In all, 13 players out of the 50 still remaining in tournament contention are wielding the Superstrike, including players on Navi, The Mongolz, Falcons, Furia and G2. That’s a surprisingly high number for a mouse that has only been officially available for a few days, especially with how conservative pro players tend to be when it comes to changing to new equipment for fear of a performance drop-off as they adapt.<\/p>\n

Users in the \/r\/mousereview subreddit first clocked the trend in the PGL tournament, which is the first significant Counter-Strike 2 event since the X2 Superstrike was released on February 10th. Prototype versions of the mouse have already been used to win CS2 tournaments, most notably by Furia player Kscerato, but Cluj Napoca 2026 seems to confirm that the mouse has become a popular – if not yet universal – choice for players already used to playing with Logitech mice, whether they’re officially sponsored by Logitech or not. <\/p>\n

The X2 Superstrike in action at PGL Cluj Napoca. Image credit: PGLesports.com<\/p>\n

The Superstrike is an upgraded version of another popular choice for Counter-Strike pros, the Superlight 2, which trades that mouse’s optical microswitches for a new tech called HITS (haptic inductive trigger system). The idea is that by eliminating the physical movement needed before each traditional mouse click, players can reduce the time it takes to fire their first shot by up to 30ms. Pro players see less of an impact than amateurs, but the speed-up is still an order of magnitude faster than the switch from a 1000Hz to 8000Hz polling rate for example, another recent trend for gaming mice and keyboards that’s also about reducing latency. <\/p>\n

The Superstrike also allows for rapid trigger, another technology first seen in…<\/p>\n

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