Profi gaming maus: Best Mouse for CS:GO — The Ultimate Guide

Best Mouse for CS:GO — The Ultimate Guide

When you’re playing a competitive game of CSGO one missed shot can mean the difference between winning the round or sending your team in a downward spiral of pistol B rushes so it’s pretty obvious that a good gaming mouse is a necessary piece of equipment for serious CS:GO players. 

It can be hard to see the forest for the threes though with so many companies offering gaming mice at many different price points. To help you out in your search we’ve analyzed the most serious CS:GO players there are (the pros) and made a list of the mice they use most, using our CS:GO Pro Settings and Gear List. In this list we’ll briefly go over the features of each mouse as well as give you some general thoughts on why pros might favor certain mice. Of course you should never just outright copy whatever your favorite pro is doing but it can definitely be a great idea to see the gear that they prefer.

The Top 5:

1.

Logitech G Pro X Superlight

2. Zowie EC2
3. Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro
4. Logitech G Pro Wireless
5. Zowie EC1

CS:GO is a game where every little advantage goes a long way. Players experiment with all sorts of stuff in order to squeeze every last drop of performance from their rig. CSGO is also one of the most ‘pure FPS’ games around, at least when looking at the most popular ones. With no classes, heroes, or any real starter loadouts to choose from, your aim is going to be super important.

The gameplay in CSGO is quite straightforward: there’s you, your gun(s) and an assortment of utility grenades to choose from. No abilities, extra pieces of kit, ultimates, and so on means that you don’t need a mouse with a ton of side buttons or extra functionality. A simple, reliable mouse with a comfortable design and a sensor which perfectly translates your movements to the game is all you really need for CSGO. In fact, distractions could even be detrimental to your performance.

CS:GO players are known for their restraint when it comes to switching to the latest and greatest gear, and these days there are a ton of mice manufacturers releasing great and reliable mice, so don’t let these aggregate lists stop you from trying out things: use this list as a guideline and an interesting source of information, not as a definite ‘best of’ list since a lot depends on personal preferences. Nevertheless, every single mouse on this list is an amazing CS:GO gaming mouse in its own right, so you can’t go wrong with any choice on this list, as long as the mouse fits your preferences and hand shape/size.

Logitech’s takeover

ZOWIE used to be the de facto ‘standard mouse brand’ for CS:GO professionals, but over the past year or so Logitech has taken over that crown. The mice that these two brands make are (partially) responsible for most of the frags that you see pro players make, as they are used by over 66% of active CS:GO professionals. Those are staggering numbers, and if you’re to believe CS:GO players you have to go for either a ZOWIE or a Logitech mouse, with Razer (and especially Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro) being a very viable third option.

Of course we’re only commenting on the trends that we see here: as we mentioned earlier on, there are tons of great mice out there, some made by niche brands that are basically only known in the enthusiast community. Speaking of niche brands: VAXEE, a relatively new company, hold the fourth spot quite comfortably, and even though their usage numbers have dropped off from what they were at the company’s peak it’s still impressive to see such a small brand make a splash in one of the largest esports scenes in the world.

Looking at these figures we do notice a trend, however. It seems like brands that don’t offer wireless mice are on a downtrend, whereas brands that do offer top tier wireless mice are on the up. This could be a coincidence, or it could mean that a wireless connection really is becoming the norm for any competitive gaming mouse these days.

Most used manufacturer

Logitech
Zowie
Razer
VAXEE

Around

0%

of analyzed CS:GO pros use a Zowie EC series mouse

Check our Pro Settings and Gear List

The number one esports mouse

The Logitech G Pro X Superlight is the successor to the widely used and lauded G Pro Wireless. That mouse had already taken the gaming world by storm, but even that one didn’t manage to do what its successor did: claim the crown as the most used mouse in professional CS:GO.

Despite being a little on the older side for a gaming mouse, the G Pro X Superlight (commonly abbreviated as ‘GPX’) is still one of the finest competitive gaming mice out there. There are others out there with more cutting edge technology, but the GPX achieves such a perfect balance on pretty much all fronts that it’s hard to look past it, even today.

The PTFE feet aren’t icy fast, but they strike a nice balance between speed and control, and are smooth right out of the box. The clicks don’t fall into any specific category (they’re neither very light, nor are they heavy and substantial) so they work for pretty much all gamers. The scroll wheel also goes for an agreeable compromise between tactility and smoothness. All of this leads to a mouse that’s, by design, ready to be used by almost any gamer without offending, and then we haven’t even talked about the shape.

Often criticized as being a bit bland or boring, the shape of the GPX is without a doubt one of the reasons for its overwhelming success. It’s not a specialized shape; there are better claw grip shapes out there, better palm grip shapes, and better fingertip designs, but it wasn’t Logitech’s intention to make a specialized design. Logitech wanted to make a mouse that would fit pretty much anyone, and looking at the sheer popularity and usage numbers of the G Pro X (and the G Pro Wireless before it) they’ve succeeded.

It is showing its age somewhat: the micro USB charging port might have been borderline okay when it released, but these days it really is an outdated format. The competition is also coming out with wireless mice that are capable of 4000Hz polling rates, while the GPX’s highest polling rate is 1000Hz. Optical mouse switches are on the rise too, even though these aren’t always a hit when companies release their own. The time for a refresh might be coming closer.

Why this one?

If you are looking for what’s essentially the industry standard gaming mouse, you’re looking for the Logitech G Pro X Superlight. And while it’s not on the cutting edge of technology any longer, it’s still one of the best gaming mice that you can buy today. If you know exactly what you want when it comes to shape and design there are certainly alternatives to consider these days, but if you just want a reliable competitive gaming mouse that’s going to work for 99% of people, the GPX is extremely hard to look past.