Usually, pro esports players are hesitant to change up their peripherals, especially before a big tournament. Getting comfortable with a new keyboard or mouse can be especially daunting when, y’know, your entire job is on the line. But a new mouse is making waves in a Counter-Strike 2 tournament as players try to get any edge they can in the team-based shooter.
Logitech only just released the X2 Superstrike and the new $180 gaming mouse is already becoming a fast favorite for competitive Counter-Strike 2 players. As pointed out by IGN, 13 of the ongoing PGL Cluj-Napoca tournament’s remaining 50 players have all switched over to the X2 Superstrike. Apparently no one wants to prioritize familiarity over potentially losing out on reaction time.
Logitech’s website boasts that the mouse is a “breakthrough in ultra-low click-latency technology.” It uses something called a Haptic Inductive Trigger System (or HITS) instead of traditional switches to allow users to click with a lot less travel time while receiving customizable haptic feedback. Basically, it saves players even more time from the second they try to fire off a gun in an online multiplayer shooter to the instant the hit registers on the enemy player.
PART 1. Here is my feedback on this mouse. It’s a game changer. NO, you won’t become good with this NO, but yes, the click response is faster, which I really like, and it’s really great and excellent of Logitech to have created this technology. Part 2 below 🔽 https://t.co/RNQIk6L4q3 pic.twitter.com/l6XvScTLUO
— Polo922 (@Polo922_) February 13, 2026
How much time, exactly? Up to 30 milliseconds. That’s 20 milliseconds less than the average time it takes a human to blink their eye. The X2 Superstrike effectively gets you a half-blink advantage over the competition if you’re skilled enough to need it. It’s probably not beneficial to casual players, but for competitive players, a more responsive mouse that can fire just a few ticks earlier can be a game-changer.
According to IGN, Logitech apparently sped up the technology’s development after receiving encouragement from pros who tested it. This isn’t really a surprise, however, considering the fact that the X2 is basically a fancier spiritual successor to the Superlight 2, which was already a top pick for CS2 pros.
We do know that some (if not all) of these players had access to the mouse in advance. Kscerato already won the MVP award at the Thunderpick World Championships using the mouse back in October. Still, it’s pretty impressive to see a mouse taking over a competition so quickly, especially considering that a few high-ranking teams like the Mongolz, Team Falcons, and FURIA now have half their players using the mouse.
The X2 Superstrike is obviously a new favorite in the CS2 community, but I’m personally curious to see if the mouse spreads to other esports. Based on its newfound status as a hot commodity among CS2 pros, I could see it becoming the default gaming mouse in other competitive games like Valorant and League as well—that is, if it isn’t banned.
