What Mouse Does MSL Use?

MSL's mouse history

The history has two periods and one switch, from the ZOWIE EC2-B Divina Blue to the Pulsar Xlite V2 Wireless. The ZOWIE ran from September 2022 to November 2022, a span of 1.9 months.

The Pulsar Xlite V2 Wireless has been in use since November 2022. It is his longest-used mouse, and the ZOWIE EC2-B Divina Blue is the longest earlier period at 1.9 months. He has not returned to either model.

Mousepad

MSL plays on the SteelSeries QcK Heavy Black, a cloth pad he has used since September 2022. That is the same month the ZOWIE period began, so the pad has stayed the same across the mouse switch.

The surface is rated control-oriented, with high static friction and medium dynamic friction. The foam is firm and the pad is 6 mm thick. In practice, high static friction means the mouse needs a little more force to start moving, and medium dynamic friction means it slides at a moderate pace once it is moving. The 44.5 x 39.7 cm cloth surface has no stitched edges.

Mouse settings

In CS2 MSL runs 400 DPI at 1.60 in-game sensitivity, which gives an eDPI of 640 and 64.9 cm per 360. The mouse is set to 1000 Hz, the top polling rate the Xlite V2 Wireless offers.

Zoom sensitivity is 1.00 and Windows sensitivity is 6. The 400 DPI setting is well inside the sensor's 50-20000 range, so the 64.9 cm/360 comes from low in-game sensitivity rather than from extreme DPI values.

Should you buy MSL's mouse?

The Pulsar Xlite V2 Wireless is a wireless ergonomic mouse. It is available to buy and weighs 59 g. At 5.92 cm it is the narrowest mouse in the comparison below, and at 4.26 cm it is the tallest of them. It suits players who want a light, narrow ergonomic shape with Kailh GM 8.0 switches and a PMW 3370 sensor. Its polling rate tops out at 1000 Hz.

The alternatives trade off like this:

• ZOWIE EC2-DW Black: 1 g heavier, 0.06 cm longer, 0.58 cm wider and 0.06 cm lower. It adds polling rates up to 4000 Hz and uses a PAW3950 sensor.
• Razer DeathAdder V3 HyperSpeed: 4 g lighter, the same length, 0.48 cm wider and 0.16 cm lower. At 55 g it is the lightest mouse in this group.
• Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro Black: 4 g heavier, 0.71 cm longer, 0.21 cm wider and 0.05 cm lower. It also reaches 4000 Hz polling and has a 30000 DPI ceiling.

If width is the priority, the Pulsar is the narrowest of these. If a higher polling rate matters more, the ZOWIE EC2-DW Black and the DeathAdder V3 Pro both go up to 4000 Hz.