When shopping for the best possible gaming mouse, you are searching for any specs that might give you the edge against your opponents, but what if you find a mouse with the specs plus a way to help train you to be a better gamer? Enter the ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition, a mouse resulting from collaborating with top Esports gamers and the people at Aim Lab.
In the box, you’ll find the ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition, a USB Dongle that is nested in the bottom of the mouse, a dongle extension cable, grip tape decals to go on the sides and on the mouse buttons and documentation. The mouse comes equipped with an RGB scroll wheel and forward/backward buttons on the side of the mouse.
Connectivity is your friend when you have the ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition. The provided dongle is for 2.4 GHz RF connection, but this dongle is the ROG Omni Receiver, a dongle that allows for multiple device connectivity, including keyboards and wireless headsets. But that’s not the only way you can connect the mouse to your computer. The ASUS ROG Harpe Ace has Bluetooth 5.1 capability and can be connected to a USB-C cable for charging or to make it a wired mouse. So however you want to connect, you can.
“The ROG Harpe is designed for responsiveness with its 1000Hz polling rate and 70-million click switches.”
The 54g mouse boasts 36000 DPI resolution with a maximum speed of 650 IPS. The report rate is 1000Hz for both wired and wireless play. The switches have a 70-million-click lifespan, and you can get up to 90 hours of game time with the RGB off and up to 79 hours with the standard breathing RGB on. RGB can be controlled via button combinations on the mouse or via ROG’s Armoury Crate software.
Performance while actually using the ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition has been great. It’s light, responsive and has the battery life to keep the game going for a long time. A big reason why the mouse is so responsive for me is because of how it is calibrated. Some of this is done through the Armoury Crate software, but some of it is also done by gaming. Not just any regular gaming, though. Aim Labs has created a game that is built for perfecting the mouse just for you.
“With RGB lighting off, the ROG Harpe can last up to 90 hours of gaming time on a charge.”
Aimlabs, available on Steam, is designed to optimize the ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition’s performance to play to your strengths by analyzing how you game and helping you set up your mouse in a way that compliments your style. The games, which mostly consist of shooting targets of varying sizes, distances and speeds to determine the best DPI, the best Angle Tuning Value and Lift Off Value that can help you improve your FPS gaming by matching its style to yours.
Aimlabs has become more than just a training simulation for gamers, however. They’ve added a little spice to make the game something worth returning to. Now you can go from honing your skills to pitting them against other gamers in ranked modes. New inventory gives you a little eye candy while you chase your targets, and your customized profile will let the other gamers know just who you are.
While not the most expensive gaming mouse on the market (not even among other ROG mice), the $149.99 USD price tag can be a pretty tall order for a lot of gamers, especially given the saturated market of flashy mice from big names that can get the job done just fine. Asus is betting that their collaboration with Aim Lab and the engineering that went into making the best mouse possible will bring the gamers their way. As a more casual gamer, I wouldn’t spend this much on a mouse. A more serious gamer, however, may find what they are looking for in the ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition.
