Pwnage StormBreaker: What Real Users Actually Think

I've been a fan of PWNAGE mice for a long time, sadly they have a fairly negative rep on this sub.

I've owned a Pwnage Ergo Wireless before and I performed terribly with it. I can't really prove why I'm not as good as I was with my GPW at that time. I'd like to see technical assessments/reviews of the Brand before I'd buy again.

I must be the minority. Their Ergo 2 mouse has been my go to for the past 2-3 years in FPS games, just replaced the battery.

Damn another positive review about this mouse and looking forward to the YouTube version. If Haus and boardzy both give it a solid I may have to pull the trigger...

Pwnage was and still are just rebrands of OEM mice though, for that I could never really recommend them because their Kickstarter campaign was literally just to reach the MOQ for their supplier. You could just buy the mouse from the factory's (Shenzhen F&G) own brand for so much less (IronCat).

It looks great but it's gonna be a QC nightmare as almost all Pwnage products are.

I don't really see how it's a copycat. Perforations are a given for any magnesium shell design (and this particular pattern is quite distinct), blue plus a neutral color is a very safe color scheme, and it's straight up a different shape entirely from the Starlight.

21cm (L) x 12.5cm (W) right-handed FPS gamer here with the Pwnage Stormbreaker - Mint (182/1000) after 3 days and I gotta say I've been thoroughly enjoying my time with this mouse for both work and play!

I bought one recently and my copy is flawless, pretty happy with it. Also they added 4k hz in last update.

I mained their Ambi for a few months. The adjustable sensor position isn't a gimmick to me. I had the straightest horizontal aim I have ever had by positioning the sensor exactly how I wanted it.

So my mouse arrived today from Pwnage and I have to say, in spite of all the up and down reviews I've seen of this mouse in the past, the one thing I appreciate is that they have CLEARLY improved the mouse. This collab mouse is a banger. The quality of the Wlmouse is supreme, but this matches it. Nice and cool in the hand, great clicks, solid performance.

I was really excited for this mouse, I've been a big advocate for this company's adjustable sensor. But $60USD shipping to my region is a serious deal-breaker for me. I don't know why it's so expensive when other companies can ship stuff to me for like $20.

I didn't realize they upgraded the device to 4K polling. Their website still says 2K polling. Definitely a mouse I would be interested in with a deep enough discount, but I agree with their thumbs down conclusions: Very pricey, polling instability across the board in wireless operation, poor battery life.

Polling instability causes perceived smoothness to be affected, especially at higher refresh rates. In addition, consistency suffers, as latency varies to a greater than average degree.

The Stormbreaker is kind of interesting. I assumed it'd feel like a cheesegrater, but it's actually fine in the hand. I find the adjustable sensor position to be a bit of a gimmick, but I have no qualm with the build itself. The encoder's feel is a bit of a personal preference — I'm lukewarm on it — but the buttons feel pretty good.

I've owned a Pwnage Symm and it was a decent mouse at best. I had troubles with my first Symm and had to get it RMA'd but since then it wasn't bad. I'm waiting for reviews of this mouse to see if it really can be a good ergo alt to a starlight, but considering its high price point of $179.99 who knows.

Every mouse is a copycat of something at this point, so I really don't care. Magnesium is corrosive though so I don't really like that being the housing material, especially since carbon fiber exists and the lightweight craze has gone far enough.

It has potential, and the shape is quite unique for an EC clone, but the overall design of the mouse means there's one too many ways your mouse can have QC issues. I have one and modded it as well, so I got to see what areas can cause issues for the average customer. Also I do not trust Pwnage to properly QC and fix the issues some mice may have before shipping them to customers due to the difficulty of working with magnesium and the limitations of their design.

Keep in mind that they banned a lot of people on their discord for complaining about issues in the early batches. They claim to have replaced those CS reps, but they have a history of burning bridges when things aren't perfect. The kicker is that they would go on to fix all the things we got banned for. Buyer Beware.

Looks sharper than Finalmouse. I might get one. Always good to have more metal mice on the market as long as they don't suck.

No button wobble at all — in fact probably the least of any mouse I have. The tracking on the Stormbreaker is so good! After the firmware update it just felt so much better, and it was already pretty good before.

Man I'm tempted as hell to get it...

The density of magnesium is only slightly higher than plastics, but thanks to being a much stronger material you can make the shell thinner than you could with plastics and in the end produce a lighter mouse that's just as structurally sound.

I agree to all the observations about the Stormbreaker. I would say go for thorn or xlite v3 for better click feel and scroll wheel implementation. The magnesium shell is cool and all but I have to use included grip tape in the box. Also I cant adjust the debounce in software.

Mouse is great, software is trash. Sleep function don't even work.

I got the mouse and I'm not happy... I had LMB mushiness problems that they are not fixing. The mouse was great until the problem started and they don't give a good customer support imo.

Have had this mouse in hand for the past few weeks now, and previously I had the 1st gen magnesium model too. This seems to be an upgrade all around. I think it is hands down the best FPS ergonomic mouse out there — the finalmouse ultralight x is slightly better if you don't mind the ambidextrous shape. The receiver and click latency are really the biggest upgrades here.

I'm sorry I bought the CF max carbon black. The scroll wheel was awful and the right click didn't work. I ended up needing to destroy it to get my money back. In my opinion there are similar mice on the market with way better QC than this.

I have the Stormbreaker Max CF and it's my go to. I used the grip tape and adjusted the sensor to the middle. I am currently comparing it to the Pulsar Xlite V4 Large and Deathadder Pro V3. So far the clicks and smoothness of pads goes to Pwnage. Weight is Pwnage if you like lightweight — the CF version is so light.

Loving my copy. Pros: Super lightweight, every button click is crisp and satisfying, the grip tape was a lovely addition, and battery life is great. Haven't tried battery on 2khz polling but on 1khz it easily lasts 30+ hours of active gameplay. It charges super quick, like 30% in 10 mins. Even though it's medium-sized it fits my large hand pretty well and I can switch it up between palm/claw and fingertip comfortably.

TL;DR: I've had two of these mice for about 4 months now and despite some strong attributes, these are pretty poor mice. The metal body appealed to me and they seemed likely to do everything I needed as a casual gamer and home worker. Incredibly light — like 'is this actually a mouse?' light. The ergonomics are really nice, but overall I can't recommend them.

My dongle isn't working. I've tried everything, and support isn't contacting me about the issue. I kinda feel cheated tbh.

I've had mine since the first batch. I'd never buy again. Creaks, scroll wheel went bad after 4 months. USB-C cord went bad after two months. Left a somewhat critical review on their website, and they chose not to post it. Shady company at best. Customer service is useless as well.

Scroll wheel is also bad after few months of use. Battery life is horrendous. Swapped from stock 300mah to 600mah and I barely get 3 days out of it at 2k polling rate.

I tried using a Pwnage Max CF. They couldn't even get their Hz working consistently with whatever firmware updates they did — even stuff like 1k Hz regular was a stuttering non-consistent refresh rate. If you want to try any Pwnage mouse I highly recommend waiting until it's on Amazon so you can get a hassle-free return.

My unit had scratched feet out of the box, to the point it ruins the glide and might be damaging to my mouse pad. When pushing MB 2 on the side to check for flex it had more play than MB 1, but the thing that annoyed me the most was a thin squeaky sound that even appears if I'm holding the mouse on the side in my palm.

Love the mouse, only complaint is scrolling wheel is too pressure sensitive.

The mouse was dragging so slow on my mouse pad, took a look at the skates and the middle of all of them was already worn down. Didn't even think that there was a film on them. Now it's all butter-smooth after removing it!

I think the Stormbreaker Max size only comes in carbon fibre composite, shame they don't do it in magnesium. I can't really think of any particularly large non-plastic mice unfortunately — with the trend of trying to obtain the lowest weights possible, a large version doesn't appeal to the masses.

Managed to snag a used red one for 50 bucks. The only reason the seller sold it at such a slashed price was due to one of the sensor adjustment screws underneath being stuck due to overscrewing by the previous user. After some fiddling I managed to get it out but discovered that the other adjacent screw was also stuck.

It's gonna be a QC nightmare as almost all Pwnage products are — and two things can be true at once: Finalmouse also has QC issues, but that doesn't excuse Pwnage.