Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite Wired MOBA/MMO Gaming Mouse – 18,000 DPI – 17 Programmable Buttons – iCUE Compatible – PC, Mac, PS5, PS4, Xbox – Black by Corsair

I loved my Logitech MMO mouse deeply. I’ve burned through two of them through the past 18 years playing World of Warcraft and everyday computing. However, Logitech discontinued manufacturing the mouse a while ago, and finding one that isn’t used is very hard to find. I finally had to look for something comparable from another manufacturer. There are very few manufacturers that make a side-button MMO mouse nowadays.

The first one I tried was from Red Dragon. While good, it gave me hand fatigue. I still have it, it’s a good mouse, but I decided to keep looking.

I picked up the Corsair’s Scimitar because of the good reviews it had received here on Amazon. I can honestly say that reviews are accurate, the good and the meh. Mostly, this is an excellent mouse and I highly recommend it. It fits my hand better and the clicks feel so good.

The software looks sharp, but it’s dorky to use. I am not a fan. Yet, I managed to stumble through and make it work. If there’s a roadblock to successfully using the Scimitar mouse, it’s the software. I don’t like it. It’s not intuitive.

The mouse itself is excellent. The adjustable sliding side buttons help to find the sweet spot for my thumb to be happy clicking away without fatigue. The click feels GREAT. I honestly fell in love when I made my first clicks. I can’t explain it but it feels great! Buttery yet snappy is the best way I can describe it. After several weeks of raiding with the Scimitar, I can honestly say I love this mouse. No regrets.

I’m thrilled to have found a great replacement for my old Logitech MMO mouse. The Scimitar by Corsair is fantastic to play with. It’s snappy and responsive. I have no problems to report other than the cool-looking but non-intuitive software needed to re-program the buttons.

I was looking for something to replace my 2nd Razer Naga chroma. This is really nice with some good features. A lot of people complain about the software but they clearly havn’t had to deal with Razer Synapse 2.0. Synapse sucks, Icue is slightly better. Still not great, but a welcome improvement. The mouse itself is very comfortable and the adjustable buttons are great aswell. The buttons although not as tactile as the naga buttons feel much more solid and require less force to get the input. Which is great because I’m sick and tired of slapping my thumb against my mouse to use an ability. It took a little bit of getting used to, compared to the naga. But once I got used to the feeling of the mouse I like it considerably more. All in all great mouse. Cant speak too much on long term durability since I’ve only had it now for a few weeks.

Update: 2 years later.

The mouse is holding up quite well. There are no major blemishes on the surface and I’ve been using it a lot since I picked it up. I am however, having two issues that are annoying. The first one is the scroll wheel. After about 1 1/2 years the scroll wheel started skipping. Trying to scroll a webpage it would scroll the opposite direction first, before scrolling in the correct direction and sometimes not at all. I will be attempting a fix I’ve found for that online. The Second issue I’ve had just started the past week. On occasion when Clicking once, the mouse will register a double click input. As you can imagine, this is super frustrating. From what I’ve read online this is a switch failure which I’ve never had an issue with on any other mouse I’ve purchased.

So to wrap up, the Corsair Scimitar was a fantastic mouse, it felt more solid than my previous Naga, however they both only seem to last about 2 years. I really wish someone would make an MMO mouse that you don’t have to replace every two years.

I first bought this mouse back in 2019, and while it worked fine for the first three months, the issues started piling up quickly

The scroll wheel was the first to go, it would scroll in random directions no matter if I went up or down. After a couple of weeks of that, it completely stopped working. No scrolling, no clicking, nothing. I tried fixing it myself but had no luck

When I contacted Corsair support, they claimed there was nothing wrong with the product line and asked if I had damaged it. Then they told me they needed the serial number sticker, which is placed on the cable near the USB. The problem is, that sticker gets in the way of plugging the mouse in without it pushing against the keyboard, so I had removed it but kept it. Even though I still had the sticker, they said removing it voided my warranty

I decided to give them another chance and bought the same mouse again. Same issues happened, but this time I also had connection problems right out of the box. The mouse often wasn’t recognized, so I had to keep reopening iCUE, unplugging, and plugging it back in until it finally worked

Support again asked about the serial number. This time I hadn’t removed it, but they asked me to open the mouse and check for issues inside, even though doing so meant breaking a “warranty void if removed” sticker. They reassured me it wouldn’t void the warranty, but once I opened it and sent photos, they turned around and said they couldn’t replace it because I had broken the seal

After that, I stopped buying Corsair mice for a while. Recently, I tried again to see if they’d improved things, but within a week the same problems showed up connection issues and setup headaches

This time, I went through Amazon for a replacement, and they admitted that a lot of customers have reported the same issues. Apparently, this whole line of mice is notorious for scroll wheel and connectivity problems. Corsair, however, still denies there’s anything wrong, even though there are plenty of forums full of people with the same complaints

This mouse is unreliable, frustrating, and Corsair’s support makes the experience even worse. Save yourself the headache and buy from another brand that cares or at least acknowledges when they make a bad product

First thing you do is turn down the polling rate in iCUE to 500hz or lower, 1000hz tends to cause more issues like double clicks, mouse wheel issues, and tracking errors.

That aside, this has been a great mouse. It’s wide, perfect for big hands. It’s decently weighty (could be heavier for my taste) yet glides smoothly on a desk mat. The 12 side buttons are fairly easily accessible with enough trigger pressure to prevent most accidental clicks while not being difficult to press. The Corsair iCUE software is responsive and easy to use to assign your desired macros and lighting, and it can store 3 profiles on the device itself for when you don’t have iCUE running. It also uses the same unified iCUE software that every other Corsair component does.

Purchased in June 2022, January 2025 now and it’s still going strong. Compared to my wife’s mouse whose “G6” broke off of her Logitech G604 after only a week of light use, I’d say that’s a pretty good deal.
I play WoW and use the mouse buttons for my rotation. What does that mean for non-WoW players? It means I smash these buttons thousands of times per gaming session, and I game every day.
It’s a great mouse and in hindsight I never expected it to last so long with how I use it. I’m actually only here because my wife now wants one too, so I figured I’d spread the good word.
So yeah, excellent build quality, very tough, and if I had to criticize one thing it would just be the iCue software. Sometimes it just deletes itself randomly and that’s kinda annoying, but I just keep the installation exe in my download folder and use that to fix it, so it’s a quick and easy thing to rectify.
I honestly can’t recommend any other mouse so if you’re here and reading this, Corsair SCIMITAR is the way to go. And no, I’m not being paid for this review but hey, if you’re reading this too Corsair, hmu, I wouldn’t mind having a backup mouse just in case lol