Desert Eagle Usage & Performance

• #1Armor Pen
• #1Cost
• #1Accuracy
• #1Popularity
• #1Kill Share
• #5DPS
• #9Fire Rate

The Desert Eagle dominates the Pistol class in Counter-Strike 2, accounting for 7.32% of every Pistol kill tracked across live CS2 matches and standing as the single most-used Pistol in the current meta. Across competitive Counter-Strike 2 lobbies it fills a distinct role in the Pistol meta, and the breakdown below turns that reputation into hard numbers — usage, precision and damage output side by side. The relative-popularity chart puts that at roughly 2.6× the average Pistol’s kill share, marking the Desert Eagle a first-pick weapon rather than a fallback. On the kill-share radar no rival Pistol comes close, so the Desert Eagle sets the usage benchmark the rest of the class is measured against. Where it separates is precision: the Desert Eagle’s 29.3% hit accuracy beats the Pistol average of 21.7%, as the side-by-side accuracy gauges make clear. The DPS comparison chart rates its theoretical output at 236 damage per second, 5th of 10 Pistols and behind the Dual Berettas at 317 DPS. The spec charts hand it the highest armor penetration of any Pistol at 93.2%, alongside a 267 RPM fire rate. The cost comparison marks it the priciest Pistol at $700, a buy that demands a healthy bankroll to justify. Use the interactive charts to compare the Desert Eagle’s kill share, accuracy, DPS, fire rate, armor penetration and price against every other Pistol in CS2, all updated continuously from real match data.

Desert Eagle Stats

Core stats for the Desert Eagle, datamined from the Counter-Strike 2 game files.

• Price$700
• Kill Reward$300
• Damage53
• Fire Rate267 RPM
• Magazine7
• Armor Penetration93.2%
• Headshot Multiplier3.9×
• Wallbang Power2
• Effective Range4,096
• Movement Speed230
• Ammo Type50AE
• TeamBoth
• Fire TypeSemi-auto

Desert Eagle Damage by Range

How much damage the Desert Eagle deals per shot at different distances. Counter-Strike 2 reduces bullet damage the further it travels — every 500 units (about 12.7 m) the damage is multiplied by a range modifier of 0.85.

With its base damage and 93.20% armor penetration, the Desert Eagle one-shot headshot kills a helmeted opponent out to roughly 51 m.

Damage is per bullet against an unarmored target; body values assume a chest or arm hit and headshots apply a 3.90× multiplier.