WEAPON DOSSIER · CS2 · Precision heavy sidearm

Everything about Desert Eagle in CS2

As expensive as it is powerful, the Desert Eagle is an iconic pistol that is difficult to master but surprisingly accurate at long range.

Pistols In-game price $700 7 / 21 rounds

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Desert Eagle CS2 / DESERT-EAGLE

Damage 53 Body

Armor penetration 93.2% Body · armor: 49.4

Rounds / min 267 Recoil magnitude: 48.2

Magazine 7 21 rounds

Desert Eagle round profile

Effective range Long sightline

Firing rhythm One prepared shot

Defining trait

53 damage and 93.2% armor penetration make the first accurate shot decisive. Accuracy needs time to recover after a miss.

01 / DAMAGE

Damage by distance

Move the slider to inspect calculated damage per hit. Values are rounded; actual damage also depends on hit zone and armor.

Distance 500 game units

015003000

about 13 m

Head 175.7

Head · helmet 163.7

Body 45.1

Body · armor 42

A headshot beats a helmet at this distance

02 / CONTROL

Accuracy and spread

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter.

Recoil magnitude48.2

Base spread0.00200

Standing Diameter up to 15.7 cm at 12.7 m First-shot spread bound in the weapon’s primary mode

03 / FIELD NOTES

How to play it

Choose a range that suits the damage profile and stop before precision shots.

04 / HANDLING

Handling

Move speed: 230 u/s
Reserve ammo: 21
Reload fire lockout: 2.2 s

Values checked against CS2 weapon data · snapshot 2026-09-23 Source ↗

Reading the numbers

Why does damage change with distance?

The game applies a range modifier for every 500 game units. The slider models that modifier; it is not a guarantee for every encounter.

Is this a bullet spray pattern?

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter. Coordinates from recorded OP.GG sequences: camera recoil without mouse compensation. Random bullet spread is excluded.