We designed the buttons on the Rival 500 to resemble the natural motion of your thumb. All the buttons you use will be easily clickable just by simply rotating your thumb around in a circular motion.
With a simple flick of the thumb, the two lower buttons are pressed. We wanted to give you the fastest response time for those key bindings, and the best way was to make it as natural as possible.
Not using the bottom buttons? We equipped the Rival 500 with the ability to offer up a comfortable place for your thumb to rest on when not in the heat of battle. Just flick the switch up, and you created yourself a nice little resting spot.
No two alerts are the same! You choose which in-game events automatically trigger a tactile alert, and you have complete control over how each one feels. Health, ammo, mana, disables, headshots, and stuns can all be individually set to start a Tactile Alert. For example, the moment you get stunned, you can set an alert to go off and stop the instant the duration of the stun ends.
Customize the vibration patterns, duration, triggers and more. Set an Alert that feels like a heartbeat when you are low on HP or set an alert to do a quick buzz to congratulate you on every last hit. Choose between a wide array of patterns such as: Short and Long Buzz, Fast and Slow Heartbeats, Sad Trombone, Double Click, Triple Click and much more - the possibilities are endless!
The Tactile Alerts have been carefully placed in the center of your mouse, so you feel the pulse strongly in your palm. By directing the pulse to only move up through your hand, opposed to left and right, Tactile Alerts will never impact your mouse’s tracking so you can keep your pixel-perfect aim.
Out-lasthit, out-lane, out-perform with the best optical gaming sensor. Armed with the Pixart 3360, the Rival 500 delivers the most true tracking experience in a gaming mouse to date.
The Left and Right click buttons are built with a special reinforced plastic, unlike any other mouse to-date. This makes the mouse more durable, and helps to evenly distribute the force of each click, making for a more consistent feeling.
SteelSeries Switches offer up a 30 million click lifespan. With this kind of hardware, you'll be sure to survive even the best competition.
Those little orange pips? Yea, that's not a button. We wanted to make sure your thumb was in the right place at the right time. That's why we added a little bump in the thumb rest to make sure your thumb is in the right place at the right time. Your thumb isn't too good for its home, is it?