Deadlock Sensitivity: Yaw 0.044, Not 1:1 With CS2 (Verified)

Deadlock is Valve's hero-shooter/MOBA hybrid running on Source 2 — the same engine as Counter-Strike 2. The natural assumption: your CS2 sensitivity drops straight in. That assumption is wrong, and propagating it costs newcomers practice hours. Verified against mouse-sensitivity.com on 2026-05-25: a CS2 sensitivity of 2.0 at 800 DPI converts to a Deadlock sensitivity of 1.0 at 800 DPI. That is a factor of 0.5, which means Deadlock yaw is not 0.022 — it is 0.044.

What yaw does Deadlock actually use?

Deadlock yaw is 0.044 degrees per mouse count. That is exactly 2× the Source-engine default of 0.022 that CS2 and Apex Legends use. We verified this by entering CS2 sens 2.0 at 800 DPI into the mouse-sensitivity.com CS2-to-Deadlock converter. It returns Deadlock sens 1.0 at 800 DPI — same cm/360° (~26 cm), half the slider number.

Public sources disagreed about this constant before we measured: forum threads said "0.022 by default", recharge.com said "0.044, exactly 2× CS2", a 1v9.gg blog implied yaw ~0.0138 from a 1.591 multiplier. The in-tool conversion at the gold-standard converter (mouse-sensitivity.com) is the arbiter. 0.044 stands.

How do I convert sens from another game to Deadlock?

Multipliers below assume base hipfire sensitivity. ADS / scope multipliers are independent per game and need their own tuning. DPI stays on the mouse; only the in-game slider changes.

Why is Deadlock not 1:1 with CS2 if both are Source 2?

Same engine does not mean same yaw. Source 2 is the rendering and physics framework. Yaw — the degrees-per-mouse-count constant — is a per-game tuning variable in the engine's input layer. Valve picked 0.022 for CS2 to match the original CS lineage and pro muscle memory. For Deadlock, they picked 0.044 — slightly less twitchy out-of-the-box, more in line with the MOBA-FPS hybrid feel. The slider scale differs even though the engine does not.

What sensitivity do Deadlock pros actually use?

Deadlock is in Valve invite playtest at this writing — the pro scene is small and prosettings.net coverage is growing. We have three verified pros at our data freshness date.

eDPI cluster sits 500–1000 across the three verified pros. That works out to cm/360° in the ~40–55 cm range — slower / more precise than typical hero-shooter ranges, closer to CS2 territory. Makes sense: Deadlock's mix of long sightlines and isometric awareness rewards deliberate aim over reflex flicks.

How do I pick a Deadlock sensitivity if starting fresh?

1. Identify your strongest existing FPS (CS2, Valorant, OW2, anything).
2. Convert using the table above (or the dedicated pair page for an exact cm/360° preview).
3. Stick with the converted number for at least 10 hours before tuning. Brain needs reps.
4. If consistent overshoot — drop by 10%. Consistent undershoot — raise by 10%. Bigger changes = panic-tuning.
5. Match horizontal and vertical sens (default). Split is a niche choice requiring deliberate training.