Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless

The best new gaming keyboard in years

BUILDING OFF THE BACK of the excellent ROG Azoth, the new Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless is simply the best gaming keyboard I’ve used in a very, very long time.

I don’t say that lightly—I’ve also been using Corsair’s latest creation, the K70 Max, and the Strix Scope II 96 has it beat. Same for the SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL. While both Corsair and SteelSeries boards offer magnetic switches with adjustable actuation, which the Scope II does not, neither matches the sublime typing and gaming experience delivered by the ROG’s lubed up switches.

Yes, lubed switches. I’m so glad that this has made the leap from enthusiast boards into more mainstream ones. The process of pulling out every key switch and dropping in some lube in order to make it thwomp good is not something that many PC gamers will have bothered to do, but freshly lubed switches out of the factory mean you don’t have to worry about the messy details with the Scope II 96.