Lethal Eagle

As promised before, I will start discussing tactics in Counter-strike. In door number 1, I'm going to talk about the gun that everyone talks about... the gun that everyone uses... and a gun that everyone was killed with. Today, I will share with you the Mark XIX Desert Eagle, aka: 'Deagle'. Here's the gun as it is in the world of Counter-strike. Note the size of this buster:



The Desert Eagle is the one and only widely used pistol in the game, most likely due to its high firepower- which would mutilate any unlucky fellow who was shot by it. As it is widely used, my guess would be that the small clip size, average accuracy and slow rate of fire does not matter- its firepower is its main source of power and popularity. Now that I have introduced this weapon of mass destruction, lets get down to review every single detail about this one.

Firepower: The Desert Eagle packs a huge punch- being able to kill a person in just three shots, assuming that none of those meteors land on the victim's head. Each bullet, as I have witnessed, could deal any damage between 30-40, maybe a maximum of 45, which is higher even than a single rifle bullet. One bullet in the head from this bird, and the person at the receiving end will die- as the damage received would range anywhere between 105-125.

Accuracy: The Desert Eagle is quite accurate, but other pistols are more accurate- such as the glock or the USP. However, the Desert Eagle could still be used at medium range, if you are up to it...

Range: The Desert Eagle is best used at short to medium range. Not too close or anyone with an automatic weapon would murder you. Not too far, or anyone with a more accurate weapon would snipe you out.

Clip Size: One weak aspect of the Desert Eagle would be its clip size- which is only 7. One clip could hold nothing but just 7 bullets. This would mean that the Desert Eagle would need to be reload frequently, and should not be used continuously when you are being swarmed at close range.

Ammo pool: The Desert Eagle is fed with .50 bullets, which is an ammunition type unused by other guns in the game- so feel free to knock yourself out with mixing and matching your arsenal. However, the bad side is that it only allows for 35 bullets to be stored in your pockets, not counting the bullets already in your gun. So inaccurate but enduring people would find their ammunition supply dwindling.

Rate of fire: The pistol is semi-automatic, like all the other pistols. But the Desert Eagle is unresponsive to your clicking, which means it fires slower than other pistols. While other pistols have rate of fires that are determined only by how fast you could click your mouse, the Desert Eagle is slow, whether or not you can click like Flash or not.

Reload time: The Desert Eagle reloads relatively quickly, slightly faster than some of the pistols, but reloading a gun while under enemy fire should never be attempted (when you are in the open, unprotected)- especially when the enemy has an automatic weapon.

Cost: The Desert Eagle is worth 650 green papers, which is quite cheap for the meteors it spew out. I was able to kill 3 men with rifles with just a Desert Eagle- which proves just how cost effective it is.

Weight: This pistol is the heaviest of its lot- your speed would be slightly reduced as compared to other pistols. However, to my opinion, it would be negligible.

Alright, so that's all there is for the weapon's statistics. Anyway, the Desert Eagle used to be the only choice if you want a useful sidearm (though I do used plenty of the other pistols- just that others does not). But now, with an improvement of 25% to the damage that all the pistols other than the starting pistols do, the other pistols have become much more useful indeed- to my joy... (You'll discover someday why I am happy with the extra 25%)

To round everything up, here are some last tips/recaps for you to pay heed to when using the Desert Eagle:

1) Aim for the head- the Mark XIX Desert Eagle kills within a shot if you managed to make the shot.

2) Fire in singles or in bursts of two bullets. The Desert Eagle has only 7 bullets in a clip.

3) But at point blank range, which is around 1m-5m, feel free to fire in bursts of three bullets. Make sure that every shot count. This would normally kill an enemy even if you don't make a headshot.

Well, so that's all- get killing and have fun. Max Payne signing out.