I found the Soft Hien plenty fast, but not insanely fast like the SkyPad 3.0 for example. There was still plenty of stopping power to play tactile shooters like CS:GO and Valorant.

This is the most used corner of the mousepad where I keep my arm 90% of the time. The stitching did not fray after a month of heavy use while aim training and FPS gaming. Coming from a Logitech/Steelseries Limbo this pad is a whole other class, the poron base is amazing, the stitched edges aren't raised and the glide is perfect paired with corepadz! 10/10

Artisan is a Japanese company that produces the highest quality grade mousepads on the market currently. Calling Artisan mousepads premium is an understatement – these mouse pads are just that good! What are your options for now then? Well if you are willing you can spend around 100 Euros on getting the mousepad and enjoying your experience. Alternatively, if you are on a tighter budget you can try the Odin Infinity XL which I would consider Hien’s little brother. It becomes significantly harder to look at any other mouse pads that simply do it wrong. The biggest downside as mentioned above is the overall price of the pad, but it seems that soon enough that will no longer be the case.

With its "glide, and stop", it is the product that overturned the conventional understanding of fabric. The Zero is Artisan’s control pad offering with a lot smoother of a surface. This is the pad to get if you think the Hien might be too fast for you. OtsuThe Otsu is slightly slower than the Hien with a smooth texture for the folks that find the Hien texture too much. Kou The gaming peripheral market has been truly shaken up lately with extremely good gaming mice, headsets, and budget mechanical keyboards. While those changes were indeed splendid, the biggest, most notable change happened in the gaming mousepad industry with the rise in popularity of Artisan mousepads.