Although its name is a mouthful, the Asus ROG Falchion Ace 75 HE, debuting at CES 2026, ticks a lot of the boxes for a modern gaming keyboard. You get magnetic switches (Asus’ own factory-lubed HFX V2, to be specific), 8K polling, Rapid Trigger, a web-based configuration utility (important because all gaming peripheral software is awful), and of course, RGB. The only thing I find lacking here is a battery for wireless operation. But considering the high polling rate, magnetic switches, and plethora of RGB, you’d probably want to keep a charging cable close by, anyway.
The keyboard’s stand-out features are a programmable touch bar on the back left edge (which we’ve seen in previous Falchions), and a small jog wheel near the upper-right corner. The latter isn’t for volume adjustments or scrolling documents, but for fine-tuning the actuation point and rapid trigger sensitivity on all keys or a specific key, without having to jump into software or even enter the web interface. The idea, it seems, is to get the actuation point close to where you want it via the browser interface, then fine-tune it from there. That said, it would be nice if there were a tiny two-digit readout near the wheel that would actually tell you what number you’re setting things to with the wheel.
