You may have noticed that while watching Esports matches or professional players in CSGO, they constantly switch weapons. They change quickly by replacing the weapon in their hands with a knife. Many beginners also wonder why professional players do this. In today’s article, we will try to answer why CS GO players switch weapons.
First of all, we can say that there are many reasons for CSGO players to switch weapons. For example, some do it because of stress and tactics, while others do it because of the habits they have acquired from CS 1.6. If you are ready now, let’s get started and look for an answer to this question by looking at the details of our article.
What Are the Reasons to Switch Weapons in CSGO?
The only reason CSGO players often get a knife in their hands by switching weapons is to gain movement speed. This is useful, but it’s also dangerous, specially for newer players.
For example, constantly switching weapons while rushing into the B zone is risky. You can be very easy prey when you encounter an enemy. In addition, we would like to say that there are also useful areas of use. Now let’s take a look at these advantages.
- First, try to visualize a competitive CSGO match in your head. And let’s assume that there is an AWP sniper in the opposing team who is constantly watching the area you are going to advance. If you advance to the area the opponent is protecting with AWP, you will probably die quickly. However, at this point, you can avoid dying if you switch the weapon in your hand, take a knife, and show quick reflexes. This is somewhat similar to doing Bhop. By quickly switching weapons, you can distract the AWP-using opponent, then shoot them quickly.
- The second answer to why CS GO players switch weapons is stress. Yes, you heard right. Pro players constantly switch weapons due to stress during cooldowns or while lurking. They take a knife in their hands, watch it, and switch weapons again. Obviously, stress is the most important reason for players to switch weapons in the CSGO Esports scene.
In-game Positions
- In order to enter the position quickly, the players can take a knife in their hands and run. As we mentioned at the beginning of our article, when players take knives in their hands, their movement speed can increase slightly. For this reason, when the initial freezing period ends, the players try to enter the position quickly by taking a knife in their hands.
- In in-game positions, pro players act according to the information they receive from their teammates. For example, your friends will warn you when they see the last person from the opposing team. Therefore, you can progress rapidly by constantly switching between the weapon and the knife. You wouldn’t understand this as you usually don’t hear the intra-team communication in Esports matches. However, if you’ve played some CSGO ranked matches, you can better understand what we mean.
Other Reason – Habit
Yes, you read that right; we are talking about habit. The reason most Pro CSGO players switch weapons is a habit from CS 1.6. Because in CS 1.6, there was a belief that the first bullet would go much more accurately after switching the weapon. Probably years later, with the release of CSGO, most players may have developed muscle memory. Frankly, as someone who has played CS 1.6 for years, I have to confirm this.
I felt like I had to constantly switch between weapon and knife, especially when using the AK-47. And when I came back to CSGO years later, I realized that I was still doing the same action. I thought that I would have a higher accuracy rate when I picked up the weapon due to the muscle memory created. Honestly, I find it funny now. Right now, I don’t think it has any feature other than just faking the opponent or increasing their movement speed.
In the meantime, if you want to read a different CSGO guide, you can check out our Jump Throw Bind article. Happy reading.
Why CS GO Players Switch Weapons For Advantage?
To be honest, weapon switching in CSGO does not have a feature that will affect your game much. Instead, we can say that there are advantages such as animation reset.
Weapon Animations Canceled
First of all, let’s assume that you are using Deagle in the game. You have decided to switch between Deagle and blade because it causes too much recoil. This will naturally reset the recoil of the Deagle you are using. If you keep firing repeatedly, your bullets will not be hit due to Deagle’s recoil.
Resetting the Scope When Using AWP
In CSGO, your reticle will shift when you shoot while in a position with AWP. Since it takes time to restore it, a pro player switches the weapon. In this way, the scope will open more smoothly when you take the weapon back in your hand. And the aim will be easier to aim for the second time.
Final Words
In today’s article, we tried to give answers to the question of why CS GO players switch weapons. Other than habits, stress, and some benefits, we couldn’t find any important information. Generally, we have come to the conclusion that pro players switch weapons due to habits and stress.
That’s all for us for now, we will be here with new CSGO, Dota 2 and TF2 blogs in the coming days. Goodbye.
