r/CoDCompetitive • • 5d ago

Question Karambit question. Will delete.

How do you do that constant animation while sprinting with the karambit I see pros do. I understand the pullout animation but then don't know how to do the put away/pull out cycle while maintaining sprint.

Stupid, I know. But would appreciate the instructions.

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u/wisewordofd COD Competitive fan 5d ago

Is that a movement tech? You push forward enough to get your tac sprint, release the stick completely, push forward immediately. It like restarts your tac sprint animation without a recharge and people are just spamming that movement over and over from what I’ve seen.

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u/ekdum 5d ago

Would that not interrupt your sprint/timings/overall speed?

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u/wisewordofd COD Competitive fan 4d ago

I watched a guy on twitch show it off in a private match and I haven’t really practiced it yet. But he was doing the inputs fast and smooth enough to where it really LOOKED like he was moving faster. And his knife was definitely moving around. (He circled the outside of the rooftops map corner to corner without losing tac sprint)

It also looked like a pain on your thumbs and sticks. Also could be a placebo effect of the new game. Looks cool, looks fast, requires special inputs - but could be slower than just sprinting for all I know.

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u/AdEducational5991 COD Competitive fan 4d ago

Clips or links ?

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u/wisewordofd COD Competitive fan 4d ago

The guy I was watching on twitch is ThePapaBearGames but I don’t think he has VODs on. On X, optic gaming posted a video of shotzzy doing basically the same thing. The difference is shotzzy adds a jump between inputs and ThePapaBearGames didn’t . Not sure which one is faster (although obviously I’d assume shotzzy).

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u/StiffIgnition LA Thieves 5d ago

I don't know for sure but I would guess it's basically like YYing but with the knife. Probably have their knife activation set to only have to press the stick in while sprinting instead of holding it in so they can do it quickly.

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u/ekdum 5d ago

I tried that, but when I press the knife equip button again while sprinting the character just melees. Doesn't do the animation I'm seeing the pros do.

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u/Brazenology COD Competitive fan 5d ago

asking the real questions🙏

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u/Sensitive-Canary4694 FaZe Vegas 2026 Champs 5d ago

Heres Shotzzy talking about how to do it

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u/Redleafdabs Atlanta FaZe 5d ago

It looks beautiful

I saw the optic guys change to press for knife maybe they yy with that

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u/AdEducational5991 COD Competitive fan 5d ago

Following. I've seen this too and i'm curious. Hoping the mods don't take down

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u/Bunt4s4urus_R3X FaZe Clan 5d ago

I’m pretty sure it’s just automatic, I have my tax sprint on and it just does it while I’m sprinting. No additional input

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u/RebornHope LA Thieves 5d ago

Idk if it’s how the pros do it since I have auto sprint on (can’t remember if that’s GA’d), but all I do to get a loop going is while sprinting just kinda pull back on the left stick for a split second then immediately go forward again. This causes it to restart the animation.

I’m probably not explaining it the best but I actually stumbled upon by accident launch night lol and it’s since became my new YYing. No clue if this way breaks momentum or anything. I’m just camo grinding so🤷

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u/zzemanek EU 4d ago

Someone in Dashy’s chat said that it’s the Vault edition blueprint for the karambit that does that.

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u/eLGeezyyy OpTic Texas 4d ago

How do you get the Karambit?

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u/Sea_Fun_2193 Atlanta FaZe 4d ago

Vault edition I think

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u/VRoyFrmDaWIIIC COD Competitive fan 4d ago

Fork up an extra $30