Is it faster to switch weapons quickly instead of waiting for the reload animation to end in CS GO?

While reloading weapons in CS GO it can be seen that the ammo counter gets reset while the animation is playing, more exactly when you finish inserting the magazine. Doing a weapon switch in that moment doesn't cancel the reload so technically the weapon is reloaded when you go back to it.

Question: would a fast weapon switch (default Q) prove to be faster than waiting for the reload animation to end? Or is there a rule set in the game to make sure this does not happen?

You can't shoot while the animation is playing, so the weapon switch would give you an advantage if it were indeed faster. It's a bit unclear to me if the switch is faster for the weapons I've tried. It seems so, but not by a lot.

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Best Answer

All the weapons have an invisible "ready to fire" countdown when you start the reload animation. It does not help at all. Though this does help out quite a lot when using any sniper rifle so that way you do not have to cycle through the zooming to get unzoomed.

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Why do CSGO players constantly switch weapons?

Just because: When waiting or running there is not much you are doing with your hands, at most just holding W, so often people will switch weapons just to move their fingers.

How do you change weapons fast in CS GO?

Type. hud_fastswitch 1 and press \u21b5 Enter . This will enable the fast switch feature so that you'll pull out the selected weapon as soon as you hit the corresponding number key. Remember, CS: GO has this feature enabled by default, and it cannot be disabled.

Does switching guns make noise CSGO?

That is wrong. Enemies cannot hear weapon switching, or switching to knife or switching/opening to nades. But enemies can hear the sound of the nade flying through air after it's thrown. That's if they picked up a gun.

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