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The Knife is the stock melee weapon for the Agent. It is a butterfly knife with a black handle.
The Knife can stab enemies on the back for some extra damage, known as a backstab. There are 135 degrees of the back where it will count as a critical backstab, instantly killing any player. If the user stab anywhere from 90 to 112 degrees, it will count as a mini-crit backstab and its damage is scaled up based on how close the user is to the critical backstab hitbox.
It will deal a percentage amount of extra damage from the normal melee damage of 40 based on the health of the enemy depending on the angle of the stab. In the Vs. Bosses gamemode, backstabs will deal 10% of the boss' max health instead of insta-killing, regardless of whether the hit was mini-critical or critical.
The Knife has a Halloween-themed reskin called the Shadow Blessing.
Damage and Function Times[]
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 40 |
| Backstab | 90°-112° / 41-99%
113°-180° / 200% | |
| Critical | 120 | |
| Mini-crit | 54 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration[]
Tips[]
- Out of all of Agent's melees, the stock Knife is the most consistent.
- It lacks any penalties or gimmicks, so it will be easier to get the initial backstab.
- You can use it for any situation, instead of waiting for a specific moment to strike when using the other melees.
- Enemies will scream loudly when you backstab them, which will alert their teammates. It's a good idea to cloak immediately afterwards to maintain your cover.
- While other knives allow Agents to kill right in the open, because of their rewards for backstabbing... the stock Knife does not do this. Instead, find enemies that are alone and backstab them to stay under cover.
- If there's no enemies that are all alone, but instead all grouped up together, use your Revolver instead to help your teammates fight them off.
- The Knife will be the easiest way to get the Relentless achievement, as it can insta-kill three enemies in a row if you have good positioning.
Related Achievements[]
See also: Achievements
General[]
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Update History[]
June 11, 2016
- Added Knife.
September 13, 2016
- New model by Valve.
August 17, 2018
- Added Knife alongside other stock weapons to Agent's inventory.
- Removed model textures. (Undocumented)
August 27, 2018
- Added a new backpack icon to match the current model.
September 8, 2018
- New model.
- Added new animations and a backstab indication.
February 8, 2021 (Executive Update)
- Adjusted backpack icon.
- Added new stabbing and inspecting sounds.
January 28, 2022 (Various Visuals)
- Added Strange quality. (Undocumented)
July 12, 2022 (A "Heavy" Update)
- Added Collector's quality. (Undocumented)
October 19, 2024 (Typical Horrors IV)
- Updated world animations.
Trivia[]
- The 2017 model was taken from the Butterfly Knife skin in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- The 2016 model was taken from the default knife in Counter-Strike: Source.
- During the Rehaul phase, the Knife's worldmodel used to be the Crowbar, possibly posing as a placeholder.
Gallery[]
Past Designs[]
Viewmodels[]
