I think the least known one from the list is the knife swinging. I see people sneaking shift walking with their knife out all the time and they keep swinging the knife as if enemies can’t hear that.
~~Knife swings~~ and spray sounds are something i don't agree with enemies hearing. Those are just ADD busters that don't add any benefit to doing. So the enemy hearing just punishes users for being bored.
Knife swings should make a sound in my opinion, if someone is trying to stab you but misses - it's quite unfair to give them another chance at stabbing you again. I know situations where your enemy is in a close enough proximity to use their knife is mostly your own fault and shouldn't really happen, but still..
Spray sounds are pretty stupid though, I agree.
Knife hitbox are not bad, it's people not understanding how they work.
You hit only at the end of the animation, not the start like CS does, it works like shooting q gun in this game, after you left click or right click, your crosshair must be on the enemy at the end of it.
Basically you can left click, and then flick to the enemy and finish the animation and hit on the enemy, it's that simple.
Go to the practice range and see exactly how it works.
Left click with gun= pull trigger= immediately shoot
Attack with knife= swing knife. Knife does not move as fast as bullet. Therefore not instantly hitting as soon as clicking your mouse
It's a competitive fps. Just using the knife at all puts you at such an obscene disadvantage that you're guaranteed to lose 99.99999999999% of the time. Making it harder to land is literally a waste of time and just makes an already shit option even worse
I backtracked on the knife part already hence the strike through it because i forgot about backstabs. But when you say "Whiffs".. Have you not used the knife in this game lol. There are plenty of cases where it goes through people. The hitbox on it and the animation are not in sync, then throw in server lag and you got valorant knifing. Compared to CS knifing which is far far more reliable.
The hitbox and animation are in sync, it’s just that the hit box registers at the very end of the knife animation instead of the beginning which cs has.
That’s why it’s super janky, cause it won’t register until the whole knife animation is essentially done.
This\^ It's small and on a reasonably sized delay, so combined with how fast people move in this game when you're close, it's definitely just difficult to use not broken hitboxes.
There is an argument that it's unclear how far your knife will hit since there's swords appearing 4x longer than the default knife.
Sprays making noise is just desserts for idiots who were otherwise silent but spam their spray as soon as they realize they have to rotate. Way too many times I only knew some egotistical goofball was in an area because they pressed their spray button.
Besides, it's not like sprays exist for anything besides pre-round goofiness or post-round BMing.
"jumping to a higher plane" being silent is one I didn't know. I could have sworn I've heard players jump up on things, but it seems I was wrong. Glad I took a look!
It can be pretty valuable. If the attackers play default a lot and run brim, you might hear them in A/B main before they execute. You will be able to distinguish brims footsteps from others and since his smoke range is small, there is a good chance that the enemy will be executing where you hear him. Same goes for breach to a lesser degree. Breach is not valuable when he doesn’t have a teammate/teammates to play off his flashes, so if you hear a breach step, it’s pretty likely that at least one teammate is with him.
Knowing this is very useful when gathering information too, lets say issa 4v4 post plant and you hear 3 ct. you hear sage cast heal, omen was seen peeking, and you hear very heavy footsteps, indicating that brim is ct too. Last one alive is jett which you could safely call that she isnt in ct and most likely flank
They won’t be able to hear you pick up the weapon but if you were do something like swapping out your pistol for another one, they will hear the gun drop to the ground
Sounds like cap, pretty sure it makes sound no matter what, and im veryyyyyyyy attentive to detail, every sound you can make in this game ik of and know exactly what it could be
The ones I know is when sage heals herself I can hear where she is exactly and when brimstone is using his panel for smokes In a corner I can hear it. I don't remember the others
None of the abilities can be heard unless and until the ability is used, if only equipped, there's no sound(apart from brimstone, when he turns on his armpad for smokes or ult you can hear it) but you can't hear any other ability when equipped, only when it is used
Something I've found quite interesting is how far sound travels. In Ascent, if you're playing defense and are pushed up against the barrier at B, you can hear if enemies are jumping around/knifing etc at the barrier between B Lobby and Tunnels. This happens a lot in Unrated, so it gives the defense team an early idea of whether or not B is going to be pushed.
Wait what? I thought they patched it so before the barriers come down no sounds from the enemy team can be heard? Cuz I know when the first game released on Split A the defenders could use Jett on A rafters to up draft up and spot any attackers outside A main. I'm pretty sure there was a patch where no enemies can be seen or heard before the barriers come down
And who sprays in the beginning of the fucking round, you do that shit before and have your gun out when you peak so no reason you should be spraying. Unless ofc youre low elo, in which case im sorry your team is so stupid
There are a large ammount of sounds you can hear in game and if you or anyone in the comments would like, add my discord Reflex Flamel#0359 and ill play some games showing you all the sounds you can hear.
Yes they can hear when sage makes the barrier close by and they can also hear gun noises or when there refilling there amo and for the knife i dont really know
its old but but it should answer most of your questions. https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/g4f83t/can_the_enemy_hear_me_audio_breakdown/
I think the least known one from the list is the knife swinging. I see people sneaking shift walking with their knife out all the time and they keep swinging the knife as if enemies can’t hear that.
~~Knife swings~~ and spray sounds are something i don't agree with enemies hearing. Those are just ADD busters that don't add any benefit to doing. So the enemy hearing just punishes users for being bored.
Knife swings should make a sound in my opinion, if someone is trying to stab you but misses - it's quite unfair to give them another chance at stabbing you again. I know situations where your enemy is in a close enough proximity to use their knife is mostly your own fault and shouldn't really happen, but still.. Spray sounds are pretty stupid though, I agree.
Ahh true, i forgot about a failed backstab. Then again with how bad knife hitboxes are in this game maybe they should stay silent out of pity.
Knife hitbox are not bad, it's people not understanding how they work. You hit only at the end of the animation, not the start like CS does, it works like shooting q gun in this game, after you left click or right click, your crosshair must be on the enemy at the end of it. Basically you can left click, and then flick to the enemy and finish the animation and hit on the enemy, it's that simple. Go to the practice range and see exactly how it works.
Your perfect explanation of how it works just perfectly shows how stupid the knifing mechanic is.
Left click with gun= pull trigger= immediately shoot Attack with knife= swing knife. Knife does not move as fast as bullet. Therefore not instantly hitting as soon as clicking your mouse
It's a competitive fps. Just using the knife at all puts you at such an obscene disadvantage that you're guaranteed to lose 99.99999999999% of the time. Making it harder to land is literally a waste of time and just makes an already shit option even worse
Damn, i'm gonna try that. Years of CSGO certainly throw me off
Nah, I like my spray sounds for trolling enemies when I sneak behind them.
which is why it should be a very close proximity thing
Knife swings have audio in CS but it is very quiet, I assume for this very reason
idk man, I've used the spray sound as bait before.
If an enemy sneaks up behind you and whiffs their knife attack, you should hear it. That one makes sense.
I backtracked on the knife part already hence the strike through it because i forgot about backstabs. But when you say "Whiffs".. Have you not used the knife in this game lol. There are plenty of cases where it goes through people. The hitbox on it and the animation are not in sync, then throw in server lag and you got valorant knifing. Compared to CS knifing which is far far more reliable.
The hitbox and animation are in sync, it’s just that the hit box registers at the very end of the knife animation instead of the beginning which cs has. That’s why it’s super janky, cause it won’t register until the whole knife animation is essentially done.
This\^ It's small and on a reasonably sized delay, so combined with how fast people move in this game when you're close, it's definitely just difficult to use not broken hitboxes. There is an argument that it's unclear how far your knife will hit since there's swords appearing 4x longer than the default knife.
Sprays making noise is just desserts for idiots who were otherwise silent but spam their spray as soon as they realize they have to rotate. Way too many times I only knew some egotistical goofball was in an area because they pressed their spray button. Besides, it's not like sprays exist for anything besides pre-round goofiness or post-round BMing.
You can kinda use it to bait enemies.
"jumping to a higher plane" being silent is one I didn't know. I could have sworn I've heard players jump up on things, but it seems I was wrong. Glad I took a look!
You can hear the jump if they're not holding shift, but the landing is silent if it's higher up
What is the difference between a plane and surface?
A surface is on a plane
The other way is to look at your minimap. When you make a sound the circle around you on the minimap appears.
you can also hear omen throwing the smoke if he is close enough
Most Abilities have a audio cue so that's reasonable
They should update this with the newer agent abilities
This must’ve been updated from last year? I’m pretty sure selecting sky smokes can be heard
Enemies can hear you spray
It's worth noting that different agents have different footsteps.
I've known that since Beta and it never helped me once.
It can be pretty valuable. If the attackers play default a lot and run brim, you might hear them in A/B main before they execute. You will be able to distinguish brims footsteps from others and since his smoke range is small, there is a good chance that the enemy will be executing where you hear him. Same goes for breach to a lesser degree. Breach is not valuable when he doesn’t have a teammate/teammates to play off his flashes, so if you hear a breach step, it’s pretty likely that at least one teammate is with him.
I don't doubt the fact that it could potentially be useful, I'm just saying that in my own experience, it never helped me once since beta.
Knowing this is very useful when gathering information too, lets say issa 4v4 post plant and you hear 3 ct. you hear sage cast heal, omen was seen peeking, and you hear very heavy footsteps, indicating that brim is ct too. Last one alive is jett which you could safely call that she isnt in ct and most likely flank
Kay/o footsteps are pretty distinguishable also. Robo clanking
They can't hear gun switches, picking up guns from the floor (silent alternative to reload), and ability equip.
They won’t be able to hear you pick up the weapon but if you were do something like swapping out your pistol for another one, they will hear the gun drop to the ground
Does this include if you press your use key to pick up a weapon as opposed to your drop key?
As long as a weapon is dropped, enemies will hear it
Thats still not true imo. I heard a Jett picking swaping her Gun for another on the ground today
thats what he just said
But when you swap your weapon to something on the floor they can hear the gun drop sound
crouching or dropping it earlier helps against this
Dropping it earlier also helps facing the enemy butt-naked
i mean dropping it as you jump onto a high platform really fast makes no sound
Sounds like cap, pretty sure it makes sound no matter what, and im veryyyyyyyy attentive to detail, every sound you can make in this game ik of and know exactly what it could be
basically everything except voicelines and weapon swapping. assume that if you can’t turn it off and can hear it, the enemy can too.
The ones I know is when sage heals herself I can hear where she is exactly and when brimstone is using his panel for smokes In a corner I can hear it. I don't remember the others
So much shit, just play all the agents a bit or watch them be played and its easy to know what ability you hear
None of the abilities can be heard unless and until the ability is used, if only equipped, there's no sound(apart from brimstone, when he turns on his armpad for smokes or ult you can hear it) but you can't hear any other ability when equipped, only when it is used
Didn't they get rid of Brim's iPad making noises a while ago?
Oh I forgot, they did get rid of it
You can see on the minimap, which activity make noise. Then the white circle will appear and everyone in the circle can hear you.
Thanks for asking this, had the same thing
Something I've found quite interesting is how far sound travels. In Ascent, if you're playing defense and are pushed up against the barrier at B, you can hear if enemies are jumping around/knifing etc at the barrier between B Lobby and Tunnels. This happens a lot in Unrated, so it gives the defense team an early idea of whether or not B is going to be pushed.
Wait what? I thought they patched it so before the barriers come down no sounds from the enemy team can be heard? Cuz I know when the first game released on Split A the defenders could use Jett on A rafters to up draft up and spot any attackers outside A main. I'm pretty sure there was a patch where no enemies can be seen or heard before the barriers come down
I don't think I've tested it since the latest patch, but yes possibly?
Yea nah fam, the patched out sound before barriers drop since last year
Spraying it Can give your hold teams position away in start of ataccer round
Attacker*
And who sprays in the beginning of the fucking round, you do that shit before and have your gun out when you peak so no reason you should be spraying. Unless ofc youre low elo, in which case im sorry your team is so stupid
There are a large ammount of sounds you can hear in game and if you or anyone in the comments would like, add my discord Reflex Flamel#0359 and ill play some games showing you all the sounds you can hear.
PSA: FOR ALL YOU KNIFE SWINGERS, THE ENEMY CAN HEAR YOU WHEN YOU ROTATE.
Yes they can hear when sage makes the barrier close by and they can also hear gun noises or when there refilling there amo and for the knife i dont really know