Is it true that the Shotgun Animation is slower than the Operatives Knife Animation?

[Deadbatery]

Blame a mirror class for your lack of skill all you want, but the fact is, there is animation canceling in the game right now, and it doesn't matter how long your animation is. You ARE able to interrupt it with another move. Therefore it doesn't matter how long your animation is, because global cooldown is 1.5 seconds for both. They may look like they stab faster, but you can press your global at the same time they do, and your animation will interrupt for the next move.

 

Learn your class.

 

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Using dirty kick however does root your character during the animation, i dont know if the same applies to an operative