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CM 17 Butcher: The Glitch That Broke the Game?
Old footage leaks spark fresh debate. Players rediscover a classic exploit. This moves long-dormant memories to the front page.
CM 17 Butcher: The Glitch That Broke the Game? is an animation bug. It locks your weapon, cancels recovery frames, and resets stance instantly. Studies indicate this combo creates infinite, unsafe pressure with no counterplay.
Why the sequence forces a reset. Input buffering clashes with recovery logic on specific frames. Research shows this mismatch tricks the engine into ignoring hurtboxes entirely. Suddenly every punish window becomes a free reset opportunity.
Rapid taps trick the game into cancelling recovery. This nasty bug breaks normal risk and reward.
Is this still relevant in current patches?
Yes, developers patched the worst cases, but similar cancel quirks still appear.
Can you practice this safely in training?
Sure, custom matches let you test it. Use timers to avoid forming real match habits.
