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thumb|300px|right|A Knife Monkey in action. A Knifing Class, commonly known as a Knife Monkey, is a CQC class that mainly works on killing people by quickly overwhelming and stabbing lone players or groups of enemies. These originated in Modern Warfare 2 with the additions of the Tactical Knife and the Commando perk.

Loadout
A Knife Class will normally have the following:


 * Primary Weapon: Silenced SMG or Silenced Sniper Rifle for highest possible maneuverability, and to keep off the radar for fairly ranged kills.
 * Secondary Weapon: A handgun with Tactical Knife.
 * Equipment: Normally a Throwing Knife
 * 1st Perk: Most commonly Marathon for extra sprint.
 * 2nd Perk: Generally Lightweight but often replaced with Cold Blooded.
 * 3rd Perk: Commando for easier knife kills and ability to kill in the air.

Advantages

 * The player can overwhelm small groups almost instantly.
 * On maps like Highrise with the new spawning system, spawn kills can be easily achieved, when the enemy team is forced to spawn in the same general area. (See Video).
 * These players can easily kill players using Riot Shields due to heavily superior damage and maneuverability.
 * Knives are guaranteed one hit kills, even on people with Painkiller.

Disadvantages

 * When stabbing, enemies can hear the slash and can figure out what is going on.
 * Like camping, enemies may end fed up, teaming up and ganking the player.
 * This class is useless on large maps like Wasteland due to the inability to find players quickly.

Tips

 * The player should use an SMG or Sniper Rifle for extra maneuverability, a Sniper Rifle will provide the Ghillie Suit, provided the player has enough sniper kills, but the SMG will prevail more in CQC, especially with weapons like the UMP45 or MP5K. In contrast, the player should avoid LMGs and Riot Shields due to heavily restricted movement.
 * It is suggested the player flanks from behind, going in from the front will almost definitely result in the player's death.
 * The player should be experienced with knifing normally before making a class like this.
 * Players will generally use Lightweight or Cold Blooded. It is preference as to which one they choose, as although Lightwieght increases movement speed, many players will spend most of their time sprinting anyway, so will choose to use Cold Blooded to keep hidden from UAVs.
 * Avoid using Scrambler, it gives the player's location away.