User:TheWillingham/X-Flinguisher

X-Flinguisher
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	secondary
Availability:	Uncrate #99
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammunition
Loadout Stats
X-Flinguisher Level 56 Fire Extinguisher Throw at your enemies to deal heavy damage! Shooting the extinguisher allows it to explode when it hits the ground, blinding enemies with foam and extinguishing teammates. Mini-crits against enemies with Shattered weapons. No random critical hits Though the school had its fire extinguisher stolen, the gym coach was fairly excited to learn that a student could throw it a long distance.

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Hey, here's somethin' you can invent next time: duckin'! Click to listen — The Scout

”

The X-Flinguisher is an unlockable primary weapon for the Scout. It is a stolen school-standard fire extinguisher with the handle broken off and scratches everywhere.

It, like the Flying Guillotine and Mad Milk, is a weapon that can be thrown at enemies in an arc. Enemies hit with the weapon are dealt heavy damage. However, the main source of power for the weapon is its ability to explode. The projectile can be fired at with any of the Scout's Pistols while in midair or while on the ground when no enemies have been hit; in midair it will explode upon contact with a surface/enemy, on the ground it will simply explode on the stop. The X-Flinguisher's explosions, in addition to dealing damage, cloud the surrounding area with heavy smoke and foam. Any enemies unfortunate to cross paths with the explosion will have their screens completely blinded with opaque foam, allowing them to only see their HUD. Though the foam rids itself bit by bit within 14 seconds, every 300 units moved while blinded will speed up the process by 1 second, encouraging victims to try to run around to blow the foam off. The wielder of these fire extinguishers is to beware of their own explosions, as they themselves can be blinded and dealt self-damage.

Because the only way to create the tank explosions is with another slot-conflicting Pistol, the X-Flinguisher should only be used in conjunction with the Prohibition Paperboy to allow two secondary weapons to be equipped at the same time. Also, care must be taken in leading the projectile when throwing, as it has 25% less velocity compared to Mad Milk or the Flying Guillotine.

X-Flinguishers take 9 seconds to recharge before using again. Alternatively, X-Flinguishers can be retrieved from the ground, if they do not hit an enemy, or from a Resupply Locker, both of which will instantly refill the recharge meter for the weapon and also allow the player to throw one again. Hitting an enemy and/or exploding will cause it to be gibbed and unable to be picked up. As a projectile, the tank will arc towards the ground, and can be deflected by an enemy Pyro. The tank can also hit and bounce off of enemy grenades, Jarate, Mad Milk, and even enemy Scout X-Flinguishers. As X-Flinguishers are not classified as ammunition, collecting ammo packs will not have any effect. However, the Prohibition Paperboy's benefit of +200% max ammo for both secondary weapons allows 3 X-Flinguishers to be thrown consecutively before triggering the recharge meter.

The damage dealt with the X-Flinguisher works in a reverse-damage falloff system; faraway enemies hit are dealt the most damage while point blank attacks deal the least. It also mini-crits against opponents with Shattered weapons, pairing well with the Playground Protector.

The X-Flinguisher is automatically given to any player who obtains 6 Elementary Scout Achievements.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Untyped
Ranged or Melee damage?		Untyped
Effect		Causes foam blindness if exploding
Damage
Base damage	100%	40 - 75 Explosion: 30
Critical		165 - 225 Explosion: 90
Mini-crit		54 - 101 Explosion: 41
Function times
Attack interval		0.65 s
Recharge time		9 s
Effect duration		Up to 14 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Tiny Truant Tim

Prohibition Paperboy

X-Flinguisher

Playground Protector

Half-Pipe Hurdler

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Mad Milk		Flying Guillotine		Moonman Backpack
	+		=

Trivia

• Despite notably being a fire extinguisher, no move with it allows it to extinguish teammates. An interview with Valve stated that, in the making of the update, they decided not to, to make sure that the Scout could only have this extinguishing ability with the Mad Milk.