Fists of Steel

Fists of Steel
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Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	Roy Theunissen
Released:	December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #6, Uncrate #57 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Fists of Steel Level 1 - 100 Boxing Gloves -40% damage from ranged sources while active +100% damage from melee sources while active This weapon holsters 100% slower -40% maximum overheal on wearer -40% health from healers on wearer

“

While boxing gloves were made to cushion your well-placed uppercuts, steel fists were made to beat the snot out of your enemies' pineal glands. "What are pineal glands?", you might ask! We at Mann Co have no idea ourselves, but what we do know is that these babies are made of freaking steel! — Fists of Steel publicity blurb

”

The Fists of Steel, commonly abbreviated to FoS, are a community-created melee weapon for the Heavy. It is a pair of large and bulky robotic gauntlets, appropriately team-colored, that encase the Heavy's hands.

While this weapon is active, it reduces damage from all sources that are not melee-based, be they hitscan or projectile, by 40%. As downsides, all melee attacks against the Heavy will deliver double damage when this weapon is active, and the Heavy will take two times longer to holster the Fists of Steel, compared to the default Fists. Additionally, the user will receive a 40% healing rate penalty and a 40% overheal reduction from Medic's secondaries.

Most taunt attacks are in fact high-damage projectile or hitscan attacks and the damage reduction is sufficient to make those taunt attacks survivable. Taunts that are resolved as melee attacks (Decapitation, Dischord, and Fencing) are not affected by the damage reduction.

The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement for the Killing Gloves of Boxing and has since been officially added to the game.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Fists

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Critical		195
Mini-crit		88
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Killing Gloves of Boxing		Fists of Steel
	+		=

Class Token - Heavy		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Fists of Steel		Eviction Notice
x2	+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Fists of Steel Strange Boxing Gloves - Kills: 0 -40% damage from ranged sources while active +100% damage from melee sources while active This weapon holsters 100% slower -40% maximum overheal on wearer -40% health from healers on wearer Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Heavy

Communist Mani-Fisto Kill an enemy with a critical punch. Iron Kurtain Take 1000 points of damage in a single life.

Crock Block Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket. Rasputin In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

 Medic

Blunt Trauma Assist in punching 2 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Heavy.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Fists of Steel were added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The Fists of Steel was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• The Fists of Steel was given a unique kill icon.

January 10, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy's fists not playing the critical hit animation.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Added a RED team skin to the Fists of Steel (having a very strong red hue).
• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

February 22, 2011 Patch

• Updated the RED team skin for the Fists of Steel (changing the color to a diluted bronze).

March 15, 2011 Patch

• The crafting cost of the Fists of Steel was changed from 2 Scrap Metal and a Gloves of Running Urgently to 1 Reclaimed Metal and a Killing Gloves of Boxing.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Change Attribute:
  • 20% longer weapon switch.
  • 40% ranged damage resistance.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to the Fists of Steel.

June 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Fists of Steel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Eviction Notice.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• [Undocumented] Fixed the Fists of Steel not hiding Heavy's default fists.

March 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

March 19, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Fists of Steel not reducing damage from ranged weapons that use energy rings.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Removed deploy time penalty.
  • Added penalty of increased holster time by 100%.

February 29, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated firing sounds for the Fists of Steel.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Added 40% overheal reduction while active.
  • Added 40% healing rate penalty while active.
• [Undocumented] Updated draw sound for the Fists of Steel.

March 28, 2018 Patch #1

• Fixed the "-40% health from healers" penalty on the Fists of Steel (it wasn't active).

Bugs

• If the player has not drawn the Fists of Steel when respawning or changing classes to Heavy, they will not have the Overheal Penalty until the Fists of Steel are drawn.

Trivia

• The Fists of Steel replacement came with a unique sound set, making the fists seem more robotic. However, after its inclusion in-game their punches were given a custom metallic sound. The robotic taunt sounds were never included.
• The name of the weapon, and the weapon's model, were inspired by one of the Heavy's voice clips which proclaimed "My fists! They are made of STEEL!". This voice clip was later attached exclusively to this weapon. This in turn was inspired by a catchphrase by Duke Nukem, specifically his proclamation that "I've got balls of steel!"

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  Previous version of the RED team skin.

See also

• Fists of Steel strategy