Brass Beast

Brass Beast
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Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Ruskeydoo
Released:	December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #12, Uncrate #32 (Strange), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	200
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Brass Beast Level 5 Minigun +20% damage bonus -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up 50% slower spin up time -60% slower move speed while deployed

“

I feel bigger. *Laughs* Good. Click to listen — The Heavy on higher-caliber bullets

”

The Brass Beast is a community-created primary weapon for the Heavy, which he has named "Oksana". It is an antique minigun made almost entirely of brass, bearing resemblance to the original 1862 Gatling gun made by Richard J. Gatling with a number of modifications.

This weapon deals 20% more damage than the default Minigun and, like Natascha, it gives the Heavy 20% damage resistance while it is spun-up and if the player's health would reach 50% or lower after being hit. However, this comes at the cost of a 50% slower spin-up time and 60% slower movement speed compared to the default Minigun while it is spun-up.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	16.2 / bullet
Base damage	100%	10.8 / bullet
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	5.7024 / bullet
Point blank		60-65 / 1 ammo 570-618 / second
Medium range		6-36 / 1 ammo 57-342 / second
Long range		6-12 / 1 ammo 57-114 / second
Critical		32.4 / bullet
Mini-crit		15-22 / bullet
Function times
Attack interval		0.105
Wind-up time		1.31 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Hibernating Bear
	Brass Beast Buffalo Steak Sandvich Warrior's Spirit Big Chief
Effect	No effect

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Natascha		Brass Beast
	+		=

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

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Brass Beast		Tomislav
x2	+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Brass Beast Strange Minigun - Kills: 0 +20% damage bonus -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up 50% slower spin up time -60% slower move speed while deployed

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

Heavy Industry Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life. Marxman Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.

Permanent Revolution Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun. Rationing Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Brass Beast was added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The Brass Beast was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• The Brass Beast was given a unique kill icon.
• [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
• Updated model with optimizations and LODs.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
• [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• The crafting cost of the weapon was changed from 2 Reclaimed Metal and a Natascha to 1 Reclaimed Metal and a Natascha.
• All Brass Beasts crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to the Brass Beast.

June 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Brass Beast was added to the crafting blueprint for the Tomislav.

June 28, 2011 Patch

• Tuned Brass Beast recoil to have less of an impact on your aiming reticle.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "+20% damage done" to "+20% damage bonus".

October 25, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.

October 28, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Modified the phong of the Brass Beast.

December 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Re-implemented the Community phong boost on the Brass Beast.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

June 18, 2014 Patch

• All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.

July 8, 2014 Patch

• Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

• Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
• Changed attribute:
  • Added 20% damage resistance while spun up.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

• 20% damage resistance now only applies when spun up and below 50% max health.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
• The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
• Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Added Festivized variant.

Bugs

• The attribute "-20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up" is incorrect, as the resistance applies if the Heavy takes enough damage to go below 50% health.
  • The attribute is also incorrectly listed as -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up, instead of +20%.
• The extra critical damage provided by a critical hit is not impacted by damage resistance, only the base hit.
  • The extra critical damage provided by a mini crit is not impacted by damage resistance, only the base hit.
• During deployment, the sound of the weapon will pause for a brief second before resuming at a louder volume.
• Whilst firing, the bullets will seem to originate from the right of the weapon in client view.
• If secondary fire is held down at the same time as primary fire up until 1 bullet remains, if the heavy taps primary fire the muzzle flare and firing noise will continue to play. This is visible by other players and in third person.
• In some instances, it can appear as if the gun is shooting in a different direction to where it actually is. This can be encountered when a Heavy is shooting below him whilst on a ledge.

Trivia

• Oksana (Russian: Оксана) is a popular Russian girl's name of Ukrainian and ultimately Greek origin.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  RED Festivized variant.

• 

  BLU Festivized variant.

• 

  Brass Beast, featured in The Showdown comic along with 3 other miniguns: Minigun, Tomislav and Huo-Long Heater.

See also

• Brass Beast strategy