List of Strange weapon ranks

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Ey, is somebody keepin' track of my heads batted in? Click to listen — The Scout

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In-game message of a player's Strange weapon increasing in rank.

All Strange weapons have an associated weapon rank. For most weapons, this rank is based on the number of kills that have been made with the weapon against other players. All Strange weapons start with an initial prefix of Strange, however this is not a rank itself. Trading a Strange weapon will cause its counters to reset to zero and its prefix to reset to Strange.

The following Strange items do not track kills, instead:

• Jarate tracks and ranks up based on the number of coated enemies, or "Sodden Victims".
• The Razorback tracks and ranks up based on the number of Spies shocked by backstabbing it, or "Spies Shocked".
• The Eyelander attains "Heads Taken".
• The Medi Gun tracks ÜberCharges and kill assists, and ranks up based on ÜberCharge count.
• The Wrench and the Jag track Sentry Gun kills and standard melee kills, and rank up based on Sentry Gun kills.

Ranks

Rank	Kills	Name
0	0	Strange
1	10	Unremarkable
2	25	Scarcely Lethal
3	45	Mildly Menacing
4	70	Somewhat Threatening
5	100	Uncharitable
6	135	Notably Dangerous
7	175	Sufficiently Lethal
8	225	Truly Feared
9	275	Spectacularly Lethal
10	350	Gore-Spattered
11	500	Wicked Nasty
12	750	Positively Inhumane
13	999	Totally Ordinary
14	1000	Face-Melting
15	1500	Rage-Inducing
16	2500	Server-Clearing
17	5000	Epic
18	7500	Legendary
19	7616	Australian
20	8500	Hale's Own

Bugs

• Counters do not update in-game when you inspect another player's Strange weapon on the Deathcam.
• If a strange weapon goes up a rank, it will appear to have the original rank prefix when switching weapons until the player respawns.
• It is possible to accumulate kills on the Strange Wrench or Strange Jag by killing yourself with the Wrangler.

Notes

• The game schema shows a 20th rank with a requirement of 10,000 kills, however, the rank does not have a name.
• Disabling pop-up notifications under 'Advanced Options' will keep the strange rank notifications from appearing; however, trade, duel, and item drop notifications will be disabled as well.
• Killing a teammate while friendly fire is enabled will increase your kill total with that weapon by one, as though it were a normal kill.
• Activating the Cloak of a Spy who is using the Dead Ringer will not increase your total kill count with that weapon.
• Killing bots will not increase your total kill count.
• Killing yourself with a Strange Boston Basher or Gloves of Running Urgently will not increase your total kill count with that weapon.
• Killing an enemy with a compression blast from the Strange Flamethrower or Backburner will not increase your kill count.
• Using a Name Tag on a strange weapon will remove the rank prefix from the name, although the rank description and kill counter will always remain intact regardless of tags.

See also

• Item quality