Manmelter

Manmelter
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Basic Information
Used by:	Pyro
Slot:	Secondary
Released:	Australian Christmas 2011
Availability:	Drop, Craft or Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	Unlimited
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Manmelter 1 - 100 +50% projectile speed Does not require ammo Projectile cannot be deflected Alt-Fire: Extinguish teammates to gain guaranteed critical hits No random critical hits Being a device that flouts conventional scientific consensus that the molecules composing the human body must be arranged "just so", and not, for example, across a square-mile radius.

“

Ideal for atomizing moon soldiers or neighborhood dogs at your earliest convenience! Click to listen — Manmelter publicity blurb

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The Manmelter is a secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a grey, futuristic laser pistol, with a small vial with team-colored liquid inside.

The weapon fires flaming bolts of energy that function similarly to flares from the Flare Gun, only 50% faster. Unlike flares, shots will not normally inflict critical hits on flaming players. The weapon also has unlimited ammunition but cannot fire random critical hits. Holding the alt-fire button will extinguish teammates on fire and earn a guaranteed critical hit for each one, which will be stored for later use, similar to the Frontier Justice or Diamondback. Up to 35 crits can be stored at one time and all will be lost upon death.

Enemies killed by the Manmelter suffer a distinctive death by incineration, wherein they disintegrate into smoldering orange cinders that quickly fade away.

Taunting with the Manmelter active allows the Pyro to perform a deadly Hadouken.

This item was named the "Manmelter 3600 ZX" in promotional materials from the Official TF2 Blog and Weta Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Flare Gun

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage
Base damage	100%	30
Critical		90
Mini-crit		41
Afterburn		3 / tick 60 total
Afterburn (mini-crit)		4 / tick 80 total
Function times
Attack interval		2.02 s
Afterburn duration		10 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack
	Phlogistinator Manmelter Third Degree Bubble Pipe Moonman Backpack
Effect	No effect

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Pyro		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Manmelter		Possible Results
x4	+		=

Related achievements

General

Flamethrower Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds.

 Pyro

Attention Getter Ignite 100 enemies with the flare gun. Baptism by Fire Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water. I Fry Ignite 10 disguised Spies. Cooking the Books Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence. Dance Dance Immolation Kill 3 enemies while they're taunting. Fire and Forget Kill 15 players while you're dead.

Firewatch Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in. Trailblazer Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter. Weenie Roast Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time. Got A Light? Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette. Dead Heat Kill an enemy in the same second that he kills you.

 Heavy

Rasputin In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• The Manmelter was added to the game.

December 16, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Manmelter getting crits from 'Mmmph' bar.

December 16, 2011 [Item schema update]

• Updated the description of the weapon.

December 21, 2011 Patch

• Added particle effect on muzzle that appears when ready to fire.
• Increased projectile speed while maintaining the same travel arc.
• Increased extinguish range.
• Added draw/recoil/crit forces for the Manmelter.

December 23, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Manmelter idle effects showing on other flareguns

Bugs

• Hits from the weapon that kill the target (not afterburn) use the Flare Gun's kill icon.
• The Pyro's right hand significantly clips through the weapon in client view.
• Holding down the primary fire button after firing will cause the weapon not to fully go back to its resting position.
• When rapidly switching from the Manmelter to another slot using "Q", for a split second in the lower right corner you can see its ammo, 100 loaded 32 carried, despite this it still has infinite ammunition. A similar bug used to appear on the Cow Mangler.
• The projectiles fired from this weapon can be reflected, contrary to the listed effects.
• When the projectile is reflected, it is reflected as a flare.
• Holding down the alt fire button while taunt, will cause the weapon's ash-sucking visual effect to be stuck even if the Pyro switches to a different weapon.
• When a projectile hits an object, its trail instantly disappears instead of fading away.
• While holding down alt-fire after having saved up charges, when you try to fire while still holding alt-fire it plays the animation as it does when it normally fires a critical shot and the critical shots that are saved up are rapidly lost.

Trivia

• The appearance of this weapon is based on that of the "Manmelter 3600ZX Sub-Atomic Disintegrator Pistol", which can be purchased from the online store at Weta Workshop.

Gallery

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  RED first-person view.

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  BLU first-person view.

See also

• Manmelter strategy
• Australian Christmas 2011
• Flare Gun
• Fire
• Hadouken