Shortstop

Shortstop
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Shawn "5p3tch" Spetch
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Uncrate(#2), Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	36
Reload type:	Clip
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Shortstop 1 - 100 On Hit: Slow target movement by 40% for 0.5s Mann Co.'s latest in high attitude break-action personal defense

“

I don't usually kill morons this fast. Click to listen — The Scout

”

The Shortstop is a craftable primary weapon for the Scout class. It appears as a four-barrelled Pistol, similar to a peppergun.

This weapon is a Pistol which is loaded with Shotgun-like ammunition. Each shot fires multiple pellets from a single chamber. The Shortstop does not possess the increased damage ramp-up of the Scout's other primaries, the Scattergun and Force-A-Nature, but each shot has little bullet spread, making this an ideal weapon to use where range and accuracy are a concern.

Each shot fires 60% less pellets than the Scattergun, but each pellet deals twice the damage, resulting in an overall 20% lower base damage per shot. The Shortstop has a firing speed approximately 78% faster than the Scattergun and reloads an entire clip of ammunition rapidly, although each clip has four shots as opposed to six. A successful hit from this weapon temporarily slows an enemy.

Like the standard Shotgun and Scattergun, the Shortstop's first shell fires at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before 'bullet-spread' takes effect. When random spread is disabled any shots with the Shortstop form a T-shape consisting of the centre row and bottom centre position of a 3x3 square.

Slowdown

Each pellet fired is capable of inflicting 40% slow on the target for 0.5 seconds per shot, which may allow the player to break from the fight or close in to deal more damage. This Slow effect is much less than that dealt by Natascha, which slows any target to ~113 Hammer units per second, which is more than a 60% reduction from the "normal" movement speed of 300 HU/sec. The slowdown is also less noticeable on the Shortstop compared to the Natascha because of the Natascha's constant rate of fire.

Class	Slowed Speed	Notes
Scout	80% of "normal"* (240v)	Same speed as a Soldier
Soldier	48% of "normal"* (144v)	around 37% slower than a typical Heavy
Demoman	56% of "normal"* (168v)	around 26% slower than a Heavy
Heavy	42% of "normal"* (138v)	Speed of a Sniper with the Huntsman drawn.
Medic	64% of "normal"* (192v)	around 18% slower than a Heavy
Pyro, Engineer, Sniper, Spy	60% of "normal"* (180v)	around 22% slower than a Heavy

*"Normal" refers to the standard speed of Pyros, Engineers, Snipers, and Spies. (300v)

See the wiki's speed page for more information on different movement speeds.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 12 per pellet
• Max Ramp Up: 150% (18 damage per pellet)
• Max Fall Off: 50% (6 damage per pellet)
• Pellet Count: 4
• Point Blank: 69-72
• Medium Range: 24-48
• Long Range: 6-12
• Mini-Crit: 16 per pellet
• Critical hit: 36 per pellet

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.36
• Reload: 1.01

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Blueprint

Force-A-Nature		Reclaimed Metal		Shortstop
	+		=

As a Crafting Ingredient

Refined Metal		Shortstop		Milkman
x4	+		=

Bugs

• At present, the slowdown effect is bugged and does not work.
• Occasionally, after reloading the Shortstop, the pellets clip through the bottom of the weapon. This clipping does not occur if the weapon is reloaded manually or if the Scout switches to another weapon and then switches back to the Shortstop. It has been reported that this can be seen by holding down the reload button.
• Currently, it does not glow when the player is Crit boosted. However, the Crit sparkles can still be seen.

Trivia

• The weapon's name is a reference to "Template:W", the fielding position between second and third base in the Scout's favorite sport, baseball.
• The design of the Shortstop is seemingly a combination of the Template:W and four-barreled Template:W.
• A pepperbox pistol or 'pepper gun' is any small handgun or pistol with multiple barrels fixed around a center axis.
• The Shortstop was originally intended to be a replacement for the Pistol, and shares many traits with the Pistol as a result.
  • Taunting with the Shortstop performs the Pistol taunt instead of the typical taunt for the Scattergun or Force-A-Nature.
  • This weapon delivers Critical hits in the same fashion as the Pistol and other rapid-fire weapons.
  • This weapon shares its ammunition reserves with the Pistol when both are equipped.

Gallery

• Shortstop 1st person cropped.png

  1st person view.

See also

• Scattergun
• Force-A-Nature
• Shortstop strategy