Equalizer

Equalizer
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Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier
Slot:	Melee
Released:	December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
Availability:	Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #1, Uncrate #32 (Strange), Uncrate #44 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Equalizer Level 1 - 100 Pickaxe When weapon is active: Damage increases as the user becomes injured -90% less healing from Medic sources

“

Get close enough to death, and you will become Death himself. — Equalizer publicity blurb

”

The Equalizer is an unlockable melee weapon for the Soldier. It is a silver-headed pickaxe with blood on both its ends.

Once this weapon is equipped, it has the unique ability to increase the damage of the player as their health is diminished. It is therefore capable of destroying most buildings in two hits when the player is at low health. Consequently, the player receives 90% less healing from all Medic weapons when it is being used (healing from health kits and Dispensers is unaffected). Its critical hit animation is a backhanded swing, striking the enemy with the sharp end of the weapon.

Taunting with the Equalizer equipped will perform the Kamikaze kill taunt. A variation of the taunt is available to players who equip the Lumbricus Lid.

Originally, the Equalizer increased the player's movement speed as their health diminished, along with the increased damage. These attributes were separated in the Beta Split Equalizer in the Team Fortress 2 Beta, and added to the game in the June 27, 2012 Patch. The Equalizer's present attributes are taken from the Beta Split Equalizer 2, while the Escape Plan takes its attributes from the Beta Split Equalizer 1.

The Equalizer is automatically given to any player who obtains 5 Soldier achievements.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Scales inversely with health. Approximately 107.25 − 0.37295 × H (107.25 minus 0.37295 multiplied H), where H is the player's current health, with a minimum of 33 when the player is at or above 100% health, and a maximum of 107 (before random damage and critical hits). TF2 uses RoundToCeil(); which then rounds the result to the next highest integer.

The Battalion's Backup gives the player 20 extra max health, but does not change the minimum and maximum damage. As a result, the damage increases more slowly as the player becomes injured, but is greater at identical health levels.

Health	Damage
	Without Battalion's Backup equipped			With Battalion's Backup equipped
	Base damage	Mini-crits	Critical hits	Base damage	Mini-crits	Critical hits
≥220	33	45	98	33	45	98
200	33	45	98	39	53	117
114	65	88	195	69	93	207
52	88	119	264	90	122	270
1	107	144	321	107	144	321
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

• Attack Interval: 0.8 s

Note: Values are approximate and are determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

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

As a crafting ingredient

Equalizer		Scrap Metal		Homewrecker
	+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Equalizer Strange Pickaxe - Kills: 0 When weapon is active: Damage increases as the user becomes injured -90% less healing from Medic sources 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

 Soldier

Ain't Got Time to Bleed Kill 3 players with the Equalizer in a single life without being healed. Duty Bound While rocket jumping kill an enemy with the Equalizer before you land or just after landing.

Near Death Experience Kill 20 enemies with your Equalizer while you have less than 25 health. Spray of Defeat Use a grenade to gib a player.

 Demoman

Slammy Slayvis Woundya Decapitate an enemy Soldier who is brandishing the Equalizer.

Update history

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• The Equalizer was added to the game.

December 18, 2009 Patch

• Fixed a server crash caused by using the Equalizer.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Players can no longer survive Kamikaze by equipping the Gunboats.

April 15, 2010 Patch

• Reduced the damage bonus the Equalizer receives as the player loses health.
  • The speed boost was not changed.

May 12, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Equalizer was added in the crafting blueprint for the Homewrecker.

August 26, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Lumbricus Lid not playing the correct sound during the Kamikaze taunt.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Kamikaze self-damage has been increased to 320, which prevents Soldiers from surviving the taunt when overhealed normally.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• The Lumbricus Lid Kamikaze taunt kill received a unique kill icon.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

February 22, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Amputator and the Crusader's Crossbow healing teammates that have the Equalizer as their active weapon.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Tuned high-end damage range so it's no longer possible to one-shot certain classes.
• Suppress the Medic call effect while active.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• [Undocumented] Added a voice response for the Kamikaze taunt.

October 25, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• Removed player move speed modification and added it to the Escape Plan.
• All owners of the Equalizer will be automatically granted the Escape Plan.

July 5, 2012 Patch

• Fixed not seeing team colors on the sleeves for the Equalizer and the Escape Plan.

July 5, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Crusader's Crossbow healing teammates with the Equalizer or the Escape Plan deployed.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Changed no healing penalty to 90% less healing from Medics while active.

Trivia

• Before becoming an official weapon, the Equalizer was first conceived by community members Tom Francis and Jibberish. These users were to receive a unique version of the weapon, called "The Great Equalizer"[1], but currently they are both labeled "Community Equalizer".
• The name "The Equalizer" is most likely a reference to "The Great Equalizer," a term used to describe something that makes normally unequal things equal.
• Based on the hidden Poopy Joe page on the WAR! Update, the Equalizer was originally a pickaxe issued to American Monkeynaut Poopy Joe for him to "pierce the Vault of Heaven itself" before it was acquired by Mann Co. in entirely innocent circumstances.

Gallery

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  First-person view.

See also

• Equalizer strategy

External links

• The Soldier Update - The Equalizer