Brass Beast

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New gun is unfair to tiny baby enemies.
The Heavy, upon receiving his giant new gun

The Brass Beast is a primary weapon for the Heavy and was released as part of the Hibernating Bear set. It is similar in appearance to the original British 1865 Gatling Gun. It also appears to have an attached Broadwell Drum, though mounted on the side and fed into the main gun via ammunition chain (the original Broadwell Drum was mounted above the gun, and was essentially 'gravity-operated').

Damage

See also: Damage
Range Damage per 1 ammo Critical damage Damage per second
Point Blank 60-65 129.6 600-650 (Crit: 1296)
Medium 6-36 32.4/64.8/97.2/129.6 60-360 (Crit: 648)
Long 5-12 32.4/64.8 60-120 (Crit: 338)
  • Base: 10.8 per bullet
  • Max Ramp Up: 150% (16.2 damage per bullet)
  • Max Fall Off: 50% (5.4 damage per bullet)
  • Bullet Count: 4 per ammo
  • Mini-Crit: 14.6 per bullet
  • Critical hit: 32.4 per bullet

Base damage is subject to distance-based damage falloff.

Note: The Critical hit DPS; long range assumes 1 Crit bullet hits per 1 ammo, medium range assumes 2 Crit bullets hit per 1 ammo, point blank range assumes all 4 bullets hit per 1 ammo. Medium range is defined as the main resupply door to the opposite wall on the upper level of 2Fort. Long range is defined as battlement to battlement on 2Fort. Base damage is the damage done at 512 units before damage variance or bullet spread. Ramp up maxes out at 0 units. Fall off maxes out at 1024 units. Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function times

  • Attack Interval: 0.1
  • Windup Time: 1.305

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

Item Set

Main article: Item sets
The Hibernating Bear
Backpack The Hibernating Bear Bundle.png
Effect

No effect

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Natascha Brass Beast
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.pngx2 + Item icon Natascha.png = Item icon Brass Beast.png

Related Achievements

Don't Touch Sandvich
Don't Touch Sandvich
Kill 50 Scouts using Natascha.

Bugs

  • Because of the placement of the chain and ammo drum, the Brass Beast will clip through the Heavy's left hand and right arm when taunting.
  • Despite its world model being roughly the same size as the Minigun and Natascha, the view model appears smaller and lowered.
  • Natasha related achievements can be unlocked using the Brass Beast.

Trivia

  • The penalties of the Brass Beast are similar to that of the Heavy prior to the April 28, 2010 Patch, having both slower wind-up/down time and slower movement speed while the gun is deployed. However, the penalties are even greater in order to balance the increased damage.
  • The shooting sound of the weapon is re-use of the Day of Defeat :Source weapon .30 Cal.

See also