User:Ríomhaire/Status effects
Status effects are temporary weapon-induced conditions that alter the player's properties and stats.
Beneficial
Beneficial status effects aid the player in some way. Positive status effects can be self-created or due to a teammate's action.
ÜberCharge
An ÜberCharged player is invulnerable to all forms of damage other than environmental hazards such as trains and falling into deep pits. ÜberCharged players can be identified by their bright team-colored shimmer and glowing eyes.
Class | Weapon | Notes |
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Medic |
Medigun |
Applied to Medic and patient. |
Effect Duration: 8 s |
Crit boost
All attacks from a player under the effects of a Crit boost result in Critical hits. The weapons of such a player glow with team-color electricity. Weapons that do not ordinarily have critical shots, such as the Eyelander, will do so when the weilder is under the effects of a crit boost.
Class | Weapon | Notes |
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Medic |
Kritzkrieg |
Applied to Medic and patient. |
Effect Duration: 8 s | ||
Heavy |
Killing Gloves of Boxing |
When the Heavy scores a killing blow with the KGB the effect is applied to all weapons for five seconds. |
Effect Duration: 5 s | ||
Demoman |
Chargin' Targe |
Given to melee weapons on a successful long range charge. |
Effect Duration: Not long. | ||
Engineer |
Frontier Justice |
When the Engineer's Sentry Gun is destroyed he gets a crit boost that lasts for a number of shots determined by the number of kills and kill assists that the Sentry had achieved. |
Effect Duration: ∞ | ||
All classes | Intelligence Capture |
On capturing the briefcase all members of a team will receive a ten second crit boost. |
Effect Duration: 10 s | ||
First Blood |
On achieving the first kill of an Arena match the player will be rewarded with a five second crit boost. | |
Effect Duration: 5 s | ||
Pumpkit |
Dropped by dead players during the annual Halloween event. Players receive a short crit boost on pickup. Unique to the Harvest Event and Mann Manor maps. | |
Effect Duration: 3.2 s | ||
Humiliation |
During Humiliation all players on the winning team receive a crit boost to allow them to easily hunt down and kill helpless defeated enemies. | |
Effect Duration: 15 s |