Vita-Saw

“

I healed zuh man who will kill you. Click to listen — The Medic

”

The Vita-Saw is an unlockable melee weapon for the Medic class. It appears as a rusty gas pump handle with a long needle, a knife under the needle, and a container with some liquid on top.

The weapon takes 10 health away from its user, but retains 20% of the Medic's current ÜberCharge if he dies. For example, if a Medic dies with 40% ÜberCharge, they will respawn with 8% ÜberCharge.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 65 (59 to 72 Damage)
• Mini-Crit: 80 Damage
• Critical hit: 195 Damage

Function times

• Attack Interval: Unknown

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

Trivia

• It very closely resembles the large needle syringe carried around by the Little Sisters from the game BioShock. Its name is also similar to the Vita-Chamber from the same game, a device which resurrect individuals who die in their vicinity.
• A small "skull and bones" symbol has been scratched into the blade of the saw, with eight tally marks next to it.
• This weapon houses the possible in-joke of Medic being a Little Sister and Heavy being the Big Daddy. The stats of the weapon help this claim by making the Medic a little more dependent on a teammate due to lower health.
• The liquid within the vial on the back is jiggleboned, which means that it will swirl around in the vial as the Medic moves.
• The Vita-Saw is randomly available through Mann Co. Supply Crates which are dropped in game by drop system.
• The Vita-Saw's design seems to be an amalgam of the Medic's Übersaw, Syringe Gun (barrel), and the Medic's beta needle weapon.
• Currently, the Vita-Saw has the same taunt as the Bonesaw, where he plays the weapon like a violin. Due to the needle, it appears as though he is stabbing himself in the neck.
• If a Medic actives his UberCharge, but dies while its activated, as long as the Charge does not dip below 19%, he will retain that 19%.
• Contrary to the weapons's description, the max Ubercharge kept is 19%.
• The Ubercharge will be kept even if you change teams, however will be lost if you change classes.