Fists of Steel

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While boxing gloves were made to cushion your well-placed uppercuts, steel fists were made to beat the snot out of your enemies' pineal glands. "What are pineal glands?", you might ask! We at Mann Co have no idea ourselves, but what we do know is that these babies are made of freaking steel!
— Fists of Steel publicity blurb

The Fists of Steel, commonly abbreviated to FoS, are a community-made melee weapon for the Heavy. It is a pair of large robotic gauntlets, appropriately team-colored, that encase the Heavy's hands.

These weapons reduce damage from all sources that are not melee-based, be they hitscan or projectile, by 40%. As a downside, all melee attacks against the Heavy will deliver double damage when this weapon is active, and all weapon switches made by the player will take 20% longer.

The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement for the Killing Gloves of Boxing and has since been officially added to the game.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Identical to: Fists
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 65
Point blank 55-75
Critical 195
Mini-crit 75-101
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Killing Gloves of Boxing Fists of Steel
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Killing Gloves of Boxing.png = Item icon Fists of Steel.png
Class Token - Heavy Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Heavy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Killing Gloves of Boxing.png Item icon Gloves of Running Urgently.png Item icon Warrior's Spirit.png Item icon Fists of Steel.png
Item icon Eviction Notice.png Item icon Apoco-Fists.png Item icon Holiday Punch.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png
Item icon Ham Shank.png Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png Item icon Conscientious Objector.png

As a Crating Ingredient

Reclaimed Metal Fists of Steel Eviction Notice
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.pngx2 + Item icon Fists of Steel.png = Item icon Eviction Notice.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Communist Mani-Fisto
Communist Mani-Fisto
Kill an enemy with a critical punch.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
  • The Fists of Steel were added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

January 7, 2011 Patch

January 10, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed the Heavy's fists not playing the critical hit animation.

February 14, 2011 Patch

  • Added a RED team skin to the Fists of Steel (having a very strong red hue).
  • Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

February 22, 2011 Patch

  • Updated the RED team skin for the Fists of Steel (changing the color to a diluted bronze).[1]

March 15, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The crafting blueprint for the weapon was changed from two Scrap Metal + G.R.U. to one Reclaimed Metal + K.G.B.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Increased weapon switch time to 120%.
  • Reduced ranged damage resistance to 40%.

June 3, 2011 Patch

  • Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.

June 23, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Eviction Notice.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

  • [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon not hiding Heavy's default fists.

Bugs

  • Damage from most taunt attacks are reduced by the Fists of Steel as if they were ranged attacks. In fact, only the Decapitation, Dischord, and Fencing taunt attacks are not treated this way.

Trivia

  • The Fists of Steel replacement came with a unique sound set, making the fists seem more robotic. However, after its inclusion in-game their punches were given a custom metallic sound. The Robotic Taunt sounds were never included.
  • The name of the weapon, and the weapon's model, were inspired by one of the Heavy's voice clips which proclaimed "My fists! They are made of STEEL!". This voice clip was later attached exclusively to this weapon.

Gallery

See also

References