Bushwacka
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The Bushwacka is a craftable melee weapon for the Sniper class. it is a long sharp blade with a serrated edge and gold handguard.
When swinging this weapon in a situation where it would normally deliver a Mini-Crit, it will instead do a full-blown Critical hit. This makes it devastating when paired with Jarate or a friendly Buff Banner, or when a target previously hit with the Sydney Sleeper gets too close. On the other hand, the Sniper will have an additional 20% vulnerability to fire, making Pyros a more prominent adversary.
Damage
- Base: 65 (58 to 72)
- Critical hit: 195
Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.
Function times
- Attack Interval: 0.8
All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Item set
This item is part of the Croc-o-Style Kit. When the entire set is worn, the set provides this additional bonus:
- The wearer cannot be killed by headshots
The other set items are:
Blueprint
| Eyelander | Reclaimed Metal | Bushwacka | ||
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Gallery
- Bushwacka 1st person cropped.png
1st person view.
Full 1st person view.
Trivia
- Bushwhacking was a form of guerrilla warfare common during the American Revolutionary War, American Civil War and other conflicts in which there are large areas of contested land and few governmental resources to control these tracts.
- To "bushwhack" someone is also a term that means to kill them.
- Unlike most of the other Polycount items, the Bushwacka does not have a unique kill icon. It uses the Tribalman's Shiv kill icon.
- The Bushwacka is a possible reference to the knife used in Crocodile Dundee's famous "This is a knife!" scene, as it looks roughly similar.
- The Bushwacka appears to resemble a Bowie Knife.
- Due to the Sniper's Australian background, the weapon is phonetically spelt to reflect his accent. This phenomenon is known as a non-rhotic pronunciation.
- The Bushwacka seems to crit when it hits any player covered in Jarate, including teammates.
- The reason it requires the Eyelander over the Tribalman's Shiv to craft it maybe because a weapon requires a Valve-created weapon in the recipe, not a community-created one.
