Black Rose
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Spy |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | February 14, 2012 Patch |
| Availability: | Promotional (Unlock) |
| Tradable: | No |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Black Rose |
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| “ | Heartwarming.
Click to listen
— The Spy
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The Black Rose is a promotional melee weapon for the Spy. It is a double-edged butterfly knife serrated on one side with roses engraved along the blade and a symbol of an encircled rose imprinted on the handles. Its Baccara style colors the weapon almost entirely black, while the Mystery and True Love style is team-colored.
This weapon functions identically to the standard Knife. Taunting with the Black Rose equipped will perform the Fencing kill taunt.
The Black Rose is awarded to players who complete the Alliance of Valiant Arms achievement 1st One Down by creating a character and playing their first game. In addition, this achievement will unlock the Holy Mackerel melee weapon for use in Alliance of Valiant Arms.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
Identical to: Knife
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| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 40 |
| Point blank | 34-46 | |
| Backstab | 600% | |
| Critical | 120 | |
| Mini-crit | 46-62 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Related achievements
Soldier
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Sniper
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Spy
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Alliance of Valiant Arms
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1st One Down 1st game played after creating character |
Template:Dictionary/items/styles
Main article: Styles
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Update history
- Added the Black Rose to the game.
- [Undocumented] Added animations for the Black Rose.
- Fixed team colors not working correctly for the second style of the Black Rose.
- Added draw/swing/stab forces.
- Updated The Black Rose so it can be gift wrapped.
Bugs
- When changing styles, the weapon preview will display slightly outside of the borders.
- Regardless of the February 23, 2012 Patch, the Spy's sleeve will remain red when a player uses the Baccara style, even whilst on the BLU team.
Trivia
- Though not black, but a deep red, the Black Baccara rose bears dark velvety petals with black edges.
- The weapon's description is a play on the phrase "Say it with flowers" which is commonly associated with the giving of roses to loved ones.
- The Black Rose was announced to be made tradable in the April 18, 2012 Patch, however this never happened, and the wrong information was removed from the official release note.
Notes
- Alliance of Valiant Arms is not available in certain countries, making the Black Rose unobtainable to certain users. A list of whitelisted countries may be found here.
- Players who have already created a character and played a match in Alliance of Valiant Arms before the update can still be awarded the achievement if they play a full match.
- The Black Rose still is untradable, regardless of the time it was obtainable.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
RED first-person view, ready to backstab.
BLU first-person view.
BLU first-person view, ready to backstab.
First-person view, Baccara style.
First-person view, Baccara style, ready to backstab.
Steam announcement for the Alliance of Valiance Arms promotion.
Promotional image showing the Black Rose featured on the Steam store page for Alliance of Valiant Arms.
The "Rose-Engraved Knife" as it appears in Alliance of Valiant Arms.
See also
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