Shovel
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The Shovel is the stock melee weapon of the Soldier class. It is depicted as a handheld folding Shovel, also known as an Entrenching Tool or Spade. Significant features include a splintered handle.
Dealing significant damage, the Shovel is a good alternative to the Shotgun when an opponent is too close to safely use the Rocket Launcher. For its Critical hit animation, the Soldier swings it from the left in a backhand motion.
Damage
See also: Damage
- Base: 65 (59 to 72 damage)
- Mini-Crit: 88
- 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.
Related Achievements
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Trivia
- The Critical hit animation is the same manner of attack the Soldier uses to take out the Spy in Meet the Soldier.
- In the World Wars, standard-issue knives and bayonets were sometimes substituted or even replaced by sharpened field shovels, which were used to great effect as improvised hand axes. Curiously, the Soldier's tool seems unmodified.
- The tool's real-life counterpart is the US M-1943 entrenching tool.
- According to the Mac update comic (not actual gameplay and non-canon), The Soldier's Shovel is highly flammable and will spontaneously catch fire as it is made by Mann Co.
Gallery
- Shovel 1st person cropped.png
1st person view.
See also
