Black Rose
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Spy |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | February 14, 2012 Patch |
| Availability: | Promotional (expired) |
| Tradable: | No |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Black Rose |
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| “ | Heartwarming.
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— The Spy on rose-engraved knives
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The Black Rose is a promotional melee weapon for the Spy. It is a partially serrated, double-edged butterfly knife. Roses are engraved along the blade, and a symbol of an encircled rose is imprinted on the handles. The weapon has two styles: The "Baccara" style colors the weapon almost entirely black, while the "Mystery and True Love" style is team-colored.
This weapon functions identically to the Knife.
Taunting with the Black Rose equipped will perform the Fencing kill taunt.
This item was awarded to players who completed the Alliance of Valiant Arms achievement 1st One Down by creating a character and playing their first game. In addition, this achievement was also unlock the Holy Mackerel melee weapon for use in Alliance of Valiant Arms. As of June 29, 2018 said game has shut down, rendering this item no longer obtainable.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
Identical to: Knife
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| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
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| Base damage | 100% | 40 |
| Backstab | 600% | |
| Critical | 120 | |
| Mini-crit | 54 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Related achievements
Soldier
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1st One Down 1st game played after creating character |
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.
- Fixed the Black Rose using the RED team arms skin while on the BLU team.
- The Black Rose can no longer be gift wrapped.
Bugs
- The attribute Attack an enemy from behind to Backstab them for a one hit kill. is missing.
- When changing styles, the weapon preview will display slightly outside of the borders.
Trivia
- 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 weapon's name is a reference to a type of rose used in fiction, with a variety of different meanings and titles.
- Additionally, the Baccara style is a reference to one of the titles given to this type of rose.
- The way the Spy opens the Black Rose would cut his thumb in real life, due to the animation being shared with the stock, single-edged knife.
Notes
- Alliance of Valiant Arms was 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 was announced as being made tradable in the April 18, 2012 Patch. This did not happen, and the incorrect information was removed from the official release note.
- The Black Rose was able to be crafted by the use of tokens, this was later patched, similar to the Shooting Star and the Giger Counter.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
RED first-person view, ready to backstab.
BLU first-person view.
BLU first-person view, ready to backstab.
RED First-person view, Baccara style.
RED First-person view, Baccara style, ready to backstab.
BLU first-person view, Baccara style.
BLU 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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