Axtinguisher
“ | This mighty axe guarantees critical hits on any enemy that’s currently on fire, although it’s significantly weaker against enemies who aren’t.
— Axtinguisher publicity blurb
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The Axtinguisher is an unlockable melee weapon for the Pyro. It is a crudely constructed fire axe consisting of a slightly rusted axe-head, stained with blood and wrapped in barbed wire, affixed to a curved wooden handle with a fabric grip and a splintered end.
Compared to the stock Fire Axe, the Axtinguisher deals 33% less damage, holsters 35% slower, and does not deal random critical hits. Attacking targets that are on fire guarantees mini-crit damage, along with an increase in base damage depending on the remaining duration of the afterburn, while extinguishing the target. This base damage increase is equal to the damage the target would have taken from afterburn, ignoring damage penalties to it from weapons like the Degreaser. As such, the Axtinguisher deals less damage against a target ignited by the Dragon's Fury, compared to one ignited by other flamethrowers, while dealing high damage against targets ignited by the Flare Gun, Scorch Shot, Detonator and Gas Passer due to their long afterburn durations. Killing a burning target with the Axtinguisher grants a 35% movement speed boost for 4 seconds.
The Axtinguisher is automatically given to any player who obtains 22 Pyro achievements.
Contents
[hide]Damage and function times
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Damage type | Melee | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | Players: 4443 |
Critical | Non-burning: 131Burning: 191 - 371
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Mini-crit | Non-burning: 59Burning: 86 - 167
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Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
Class Token - Pyro | Slot Token - Melee | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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As a crafting ingredient
Axtinguisher | Reclaimed Metal | Powerjack | ||
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Axtinguisher | Jarate | Scotsman's Skullcutter | ||
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Axtinguisher | Scotsman's Skullcutter | Back Scratcher | ||
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Axtinguisher | Reclaimed Metal | Sharpened Volcano Fragment | ||
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Reclaimed Metal | Axtinguisher | Powerjack | Third Degree | |||
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Strange variant
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Related achievements
Pyro
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Update history
- The Axtinguisher was added to the game.
May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)
- [Undocumented] The Axtinguisher was added in the crafting blueprint for the Scotsman's Skullcutter.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] The Axtinguisher was added in the crafting blueprint for the Powerjack.
- [Undocumented] The Axtinguisher was added in the crafting blueprint for the Back Scratcher.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- [Undocumented] The Axtinguisher was added in the crafting blueprint for the Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- [Undocumented] The Axtinguisher was added in the crafting blueprint for the Third Degree.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Added Festive variant.
- Fixed the Festive Axtinguisher sometimes floating in the world after death.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Australium variant.
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- Changed attribute:
- The Axtinguisher now does mini-crit damage from the front and full crit damage from behind to burning targets.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attributes:
- 100% Chance to crit against burning targets.
- 33% Damage penalty. (previous was -50% damage vs non-burning players)
- 20% Slower attack speed.
- 75% Slower switch-to speed.
- New design:
- Attacks mini-crit and then extinguish burning targets.
- Receives a damage bonus based on the remaining duration of after-burn.
- Added: "Sketchek's bequest: Killing blows on burning players grant a speed boost".
- Base damage reduced by 33%.
- Holster speed 35% slower.
- No random critical hits.
- Attacks mini-crit and then extinguish burning targets.
- [Undocumented] Removed reference to Sketchek from the Axtinguisher.
Unused content
The Festive Axtinguisher is set up for paint to be applied, but the ability to do so is disabled.
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Bugs
- The Festive variant viewmodel is not affected by the "Use minimized viewmodels" option.
- The Festive variant does not glow when crit-boosted.
- The Festive variant does not appear when inspected from the Backpack menu.
Trivia
- In the censored version of Team Fortress 2, the Axtinguisher and Ubersaw are not stained with blood, but otherwise remain unchanged.
Gallery
BLU Festive variant.
See also
External links
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