Versus Saxton Hale

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This article is about the official game mode. For the community version of the game mode with the same name, see VS Saxton Hale Mode (custom mode).
What is VS Saxton Hale? It's in the name! You fight Saxton Hale! Or you play as Saxton Hale and fight the Mercenaries. Are you ready to face 23 enemies at once? ‘Cause they surely aren’t ready to face you!
— Publicity Blurb

VS Saxton Hale is a community-created game mode added in the Summer 2023 update with the July 12, 2023 Patch.

Gameplay

One player is chosen at random to play as Saxton Hale, and the rest of the players are assigned to RED team with one singular goal: kill Saxton Hale on behalf of their new boss Gray Mann.

Saxton Hale

As Saxton you have several different attacks/abilities to help you take on the enemy team. Some of these have cooldowns that are displayed on the HUD.

Charge attack

Charge attack (Ability)

Saxton charges up his fist as he yells out different voice lines. You can charge up your fist for as long as you want making your fist glow blue. The charge attack can be used to send Saxton in any direction that he is facing allowing him to reach high places if needed. Default key: ⇧ Shift + R. The charge attack is on a 10 seconds cooldown and does 165 damage.

Saxton fist

Saxton Fist (Rage)

Saxton will start a 30 second countdown from when he spawns. This attack will turn Saxtons left lower arm bright red with Crit spark particles all over it. Saxton will also give an audio cue when the cooldown is over alerting the other players that his next melee attack will deal a lethal blow. Upon striking an enemy with Saxton fist, a shockwave will be sent out as you strike, damaging every enemy around you. Saxton fist will automatically apply to the next melee hit when available and does 326 damage.

Ground pound

Ground pound (Ability)

When Saxton becomes airborne, he has the ability to perform a ground pound. This ability ignores knockback and is triggered by holding the crouch button (default key: Ctrl)x while in the air. Upon hitting the ground, a big shockwave will be sent out in every direction from the point of impact, and every merc close to your landing site will take damaged based on their distance from the point of impact. This ability is on a cooldown for 15 seconds.

Brave jump

Similar to Scout, Saxton has the ability to double jump. Useful as a general mobility tool, this ability launches you forward with no cooldown, only needing to touch the ground to perform it again.

Mercenaries

When there are 3 players left, all their weapons will deal mini-crit damage. Some classes have new voice lines, although not voiced by the official voice actors.

Strategy

Main article: Community VS Saxton Hale strategy

Maps

See also: List of maps

VS Saxton Hale maps carry the vsh_ prefix; community maps are identified with an italic font.

Template:VS Saxton Hale maps

Update history

July 12, 2023 Patch (Summer 2023)

  • Added maps: VSH Distillery, VSH Nucleus, VSH Skirmish, and VSH Tiny Rock.

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