Tribalman's Shiv
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| Used by: | Sniper |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Contributed by: | New |
| Released: | Second Community Contribution Update |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Tribalman's Shiv |
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| “ | Let's see how much blood's in ya!
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— The Sniper
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The Tribalman's Shiv is a community-made melee weapon for the Sniper. It appears as a stylized Template:W[1] composed of reddish wood with a curved edge in front and a serrated edge on its broad side.
The weapon deals 50% less damage than the Kukri, but causes the opponent to bleed and lose health for 6 seconds. Because of the reduced initial damage, direct contact with the opponent is not advised — the user should instead perform hit and run tactics to take down encroaching enemies like Spies that Cloak when attacked. Its critical hit animation is identical to that of the Kukri — a double handed overhead swing, similar to the Pyro's normal melee attack and the critical swing of the Eyelander.
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Damage and function times
See also: Damage
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| Base damage | 100% | 32.5 |
| Point blank | 29-36 | |
| Critical | 97.5 | |
| Mini-crit | 43.88 | |
| Bleeding | 8 / s 48 total | |
| Bleeding (mini-crit) | 10.8 / s 64.8 total | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Bleeding duration | 6 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Related Achievements
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Update history
- The item was added to the game.
- Given a kill icon.
- Death by bleeding now shows the bleed kill icon. Previously it was whatever weapon the Sniper was holding at the time (or if holding Jarate or dead, the suicide/environmental death kill icon.)
- The Tribalman's Shiv bleed duration reduced to 6 second (was 8), and its damage penalty increased to 50% (was 35%).
- [Undocumented] The Tribalman's Shiv view model was updated to match the world model.
- [Undocumented] The weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Boston Basher.
Trivia
- The Tribalman's Shiv is made entirely of wood. Since several plants from tropical areas possess anticoagulant, or blood-thinning, properties, it has been theorized that the blade may be carved from the wood of one of these plants, such as a Template:W, and would account for it inflicting a profusely-bleeding wound. This would be intentional on Valve's part though, as the creator of the Shiv did not think of this but admitted it was logical and cool.
- Originally, the creator of the Shiv intended to make the viewmodel as it is now, but on a critical hit the knife would be turned so that the serrated edge would strike the enemy. This required custom animations which neither the creator nor Valve were willing to make. As a result, the animation was never implemented.[1]
- The Tribalman's Shiv took approximately 7 and a half hours to make, from formulating the idea to submitting it.
Gallery
First-person view.
References
- ↑ a b Hackett, "How It’s Done: Introduction, and New". . Retrieved July 24, 2010.
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