User:Ríomhaire/Status effects

Status effects are temporary weapon-induced conditions that alter the player's properties and stats.

Beneficial

Beneficial status effects aid the player in some way. Positive status effects can be self-created or due to a teammate's action.

ÜberCharge

An ÜberCharged player is invulnerable to all forms of damage other than environmental hazards such as trains and falling into deep pits. ÜberCharged players can be identified by their bright team-colored shimmer and glowing eyes.

Class		Duration	Notes
Medic	Medigun	8 s	Applied to Medic and patient.

Crit boost

All attacks from a player under the effects of a Crit boost result in Critical hits. The weapons of such a player glow with team-color electricity. Weapons that do not ordinarily have critical shots, such as the Eyelander, will do so when the weilder is under the effects of a crit boost.

Class		Duration	Notes
Medic	Kritzkrieg	8 s	Applied to Medic and patient.
Heavy	Killing Gloves of Boxing	5 s	When the Heavy scores a killing blow with the KGB the effect is applied to all weapons for five seconds.
Demoman	Chargin' Targe	N/A	Given to melee weapons on a successful long range charge.
Engineer	Frontier Justice	∞	When the Engineer's Sentry Gun is destroyed he gets a crit boost that lasts for a number of shots determined by the number of kills and kill assists that the Sentry had achieved.
All classes	Intelligence Capture	10 s	On capturing the briefcase all members of a team will receive a ten second crit boost.
	First Blood	5 s	On achieving the first kill of an Arena match the player will be rewarded with a five second crit boost.
	Pumpkit	3.2 s	Dropped by dead players during the annual Halloween event. Players receive a short crit boost on pickup. Unique to the Harvest Event and Mann Manor maps.
	Humiliation	15 s	During Humiliation all players on the winning team receive a crit boost to allow them to easily hunt down and kill helpless defeated enemies.

Mini-Crit boost

All attacks from a player under the effects of a mini-crit boost result in mini-crits. The weapons of player under a mini-crit boost glow a mint-green if the player is on BLU or a gold-orange colour for RED.

Class		Duration	Notes
Scout	crit-a-cola	6 s	When the Scout drinks a can of Crit-a-Cola he deals and receives all damage in mini-crits while the effect lasts. Weapons glows as if under a full crit boost.
Solder	Buff Banner	10 s	When activated the Solider grants himself and all nearby allies a mini-crit boosts.
Demoman	Chargin' Targe	N/A	Given to melee weapons on a successful medium range charge.
Heavy	Buffalo Steak Sandvich	15 s	When the Heavy drinks eats the steak he deals and receives all damage in mini-crits while the effect lasts and is locked to using melee weapons. Weapons glows as if under a full crit boost.