Scotsman's Skullcutter

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Hey, Private Haircut... I might o' taken a bit too much off... YOUR HEAD!"
The Demoman to the beheaded Soldier

The Scotsman's Skullcutter is a community-made melee weapon for the Demoman. It appears as a bloodied battle-axe with a wooden shaft and spiked handguard.

This weapon functions similarly to the Eyelander in that it has a large melee range and will decapitate enemies. However, as it does not collect heads, it does not provide additional health or speed when an enemy player is killed. Instead it is able to deal 20% more damage and is able to receive random critical hits.

As the axe appears to have considerable weight, it will slow the Demoman down from 280 units/second, 93% of normal speed, to 238 units/second, 78% of normal speed. This is 8 units/second faster than a Heavy and 2 units/second slower than a Soldier, making him the second slowest class while the weapon is equipped. The speed penalty also decreases the speed of a charge when used with the Chargin' Targe, reducing it from 750 units/second to 638. Furthermore, due to this slower charge speed, less actual distance is covered from a charge.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 78
Point blank 71-86
Critical 234
Mini-crit 105
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Jarate Axtinguisher Scotsman's Skullcutter
Item icon Jarate.png + Item icon Axtinguisher.png = Item icon Scotsman's Skullcutter.png
Class Token - Demoman Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Demoman.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Eyelander.png Item icon Scotsman's Skullcutter.png Item icon Ullapool Caber.png Item icon Claidheamh Mòr.png
Item icon Pain Train.png Item icon Half-Zatoichi.png Item icon Persian Persuader.png Item icon Nessie's Nine Iron.png
Item icon Scottish Handshake.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png Item icon Ham Shank.png Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png
Item icon Conscientious Objector.png

As a Crafting Ingredient

Refined Metal Haunted Metal Scrap Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker
Item icon Refined Metal.png + Item icon Haunted Metal Scrap.png + Item icon Scotsman's Skullcutter.png = Item icon Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.png
Scotsman's Skullcutter Axtinguisher Back Scratcher
Item icon Scotsman's Skullcutter.png + Item icon Axtinguisher.png = Item icon Back Scratcher.png

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class demoman.png Demoman

Brainspotting
Brainspotting
Decapitate 50 enemy players.


Left 4 Heads
Left 4 Heads
Decapitate 4 players with only 10 seconds between each kill.


Shorn Connery
Shorn Connery
Decapitate a cloaked Spy.
Slammy Slayvis Woundya
Slammy Slayvis Woundya
Decapitate an enemy Soldier who is brandishing the Equalizer.


The Scottish Play
The Scottish Play
Get a melee kill while sticky jumping.


There Can Be Only One
There Can Be Only One
Decapitate your nemesis.

Update history

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

  • The weapon was added to the game.

May 27, 2010 Patch

June 11, 2010 Patch

  • The Demoman's battleaxe now sounds like a sword. (Hit sound changed from Bottle to Eyelander)

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • Integrated several improvements to contributed items provided by their authors. (Visual update to textures)

December 21, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Back Scratcher.

February 14, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

March 15, 2011 Patch

Bugs

  • A Spy who is disguised as a Demoman with the Skullcutter equipped will not have his movement speed reduced by 15%.

Trivia

  • Most of the Team Fortress Quake mod's classes, including the Demoman, used a battle-axe as their melee weapon.
  • Like the Eyelander, this weapon still has blood on it in the censored version of Team Fortress 2, whereas the Übersaw and Axtinguisher are clean and have no blood.
  • There is an unused axe located in the backpack files that resembles the Skullcutter. They share the same texture and general shape. Based on the similar designs and file names, it may have been a prototype for the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.

Gallery

See also