Wrangler

Radigan Conagher holding the Wrangler.

The Wrangler is an unlockable Pistol replacement for the Engineer. It is part of the Engineer Update and was announced on Day 2.

While selected, it allows the Engineer to take control of his Sentry Gun's aim, and the Sentry Gun stops aiming automatically. When switching to another weapon away from the Wrangler, the Sentry Gun is left defenseless for 3 seconds.

The Wrangler also gives the Sentry Gun a shield that absorbs 66% of incoming damage, doubles the gun's firing rate, and increases the missile launch rate at level 3.

Related Achievements

Rio Grind Perform 50 repairs and/or reloads on a sentry gun being Wrangled by another Engineer.

Patent Protection Destroy an enemy Engineer's sentry gun with a sentry under control of your Wrangler.

Trivia

• The Wrangler, as with the Frontier Justice, appears to have been designed by Radigan Conagher, the Engineer's ancestor. This is shown by a hidden link in the Engineer Update
• The main component of the Wrangler bears a striking resemblance to the control pad of the Atari 2600.