Fists of Steel

Fists of Steel
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Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	Roy Theunissen
Released:	Australian Christmas
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase or Uncrate #6
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Fists of Steel 1 - 100 -40% damage from ranged sources while active 20% longer weapon switch +100% damage from melee sources while active

“

While boxing gloves were made to cushion your well-placed uppercuts, steel fists were made to beat the snot out of your enemies' pineal glands. "What are pineal glands?", you might ask! We at Mann Co have no idea ourselves, but what we do know is that these babies are made of freaking steel! — Fists of Steel publicity blurb

”

The Fists of Steel, commonly abbreviated to FoS, are a community-made melee weapon for the Heavy. It is a pair of large robotic gauntlets, appropriately team-colored, that encase the Heavy's hands.

These weapons reduce damage from all sources that are not melee-based, be they hitscan or projectile, by 40%. As a downside, all melee attacks against the Heavy will deliver double damage when this weapon is active, and all weapon switches made by the player will take 20% longer.

The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement for the Killing Gloves of Boxing and has since been officially added to the game.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Fists

Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Point blank		55-75
Critical		195
Mini-crit		75-101
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Killing Gloves of Boxing		Fists of Steel
	+		=

Class Token - Heavy		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Fists of Steel		Eviction Notice
x2	+		=

Related achievements

 Heavy

Communist Mani-Fisto Kill an enemy with a critical punch. Iron Kurtain Take 1000 points of damage in a single life.

Crock Block Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket. Rasputin In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Fists of Steel were added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The item was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• This weapon was given a unique kill icon.

January 10, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy's fists not playing the critical hit animation.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Added a RED team skin to the Fists of Steel (having a very strong red hue).
• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

February 22, 2011 Patch

• Updated the RED team skin for the Fists of Steel (changing the color to a diluted bronze).

March 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The crafting blueprint for the weapon was changed from two Scrap Metal + G.R.U. to one Reclaimed Metal + K.G.B.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Increased weapon switch time to 120%.
• Reduced ranged damage resistance to 40%.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.

June 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Eviction Notice.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon not hiding Heavy's default fists.

Bugs

• Damage from most taunt attacks are reduced by the Fists of Steel as if they were ranged attacks. In fact, only the Decapitation, Dischord, and Fencing taunt attacks are not treated this way.

Trivia

• The Fists of Steel replacement came with a unique sound set, making the fists seem more robotic. However, after its inclusion in-game their punches were given a custom metallic sound. The Robotic Taunt sounds were never included.
• The name of the weapon, and the weapon's model, were inspired by one of the Heavy's voice clips which proclaimed "My fists! They are made of STEEL!". This voice clip was later attached exclusively to this weapon.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  Previous version of the RED team skin.

See also

• Fists of Steel strategy