Battalion's Backup
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The Battalion's Backup is a craftable secondary weapon for the Soldier class. It appears as a wartime radio pack featuring a transmitter, a folded map secured by a couple of straps, and an attached compass. Accompanying it is a bronze-colored bugle.
Working essentially in reverse to the Buff Banner, this weapon aims to support teams defensively rather than offensively. Once the player's Rage meter displayed in the HUD is filled through taking roughly 175 damage from other players or fall damage in a single life, the pack can be used to make all nearby teammates immune to Critical damage and have a 35% resistance to regular damage for 10 seconds.
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Damage
None. Rage Meter requires 175 taken damage to fill. Environmental damage(i.e falling) also contributes to the filling of the Rage Meter but self-inflicted damage doesn't contribute to the Rage Meter.
Function times
- Attack Interval: 10 seconds.
- Trumpeting Time: 3 seconds
All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Components
Item set
This item is part of the Tank Buster set. When the entire set is worn, the set provides this additional bonus:
- +20% sentry damage resistance on wearer
The other set items are:
Blueprint
| Buff Banner | Reclaimed Metal | Battalion's Backup | ||
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Related Achievements
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Trivia
- It is currently possible to fill the Rage meter using fall damage, opening up the possibility of having full charge during the setup phase. It is unknown whether or not this is intentional.
- If a player activates the weapon and is subsequently backstabbed, death will still occur but the kill will not register as a critical one.
- Rob "Larolaro" Laro appears to have a special version of this item in his backpack
- There is currently a bug with the Battalion's backup where when active you are not able to rocket jump the maximum height as if when it is not active.
Gallery
- Battalion's Backup 1st person cropped.png
1st person view.
Full 1st person view.
