Gloves of Running Urgently

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The G.R.U. (Gloves of Running Urgently) are a craftable melee weapon for the Heavy. They appear as large, smooth, padded boxing gloves in team colors with flame decals.

When the G.R.U. is the active weapon, it adds a 30% speed bonus, allowing the Heavy to move at 99.67% normal speed ("normal" being that of Pyro, Sniper, etc.) - 299 Hammer units per second, to be exact. It also drains 6 health per second on the wearer, indicated by a team colored skull particle appearing over the player each time health is lost. Continual use of the G.R.U., therefore, will result in the Heavy's death, either from other players or the weapon itself. G.R.U.'s damage is half that of the Fists.

Similar to the Fists and K.G.B., when the Heavy dies holding this weapon, he will drop his Minigun in order to provide ammo and metal. Like the other two, the left fist will swing when left clicking, the right for a right click, and the Critical hit animation is always a right-handed uppercut.

The G.R.U.'s self-inflicted damage occurs every time the weapon has been out for a cumulative total of 1 second. For example, if a player took out the G.R.U. for 0.5 second, switched to Minigun, and then switched back to the G.R.U., that player would take 6 damage after wielding the weapon for another 0.5 second. A player can minimize damage taken during travel by repeatedly jumping and only taking the G.R.U. out while touching the ground, as velocity is not lost by losing base move speed midair.

While airborne, the G.R.U.'s self-inflicted damage provides its user with a slight upwards bump. This effect slightly increases the Heavy's jump height and airtime if timed properly, allowing him to accomplish jumps that were previously just out of reach.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Point Blank: 33 (29 to 37 damage)
• Mini-Crit: 43
• Critical hit: 96
• Average Damage per Second (DPS): 40

Note: * Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.8

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Blueprint

Killing Gloves of Boxing		Reclaimed Metal		Gloves of Running Urgently
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Previous Changes

• Originally the G.R.U used the Showdown taunt kill, resulting in the Heavy's fingers clipping through the glove.

Trivia

• G.R.U. is an acronym for the Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye, the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (formerly the Red Army General Staff of the Soviet Union).
• The G.R.U. were featured in the closed beta, the attributes of which were leaked by testers. The beta G.R.U. did not have their own texture or taunt and instead used the K.G.B. model and Showdown taunt as placeholders. The first version of the G.R.U. increased the movement speed of the Heavy, but reduced the damage done by 50% and decreased max health by 100. These effects only took place while the weapon was active. A 'Beta 2' version existed, where the Heavy received less health from healing sources, rather than a loss of maximum health. A 'Beta 3' version replaced the max health loss with a 6 health drain per second while the weapon was active.
• The G.R.U is the only melee weapon other than the Equalizer that you can suicide with, due to its health penalty.

Gallery

• G.R.U. 1st person red cropped.png

  RED 1st person view.

• G.R.U. 1st person red.png

  Full RED 1st person view.

• G.R.U. 1st person blu cropped.png

  BLU 1st person view.

• G.R.U. 1st person blu.png

  Full BLU 1st person view.

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  The team-colored skulls emitted from a Heavy while wearing the Gloves.