Eyelander
| Eyelander | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Demoman |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | WAR! Update |
| Availability: | Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #19 (Strange) or Uncrate #29 (Strange) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Eyelander |
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| “ | You don’t kill a man by mucking about with rifles, arrows, rocks, or other long-distance rubbish. You kill him by grabbing the biggest bloody sword you can find, running up nice and close to him, and chopping the dumb bastard’s head off.
— Eyelander publicity blurb
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The Eyelander is an unlockable melee weapon for the Demoman. It is a large bloodstained and battle-worn claymore reputed to be haunted by a bloodthirsty, malevolent spirit. As such, the blade will constantly mutter the word "heads" when held.
Along with having a longer range than most melee weapons, the Eyelander reduces the wielder's health by 25, resulting in a total of 150 base health points. It also cannot deal random critical hits, forcing players to rely on the Chargin' Targe or Splendid Screen's special ability or a crit boost to deliver any critical hits.
The main benefit of the weapon is that it will decapitate enemies upon a kill, and doing so will increase the Demoman's base speed by 8% and base health by 15, as well as healing the Demoman for 15 health. This bonus will continue with each beheading until the player has collected a maximum of 4 heads, at which point the Demoman's speed will be capped at 370 Hammer units per second, slightly slower than a Scout, and health will be capped at 210. At this point, collecting another head will only provide the healing. If this healing puts the Demoman over his maximum health, it will be gained as overheal, similarly to the Powerjack.
Collecting up to 5 heads will also increase the damage a Demoman deals when using the Chargin' Targe or the Splendid Screen's charge attack; an additional 20% is added to the base damage of the charge for each head. The number of heads taken is shown in the HUD. Collected heads are retained as long as the Demoman is alive, and do not carry over to his next life. Cutting off an opponent's head also has a cosmetic effect; the Demoman's single eye will glow unremarkably after taking only one head, but as he takes up to four heads, the eye becomes brighter and brighter.
As an added advantage, if the player decapitates an enemy Demoman wielding the Eyelander, the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker or Nessie's Nine Iron, in addition to the enemy Demoman's own head, the player receives any heads previously taken by that Demoman.
Taunting with the Eyelander equipped will perform the Decapitation kill taunt.
The Eyelander is automatically given to any player who obtains 11 Demoman achievements.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
Identical to: Bottle
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| 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. | ||
Speed
File:Eyelander Speed.png
Eyelander speed and comparisons
Main article: Speed
Speed values are based on the number of heads taken. For reference, the standard movement speed is 100%, which is 300 hammer units per second — the speed of the Spy, Sniper, Engineer and Pyro — whilst the Scout moves at 400v, 33% above the standard movement speed.
| Heads | Speed (units per second) | Relative speed increase | Notes |
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| 0 | 280 | 0% | |
| 1 | 302 | 8% | Faster than Pyro |
| 2 | 324 | 16% | Faster than Medic |
| 3 | 347 | 24% | |
| 4+ | 369 | 32% |
Health
Main article: Health
| Heads | Normal | Max Overheal |
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| 0 | 150 | 225 |
| 1 | 165 | 245 |
| 2 | 180 | 270 |
| 3 | 195 | 290 |
| 4+ | 210 | 315 |
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Demoman
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Update history
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- The Eyelander was added to the game.
June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)
- [Undocumented] The Eyelander now collects the heads inside Eyelanders of Demomen it decapitates.
September 20, 2010 Patch (The Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] The weapon was added in the crafting blueprint for the Bushwacka.
- Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Fixed the decapitation counters not being displayed for some weapons.
- Fixed the Demoman not using the correct animations for some of his weapons.
- [Undocumented] Changed the way the Demoman holds the Eyelander in the loadout screen to using two hands instead of one.
- [Undocumented] The weapon was removed from the crafting blueprint for the Homewrecker.
- [Undocumented] The weapon was added in the crafting blueprint for the Half-Zatoichi.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Replaced the no-crit attribute with -25% damage on the Eyelander.
- [Undocumented] Replaced the -25% damage attribute with no-crit.
- Added community contributed response rules to this weapon.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Fixed missing forces for Demoman swords.
[Unknown Date]
- The head counts now reset when changed to another melee weapon with except on reskin.
Bugs
- Decapitating a Sniper using the Bazaar Bargain who has heads on his counter will collect those heads as if they were taken from another Demoman with the Eyelander, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker or Nessie's Nine Iron.
- This bug is the result of the above weapons all counting Heads, which are counted as the same unit despite their different effects.
Trivia
- The Eyelander was originally issued to American monkeynaut Poopy Joe in order to fight off his Soviet rival Vladimir Bananas before it was acquired by Mann Co. in entirely innocent circumstances.
- The name "Eyelander" is a play on the word "Highlander", the name given to inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands, where the Demoman's hometown of Ullapool is located. Additionally, the name and function of The Eyelander bears a similarity to the movie Highlander, where immortal humans could gain another immortal's power by decapitating them in a sword fight.
- The decapitation animation of the Eyelander's victims does not actually separate the head from the model of the victim, instead shrinking the head so small it cannot be easily seen and spawning a head gib where their head once was to create the illusion of decapitation. This explains why decapitated ragdolls have a 'pinched' looking neck. A severed neck model for the Soldier is in the game files but neither it nor any other models have been implemented as of yet. This severed neck model was intended to be used for the WAR! Update for Soldiers who were decapitated by Demomen, but the implementation of the model and its needed code failed to meet the deadline of the updates shipping.
- This applies to all weapons that decapitate enemies.
- The Eyelander has a uncanny resemblance to the sword used by William Wallace in the 1995 movie Braveheart.
Gallery
First-person view.
First-person view with Chargin' Targe.
First-person view with Splendid Screen.
Demoman appearance after decapitation.
See also
External links
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