Brass Beast

Brass Beast
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Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Ruskeydoo
Released:	December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #12, Uncrate #32 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	200
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Brass Beast Level 1 - 100 Minigun +20% damage bonus -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up 50% slower spin up time -60% slower move speed while deployed

“

I feel bigger. *Laughs* Good. Click to listen — The Heavy on higher-caliber bullets

”

The Brass Beast is a community-created primary weapon for the Heavy. It is an antique mini-gun made almost entirely of brass, bearing resemblance to the original 1861 Gatling gun made by Richard J. Gatling with a number of modifications.

This weapon does 20% more damage than the original Minigun and gives the Heavy 20% damage resistance while revved up while below 50% health, at the cost of a lengthy spin up time and slower movement speed while it is both deployed and revved up. As a result, players are unable to move effectively whilst deployed, but can deal significant damage to oncoming enemies and tank more incoming damage. This makes the Brass Beast particularly strong in defensive situations where a Heavy can keep the weapon spinning without having to move.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	16.2 / per bullet
Base damage	100%	10.8 / per bullet
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	5.4 / per bullet
Point blank		60-65 / per 1 ammo 600-650 / per second
Medium range		6-36 / per 1 ammo 60-360 / per second
Long range		6-12 / per 1 ammo 60-120 / per second
Critical		32 / per bullet
Mini-crit		15-22 / per bullet
Function times
Attack interval		0.1 s
Wind-up time		1.31 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Hibernating Bear
	Brass Beast Buffalo Steak Sandvich Warrior's Spirit Big Chief
Effect	No effect

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Natascha		Brass Beast
	+		=

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

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Brass Beast		Tomislav
x2	+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Brass Beast Strange Minigun - Kills: 0 +20% damage bonus -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up 50% slower spin up time -60% slower move speed while deployed

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Heavy

Marxman Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun. Heavy Industry Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.

Permanent Revolution Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Brass Beast was added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

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

January 7, 2011 Patch

• The Brass Beast was given a unique kill icon.
• [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
• Updated model with optimizations and LODs.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
• [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• The crafting cost of the weapon was changed from 2 Reclaimed Metal and a Natascha to 1 Reclaimed Metal and a Natascha.
• All Brass Beasts crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to the Brass Beast.

June 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Brass Beast was added to the crafting blueprint for the Tomislav.

June 28, 2011 Patch

• Tuned Brass Beast recoil to have less of an impact on your aiming reticle.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "+20% damage done" to "+20% damage bonus".

October 25, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.

October 28, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Modified the phong of the Brass Beast.

December 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Re-implemented the Community phong boost on the Brass Beast.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

June 18, 2014 Patch

• All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.

July 8, 2014 Patch

• Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

• Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
• Changed attribute:
  • Added 20% damage resistance while spun up.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

• 20% damage resistance now only applies when spun up and below 50% max health.

Bugs

• The damage resistance while spun up is not affected by critical hits, causing the Heavy to receive full damage instead.
• During deployment, the sound of the weapon will pause for a brief second before resuming at a louder volume.
• Whilst firing, the bullets will seem to originate from the right of the weapon in client view.
• In some instances, it can appear as if the gun is shooting in a different direction to where it actually is. This can be encountered when a Heavy is shooting below him whilst on a ledge.

Trivia

• Brass Beast is called Oksana by Heavy, which can be seen in The Showdown comic.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view

• 

  Brass Beast, featured in The Showdown comic along with 3 other miniguns: Minigun, Tomislav and Huo-Long Heater

See also

• Brass Beast strategy