Sun-on-a-Stick
| Sun-on-a-Stick | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Scout |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | February 3, 2011 Patch |
| Availability: | Promotional, Drop, Craft or Chemistry Set (Collector's) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Sun-on-a-Stick |
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| “ | Did this come from hell? It did, didn't it? Awww, man. It's like what the Devil uses when he plugs up his toilet or somethin'.
— The Scout
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The Sun-on-a-Stick is a promotional melee weapon for the Scout. It is an ornate jet-black mace with orange veins, topped with a glowing fiery orb and black spikes.
This weapon delivers 25% less damage than the default Bat, but deals guaranteed critical hits whenever a player strikes a burning enemy with it, making it effective if used in conjunction with a friendly Pyro's afterburn, friendly Sniper's lit Huntsman arrow, friendly Soldier's charge shot with the Cow Mangler 5000 or a friendly Heavy using Huo-Long Heater. Additionally, the Sun-on-a-Stick grants the user 25% fire resistance while active.
The Sun-on-a-Stick was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-ordered RIFT on Steam before March 1, 2011.
Contents
Damage and function times
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| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 26 |
| Critical | 79 | |
| Mini-crit | 35 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.5 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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Update history
- The Sun-on-a-Stick was added to the game. It does +35% more damage than the stock Bat, but -45% damage on top of that (for a total of -25.75% damage) to non-burning players.
- Increased the base damage for the Scout's Sun-on-a-Stick, and changed it to always mini-crit against burning targets if the attack is not already critical. (As a result, the damage penalty is now -15%.)
- Updated the RIFT pre-order items to be non-tradable until the RIFT pre-order period is over.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Updated the Sharpened Volcano Fragment and the Sun-on-a-Stick so they can be traded.
- [Undocumented] Updated the Sharpened Volcano Fragment and Sun-on-a-Stick so they can be crafted.
- The crafting cost of the Sun-on-a-Stick was changed from 3 Reclaimed Metal and a Boston Basher.
- All Sun-on-a-Sticks crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Changed attributes:
- 100% critical hit vs burning players
- -25% damage penalty
- Added new community contributed response rules to the Sun-on-a-Stick.
- [Undocumented] The damage penality attribute was changed from "-25% damage done" to "-25% damage penalty".
- [Undocumented] Added this weapon to the drop system.
- The Sun-on-a-Stick can now be crafted by using tokens.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
- Added "25% less damage from fire while deployed" attribute.
Trivia
- According to Trion Worlds' press release for the promotion, the Sun-on-a-Stick was originally intended to use the Boston Basher's stats.[1]
- The item description refers to the line spoken by the character Alejandro Murrieta in the film The Mask of Zorro.[2]
Gallery
First-person view.
Announcement on Steam featuring the new items
Second announcement on Steam featuring the new items.
References
See also
External links
- TF2 Official Blog: "From Hell" – February 3, 2011
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