Panic Attack
“ | I am having a heart attack!
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— The Soldier taking the weapon's name too literally
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The Panic Attack is a community-created primary weapon for the Engineer, and a secondary weapon for the Soldier, Pyro, and Heavy. It is a pump-action shotgun with a drum magazine attached to the front and an external firing hammer.
The Panic Attack starts with 0 rounds in its magazine. Upon pressing and holding down primary fire, the player will begin loading shells into the magazine port, and will continue to do so as long as primary fire is held down. Upon releasing, the player will fire all shots one-by-one. Up to four shells can be loaded and fired in this fashion. Once loaded, the player can hold the shells in the weapons for as long as they please, however, releasing the Primary Fire key will release all the bullets in an unstoppable succession. The player cannot switch weapons while the clip is loaded. The clip will be depleted if the player touches a Resupply Locker.
Compared to the default Shotgun, the Panic Attack fires 30% faster, reloads 50% faster and deploys 50% faster. In addition, as the user's health decreases, the weapon's firing rate and spread both increase, firing faster shots at lower accuracy when at low health.
The Panic Attack was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "War Drum".
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See also: Damage
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Demonstration
Strange variant
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Crafting
Blueprint
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Update history
- The Panic Attack was added to the game.
- Fixed the Crit Boost material effect for the Panic Attack.
- Updated the kill icon for the Panic Attack.
- Fixed being able to pick-up buildings while reloading the Panic Attack.
- Fixed the Panic Attack not using the correct sound for crits.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Base Fire rate increased. (from 15% to 30%)
- Base reload speed increased. (from 33% to 50%)
- Added increased switch to speed by +50%.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attribute:
- No longer auto-fires when fully loaded. Shots can be held and released at will.
- Updated the materials for the Panic Attack to support
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July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
- Added Strange quality.
October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Changed attributes:
- 50% faster switch speed.
- 50% more pellets.
- 30% less damage.
- Fires a wide fixed shot pattern.
- Shot pattern grows with successive shots but resets when the player stops firing or reloads.
Bugs
- Due to this weapon being a primary weapon for the Engineer, it can be crafted using a Soldier, Pyro or Heavy class token and a Primary slot token in place of Secondary slot.
- The quality of the backpack icon is affected depending on the Texture Quality of the game, which isn't a normal behavior, as other backpack icons for other items aren't affected depending on the Texture Quality that the player set.
- If the player dies while reloading the weapon, the reloading sound effect will continuously play until they respawn.
- If the weapon is viewed from the Pyro's loadout, it shows a bullet hovering underneath the gun.
- Due to server lag, the player's premature death will often cancel out the remaining hits from the weapon.
- If the weapon is fully loaded and a looping taunt is performed, the bullets will be stored until the taunt is ended, the first shot is always inaudible.
Trivia
- This weapon gets its name from a panic attack, which is a sudden feeling of intense fear and anxiety.
- The style of the Panic Attack is reminiscent of a standard 12 gauge pump Shotgun with a drum magazine in front of the pump, instead of behind it.
- The Panic Attack and its attributes are based heavily upon the Winchester Model 1897, as the heat shield and bayonet mount is very similar to the M97's. In addition, the Panic Attack's automatic firing after releasing primary fire references the technique of holding the M97's trigger down while pumping shells, as the M97 would fire each time the action closed.
- The original kill icon was actually a different weapon. This was changed in a later update to the current icon.
Gallery
Soldier BLU first-person view.
Pyro first-person view.
Heavy first-person view.
Engineer first-person view.
Engineer first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.
The Panic Attack as appeared in the blog.
See also
- Panic Attack strategy (Soldier)
- Panic Attack strategy (Pyro)
- Panic Attack strategy (Heavy)
- Panic Attack strategy (Engineer)
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