Fists of Steel

Fists of Steel
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Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	Mister Royzo
Released:	Australian Christmas
Availability:	Craft, Drop, Purchase, Uncrate (Festive Winter Crate)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Fists of Steel 1 - 100 -60% damage from ranged sources while active +100% damage from melee sources while active

“

While boxing gloves were made to cushion your well-placed uppercuts, steel fists were made to beat the snot out of your enemies' pineal glands. "What are pineal glands?", you might ask! We at Mann Co have no idea ourselves, but what we do know is that these babies are made of freaking steel! — Fancy Vs. Nasty update description

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The Fists of Steel are melee weapons for the Heavy which were originally created in the Fancy vs. Nasty Update. They appear as a pair of large robotic gauntlets that encase the Heavy's hands. They reduce damage from all sources that are not melee-based, instead of just ranged damage sources (i.e. projectiles) as indicated in the weapon description.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 65 (59 to 72)
• Mini-Crit: 88
• Critical hit: 195

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

Scrap Metal		Gloves of Running Urgently		Fists of Steel
x2	+		=

Previous changes

December 21, 2010 Patch

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

Bugs

• Parts of the Heavy's hands clip outside of the Fists of Steel when viewed by a player from the outside world.
• The Fists of Steel makes the K.G.B.'s draw sound.
• Damage from taunt attacks are also reduced, even if they appear to be a melee attack, allowing the Heavy with the Fists of Steel equipped (with full health) to survive an enemy Heavy's Showdown Taunt. (All But Demoman's Eyelander Taunt and Engineer's Frontier Justice Taunt).
  • The Sandman's Home Run, Pyro's Hadouken, Heavy's Showdown, Gunslinger's Organ Grinder, Übersaw's Spinal Tap, and the Huntsman's Skewer do 200 damage to a Heavy wielding the Fists of Steel.
  • The Engineer's Organ Grinder taunt only does the 200 damage at the end, the one-damage hits during the initial stab are mitigated to zero.
  • The Soldier's Kamikaze taunt appears to do slightly less damage (between 183-197). This may be because of a possible splash damage falloff.
  • The Spy's Fencing taunt, the Engineer's Dischord taunt, and the Demoman's Decapitation taunt appear to be the only three unaffected taunts. They do 500 damage (plus the 25 per swipe for Fencing) regardless of the Fists being equipped or not.

Trivia

• The name "Fists of Steel" may be a reference to the Heavy's (unused) line for unlocking a new weapon.
• The original Fists of Steel also came with a unique sound set, making the fists seem more robotic. In the game, however, they retain the same sounds as the Killing Gloves of Boxing when being equipped but the punches have a custom metallic sound.

See also

• Fists of Steel strategy