Back Scratcher
| Back Scratcher | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Contributed by: | Mister Royzo |
| Released: | Australian Christmas |
| Availability: | Craft, Drop, Purchase |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Back Scratcher |
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| “ | When asked about it, the Pyro claims to have found it in the garden and has been using it as a backscratcher, though we must admit we have always wondered how the bent teeth and bloodstains got there. Now we know.
— Fancy Vs. Nasty update description
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The Back Scratcher is a melee weapon for the Pyro. It appears as a gardening rake, consisting of a wooden handle with a green metal head at one end, and a rubber cap on the other. The teeth on the head are bloodstained and bent.
When equipped, this weapon increases melee damage by 25% and raises healing from health packs by 50% (as well as dropped Sandviches which function as medium health packs). As a result, small and medium health packs bestow 54 (~31%) and 132 (~75%) health respectively. However there is an overall cost of 75% slower healing from Medics, Dispensers and the Payload Cart. Players are therefore forced to rely less on continuous healing sources and more on health packs scattered around the map.
As an interesting bonus, the rate at which a Medic's ÜberCharge is filled is not slowed, allowing heavily-injured Pyros to greatly build up an ÜberCharge.
The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement for the Axtinguisher and has since been officially added to the game.
Contents
Damage
See also: Damage
- Base: 81 (72-93 damage)
- Mini-Crit: 109
- Critical hit: 244
Function times
- Attack Interval: 0.8
All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Healing Rates
See also: Health
From Medi Gun:
- If injured 10 or less seconds ago: 6 per second
- If injured 12.5 seconds ago: 12 per second
- If injured 15 or more seconds ago: 18 per second
From Dispenser:
- Level 1: 2.5 per second
- Level 2: 3.75 per second
- Level 3: 5 per second
From Payload Cart:
- 2.5 per second
Blueprint
| Axtinguisher | Scotsman's Skullcutter | Back Scratcher | ||
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Related Achievements
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Update history
- The item was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.
- This weapon was given a unique kill icon.
Bugs
- Health received from a Medic using the Crusader's Crossbow heals as per normal instead of at a hampered rate.
- Due to the size of the head of the rake, it clips significantly with the Pyro's leg when taunting.
Trivia
- The stats for the Back Scratcher were originally given to the Endless Carnage: a Pyro melee weapon from the fan-made Advanced Weaponiser.
- Since the Back Scratcher's official inclusion in the game, the Endless Carnage has been given completely different attributes to avoid having two weapons that function the same way.
Gallery
First-person view.
See also
| Weapons | ||||||||||
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| Primary | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | — | |
| Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter |
Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike |
Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower Nostromo Napalmer Dragon's Fury |
Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber |
Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater |
Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack |
Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose |
Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star |
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| Secondary | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | SMG | Revolver | |
| Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R |
Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack |
Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster |
Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher |
Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana |
Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter |
Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator |
Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark |
Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | ||
| Melee | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife | |
| Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete |
Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand |
Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete |
Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete | ||
| Primary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit | |
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| Secondary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | ||
| Building | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sapper | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap Snack Attack | ||
| Taunt | Grand Slam | Grenade | Hadouken Armageddon Execution Gas Blast |
Barbarian Swing | High Noon | Arm Blender Guitar Smash |
Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody |
Arrow Stab | Fencing | |
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