Air Strike

Air Strike
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Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	neodos
Released:	June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4-8
Ammo carried:	20
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Air Strike Level 1 - 100 Rocket Launcher -15% blast damage from rocket jumps Increased attack speed and smaller blast radius while blast jumping Clip size increased on kill -15% damage penalty -10% explosion radius

“

I am the perfect avian killing machine! Click to listen — The Soldier on air-to-land missiles

”

The Air Strike is a community-created primary weapon for the Soldier. It is a green atom bomb-shaped rocket launcher with a white checkered pattern near the front and tannish wooden handles. It fires a green and white missile with fins on the front and back of the projectile.

The projectiles fired by this weapon deal 15% less damage (both to enemies and the Soldier when rocket jumping) and have a 10% smaller explosion radius. While rocket jumping, the time between attacks is reduced by 65% (185% increase in attack speed), explosion radius is further reduced by 20% (which is 28% smaller compared to a standard rocket's splash radius), and the rockets fired produce white contrails. In addition, on each kill using the weapon, its clip size is increased by one, up to 8 rockets after 4 kills. The reduced delay between shots applies whenever a rocket is fired while already rocket jumping; therefore the rocket used to rocket jump in the first place will not have the speed bonus, but conversely firing a rocket mid-rocket jump and then landing will still have the shorter delay before firing again, even though the next rocket will not have a splash damage penalty since the player is no longer rocket jumping.

The reduced damage and blast radius does not affect the push forces from rocket jumping when compared to the Rocket Launcher.

As an added advantage, if the player kills an enemy Demoman wielding the Eyelander, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker or Nessie's Nine Iron, another Soldier wielding the Air Strike, a Sniper wielding the Bazaar Bargain or a Medic wielding the Vita-Saw, the player receives an amount of kills relative to the kills or organs stored by an item, of the enemy player.

The Air Strike was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Explosive
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	125%	96
Base damage	100%	76
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	40
Point blank		90-95
Medium range		42-75
Long range		20-40
Critical		230
Mini-crit		103-129
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	2.5m Rocket jumping: 2m
Damage reduction		1% / 5.25m Rocket jumping: 1% / 4.18m
Self-damage		23-75
Self damage (rocket jump)		23-39
Function times
Attack interval		Normal: 0.8 s Rocket jumping: 0.28 s
Reload (first)		0.92 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Beggar's Bazooka		Gunboats		Air Strike
	+		+		=

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

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Reclaimed Metal		Air Strike		Iron Bomber
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

The Air Strike Strange Rocket Launcher - Kills: 0 -15% blast damage from rocket jumps Increased attack speed and smaller blast radius while blast jumping Clip size increased on kill -15% damage penalty -10% explosion radius Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

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

 Soldier

Backdraft Dodger Kill a Pyro who has airblasted one of your rockets in the last 10 seconds. Bombs Away! Kill 3 people with the Air Strike during a single rocket jump. Crockets Are Such B.S. Shoot two non-boosted crit rockets in a row. Death from Above Rocket jump and kill 2 enemies before you land. Duty Bound While rocket jumping kill an enemy with the Equalizer before you land or just after landing.

For Whom the Shell Trolls Bounce an opponent into the air with a rocket and then kill them with the shotgun before they land. Maximum Potential Collect enough casualties to get the max clip for the Air Strike. Mutually Assured Destruction Kill an enemy sniper with a rocket after he kills you. Tri-Splatteral Damage Kill 3 enemies with a single critical rocket. Where Eagles Dare Get the highest possible rocket jump using jump and crouch.

 Pyro

Hotshot Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket.

Pilot Light Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair.

 Heavy

Crock Block Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket.

 Sniper

Eagle Eye While using The Classic, kill a rocket/grenade jumping enemy in midair with a full charge, no-scope headshot.

Jumper Stumper Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.

Snakewater achievements

Mutually Air-Sured-Destruction While rocket jumping, use a rocket to kill a rocket jumping enemy who also kills you with a rocket.

Update history

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

• The Air Strike was added to the game.

August 13, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Removed -25% clip size attribute.
  • Reduced radius penalty from -15% to -10%
  • Reduced damage penalty from -25% to -15%
  • Rocket jump blast damage reduction reduced from -25% to -15%

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Reduced blast radius by 20% when rocket jumping (28% reduction when compared to stock).

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Added Festivized variant.

Bugs

• When reloading, the Air Strike uses the default rocket model instead of its custom one.
• If a Pyro kills a player with a reflected Air Strike rocket, the kill will still be added to the kill counter and clip size of the Air Strike.

Unused content

• The Air Strike has a unique critical sound effect in the tf2_sound_misc VPK.

Trivia

• An airstrike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission.
  • Futhermore, airstrikes are usually in the form of multiple air-launched projectiles aimed at a target, which is what this weapon is designed for.
• The projectile fired by the Air Strike resembles the shape of a miniature Surface-to-Air Missile.
• The Air Strike resembles the Little Boy atomic weapon used on the city of Hiroshima in World War II.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  RED Festivized variant.

• 

  BLU Festivized variant.

• 

  Projectile.

• 

  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Air Strike.

See also

• Air Strike strategy