Syringe Gun

This article is about the stock primary weapon for the Medic. For other syringe guns, see Syringe Gun (disambiguation).

Syringe Gun
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Basic Information
Used by:	Medic
Slot:	Primary
Availability:	Stock or Uncrate #26 (Strange)
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	40
Ammo carried:	150
Reload type:	Clip
Available Qualities
Normal Unique Strange
Loadout Stats
Syringe Gun Level 1 Syringe Gun

“

Ooh hoo hoo, your gun shoots medicine! It's intimidatin'. Click to listen — The Scout's last words.

”

The Syringe Gun is the default primary weapon for the Medic. It is a custom-built stylized gun that uses air pressure to fire syringes from a transparent cylindrical case.

The weapon fires syringes at a rate of ten per second, with a velocity of 990 Hammer units (approximately 18.86 meters or 61.88 feet) per second. The syringes are subject to gravity as they travel, making it necessary to lead moving targets and aim upward to compensate for distance. The Syringe Gun is reasonably accurate when the trajectory is taken into account, but the extremely slow speed of the projectiles makes it ineffective outside of close range. Unlike most other projectiles, syringes cannot be reflected.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	120%	12
Base damage	100%	10
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	5
Critical		30
Mini-crit		14 - 16
Function times
Attack interval		0.105 s
Reload		1.305 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Syringe Gun Strange Syringe Gun - Kills: 0

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

 Medic

Does It Hurt When I Do This? Kill 50 Scouts with your syringe gun.

Update history

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Fixed occasional misreporting of Syringe Gun damage distances to the stats system.

December 31, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Syringe Gun projectiles sometimes pushing players high up into the air, allowing them to reach bad map locations.

August 18, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

March 1, 2012 Patch

• Refined Syringe Gun crit recoil forces.

July 20, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the Syringe Gun model.

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

• Converted the Syringe Gun models to use the c_models system.

January 5, 2023 Patch

• Fixed a memory leak when firing syringes as Medic
• Fixed some instances of syringes being invisible around corners and in transitions between water and air (both directions)
• Fixed syringes triggering false hits on the client when minimal view models are enabled or a custom view model FOV is set

Unused content

• In their initial testing of the Gold Rush Update, Valve added 3 items to the game's files. These were later removed as part of the Mann-Conomy Update. The secondary and melee weapons use the Kritzkrieg and Ubersaw images respectively, but with the names and stats of the standard weapons. However, the Syringe Gun image was that of the standard weapon with a different angle.

Bugs

• The syringes in the client view can disappear if they (visually) hit an object such as a barrel or crate. This happens when the barrel of the player's viewmodel (usually on lower viewmodel FOVs or with minimized viewmodels turned on) is visually blocked by an object. This only affects the client-side syringe models and they still hurt enemies.

Trivia

• The weapon script file for the Syringe Gun uses the name "SuperSMG".

Gallery

• 

  BLU variant of the weapon.

• 

  RED first-person view.

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  BLU first-person view.

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  RED syringe.

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  BLU syringe.

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  Alternate image angle.

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  Several Medic weapon concepts.

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  Icon from the TF2 DIY kit.

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  BLU icon from the TF2 DIY kit.

See also

• Syringe Gun strategy