Tide Turner

Tide Turner
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Secondary
Equip region:	Arms
Contributed by:	Toad ☂
Released:	June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Reload type:	Recharge
Available Qualities
Unique Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Tide Turner Level 1 - 100 Shield +15% fire damage resistance on wearer +15% explosive damage resistance on wearer Full turning control while charging Melee kills refill 75% of your charge meter Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time Alt-Fire: Charge toward your enemies and remove debuffs. Gain a mini-crit melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.

“

Imagine if I hadn't been drunk! Click to listen — The Demoman on turn control

”

The Tide Turner is a community-created secondary weapon for the Demoman. It is a worn-down ship steering wheel with various pieces broken off.

The Tide Turner, like the Chargin' Targe, allows the Demoman to perform a Charging maneuver for 1.5 seconds (or 2 seconds if equipped with the Claidheamh Mòr), with benefits including a temporary boost of speed, a shield bash, melee damage boosts which scale by distance, and the immediate removal of afterburn, bleeding, Mad Milk and Jarate. Heads gathered by the Eyelander, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker or Nessie's Nine Iron increase the damage of the shield bash by 5 damage each, at a maximum of 5 heads. Unlike other shields, the Tide Turner grants full turning control while charging, and any kills obtained with melee weapons instantly replenish 75% of the charge meter. However, being damaged while charging reduces the remaining charge time at a one-to-one ratio; for example, taking 42 damage subtracts 42% from the remaining charge meter. Being damaged at the precise moment a charge is initiated fully drains the charge meter, regardless of how much damage was dealt. The Tide Turner's downsides include its lower passive resistance to both fire and explosive damage, 15% each in this case (lower than both the Chargin' Targe and the Splendid Screen). Additionally, the maximum damage boost gained by charging with a melee weapon is only a mini-crit, compared to the critical hit gained by charging almost the full distance with the other shields.

The Tide Turner was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	50 (+5 per head)
Mini-crit		68
Function times
Recharge time		12 s
Maximum charge time		1.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Note: The Claidheamh Mòr and Ali Baba's Wee Booties or Bootlegger refill 25% charge on melee kill, and the Persian Persuader refills with ammo pickups or 20% charge on hit.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Speed (units per second)
Charging	750
Charging while wielding the Scotsman's Skullcutter	637.5

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Chargin' Targe		Ali Baba's Wee Booties		Tide Turner
	+		+		=

Class Token - Demoman		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Tide Turner		Quickiebomb Launcher
x2	+		=

Related achievements

General achievements

Emergency Brake Kill a charging Demoman.

 Demoman

Chain Reaction Get 3 kills within 6 seconds using the Demoman charge. The Targe Charge Charge and kill someone with your shield bash.

U-Turn Kill an enemy that you couldn't see at the beginning of your charge.

Update history

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

• The Tide Turner was added to the game.

June 19, 2014 Patch

• Updated the Tide Turner to also refill the charge meter from impact kills.

June 20, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Tide Turner doing impact damage at any range.
• Fixed the Tide Turner refilling the Charge meter on any decapitation.

December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)

• Changed attributes:
  • Added Penalty: Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time.
  • Kills while charging now only add 75% meter on charge kills instead of 100%.

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

• Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
• Changed attributes:
  • Self damage will no longer decrease charge when charging.
  • Fall damage will no longer decrease charge when charging.
  • Amount of charge taken away on damage when charging reduced from 3 to 1 per point of damage.
  • [Undocumented] Changed 75 charge on charge kill to 75 charge on melee kill.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Shield bash now deals damage at all ranges, scaled by distance.
  • Melee damage boost after shield bash is based on amount of charge consumed. Now provides mini-crit at 25% depleted.
  • Charging now removes debuffs from the Demoknight (Bleed, Fire, Mad Milk, Jarate).
  • Now grants mini-crit instead of full-crit on charge bash.
  • Reduced resistances to 15%.

March 20, 2023 Patch

• Fixed missing localization string in the recipe for the Tide Turner.

Bugs

• This weapon does not glow in the world view when crit-boosted.
• While equipped, if the player spectates another player in first-person mode while dead, upon respawning the shield appears where the spectated player was while you respawned. The shield is non-interactive and can be seen through walls, textures, and players.
• Getting a taunt kill with a melee weapon does not refill the charge meter.

Trivia

• The item's name is a combination of the expression "turn the tide", meaning to change or reverse the outcome of a situation (such as a battle), and "tight turner", referring to the full turning control.

Gallery

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  First-person view with Eyelander.

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  First-person view with Australium Eyelander.

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  RED first-person view with Festive Eyelander.

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  BLU first-person view with Festive Eyelander.

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  First-person view with Scotsman's Skullcutter.

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  First-person view with Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.

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  RED first-person view with Claidheamh Mòr.

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  BLU first-person view with Claidheamh Mòr.

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  First-person view with Half-Zatoichi.

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  First-person view with the Half-Zatoichi covered with blood.

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  First-person view with Persian Persuader.

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  First-person view with Nessie's Nine Iron.

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  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Tide Turner.