L'Etranger

L'Etranger
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Basic Information
Used by:	Spy
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Chemical Alia
Released:	Mann-Conomy Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #2, Uncrate #14 or Uncrate #32 (Strange)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	6
Ammo carried:	24
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
L'Etranger 1 - 100 +15 cloak on hit -20% damage penalty

“

Our influence grows! Click to listen — The Spy on the Saharan culture

”

The L'Etranger, pronounced /le.tʁɑ̃.ʒe/, is a community-made primary weapon for the Spy. It is a stylish, narrow-barreled revolver with an ivory handle design.

This weapon deals 20% less damage than the default Revolver, making it less suitable for direct conflict. However, a successful hit will fill the Spy's Cloak meter by 15%, regardless of which cloaking device is equipped. Players can therefore use the gun to charge their Cloak in order to perform an escape or traverse a guarded area. This is especially useful when there is no metal or ammunition within close proximity.

The kill icon for the L'Etranger was contributed by HyenaDip.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	48
Base damage	100%	32
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	16
Point blank		44-48
Medium range		28-36
Long range		15-18
Critical		96
Mini-crit		43
Function times
Attack interval		0.58 s
Reload		1.16 s
Spread recovery		1.25 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Saharan Spy
	L'Etranger Your Eternal Reward Familiar Fez
Effect	Extra effects when taunting.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Dead Ringer		Reclaimed Metal		L'Etranger
	+		=

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

As a crafting ingredient

L'Etranger		Refined Metal		Familiar Fez
	+	x4	=

Reclaimed Metal		Scrap Metal		L'Etranger		Enforcer
	+		+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Conniver's Kunai		L'Etranger		Big Earner
	+		+		=

Reclaimed Metal		L'Etranger		Widowmaker
x2	+		=

Related achievements

 Spy

A Cut Above Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The L'Etranger was added to the game.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Familiar Fez.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
• [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "-20% damage done" to "-20% damage penalty".

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Enforcer and the Big Earner.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Widowmaker.

October 25, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.

Bugs

• Like the Ambassador, Big Kill, and Diamondback, the Spy does not actually put any bullets in the barrel while reloading, nor do any bullets eject.
• The bullets chambered in the weapon do not line up with the barrel.
• Wielding this weapon with DirectX 8.0 enabled will result in it being visible when the Spy is cloaked.

Trivia

• L'Etranger is the French title of Template:W, written by Template:W, in which an emotionally-detached French Algerian murders an Arab with a handgun.
  • The Main Character of the book is widely considered a sociopath due to his cold nature, similar to the Spy's cold and murderous actions.
• L'Etranger is French for "The Stranger", "The Outsider" or "Abroad", tying in with the Spy's mysterious nature and his origins in Template:W.
• The weapon is modeled after the Template:W. However the L'Etranger, like the Revolver and Ambassador, reloads with a speedloader and flip-out cylinder, whereas the actual Nagant uses an Abadie gate and hand ejector to load one cartridge at a time. Also, the Nagant has a 7-round cylinder, as opposed to the L'Etranger's cylinder holding 6, like the Spy's other revolvers.
• As correct nouns in the French launguage require an acute accent, the upper case E in the weapon's name should be É.
  • Except that the French language permits omitting accents on capitalised letters, so it's OK.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

See also

• L'Etranger strategy