Equalizer
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Soldier |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update) |
| Availability: | Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #1, Uncrate #32 (Strange), Uncrate #44 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
| Available Qualities | |
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 The Equalizer |
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| “ | Get close enough to death, and you will become Death himself.
— Equalizer publicity blurb
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The Equalizer is an unlockable melee weapon for the Soldier. It is a silver-headed pickaxe with blood on both its ends.
Once this weapon is equipped, it has the unique ability to scale the damage of the player based on their health. It is therefore capable of destroying most buildings in two hits when the player is at low health. Consequently, the player receives 90% less healing from all Medic weapons when it is being used (healing from health kits and Dispensers is unaffected). Its critical hit animation is a backhanded swing, striking the enemy with the sharp end of the weapon.
Taunting with the Equalizer equipped results in the Grenade kill taunt. A variation of the taunt is available to players who equip the Lumbricus Lid.
Originally, the Equalizer increased the player's movement speed as their health diminished, along with the increased damage. These attributes were separated in the Beta Split Equalizer in the Team Fortress 2 Beta and added to the game in the June 27, 2012 Patch. The Equalizer's present attributes are taken from the Beta Split Equalizer 2, while the Escape Plan takes its attributes from the Beta Split Equalizer 1.
The Equalizer is automatically given to any player who obtains 5 Soldier achievements.
Contents
Damage and function times
Identical to: Shovel
| Function times (in seconds) | ||
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| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Scales inversely with health. Approximately 107.25 − 0.37295 × H (107.25 minus 0.37295 multiplied H), where H is the player's current health, with a minimum of 33 when the player is at or above 100% health, and a maximum of 107. TF2 rounds upwards to the next highest integer.
The Battalion's Backup gives the player 20 extra max health, but does not change the minimum and maximum damage. As a result, the damage increases more slowly as the player becomes injured, but is greater at identical health levels.
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| Without Battalion's Backup equipped | With Battalion's Backup equipped | |||||
| Base damage | Mini-crits | Critical hits | Base damage | Mini-crits | Critical hits | |
| ≥220 | 33 | 45 | 98 | 33 | 45 | 98 |
| 200 | 33 | 45 | 98 | 39 | 53 | 117 |
| 114 | 65 | 88 | 195 | 69 | 93 | 207 |
| 52 | 88 | 119 | 264 | 90 | 122 | 270 |
| 1 | 107 | 144 | 321 | 107 | 144 | 321 |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||||||
Healing
| Healing sources | Healing rate | ||||
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| In combat | Out of combat | ||||
| While Equalizer or Escape Plan is not being used | While Equalizer or Escape Plan is being used | While Equalizer or Escape Plan is not being used | While Equalizer or Escape Plan is being used | ||
| Crusader's Crossbow | Point blank | 75 | 8 | 75 | 8 |
| Medium range | 113 | 11 | 113 | 11 | |
| Long range | 150 | 15 | 150 | 15 | |
| Medi Gun / Kritzkrieg | 24 / s | 2.4 / s | 72 / s | 7.2 / s | |
| Quick-Fix | Healing | 33.6 / s | 3.4 / s | 100.8 / s | 10.1 / s |
| ÜberCharge | 100.8 / s | 10.1 / s | 302.4 / s | 30.2 / s | |
| Vaccinator | Healing | 24 / s | 2.4 / s | 72 / s | 7.2 / s |
| Overheal | 8 / s | 0.8 / s | 24 / s | 2.4 / s | |
| Amputator | 105 / 4 ticks | 11 / 4 ticks | 315 / 4 ticks | 32 / 4 ticks | |
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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As a crafting ingredient
| Equalizer | Scrap Metal | Homewrecker | ||
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Soldier
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Demoman
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Update history
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- The Equalizer was added to the game.
- Fixed a server crash caused by using the Equalizer.
- Fixed the Gunboats absorbing damage from the Soldier's grenade kill taunt.
- Reduced the damage bonus the Equalizer receives as the player loses health.
- The speed boost was not changed.
- [Undocumented] The Equalizer was added in the crafting blueprint for the Homewrecker.
- Fixed the Lumbricus Lid not playing the correct sound during the Grenade taunt kill.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Self-damage for the Grenade taunt kill has been increased to 320, which prevents Soldiers from surviving the taunt when overhealed normally.
- The Lumbricus Lid's Grenade taunt kill received a unique kill icon.
- Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Fixed the Amputator and the Crusader's Crossbow healing teammates that have the Equalizer as their active weapon.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Tuned high-end damage range so it's no longer possible to one-shot certain classes.
- Suppress the Medic call effect while active.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a voice response for the Grenade taunt kill.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Removed player move speed modification and added it to the Escape Plan.
- All owners of the Equalizer will be automatically granted the Escape Plan.
- [Undocumented] Updated backpack icon and model (old ones were given to the Escape Plan)
- Fixed not seeing team colors on the sleeves for the Equalizer and the Escape Plan.
- Fixed the Crusader's Crossbow healing teammates with the Equalizer or the Escape Plan deployed.
- Strange Part: Kills While Ubercharged can no longer be applied to Strange Equalizers and Escape Plans
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Changed attribute:
- Changed no healing penalty to 90% less healing from Medics while active.
Trivia
- Based on the hidden Poopy Joe page on the WAR! Update, the Equalizer was originally a pickaxe issued to American Monkeynaut Poopy Joe for him to "pierce the Vault of Heaven itself" before it was acquired by Mann Co. in entirely innocent circumstances.
- The quoted promotional text references a line spoken by the Japanese mecha anime Gurren Lagann character Kamina to his blood brother Simon to use his drill to pierce the vault of heaven.
- Before becoming an official weapon, the Equalizer was first conceived by community members Tom Francis and Jibberish. These users were to receive a unique version of the weapon, called "The Great Equalizer"[1], but currently they are both labeled "Community Equalizer".
- Other promotional text (and meme) "Get close enough to death, and you will become Death himself." summarizes the equalizing effect of the weapon, that the Soldier becomes deadlier the closer he gets to death, death being the "The Great Equalizer"[2]
Gallery
First-person view.
The previously used model in first-person view, now used by the Escape Plan.
See also
External links
References
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Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete | ||
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Barbarian Swing | High Noon | Arm Blender Guitar Smash |
Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody |
Arrow Stab | Fencing | |
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