Boston Basher

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Boston Basher
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	Roy Theunissen
Released:	December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #23 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Boston Basher Level 25 Bat On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds On Miss: Hit yourself. Idiot.

“

Delinquents all over the country have been harassing old ladies while you were stuck in your nearby generic desert-industrial environment. You missed out on all the extreme elderly-pestering action! No worries, though! With this handmade bat, you can still vent your frustration elsewhere. — Boston Basher publicity blurb

”

The Boston Basher is a community-created melee weapon for the Scout. It is a bloodstained, spiked wooden club reinforced with metal bands.

This weapon deals the same base damage as the stock Bat. However, enemies struck also bleed for 5 seconds. A missed swing causes the Scout to hit himself by accident, dealing 18 damage as well as the full duration of bleeding. The self-damage is not applied if the swing hits anything aside from empty air (enemies, teammates, walls, floors, props, etc). Missing with a critical swing plays the Critical hit sound effect, but the self-damage is unchanged. While invulnerable, a missed swing causes no self-damage.

The self-damage of the Boston Basher can serve as a means of quickly charging up a Medic's ÜberCharge. In addition, self-hits apply knockback to the Scout, and, if correctly timed, can provide the Scout with what is effectively an additional midair jump. This jump can be used to reach locations normally out of reach, set up ambushes, and make escapes not normally possible.

The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement for the Sandman, and has since been officially added to the game.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	35
Critical		105
Mini-crit		47
Bleeding		8 / s 40 total
Bleeding (mini-crit)		10 / s 50 total
Self-damage		18 + bleeding 58 total
Function times
Attack interval		0.5 s
Bleeding duration		5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Sandman		Tribalman's Shiv		Boston Basher
	+		=

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Boston Basher		Reclaimed Metal		Sun-on-a-Stick
	+	x2	=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Boston Basher Strange Bat - Kills: 0 On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds On Miss: Hit yourself. Idiot.

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

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Boston Basher was added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The Boston Basher was added to the Mann Co. Store, became craftable, and included in random drops.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• The Boston Basher was given a unique kill icon.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Boston Basher's melee attack not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

March 1, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Boston Basher was added to the crafting blueprint for the Sun-on-a-Stick.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to the Boston Basher.

July 12, 2011 [Item schema update]

• Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

September 17, 2014 Patch

• Updated sounds for the Boston Basher. The weapon now uses the Killing Gloves of Boxing's firing sound.

February 29, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated firing sounds for the Boston Basher.

Bugs

• When the user misses a swing near an alive enemy, the self-bleed on miss does not activate due to a mistake when checking if nearby enemies died after the swing started. Instead of checking if an enemy has died since the start of the swing, the game checks for alive players after the start of a swing.

Trivia

• Unlike the Axtinguisher and the Ubersaw, the Boston Basher did not receive a censored version that removes the blood.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

See also

• Boston Basher strategy
• Basher jump