Upon striking a friendly player with the Disciplinary Action, the struck teammate receives a speed boost for 2 seconds, and the user simultaneously receives a speed boost for 3 seconds; the boost amount varies depending on the class affected. When the boost is successfully applied, a wind breeze particle effect that is visible to all players surrounds the affected classes. Hitting another teammate extends the Soldier's existing boost by another 3 seconds, whilst applying the same 2 second boost to the new teammate. The length of these boosts can be extended indefinitely with successive hits. The speed boost is not applied when striking enemy players, with the exception of disguised Spies, who take damage on hit but also receive the boost.
The Disciplinary Action has a hidden statistic which gives it a 70% longer range than most melee weapons, slightly greater than the Eyelander. As a downside, it deals 25% less damage to enemies compared to the stock Shovel. The extra range allows the Disciplinary Action to excel as a support tool, letting the Soldier boost the speed of his team to reach the front lines quicker, at the cost of less damage in close combat situations.
June 23, 2011 Patch (
Über Update)
- The Disciplinary Action was added to the game.
June 28, 2011 Patch
- Added/Refined recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for all of the Disciplinary Action.
July 1, 2011 [Item schema update]
- Changed positive attribute description from '1 sec' to 'several seconds'.
July 22, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] The damage penalty attribute was changed from "-25% damage done" to "-25% damage penalty".
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- [Undocumented] The Disciplinary Action now fully boosts Scout.
March 27, 2013 Patch
- Fixed the Disciplinary Action sometimes floating in the world after death.
August 27, 2013 Patch
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
November 12, 2013 Patch
July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
- Reduced duration of speed bonus on teammates to 2 seconds (from 3).
October 20, 2017 Patch
- [Undocumented] Updated weapon description.
December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)