Gloves of Running Urgently
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The Gloves of Running Urgently (G.R.U.) are a melee weapon for the Heavy. They are similar in appearance to the Killing Gloves of Boxing, but designed with flame decals and orange rings around the cuffs.
While the Gloves of Running Urgently are the active weapon, the Heavy moves 30% faster - at 99.67% base movement speed, a rate of 299 Hammer units per second (about 13 miles per hour). While this effect is active, the Heavy suffers a health loss of 6 health per second, indicated by a team-colored skull and crossbones appearing above him every time health is lost. Continual use of the Gloves of Running Urgently will therefore result in the Heavy's death unless he is being continually healed. The Gloves of Running Urgently's damage is half that of the Fists.
As with the Fists and most of the Heavy's melee weapons, primary fire swings the left fist, secondary fire swings the right fist, and the critical hit animation is always a right-handed uppercut.
The Gloves of Running Urgently's self-inflicted damage is cumulative with respect to time. For example, if a player took out the Gloves of Running Urgently for 0.5 seconds, switched to Minigun, and then switched back to the Gloves of Running Urgently, that player would take 6 damage after wielding the weapon for another 0.5 seconds. A player can minimize damage taken during travel by repeatedly jumping and only taking the Gloves of Running Urgently out while touching the ground, as velocity is not lost by losing base move speed mid-air. The Heavy can also jump a little higher than usual if he jumps as soon as he takes damage from the G.R.U. While this is not as useful as some other forms of jumping, it can get the player to places that are not normally reachable.
The kill icon for the G.R.U. was contributed by flutterravie.
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Damage and function times
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| Base damage | 100% | 33 |
| Point blank | 28-37 | |
| Critical | 98 | |
| Mini-crit | 38-50 | |
| Self-damage | 6 / s | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Killing Gloves of Boxing | Scrap Metal | Gloves of Running Urgently | ||
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As a crafting ingredient
| Gloves of Running Urgently | Scrap Metal | Warrior's Spirit | ||
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| Mantreads | Gloves of Running Urgently | Ali Baba's Wee Booties | ||
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| Reclaimed Metal | Gloves of Running Urgently | Crusader's Crossbow | Overdose | |||
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| Reclaimed Metal | Holy Mackerel | Gloves of Running Urgently | Holiday Punch | |||
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Heavy
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Update history
- The Gloves of Running Urgently were added to the game.
- The Gloves of Running Urgently now using the boxing taunt and boxing glove weapons are now of the type "Boxing Gloves" instead of "Fists."
- [Undocumented] Gave this weapon a unique crafting recipe.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed people to bypass the Gloves of Running Urgently's damage taking penalty.
- The Buffalo Steak Sandvich's speed boost no longer stacks with other speed boosts.
- This weapon was given a unique kill icon.
- Fixed the Heavy's fists not playing the critical hit animation.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- [Undocumented] TThe crafting cost of the weapon was changed from 1 Reclaimed Metal and a Killing Gloves of Boxing to 2 Scrap Metal and a Killing Gloves of Boxing.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Fixed the Gloves of Running Urgently not using the correct skin in the character loadout screen.
- Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- Added Strange Quality.
- [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "-50% damage done" to "-50% damage penalty".
- [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon not hiding Heavy's default fists.
- [Undocumented] This item was added to the crafting blueprint for the Holiday Punch.
- [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon using the Fists impact sounds.
- Fixed not hearing third person sounds.
Trivia
- G.R.U. is an acronym for the Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye, the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (formerly the Red Army General Staff of the Soviet Union).
- The Gloves of Running Urgently were featured in the closed beta, the attributes of which were leaked by testers; they did not have their own texture or taunt and instead used the Killing Gloves of Boxing's model and the Showdown taunt as placeholders. G.R.U. Beta 3 was identical to the weapon used in the game now. Another version status,
- G.R.U. Beta 1
- While the weapon was active.
- +30% faster move speed on wearer.
- -100 max health on wearer.
- -50% damage penalty.
- G.R.U. Beta 2
- While the weapon was active.
- +30% faster move speed on wearer.
- -50% health from healers on wearer.
- -50% damage penalty.
- G.R.U. Beta 1
Gallery
See also
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| Weapons | ||||||||||
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| Slot 1 | stock | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | Revolver |
| unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | Ambassador | |
| craft | Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster |
Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka |
Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower |
Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon |
Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater |
Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger |
Crusader's Crossbow Overdose |
Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker |
L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | Iron Curtain | — | — | AWPer Hand | Big Kill | |
| Slot 2 | ||||||||||
| stock | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | Submachine Gun | Sapper | |
| unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance |
Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback |
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| craft | Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine |
Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison |
Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot |
Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen |
Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business |
Short Circuit | Quick-Fix Vaccinator |
Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine |
Red-Tape Recorder | |
| promotion | Lugermorph | — | — | — | Fishcake Robo-Sandvich |
Lugermorph | — | — | Ap-Sap | |
| Melee | ||||||||||
| stock | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife | |
| unlock | Sandman | Equalizer | Axtinguisher | Eyelander | Killing Gloves of Boxing | Gunslinger | Übersaw | — | — | |
| craft | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Half-Zatoichi Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Bat Outta Hell |
Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Ullapool Caber Claidheamh Mòr Half-Zatoichi Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Bat Outta Hell |
Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect |
Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle | |
| promotion | Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Golden Wrench Saxxy |
Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank |
Saxxy Black Rose | |
| PDA | ||||||||||
| stock | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit | |
| PDA 2 | ||||||||||
| stock | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
| unlock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | |
| Taunt | ||||||||||
| various | Home Run (Sandman/Atomizer) |
Kamikaze (Equalizer/Escape Plan) |
Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter) Armageddon (Rainblower) Execution (Scorch Shot) |
Decapitation (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron) |
Showdown (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch) |
Dischord (Frontier Justice) Organ Grinder (Gunslinger) |
Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Medicating Melody (Amputator) Spinal Tap (Übersaw) |
Skewer (Huntsman) |
Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose) | |
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