Back Scratcher
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| “ | When asked about it, the Pyro claims to have found it in the garden and has been using it as a backscratcher, though we must admit we have always wondered how the bent teeth and bloodstains got there. Now we know.
— Back Scratcher publicity blurb
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The Back Scratcher is a community-made melee weapon for the Pyro. It is a heavy-duty gardening rake, consisting of a wooden handle with a green metal head at one end, and a rubber cap on the other. The teeth on the head are bloodstained and bent.
The Backscratcher increases melee damage by 25% and raises healing from health packs by 50%, as well as dropped Sandviches, which function as medium health packs. As a result, small and medium health packs bestow 54, approximately 31%, and 132, approximately 75% health respectively. However, there is an overall cost of 75% slower healing from Medics, Dispensers and the Payload Cart. Players are therefore forced to rely less on continuous healing sources and more on health packs scattered around the map.
As an interesting bonus, the rate at which a Medic's ÜberCharge is filled is not slowed, allowing heavily-injured Pyros to greatly build up an ÜberCharge.
The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement skin for the Axtinguisher and has since been officially added to the game.
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Damage and function times
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 81 |
| Point blank | 69-93 | |
| Critical | 244 | |
| Mini-crit | 93-126 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Healing rates
| “Gotta move that gear up!” This article may contain content that is out of date. You can help improve this article by updating the content as necessary. See the wiki style guide. The specific instructions are: Quick-Fix's heal rate, also Vaccinator's overheal build rate penalty maybe affect too |
From Medi Gun:
- Injured 10 or less seconds ago: 6 per second
- Injured 12.5 seconds ago: 12 per second
- Injured 15 or more seconds ago: 18 per second
From Dispenser:
- Level 1: 2.5 per second
- Level 2: 3.75 per second
- Level 3: 5 per second
From Payload Cart:
- 2.5 per second
Healing rates are approximate and determined by community testing.
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Axtinguisher | Scotsman's Skullcutter | Back Scratcher | ||
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| Class Token - Pyro | Slot Token - Melee | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||
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Strange variant
Related achievements
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Update history
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- The Back Scratcher was added to the game.
- The item was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.
- This weapon was given a unique kill icon.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "+25% damage done" to "+25% damage bonus".
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
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 | — | |
| 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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