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
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| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 81 |
| Point blank | 69-93 | |
| Critical hit | 244 | |
| Mini-crit | 94-126 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Healing rates
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
| Strange Variant Information | |
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Strange Back Scratcher Strange Garden Rake - Kills: 0 +25% damage bonus +50% health from packs on wearer -75% health from healers on wearer
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Related achievements
Pyro
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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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