Vaccinator
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The Vaccinator is a community-made secondary weapon for the Medic. It roughly resembles a Medi Gun, with a team-colored, glowing liquid-filled beaker attached to the lower middle section, a small monitor left of the main body and additional cables and valves. It also changes the stock Medi Gun backpack to a small Canteen-like device.
The main feature of the weapon is the Medic's ability to select the desired resistance that will be applied both to him and his heal target. The player can cycle through bullet, explosive and fire resistances by pressing the Special Attack button (default key: MOUSE3) and an appropriate icon will appear over the ÜberCharge meter. Note that weapons that deal generic typeless damage (such as Huntsman or Crusader's Crossbow arrows) are treated as bullets by this mechanic, while there is no way to defend against other damage types such as melee.
Compared to the the stock Medi Gun, the weapon has a 50% faster ÜberCharge build rate but a 66% slower overheal rate. While actively healing, the Medic and his heal target gain a 10% resistance to the selected type of damage and the Medic will be healed 25% of correctly-matched incoming damage to his heal target. In addition, the previously mentioned icon will appear above the health meter on both Medic and heal target's HUD and over their heads.
When the ÜberCharge is deployed and actively healing a target, both the Medic and his heal target gain 75% damage resistance to the selected type of damage. However, the bonus damage of critical hits and mini-crits is not resisted at all, putting a serious cut through the weapon's protection. The ÜberCharge can also be deployed in self-defense when there's no ally to heal, just like the standard Medi Gun.
Instead of a single ÜberCharge bar, the Vaccinator builds up to four smaller bars of ÜberCharge, filled in intervals of 25% ÜberCharge (i.e. the bars are filled in order as 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% ÜberCharge is reached), which can be deployed one at a time as 2-second ÜberCharges. If an ÜberCharge is activated while the next ÜberCharge bar is only partially full, the progress is lost and the ÜberCharge begins depleting the last filled ÜberCharge bar. It is not possible to change the type of resistance in the middle of an ÜberCharge, however keeping the alternate fire button pressed maintains the ÜberCharge through all the charges left with no interruptions in between.
The Vaccinator was originally contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "The Hot Coffee".
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Healing and function times
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| Healing | ||
| Healing (in combat) | 100% | 24 / s (8 / s) |
| Healing (out of combat) | 300% | 72 / s (24 / s) |
| Function times | ||
| Effect duration | 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 s | |
| Charge fill speed | 3.75% / s | |
| Maximum charge time | 26.67 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Quick-Fix | Reclaimed Metal | Vaccinator | ||
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| Class Token - Medic | Slot Token - Secondary | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||
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Related achievements
General
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Scout
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Soldier
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Pyro
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Heavy
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Engineer
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Medic
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Sniper
| Überectomy Kill a Medic that is ready to deploy an ÜberCharge. |
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Update history
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- The Vaccinator was added to the game.
- Fixed missing text in the recipe description for the Vaccinator.
- [Undocumented] Fixed an issue with the self-illumination on the Vaccinator's backpack.
- Updated the Vaccinator with its own uber-off sound and a sound when toggling resist types.
Unused content
- There are three different styles of beam intended for this weapon, one for each type of resistance. Instead, the weapon shares its beam with the Kritzkrieg and Quick-Fix. [1]
Bugs
- If an attack is a critical hit or a mini-crit, the extra damage added on is not resisted for the proper 10% while healing and 75% during Über. More specifically:
- If an attack is a critical hit and is doing triple damage, only the original part of the damage (one-third) is resisted, resulting in a total resistance of only 3% while healing and 25% during Über.
- If an attack is a mini-crit and is doing 1.35x damage, the extra 35% damage is unresisted, resulting in a total resistance of only 7% while healing and 56% during Über.
- Being set on fire will cause the player to lose the team-colored overlay when under the effects of the ÜberCharge.
- This weapon does not glow when crit boosted.
- The backpack device always shows RED lights, regardless of the team in Mann Co. Store preview.
- If the Medic or his patient die during ÜberCharge, the shield will remain in the world for a few seconds.
Trivia
- The healing given to the Medic when his patient takes matched damage also applies to self-inflicted damage - for example, if a Soldier is being healed with the Vaccinator set to explosive resistance, the Medic will receive health whenever the Soldier rocket jumps.
Gallery
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BLU first-person view. |
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References
See also
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| stock | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit | |
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| stock | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
| unlock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | |
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| 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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