Manmelter

Manmelter
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Basic Information
Used by:	Pyro
Slot:	Secondary
Released:	Australian Christmas 2011
Availability:	Drop, Craft or Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	Unlimited
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Manmelter 1 - 100 +50% projectile speed Does not require ammo Projectile cannot be deflected Alt-Fire: Extinguish teammates to gain guaranteed critical hits No random critical hits Being a device that flouts conventional scientific consensus that the molecules composing the human body must be arranged "just so", and not, for example, across a square-mile radius.

“

Ideal for atomizing moon soldiers or neighborhood dogs at your earliest convenience! Click to listen — Manmelter publicity blurb

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The Manmelter is a secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a grey, retro-futuristic laser pistol, with a small vial with team-colored liquid inside.

The weapon fires flaming bolts of energy that function similarly to flares from the Flare Gun, only traveling 50% faster. Unlike flares, shots will not normally inflict critical hits on flaming players. The weapon also has unlimited ammunition, cannot fire random critical hits, does not need to be reloaded, and has a 20% slower firing speed.

Holding the alt-fire button will extinguish teammates on fire and earn a guaranteed critical hit for each one, which will be stored for later use, similar to the Frontier Justice or Diamondback. Up to 35 crits can be stored at one time and all will be lost upon death.

Enemies killed by the Manmelter suffer a distinctive death by incineration, wherein they disintegrate into smoldering orange cinders that quickly fade away.

Taunting with the Manmelter active allows the Pyro to perform a deadly Hadouken.

This item was named the "Manmelter 3600 ZX" in promotional materials from the Official TF2 Blog and Weta Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage
Base damage	100%	30
Critical		90
Mini-crit		41
Afterburn		3 / tick 60 total
Afterburn (mini-crit)		4 / tick 80 total
Function times
Attack interval		2.42 s
Afterburn duration		10 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack
	Phlogistinator Manmelter Third Degree Bubble Pipe Moonman Backpack
Effect	No effect

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Pyro		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Manmelter		Possible Results
x4	+		=

Related achievements

General

Escape the Heat Jump into a pool of refreshing water while on fire.

Flamethrower Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds.

 Soldier

Semper Fry Kill 20 enemies while you are on fire.

 Pyro

Attention Getter Ignite 100 enemies with the flare gun. Baptism by Fire Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water. Burn Ward Ignite 3 Medics that are ready to deploy an ÜberCharge. Controlled Burn Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points. Cooking the Books Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence. Firewall Ignite 5 Spies who have a sapper on a friendly building. Firewatch Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in. Freezer Burn Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts. Got A Light? Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette.

I Fry Ignite 10 disguised Spies. Next of Kindling Ignite an enemy, and the Medic healing him. OMGWTFBBQ Kill an enemy with a taunt. Pilot Light Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair. Pyromancer Do 1 million points of total fire damage. Second Degree Burn Kill a burning enemy who was ignited by another Pyro. Spontaneous Combustion Ignite 10 cloaked Spies. Trailblazer Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter. Weenie Roast Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time.

 Heavy

Rasputin In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

 Engineer

The Extinguished Gentleman Have dispensers you built extinguish 20 burning players.

 Medic

Autoclave Assist in burning 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Pyro.

Infernal Medicine Extinguish 100 burning teammates.

 Sniper

Friendship is Golden Extinguish a burning teammate with your Jarate.

 Spy

Burn Notice Survive 30 seconds after being ignited while cloaked.

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• The Manmelter was added to the game.

December 16, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Manmelter getting crits from 'Mmmph' bar.

December 16, 2011 [Item schema update]

• Updated the description of the weapon.

December 21, 2011 Patch

• Added particle effect on muzzle that appears when ready to fire.
• Increased projectile speed while maintaining the same travel arc.
• Increased extinguish range.
• Added draw/recoil/crit forces for the Manmelter.

December 23, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Manmelter idle effects showing on other flareguns

Bugs

• The projectiles fired from this weapon can be reflected, contrary to the listed effects.
  • When the projectile is reflected, it is reflected as a flare.
• Killing an enemy with a direct hit flare use the Flare Gun's kill icon.
• Holding down the primary fire button after firing will cause the weapon not to fully go back to its resting position.
• Holding down the alt fire button while taunting will cause the weapon's ash-sucking visual effect to be stuck even if the Pyro switches to a different weapon.
• When a projectile hits an object, its trail instantly disappears instead of fading away.
• While holding down alt-fire after having saved up charges, trying to fire while still holding alt-fire plays the animation of firing a critical shot. Saved critical shots are rapidly lost during this sequence.
• When quick-switching from the Manmelter to another weapon, the weapon's ammo can be seen for a split second. The game lists it as 32 shots carried and 100 loaded, despite the weapon's infinite ammunition. A similar bug once appeared on the Cow Mangler 5000.

Trivia

• The appearance of this weapon is based on that of the "Manmelter 3600ZX Sub-Atomic Disintegrator Pistol", which can be purchased from the online store at Weta Workshop.

Gallery

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  RED first-person view.

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  BLU first-person view.

See also

• Manmelter strategy
• Australian Christmas 2011
• Flare Gun
• Fire
• Hadouken