Fists of Steel
“ | While boxing gloves were made to cushion your well-placed uppercuts, steel fists were made to beat the snot out of your enemies' pineal glands. "What are pineal glands?", you might ask! We at Mann Co have no idea ourselves, but what we do know is that these babies are made of freaking steel!
— Fancy Vs. Nasty update description
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The Fists of Steel, commonly abbreviated to FoS, are a community-made melee weapon for the Heavy. It is a pair of large robotic gauntlets, appropriately team-colored, that encase the Heavy's hands.
These weapons reduce damage from all sources that are not melee-based, be they hitscan or projectile, by 40%. As a downside, all melee attacks against the Heavy will deliver double damage when this weapon is active, and all weapon switches made by the player will take 20% longer.
The weapon was originally created for the Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a replacement for the Killing Gloves of Boxing and has since been officially added to the game.
Contents
[hide]Damage and function times
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Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 65 |
Point blank | 55-75 | |
Critical | 195 | |
Mini-crit | 75-101 | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
Reclaimed Metal | Killing Gloves of Boxing | Fists of Steel | ||
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Class Token - Heavy | Slot Token - Melee | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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As a Crating Ingredient
Reclaimed Metal | Fists of Steel | Eviction Notice | ||
x2 | + | = |
Related achievements
Heavy
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Update history
- The Fists of Steel were 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 the Heavy's fists not playing the critical hit animation.
- Added a RED team skin to the Fists of Steel (having a very strong red hue).
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Updated the RED team skin for the Fists of Steel (changing the color to a diluted bronze).[1]
- [Undocumented] The crafting blueprint for the weapon was changed from two Scrap Metal + G.R.U. to one Reclaimed Metal + K.G.B.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Increase deploy times 20%.
- Ranged damage resistance reduced 40%.
- Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Eviction Notice.
August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)
- [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon not hiding Heavy's default fists.
Bugs
- In first-person view, the Heavy's left wrist clips through the Fists of Steel.
- The weapon uses the Killing Gloves of Boxing's draw sound.
- Damage from most taunt attacks are reduced by the Fists of Steel as if they were ranged attacks. In fact, only the Decapitation, Dischord, and Fencing taunt attacks are not treated this way.
- The Heavy's fists overlap with the Fists of Steel when using the Director's Vision taunt.
- The Heavy's hands clip through the gloves in world view.
- Clips with Purity Fist
Trivia
- The Fists of Steel replacement came with a unique sound set, making the fists seem more robotic. After its inclusion in-game, their punches were given a custom metallic sound. The Robotic Taunt sounds, however, weren't introduced.
- The Fists of Steel do not uncurl from their clenched position, whereas the Killing Gloves of Boxing and Gloves of Running Urgently have models that appear as if the Heavy is extending his fingers, as seen in humiliation stances.
- The name of the weapon, and the weapon's model, were inspired by one of the Heavy's voice clips which proclaimed "My fists! They are made of STEEL!". This voice clip was later attached exclusively to this weapon.
- The backpack icon uses the BLU skin of the Fists of Steel.
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See also
References
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