The Brass Beast is a community-created primary weapon for the Heavy. It is an antique machine gun made almost entirely of brass, bearing resemblance to the original 1861 Gatling gun made by Template:W with a number of modifications.
This weapon does more damage per second than the original Minigun, at the cost of a lengthy spin up time and slower movement speed while it is both deployed and revved up. As a result, players are unable to move effectively whilst deployed, but can deal significant damage to oncoming enemies. This makes the Brass Beast particularly strong in defensive situations where a Heavy can keep the weapon spinning without having to move, however, offensive is made much more worse, taking the reduced speed of the Heavy when revved up.
Damage and function times
[collapse]Damage and function times
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Shot type
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Hitscan
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Damage type
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Bullet
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Ranged or Melee damage?
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Ranged
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Damage
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Maximum ramp-up
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150%
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16.2 / per bullet
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Base damage
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100%
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10.8 / per bullet
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Maximum fall-off
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52.8%
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5.4 / per bullet
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Point blank
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60-65 / per 1 ammo 600-650 / per second
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Medium range
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6-36 / per 1 ammo 60-360 / per second
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Long range
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5-12 / per 1 ammo 60-120 / per second
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Critical
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32 / per bullet
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Mini-crit
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15-22 / per bullet
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Function times
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Attack interval
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0.1 s
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Wind-up time
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1.31 s
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Values are approximate and determined by community testing.
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Item set
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
As a crafting ingredient
Strange variant
[expand]Strange variant information
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Strange Brass Beast Strange Minigun - Kills: 0 +20% damage bonus 50% slower spin up time -60% slower move speed while deployed
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Related achievements
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Marxman Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.
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Heavy Industry Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.
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Permanent Revolution Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun.
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Update history
December 17, 2010 Patch (
Australian Christmas)
- The Brass Beast was added to the game.
December 21, 2010 Patch
January 7, 2011 Patch
- The Brass Beast was given a unique kill icon.
- [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.
February 3, 2011 Patch
- Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
- Updated model with optimizations and LODs.
February 14, 2011 Patch
- Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
- [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.
March 15, 2011 Patch
- The crafting cost of the weapon was changed from 2 Reclaimed Metal and a Natascha to 1 Reclaimed Metal and a Natascha.
- All Brass Beasts crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.
June 3, 2011 Patch
- Added community contributed response rules to the Brass Beast.
June 23, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] The Brass Beast was added to the crafting blueprint for the Tomislav.
June 28, 2011 Patch
- Tuned Brass Beast recoil to have less of an impact on your aiming reticle.
July 22, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "+20% damage done" to "+20% damage bonus".
October 25, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.
October 28, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] Modified the phong of the Brass Beast.
December 15, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] Re-implemented the Community phong boost on the Brass Beast.
November 12, 2013 Patch
June 18, 2014 Patch
- All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.
Bugs
- During deployment, the sound of the weapon will pause for a brief second before resuming at a louder volume.
- Whilst firing, the bullets will seem to originate from the right of the weapon in client view.
- In some instances, it can appear as if the gun is shooting in a different direction to where it actually is. This can be encountered when a Heavy is shooting below him whilst on a ledge.
Gallery
See also
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