The Degreaser reduces the delay caused by weapon switching from or to this weapon - 60% faster when switching to the Degreaser, and 30% faster when switching away - facilitating strategic use of weapon combos, such as the Axtinguisher, Flare Gun, and Reserve Shooter. However, damage caused by afterburn damage is reduced by 66%. Like the Flamethrower and the Backburner, the Degreaser has the compression blast ability, but using 25 ammo per blast instead of 20.
Afterburn will reduce healing and shield resists from a Medi Gun by 20%.
September 30, 2010 Patch (
Mann-Conomy Update)
- The Degreaser was added to the game.
October 8, 2010 Patch
- [Undocumented] The Degreaser was added to the crafting blueprint for the Attendant.
January 7, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] Fixed native kill icon not displaying when killing enemy players with the Degreaser.
- [Undocumented] Fixed players claiming Health by switching to the Powerjack as the enemy dies from burn damage from the Flamethrower.
February 7, 2011 Patch
- Fixed burning deaths to always use the death notice icon for the weapon that started the burn.
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 1, 2011 Patch
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Updated model with optimizations and LODs.
March 15, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] The Degreaser was removed from the crafting blueprint for the Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
July 22, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] The damage penalty attribute was changed from "-25% burn damage done" to "-25% burn damage penalty".
October 13, 2011 Patch
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Added -10% damage penalty attribute.
- Note: Because of base damage increase by 10%, damage remains unchanged.
November 12, 2013 Patch
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- The base Flamethrower's damage fall off over distance has been decreased, resulting in higher damage output at range.
- Extinguishing a teammate will now return 20 health to the Pyro.
- Changed attributes:
- No longer boosts all-around switch speed (previously was 65% all-around). Instead, boosts switch-to speed by 60% and switch-from speed by 30%.
- Removed damage penalty.
- Increased Airblast cost by 25%.
- Increased afterburn penalty from 25% to 66%.
January 7, 2016 Patch
- Changed attribute:
- [Undocumented] Updated 20 health restoration when used to extinguish a burning teammate from neutral attribute to positive attribute.
July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
- Added: Direct damage reduces Medi Gun healing and resist shield effects by 25%
- Medics hear a "healing interrupted" sound when this is happening to their heal target.