Degreaser
“ | A vintage gas station pump combined with a car muffler and an antique fire extinguisher provide the Pyro with all of his burning needs. A portable stove top burner provides 4 ignition sources.
— Degreaser publicity blurb
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The Degreaser is a community-created primary weapon for the Pyro. It is a makeshift flamethrower that is comprised of a gas pump, a car muffler, an exhaust pipe, a team-colored fire extinguisher, and a stove top burner.
The Degreaser reduces the delay caused by weapon switching from or to this weapon — taking 60% less time to switch to the Degreaser and 30% less time 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%.
The Degreaser, like the Flame Thrower, Backburner, Rainblower, and Dragon's Fury, has the compression blast ability, but using 25 ammo per blast instead of 20 like the Pyro's stock flamethrower.
Afterburn will reduce healing and shield resists from a Medi Gun by 20%.
The kill icon for the Degreaser was contributed by Psyke .
Contents
Damage and function times
Damage and function times | ||
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Shot type | Particle | |
Damage type | Fire | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
Damage | ||
Flame damage (close) | 100% | 13.0 / particle |
Flame damage (far) | 50% | 6.5 / particle |
Critical | 20-39 / particle | |
Mini-crit | 9-18 / particle | |
Afterburn | 1 / tick | |
Afterburn (mini-crit) | 2 / tick | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.075 s | |
Ammo consumption interval | 0.08 s | |
Afterburn duration | 3-10 s | |
Airblast cooldown | 0.75 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Note: Flame damage is proportional to particle lifetime instead of distance from target. Unlike most weapons, Critical hits are also affected by the scaling. Additionally, there is a very slight damage variance (±0.08 / particle) due to differences in particle angles.
Item set
The Gas Jockey's Gear | |
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Effect |
Leave a Calling Card on your victims |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
Backburner | Reclaimed Metal | Degreaser | ||
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Class Token - Pyro | Slot Token - Primary | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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As a crafting ingredient
Refined Metal | Gas Jockey's Gear weapon | Attendant | ||
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Degreaser | Flare Gun | Reclaimed Metal | Scorch Shot | |||
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Soldier
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Pyro
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Mann vs. Machievements
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Update history
- The Degreaser was added to the game.
- [Undocumented] The Degreaser was added to the crafting blueprint for the Attendant.
- [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.
- Fixed burning deaths to always use the death notice icon for the weapon that started the burn.
- 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.
- [Undocumented] The Degreaser was added in the crafting blueprint for the Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Updated model with optimizations and LODs.
- [Undocumented] The Degreaser was removed from the crafting blueprint for the Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
- [Undocumented] The damage penalty attribute was changed from "-25% burn damage done" to "-25% burn damage penalty".
- [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.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
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%.
- 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.
October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Flamethrowers no longer apply maximum-duration afterburn on contact. Afterburn duration is now based on how long the target is in contact with direct flames.
- Better visual sync, more consistent (no visuals/damage mismatch).
- New particle effects.
- Airblast
- Hit detection for both players and projectiles is now a consistent cone.
- Airblasting players now factors in the momentum of the Pyro and target, giving both more control over the interaction.
- Airblast now causes target player to have reduced footing and air control for a short period.
- Now factors in the upward angle of the airblast, rather than having a fixed upward force.
- Total push force slightly increased.
- Fixed flamethrowers not damaging buildings at close distance.
- Fixed not seeing the new flamethrower effects on some machines.
December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)
- Added Festivized variant.
- Flame damage per second now ramps up based on density of flame encountered, up to 200%.
- Initial flame damage per second reduced by 50%, resulting in the max damage being unchanged.
- Fixed Flamethrower particles sometimes failing to draw on the client.
- Fixed Flamethrower flames not colliding with
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entities.
March 28, 2018 Patch #2
- Fixed a server crash related to the Flamethrower.
Bugs
- The attribute -66% afterburn damage penalty is incorrect, as it actually deals 75% less afterburn damage when compared with the Flamethrower. This is because the Jungle Inferno Update increased the default afterburn damage from 3 to 4, but the attribute did not get updated.
- Rarely, when the Degreaser is turned off during full crits, the flame effect can still be seen though the fix of the loophole, unlike a similar bug with the Minigun, the "flame" can only be seen by the player.
- If a Pyro using the Degreaser reflects a charged Cow Mangler 5000 shot and hits a player with it, the -66% afterburn damage penalty will still apply to the laser's afterburn, despite a charged Cow Mangler 5000 shot normally doing full afterburn damage.
- When
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is enabled, fire particles still come from the right side. - If the degreaser isn't deployed for half a second, the player does not receive the holster bonus after switching off to another weapon.
Trivia
- Degreasers are emulsifying agents used to remove heavy oils and grease; since flames consume fats easily, it can be called a literal type of "degreaser".
- Degreasers are a notorious fire hazard, and through the 1960s, gasoline stored in covered basins was the standard degreaser used when repairing cars at gas stations.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
RED Festivized variant.
See also
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