Ubersaw
“ | Four hits with this new weapon will fully charge whatever medigun the Medic has equipped.
— Ubersaw publicity blurb
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The Ubersaw is an unlockable melee weapon for the Medic. It is a cleaver-like blade fixed into a bonesaw grip, with a large syringe filled with team-colored, glowing liquid.
Compared to the Bonesaw, the Ubersaw swings 20% slower. However, every successful hit against an enemy player adds 25% to the player's ÜberCharge meter. ÜberCharge is gained on hit even if the victim is invulnerable or cloaked, but not if the victim is disguised. The Ubersaw does not build the ÜberCharge meter in Medieval Mode, as the Medic's secondary weapons cannot be used.
The vial on the Ubersaw's syringe serves as a visual representation of a Medic's ÜberCharge. It fills slowly as teammates are healed and enemies are attacked with the weapon. Should the player switch to the Ubersaw while ÜberCharge is deployed, the liquid can be seen slowly draining from the syringe.
Taunting or pressing alt-fire (default key: MOUSE2) with the Ubersaw equipped results in the Uberslice kill taunt. A successful kill with this taunt gives the Medic 100% ÜberCharge; however, killing a disguised Spy only awards 50%.
The Ubersaw is automatically given to any player who obtains 22 Medic achievements.
Contents
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Damage type | Melee | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 65 |
Critical | 195 | |
Mini-crit | 88 | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.96 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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As a crafting ingredient
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Strange variant
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Related achievements
Medic
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Update history
- The Ubersaw was added to the game.
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Disguised Spies no longer trigger On-Hit effects.
- Fixed the Ubersaw not displaying team colors.
- Changed the taunt to Uberslice.
- [Undocumented] The Ubersaw was added in the crafting blueprint for the Vita-Saw.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Updated model with optimizations and LODs.
- [Undocumented] The crafting cost of the Vita-Saw was reduced from one Reclaimed Metal + Ubersaw to two Scrap Metal + Ubersaw.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- [Undocumented] A successful Uberslice kill now fills a Medic's ÜberCharge 100%.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a voice response for the Uberslice.
- Added community contributed response rules to the Ubersaw.
- Fixed the Ubersaw not displaying a Medic's ÜberCharge progress.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.
- Fixed damage to buildings applying on-hit effects such as the Ubersaw charge.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Added Festive variant.
- Fixed the Ubersaw taunt attack using the incorrect deathnotice image.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attribute:
- [Undocumented] Taunt can now be activated by alt-fire.
- Updated The Ubersaw to support the Cool, Hot, and Isotope Unusual effects.
December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)
- Added 2nd Festive variant, obtained via Festivizing the Ubersaw.
Bugs
- On rare occasions, killing someone with the Ubersaw does not charge up the ÜberCharge meter.
Trivia
- Variations of the Ubersaw were tested in the Team Fortress 2 Closed Beta, featuring additional downsides such as -25% damage done or -20 health on hit.
- In the censored version of Team Fortress 2, the Ubersaw is not stained with blood, but otherwise remains unchanged.
- The Ubersaw makes an appearance in the Team Fortress 2 comic The Naked and the Dead, which the Medic uses to defend himself against the TFC Heavy.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
RED Festive variant.
RED Festivized variant.
See also
External links
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