Crit-a-Cola
“ | I don't know how it did it, but dis actually makes me more handsome!
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— The Scout on his new soda's benefits
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Crit-a-Cola, known in full as Bonk Crit-a-Cola, is a secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a canned soda with a purple label, manufactured by the Bonk! company.
Upon ingestion, Crit-a-Cola gives the Scout the ability to deal Mini-Crits for 8 seconds with any equipped weapon. However, making any attack while under the effect immediately causes a 5 second Marked-For-Death debuff. Making additional attacks while this debuff is active resets its duration.
As the process of drinking Crit-a-Cola is considered a taunt, it cannot be consumed in instances when taunts cannot be used, such as when underwater.
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[hide]Function times
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Effect | Each attack under the effect gives mini-crits. Attacking marks the player for death for 5 seconds. | |
Consumption time | 1.2 s | |
Recharge time | 22 s | |
Effect duration | 8 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
Kritzkrieg | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Crit-a-Cola | ||
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Class Token - Scout | Slot Token - Secondary | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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As a crafting ingredient
Reclaimed Metal | Shortstop | Crit-a-Cola | Back Scatter | |||
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Strange variant
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Related achievements
Scout
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Update history
- The Crit-a-Cola was added to the game.
April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)
- The "Retire the Runner" achievement was changed to apply to this weapon.
- [Undocumented] The Crit-a-Cola was given its own texture to match the backpack icon.
- [Undocumented] Added crafting recipe for the Crit-a-Cola.
June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)
- [Undocumented] The liquid spill from readying a can of Crit-a-Cola is now purple, instead of the green that Bonk! Atomic Punch uses.
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- [Undocumented] The Crit-a-Cola was added to the crafting blueprint for the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
- Fixed switching to the melee weapon instead of using the last weapon setting after drinking.
- The Crit-a-Cola was added to the weapon drop list.
- [Undocumented] The Crit-a-Cola was removed from the crafting blueprint for the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
- Fixed a bug that allowed the Crit-a-Cola to be used repeatedly with no cooldown.
- Added community contributed response rules to the Crit-a-Cola.
- [Undocumented] Fixed the particle effect on the draw animation for the Crit-a-Cola not showing in censored version.
- Fixed Natascha's bullets preventing Scouts from using Crit-a-Cola.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Added +25% increased movement speed while active.
- Increased duration from 6 to 8 seconds.
- Changed attributes:
- Removed Damage taken Mini-Crits.
- Added Damage taken increased 25%.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Changed attribute:
- Reduced damage taken increased from 25% to 10%.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Added Marked-for-Death debuff for 2 seconds after the buff effect expires.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Each attack while active adds Marked-For-Death debuff for 5 seconds. Effect does not stack.
- Removed Marked-For-Death when effect expires.
- Removed +25% move speed bonus.
- Removed +10% damage taken penalty.
- Fixed not being Marked-for-Death when doing a melee attack while under the effects of Crit-a-Cola.
Trivia
- As with Bonk! Atomic Punch, Crit-a-Cola cans use a pull-tab opening mechanism, first invented in 1956, as opposed to a stay-on-tab mechanism, which was popularized in the 1970s and is used on most canned beverages nowadays.
- Crit-a-Cola was designed and created one day before its release.[1] Upon its release, it had the same texture and particle effects as Bonk! Atomic Punch.
- The weapon's name is a play on the popular soft-drink brand name Coca-Cola.
- The labels for Crit-a-Cola and Bonk! Atomic Punch list the ingredients as water, radiation, and sugar. Several lines of random letters also appear on the label itself.
Gallery
See also
References
- Jump up ↑ PC Gamer, "Valve on the future of TF2". Published August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
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