Blutsauger

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Haha! Vat a bloodbasz!
The Medic on a productive day

The Blutsauger, German for "Bloodsucker" or "Vampire", is an unlockable primary weapon for the Medic. It is similar in appearance to the Syringe Gun but with a solid, partially team-colored, pill shaped tank in place of the syringe canister. A team-colored heartbeat monitor line is painted on its sides.

This gun fires syringe projectiles at a speed of 990 Hammer units/61.88 feet per second, similarly to the default Syringe Gun. Additionally, whenever a projectile hits an enemy, three health is replenished to the player, indicated by a team-colored medical cross appearing over the Medic ; and a green "+3" appears on the bottom of the HUD (note that successful hits on a disguised Spy does not display the "+3").

As compensation, the Blutsauger reduces the Medic's passive healing ability by 2HP per second, so a Medic that has recently taken damage will regenerate at 1HP/sec, and at a maximum of 4HP/sec. Like the Syringe Gun, the Blutsauger's projectiles have a travel time and follow an arced trajectory, so it is necessary to lead a moving target and aim upward to compensate for distance.

The Blutsauger is automatically given to any player who obtains 10 Medic achievements.

The kill icon for the Blutsauger was contributed by NeoDement.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Identical to: Syringe Gun
Damage and function times
Shot type Projectile
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 120% 12
Base damage 100% 10
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 5
Point blank 10-15
Medium range 5-10
Long range 5-6
Critical 30
Mini-crit 14
Function times
Attack interval 0.1 s
Reload 1.6 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Medic Slot Token - Primary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Medic.png + Item icon Slot Token - Primary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Blutsauger.png Item icon Crusader's Crossbow.png Item icon Overdose.png

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class medic.png Medic

Does It Hurt When I Do This?
Does It Hurt When I Do This?
Kill 50 Scouts with your syringe gun.

Update history

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

  • The Blutsauger was added to the game.

September 15, 2009 Patch

  • Replaced "No critical hits" negative attribute with "-2 health drained per second on wearer"

January 7, 2011 Patch

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

  • Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.

Bugs

  • The Blutsauger dropped upon the Medic's death is always RED team-colored, regardless of which team the Medic is on.

Unused content

  • Two team-colored needle models exist for the Blutsauger; they remain unused.

Trivia

  • The filename for the Blutsauger model is leechgun.
  • According to German folklore, the Blutsauger was a boneless, vampire-like creature that converted its victims by tricking them into eating soil from the Blutsauger's grave.
  • Blutsauger is German for blood sucker.

Gallery

See also