Back Scatter
“ | Is-is anybody even payin' attention ta me?
Click to listen
— The Scout on shooting enemies from behind
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The Back Scatter is a community-created primary weapon for the Scout. It is a short, slightly-modified lever-action shotgun with wooden grips, a single barrel, and two small shell drums on the sides.
Nearby enemies within a range of 512 Hammer units[1] (roughly 9.8 meters or 32 feet) are dealt Mini-Crits damage when shot from behind with the Back Scatter. As a trade-off, it sports 34% fewer rounds per clip (leaving 4 shots before needing to reload), a 20% greater bullet spread, and an inability to deal random Critical hits.
The Back Scatter was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Contents
[hide]Damage and function times
See also: Damage
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Shot type | Hitscan | |
Damage type | Bullet | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
Damage | ||
Maximum ramp-up | 175% | 10.5 / pellet |
Base damage | 100% | 6 / pellet |
Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 3.168 / pellet |
Pellet count | 10 | |
Point blank | 11-105 | |
Medium range | 6-60 | |
Long range | 3-32 | |
Pellet spread | 25:1 | |
Critical | 18 / pellet | |
Mini-crit | 8.1 - 14.2 / pellet | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.625 s | |
Reload (first) | 0.7 s | |
Reload (consecutive) | 0.5 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
Reclaimed Metal | Shortstop | Crit-a-Cola | Back Scatter | |||
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As a crafting ingredient
Reclaimed Metal | Reclaimed Metal | Back Scatter | Panic Attack | |||
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Strange variant
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Related achievements
Scout
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Spy
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Update history
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- The Back Scatter was added to the game.
- Added a crafting recipe for the Back Scatter.
- Updated the attribute description for the Back Scatter to better explain what it does.?
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- Added Strange quality.
- Fixed The Back Scatter not Mini-Crit'ing when the Scout was in the air and behind their target.
Trivia
- A backscatter is a diffuse reflection towards the direction it came.
Gallery
See also
References
- Jump up ↑ src/game/shared/tf/tf_gamerules.cpp:L6280 Retrieved 1 March 2025
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