Manmelter
“ | Ideal for atomizing moon soldiers or neighborhood dogs at your earliest convenience!
— Manmelter publicity blurb
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The Manmelter is a secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a grey, retro-futuristic laser pistol, with a small vial that contains team-colored liquid.
The weapon fires flaming bolts of energy that are similar to the flares fired by the Flare Gun, but travel 50% faster. Unlike the other flare guns, the Manmelter's energy bolts do not inflict additional damage to ignited players. The Manmelter itself has unlimited ammunition, and cannot fire random critical hits. It requires reloading, but lacks a reload animation; instead, the Manmelter will play a distinct but quiet sound, similar to that of the Machina when it's fired without scoping, and produces a small spark slightly after it is ready to be fired again. When holding the primary-fire button (or firing as fast as possible), this sound and spark effect will not play.
Holding the alt-fire button will activate a vacuum-like function, pulling up dust from the ground and extinguishing teammates that are on fire. It extinguishes at roughly the same interval as continually airblasting with a flamethrower, although the player is required to press and hold alt-fire again to keep the vacuum going after they have extinguished a teammate. For each ally extinguished, the Manmelter will grant the user 20 health (similarly to a compression blast) and stores a guaranteed critical hit for later use, similarly to the Frontier Justice and Diamondback. Up to 35 crits can be stored in this fashion, all lost upon death. Firing a crit from the Manmelter shoots a burst of fire from the gun.
Enemies killed by the Manmelter suffer a distinctive death by incineration, wherein they disintegrate into smoldering orange cinders that quickly fade away.
Taunting with the Manmelter equipped will perform the Hadouken kill taunt. As the taunt kill shares the properties of the Manmelter, enemies hit by the Hadouken will also disintegrate into cinders.
This item was named the "Manmelter 3600 ZX" in promotional materials from the Official TF2 Blog and Weta Workshop.
The Manmelter was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.
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Damage and function times
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Shot type | Projectile | |
Damage type | Dual-type (fire and bullet) | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 30 |
Critical | 90 | |
Mini-crit | 41 | |
Afterburn | 4 / tick 60 total | |
Afterburn (mini-crit) | 5 / tick 75 total | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 2 s | |
Afterburn duration | 7.5 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Item set
Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack | |
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Crafting
Blueprint
Reclaimed Metal | Detonator | Manmelter | ||
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As a crafting ingredient
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Pyro
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Update history
- The Manmelter was added to the game.
- Fixed Manmelter getting crits from 'Mmmph' bar.
December 16, 2011 [Item schema update]
- Updated the description of the weapon.
- Added particle effect on muzzle that appears when ready to fire.
- Increased projectile speed while maintaining the same travel arc.
- Increased extinguish range.
- Added draw/recoil/crit forces for the Manmelter.
- Fixed the Manmelter idle effects showing on other flare guns.
- Added crafting blueprint for the Manmelter.
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the Manmelter to display incorrect kill icons.
- Fixed the Manmelter using the wrong muzzle flash effect.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Improved visual and audio cues for when the Manmelter is ready to fire.
- Fixed the Manmelter being able to earn crits via friendly Pyro self-damage.
- Removed some description text from the Manmelter that incorrectly stated its projectiles could not be deflected.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- The Manmelter can now accept Allies Extinguished strange parts.
- Changed attribute:
- Updated the Manmelter so extinguishing a teammate will return 20 health to the Pyro.
July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
- Removed (hidden) 20% fire rate penalty.
- Fixed duplicate reload sound entries in the
tf_weapon_flaregun_revenge
weapon script
Unused content
- There is a unique projectile impact for the laser hitting a wall.
Bugs
- When this weapon's projectile is reflected, it is reflected as a Flare Gun flare.
- The critical hits counter does not show when the active weapon is not the Manmelter.
- Firing at least one time will cause the weapon to not fully go back to its resting position.
- While holding down alt-fire after having saved up charges, trying to fire while still holding alt-fire instantly depletes the Manmelter of all its saved charges, and the crits counter is reset to 0. The weapon does not actually fire anything while this happens.
- Occasionally the ash-suck particle effect may not appear.
- If a friendly Pyro is inflicted by afterburn from the Gas Passer, and the Pyro extinguishes the friendly Pyro, they will receive points and health, but not a stored critical.
Gallery
See also
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Unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | Ambassador | |
Craft/Drop | Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter |
Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike |
Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower |
Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber |
Brass Beast Tomislav |
Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack |
Crusader's Crossbow Overdose |
Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Hitman's Heatmaker Classic |
L'Etranger Enforcer | |
promotion | — | Original | Nostromo Napalmer | — | Iron Curtain Huo-Long Heater |
Widowmaker | — | Machina AWPer Hand Fortified Compound |
Big Kill Diamondback | |
Uncrate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shooting Star | — | |
Contract | — | — | Dragon's Fury | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Slot 2 | stock | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | SMG | Sapper |
Unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance |
Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback |
— | |
Craft/Drop | Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol |
Gunboats Battalion's Backup Mantreads Reserve Shooter B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack |
Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack |
Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher |
Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business Panic Attack |
— | Quick-Fix Vaccinator |
Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine |
— | |
promotion | Lugermorph Flying Guillotine |
Concheror Righteous Bison |
— | — | Fishcake Robo-Sandvich |
Lugermorph Short Circuit |
— | — | Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap | |
Uncrate | Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R |
— | — | — | — | Giger Counter C.A.P.P.E.R |
— | Self-Aware Beauty Mark | Snack Attack | |
Contract | — | — | Gas Passer Thermal Thruster |
— | Second Banana | — | — | — | — | |
Melee | stock | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife |
Unlock | Sandman Necro Smasher |
Equalizer Necro Smasher |
Axtinguisher Necro Smasher |
Eyelander Necro Smasher |
Killing Gloves of Boxing Necro Smasher |
Gunslinger Necro Smasher |
Ubersaw Necro Smasher |
Necro Smasher | — | |
Craft/Drop | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Bat Outta Hell |
Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Holiday Punch Bat Outta Hell |
Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect |
Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Your Eternal Reward Big Earner Wanga Prick Spy-cicle | |
promotion | Frying Pan Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Apoco-Fists Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Prinny Machete | Frying Pan Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Conniver's Kunai Sharp Dresser Black Rose Prinny Machete | |
Distributed | Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Golden Wrench Saxxy Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Golden Frying Pan | |
Uncrate | Crossing Guard Batsaber |
Crossing Guard | Crossing Guard | Crossing Guard | Bread Bite Crossing Guard |
— | Crossing Guard | Crossing Guard | — | |
Contract | — | — | Hot Hand | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
PDA | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit |
PDA 2 | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch |
Unlock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer | |
promotion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | |
Taunt | various | Grand Slam (Sandman/Atomizer) |
Grenade (Equalizer/Escape Plan) |
Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter/Manmelter/Panic Attack/Gas Passer/Hot Hand) Armageddon (Rainblower) Execution (Scorch Shot) Gas Blast (Thermal Thruster) |
Barbarian Swing (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron) |
High Noon (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch) |
Guitar Smash (Frontier Justice) Arm Blender (Gunslinger) |
Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Uberslice (Ubersaw) Medicating Melody (Amputator) |
Arrow Stab (Huntsman/Fortified Compound) |
Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose/Golden Frying Pan) |
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