Hibernating Bear

The Hibernating Bear
Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Contributed by:	Inventory
Released:	Australian Christmas
Items:	Brass Beast, Buffalo Steak Sandvich, Warrior's Spirit
Effect:	+5% critical hit damage resistance.

“

H-He's like a bear! He's like a big shaved bear that hates people! Click to listen — The Scout on fearsome enemies

”

Main article: Item sets

The Hibernating Bear
	Brass Beast Buffalo Steak Sandvich Warrior's Spirit Big Chief
Effect	No effect

The Hibernating Bear is an item set for the Heavy. It was contributed and added to the game in the Australian Christmas Update.

The set includes the following items:

• Brass Beast, a primary weapon;
• Buffalo Steak Sandvich, a secondary weapon;
• Warrior's Spirit, a melee weapon;

Equipping all three of these items increases the Heavy's critical hits damage resistance by 5%.

Weapons

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Craft Brass Beast		200	N/A	Base: 10.8 / per bullet Crit: 32.4 / per bullet	Has +20% damage bonus than the Mini-gun.  Has 50% slower spin up time than the Mini-gun.  Has -60% slower move speed while deployed than the Mini-gun.
Craft Buffalo Steak Sandvich	N/A	1	∞	N/A	Heals 50% of max health.  Speed is increased for the time of use.  Gains [crit|mini crits]] for the time of use.  Weapons are restricted to melee weapons only for the time of use.  Effect duration takes place for 15 seconds.  It takes 4.3 seconds for Heavy to finish eating the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.  It takes 30 seconds until the Heavy gains a Buffalo Steak Sandvich again.
Craft Warrior's Spirit		N/A	N/A	Base: 85 Crit: 254	Has +30% damage bonus than the Fists.  Has -20 max health on wearer.

Trivia

• The Hibernating Bear was originally called "Big Chief Hibernating Bear".

See also

• Hibernating Bear strategy