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{{Item infobox
 
| type            = weapon
 
| image            = Back Scratcher.png
 
| used-by          = [[Pyro]]
 
| slot            = melee
 
| contributed-by  = {{Backpack Item Link|76561198007105082|228278651}}
 
| released        = {{Patch name|12|17|2010}}<br />([[Australian Christmas]])
 
| availability    = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate6|Crate42-strange|collectors|warpaint}}
 
| marketable      = yes
 
| craft            = yes
 
| numbered        = no
 
| loadout          = yes
 
  | item-kind      = Garden Rake
 
  | item-level    = 10
 
  | att-1-positive = +25% damage bonus
 
  | att-2-positive = +50% health from packs on wearer
 
  | att-3-negative = -75% health from healers on wearer
 
}}
 
{{Quotation|'''Back Scratcher''' publicity blurb|When asked about it, the Pyro claims to have found it in the garden and has been using it as a backscratcher, though we must admit we have always wondered how the bent teeth and bloodstains got there. Now we know.}}
 
 
 
The '''Back Scratcher''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Weapons#pyromelee|melee weapon]] for the [[Pyro]]. It is a heavy-duty gardening rake, consisting of a wooden handle with a green metal head at one end, and a rubber cap on the other. The teeth on the head are bloodstained and bent.
 
 
 
The Back Scratcher increases melee damage by 25% when compared with the [[Fire Axe]] and raises healing from [[Health#Health Kits|health pack]]s by 50%, as well as dropped [[lunchbox]] items, which function as small and medium health packs. As a result, small and medium health packs bestow 54, approximately 31%, and 132, approximately 75% health respectively. However, there is an overall cost of 75% slower healing from [[Medic]]s, [[Dispenser]]s and the [[Payload#Carts|Payload Cart]]. Players are therefore forced to rely less on continuous healing sources and more on health packs scattered around the map.
 
 
 
As an interesting bonus, the rate at which a Medic's [[ÜberCharge]] is filled is not slowed, allowing heavily-injured Pyros to greatly build up an ÜberCharge.
 
 
 
The weapon was originally created for the [[Fancy vs. Nasty Update]] as a replacement skin for the [[Axtinguisher]] and has since been officially added to the game.
 
 
 
== Damage and function times ==
 
{{Damage table
 
| damagetype        = Melee
 
| rangetype          = Melee
 
 
 
| damage = yes
 
|  base = 81
 
|  crit = 244
 
|  minicrit = 110
 
| function times  = yes
 
|  attack interval = 0.8 s
 
}}
 
 
 
== Healing rates ==
 
[[File:TF2 Back Scratcher Graph.png|right|400px|thumb|A graph comparing the healing rates of various sources with and without the Back Scratcher.]]
 
{{See also|Health}}
 
From '''[[Medi Gun]]''', '''[[Kritzkrieg]]''', or '''[[Vaccinator]]''':
 
 
 
* '''Injured 10 or less seconds ago''': 6 per second
 
* '''Injured 15 or more seconds ago''': 18 per second
 
From '''[[Quick-Fix]]''':
 
 
 
* '''Injured 10 or less seconds ago''': 8.4 per second
 
* '''Injured 15 or more seconds ago''': 25.2 per second
 
* '''Injured 10 or less second ago with ÜberCharge''': 25.2 per second
 
* '''Injured 15 or more seconds ago with ÜberCharge''': 75.6 per second
 
 
 
'''[[Overheal]]''' from '''Vaccinator''':
 
 
 
* '''Injured 10 or less seconds ago''': 2 per second
 
* '''Injured 15 or more seconds ago''': 6 per second
 
 
 
From '''[[Medicating Melody]]''':
 
 
 
* '''Injured 10 or less seconds ago''': 6.25 per second
 
* '''Injured 15 or more seconds ago''': 18.75 per second
 
 
 
From '''[[Dispenser]]''':
 
 
 
* '''Level 1''': 2.5 per second
 
* '''Level 2''': 3.75 per second
 
* '''Level 3''': 5 per second
 
 
 
From '''[[Payload#Carts|Payload Cart]]''':
 
* 2.5 per second
 
Healing rates are approximate and determined by community testing.
 
 
 
{{Weapon Demonstration}}
 
 
 
==Crafting==
 
{{See also|Crafting}}
 
===Blueprint===
 
{{Blueprint
 
| ingredient-1 = Axtinguisher
 
| ingredient-2 = Scotsman's Skullcutter
 
| result = Back Scratcher
 
}}
 
{{Blueprint | autoresult = Pyro melee}}
 
 
 
== Strange variant  ==
 
{{Strange item info
 
| item-type = Garden Rake
 
| rankson = kills
 
| rankson2 =
 
| festive =
 
  | att-1-positive = +25% damage bonus
 
  | att-2-positive = +50% health from packs on wearer
 
  | att-3-negative = -75% health from healers on wearer
 
| can deal damage = yes
 
| can deal gib damage = no
 
| can headshot = no
 
| can reflect projectiles = no
 
| can deal posthumous damage = no
 
| can extinguish = no
 
| notes =
 
}}
 
 
 
== Related achievements ==
 
=== {{class link|Pyro}} ===
 
{{Achievement table
 
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Pyro|Clearcutter}}
 
| 2 = {{Show achievement|Pyro|Lumberjack}}
 
}}
 
 
 
== Update history ==
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|12|17|2010}}''' ([[Australian Christmas]])
 
* The Back Scratcher was added to the game.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|12|21|2010}}'''
 
* The Back Scratcher was added to the [[Mann Co. Store]], made craftable, and included in [[item drop system|random drops]].
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|1|7|2011}}'''
 
* The Back Scratcher was given a unique [[kill icon]].
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|2|14|2011}}'''
 
* Fixed [[melee]] attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|7|22|2011}}'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} The damage bonus attribute was changed from "+25% damage done" to "+25% damage bonus".
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|3|22|2012}}'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Collector's]] quality.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|12|21|2017}}''' ([[Smissmas 2017]])
 
* Added [[Festivizer|Festivized]] variant.
 
 
 
== Bugs ==
 
* Crusaders Crossbow is unaffected by stat '''"-75% health from healers on wearer"''' causing full healing to be applied to the Pyro.
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* Usually in the shape of a miniature rake, a [[w:Backscratcher|backscratcher]] is a tool used for scratching areas that cannot easily be reached by one's own hands, typically the middle of back; that is, to "scratch one's own back".
 
** A flanking Pyro may ambush an enemy from behind, "scratching their back" for them with the rake.
 
** [https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scratch+your+back Scratch (someone's) back] is an idiom for doing someone a favor, such as Healing; but, the health pack buff makes it easier for (or requires) the flanking Pyro to "scratch their own back" with Health Pickups.
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Back Scratcher 1st person.png|First-person view.
 
File:Back Scratcher First Person Festivized RED.png|[[RED]] [[Festivizer|Festivized]] variant.
 
File:Back Scratcher First Person Festivized BLU.png|[[BLU]] Festivized variant.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== See also ==
 
*[[Basic Pyro strategy#Back Scratcher|Back Scratcher strategy]]
 
 
 
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Revision as of 07:52, 22 July 2021

Pyro is a shit class