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== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
'''[[December 17, 2010 Patch]]'''
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'''[[December 17, 2010 Patch]]''' ([[Australian Christmas]])
 
* The item was added to the game.
 
* The item was added to the game.
 
'''[[December 21, 2010 Patch]]'''
 
'''[[December 21, 2010 Patch]]'''

Revision as of 18:16, 27 March 2011

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.
— Fancy Vs. Nasty update description

The Back Scratcher is a melee weapon for the Pyro. It appears as 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.

When equipped, this weapon increases melee damage by 25% and raises healing from health packs by 50%, as well as dropped Sandviches, which function as medium health packs. As a result, small and medium health packs bestow 54 (~31%) and 132 (~75%) health respectively. However there is an overall cost of 75% slower healing from Medics, Dispensers and the 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 for the Axtinguisher and has since been officially added to the game.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 81
Point blank 72-93
Critical 244
Mini-crit 109
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Healing rates

See also: Health

From Medi Gun:

  • Injured 10 or less seconds ago: 6 per second
  • Injured 12.5 seconds ago: 12 per second
  • Injured 15 or more seconds ago: 18 per second

From Dispenser:

  • Level 1: 2.5 per second
  • Level 2: 3.75 per second
  • Level 3: 5 per second

From Payload Cart:

  • 2.5 per second

Healing rates are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Axtinguisher Scotsman's Skullcutter Back Scratcher
Item icon Axtinguisher.png + Item icon Scotsman's Skullcutter.png = Item icon Back Scratcher.png


Class Token - Pyro Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Pyro.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Axtinguisher.png Item icon Homewrecker.png Item icon Back Scratcher.png Item icon Powerjack.png
Item icon Sharpened Volcano Fragment.png Item icon Maul.png Item icon Postal Pummeler.png Item icon Third Degree.png
Item icon Lollichop.png Item icon Neon Annihilator.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png Item icon Ham Shank.png
Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png Item icon Conscientious Objector.png Item icon Hot Hand.png

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class pyro.png Pyro

Clearcutter
Clearcutter
Kill 6 people with your axe in one life.


Freezer Burn
Freezer Burn
Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts.
Lumberjack
Lumberjack
Kill 3 people with your axe in one life.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

  • The item was added to the game.

December 21, 2010 Patch

January 7, 2011 Patch

Bugs

  • Due to the size of the head of the rake, it clips significantly with the Pyro's leg when taunting.

Trivia

  • The stats for the Back Scratcher come from an iteration of the Pyro melee weapon, The Endless Carnage, in the Advanced Weaponiser mod. The stats of the Weaponiser weapon have since been changed.

Gallery

See also