Conniver's Kunai

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Aww, you almost healed me to death that time!
The Spy after sapping too much health from opponents

The Conniver's Kunai is a community-created promotional melee weapon for the Spy. It is a Japanese kunai dagger with a cloth-bound handle that ends in a ring.

Equipping this weapon reduces the max health of the user by 55, lowering their total health to 70. Upon a successful backstab, degenerative effects such as afterburn and bleed end. The victim's total health, including overheal, is then added to the user's own health. This heals any damage taken, and then applies the remainder in the form of an overheal, capping out at a minimum of 75 and a maximum of 210.

The same rules of overheal decay apply to Spy as with other classes. The Spy's maximum overheal as applied by the Medic adds 35 health, which decays in the usual 15 seconds. However, the maximum overheal applied by the Conniver's Kunai is 140, four times as much as 35, so it takes four times longer to decay (60 seconds). The decay rate is approximately equal to 2.33 health per second.

Taunting with the Conniver's Kunai equipped results in the Fencing kill taunt.

This item was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Total War: SHOGUN 2 on Steam before March 15, 2011.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage type Melee
Ranged or Melee damage? Melee
Damage
Base damage 100% 40
Backstab 600%
Critical 120
Mini-crit 54
Healing
Self-healing 75-210
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Health

Main article: Health
Class Health Overheal Quick-Fix Overheal
Leaderboard class spy.png Spy 125 185 158
With the Big Earner equipped 100 150 126
With Conniver's Kunai equipped 70 105 89
Maximum overheal from Conniver's Kunai backstabs N/A 210 N/A

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Scrap Metal Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai
Item icon Scrap Metal.png + Item icon Your Eternal Reward.png = Item icon Conniver's Kunai.png
Class Token - Spy Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Spy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Your Eternal Reward.png Item icon Conniver's Kunai.png Item icon Big Earner.png Item icon Wanga Prick.png
Item icon Sharp Dresser.png Item icon Spy-cicle.png

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal Conniver's Kunai L'Etranger Big Earner
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Conniver's Kunai.png + Item icon L'Etranger.png = Item icon Big Earner.png

Strange variant


Related achievements

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

War Crime Spybunal
War Crime Spybunal
Kill a Spy who just backstabbed a teammate.


Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper

Consolation Prize
Consolation Prize
Get backstabbed 50 times.
Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment
Kill a Spy whose backstab attempt was blocked by your Razorback.


Leaderboard class spy.png Spy

A Cut Above
A Cut Above
Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife.


Agent Provocateur
Agent Provocateur
Backstab your Steam Community friends 10 times.


Come in From the Cold
Come in From the Cold
Get a Revenge kill with a backstab.


Counter Espionage
Counter Espionage
Backstab a disguised Spy.


Die Another Way
Die Another Way
Kill a Sniper after your backstab breaks his Razorback.


Dr. Nooooo
Dr. Nooooo
Backstab a Medic that is ready to deploy an ÜberCharge.


Fast Fingers
Fast Fingers
Backstab a Scout that is using the Back Scatter.


FYI I am a Spy
FYI I am a Spy
Backstab a Medic who has healed you in the last 5 seconds.


High Value Target
High Value Target
Backstab an enemy who is dominating 3 or more of your teammates.


Identity Theft
Identity Theft
Backstab the enemy that you're currently disguised as.
Is It Safe?
Is It Safe?
Backstab 50 enemies who are capturing control points.


May I Cut In?
May I Cut In?
Backstab an enemy and the Medic healing him within 10 seconds of each other.


Sapsucker
Sapsucker
Sap an enemy building, then backstab the Engineer who built it within 5 seconds.


Slash and Burn
Slash and Burn
Backstab an enemy, who then switches to Pyro before they respawn.


Spymaster
Spymaster
Backstab 1000 enemies.


The Man from P.U.N.C.T.U.R.E.
The Man from P.U.N.C.T.U.R.E.
Stab an enemy while fencing.


The Man with the Broken Guns
The Man with the Broken Guns
Backstab an Engineer, then sap 3 of his buildings within 10 seconds.


Triplecrossed
Triplecrossed
Backstab 3 Snipers in a single life.


Wetwork
Wetwork
Stab an enemy to death while under the influence of Jarate.


You Only Shiv Thrice
You Only Shiv Thrice
Backstab 3 enemies within 10 seconds.

Update history

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
  • The Conniver's Kunai was added to the game.

March 11, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed players getting a health bonus based on the weapon they're currently holding instead of the weapon that dealt the killing blow.

March 15, 2011 Patch

  • The Conniver's Kunai became tradable.
  • All Conniver's Kunais crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.
  • [Undocumented] The Conniver's Kunai was given a unique crafting recipe.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Spies now can speak their Domination or Revenge lines correctly when using the Knife or Conniver's Kunai.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • [Undocumented] The Conniver's Kunai was added to the crafting blueprint for the Big Earner.

July 12, 2011 [Item schema update]

April 17, 2012 Patch

  • Fixed a bug that would cause Medics to reduce the health of heal targets if the target had earned more health than their normally allowed max overheal.

April 18, 2012 Patch

  • Fixed health drain happening faster for players with health above the normal overheal amount for their class.

August 27, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed a bug that would allow Spies to exploit the Kunai's higher overheal limit.

November 12, 2013 Patch

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

  • Changed attributes:
    • Health penalty reduced from -65 to -55 (70 Health total).
    • Minimum Health gain of 75 on kill.
    • Maximum overheal from Kunai increased from 195 to 210.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • Fixed disguising with the Conniver's Kunai while spotted by a Sentry Gun causing the Sentry to ignore the Spy.

Bugs

  • The Strange Part: Critical Kills cannot be applied to this knife, despite being able to inflict critical damage upon backstabs as all other knives do.

Trivia

  • A conniver is a person who manipulates or secretly conspires with others, usually to advance their own agenda.

Gallery

See also