Chargin' Targe
| “ | “If I were to pick up this cowering-plate, I would have to put down my second sword,” a Scotsman thinks. “And surely that is madness.”
The Chargin’ Targe solves this riddle by turning the useless shield into a deadly weapon you can run at people with and then bludgeon to death. — Close Combat Kit publicity blurb
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The Chargin' Targe is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Demoman. It appears as an antique wooden shield with an iron rim and a deadly center spike. A relatively large section of the shield is missing.
Equipping this weapon adds 50% resistance to fire damage, and 40% resistance to explosions. As a bonus, pressing alternate fire initiates a charge attack; the player will move forward at an extremely fast pace, but will be unable to change direction. The strength of the charge can be indicated in a meter in the HUD which changes color as it depletes, and by the rapidly glowing melee weapon. When at white or green, a melee attack will only do normal damage. At the yellow color, essentially half of the charge distance, striking will add Mini-Crit damage. Finally, moving the full distance and attacking at red will give it a full-power Critical hit. The Targe cannot replenish its charge meter using resupply lockers, ammo crates, or through immediate death and instant respawn. When charging with a Grenade Launcher, the glowing animation will occur as with a melee weapon, yet it will only do normal damage upon firing.
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Damage
Alternate fire initiates a charge attack, which deals damage on its own, or may be used in conjunction with another weapon.
- Charge Damage: 50 (if shield connects with enemy at the end of the charge) + 10 per head (up to 5 heads).
- The shield damage is affected by weapon damage spread, it is not a constant number.
- Fire Resistance: 50%
- Blast Resistance: 40%
- Charge Speed: 750 HU/sec. (Approximately 2.5 times faster than 'Base' Speed)
- Charge Speed: 638 HU/sec. with Scotsman's Skullcutter equipped. (Approximately 2.1 times faster than 'Base' Speed)
Function times
- Charge Interval: 12 seconds
Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Related Achievements
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The Targe Charge
Charge and kill someone with your shield bash. |
Recent Changes
- Prior to the April 28, 2010 Patch, the Targe featured team-colored paint on its front and a team-colored pad on its back. The current orange paint aids easy visual identification at a distance.
Trivia
- The Chargin' Targe has Developer weapon variants.
- For crafting purposes, this weapon is in the primary slot.
- A targe is a iron-framed wooden shield which buckles to the forearm, and is most-often used while jousting.
- The Chargin' Targe functions very similarly to the Left 4 Dead 2 special-infected, the Charger, who has a near-identical charging ability.
- When a player successfully rams into the enemy with the Targe while dealing damage, one of three loud cheers from the 'audience' is heard.
- The Chargin' Targe was the only item that has an icon that is colored BLU in the backpack.
- Although likely a typo, it is interesting to note that in the changelog for the April 28, 2010 Patch, the Chargin' Targe is referred to as the "Chargin' Target". [1]
- The targe has three different crowd cheering sounds played during a successful shield bash, depending on the distance. Short range, medium range, long range.
Gallery
- Eyelander with Chargin' Targe 1st person cropped.png
1st person view with Eyelander.
Full 1st person view with Eyelander.
- Scotsman's Skullcutter with Chargin' Targe 1st person cropped.png
1st person view with Scotsman's Skullcutter.
Full 1st person view with Scotsman's Skullcutter.
The old RED paint.
The old BLU paint.
See also
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