Fire Axe
| Fire Axe | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Availability: | Stock |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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| Loadout Stats | |
 Fire Axe |
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The Fire Axe is the default melee weapon for the Pyro. It is a stereotypical fireman's axe with a wooden handle and a red axe head with a silver edge on the left and a smaller red one on the right.
In most circumstances, the Flamethrower is a better choice for targets in melee range; however, the Fire Axe is typically used on unaware enemies and for humiliation purposes, or countering a nearby enemy Pyro. The swing animation for the Fire Axe is a horizontal swift right to left. On a successful crit the swing animation is a vertical up to down swift.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 65 |
| Point blank | 59-72 | |
| Critical | 195 | |
| Mini-crit | 88 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Related Achievements
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Update history
- Fixed occasional misreporting of Fire Axe damage distances to the stats system.
April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)
- Added new swing animations.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
Gallery
First-person view.
