Sapper
| Sapper | |
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| Kill Icon | |
| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Spy |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Availability: | Stock |
| Tradable: | No |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | No |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Reload type: | No Reload |
| Available Qualities | |
| “ | Spy's sappin' mah sentry!
Click to listen
— The Engineer
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The Electro Sapper, mentioned in the Sentry Gun Operational Guide as the FM/AM Ultra-Electro Sapper, is the default secondary weapon of the Spy. It is a small box inscribed 'Electro-Sapper' and sports a dial and switches. It also features two clamps that are deployed when used.
The sole function of the Electro Sapper is to destroy an Engineer's building. Should the player select the weapon and stand near an enemy structure, they will be able to see a white outline of the Electro Sapper on the building, indicating that it is in range and can be sapped. Pressing the primary fire key, default left-click, will attach the weapon, and the building will slowly be damaged until it is destroyed. A sapped building will cease to function; Sentry Guns will not fire, Dispensers will not heal or dispense ammo and Teleporters will not teleport. When applied to buildings, the Electro Sapper will produce electrical sparks and a loud hissing noise. When an Electro Sapper is attached to one end of a Teleporter, another Electro Sapper is automatically placed on the other end of the Teleporter, if it exists. If the Spy is disguised, the disguise class will play a distinct, unique animation of placing the device on the building.
For each building the Spy player places an Electro Sapper upon, a small window in their HUD will appear showing the remaining health of the building sapped, and the health of the Electro Sapper on that building.
Once the building is being sapped, the Engineer owner will be alerted to it in his HUD, and will automatically play a voice clip alerting nearby players of the building's predicament. Engineers can remove an Electro Sapper with two hits from their melee weapon. When an Electro Sapper is attacked, the Spy player will be notified by a similar alert in their HUD. If an Engineer removes an Electro Sapper from a Teleporter, the Electro Sapper at the other end is also removed. If another Engineer strikes the Electro Sapper first, he can get an assist for the Electro Sapper kill, and a Medic healing an Engineer can also score an assist in this way. Pyros equipped with the Homewrecker can also destroy Sappers in one hit if they happen upon them. This will provide the Spy with an opportunity to dispose of enemies, often with a backstab, that come to remove the Electro Sapper.
A small gauge is visible on the Electro Sapper when it is being carried; it serves no purpose other than aesthetics. The Electro Sapper has infinite ammunition and no discernible "cooldown" time. It is possible to repeatedly place Sappers on a building as an Engineer removes them, but faster than the Engineer can repair the damage they cause. However, this tactic seldom works if there are other enemies around.
The Electro Sapper breaks into metal fragments upon removal. The fragments can only be picked up for metal after being destroyed on a Dispenser, each Gib giving 3 metal.
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Damage and function times
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| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 25 / s |
| Function times | ||
| Building destroy time | Level 1: 6.00 sLevel 2: 7.20 sLevel 3: 8.64 sMini-Sentry: 4.00 s
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| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Related Achievements
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Update history
- Fixed server crash related to Spy Sappers.
- Fixed Spies being able to attach Sappers through thin walls.
- Sapped buildings now take slightly less damage from the Spy who sapped them.
- Fixed Spy backstab exploit.
- Fixed Electro Sapper viewmodel animation popping.
- Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building.
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Sappers attached to a teleporter automatically place another Electro Sapper on the other end of the teleporter, if it exists.
- Fixed Spies being able to destroy Sappers by using the "destroy 3 0" command.
Bugs
- When the Electro Sapper is held with a left-handed view model, the text on the front will be displayed backwards.
- The view model for the weapon depicts the Spy holding it with his right hand, yet the world model has him holding it with both hands.
- The view model appears to only have one connector cable attached to it, yet when it is placed on a building, two appear to be attached.
- The Electro Sapper clips through the light on top of the Combat Mini-Sentry. Additionally, the clamps do not attach to the sides of the Sentry Gun.
- In client view, a small polygon can be seen at the bottom of the screen on a high FOV. This is possibly part of the unused hand that would flick a switch on the item's surface.
- An issue can occur when the Electro Sapper is placed on a building that upgrades to the next level at the same time; the Electro Sapper will be unremovable by both Engineers or Homewrecker Pyros. Additionally, the sapped building will function as normal, albeit with draining health.
Trivia
- In an earlier version, the Spy would slowly flick a switch on the Electro Sapper's interface. This did not affect gameplay however, and did not add onto the duration of the weapon switching animation. It was later sped up as to be nearly unnoticeable for unknown reasons. The animation has remained this way for several patches.
- There is a possible way to see the switch animation of the Electro Sapper. It has a rare chance of the viewmodel drawing the animation (20%-30%). The switch animation is the Spy flipping a switch on the Electro Sapper for 0.5 seconds with a flipping sound.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
Electro Sapper with its attachment wires.
Broken Electro Sapper (Gib)
The HUD image displayed when using the Electro Sapper on a building. Displays Electro Sapper health and building health.
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