Scotsman's Skullcutter

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I hope I didn't scare ya with my face-to-face MAN fighting! Click to listen — The Demoman

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The Scotsman's Skullcutter is a community melee weapon wielded by the Demoman. It appears as a bloodied battle-axe with a wooden shaft and spiked handguard.

This weapon functions similarly to the Eyelander in that it has a large melee range and will decapitate enemies, but it is not enchanted and will not collect power each time. It is however able to deal 20% extra damage and will recieve random Critical hits. The axe also appears to have considerable weight as it slows the Demoman down from 280 units/second (93% of normal speed) to 238 units/second (78% of normal speed). This is 8 units/second faster than a Heavy and 2 units/second slower than a Soldier, making him the second slowest class with it equipped. This item was released in the May 20, 2010 Patch under the second round of Contribute! content.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 78 (71 to 86 damage)
• Mini-Crit: 105
• Critical hit: 234

Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.8

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Other Properties

• Speed reduced 15% from 280 Hammer Units/second to 238 Hammer Units/second.
• Melee range increased ~37% from 65 to 89 Hammer Units.

Blueprint

Jarate		Axtinguisher		Scotsman's Skullcutter
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Recent Changes

• This weapon used to use the same hit sound as the Bottle, before a patch changed it due to popular demand.

Trivia

• This is the only player damaging weapon with no taunt. This is likely so as to keep the Demoman's Taunt kill, Decapitation, Eyelander exclusive.
• This is one of few weapons in the game that can kill a full health Soldier with a single critical strike.
• The Scotsman's Skullcutter's speed penalty also decreases the speed of a charge, when used with the Chargin' Targe (reducing it from 750 units/second to 638).
• Contrary to popular belief, the Skullcutter does not have the same range as the Bottle.
• A Spy who is disguised as a Demoman with the Skullcutter equipped will not have his movement speed reduced to 238 units per second (78% of normal speed), meaning that the Disguise's movement speed does not match an actual player's movement speed.
• It is possible to get the "Beat me up, Scotty" achievement with this.
• Most of the Team Fortress Quake mod's classes, including the Demoman, used a battle-axe as their melee weapon.
• Along with the Eyelander, this weapon lacks any unique lines. It's common to hear no lines or Bottle lines while in use.

Gallery

• Scotsman's Skullcutter 1st person cropped.png

  1st person view.

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  Full 1st person view.

• Scotsman's Skullcutter with Chargin' Targe 1st person cropped.png

  1st person view with Chargin' Targe.

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  Full 1st person view with Chargin' Targe.

See also

• Scotsman's Skullcutter strategy