User:EtherealT/Echoboy11's TF2 Balancing Document

Multi-Class

Multi-Class - Hitscan Changes
Changed: Accuracy steadily improves in a linear manner the longer the weapon isn't fired  Info: Before, hitscan weapons stay inaccurate for 1.25 seconds until being perfectly accurate again

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Reserve Shooter	Added: +20% more accurate  Added: -20% bullets per shot  Changed: Being launched airborne by grapple hooks and rocket packs no longer trigger mini-crits  Info: Mini-crits are only triggered by the wearer's explosives, but not airblasts	Mini-crits targets launched airborne by explosions  +20% more accurate  This weapon deploys 20% faster  -34% clip size  -20% bullets per shot
B.A.S.E. Jumper	Added: Parachute can be redeployed again while at midair with a 1.5 second cooldown  Removed: (Hidden) -50% air control while deployed	Press 'JUMP' key in the air to deploy. Deployed Parachutes slow your descent.
Pain Train	Added: Gain a speed boost while interacting with an objective when active  Removed: 10% bullet damage vulnerability on wearer  Added: -15 max health on wearer  Added: Can now be equipped by the Pyro  Info: Actions that count as interacting with an objective include standing on a control point or payload cart, carrying or standing near an intelligence briefcase, etc.	+1 capture rate on wearer  Gain a speed boost while interacting with an objective when active  -15 max health on wearer

Scout

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Force-A-Nature	Changed: Ammo is no longer lost if the clip is reloaded while there is still ammo in the clip  Changed: Knockback mechanics now match the mechanics of Sentry knockback  Info: With this change, knockback no longer stunlocks the victim	+50% faster firing speed  Knockback on the target and shooter  +20% bullets per shot  -10% damage penalty  -66% clip size This weapon reloads its entire clip at once
Shortstop	Changed: Reload time decreased from 1.52 to 1.15 seconds  Removed: Increase in push force taken from damage and airblast	Holds a 4-shot clip and reloads its entire clip at once. Alt-Fire to reach out and shove someone!
Soda Popper	Changed: Ammo is no longer lost if the clip is reloaded while there is still ammo in the clip  Changed: Hype mode bonus jumps decreased from 5 to 3  Removed: +25% faster reload time	+50% faster firing speed  On Hit: Builds Hype  -66% clip size When Hype is full, Alt-Fire to activate Hype mode for multiple air jumps. This weapon reloads its entire clip at once.
Baby Face's Blaster	Changed: Damage required to drain all boost increased from 25 to 50  Changed: Boost now gradually drains over 0.5 seconds upon taking damage  Changed: Fall damage no longer drains boost  Changed: Damage required to build maximum boost increased from 100 to 150	On Hit: Builds Boost  Run speed increased with Boost  -34% clip size  -10% slower move speed on wearer  Boost reduced on air jumps  Boost reduced when hit
Back Scatter	Changed: Firing at someone at their back now inflicts full crits instead of mini-crits	Crits targets when fired at their back from close range  -34% clip size  -20% less accurate  No random critical hits
Bonk! Atomic Punch	Changed: Weapon swapping is now possible while under the buff  Changed: The slow now takes effect during the buff instead of only taking effect after the buff ends  Info: Being hit while the buff is active will slow the wearer for 5 seconds, successive hits will increase the slow effect similarly to vanilla and refreshes the slow duration	Drink to become invulnerable for 8 seconds. Cannot attack during this time. Damage absorbed will slow you while the effect is active.
Crit-a-Cola	Changed: Mark-For-Death now immediately takes effect as soon as the drink is consumed  Changed: Mark for death duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds	While effect is active: each attack mini-crits for 8 seconds, but the wearer is Marked-For-Death for 10 seconds.
Mad Milk	Added: The wearer can now coat themselves if they are caught in the splash radius  Changed: The debuff can now be removed with health packs  Changed: Healing on damage done decreased from 60% to 35%  Changed: Base splash radius decreased from 200 to 110 HU  Removed: Extinguishing teammates reduces cooldown by -20%  Info: The wearer is not covered in Mad Milk if they are on fire  Info: The wearer cannot coat themselves in MvM	Players heal 35% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk. Can be used to extinguish fires. Be careful of being drenched by milk if you stand too close to the splash radius!
Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol	Changed: Health gain increased from +3 to +15  Added: -15% damage penalty  Changed: Health gain now only triggers on kill  Removed: +15% faster firing speed	+15 health restored on kill  -25% clip size  -15% damage penalty
Flying Guillotine	Added: Cooldown reduction increased from -29% to -50%  Changed: Bleed duration decreased from 5 to 2.5 seconds  Changed: Increased recharge time from 5.1 to 10 seconds  Changed: Cooldown now only triggers on kill instead of long distance hits	On Kill: Reduces current cooldown by -50%  No random critical hits
Sandman	Changed: Debuff duration decreased from 1-7 to 1-5 seconds  Changed: Projectile now disables healing instead of slowing the target on hit	Alt-Fire: Launches a ball that disables healing on opponents  -15 max health on wearer
Sun-on-a-Stick	Added: Alt-Fire: Sets the wearer on fire for 6 seconds  Added: On Hit: Transfers current afterburn to the victim  Added: Holstering while on fire will cause the wearer to take all remaining afterburn damage at once  Removed: +25% fire damage resistance while deployed  Info: The wearer has 25% damage resistance from self inflicted afterburn	Alt-Fire: Sets the wearer on fire for 6 seconds  On Hit: Transfers current afterburn to the victim  100% critical hit vs burning players  Holstering while on fire will cause the wearer to take all remaining afterburn damage at once  -25% damage penalty
Fan O'War	Added: This weapon holsters 50% faster	Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit  On Hit: One target at a time is marked for death, causing all damage taken to be mini-crits  This weapon holsters 50% faster  -75% damage penalty
Atomizer	Changed: No longer requires deploying the weapon to gain triple jumps  Removed: This weapon deploys 50% slower  Added: -25 max health on wearer	Grants Triple Jump  Melee attacks mini-crit while airborne.  -15% damage vs players  -25 max health on wearer

Soldier

Soldier - Primary Changes
Changed: Base self damage resistance increased from 40% to 50%

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Direct Hit	Changed: Damage bonus increased from +25% to +33%  Added: No damage ramp up  Changed: Being launched airborne by grapple hooks and rocket packs no longer trigger the on hit effect  Changed: Damage bonus now only affects players  Changed: Hitting a target who is launched airborne by explosives will now refund a rocket back to the clip instantly	+33% damage bonus vs players  +80% projectile speed  Instantly refund one rocket upon hitting targets launched airborne by explosions  -70% explosion radius  No damage ramp up
Liberty Launcher	Added: +35% increased knockback  Added: No damage fall off  Removed: -25% damage penalty  Changed: Clip size decreased from +25% to -25%  Removed: +40% projectile speed  Removed: -25% blast damage from rocket jumps  Added: Rockets travel in a steep arc	+35% increased knockback  No damage fall off  Rockets travel in a steep arc  -25% clip size
Cow Mangler 5000	Changed: Charged shots now deal double damage to buildings  Changed: Charged shot afterburn duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds  Removed: Minicrits whenever it would normally crit  Added: -25% clip size  Changed: The building stun can now be removed with a wrench hit  Changed: Replaced mini-crits on charged shots with +35% damage bonus	Does not require ammo  Alt-Fire: A charged shot that deals +35% bonus damage, disables buildings for 4 sec and sets the target on fire for 6 sec  -25% clip size  Deals only 20% damage to buildings  No random critical hits
Beggar's Bazooka	Changed: The first rocket from every barrage is now perfectly accurate  Changed: Random projectile deviation decreased from 3 to 2 degrees  Changed: Consecutive reload time decreased from 1.04 to 0.8 seconds  Removed: -20% explosion radius  Removed: No ammo from dispensers when active  Changed: Initial reload time increased from 1.196 to 1.38 seconds  Changed: Firing speed decreased from +70% to +40%  Info: Overall reload speed decreased from -30% to -18%	Hold Fire to load up to 3 rockets  Release Fire to unleash the barrage  +2 degrees random projectile deviation  Overloading the chamber will cause a misfire
Air Strike	Added: Ammo is drawn from the reserves while firing during a blast jump  Removed: -20% explosion radius while blast jumping  Added: -25% clip size  Changed: Firing speed while blast jumping decreased from +65% to +40%  Changed: Blast damage from rocket jumps increased from -15% to +15%  Removed: Clip size increased on kill	Ammo is drawn from the reserves while firing during a blast jump  +40% faster firing speed while blast jumping  -15% damage penalty  -10% explosion radius  -25% clip size  +15% damage to self
Gunboats	Changed: Blast jump damage taken increased from -60% to -50%  Info: Overall blast damage taken from rocket jumps is unchanged	-50% blast damage from blast jumps
Battalion's Backup	Removed: +20 max health on wearer	Provides a defensive buff that protects nearby team members from crits, incoming sentry damage by 50% and 35% from all other sources. Rage increases through damage done.
Concheror	Removed: (Hidden) 25% Rage amplification on wearer  Removed: +4 health regenerated per second on wearer  Info: Now takes 600 damage to charge up like all other banners	Provides group speed buff with damage done giving health. Gain rage with damage.
Mantreads	Changed: Stomp damage multiplier increased from 3x to 10x  Info: Damage increased from 75-360 to 227-1177	-75% reduction in push force taken from damage  Deals 10x falling damage to the player you land on  -75% reduction in airblast vulnerability  200% increased air control when blast jumping
Righteous Bison	Changed: Base damage increased from 20 to 45  Changed: Base projectile speed increased from 1200 to 2000 HU  Removed: Projectiles can no longer damage the same target multiple times  Changed: The projectile now does fire damage instead of bullet damage	Does not require ammo  Projectile penetrates enemies  Projectile cannot be deflected  Deals only 20% damage to buildings
Equalizer	Changed: Reworked formula for damage calculation, resulting in more damage at low health  Info: Damage increased from 33-107 to 33-149	When weapon is active:  Damage increases as the user becomes injured  -90% less healing from Medic sources
Disciplinary Action	Changed: The longer melee range only applies when hitting teammates  Changed: Damage penalty increased from -25% to -50%	On Hit Teammate: Boosts both players' speed for several seconds  -50% damage penalty
Market Gardener	Added: +15% damage to self	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping  -20% slower firing speed  +15% damage to self  No random critical hits

Pyro

Pyro - Flamethrower Changes

Changed: Firing speed increased from 0.105 to 0.045 seconds  Removed: Damage starts at 50% and ramps up based on flame density  Removed: Random flame particle deviation  Removed: Random flame particle velocity  Changed: Particle box dimensions decreased from 12 to 4  Changed: Flamethrower damage is now calculated based on each individual particle instead of per tick  Changed: Ammo consumption increased from 12.5 to 12 ammo per second  Changed: Rescaled damage from 6.5-13 to 7.5-10 damage  Changed: Projectile speed decreased from 2300 to 1500 HU  Changed: Afterburn now requires 8 flame projectiles to hit before igniting the target  Changed: Flare Gun afterburn duration decreased from 7.5-10 seconds to a fixed 6 seconds  Removed: Afterburn no longer reduces healing and shield effects  Changed: Flamethrower afterburn duration rescaled from 3-10 seconds to a fixed 6 seconds  Changed: Victims now gain a timer indicating how long afterburn will last for  Changed: Flame visuals now match the ones from TF2 Classic  Info: Flame particles now require much more aim due to the reduced hitbox

Pyro - Airblast Changes

Added: Pyro now has 40% damage resistance against their own reflected projectiles  Changed: Projectiles with a fuse time or timer is now reset upon being airblasted  Changed: Delay between airblasting and primary fire reduced from 0.75 to 0.375 seconds (Does not affect the Dragon's Fury)  Changed: Airblast knockback decreased from 344 HU to 223.6 HU  Changed: Airblast no longer reduces air control while airborne  Removed: Airblast no longer extinguishes teammates  Removed: Airblast no longer mini-crit boosts projectiles  Changed: Airblast knockback is now affected by knockback resistance and vulnerability attributes  Changed: Reflected projectiles are now launched back as if they came out of the flamethrower nozzle  Info: Airblasts still reset damage ramp up  Info: Reflected stickybombs are simply pushed back instead of launched as if they came out of the flamethrower nozzle

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Backburner	Removed: +150% airblast cost  Added: -40% max primary ammo on wearer  Changed: The no random critical hits attribute is no longer hidden	100% critical hits from behind  -40% max primary ammo on wearer  No random critical hits
Degreaser	Changed: Holster speed increased from +30% to +50%  Removed: -66% afterburn damage penalty  Added: -66% afterburn duration  Added: -20% damage penalty  Changed: Deploy speed decreased from +60% to +50%	This weapon deploys 50% faster  This weapon holsters 50% faster  -66% afterburn duration  +25% airblast cost  -20% damage penalty
Phlogistinator	Added: Alt-Fire: Unleashes an explosive fireball that deals damage, sets targets on fire and knocks them back  Added: Up to +200% damage bonus on alt-fire based on the current level of Heat  Added: +20% ramp up damage  Added: +51% flame reach  Removed: No airblast  Removed: No random critical hits  Added: -32% damage penalty  Added: Weapon is disabled if Heat is maxed  Removed: Build 'Mmmph' by dealing damage.  Added: Firing continuously builds Heat  Changed: Fires a hitscan heat beam instead of flame particles  Info: +20% ramp up damage implies that it has a maximum damage multiplier of 120% instead of the standard 100% at close range  Info: Heat builds up at 17% per second, and drains at -33% per second after one second of not attacking  Info: The explosive fireball has a projectile speed of 2000 HU/s and disappears after 0.256 seconds  Info: The explosive fireball has a base damage of 25 and has an afterburn duration of 6 seconds  Info: The fireball has an explosion radius of 110 HU and has 3x the knockback of a Detonator flare  Info: The fireball can be used to blast jump, but self damage and knockback do not scale with Heat	Up to +200% damage bonus on alt-fire based on the current level of Heat  +20% ramp up damage  +51% flame reach  -32% damage penalty  Weapon is disabled if Heat is maxed  Firing continuously builds Heat Alt-Fire: Unleashes an explosive fireball that deals damage, sets targets on fire and knocks them back Fires a hitscan heat beam instead of flame particles
Dragon's Fury	Added: Projectile cannot be deflected or destroyed  Changed: Base projectile damage increased from 25 to 27  Changed: Projectile now only breaks if its center collides with map geometry  Changed: Increased the center of the projectile to 2 HU wide  Changed: Afterburn duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds  Changed: Projectile range increased from 526 to 600 HU  Removed: -50% repressurization rate on Alt-Fire  Changed: Damage type changed from fire to fire + explosive  Info: Projectiles are able to inflict minor knockback akin to the Detonator	Projectile cannot be deflected  Deals +200% damage to burning targets  +50% repressurization rate on hit Uses a shared pressure tank for Primary Fire and Alt-Fire. Primary Fire: Launches a fast moving projectile that briefly ignites enemies Alt-Fire: Release a blast of air that pushes enemies and projectiles, and extinguishes teammates that are on fire. This powerful, single-shot flamethrower rewards consecutive hits with faster reloads and bonus damage.
Detonator	Added: +35% self damage force  Removed: -25% damage penalty  Removed: +50% damage to self  Added: -75% afterburn duration on flare detonation  Info: The increased self damage is to offset the reduction in push force as a result of removing the damage penalty, and otherwise does not change flare jump height	100% mini-crits vs burning players  +35% self damage force  -75% afterburn duration on flare detonation Alt-Fire: Detonate flare. This weapon will reload automatically when not active.
Manmelter	Added: On Hit vs Burning Players: Increases current afterburn damage by +100% for the remainder of the duration  Added: 100% mini-crits vs burning players  Added: Does not engulf targets in flames on hit  Removed: Alt-Fire: Extinguish teammates to gain guaranteed critical hits  Removed: Extinguishing teammates restores 20 health	+50% projectile speed  Does not require ammo  On Hit vs Burning Players: Increases current afterburn damage by +100% for the remainder of the duration  100% mini-crits vs burning players  No random critical hits This weapon will reload automatically when not active.
Scorch Shot	Added: On Hit: Creates an explosion that does high knockback  Changed: Damage increased from -35% to +66%  Removed: -35% self damage force  Added: -50% slower reload time  Added: -50% max secondary ammo on wearer  Removed: 100% mini-crits vs burning players  Removed: Flare knocks back target on hit and explodes when it hits the ground.  Removed: Increased knockback on burning players  Info: Has a base splash damage of 30 and a minimum splash of 50%  Info: Has 4x the knockback of a Detonator flare	On Hit: Creates an explosion that does high knockback  +66% damage bonus  -50% slower reload time  -50% max secondary ammo on wearer This weapon will reload automatically when not active.
Gas Passer	Changed: Targets coated in gas now suffer a +100% Overheal drain rate and a -50% healing penalty debuff from all healers  Changed: Base cooldown decreased from 60 to 20 seconds  Changed: Targets coated in gas now take mini-crit damage from all fire damage sources  Changed: Targets coated in gas are considered to be wet  Changed: Gas continues to remain on enemies even after they have been engulfed in flames, lasting its entire 10 second duration  Removed: Gas meter starts empty  Removed: Spawning and resupply do not affect the Gas meter  Added: The wearer can now coat themselves if they are caught in the splash radius  Changed: The debuff can now be removed with health packs  Changed: Projectile can no longer extinguish teammates  Removed: Gas meter builds with damage done  Info: This means that the same target can be extinguished and still be able to reignite for up to 10 seconds  Info: +100% Overheal drain rate means that overheal drains at twice the speed	Creates a horrific visible gas that coats enemies with a flammable material, which increases Overheal drain rate, decreases healing from healers and causes them to take mini-crits from fire damage, which then ignites into afterburn if they take damage (even enemy Pyros!).
Thermal Thruster	Changed: Stomp damage multiplier increased from 3x to 10x  Changed: Jetpack jumping now follows explosive knockback  Changed: Switch speed is no longer fixed and can now be influenced by switch speed modifiers  Removed: (Hidden) This weapon deploys 60% slower  Removed: (Hidden) This weapon holsters 60% slower  Removed: Taking off with the jetpack extinguishes nearby teammates  Removed: (Hidden) +75% fall damage resistance on wearer while jetpack jumping  Removed: No longer knocks back enemies on take off and landing  Info: Jetpack jumping now has increased air control akin to actual blast jumping	Push enemies back when you land (force and radius based on velocity) Death from above! Fires a short-duration blast that launches the Pyro in the direction they are aiming. Deal 10x falling damage to anyone you land on!
Axtinguisher	Changed: Hitting a burning target now inflicts full crits instead of mini-crits  Changed: Damage penalty now only affects non-burning targets  Removed: This weapon holsters 35% slower  Removed: No random critical hits  Added: Self mark for death while active  Changed: Damage penalty increased from -33% to -50%  Removed: Damage increases based on remaining duration of afterburn  Removed: Killing blows on burning players grant a speed boost	100% critical hit vs burning players and extinguishes them  -50% damage penalty vs non-burning players  Self mark for death while active
Homewrecker	Added: When weapon is active: -75% reduction in push force taken from damage  Added: When weapon is active: -75% reduction in airblast vulnerability  Changed: Damage vs buildings increased from +100% to +150%  Removed: -25% damage vs players  Added: -40% slower firing speed  Removed: Damage removes Sappers	When weapon is active:  +150% damage vs buildings  -75% reduction in push force taken from damage  -75% reduction in airblast vulnerability  -40% slower firing speed
Powerjack	Removed: When weapon is active: 20% damage vulnerability on wearer  Added: -15 max health on wearer  Removed: +25 health restored on kill  Info: The max health penalty is passive rather than while active	When weapon is active:  +15% faster move speed on wearer  -15 max health on wearer
Sharpened Volcano Fragment	Added: On Hit: Bleed for 10 seconds  Added: All damage over time dealt by this weapon is returned to the wearer as health  Changed: Increased afterburn duration from 7.5 to 10 seconds  Changed: Damage penalty increased from -20% to -35%	On Hit: target is engulfed in flames  On Hit: Bleed for 10 seconds  All damage over time dealt by this weapon is returned to the wearer as health  -35% damage penalty
Third Degree	Added: On Hit: Steals up to +25 Overheal from the target to the wearer  Changed: Players connected by banner effects and dispenser heal beams are also hit  Added: -30% slower firing speed  Added: No random critical hits  Info: The wearer cannot exceed the standard Overheal limit through stealing Overheal	All players connected via banners, Dispenser or Medigun beams are hit  On Hit: Steals up to +25 Overheal from the target to the wearer  -30% slower firing speed  No random critical hits
Neon Annihilator	Added: 100% critical hits while the wearer is wet  Removed: Damage removes Sappers	100% critical hit vs wet players  100% critical hits while the wearer is wet  No random critical hits  -20% damage penalty vs players
Hot Hand	Added: Gain a speed boost if slapped by the same weapon  Changed: Speed boost on hit increased from 1 to 2.5 seconds  Changed: The speed boost fully stacks with each other, adding up to 5 seconds if both slaps connect	Gain a speed boost when you hit an enemy player  Gain a speed boost if slapped by the same weapon  -20% damage penalty

Demoman

Demoman - Class Changes

Changed: Grenades no longer tumble through the air upon being fired  Changed: Base shield charge cooldown decreased from 12 to 10 seconds  Changed: If charge is interrupted as a result of knockback, the wearer gets a refund based on the remaining charge left  Changed: Shield bash kills now count as melee kills  Changed: Fixed a bug where charging with a sword did not provide +78% longer melee range  Changed: Fixed a bug where charging with non-sword melees did not provide +166% longer melee range  Changed: Explosive damage resistance now accounts for self blast damage resistance as well  Removed: Random projectile deviation on grenade launchers  Removed: Random projectile spread on grenade launchers  Removed: -75% deploy speed penalty on all Swords  Removed: -75% holster speed penalty on all Swords  Info: The deploy and holster speed removal change applies to the Half-Zatoichi on Soldier as well  Info: Self blast damage resistance does not affect blast jump velocity  Info: Self blast damage resistance is disabled if an enemy is caught in the blast radius

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Loch-n-Load	Added: On Hit: Instantly refund one grenade into the clip  Removed: -25% explosion radius  Changed: Clip size decreased from -25% to -50%  Removed: +20% damage vs buildings  Removed: +25% projectile speed	On Hit: Instantly refund one grenade into the clip  -50% clip size  Launched bombs shatter on surfaces
Ali Baba's Wee Booties	Added: -40% blast damage from blast jumps	+25 max health on wearer  +200% increase in turning control while charging  +10% faster move speed on wearer (shield required)  Melee kills refill 25% of your charge meter.  -40% blast damage from blast jumps
Loose Cannon	Changed: Projectile now explodes on a direct hit vs buildings  Changed: Projectile physics now matches stock, allowing it to travel further and more reliably  Removed: +20% projectile speed  Changed: Damage type changed from explosive to melee on impact  Changed: Knockback mechanics now match the mechanics of Sentry knockback  Info: With this change, knockback no longer stunlocks the victim	Cannonballs push players back on impact  Cannonballs do not explode on impact vs players Cannonballs have a fuse time of 1 second; fuses can be primed to explode earlier by holding down the fire key. Double Donk! Bomb explosions after a cannon ball impact will deal mini-crits to impact victims
Iron Bomber	Added: Grenades stick onto surfaces  Added: Explosions from stuck grenades detonate all other nearby stuck grenades  Added: -20% damage penalty on non-direct hits  Changed: Fixed a bug where projectiles fired are larger from this weapon  Removed: Grenades have very little bounce and roll  Changed: -30% fuse time on grenades	Grenades stick onto surfaces  Explosions from stuck grenades detonate all other nearby stuck grenades  -20% damage penalty on non-direct hits  -15% explosion radius
Scottish Resistance	Added: Press your Special Attack key to detonate all stickybombs at once  Changed: Stickybombs are no longer detonated if they are under the wearer's feet  Changed: Changed the stickybomb detonation search pattern from a cone to a cylinder  Info: Cylinder search patterns allow for more precise detonations	+25% faster firing speed  +50% max secondary ammo on wearer  +6 max pipebombs out  Detonates stickybombs near the crosshair  Press your Special Attack key to detonate all stickybombs at once  Able to destroy enemy stickybombs  0.8 sec slower bomb arm time
Chargin' Targe	Changed: Explosive damage resistance decreased from +30% to +20%  Removed: +50% fire damage resistance on wearer	+20% explosive damage resistance on wearer Alt-Fire: Charge towards your enemies and remove debuffs. You have increased melee range during the charge, and you gain a critical melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.
Splendid Screen	Added: -0.75 sec decrease in charge duration  Removed: +20% fire damage resistance on wearer	+20% explosive damage resistance on wearer  +70% increase in charge impact damage  +50% increase in charge recharge rate  -0.75 sec decrease in charge duration Alt-Fire: Charge towards your enemies and remove debuffs. You have increased melee range during the charge, and you gain a critical melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.
Tide Turner	Added: -20% blast damage from blast jumps  Removed: Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time  Removed: +15% fire damage resistance on wearer  Removed: +15% explosive damage resistance on wearer	-20% blast damage from blast jumps  Full turning control while charging  Melee kills while charging refill 75% of charge meter Alt-Fire: Charge towards your enemies and remove debuffs. You have increased melee range during the charge, and you gain a mini-crit melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.
Quickiebomb Launcher	Added: +15% faster reload time  Changed: Clip size increased from -50% to -25%  Added: Stickybombs fizzle 2 seconds after landing  Removed: Up to +35% damage bonus based on charge time	Able to destroy enemy stickybombs  -0.2 sec faster bomb arm time  Max charge time decreased by 70%  +15% faster reload time  -15% damage penalty  -25% clip size  Stickybombs fizzle 2 seconds after landing
Eyelander	Added: On Kill: Gain a speed boost and all attacks mini-crit for 3 seconds  Removed: Gives increased speed and health with every head you take	On Kill: Gain a speed boost and all attacks mini-crit for 3 seconds  +50% longer melee range  No random critical hits  -25 max health on wearer
Ullapool Caber	Added: The warhead replenishes itself over 20 seconds  Added: Taunting now delivers a 500 damage hit at the end of the taunt  Changed: The wearer gains -40% self damage resistance if no enemies are damaged by the explosion  Removed: This weapon deploys 100% slower  Added: Cannot be crit or mini-crit boosted  Changed: Explosion damage decreased from 75 to 50  Info: If the warhead is inactive, the taunt will only do 55 damage	-20% slower firing speed  Cannot be crit or mini-crit boosted  No random critical hits The first hit will cause an explosion High-yield Scottish face removal. A sober person would throw it...
Claidheamh Mòr	Changed: Duration required to reach mini-crit or crit swings now matches all other swords  Removed: 15% damage vulnerability on wearer  Added: -30% slower swing speed  Changed: Charge duration rescaled from a fixed +0.5 second charge duration to +50% longer charge duration	When weapon is active:  +50% longer charge duration  Melee kills refill 25% of your charge meter  +50% longer melee range  No random critical hits  -30% slower swing speed

Heavy

Heavy - Class Changes

Changed: Swapping weapons is now possible while the minigun is revved up  Changed: One bullet per ammo is perfectly accurate  Changed: Fixed a bug in MvM where the firing speed upgrade does not work properly  Removed: Damage and accuracy progressively ramps up after miniguns start firing  Changed: Lunchbox items now heal a portion of the wearer's max health instead of a fixed amount  Changed: Dying while holding an edible will drop the edible with an ammo box, restoring both health and ammo

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Natascha	Added: +20% slower move speed while deployed  Removed: -30% spin up time  Added: -25% max primary ammo on wearer  Changed: Damage penalty decreased from -25% to -35%  Removed: On Hit: 100% chance to slow target  Removed: -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up	+20% slower move speed while deployed  -25% max primary ammo on wearer  -35% damage penalty
Brass Beast	Removed: -50% slower spin up time  Removed: -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up	+20% damage bonus  -60% slower move speed while deployed
Tomislav	Changed: Spin up time increased from +20% to +75%  Added: -50 max health on wearer  Added: -35% damage penalty	+20% faster spin up time  +20% more accurate  Silent Killer: No barrel spin sound  -50 max health on wearer  -35% damage penalty  -20% slower firing speed
Huo-Long Heater	Changed: Damage bonus increased from -10% to +567%  Changed: Fire ring damage interval decreased from 0.5 to 0.08 seconds  Removed: Consumes an additional 4 ammo per second while spun up  Added: -50% max primary ammo on wearer  Added: -138% slower firing speed  Added: -20% ramp up damage penalty  Added: (Hidden) -5.6% minimum fall off damage penalty  Added: Projectiles fizzle out at long ranges  Changed: Base fire ring damage decreased from 12 to 2  Removed: +25% damage bonus vs burning players  Added: Fires firework rockets instead of bullets  Info: Projectiles function identically to the flares from flare guns and have a 2000 HU/s projectile speed, but automatically explode after 1000 HU  Info: Projectiles have 120% maximum ramp up damage and 50% minimum fall off damage  Info: The projectiles are fired from the center, much like the Soldier's Original rocket launcher  Info: The projectiles can be airblasted and destroyed by the Short Circuit	Creates a ring of flames while spun up  +567% damage bonus  -50% max primary ammo on wearer  -138% slower firing speed  -20% ramp up damage penalty  Projectiles fizzle out at long ranges Fires firework rockets instead of bullets
Dalokohs Bar	Added: +50% faster consumption speed  Added: Excessive healing is now converted into overheal that drains -100% slower  Removed: Adds +50 max health for 30 seconds	Excessive healing is now converted into overheal  +50% faster consumption speed Eat to regain up to 20.5% of your max health. Alt-fire: Share chocolate with a friend (Small Health Kit)
Buffalo Steak Sandvich	Added: +50% increase in charge recharge rate  Added: Eat to regain up to 100% of your max health  Removed: (Hidden) 20% damage vulnerability while effect is active  Added: +100% increase in push force taken from damage and airblast while effect is active  Changed: Dropped edible healing decreased from a medium to a small health kit  Changed: Rescaled speed boost from +30% to +0-60% based on how injured the wearer is  Info: The speed to health ratio while injured is identical to the Escape Plan	+50% increase in charge recharge rate Eat to regain up to 100% of your max health. After consuming, move speed is increased as the user becomes injured, attacks mini-crit, but the wearer is 100% more vulnerable to push force taken from damage and airblasts, and the player may only use melee weapons. Lasts 16 seconds. Alt-fire: Share with a friend (Small Health Kit) Who needs bread?
Gloves of Running Urgently	Removed: Maximum health is drained while item is active  Added: You are marked for death while active, and for short period after switching weapons  Added: -30 max health on wearer	+30% faster move speed on wearer  This weapon holsters 50% slower  You are marked for death while active, and for short period after switching weapons  -30 max health on wearer
Warrior's Spirit	Changed: Damage bonus increased from +30% to +50%  Removed: 30% damage vulnerability on wearer  Added: -20% slower firing speed  Added: Honorbound: Once drawn sheathing deals 75 damage to yourself unless it kills.	When weapon is active:  +50% damage bonus  +50 health restored on kill  -20% slower firing speed  Honorbound: Once drawn sheathing deals 75 damage to yourself unless it kills.
Fists of Steel	Changed: Health restoring penalty decreased from -40% to -20%  Removed: This weapon holsters 100% slower  Changed: Overheal penalty increased from -40% to -60%  Changed: The Overheal penalty is now passive instead of while active  Changed: The health restoring penalty is now passive instead of while active  Changed: The wearer now gains reduced health from all sources instead of just from healers  Info: Medics will now build ÜberCharge slower if the Overheal cap is reached	-40% damage from ranged sources while active  +100% damage from melee sources while active  -60% maximum overheal on wearer  -20% health from all sources
Eviction Notice	Added: On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds  Changed: Damage penalty decreased from -60% to -50%  Removed: Maximum health is drained while item is active  Removed: +15% faster move speed on wearer	+40% faster firing speed  On Hit: Gain a speed boost  On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds  -50% damage penalty

Engineer

Engineer - Building Changes

Changed: Level 3 Sentry rockets no longer have damage falloff  Changed: Metal salvaged from Sentry gibs increased from 60 to 130 metal  Changed: Metal salvaged from Dispenser gibs increased from 50 to 100 metal  Changed: Base Dispenser construction time decreased from 21 to 8.4 seconds  Changed: Base Dispenser redeploy time decreased from 5.25 to 2.625 seconds  Changed: Metal salvaged from Teleporter gibs increased from 25 to 50 metal  Changed: Base Teleporter construction time decreased from 21 to 8.4 seconds  Changed: Base Teleporter redeploy time decreased from 5.25 to 2.625 seconds  Changed: During setup, all teleporters are automatically upgraded to level 3  Changed: Teleporters will no longer downgrade to level 1 upon one side of the teleporter being destroyed  Changed: Buildings now block penetrating attacks and explosive splash as though they were pieces of map geometry  Changed: Level 3 Sentry rockets no longer have damage ramp up  Changed: Sentry knockback multiplier decreased from 1600% to 800%  Changed: Enemies are now only able to receive knockbacks from one level 2/3 Sentry at a time, or two level 1 Sentries  Changed: Mini-Sentries no longer inflict knockback nor flinch the enemy  Changed: Allied Engineers are no longer able to interact with buildings they do not own  Changed: Metal from Dispensers are now split evenly across multiple Engineers if there are more than one Engineer within the radius

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Frontier Justice	Removed: No longer grants revenge crits if the Sentry is not fully built  Removed: No longer grants revenge crits if the Sentry is not destroyed by another player  Removed: No longer grants revenge crits if the wearer is more than 1200 HU away from the Sentry  Changed: Rescaled revenge crits from gaining 1-2 based on Sentry kills/assists to a fixed 1-6 seconds, based on Sentry level  Info: Mini Sentries provide 1 second of revenge crits, and normal Sentries provide a base 2 seconds of revenge crits, with each level increasing the crit duration by +2 seconds, up to 6 seconds  Info: Destroying a Sentry with the destruction PDA in MvM can still grant Revenge Crits	Gain up to 6 seconds of revenge crits when your sentry is destroyed.  -50% clip size  Revenge crits are lost on death
Pomson 6000	Added: Projectile penetrates enemy targets  Changed: Base projectile speed increased from 1200 to 1800 HU/s  Changed: Base damage increased from 60 to 66  Removed: On Hit: Victim loses up to 10% Medigun charge  Removed: On Hit: Victim loses up to 20% cloak  Changed: Damage type changed from bullet to fire	Does not require ammo  Projectile cannot be deflected  Projectile penetrates enemy targets  Deals only 20% damage to buildings
Rescue Ranger	Changed: The special bolt now applies its heal over 3 seconds as a buff  Changed: Using alt-fire would deconstruct the building for up to 3.425 seconds before teleportation starts  Changed: Health to metal ratio increased from 4:1 to 3:1  Info: The total heal amount remains the same and the healing buff stacks with itself  Info: The healing buff can only restore as much health as the building had when the bolt hits it, resulting in less healing if the building has surplus health when it is first healed  Info: The building deconstructs at a 300% rate of their base construction speed and upgrade time  Info: The wearer cannot pick up other buildings while the teleportation is happening, and the building is automatically destroyed if the wearer dies during this process	Alt-Fire: Use 100 metal to pick up your targeted building from any range after a delay  Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings over time  -34% clip size  -50% max primary ammo on wearer  Self mark for death when hauling buildings  3-to-1 health-to-metal ratio when repairing buildings
Pistol	Changed: Reload speed decreased from 1.36 to 1.1 seconds  Changed: Max secondary ammo decreased from 200 to 36	No changes.
Wrangler	Added: 30% of Sentry damage dealt while wrangled is returned to the Sentry as health  Changed: Level 3 Sentry rocket firing speed while wrangled decreased from 2.25 to 1.53 seconds  Removed: Wrangled sentries gain a shield that reduces repairs by 66%  Changed: Sentry disabling duration upon unwrangling decreased from 3 to 1 second  Removed: Wrangled sentries gain a shield that reduces damage by 66%	Take manual control of your Sentry Gun. 30% of Sentry damage dealt while wrangled is returned to the Sentry as health. Sentries are disabled for 1 second after becoming unwrangled.
Short Circuit	Added: Primary fire can now destroy projectiles  Changed: Primary fire range increased to 450 HU  Changed: Primary fire now takes on a cylindrical hitbox  Changed: Damage increased from -33% to +67%  Added: -300% slower firing speed  Changed: Ammo per shot increased from 5 to 25 metal  Removed: Alt-Fire: Launches a projectile-consuming energy ball.  Info: Requires even more precision compared to original design	Releases an electrical arc that damages enemies and destroys projectiles  +67% damage bonus  No reload necessary  No random critical hits  Per Shot: -25 ammo  Uses metal for ammo  -300% slower firing speed
Gunslinger	Changed: Sentry build speed increased from +150% to +262%	+25 max health on wearer  Sentry build speed increased by 262%  Third successful punch in a row always crits.  Replaces the Sentry with a Mini-Sentry
Southern Hospitality	Removed: 20% fire damage vulnerability on wearer  Added: The wearer can build an additional Mini-Dispenser  Added: -25% slower firing speed on Sentry Gun  Info: Level 3 Sentry rocket firing speed is also slowed	On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds  The wearer can build an additional Mini-Dispenser  -25% slower firing speed on Sentry Gun
Jag	Changed: Construction speed boost increased from +30% to +100%  Removed: -20% slower repair rate  Removed: -25% damage penalty  Removed: -33% damage penalty vs buildings  Added: Can only build up to level 2 buildings  Removed: +15% faster firing speed	Construction hit speed boost increased by 100%  Can only build up to level 2 buildings
Eureka Effect	Added: Constructed Teleporters travel both ways  Changed: The wearer can also teleport to the Teleporter entrance now  Changed: Teleporting to spawn now automatically resupplies the wearer from the cabinet	Press your reload key to choose to teleport to spawn or your teleporters  -50% metal cost when constructing or upgrading teleporters  Constructed teleporters travel both ways  Construction hit speed boost decreased by 50%  20% less metal from pickups and dispensers
Mini-Dispenser	Info: Restores 10 health and 20% of the target's max ammo per second in a radius  Info: Does not dispense metal  Info: Costs 70 metal to build  Info: Has a base construction time of 3.36 seconds  Info: Has a base redeploy time of 1.05 seconds  Info: Cannot be upgraded  Info: 100 max health	-30% construction cost  +150% faster construction speed  +150% faster redeploy speed  Cannot be upgraded  Does not dispense metal  -50 max health on this building

Medic

Medic - Class Changes

Changed: Syringe Gun base ramp up increased from 120% to 150%  Changed: Syringes now arc way less, matching the flare guns, increasing effective range  Changed: Syringe Gun projectile speed increased from 1000 to 1100 HU/s  Changed: Syringe Gun Reload time decreased from 1.6 to 1.3 seconds  Removed: Syringe Gun random projectile deviation  Removed: The wearer matches the speed of their heal target if they are faster (Except for the Quick-Fix)

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Blutsauger	Added: Health gained on hit can overheal  Changed: Health gain on hit increased from 3 to 5 health  Changed: Health regeneration decreased from -2 to being completely disabled	On Hit: Gain up to +5 health  Health gained on hit can overheal  Health regeneration is disabled on wearer
Crusader's Crossbow	Changed: Base damage rescaled from 38-75 to 45 at all ranges  Changed: The special bolt now applies its heal over 2.25-4.55 seconds based on distance as a buff  Changed: Penalties that affect healing from healers now fully affect this weapon  Removed: Healing from this weapon grants a small amount of ÜberCharge  Info: The healing is fixed at 33 health per second, but the buff duration scales based on distance  Info: Only one instance of the crossbow healing buff can be applied at a time  Info: The healing buff can only restore as much health as the patient had when the bolt hits it, resulting in less healing if the patient has surplus health when it is first healed	No headshots  -75% max primary ammo on wearer Fires special bolts that heal teammates and deals damage over time based on distance traveled This weapon will reload automatically when not active
Overdose	Added: Alt-Fire: Consumes 15% ÜberCharge to gain a speed boost for 3 seconds  Removed: -15% damage penalty  Added: -100% ÜberCharge rate for 3 seconds after using alt-fire  Added: -30% slower firing speed  Removed: While active, movement speed increases based on ÜberCharge percentage to a maximum of +20%	Alt-Fire: Consumes 15% ÜberCharge to gain a speed boost for 3 seconds  -100% ÜberCharge rate for 3 seconds after using alt-fire  -30% slower firing speed
Quick-Fix	Changed: Every 50 health restored during ÜberCharge will increase the current duration by 0.25 seconds  Changed: Heal rate increased from +40% to +50%  Changed: ÜberCharge rate increased from +10% to +50%  Changed: ÜberCharge duration is no longer reduced when changing patients  Added: -37.5% base ÜberCharge duration  Changed: Max Overheal decreased from -50% to -100%  Changed: ÜberCharge rate is slowed if the patient has more than 97.5% health  Removed: ÜberCharge grants immunity to movement-impairing effects  Removed: Mirror the blast jumps and shield charges of patients	+50% heal rate  +50% ÜberCharge rate  Every 50 health restored during ÜberCharge will increase the current duration by 0.25 seconds  100% max overheal  -37.5% base ÜberCharge duration ÜberCharge increases healing by 300%
Vaccinator	Removed: -33% ÜberCharge rate on Overhealed patients  Changed: ÜberCharge only has 1 bar that lasts 8 seconds instead of 4 bars that last 2.5 seconds each  Changed: Only one patient at a time can receive ÜberCharge from the wearer  Removed: ÜberCharge no longer lingers if the wearer disconnects from the patient while ÜberCharging  Removed: Shield effects no longer linger if the resistance type is swapped during ÜberCharge  Removed: ÜberCharge blocks 100% crit damage of the selected type to the Medic and Patient  Info: Despite having one bar only, the wearer can still activate ÜberCharge if they have more than 25% ÜberCharge currently	+67% Übercharge rate  Press your reload key to cycle through resist types.  While healing, provides you and your target with a constant 10% resistance to the selected damage type.  Übercharge can be activated if there is more than 25% charge  -66% Overheal build rate. Übercharge provides a 8 second resistance bubble that blocks 75% base damage of the selected type to the Medic and Patient.
Ubersaw	Changed: Firing speed decreased from -20% to -40%	On Hit: 25% ÜberCharge added  -40% slower firing speed
Vita-Saw	Added: On Hit Teammate: Consumes an organ to restore 100 health and cleanse them of all negative status effects  Added: +70% longer melee range vs teammates  Removed: -10 max health on wearer  Added: -20% damage penalty  Removed: A percentage of your ÜberCharge level is retained on death, based on the number of organs harvested (15% per). Total ÜberCharge retained on spawn caps at 60%.	Collect the organs of people you hit  On Hit Teammate: Consumes an organ to restore 100 health and cleanse them of all negative status effects  +70% longer melee range vs teammates  -20% damage penalty
Amputator	Added: Alt-Fire can be prematurely cancelled by jumping or taunting, with a 1 second outro animation  Changed: Taunt duration is now permanent until cancelled  Changed: During the taunt, the wearer can see the health of all nearby allies that are close to the crosshair	When weapon is active:  +3 health regenerated per second on wearer  Alt-Fire: Applies a healing effect to all nearby teammates  -20% damage penalty
Solemn Vow	Added: Alt-Fire: Perform a medical diagnosis of a nearby enemy, revealing their health to all allies for 10 seconds  Removed: -10% slower firing speed  Added: -50% damage penalty  Removed: Allows you to see enemy health  Info: Only one enemy can be affected at a time  Info: Has a max range of 600 HU  Info: This cannot reveal enemy Medic Übercharge percentages	Alt-Fire: Perform a medical diagnosis of a nearby enemy, revealing their health to all allies  -50% damage penalty

Sniper

Sniper - Primary Changes

Added: Scoping in for more than 5 seconds will cause the wearer to lose focus and gradually draining charge, fully losing all charge after 1.5 seconds  Added: Flinching while scoped in causes the reticle to reset in a slightly different location, with the reset increasing proportionally the more damage the weapon does while scoped in  Added: Non-scoped in shots have a minimum fall off damage of 50%  Added: Base rifle self damage force is decreased by -50%  Added: A team-coloured scope glint effect will be visible to other players while scoped in  Changed: Base ammo decreased from 25 to 12

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Huntsman	Added: +25 max health on wearer  Added: This weapon will reload automatically when not active  Changed: Arrows need to be charged for at least 0.2 seconds before they can headshot  Changed: Arrows suffer from up to a 50% minimum damage fall off after 1000 HU, reaching minimum damage fall off at 1200 HU  Changed: Arrows cannot headshot if the target is over 1200 HU  Changed: Aim fatigue threshold decreased from 5 to 3 seconds  Removed: This weapon cannot be charged while in mid-air  Removed: (Hidden) +66% faster move speed while scoped in  Changed: Arrows are now fired from the center, much like the Soldier's Original rocket launcher  Changed: Headshot hit detection formula is revamped, resulting in increased consistency	+25 max health on wearer This weapon will reload automatically when not active
Sydney Sleeper	Added: +33% faster reload time  Changed: Charge rate increased from +25% to +200%  Added: -20% charge damage penalty  Added: Unscoped shots have damage fall off  Removed: Nature's Call: Scoped headshots always mini-crit and reduce the remaining cooldown of Jarate by 1 second.  Changed: Fires darts instead of bullets  Info: Darts have the same hitbox size as flare guns, and have a projectile speed of 3600 HU/s  Info: Darts travel in a straight line and leave a trail of Jarate droplets in flight  Info: In other words, the damage multiplier at full charge is only 2.4x instead of 3x	+200% charge rate  +33% faster reload time  Fires Jarate dipped darts instead of bullets  -20% charge damage penalty  Unscoped shots have damage fall off  No headshots
Bazaar Bargain	Added: +55% faster reload time  Added: +50% max primary ammo on wearer  Added: No unscoping between shots  Removed: Base charge rate decreased by 50%  Added: -20% damage penalty  Added: No charge  Removed: Each scoped headshot kill increases the weapon's charge rate by 25%  Added: -50% less zoom magnification	+55% faster reload time  +50% max primary ammo on wearer  No unscoping between shots  -20% damage penalty  No charge  -50% less zoom magnification
Classic	Removed: No headshots when not fully charged  Changed: Damage penalty increased from -10% to -30%  Changed: Damage penalty is now universal instead of just body shots	Charge and fire shots independent of zoom  -30% damage penalty
Jarate	Added: The wearer can now coat themselves if they are caught in the splash radius  Changed: The debuff can now be removed with health packs  Changed: Base splash radius decreased from 200 to 110 HU  Removed: Extinguishing teammates reduces cooldown by -20%  Info: The wearer is not covered in Jarate if they are on fire	Coated enemies take mini-crits. Can be used to extinguish fires. Be careful of being drenched by Jarate if you stand too close to the splash radius!
Darwin's Danger Shield	Added: +25 max health on wearer  Added: -18% max Overheal on wearer  Removed: +50% fire damage resistance on wearer  Removed: Immune to the effects of afterburn	+25 max health on wearer  -18% max Overheal on wearer
Cozy Camper	Added: +100% max primary ammo on wearer  Removed: No flinching when aiming and fully charged  Removed: Knockback reduced by 20% when aiming	+4 health regenerated per second on wearer  +100% max primary ammo on wearer
Cleaner's Carbine	Changed: Activating Crikey now inflicts full crits instead of mini-crits  Added: On Hit: Gain 25% Crikey  Changed: Base buff duration decreased from 8 to 5 seconds  Changed: Damage required to charge Crikey increased from 100 to 300 damage	Dealing damage fills charge meter.  Secondary fire when charged grants 100% critical hits for 5 seconds.  On Hit: Gain 25% Crikey  -20% clip size  -25% slower firing speed  No random critical hits
Tribalman's Shiv	Changed: Damage increased from -50% to -35%	On Hit: Bleed for 6 seconds  -35% damage penalty
Bushwacka	Added: On Hit: One target at a time is marked for death, causing all damage taken to be mini-crits for 1 second  Removed: 20% damage vulnerability on wearer  Added: On Miss: Mark yourself for Death for 3 seconds	When weapon is active:  Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit  On Hit: One target at a time is marked for death, causing all damage taken to be mini-crits for 1 second  On Miss: Mark yourself for Death
Shahanshah	Changed: Damage increased when health >50% of max from -25% to +50%  Changed: Damage decreased when health <50% of max from +25% to -35%	+50% increase in damage when health >50% of max  -35% decrease in damage when health <50% of max

Spy

Spy - Invis Watch Changes
Changed: The wearer can now start cloaking right after attacking a target with a melee weapon  Changed: Cloaking now instantly causes all robots to forget about the wearer in MvM  Removed: -20% damage resistance when cloaked  Removed: -50% debuff resistance when cloaked  Info: Debuff resistance refers to the shortened debuff durations while cloaked

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Ambassador	Changed: Critical damage falloff range threshold increased from 512 to 1000 HU  Added: Wearer cannot see enemy health  Info: This means that damage will only start to fall off from 1000 to 1200 HU, with the inability to crit attribute still remaining the same at 1200 HU	Crits on headshot  -15% damage penalty  -20% slower firing speed  No random critical hits  Critical damage is affected by range  Wearer cannot see enemy health
L'Etranger	Changed: Cloak on hit increased from +15% to +35%  Removed: +40% cloak duration	+35% cloak on hit  -20% damage penalty
Diamondback	Added: -50% clip size  Removed: Destroying buildings with the sapper no longer provide crits  Changed: Rescaled the method of obtaining crits from gaining one upon backstabs to a fixed 1.8 seconds	On Backstab: 1.8 seconds of 100% critical chance  -15% damage penalty  -50% clip size  No random critical hits
Your Eternal Reward	Added: +40% cloak duration  Removed: +33% cloak drain rate  Removed: Normal disguises require (and consume) a full cloak meter  Added: Wearer cannot disguise  Info: Backstabbing a robot in MvM now properly automatically disguises the wearer	Upon a successful backstab against a human target, you rapidly disguise as your victim  Silent Killer: No attack noise from backstabs  +40% cloak duration  Wearer cannot disguise
Conniver's Kunai	Added: +100% Overheal drain rate on wearer  Info: Despite the wording, Overheal duration is decreased from 60 to 30 seconds	On Backstab: Absorbs the health from your victim  -55 max health on wearer  +100% Overheal drain rate on wearer Start off with low health Kill somebody with this knife Steal all of their health
Dead Ringer	Changed: Cloak gained from ammo boxes increased from -100% to -80%  Changed: Upon feigning death, all debuffs are cleansed instead of just afterburn  Added: Damage taken during cloak reduces cloak duration  Changed: All cloak gain, including from weapons, are reduced  Removed: Speed boost upon feigning death	+50% cloak regen rate  +40% cloak duration  -50% cloak meter when Feign Death is activated  Damage taken during cloak reduces cloak duration  -80% cloak meter from all sources on wearer Cloak Type: Feign Death Leave a fake corpse on taking damage and temporarily gain invisibility and damage resistance

Alternative/Miscellaneous Balance Suggestions

Weapon	Changes	New statistics
Baby Face's Blaster Version 2	Added: +40% more accurate  Added: Boost can be obtained while active  Changed: Damage required to drain all boost increased from 25 to 100  Changed: Boost only starts draining when the buff is active  Removed: -34% clip size  Removed: Boost reduced when hit  Added: -30% damage penalty  Added: No double jump  Changed: Damage required to charge Boost increased from 100 to 200  Changed: Boost drain now happens upon jumping  Changed: Boost drain on air jumps increased from -75% to -100%  Changed: Boost is now activated with alt-fire at full charge, granting a +44.44% speed boost for 8 seconds	+40% more accurate  On Hit: Builds Boost  Boost can be obtained while active  -30% damage penalty  -10% slower move speed on wearer  No double jump  Boost is depleted upon jumping When Boost is full, Alt-Fire to gain a massive speed boost.
Phlogistinator Version 2	Added: Does not require ammo  Added: Regenerates up to +33% ammo per second when not attacking  Changed: 'Mmmph' is now activated through an animation and audio cue, similar to Soldier's banners  Added: -100% maximum overheal on wearer while 'Mmmph' is active  Added: -50% max primary ammo on wearer  Changed: 'Mmmph' can only be charged by this weapon  Removed: Invulnerable while 'Mmmph' taunting.	Does not require ammo  Regenerates up to +33% ammo per second when not attacking  Build 'Mmmph' by dealing damage with this weapon  Alt-Fire on full 'Mmmph': Gain crits for several seconds.  No random critical hits  No airblast  -100% maximum overheal on wearer while 'Mmmph' is active  -50% max primary ammo on wearer

MvM Changes

Modified classes' upgrades
Upgrade	Classes	Cost	Level	Notes
+2 Health Regen	All classes	100	5	Max level increased from 3 to 5  Cost decreased from 200 to 100
+10% Jump Height		200	3	Jump height decreased from +20% to +10%  Cost increased from 100 to 200
Afterburn Specialist	Pyro	250	4	+25% afterburn duration, +100% afterburn damage and -25% Flamethrower ignition time per point.  Burn damage increased from +25% to +100%  Can affect all weapons that inflict afterburn
+5 Metal Regen	Engineer	N/A	N/A	Removed

Modified primary weapons' upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons		Cost	Level	Notes
Rocket Punchthrough	Soldier Direct Hit		300	4	Projectiles penetrate enemy players if the damage inflicted exceeds the target's current health until it can no longer kill on hit. Rank increases the base damage of the rocket after penetration by +50.  The base damage of the rocket after penetration can never exceed its base damage regardless of the amount of upgrades in Rocket Punchthrough
Airblast Mastery	Pyro Flame Thrower (Nostromo Napalmer) Backburner Degreaser Rainblower Dragon's Fury		350	1	Reflected projectiles inflict afterburn on hit (for 6 seconds), instantly refund 1 Pressure meter and have +100% projectile speed. On Direct Hits: projectiles do maximum damage and stuns target.  Renamed from Airblast Force to Airblast Mastery  Reflected projectile base damage will increase based on Flamethrower damage upgrades
+25% Burn Damage	Pyro Flame Thrower (Nostromo Napalmer) Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower		N/A	N/A	Removed and replaced with the Afterburn Specialist upgrade
+25% Burn Time			N/A	N/A	Removed and replaced with the Afterburn Specialist upgrade
Projectile Penetration	Pyro Phlogistinator		400	1	Affects both primary fire and alt-fire
Larger Heatsinks			400	3	+100% Heat capacity per point.  Does not affect Heat build and drain rate  The increased Heat capacity will also directly affect alt-fire damage
+20% Damage	Demoman Grenade Launcher Loch-n-Load Loose Cannon Iron Bomber		400	1	Cost decreased from 500 to 400  Damage bonus now fully affects impact damage from the Loose Cannon
+25% Projectile Speed	Demoman Grenade Launcher Loch-n-Load Iron Bomber		N/A	N/A	Removed
+10% firing speed	Demoman Loch-n-Load		N/A	N/A	Removed
Taunting Rage	Heavy Minigun (Iron Curtain) Natascha Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater		400	1	Generate Rage by dealing damage. When fully charged, press the Special-Attack key to inflict slow on hit and taunts robots into attacking the wearer.  Cost increased from 350 to 400  Max level decreased from 3 to 1  Renamed from Knockback Rage to Taunting Rage  The slow effect and duration are identical to the Natascha  Robots will still take priority towards Spies and players within 48 HU
Destroy Projectiles	Heavy Minigun (Iron Curtain) Natascha Brass Beast Tomislav		300	2	Cost decreased from 400 to 300  Accuracy and frequency at level 1 is increased by +100%
+10% Firing Speed			500	2	Cost increased from 350 to 500  Max level decreased from 4 to 2
Destroy Projectiles	Heavy Huo-Long Heater		N/A	N/A	Removed
+25% Damage	Engineer Shotgun Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack		400	4	Normally unavailable; only accessible if the Gunslinger is equipped
Infinite ammo capacity	Engineer Shotgun Frontier Justice Rescue Ranger Panic Attack	Medic Syringe Gun Blutsauger Overdose	400	1	Ammo capacity increased from +50% to infinite  Cost increased from 250 to 400  Max level decreased from 3 to 1
Sentry kills Extend Revenge Crits	Engineer Frontier Justice		400	1	Each Sentry kill before it is destroyed grants an additional second of Crits, to a max of 40 seconds.
Projectile Penetration	Sniper Sniper Rifle (AWPer Hand) Bazaar Bargain Machina (Shooting Star) Hitman's Heatmaker Classic		N/A	N/A	Removed
Explosive Headshots	Sniper Sniper Rifle (AWPer Hand) Machina (Shooting Star) Hitman's Heatmaker Classic		500	1	Headshots (lethal or otherwise) damage enemies near target.  Explosion no longer inflicts a brief slow  Cost increased from 350 to 500  Max level decreased from 3 to 1  Explosion damage rescaled from 150 to 75-170 based on charge level
+25% damage	Sniper Huntsman (Fortified Compound)		400	4	Damage bonus now properly applies to charged arrows
Projectile Penetration			400	1	Arrows will properly penetrate through Übered players and will not get stuck until it hits a proper surface
Arrow Mastery			200	3	+20% reload time and +20% charge time per point.  Cost decreased from 250 to 200  Renamed from Reload Speed to Arrow Mastery
+5s Bleed On Target			200	3	Bleed damage is now increased by +100% from level 2 onward, up to +200% bleed damage at level 3
Explosive Headshots	Sniper Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain		N/A	N/A	Removed

Modified secondary weapons' upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons		Cost	Level	Notes
-35% Speed On Target	Scout Mad Milk (Mutated Milk)	Sniper Jarate (Self-Aware Beauty Mark)	N/A	N/A	Removed
100% Critical Chance	Scout Pistol (Lugermorph, C.A.P.P.E.R) Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine	Soldier Shotgun Reserve Shooter Panic Attack	400	1	This weapon is permanently crit boosted.
	Pyro Shotgun Reserve Shooter Panic Attack	Heavy Shotgun Family Business Panic Attack
	Engineer Pistol (Lugermorph, C.A.P.P.E.R)	Sniper SMG Cleaner's Carbine
Infinite ammo capacity	Scout Pistol (Lugermorph, C.A.P.P.E.R) Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol	Soldier Shotgun Reserve Shooter Panic Attack	400	1	Ammo capacity increased from +50% to infinite  Cost increased from 125 to 400  Max level decreased from 3 to 1
	Pyro Shotgun Flare Gun Reserve Shooter Detonator Scorch Shot Panic Attack	Heavy Shotgun Family Business Panic Attack
	Engineer Pistol (Lugermorph, C.A.P.P.E.R)	Sniper SMG Cleaner's Carbine
	Spy Revolver (Big Kill) Ambassador L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback
+25% Burn Damage	Pyro Flare Gun Detonator Scorch Shot		N/A	N/A	Removed and replaced with the Afterburn Specialist upgrade
+25% Burn Time			N/A	N/A	Removed and replaced with the Afterburn Specialist upgrade
Able to re-launch while already in-flight	Pyro Thermal Thruster		200	1	Cost decreased from 400 to 200
Stun enemies when you land			N/A	N/A	Removed
Explode on Ignite	Pyro Gas Passer		N/A	N/A	Removed
+10% Firing Speed	Demoman Scottish Resistance		N/A	N/A	Removed
Consuming Grants Crits	Heavy Buffalo Steak Sandvich		400	1
+5 Metal On Hit	Engineer Pistol (Lugermorph, C.A.P.P.E.R)		100	4
+25% ÜberCharge Rate	Medic Vaccinator		300	4	Max level increased from 1 to 4
Healing Mastery	Medic Medi Gun Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator		300	4	+25% heal rate for patient, +25% faster revive rate, and +25% self heal rate, per point.  The increased heal rate now fully affects the Amputator as well, including its passive health regeneration and its taunt
+25% Damage	Spy Revolver (Big Kill) Ambassador L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback		200	1
Mini Explosive Headshots	Spy Ambassador		350	1	Headshots (lethal or otherwise) damage enemies (100 damage) near target (200 HU).

Modified melee weapons' upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons		Cost	Level	Notes
Mark-For-Death On Hit	Scout Bat (Batsaber) (Holy Mackerel) (Unarmed Combat) Sandman Boston Basher (Three-Rune Blade) Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Atomizer Wrap Assassin		500	1	Renamed from Ball Marks Target to Mark-For-Death On Hit  Projectiles from the Sandman and Wrap Assassin can also mark enemies for death
+3s Crits On Kill	All classes All melee weapons except for melee weapons equipped by the  Demoman and  Spy		300	2	3 seconds of 100% Critical hit chance per level; switching weapons retains critical hits.
+3s Crits On Kill	Demoman Bottle (Scottish Handshake) Eyelander (Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, Nessie's Nine Iron) Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Ullapool Caber Claidheamh Mòr Half-Zatoichi Persian Persuader	Spy Knife (Sharp Dresser, Black Rose) Your Eternal Reward (Wanga Prick) Conniver's Kunai Big Earner Spy-cicle	350	2	3 seconds of 100% Critical hit chance per level; switching weapons retains critical hits.  Critical duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
Sentry Expert	Engineer Gunslinger		200	1	+100% longer Sentry range and +100% max Sentry ammo

Modified buildings' upgrades
Upgrade	Buildings	Cost	Level	Notes
2-Way Teleporters	Teleporter	100	1	Cost decreased from 250 to 100  Becomes unavailable if the Eureka Effect is equipped

Modified canteens' upgrades
Upgrade	Classes	Cost	Notes
Become Crit Boosted	All classes	200	Fixed a bug where Sentry Gun firing speed is not properly increased by +67%  Cost increased from 100 to 200
Become Übercharged		150	Cost increased from 75 to 150
Building Upgrade		150	Cost increased from 50 to 150