Fishwhacker

Fishwhacker
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Basic Information
Used by	Sniper
Slot	Melee
Loadout Stats
Fishwhacker Club On Hit: Bleed for 2 seconds 100% critical hit vs bleeding players On Miss: Mark yourself for death for 3s No random critical hits "Hold 'er steady, mate. She tends to throw splinters."

The Fishwhacker is an alternative melee weapon for the Sniper. It's an old wooden fish priest, splintered at the top, fitted with a leather grip and wrist belt.

The Fishwhacker's attributes are the same as the Kukri, with the added benefit of dealing 2 seconds of bleed on hit enemies. As the initial 4 damage of bleed is always applied on the first hit, this means the Fishwhacker deals at least 69 damage initially and 81 damage in total. In addition, the Fishwhacker will deal guaranteed critical hits upon bleeding enemies, comboing with itself. This critical hit does not affect the damage of the bleed. As a penalty, missing a swing while outside the melee range of an enemy will result in the user being Marked For Death (with a skull above their head) for 3 seconds, turning all damage received into mini-crit damage. The Fishwhacker also cannot randomly crit.

Properties

Properties
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee?		Melee
Taunt		Hat doff
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Critical		195
Mini-crit		88
Status Effects
Effect		Bleed
Bleed		4 / tick
Bleed (mini-crit)		5 / tick
Bleed duration		2 s
Function Times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Activation time		0.2 s
All values are approximate.

Update history

2.0.0

• Reworked the Fishwhacker:
  • Swings slower.
  • Causes concussional bleeding on hit for 2s.
  • Crits on bleeding enemies.
  • Marked for death whilst holding the Fishwhacker.
  • Updated Viewmodel animations to all be overhanded.
  • Uses new impact sounds.

2.0.2

• Removed -20% slower fire rate
• Replaced "Marked for Death while active" with "On Miss: Marked for Death for 3s"
• Updated the description and item type
• Added particles on impact to add to the new description

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Рибарникът	Fisherman
Spanish	Machacapeces	Fishwhacker
English	Fishwhacker	-
French	Matraque à poisson	Fish Baton
German	Fischknüppel	Fish Baton
Italian	Bacchetta di pesce	Fish Baton
Brazilian Portuguese	Mata-peixes	Fish Killer
Romanian	Vânător de pește	Fish Hunter
Russian	Рыбодробилка	Fishwhacker
Ukrainian	Рибоглушилка	Fishwhacker

Trivia

• The Fishwhacker is actually what's known as a "fish priest", a tool commonly used to kill fish as soon as they are caught. The "priest" name comes from the notion of giving a fish their "last rites".
• Team Fortress 2 Classic's model of the Fishwhacker is based on both concept art and an untextured model found within the retail files of Team Fortress 2.
• Unlike Team Fortress 2 Classic, the Fishwhacker was originally meant to be Snipers stock melee weapon during the development of TF2. Despite its exclusion the Kukri is still referred to as a "club" in the game code.
• The Sniper's regular melee crit animation will not play on on the Fishwhacker unless it is critical boosted.
• If the user swings from outside melee range, then steps into the melee range of an enemy, the user will still be Marked for Death, in contravention of the usual mechanics. The inverse occurs if the user is within melee range and steps outside of it.