Überspritze

Überspritze
Kill Icons
Basic Information
Used by	Medic
Slot	Melee
Loadout Stats
The Überspritze Syringe On Hit: 25% ÜberCharge added -10 max health on wearer "This doctor has a backup plan!"

The Überspritze is an alternative melee weapon for the Medic. It is an oversized, metal syringe containing a team colored liquid displayed through measuring glass. It has two finger rings around the bottom and has blood stains around the tip. The liquid inside increases alongside the Medic's Übercharge percentage.

When the Überspritze hits an enemy, 25% Über is given to the user regardless of damage. This occurs even on cloaked enemies, but not invulnerable or disguised ones, nor enemies that cloaked and disguised at the same time. As a penalty, the Überspritze removes 10 points of maximum health from the user, bringing the Medic's base health down to 140 (215 when overhealed). Its stats are otherwise identical to the Bonesaw. Because the Überspritze can increase the Über meter faster than it drains, it's possible to indefinitely sustain an Übercharge by attacking enemies while one is active.

Taunting with the Überspritze, or pressing the alternate fire key, activates the Uberslice kill taunt, where the Medic stabs into an enemy and pulls the weapon out. The initial stab deals 1 damage and stuns for 3.7 seconds, filling the Über meter by 25%. The pull out deals 500 damage, does not stun, and fills the Über meter by 100%. The initial stab stuns invulnerable enemies, but does not give Über. The pull out gives Über on invulnerable enemies, or regardless of if the enemy dies. The taunt has a longer range than the regular melee swing and cannot deal critical hits, but can deal mini-crits. It will not damage buildings.

Properties

Properties
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee?		Melee
Taunt		Uberslice
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Critical		195
Mini-crit		88
Function Times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Activation time		0.2 s
All values are approximate.

Update history

1.9.0

• Added the Ubersaw

2.0.0

• Renamed the Ubersaw to the Uberspritze.
• Equipping the Uberspritze will now remove 25 health.
• Can now Taunt Kill.
• Updated the Taunt Kill voicelines to fit the model.
• Updated Viewmodel animations to reduce clipping from the plunger.

2.0.2

• Health Penalty has been lessened from -25 to -10 health

2.0.4

• [Undocumented] Renamed to Überspritze.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Убер-Спринцовка	Über-Syringe
Spanish	Überspritze	-
English	Uberspritze	-
French	Überspritze	-
German	Uberspritze	-
Hungarian	Túloltó	?
Italian	Überspritze	-
Polish	Überspritze	-
Brazilian Portuguese	Uberspritze	-
Romanian	Uberspritze	-
Russian	Убер-шприц	Über-Syringe
Turkish	Überspritze	-

Trivia

• The Überspritze is a rebalanced version of the Ubersaw with a new appearance. In the Death & Taxes update page, it was featured and revealed alongside the other returning weapons from Team Fortress 2. In fact, in earlier versions of Team Fortress 2 Classic, it was directly called the Ubersaw.
• "Überspritze" roughly means "Super Syringe" in German.
• The model was originally submitted to the Team Fortress 2 Workshop in 2015 as the Hypodermic Injector.
• The model was inspired by the scrapped and unused Syringe weapon from Team Fortress 2's development.
• The model that inspired the Überspritze can still be found in the tray of a level 2 and 3 Dispenser.