Fire Axe

Fire Axe
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Basic Information
Used by	Pyro
Slot	Melee
Loadout Stats
Fire Axe Fire Axe "Teach the valuable lesson of fire safety."

The Fire Axe is the stock melee weapon for the Pyro. It is a firefighter's axe with its head (but not blade) painted a worn-out red color, atop a curved wooden handle. The axe head appears red regardless of which team the user is on.

Like most melee weapons, each hit deals 65 points of damage, and can be swung every 0.8 seconds. As the Pyro specializes in close-range damage, especially that of their Flame Thrower, the utility of such a weapon is questionable. Regardless, the Pyro's average speed and above-average health means they have a higher chance of connecting their hits without dying. The Fire Axe's ability to deal 195 damage on a random crit gives the user a chance to immediately kill most classes, with a potent backup in the Flame Thrower if the enemy survives. This makes the Fire Axe a slightly more viable melee weapon compared to other classes, but still unimpressive compared to the Pyro's primary and secondary weapons.

Properties

Properties
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee?		Melee
Taunt		Guitar
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.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Пожарникарска брадва	Fireman's Axe
Spanish	Hacha de Bombero	Fire Axe
English	Fire Axe	-
French	Hache	Axe
German	Feueraxt	Fire Axe
Italian	Accetta	Axe
Brazilian Portuguese	Machado de Incêndio	Fire Axe
Romanian	Topor de foc	Fire Axe
Russian	Пожарный топор	Fire Axe