Brass Beast (Team Fortress 2)

Brass Beast

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Rarity	Unique

The Brass Beast

Heavy's Crafted Primary
+20% damage bonus
20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up
50% slower spin up time
-60% slower move speed while deployed

The Brass Beast is a Hardmode primary weapon for the Heavy. It fires bullets that deals more damage than the Minigun and gives the Heavy damage resistance towards high-damage attacks. However, it has a longer spin-up time and makes him slower while held.

Damage and Function Times

Statistics
Weapon Type	Minigun
Clip Size	{{{Clip Size}}}
Reload Type	No reload
Damage
Base Damage	10.8
Pellet Count	{{{Pellet Count}}}
Pellet Spread	{{{Pellet Spread}}}
Afterburn	{{{Afterburn}}}
Bullet Spread	10°
Splash Damage
Splash Radius	{{{Splash Radius}}}
Self-Damage	{{{Self-Damage}}}
Healing
Healing Amount	{{{Healing Amount}}}
Function Times
Attack Interval	0.105 seconds
Reload	{{{Reload}}}
Reload (First)	{{{Reload (First)}}}
Reload (Consecutive)	{{{Reload (Consecutive)}}}
Ammo Consumption Interval	{{{Ammo Consumption Interval}}}
Afterburn Duration	{{{Afterburn Duration}}}
Airblast Cooldown	{{{Airblast Cooldown}}}
Windup Time	1.31 seconds
Maximum Charge Time	{{{Maximum Charge Time}}}
Aim Fatigue	{{{Aim Fatigue}}}
Effect Duration	{{{Effect Duration}}}
Spread Recovery	{{{Spread Recovery}}}

Crafting

Recipe

Result Ingredients Crafting station Brass Beast Natascha Team Fortress 2/Reclaimed MetalReclaimed Metal Crafting Anvil

Notes

• Since the Brass Beast uses local immunity frames, it means that it does not lose any damage output due to invincibility frames.
• While spun up, this weapon slows the Heavy to 28.2% of his original speed.
• If the weapon is winding down, it can be spun back up, taking a shorter amount of time than if the barrel has fully stopped.
• The Brass Beast consumes one unit of ammo every fourth shot.
• The damage resistance only applies if incoming damage is enough to drain 50% of the Heavy's health.

Strategies

• The Brass Beast's high firing speed and the ability to not require reloading makes it an all-rounded primary weapon with consistent damage.
  • However, the inaccuracy of each shot may hinder far-ranged combat.
• The Heavy must be careful of when to start firing due to the spin-up time.
  • This is apparent with the increased spin-up time when compared to the Minigun.
  • Heavy can prepare to shoot by spinning up via right-click.
• The Heavy must be ready to tank incoming hits due to this weapon's speed penalty while spun.
  • Taking damage is inevitable as the speed penalty is much worse than the Minigun.
  • Luckily, the damage resistance makes this less of an issue.

Trivia

• The Brass Beast has the highest damage of all miniguns in the Team Fortress 2 mod.