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| [ | Don't feel to good when you're on the other side of it, huh fella. ―Annihilator dousing Marksman in lemonade. 
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The Acid Trader is a primary weapon for the Annihilator. It is a cannon launcher utilized from barrels and with a puller as a breech.
Its primary attribute is applying lemonade to every enemy caught in the blast upon a direct hit for 6 seconds, in exchange for dealing 35% less damage against players.
Although the lemonade can somewhat negate the damage penalty, it is often better to use it more like a combo tool or a support weapon rather than as a direct means of damage.
Damage and Function Times
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shot type | Projectile | |
| Damage type | Explosive | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | Players / 65 Buildings / 100 |
| Critical | 195 | |
| Mini-crit | 87 | |
| Splash damage | ||
| Minimum splash | 50% | 9.125 studs |
| Damage reduction | 1% / 0.18 studs | |
| Self-damage | 75 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.6s | |
| Projectile speed | 81.682 studs | |
| Reload speed (first) | 1.24s | |
| Reload speed (consecutive) | 0.6s | |
| Fuse time | 2s | |
| Effect duration | 6s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips
- The Acid Trader can be great on the Payload gamemode on defense, as the enemy team will typically group up near the cart, allowing for many enemies to be coated in Lemonade.
- This works well with sticky launchers, as if you are to lemonade someone before they near a sticky trap, you can negate any explosion damage falloff, allowing stickies that would've only done a little bit of damage to deal their full damage.
- Stick to your teammates, as it is a great support weapon. The worst thing you can do is wandering off alone using the Acid Trader, due to how poor it is in normal combat.
- The Acid Trader is great if you can aim at high health targets, but is worse in one-on-one combat.
- It can be used as a beacon for your teammates as the entire team can swarm the target with increased damage.
- Lemonade will still be splashed if you hit a Mechanic's building, making dispensers and Mechanics who stand too close to their buildings valuable targets.
- This works well as hybridknight, with any shield other than the Ragin' Bull, as you can hit you enemy with a pipe, charge at them, and take advantage of the mini-crits.
Related Achievements
See also: Achievements
Annihilator
Explosive Personality
Hit 40 direct pill shots in a single round.
Lemonade Launcher
Coat 10 players in lemonade with the Ultimatum in a single round.
Grenadier
Shoot 50 pills in a single life.
Ireland Strong
As an Annihilator, deal 1 million points of total blast damage.
Mechanic
The Protector
Destroy 50 projectiles with the Short Circuit's charge shot.
Update History
September 2, 2018
- Added the Ultimatum.
September 2, 2018 (#2)
- View model take up less space of the player's screen.
September 24, 2018
- Lemonade duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Only applies lemonade on direct hits.
- -35% damage penalty only applies to players.
September 14, 2019
- New model by SpacemanIgloo and ExecutiveKrab. (Undocumented)
- Lemonade duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds. (Undocumented)
February 27, 2021
- Lemonade duration increased from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.
- Added no splash damage on direct hits penalty.
- Removed +20% explosion radius bonus.
April 3, 2022
- Removed direct hits has no splash damage penalty.
July 13, 2024 (Summer FM)
- Reduced speed from blast jumping and reduced tightness of air control.
- Updated world animations.
October 19, 2024 (Typical Horrors IV)
- Pills will now randomly tumble in the air.
February 1, 2025 (The New WINTER)
- New model by CookiesInOJ.
- Renamed to the The Acid Trader.
- Roller grenades will no longer direct hit buildings.
Trivia
- This weapon's name and previous model were taken from a Team Fortress 2 workshop weapon called The Ultimatum.
Gallery
Past Designs
2019.
2018.
Viewmodels
Annihilator's first person view.
Miscellaneous
Backpack icon from 2018 to 2020.
