| [ | I have become Death. destroyer of worlds. ―Arsonist going on a rampage with a special shotgun. 
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The Deathblow is a secondary weapon for the Trooper, Arsonist and Brute. It is a SPAS-12 combat shotgun with a folding stock and its barrel and tube being shortened.
The weapon's clip is fully reloaded on kills, and deploys and holsters 50% faster, but has 60% more damage fall-off, 50% lower clip size, and reloading is 20% slower, making it a strong combo finisher but difficult to be used as a reliable combat primary.
It is designed to be a great finisher, it rewards precise aiming and knowledge of the opponent's current health while misjudging and missing shots are punished even more.
Damage and Function Times[]
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shot type | Hitscan | |
| Damage type | Bullet | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 6 / pellet |
| Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 9 / pellet |
| Maximum fall-off | 20% | 1.2 / pellet |
| Pellet count | 10 | |
| Point blank | 9-90 | |
| Medium range | 6-60 | |
| Long range | 1.2-12 | |
| Critical | 18 / pellet | |
| Mini-crit | 8.1-12.2 / pellet | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.62s | |
| Reload speed (first) | 1.5s | |
| Reload speed (consecutive) | 0.75s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips[]
General[]
- This is the ideal secondary to combine with the Direct Hit, being able to kill any light class after one direct rocket, and don't have to waste precious time reloading.
- Its main usage varies between classes.
- As a Trooper and Arsonist, it can be used as a finisher when you know your opponent has low health.
- Using the Escape Plan with the Deathblow can make a good combo.
- Using the Friendly Fire Foiler with this can mitigate the slower reload speed.
- As a Brute, it can be used for retreating, finishing off your enemy when your minigun runs out of ammo, and as an emergency switch-in option if an enemy gets to you before you can rev your minigun.
- As a Brute, you can pair this with the Fists for several benefits:
- Use the increased weapon swap speed to combo between the Fists and the Deathblow repeatedly while attacking at close range.
- The Fists' passive reload speed buff on shotguns will negate the slower reload penalty.
- The fast deploy and holster speed can be use to negate the Warrior's Spirit's slower deploy and holster speed, making the deploy and holster speed equal to Fists with a Shotgun.
- Because of the slow reload and smaller clip size its best to reload when its safe and best used preparing for combat.
- As a Trooper and Arsonist, it can be used as a finisher when you know your opponent has low health.
Vs. Bosses[]
- Due to it's low clip size and slower reload speed, it often performs worse in most situations compared to other shotguns.
Strange Variants[]
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 Strange Deathblow Level 64 Shotgun Strange Deathblow - Kills: 0 On Kill: Clip fully reloaded This weapon deploys and holsters 50% faster 20% more accurate 60% more falloff -50% clip size 20% slower reload time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related Achievements[]
See also: Achievements
Brute[]
Mini Gun Master
As a Brute, kill 4 enemies with your shotgun in a single life.
Update History[]
June 18, 2016
- Added Ammo Hog as a Randomizer DM-exclusive weapon. (Undocumented)
September 10, 2016
- Added Ammo Hog to the Fitten Co. Store.
- New model. (Undocumented)
September 21, 2017
- Added Vintage quality. (Undocumented)
August 20, 2018
- The weapon is now functional in the current state of the game.
August 21, 2018
- Can now be equipped by Trooper, Arsonist, and Mechanic.
- Reduced clip size penalty from -33% to -15%.
October 19, 2018
- New firing sounds.
- Added +50% bullets per shot bonus.
- Added 33% faster deploy speed bonus.
- Added -20% damage penalty.
- Removed -15% clip size.
August 23, 2019
- Ammo Hog now instantly reloads after dealing 100 damage in Vs. Bosses.
November 4, 2020
- Removed +50% bullets per shot bonus. (Undocumented)
- Removed 33% faster deploy speed bonus. (Undocumented)
February 8, 2021 (Executive Update)
- Adjusted backpack icon.
- Added 50% faster deploy speed bonus.
- Added new firing and reloading sounds.
July 31, 2021 (Total Anarchy)
- Renamed to Deathblow. (Undocumented)
- Can no longer be equipped on Mechanic. (Undocumented)
- Increased clip size penalty from -34% to -66%. (Undocumented)
- Added 50% faster holster speed. (Undocumented)
- Added 20% more accurate bonus. (Undocumented)
- Added 60% more falloff penalty. (Undocumented)
December 18, 2021 (Holiday 2021)
- Reduced clip size penalty from -66% to -50%.
March 6, 2022 (Item Schema)
- Added Strange quality.
June 23, 2022
- Fixed a bug where Deathblow would unequip from the loadout after rejoining a server. (Undocumented)
July 12, 2022 (A "Heavy" Update)
- Added Collector's quality. (Undocumented)
October 28, 2023 (Typical Horrors III)
- Added hidden 100% ramp-up bonus. (Undocumented)
- Added hidden 50% damage penalty. (Undocumented)
February 19, 2024
- Removed hidden 100% ramp-up bonus. (Undocumented)
- Removed hidden 50% damage penalty.
October 19, 2024 (Typical Horrors IV)
- New first-person model by TremblingAspens. (Undocumented)
- Updated viewmodel animations. (Undocumented)
Trivia[]
- The Deathblow was previously known as Ammo Hog.
- The Deathblow is still referred to by its original name in the game's files.
- The 2018 model is taken from the SPAS-12 from Arsenal.
- The 2016 model is taken from a Team Fortress 2 workshop item called, The Lead Spitter.
- The Deathblow could previously be equipped by the Mechanic, but his ability to do so was removed in the Summer 2021 update.
- The Deathblow, alongside the Rocket Launcher are the only weapons to have separate models for first and third person.
Bugs[]
- In Vs. Bosses, the Deathblow does not fully reload the clip size after dealing 100 damage.
Gallery[]
Past Designs[]
2018. (Current backpack icon and third-person model)
2016.
2016. (Previous)
Viewmodels[]
GRN Trooper's first person view.
RED Trooper's first person view.
GRN Arsonist's first person view.
RED Arsonist's first person view.
GRN Brute's first person view.
RED Brute's first person view.
Miscellaneous[]
Backpack icon from 2018 to 2021.
Backpack icon from September 2016 to 2017.
