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| [ | [Mimicks minigun noise and then laughs] ―Brute mowing down the enemy team. 
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The Minigun is the stock primary weapon for the Brute. It is a large, Gatling-style M134 machine gun with a long, rotating barrel at its front. Two handles are placed on the gun: a gray one placed at the close end of the barrel, and a black one placed at the rear of the gun, which sports two red switches. A dark green tank is placed on the side of the gun.
The hallmark attribute of the Minigun is its powerful close-range game: the weapon fires four bullets per shot at ten shots a second, and boasts an impressive 200-round ammo capacity, making it extremely deadly should you encounter an enemy at close-range. However, the gun must be spun up for a few seconds before it can be fired; while doing this, the Brute's movement speed is reduced, and he can't move at all while crouching. In addition, the weapon suffers from high damage falloff and a wide cone of fire, though this can be alleviated somewhat by spinning the gun up for at least 2 seconds, which will increase the bullets' accuracy and damage by 50%.
Damage and Function Times[]
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shot type | Hitscan | |
| Damage type | Bullet | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 9 / bullet |
| Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 13.5 / bullet |
| Maximum fall-off | 50% | 4.5 / bullet |
| Bullet count | 4 | |
| Point blank | 13.5-54 / 1 ammo
135-540 / second | |
| Medium range | 9-36 / 1 ammo
90-360 / second | |
| Long range | 4.5-19 / 1 ammo
45-190 / second | |
| Critical | 27 / bullet | |
| Mini-crit | 12.15-18.225 / bullet | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.1s | |
| Windup time | 0.87s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Note: For the DPS, it is assumed at least one bullet is hitting the target per shot.
Tips[]
- When using the Minigun, try to stay aware of your surroundings at all times.
- You can keep the Minigun spun up by holding down MOUSE 2, ensuring you are ready at a moment's notice. This can highly useful in holding defense positions.
- Keep in mind that spinning up the Minigun will decrease your movement speed significantly along with producing a loud revving sound that alerts others to your presence.
- You can jump and tap alt-fire to bypass the Minigun's speed penalty while spun up, although this does not limit the volume of the revving sound.
- Keep in mind that spinning up the Minigun will decrease your movement speed significantly along with producing a loud revving sound that alerts others to your presence.
- Work on your timing with the Minigun. When switching from your secondary or melee weapon to the Minigun, it takes at least three seconds to switch, rev up, and fire.
- While you may have a sizable ammo pool, it's important to not waste it on unnecessary targets, such as SuperCharged enemies or enemies at long range.
Strange Variants[]
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 Strange Minigun Level 5 Minigun Strange Minigun - Kills: 0 A heavy yet efficient weapon. Only the Brute could carry due to its weight. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related Achievements[]
See also: Achievements
Brute[]
Update History[]
August 2, 2018
- Added Minigun.
August 2, 2018 (#2)
- Increased spread.
August 17, 2018
- Fixed an issue where the Minigun would occasionally only fire one pellet.
August 24, 2018
- Fixed not being able to use the Minigun after being stunned.
September 6, 2019
- Fixed an issue where the Minigun dealt more damage than intended.
October 25, 2020
- Added new firing and revving sounds.
February 8, 2021 (Executive Update)
- Added new firing sounds.
February 18, 2021
- Adjusted description from "A heavy yet efficient weapon only the brute could carry due to its weight." to "A heavy yet efficient weapon. Only the Brute could carry due to its weight."
May 1, 2021
- Added new firing and revving sounds.
July 31, 2021 (Total Anarchy)
- The 2 second timer before its damage ramps up now starts immediately after revving up rather than at the end of the animation.
November 1, 2021 (Typical Horrors)
- Added Strange quality.
January 8, 2022
- Fixed the Minigun not receiving its proper damage ramp-up bonus.
July 12, 2022 (A "Heavy" Update)
- Added Collector's quality. (Undocumented)
December 24, 2023 (Kringle's Annual New Year Expansion)
- New model by TremblingAspens.
August 10, 2024 (Summer AM)
- New viewmodel animations by Piro_video.
- Now grants the user a 10% damage resistance against explosives while revved up.
November 4, 2024
- Fixed weapon's rev time bonuses/penalty not applying at all.
Trivia[]
- This weapon is called the M249 in the game's files, as it replaced the original M249 after the Rehaul phase.
- There was a bug during the OverColors 3 update, where equipping the Syringe SMG in Vs. Bosses would give the user a Minigun in its place rather than the Syringe Crossbow.
Gallery[]
Past Designs[]
Viewmodels[]
