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The Soda Popper is a primary weapon for the Flanker. It is a heavily modified Lupara DB with a can of Witches Brew duct-taped underneath the barrel.
It functions similarly to the Lupara DB, although the Flanker is unable to double jump while equipped, and it does not deal knockback towards enemies or the user.
Damaging enemies will build the 'Hype' meter shown besides the ammo counter, which requires 400 damage to fill the meter. When the meter is full, pressing M2 will activate Hype. While active, the user gains the ability to jump up to 6 times in the air and a 50% reload speed increase on the weapon for 10 seconds.
Unlike the Lupara DB, the Soda Popper does not have a hidden 50% damage fall-off penalty.
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 | 175% | 10 / pellet |
| Maximum fall-off | 50% | 3 / pellet |
| Pellet count | 10 | |
| Point blank | 11-105 | |
| Medium range | 6-60 | |
| Long range | 3-30 | |
| Mini-crit | 8.1-14.2 / pellet | |
| Critical | 18 / pellet | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.31s | |
| Reload speed | 1.07s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Tips
General
- The Soda Popper is Flanker's purest hit-and-run weapon.
- Your clip only has two shots, but they fire and reload quickly.
- Your shots also deal an immense amount of damage, killing any class with 125 HP in one clip if your aim is good.
- Make sure you get in, deal damage quickly, and get out without a scratch. Use the Pistol while running away if needed.
- The main gimmick of the Soda Popper is your new "Hype" meter.
- Don't forget that tapping the alt-fire button on your device (on PC it's >M2<) to activate your Hype once it's full.
- Once you activate Hype, you have a whopping five jumps in a row to use! Use them to get to very high places or to dodge explosives.
- While Hype is active, you can take unexpected routes to surprise your foes, but keep switching up your path to keep it from being predictable.
- The biggest downside of the Soda Popper is the "No double jumps".
- Besides his speed, double-jumps are Flanker's biggest move. Without double-jumps, it will be harder to get to higher places or even dodge attacks easily.
- Try using the Super Sneakers or Winger to make your one jump gain more height!
- Unlike the Lupara DB, the Soda Popper does not have knockback, so you cannot shoot at the ground to boost you either.
- You can try to swing the Brooklyn Basher (as it throws you in the air if you don't hit any enemy), but do mind the health loss. With only 125 HP in your tank, you can't risk losing too much health.
- This weapon pairs extremely well with the Wooden Sword, as the Marked for Death effect combined with faster firing speed can kill every class but Brute in 2 shots.
- When Hype is active, you're able to kill Marksmen who are in impossible-to-reach camping spots, especially if they used the Camper's Climber.
Vs. Bosses
- When only two players are remaining, the weapon's Hype builds way faster than usual due to the guaranteed critical hits that all RED players gain until the round ends.
- Use Hype if the boss is going after you, the five jumps lets you easily dodge the bosses' melee attacks. Be wary of the few bosses with ranged weapons, however.
- It's recommended you use the Witches Brew with this, as it allows for faster Hype building due to the crits and when Hype is full, you can drink it to have crits and the reload speed buff, allowing for a huge amount of damage.
Related Achievements
See also: Achievements
Flanker
Sugar Rush
Kill 3 enemies within a single Hype activation with the Soda Popper.
Double Play
As a Flanker, kill two enemies with the same shot of your shotgun.
Update History
September 8, 2018
- Added Soda Popper.
September 8, 2018 (#2)
- Added Hype reduced on air jumps penalty.
- Removed marked for death when active penalty.
September 10, 2018
- Decreased damage required to fill the 'Hype' meter from 275 to 200.
September 10, 2018 (#2)
- Added -10% damage penalty.
- Increased firing speed bonus from 25% to 50%.
- Decreased Hype reduction on air jumps penalty from 15% to 10%.
- Removed reload speed buff when activating 'Hype'.
September 10, 2018 (#3)
- Soda Popper's world reload animation now matches with its reload time.
September 12, 2018
- Increased damage required to fill for the 'Hype' meter from 200 to 300.
September 15, 2018
- Banned from Vs. Bosses. (Undocumented)
October 26, 2018
- Removed -10 damage penalty. (Undocumented)
- Changed 'Hype' note from "When Hype meter is full, Alt-Fire will allow the user to jump multiple times in the air for 8 seconds" to "When Hype is full, Alt-Fire to activate Hype mode for multiple air jumps and full air control." (Undocumented)
- Added this weapon reloads its entire clip at once note. (Undocumented)
August 25, 2019
- Unbanned from Vs. Bosses.
October 25, 2020
- Added new firing and reloading sounds.
February 21, 2021
- Added +25% faster reload time bonus.
March 25, 2021 (Fit with Fitten)
- Added no double jumps penalty.
- Removed +25% faster reload time bonus.
- Removed Hype reduced on air jumps penalty.
- Changed 'Hype' note from "When Hype is full, Alt-Fire to activate Hype mode for multiple air jumps and full air control." to "When Hype is full, Alt-Fire to activate Hype mode for 50% faster reload speed, multiple air jumps and full air control."
- Increased damage required to fill for the 'Hype' meter from 300 to 400. (Undocumented)
October 28, 2023 (Typical Horrors III)
- Fixed an issue with the Soda Popper being counted as a pistol in Kills and Damage Dealt contracts. (Undocumented)
July 13, 2024 (Summer FM)
- Updated viewmodel animations.
October 19, 2024 (Typical Horrors IV)
- Added particle effects for activating Hype.
Trivia
- On August 31, 2018, a contest was held for a Soda Popper model, with the winner receiving a Self-Made variant of the weapon. The winner of this contest was MidnightKrystal, though everyone who participated also received a Community Soda Popper for their work.
- The contest was also confirmed to be rigged and only existed to reward contributors.
- The Soda Popper uses the Witches Brew's 2018 model despite its model being changed in 2021.
Gallery
GRN Flanker's first person view.
RED Flanker's first person view.
