| [ | No. ―Mechanic after killing a disguised Agent via a controlled sentry. 
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The Wrangler is a secondary weapon for the Mechanic. It is an Atari 2600 controller with a team-colored button and analog stick with an angled wooden foregrip attached to the bottom and with a satellite dish in front.
When a sentry is controlled, it gains an unserviceable shield and a laser pointer that follows the user's crosshair. Clicking/holding M1 will shoot bullets from the sentry and clicking M2 will shoot rockets if controlling a level 3 sentry. Unequipping the Wrangler will disable the sentry for a second.
The range that the user can shoot doesn't have a limit, so shooting enemies across the map is practical as bullets from wrangled sentries don't have damage fall-off or bullet spread.
The user can use the Wrangler while taunting.
Function Times and Differences[]
| Function times and differences | ||
|---|---|---|
| Function times | ||
| Self-damage | Normal / 8
Mini-Sentry / 3 | |
| Self-damage (rockets) | Normal / 89
Blast jump / 40 | |
| Disabled interval | 1s | |
| Wrangled/unwrangled firing speed differences | ||
| Firing speed (unwrangled) | Lvl 1 Sentry / 0.225s
Lvl 2 and 3 Sentries / 0.135s | |
| Firing speed (wrangled) | Lvl 1 Sentry / 0.1125s
Lvl 2 and 3 Sentries / 0.0675s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips[]
- You'll be more efficient with the Wrangler if your melee is the Gunslinger. The Mini-Sentry shoots incredibly fast and can easily be built again if it gets destroyed.
- If your Sentry gets destroyed but you got good damage, use your Shotgun to finish them off.
- Just like a Marksman, enemies will know you're using the Wrangler if they see the laser. So don't pull it out until you see an enemy.
- You can use the Wrangler to choose certain targets, like the Doctor who is healing a Brute or a disguised enemy Agent.
- Because the Wrangler makes you aim at only what's in front of you, Agents will have an easier time sneaking up for a backstab.
- The Wrangler's damage is reliant on how close/far the player themselves is to the enemy, rather than the sentry.
- You can perform a rocket jump with the Wrangler by using rockets from a level 3 sentry to get farther distances. (But be careful, as the blast damage from the rockets and the fall damage will leave you very close to death.)
Related Achievements[]
See also: Achievements
Mechanic[]
Update History[]
September 13, 2019
- Added Wrangler.
September 14, 2019
- Decreased wrangled sentry's fire rate bonus from 100% to 50%.
October 4, 2019
- Added damage fall-off to wrangled sentries.
February 19, 2021
- Adjusted unwrangled and wrangled attack interval:
- Level 1 sentry:
- Increased unwrangled interval from 1/3 to 0.225 seconds.
- Increased wrangled interval from 1/6 to 0.135 seconds.
- Level 2 and 3 sentries:
- Increased unwrangled interval from 1/6 to 0.135 seconds.
- Decreased wrangled interval from 1/12 to 0.09 seconds.
- Mini-sentry:
- Increased unwrangled interval from 1/6 to 0.18 seconds.
- Decreased wrangled interval from 1/12 to 0.09 seconds.
- Level 1 sentry:
February 21, 2021
- The shield properly affects repair rate only and not general metal supply to sentries.
February 27, 2021
- Added no self damage from sentries bonus.
- Removed wrangled sentries gain a shield that reduces damage and repairs by 33% bonus.
- Removed damage fall-off. (Undocumented)
February 27, 2021 (#2)
- Reduced disabled interval from 3 seconds to 1 second after unequipping the Wrangler.
- Adjusted wrangled fire rates:
- Decreased level 1 sentry from 0.135 to 0.1125 seconds.
- Decreased level 2 and 3 sentries from 0.09 to 0.0675 seconds.
March 29, 2021
- Removed no self damage from sentries bonus. (Now deals 50% self damage)
March 8, 2022 (Item Schema)
- You can able to use the Wrangler while taunting. (Undocumented)
July 27, 2023
- Fixed a bug where an additional beam appeared, emanating from the Mechanic while deployed with a sentry.
December 24, 2023 (Kringle's Annual New Year Expansion)
- Level 2 and 3 sentries controlled by the Wrangler now only fire 50% faster instead of 100%.
November 4, 2024
- Fixed a bug where wrangled Sentries could not fire rockets.
Trivia[]
- This weapon was previously tested in the CTE server.
- There was a bug where the Wrangler wasn't able to shoot if the user is not pointing at an object.
- The Wrangler can be mini-crit boosted but can not be crit boosted.
- Since Marksman's sniper rifles use the same laser as the Wrangler, they can control the sentry if the Mechanic happens to have one of the rifles in Randomizer.[1]
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