The Culling Blade is a melee weapon for the Pyro, it's a black axe with a large wooden handle and marking on the blade. It was a February 2013 Weapon of the Month.
Although it deals 50% less damage, cannot deal crits under any circumstance and has a 20% slower rate of fire, it will instantly kill all enemies who have less than 100 health. Killing an enemy in this manner gives all nearby teammates an 8-second speed boost.
Damage and function times[]
Damage and Function Times | ||
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Damage type | Melee | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 33 |
Critical | N/A | |
Mini-crit | 37-51 | |
Function Times | ||
Attack interval | 0.96 s | |
Effect duration | 8 s |
Gameplay[]
Trivia[]
- Both the name, apparence and effect of this weapon are a reference to Axe from Dota 2, as one of his abilities, named 'Culling Blade', allow to lightly damage an opponent, but will execute it if its health is below a treshold, granting all nearby allies a speed boost in the process.