Chargin' Targe
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| “ | “If I were to pick up this cowering-plate, I would have to put down my second sword,” a Scotsman thinks. “And surely that is madness.”
The Chargin’ Targe solves this riddle by turning the useless shield into a deadly weapon you can run at people with and then bludgeon to death. — Close Combat Kit publicity blurb
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Information
The Chargin' Targe is the unlockable secondary weapon for the Demoman. It appears as an antique wooden shield with an iron rim and a deadly center spike.
The Targe looks unremarkable, but merely equipping it adds 50% resistance to fire damage, and 50% resistance to explosions. As a bonus, alternate fire initiates a charge attack, which can be used in conjunction with a melee weapon. Moving at least half the charge distance before striking adds Mini-crit damage to a melee, while moving the full distance before attacking will give it a full-power Critical hit.
Lastly, while control over lateral left/right movement/mouse turning is normally severely restricted during a Charge, you can use the +moveleft and +moveright commands, along with adjusting cl_yawspeed upwards (500 is a good number) in console or via a custom configuration to rapidly adjust your vantage, and thus the direction the Charge moves towards.
Damage
Alternate fire initiates a charge attack, which deals damage on its own, or may be used in conjunction with another weapon.
- Charge Damage: 25 (if shield connects with enemy at the end of the charge).
- Fire Resistance: 50%
- Blast Resistance: 50%
- Charge Speed: 750 HU/sec. (Approximately 2.5 times faster than 'Base' Speed)
Function Times
- Charge Interval: 12 seconds
All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Trivia
- For crafting purposes, this weapon is in the primary slot.
- A targe is a iron-framed wooden shield which buckles to the forearm, and is most-often used while jousting.
- The Chargin' Targe functions very similar to that of the Left 4 Dead 2 special infected, the Charger, who has the ability to charge into his victims to do damage, and to move faster while also having very little to no steer control, much like the Demoman when he's charging with this weapon. In Left 4 Dead 2's Versus mode where players can play as the special infected such as the Charger, they have to sit through a cooldown after charging before they can charge again. Once again much like the Demoman, who has to wait for his charge meter to become full before he is able to charge again.
- When a player successfully rams into the enemy with the targe while dealing damage, a loud cheer from the 'audience' is heard.
- The Chargin' Targe has Developer weapon variants.
- The Chargin' Targe is the only item that has an icon that is colored BLU in the backpack.
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