Eyelander
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The Eyelander is the unlockable melee weapon for the Demoman. First hinted at on a hidden page during the WAR! Update[1], It is an exceptional claymore, being "harmonically-balanced, made from pattern-welded Damascus steel, and slow-forged in the bowels of captured English kings." It is, unfortunately, also haunted by a bloodthirsty, malevolent spirit.
Wielding the Eyelander results in an initial penalty of 25 to the wielder's health, resulting in a total of 150; however, for every victim the wielder claims with it, they will gain a boost to speed and 15 maximum health (four times per life). On the downside, you cannot gain random Critical Hits but it is possible to guarantee one with the Chargin' Targe special ability. Kills using the Eyelander results in the decapitation of the victim's head. As the Demoman gets more and more decapitations with this weapon, his eye glows brighter. One head cut off will show his eye glowing, but it's not very remarkable. Cutting off four heads at the maximum will make his eye glow extremely bright.
Damage
- Base: 65 (59 to 72 damage)
- Mini-Crit: 88
- Critical Hit: 195 (cannot crit randomly)
Function Times
- Attack Interval: 0.8
- Damage Per Second: 81
All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Special
- Each kill with the Eyelander grants a speed bonus of approximately 22.5 units per second (~ 8%) to the Demoman's base speed, and increases his maximum HP by 15.
- The Demoman can accumulate speed and maximum HP increases from no more than 4 kills, thus capping the total speed gain to 90 units per second (to a total of 370 units per second), and the total maximum HP gain to 60 (to a total of 210 HP). Once 4 kills have been accumulated, he will only gain 15 current HP per with a temporary Overheal.
Trivia
- The Eyelander is a reference, both in name and design, to the movie Highlander; specifically the character of Connor McLeod (last of the clan McLeod). In the film, Connor is an immortal, who must defeat other immortals by, of course, decapitating them.
- It is also a reference, as is the Film, to residents of the Highlands of Scotland who used weapons in the style of the Eyelander.
- The decapitation craving spirit haunting the Eyelander constantly mutters about heads while it is being held. The wielder may also experience sudden urges towards decapitation.
- The Eyelander was originally issued to American monkeynaut Poopy Joe in order to fight off his Soviet rival Vladimir Bananas before it was acquired by Mann Co. in entirely innocent circumstances. [2]
- Even if you kill someone with Eyelander, the Demoman will yell "Aye, me bottle of Scrumpy!"
- While you are wearing the Eyelander, sometimes you can hear the spirit moaning "Heads..." multiple times. And also, when decapitating someone, the spirit sometimes will shout a loud "HEAD!" sound.
- The sound made by a corpse upon decapitation is the same one made by the BLU Spy upon having his head blown off by the Soldier in the Meet the Spy video.
- While decapitated players do make a final death scream when killed with the Eyelander, this would not be possible in real life due to the lungs being separated from the mouth upon decapitation.
- The Eyelander has Developer weapon variants.
- There are some unused sound files in the game that are related to the Eyelander's taunt. There are two of them: first one has the Demoman saying "There can be only one!", while the second has him saying "There can be only one.....Aye!"
- Prior to the January 13, 2010 Patch, a disguised Spy copying the Eyelander weapon will have the opposing team see a Demoman with an Eyelander held in the way his Bottle was (holding it in one hand). There was also an animation issue with the Scout's Force-a-Nature. Both of these were fixed in the update.
- When in first person view, the Demoman swings horizontally normally and vertically for critical hits. Since the Eyelander doesn't roll for crits, you need the Chargin' Targe, get First blood or a Medic's Kritzkrieg for them. However in the third person view, he always swings it vertically.
- The number of decapitations performed by a Demoman is tied to his current life, not to the Eyelander. Collected heads are retained as long as the Demoman is alive, irrespective of whether he has the Eyelander equipped. A Demoman can switch his Eyelander and associated head count benefits for the normal Bottle at any time, and regain them if he re-equips the Eyelander later during his life.
- Within the "Meet the Sniper" video, the "F.O.A.D" sign seems to make a small reference to the Eyelander. Within the letter F it is possible to see a silhouette similar to the Demoman holding a sword, much like the Eyelander, decapitating people. The decapitated corpse also appears to look rather similar to the animation that is played by the Scout after being decapitated.
The F.O.A.D sign within "Meet the Sniper" possibly revealing the Eyelander.
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