Razorback

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The Razorback is a beautiful hand-carved tribal shield, with a car battery taped to the back. It is unlockable gear for the Sniper class. While the sniper is equipped with the Razorback, he is resistant to a single backstab from a Spy, with said Spy also receiving "a surprise to the tune of 10,000 volts". Upon a single backstab, the razorback will break and be unusable until the player respawns or goes to a resupply cabinet.

Damage

None. The Razorback instead 'locks up' the offending Spy's knife, rendering it useless for approximately 2 seconds and also rendering the Spy unable to switch weapons for this period, during which an alert Sniper can retaliate.

Function Times

• Knife 'Lock-up': 2

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Trivia

• The Razorback was first announced on May 14, 2009 on the Team Fortress 2 Blog. [1]

• The Razorback resembles a mid-20th Century Queensland Rainforest tribal shield.[2]
• 'Razorback' is also the name of a minor Spiderman villian who coincidentally enough, uses electricity to ward off foes who sneak up from behind. [3]
• It is also a term for a feral pig. Feral pigs are an environmental problem in Australia, giving the word a (somewhat tenuous) connection to the Sniper.

See also

• Razorback strategy

Weapons
view • talk • edit		Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy
Primary	standard	Scattergun	Rocket launcher	Flamethrower	Grenade launcher	Minigun	Shotgun	Syringe gun	Sniper rifle	Revolver
	unlockable	Force-A-Nature	Direct Hit	Backburner	None	Natascha	?	Blutsauger	Huntsman	Ambassador
Secondary	standard	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Sticky bomb launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medigun	Submachine gun	Electro sapper
	unlockable	Bonk! Atomic Punch	Buff Banner Gunboats	Flare gun	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance	Sandvich Dalokohs Bar	?	Kritzkrieg	Jarate Razorback	None
Melee	standard	Bat	Shovel	Fire axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
	unlockable	Sandman	Equalizer Pain Train	Axtinguisher Homewrecker	Eyelander Pain Train	K.G.B.	?	Übersaw	None	None
PDA	standard	None	None	None	None	None	Build Tool Demolish Tool	None	None	Disguise kit Invisibility watch
	unlockable	None	None	None	None	None	?	None	None	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer
Taunt	various	Bonk (Sandman)	Grenade (Equalizer)	Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare gun)	Decapitation (Eyelander)	Showdown (Fists)	?	Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Spinal Tap (Übersaw)	Arrow (Huntsman)	Fencing (Knife)

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