Shovel

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The melee weapon of the Soldier class is a folding Shovel (also known as Entrenching Tool or Spade). Dealing significant damage, the shovel is a good alternative to the Shotgun when an opponent is too close to safely use the Rocket launcher. For its critical hit animation, the Soldier swings it from the left in a backhand motion.

Damage

• Base: 65 (59 to 72 damage)
• Mini-Crit: 88
• Critical Hit: 195

Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function Times

• Attack Interval: 0.8

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

Trivia

• The critical hit animation is the same manner of attack he uses to take out the spy in Meet the Soldier.
• The shovel has a Normal weapon variant.
• The soldier carrying a shovel as his melee weapon is most likley a reference to how soldiers in World War 1 and 2 were issued spades to dig trenches and fortifications.

See Also

• Shovel 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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