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{{Loadout neutral|"~~Look sharp~~, ~~feel sharp, and leave your competitors seeing stars~~."}}

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{{Quotation|'''The Civilian''' ''granting a haste boost to a teammate''|''Hurry it up, would you?''}}

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The '''Derby Cane''' is a melee weapon used by the [[Civilian]]. It is a wooden derby cane with a spiral shaft and a carved bird design on the handle. The cane will appear to be a mahogany color regardless of which team you're on.

It is identical to the [[Umbrella]] in ~~it's~~ functionality as a melee weapon and a support tool, except for its alt-fire effect, which grants [[Haste]] to any teammate the user is looking at, boosting their movement speed and firing speed. The charge meter refills after 13 seconds, is empty when respawning, and cannot be refilled at resupply cabinets. The ~~'''~~Derby Cane~~'''~~'s increased recharge speed allows the Civilian to grant buffs to their teammates more often, allowing for pushes to be made more frequently.

It is identical to the [[Umbrella]] in its functionality as a melee weapon and support tool, except for its alt-fire effect, which grants [[Haste]] to any teammate the user is looking at, boosting their movement speed and firing speed. The charge meter refills after 13 seconds, is empty when respawning, and cannot be refilled at resupply cabinets. The Derby Cane's increased recharge speed allows the Civilian to grant buffs to their teammates more often, allowing for pushes to be made more frequently.

As the Civilian is the most important class on his team, and thus the most heavily targeted, aggressively charging at enemies will quickly result in his death. This is why it's important to buff your teammates, so that they may do the charging for you. Due to the haste buff's ability to boost speed, it is most beneficial to slower classes, i.e. [[~~Heavy~~]] ~~and [[Soldier]], especially considering~~ the ~~added dps potential from boosting their firing speeds~~.

See [[Haste]] for the effects of the boost.

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== Strategy ==

The Civilian is the most important class on his team, and thus the most heavily targeted, aggressively charging at enemies will most certainly result in his death. This is why it's important to buff your teammates, so that they may do the charging for you. Due to the Haste buff's ability to boost speed, it is most beneficial to slower classes, i.e. [[Heavy]] and [[Soldier]], especially considering the added damage rate potential from boosting their firing speeds. Also, give the Engineer a boost to set up buildings and the Medic so he can heal faster, especially with the [[Rejuvenator]].

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➕ Faster recharge rate

➕ Boost increases teammates' reload, recharge, firing and movement speed

➕ Boost can be varied, but tends to increase DPS more than the Umbrella (see [[Basic_Civilian_Strategy#Mini-crits_vs._Haste|Basic Civilian strategy § Mini-crits vs. Haste]])

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➖ Boost does not increase teammates' damage

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== Related achievements ==

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* Added the Derby Cane

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== Comparisons from ''Team Fortress 2'' ==

*The Haste boost is based off of the haste powerup from live ''TF2'' community-created gamemode [[tf:Mannpower|Mannpower]].

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