Derby Cane

Derby Cane
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Basic Information
Used by	Civilian
Slot	Melee
Loadout Stats
Derby Cane Cane +15% increase in recharge rate Alt-Fire: Give haste boost to teammate "Feeling motivated, lad? You'd better be."

Hurry it up, would you?

The Civilian granting a haste boost to a teammate

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 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.

See Haste for the effects of the boost.

Properties

Properties
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee?		Melee
Taunt		Payday
Damage
Base damage	100%	35
Critical		105
Mini-crit		47
Function Times
Attack interval		0.5 s
Activation time		0.2 s
Charge fill speed		7.66% / s
Charge fill time		13 s
All values are approximate.

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.

Derby Cane v. Umbrella

➕ 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)

➖ Boost does not increase teammates' damage

Related achievements

Achievement		Description
	Crunch Culture	Boost all 9 classes with the Derby Cane. Scout Soldier Pyro Demoman Heavy Engineer Medic Sniper Spy
	Move Fast and Break Things	As the Civilian, assist your allies in killing 50 enemies with your Derby Cane's speed boost.
	Pecking Order	Have a Derby Cane boosted teammate kill an enemy VIP.

Update history

2.2.0 (Double Down Update)

• Added the Derby Cane

Comparisons from Team Fortress 2

• The Haste boost is based off of the haste powerup from live TF2 community-created gamemode Mannpower.