Hey! So, theres alot of nice weapon ideas going around, and I thought id throw in my two cents from an idea I had a while back.

Its something I think that stands out from alot of the weapon suggestions here on the forum, especially since its actually a secondary :D


I called it the MannMarchers (or something along those lines)
Basically a shotgun replacement for most shotgun wielding classes (including demo, replacing his primary but excluding engie and heavy. Itd be too powerful on the heavy, and it doesnt seem to fit well with the engineer, at least in my eyes).


Switch to the weapon (Bare hands, basically)
LMB, gives you a large movement speed buff (Perhaps a tad slower than a demoman charge) for 3 seconds, and you cannot use weapons during this time.
Then, after that time is expired you are allowed to use weapons again, however the speed buff halves itself. This lasts for 5 more seconds, and then the effect is over. Needs about an 8-10 second cooldown.


I think this would not stack with any additional speed boost effects eg, Disciplinary action/Concheror as that would create some insane speeds.

Also, if it proves that the initial 3 second speed makes it too hard for skilled players to take out a vulnerable class, then it might have a half second delay of the player standing still, maybe playing an animation of them winding up a run and then the speed scales from nothing to full speed over the 3 seconds, maybe even extending the time to 4 seconds if this in turn makes it useless in escaping situations.

Lastly to note, depending on how balance this weapon would turn out to be, a good touch would be to make the player use one of the many screaming voicelines of the class when they begin/are charging, similar to how the demoknight screams when he charges to give an audio cue to the enemy.


It honestly is a viable sidegrade in my eyes, and alot of classes can benefit from it. It can be used offensively and defensively, quicker rollouts or to gain an edge before you enter a teamfight, or even to run away when things go south, but I feel like the 3 seconds of defenselessness you have during the initial speedboost means you cannot just pop it in the middle of a teamfight, or in any place of danger as it would be easy for even a medic to kill you in that time.

Fits in with the frontline update and I thought itd be a really cool and neat weapon to be added that is definitely viable for comp and casual play. I dont think it would be overpowered by any means but if it is troublesome the numbers can just be tweaked a little.

Im open for critique or ideas on it, too. I dont think id be adding too many other factors ontop of it, otherwise itd make it too complex. Since its already complex enough as it is.

Doubt itd get added but I feel like itd be a very nice addition if it did.

I feel like description wise, would be very simplified over the mechanics as is the case with alot of TF2 weapon descriptions. So say for example:

Level X Boots for (Soldier, Pyro, Demo)
+30%-15% movement speed for 8 seconds
-Cannot use weapons for initial 3 seconds

^^^TL;DR^^^


So, thanks reading my long winded way of explaining my idea. Or at least skipping to the TLDR, please, by all means leave your thoughts comments and critism on the idea, down below. If you think it sucks, please explain why so I can try and tweak the design or learn for next time. Thanks again. ^_^