The Coal Frightener is a Heavy weapon introduced in the 17.1.0 update as part of the Krampus Lottery.
Description[]
It is a Krampus-themed heavy weapon with an energy cannon in the shape of Krampus. It deals good damage initially with higher damage due to 
. It also features an average to high fire rate and capacity but low mobility.
Appearance[]
It takes the appearance of a rocket launcher in the form of Krampus.
It features a coal grey stock taking the from of Krampus' tail, a light yellow pistol grip, a grey body with the back of Krampus on top, a black/grey handguard, and a large piece of coal in the mouth of Krampus' mouth. Under that large piece of coal are several spiky, cyan stalactites which makes it have a miner’s atmosphere, if you will.
Performance[]
When the fire button is pressed, the weapon will fire a single 
large blue energy projectile 
. This projectile has travel time and will slow down enemies 
as well as increasing the damage taken from the user that initially hit them .
When reloading, the user will low the weapon then eject the magazine underneath the cannon and insert a new one.
It has the Fixed Delay trait. This means that once the player switches from any weapon to this weapon, the Coal Frightener will always have a pull-up time lasting around half of a second.
Strategy[]
Tips[]
- Its rockets have the area damage effect, so taking out a group or team of enemies makes the weapon's rockets more effective when in use.
- Try to aim at the ground near enemies so they can't easily avoid the rockets.
- Enemies can easily see the rockets at long range, so fire the rockets instantly to give them a hard time at avoiding the rockets (to ensure the enemies' death quickly), or sneak attack them from behind.
- The weapon has the ability to slow down enemies, take advantage of this by using a powerful one-shot weapon to finish them off.
- It has the ability of rocket jump, so use this to an advantage.
- It has a fixed delay, so think ahead of time when you want to kill someone.
- It has the
attribute, meaning that the second shot will deal more damage, so use that to your advantage. - You may use this weapon to rocket jump as well as dealing damage.
- Because of this, it can be useful for dealing additional damage to monsters with high HP.
Counters[]
- Try avoiding getting too close to the user.
- Strafe while jumping to minimize the chances of getting hit.
- Rockets are easy to dodge in long distances. So pick off its users in medium-long ranges to prevent them from raining rockets at you.
- Attack its users while they are vulnerable. Like while they are reloading or standing still.
- Use high mobility or low-weight weapons to dodge, evade and or escape the rockets fired from these users. Weapons like the Dark Force Saber perform well in dodging and maneuverability.
Recommended Maps[]
Equipment Setups[]
This weapon can be used for crowd control, by weakening groups of players and then finishing them off with a Primary weapon.
Changelog[]
17.1.0
- Initial release.
22.0.0
- AOE radius increased to 3, rocket speed increased to 360.
- 22.9.0
- Damage increased by 34.67%.
- More Damage to the Cursed duration increased by 50%.
24.0.0
- Damage increased by 39%.
- Rocket speed increased by 14%.
Trivia[]
- It is one of the 3 Krampus weapons in the game (The other 2 weapons being: Ice Chaser and Sneaky Pistol). They are also available in the Insidious Krampus lottery as well.
- It exactly has the same reloading animation as Rocket Jumper, Renegade and Ghost Launcher.
- It has the highest multiplier, being 70%.
