Demoman Secondaries

Demoman Secondary Options

Quickiebomb Launcher

Attributes
Clip Size - 4 Shots
Max Stickies Out - 8 Shots
Blast Radius: 124.1
Projectile Speed: 930.88
Projectile Speed (Max Charge): 2409.2
+25 Max Health on Wearer
+40% Faster Firing Speed
+25% Faster Reload Time
-0.2 Second Faster Bomb Arm Time
+5% Damage Bonus
-25% Damage vs Players
Max charge time decreased by 70%
Up to +170% damage based on charge
Stickies do no explosive knockback, but they can stun zombies.

[Timings]

Attack Interval: 0.36

TEC: 1.44 seconds

Reload Time (First): 0.818 seconds

Reload Time (Consec.): 0.503 seconds

Full Reload Time: 2.355 seconds

Activation Time: 0.645 Seconds

Max Charge Time: 1.2 Seconds

Damage [Func_Physbox]

Max Damage (From Splash): 126 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 340.2 per shot

Real DPS: 47.572 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 58.542 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 125.373 DPS

Damage [Func_Breakable]

Max Damage (From Splash): 157 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 425

Real DPS: 59.465 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 73.135 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 156.716 DPS

With the shorter arm time and quicker firing speed, the Quickiebomb Launcher lets the Demoman make traps much quicker and allow him to play much more aggressive. Using the Quickie for traps usually isn't a bad idea if you have downtime, but you'll likely better utilize it up front by launching (and charging) 3/4 of your stickies; the last one serving as an imminent cover if needed be.

What the weapon excels in over stock is the functionality dishing out stuns en masse due to the increased charge damage (and being able to reach that full charge within little over a second); a fully charged quickie sticky can reliably lock down large clusters of zombies due to it being able to reach the damage cap required for a stun much more reliably; and any stickies that aren't working on temporarily stun-immune zombies will still slow them down upon taking damage.

All at the cost of only being halved a clip compared to alternatives, and some less baseline (uncharged) sticky damage. What that means is your uncharged stickies will be far less likely to stun a zombie that you need to slow or hinder; leaving you a little more vulnerable at the frontlines if you just try to panic spam them like stock.

Stickybomb Launcher

Attributes
Clip Size - 8 Shots
Max Stickies Out - 8
Blast Radius: 146
Projectile Speed: 925.38
Projectile Speed (Max Charge): 2409.2
+25 Max Health on Wearer
+25% Faster Reload Time
+25% Damage Bonus
-25% Damage vs Players
Up to +100% Damage based on Charge
Stickies do no explosive knockback, but they can stun zombies.

[Timings]

Attack Interval: 0.6

TEC: 4.8 seconds

Reload Time (First): 0.818 seconds

Reload Time (Consec.): 0.503 seconds

Full Reload Time: 4.395 seconds

Activation Time: 0.84 Seconds

Max Charge Time: 4 Seconds

Damage [Func_Physbox]

Max Damage (From Splash): 150 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 300 per shot

Real DPS: 54.377 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 28.787 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 104.166 DPS

Damage [Func_Breakable]

Max Damage (From Splash): 187 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 375

Real DPS: 67.971 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 35.984 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 130.208 DPS

Boasting the shortest reload time, the Stickybomb Launcher allows Demoman to excel extremely well at his biggest strength of fallback stalling. The Stickybomb Launcher provides the best uptime out of all his secondaries thanks to its reload speed, allowing him to space out his stickies on paths the zombies have to go to slow them down and even potentially stun them. It also still functions well in defending purposes, providing enough stickies to stun any dangerous threats like Heavies or pop Pyros before their Mutations reach the team.

The fully charged bonus is a way for players to make more of an impact with sticky traps without having to greatly change the general damage modifiers; note that gaining more damage from charging will mean that zombies will be able to get stunned (and slowed) in clusters far more reliably by a charged sticky; but the time in itself is a little too long to invest doing it for every sticky. Best to save that job for Quickie unless you have a lot of time on a defense to shoot out charged stickies.

Do note that while zombies do have stun immunity momentarily and that your sticky at full charge will fire just in time to re-stun the same zombie - it might be better as a whole to forego the mechanic on this by spamming (uncharged) stickies on masses of zombies to stun the ones that haven't been recently stunned yet; you'll still apply slowdown to the ones already resistant to stun anyway.

Scottish Resistance

Attributes
Clip Size - 8 Shots
Max Stickies Out - 10
Blast Radius: 146
Projectile Speed: 925.38
Projectile Speed (Max Charge): 2409.2
+25 Max Health on Wearer
+25% Faster Reload Time
+25% Damage Bonus
-25% Damage vs Players
-0.8 Second Slower Bomb Arm Time
Up to +100% Damage based on Charge
Detonates stickybombs near the crosshair and directly under your feet
Stickies do no explosive knockback, but they can stun zombies.

[Timings]

Attack Interval: 0.6

TEC: 4.8 seconds

Reload Time (First): 0.818 seconds

Reload Time (Consec.): 0.503 seconds

Full Reload Time: 4.395 seconds

Activation Time: 1.635 Seconds

Max Charge Time: 4 Seconds

Damage [Func_Physbox]

Max Damage (From Splash): 150 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 300 per shot

Real DPS: 35.035 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 25.117 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 67.114 DPS

Damage [Func_Breakable]

Max Damage (From Splash): 187 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 375

Real DPS: 43.793 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 31.396 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 83.892 DPS

With an ability to have two more pipebombs out, the Scottish resistance allows Demoman to stun dangerous zombies much quicker during defenses (pre-emptively.) While it could be better at defending, you have to remember that stunned zombies take no knockback; so if stunned too close they could pose a threat, but otherwise like all the other stickies its an excellent method of stalling. The much slower arm bomb time means you have preemptively plant stickies on fallbacks forcing you to play much more passively. The ability to trigger stickies only when you look at them does allow you to cover multiple paths at once.

Splendid Screen

Attributes
+15% Fire Damage Resistance on Wearer
+15% Explosive Damage Resistance on Wearer
Full turning control while charging
Melee kills refill 75% of your charge meter.
Alt-Fire: Charge toward your enemies and remove debuffs.
Gain a mini-crit melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.
Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time.
When you would be damaged by a zombie, consume a full charge bar to instead gain ~1 second of ÜberCharge. Requires a full charge bar to activate.

With the increase in Charge recharge rate stat, the Splendid Screen allows Demoman to act as a Demoknight to block and tank zombie hits more often than the other shields making this the best shield out of the 3 in utility. Keep in mind any damage from a zombie will trigger the uber proc - be it a stray medic enzyme chipping you for -4 HP or one of the many pyro enzymes, so you might lose it randomly!

Tide Turner

Attributes
+15% Fire Damage Resistance on Wearer
+15% Explosive Damage Resistance on Wearer
Full turning control while charging
Melee kills refill 75% of your charge meter.
Alt-Fire: Charge toward your enemies and remove debuffs.
Gain a mini-crit melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.
Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time.
When you would be damaged by a zombie, consume a full charge bar to instead gain ~1 second of ÜberCharge. Requires a full charge bar to activate.

For more aggressive Demoknights, the melee kills refilling 75% of your charge meter can be very helpful if you're consistently killing Heavies or Pyros using their Mutations. The inconsistency of the ÜberCharge activating despite being quickly recharged after you kill a zombie does make this less reliable than the Splendid Screen.

Chargin' Targe

Attributes
+50% Fire Damage Resistance on Wearer
+30% Explosive Damage Resistance on Wearer
Alt-Fire: Charge toward your enemies and remove debuffs.
Gain a critical melee strike after impacting an enemy at distance.
Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time.
When you would be damaged by a zombie, consume a full charge bar to instead gain ~1 second of ÜberCharge. Requires a full charge bar to activate.

While the Chargin' Targe does boast the highest resistance, the most relevant thing the resistances affect is the afterburn and explosion damage from Pyro Mutations, which is barely a threat in most cases. Having no other redeemable qualities than that makes it the least ideal out of the 3 available shields.

Sticky Jumper

Attributes
Clip Size - 1 Shot (Starts with 8)
Max Stickies Out - 2
Blast Radius: 182.5
Projectile Speed: 925.38
Projectile Speed (Max Charge): 2409.2
+25% Explosion Radius
+275% Damage Bonus
-25% Damage vs Players
-317% Slower Firing Speed
When Held: -20% Slower Move Speed on Wearer
-37% Slower Reload Time
-150% Slower Deploy/Holster Speed
-1.15 Second Slower Bomb Arm Time
+200% Damage to Self
Up to +220% damage based on charge
Stickies do no explosive knockback, but they can stun zombies.
No Sticky Jumping.

[Timings]

Attack Interval: 2.505

TEC: 2.505 seconds

Reload Time (First): 1.493 seconds

Reload Time (Consec.): 0.918 seconds

Full Reload Time: 1.5 seconds

Activation Time: 1.995 Seconds

Max Charge Time: 4 Seconds

Damage [Func_Physbox]

Max Damage (From Splash): 450 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 1440 per shot

Real DPS: 62.546 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 105.961 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 100 DPS

Damage [Func_Breakable]

Max Damage (From Splash): 562 per shot

Max Damage (From Splash & Full Charge): 1800

Real DPS: 78.183 DPS

Real DPS (Full Charge): 132.451 DPS

Clip DPS (Nonstop): 125 DPS

The Sticky Jumper in Zombie Escape works similarly to the Rocket Jumper. This weapon subverts expectations by instead being able to deal massive damage to both enemeies and oneself. This can lay out 2 stickybombs that can deal massive damage. However, understand that the attack cycle for this weapon is comparably slow to the other stickybomb launchers at ~4 seconds with no charge or ~8 seconds using full charge. Additionally, it will take around ~2 seconds for stickies to activate after firing.

Its main movement denial mechanic remains as its stunning ability; in spite of not being able to lay out many stickies, this weapon still has the 2nd highest sticky trap damage. This makes this an easier weapon to utilize for setting up sticky traps on bosses but less strong as a defensive weapons throughout the duration of a map.

Due to it being immensely setup heavy and the amount of penalties such as movement decrease & weapon switches being hindered; the weapon doesn't exactly get far on stall-heavy defenses (which is kind of exactly where Demoman excels best in AoE stun-spams and slow); thus leaving it in just about a similar state of being semi-joke weapon, much akin to the Rocket Jumper.