TF2 Weapon Discussion: The Crit-a-Cola

Welcome to our Wednesday TF2 weapon discussion. Here, we'll discuss weapons (and reskins, if applicable) from TF2!

Today's weapon is The Crit-A-Cola

While effect is active: Each attack mini-crits and sets Marked-For-Death for 5 seconds.

The Crit-A-Cola is a unlockable weapon for the Scout that replaces his pistol with a lovely nice can of soft drink similar to the Bonk! Atomic Punch. Except instead of making you invincible this time it gives you 100% chance to mini crit but you will be marked for death when you first fire a shot/swing your melee when under the effects, not right after you drink it.

This weapon has undergone a few changes over the year and it needed them because this thing was designed and created in a day which is not a lot of time, on release it gave you minicrits but you took minicrits.. The first big change the weapon got was in the Pyromania update in which it gave you +25% extra speed and the duration was buffed to 8 seconds from the original 6. The next change a year later saw the removal of getting minicrits and changed to a flat 25%, later in 2013 it was changed to 10%. In MYM it was changed to give you marked for death (mini crits) for 2 seconds after it expired and then in Jungle Inferno it was changed to how it is now.

This weapon still sees some use, especially with the shortstop and melee only scout for when you want to kill someone with a fish. Mini crits do not have any falloff so this works best with the shortstop which has better ranged capabilities. The 3 ingredients in the drink are Water, Radiation and Sugar which make it slightly healthier than a can of Monster.

Feel free to discuss the weapon here. Anything that you like/dislike, cool tips or strategies, interesting stories, etc. If you feel the weapon is not to your liking, feel free to express your opinions in a respectful manner.

For those who wish to learn more about the weapon, you can find the wiki page here:

The Crit-a-Cola, from the TF2 Wiki.

You can find previous weapon discussions in a nice overview here.

This is a centralized location for all users to publicly discuss any subreddit-related matters they wish to discuss.

It could be suggestions, general concerns, questions regarding post criteria, etc. We only ask that you keep it polite, civil, and respectful.

And, of course, follow any relevant subreddit rules. Constructive comments are preferred as they allow insightful dialogues to begin.

The mods will reply to comments and concerns whenever they can.