Shovel/Rallying Cry

Rallying Cry
Acquisition	Upgrade Shovel (6 R, Lv5)
Alt. Choice	Overcharger
Stats
Damage	101
Fire Rate	1s
Walkspeed	200%
Special Attributes
Heals 35 HP on a kill. 20% passive damage resistance on user, even while unequipped On hit with any weapon: Fill 'rally' Press Q to activate the 'rally' meter once it's full. While in effect, every player teammate is given a 50% damage resistance

The Rallying Cry is an upgrade for the Shovel unlocked at Level 5, costing 6 Reserves. It grants the user passive damage resistance, and can spread it globally once its effect is activated.

Killing an enemy with the Rallying Cry instantly recovers 35 HP. The player also receives 20% less damage from most attacks, even while the Rallying Cry is unequipped. This damage reduction stacks multiplicately with other sources; such as, Vitabow's buff and Stonehedge Kit (when mounted).

Dealing damage with any weapon charges up the rally meter. Once 500 damage is dealt, pressing Q will play a short animation (~2 seconds) and then grant all players a 50% damage resistance for 15 seconds. The passive damage reduction remains active even with the ability in effect, effectively giving Rallying Cry owners a 60% damage resistance.

Overview

The damage resistance increases the user's survivability from most attacks, making it easier to smack enemies with the crowbar or engage in combat with tougher enemies. Attacks that would normally kill a player, such as from Snipers and Platform strikes, can be barely survived this way. Players with the Assault kit will become even tougher than normal from most attacks, being able to absorb 300 (375 if they have Rallying Cry) damage.

However, some attacks, as shown below, will completely ignore the damage reduction.

• Cloaker's kick. (instant kill)
• Gaia's max health drain.
• Teleporter's telefrag. (instant kill)
• Fusilier's shovel. (instant kill)
• Tempest's pulse. (instant kill)
• Trident's Ronin. (instant kill)
• Sparta's Khanblades. (instant kill)
• Achilles's teleport explosion. (instant kill)
• Chassis's melee. (instant kill)
• Epilogue wave 3 gas leak.
• Trident's hook.
• Sandbox set damage.

The activated ability should be used frequently, as it is very easy to charge just by attacking any enemy with any weapon. Attacking armored units with explosive weapons can instantly charge up the ability with a single shot. Just be wary of certain attacks that can still deal very high damage even through the buff.

Gallery

A dummy holding the old Rallying Cry.

The Rallying Cry's icon.

A dummy holding the Rallying Cry in-game

Trivia

• This item replaced the Stun Stick.
• The sound that plays while activating the ability comes from Shortwave Radio Calls 6 (SFX).
• If you switch to another weapon while the rally activation animation is playing, you will not get the defense bonus and will have to activate it again.
• There used to be an RNG based glitch, which made the Rallying Cry activation last indefinitely. It was speculated to trigger more often in servers with high latency (ping).
• The color scheme of the crowbar that comes with Rallying Cry resembles the Crowbar weapon from Half-Life and its sequels.