Crushing Fists

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Crushing Fists
Cost		6,400
Tier		4
+60% Heavy Melee Distance
+22% Melee Damage
+12% Bullet Resist
Passive			5s
Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage.
+25% Bonus Heavy Damage
Passive
Your melee damage will restore ammo and apply a stacking bullet resist debuff on enemies. Heavy melee applies 2 stacks. If the target reaches max stacks, they will be stunned.
+15% Ammo -5% Bullet Resist Conditional 6 Max Stacks 0.75s Stun Duration 8s Debuff Duration
Upgrades From: Melee Charge
Internal name: upgrade_crushing_fists
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Crushing Fists
Cost		6,400
Tier		4
Enhanced
+100% Heavy Melee Distance
+37% Melee Damage
+24% Bullet Resist
Passive			5s
Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage.
+40% Bonus Heavy Damage
Passive
Your melee damage will restore ammo and apply a stacking bullet resist debuff on enemies. Heavy melee applies 2 stacks. If the target reaches max stacks, they will be stunned.
+15% Ammo -9% Bullet Resist Conditional 6 Max Stacks 0.75s Stun Duration 8s Debuff Duration
Upgrades From: Melee Charge
Internal name: upgrade_crushing_fists
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Crushing Fists is a Tier 4 Weapon Item that can be purchased from the Shop for  6,400. Its component, Melee Charge, makes up  1,600 of the cost.

Affected Abilities

Some abilities scale with melee damage and are affected by this item's increase to Melee Damage.

This is a dynamic list "melee". Edit contents · Edit notes.

Hero	Ability	Base Damage	Light Melee Scaling
Bebop	Exploding Uppercut	0.01	×1
	Grapple Arm	0	×0.7
Billy	Bashdown	0	×0.9
Calico	Leaping Slash	10	×0.8
Drifter	Rend	0	×1.2
Silver	Boot Kick	0	×0.9
Silver (Transformed)	Go For The Throat	0	×1.5
	Mauling Leap	0	×1.5
Viscous	Puddle Punch	20	×0.6
Yamato	Flying Slash	0	×1

Several abilities use heavy melee scaling and will benefit from Crushing Fists' unique passive effect as well.

This is a dynamic list "heavymelee". Edit contents · Edit notes.

Hero	Ability	Base Damage	Heavy Melee Scaling	Notes
Billy	Bashdown	0	×0.5	Only becomes Heavy Melee on T3 upgrade.
Drifter	Rend	0	×0.55	Only becomes Heavy Melee on T3 upgrade.
Viscous	Puddle Punch	40	×0.6	Only becomes Heavy Melee on T3 upgrade.

Additionally, melee abilities also apply 1 stack of Crushing Fists' second unique passive effect, increased to 2 stacks for abilities that deal heavy melee damage.

Update history

View the full update history: Crushing Fists/Update history

Update	Changes
July 28, 2026	Max stacks stun duration increased from 0.5s to 0.75s Bullet Resist reduction increased from -4% to -5% per stack
May 22, 2026	Cooldown reduced from 7s to 5s. Melee damage increased from 20% to 22%.
March 6, 2026	Heavy Melee Bonus damage now works with heavy melee abilities

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