Impact Hammer

The Impact Hammer was originally used as a miner's tunneling tool. Now, it is a pneumatic crushing device that pulverizes opponents as effectively as it once shattered rock.

Unreal Tournament

 * Classification: Melee Piston
 * Primary Fire
 * When trigger is held down, touch opponents with this piston to inflict massive damage.


 * Secondary Fire
 * Damage opponents at close range and has the ability to deflect projectiles.


 * Techniques and Tricks
 * Hammer Jump: Shoot at the ground while jumping to jump extra high. Charging it makes you jump higher, at the cost of more health. Also called a "Piston Jump."
 * Hammer Dodge: Dodge and Hammer Jump at the same time to gain extra speed when escaping from enemies' base in CTF matches. Also called a "Piston Dodge."
 * Telepunting: The Impact Hammer can fling a translocator disk much further than a person could normally throw it. Care must be maintained by both the punter and the person teleporting that it doesn't fly off target or at terminal speeds/distances.


 * Trivia
 * Watch out for piston camping near teleporters. This is a very popular technique in some maps, such as CTF-Face.

Unreal Tournament 3
Charges the hammer when held. It will automatically release upon an opponent in range, or when Fire is released. When hitting something other than other players (for example walls, vehicles or power nodes), that object receives a push, but no damage. Instead, the impact reflects back to the player, causing self damage and knock-back. Using this feature to gain extra jump height at the expense of some health is called impact jumping. EMP Mode. This mode does no damage to players, but up to 150 points of damage to vehicles. Using this against an enemy player will dislodge his timed powerups and Shield Belt, which is especially useful against Invulnerability.
 * Primary Fire
 * Secondary Fire