| The Rake | |
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| Information | |
| Intro | None |
| Type | Chaser, Freezer
Nightmare Chaser (Classic) |
| Signs of nearing | Zombie-like groaning |
| Origin | Creepypasta |
| Map(s) | Frost Run Classic Frost Run Classic No Exit Asylum 4Way Lobbys |
| Theme song | Clowns Are Scary
Surgeon Attack (Classic)
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| Partners | Rake duplicates |
| Stunnable? | Yes (by flashlight, melee for classic version) |
The Rake is a boss in Slender Fortress.
Description[]
The Rake, originating from several Creepypastas, is said to be a hairless and animalistic human with a pair of rake-like claws adorning its hands, thus its name. It apparently stalks people in their sleep, and will only attack when spotted, violently ripping apart anything who alerts it before retreating with its almost unseeably fast speeds.
In Slender Fortress[]
The Rake has an exclusive appearance in the map Frost Run, appearing in every round except for every third round. Like Shrek and the Slender Man, the Rake is duplicated, making it so there are two-three identical creatures instead of one.
The Rake, once spotting the player, is hard to hide from, and will rarely ever focus its attention on anyone else once it sets its sight on a single player. It is not a one-hit-killer, but deals 65 damage every swipe, he freezes the player making them unable to move and nearly impossible to escape. Fortunately, the Rake can be stunned by a flashlight.
The Classic Pack Version[]
Rake retains it's infamous speed rate. It retains his 65 damage every swipe, it's freeze ability is not present, and it's major weakness, being stunned by the flashlight, is also not present, making the Rake a very difficult boss to outrun. He is considered a difficult boss once he chases you.
Recommendation[]
Be careful of running into its duplicates while running as either Scout or Demoman. The Heavy can take a couple hits from the Rake, the Medic can heal any wounds, and the Engineer will have the least worry about being able to stun them with the extended battery life. To avoid the Rakes, Spy will be the best choice. The Rake is also not very hard to outrun unless he hits you and freezes you.
Classic Pack version[]
The Demoman is the perfect class that has a high chance to beat the Classic Rake because of his large health pool (with Ali Baba's Wee Booties or The Bootlegger equipped (unless the Eyelander or the Nessie's Nine Iron is also equipped) will grant you with 200 HP, without any of the aforementioned boots equipped or when any aforementioned boots and any aforementioned sword are equipped at the same time, you'll stay at 175 HP while equipping the aforementioned swords without any of the boots equipped will grant you with 150 HP, tying with the Medic's health pool as a negative effect) and very fast speed, although the Demoman and the Classic Rake share the same speed(?). Scout is not recommended because he is as fast as the Classic Rake; albeit Rake is slightly faster, is not suitable for stealth due to his high-hearing noises and Scout's base HP is 125 - he can be easily wiped out in two hits. The Heavy is a second option as his Gloves of Running Urgently greatly increases his speed, and with the help of his 300 HP, he can withstand many hits but due to Rake's massive speed rate, that already tops the Scout's speed and is probably as fast as the Demoman's sprint speed, Heavy with GRU, Heavy is the second best option. The Engineer is basically useless, his flashlight is unable to stun the Classic Rake, and the Classic Rake is faster than the Engineer. Spy is a great choice as his footsteps is quieter and his ability to cloak makes hiding easier, but his speed is slower. Spy is a great choice when it comes to hiding.
It is recommended to try stunning the Classic Rake whenever you have trouble outrunning him, it only took 2 hits from a normal weapon to stun the Rake (or 1 critical hit) and when succesful, the stun will last for a decent amount of time.
Trivia[]
- As the Rake doesn't make a prominent appearance in any game, it is instead a reskin of the Fast Zombies from Half-Life 2, having identical animations, models (just painted white with glowing eyes and a mouth) and noises.
- Glubbable created a Christmas reskin for the rake called Red-Nosed-Rake. Guess what that's a reference to. There is also a Halloween reskin called Pumpkin Rake.
- The Rake was the first chaser boss to be added. He also received a bunch of changes over the years. He was once stunnable by a melee attack (as seen in the classic version of him), the freezing ability was a late addition and he had Suitor's chase theme.
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