TF2 War Paint Collection
Powerhouse Collection
High-voltage industry — electricity, oil and raw power, all the way up to Elite.
- 15 weapons
- 4 grades
- Mercenary → Elite ladder
- 5 wear tiers each
Theme & concept
Powerhouse is the energy set: turbines, current and high voltage. The names carry the charge — Thunderbolt, Liquid Asset, Shell Shocker, Current Event, Flash Fryer, Spark of Life, Lightning Rod, Brick House, Turbine Torcher. Where Concealed Killer hides, Powerhouse announces itself; the palette is industrial and electric rather than muted.
It is the loud, high-energy member of its family, and it tends to appeal to players who want a paint that reads as aggressive and modern rather than tactical or rustic.
How the set is built
Powerhouse is a fifteen-weapon set on the Mercenary → Elite ladder. The Elite pair are the Thunderbolt Sniper Rifle and the Liquid Asset Stickybomb Launcher; three Assassin and five Commando pieces sit above a five-weapon Mercenary base.
Note the slightly heavier Commando band (five pieces) compared with Concealed Killer — Powerhouse spreads a little more of its weight into the upper-middle of the ladder, so there is more variety at the desirable-but-attainable grades.
Grade distribution
Decorated grades run, rarest to most common: Elite, Assassin, Commando, Mercenary, Freelance, Civilian. Here is how this set's 15 weapons split across the grades it actually contains.
- Elite 2
- Assassin 3
- Commando 5
- Mercenary 5
The full roster
Every weapon below ships in all five wear tiers (Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn, Battle Scarred). Names link to the live catalog page for that item.
Commando
What drives value in this set
Powerhouse pushes a little more of its weight into the upper-middle of the ladder than its siblings — five Commando pieces sit beneath the Thunderbolt Sniper Rifle and Liquid Asset Stickybomb Launcher — so there is real choice at the desirable-but-attainable grades, even though those two Elite weapons remain the headline scarcity. Within an item the order is the familiar one: Factory New ahead of the worn tiers, Strange and unusual ahead of plain Decorated.
The bright, high-contrast electrical artwork shows wear clearly, which tends to reward Factory New and well-centred rolls, especially on the large-canvas weapons like the rocket launcher and minigun where the pattern has room to read.
Want the mechanics in full? See grades & rarity explained and wear levels explained.
How the pieces relate
Powerhouse is in the Mercenary → Elite family with Concealed Killer, Pyroland and Warbird. It is the direct stylistic foil to Concealed Killer (same ladder, opposite energy), and a strong contrast piece against the whimsical Pyroland set.