Half-Zatoichi
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The Half-Zatoichi is a promotional melee weapon for the Soldier and Demoman. It is a samurai's katana with a circular guard with rounded notches, adorned with brown hilt wrapping.
Anytime the Half-Zatoichi is chosen as the active weapon, the wielder is Honorbound and cannot switch it for another until obtaining a kill or touching a Resupply locker. Honorbound only takes effect after the draw animation is complete however, so there is a small grace period in which you can freely switch away from the weapon. Upon slaying an enemy with the Half-Zatoichi, the blade becomes decorated in blood, the wielder's health is instantly restored to its maximum limit, and the weapon can once again be switched. Additionally, any player wielding a Half-Zatoichi is capable of instantly killing any enemy brandishing a Half-Zatoichi of their own. Unlike the Demoman's other swords, this weapon utilizes the standard melee range.
Taunting as a Demoman with the Half-Zatoichi equipped will perform the Decapitation kill taunt. Successfully killing someone with the taunt will allow the Demoman to sheath the weapon.
This item was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Total War: Shogun 2 on Steam before March 15, 2011.
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Damage and function times
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| Base damage | 100% | 65 |
| Point blank | 55-75 / 300% | |
| Critical | 195 | |
| Mini-crit | 75-101 | |
| Healing | ||
| Self-healing | 100% | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Effect duration | ∞ | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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As a crafting ingredient
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Soldier
| Trench Warfare Kill your nemesis with a shovel. |
Demoman
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Update history
- The Half-Zatoichi was added to the game.
- Fixed players getting a health bonus based on the weapon they're currently holding instead of the weapon that dealt the killing blow.
- Fixed a server crash caused by using the Half-Zatoichi to hit someone not holding a weapon.
- Fixed the Soldier/Demoman taunts not working correctly when the Half-Zatoichi is the active weapon.
- Fixed a bug where players could switch weapons after deploying the Half-Zatoichi before they killed someone with it.
- The item became tradeable.
- All Half-Zatoichis crafted before this patch have been upgraded to Vintage quality.
- [Undocumented] The item was given a unique crafting recipe.
- Updated honor-bound weapons so that they can be holstered within a second of touching a supply cabinet.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Fixed taunt kills made with a Katana not counting towards honorbound kills.
- Fixed a bug where killing a Katana wielder with a Katana was incorrectly causing an increased crit chance
- Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.
- Fixed a problem with honorbound weapons not allowing themselves to be holstered after killing a Spy using the Dead Ringer.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- [Undocumented] Half-Zatoichi was added to the Persian Persuader blueprint.
- Fixed a bug with honorbound weapons allowing themselves to be holstered before getting a kill.
- [Undocumented] The honorbound attribute wording was changed from "This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills" to "Honorbound: Once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills".
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Fixed missing forces for Demoman swords.
- Fixed the Half-Zatoichi using the wrong RED team arms skin while on the BLU team.
Unused content
- A unused kill icon exists for Half-Zatoichi duel kills.
Bugs
- The loadout screen shows the Demoman wielding the Half-Zatoichi one-handed. In-game, he wields it with two hands. A Spy disguised as a Demoman wields the Half-Zatoichi one-handed as well.
- It is possible to get the Demoman achievement Scotch Tap twice with this weapon.
- In Pyrovision, blood will not appear on the weapon after killing an enemy.
Trivia
- Zatoichi is a fictional blind swordsman who appears in many Japanese films. The term "Half-Zatoichi" is a reference to the Demoman having only one eye, and the Soldier having his helmet over his eyes as opposed to being completely blind.
- The weapon attribute is a reference to the legend of Muramasa, a famous Japanese swordsmith, who is said to have forged swords that, once drawn, could not be sheathed again until the blade had drawn blood.
- In the censored version of Team Fortress 2, the weapon is not bloodied after a kill.
- Even though a katana is a double-handed sword only the Demoman uses it double-handed in first person mode.
Gallery
Demoman first-person view with Chargin' Targe.
Demoman first-person view with the Splendid Screen
See also
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