Headshot
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A Headshot is a successful attack to the head of an enemy with a scoped shot from the Sniper Rifle, Bazaar Bargain, Machina, Hitman's Heatmaker, and AWPer Hand. A Huntsman arrow or an Ambassador bullet can also deal headshots. Headshots deal guaranteed Critical hits; unless a damage reducing effect is active, a fully charged headshot from the Sniper Rifle will instantly kill any class, including an overhealed Heavy. The hitbox for the head of any class will always remain centered on the Y axis of rotation, no matter what the onscreen appearance may dictate.
Killing an enemy with a headshot yields an extra half point, for a total of 1.5 points per headshot kill. Scoring a lethal headshot with a Huntsman arrow yields an additional half point, for a total of 2 points.
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| Sniper Rifle† | Bazaar Bargain | ||||
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| Machina | Hitman's Heatmaker | ||||
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| The Croc-o-Style Kit | |||||
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| Ambassador† | |||||
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Related achievements
General
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Sniper
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Spy
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Kill icons
Unused kill icons
Ambassador (Used since the Sniper vs. Spy Update until its removal in the Engineer Update)
Update history
- Fixed headshots not always registering for crouched players.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Added headshot death animations.
Trivia
- There is a 25% chance that a player killed by a headshot will enter a special death animation appropriate to that class (e.g. the Pyro does a backflip).
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