Holy Mackerel

Holy Mackerel
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Kill Icon
	FISH KILL!
Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	5p3tch
Released:	September 30, 2010 Patch; (Mann-Conomy Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #30 (Strange), Uncrate #52 (Festive), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
	Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
	The Holy Mackerel; Level 42 Fish; Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating.

“

Tired of people telling you what you can or cannot use as a weapon? Those days are over! This fish is PURE ACTION!

— Holy Mackerel publicity blurb

”

The Holy Mackerel is a community-created melee weapon for the Scout. It is a fish, presumably a mackerel, wrapped in faded, dirty newspaper and tied with a rubber band. The end of the newspaper is shaped for easy handling. The Festive version replaces the newspaper with gift wrap, and places five small, team-colored lights around the handle, as well as one large one in the fish's mouth. The Festivized version of the Holy Mackerel is similar to the default, with nine small team-colored festive lights wrapped around it with a battery pack charging the lights. While the Scout is moving, the Holy Mackerel bends around with his movements.

This weapon functions identically to the default Bat. However, every successful hit by the weapon on another player is announced in the kill feed, showing the weapon's icon in addition to the number of times the victim has been slapped recently. Upon killing a player, the kill feed replaces this number with the message "FISH KILL!" alongside the icon.

The kill feed does not register hits or announce "FISH KILL!" on non-player objects such as buildings or bosses. It also only displays the number of hits when it triggers a Spy's Dead Ringer, instead of saying "FISH KILL!", which can be used to determine if a death was legitimate or not.

The kill icon for the Holy Mackerel was contributed by Psyke .

Damage and function times

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Demonstration

Crafting

Blueprint

Sandman		Reclaimed Metal		Holy Mackerel
	+		=

Class Token - Scout

Slot Token - Melee

Scrap Metal

+

+

=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Special Delivery weapon		Milkman
x4	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Holy Mackerel		Gloves of Running Urgently		Holiday Punch
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Holy Mackerel
Strange Fish - Humiliations: 0
Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating.

Available as a Strange Festive variant.

Notes: Only kills with the Strange Holy Mackerel count as humiliations.

Compatible Strange parts

Strange Part: Damage Dealt	Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived	Strange Part: Allied Healing Done	Strange Part: Allies Extinguished

Strange Part: Scouts Killed	Strange Part: Soldiers Killed	Strange Part: Pyros Killed	Strange Part: Demomen Killed

Strange Part: Heavies Killed	Strange Part: Engineers Killed	Strange Part: Medics Killed	Strange Part: Snipers Killed

Strange Part: Spies Killed	Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed	Strange Part: Low-Health Kills	Strange Part: Posthumous Kills

Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged	Strange Part: Defender Kills	Strange Part: Underwater Kills	Strange Part: Critical Kills

Strange Part: Gib Kills	Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping	Strange Part: Headshot Kills	Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed

Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills	Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge	Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills	Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills

Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills	Strange Part: Domination Kills	Strange Part: Revenge Kills	Strange Part: Full Moon Kills

Strange Part: Halloween Kills	Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time	Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack	Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed

Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed	Strange Part: Robots Destroyed	Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed	Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed

Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed	Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween	Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected	Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances

Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended	Strange Part: Player Hits

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

The Holy Mackerel was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

The Holy Mackerel was altered to not display the hit message concerning disguised Spies.
Hitting someone with the Holy Mackerel no longer counts as a kill, as this would cause problems with achievements and some statistics systems.
[Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel will no longer add to the kill feed when hitting a building.

October 8, 2010 Patch

[Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Milkman.

October 18, 2010 Patch

The hit message no longer awards the player First Blood during an Arena match.

February 3, 2011 Patch

Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the fish humiliation and kill notices.

February 14, 2011 Patch

Fixed the Holy Mackerel's melee attack not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.

June 3, 2011 Patch

Added community contributed response rules to the Holy Mackerel.

October 13, 2011 Patch

[Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

January 11, 2012 Patch

[Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Holiday Punch.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

Added Festive variant.

January 8, 2013 Patch

Fixed Festive Holy Mackerel not completing a set when equipped.

January 16, 2013 Patch

Fixed the Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds.

November 12, 2013 Patch

[Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

Added Festivized variant.

Bugs

If the player assists a fish kill, the kill icon is not highlighted in the kill feed like other kills and assists.

Trivia

"Holy Mackerel!" is an expression of surprise found commonly in comedy TV shows, as well as cartoons and other children's TV shows.
The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to Douglas Adams's book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "The ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything".
- Two further references are the books So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, a title in the book series whose name was taken from a line in the original book, and The Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous collection of various essays and an unfinished novel written by Adams.
The texture file of the Holy Mackerel reveals that the newspaper wrapped around the fish is named The Gravel Pit Gazette, alluding to the map Gravel Pit.
A Fish Bat is a fishermen tool and police, trucker, and SCA slang for a shorter, heavy club.
As part of a cross-promotion, the Holy Mackerel was available as a melee weapon in Alliance of Valiant Arms, before it was shut down on June 29th, 2018.

Gallery

First-person view..
RED Festive variant.
BLU Festive variant.
RED Festivized variant.
BLU Festivized variant.
Holy Mackerel concept.
The Holy Mackerel as it appeared in Alliance of Valiant Arms.

Weapons
v • d • e	Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy
Primary	Scattergun	Rocket Launcher	Flame Thrower	Grenade Launcher	Minigun	Shotgun	Syringe Gun	Sniper Rifle	—
Primary	Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter	Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike	Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower Nostromo Napalmer Dragon's Fury	Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber	Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater	Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack	Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose	Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star	—
Secondary	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Stickybomb Launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medi Gun	SMG	Revolver
Secondary	Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R	Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack	Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher	Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana	Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter	Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator	Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark	Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback
Melee	Bat	Shovel	Fire Axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
Melee	Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete	Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand	Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete	Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Construction PDA	—	—	Disguise Kit
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Destruction PDA	—	—	Invis Watch
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sapper
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap Snack Attack
Taunt	Grand Slam	Grenade	Hadouken Armageddon Execution Gas Blast	Barbarian Swing	High Noon	Arm Blender Guitar Smash	Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody	Arrow Stab	Fencing

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	35
Critical		105
Mini-crit		47
Function times
Attack interval		0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Holy Mackerel

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Damage and function times

Item set

Demonstration

Crafting

Blueprint

As a crafting ingredient

Strange variant

Update history

Bugs

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