Huo-Long Heater
| Huo-Long Heater | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Heavy |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Contributed by: | Nidhogg Robot Joe Jormungandrson SquareEnix Mr. Bunce |
| Released: | August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack) |
| Availability: | Promotional, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #59 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | Yes |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 200 |
| Reload type: | No Reload |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 The Huo-Long Heater |
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| “ | The burning you feel? It is shame.
Click to listen
— The Heavy to a burning Spy
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The Huo-Long Heater is a community-created promotional primary weapon for the Heavy, which he has named "Sheila"[1]. It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional Chinese dragon's head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龙, huǒlóng).
The Huo-Long Heater emits constant rings of fire around the player's feet while the weapon is spun-up, with either the primary or secondary fire buttons. Its base damage and afterburn from the rings of fire are also increased by 25% against burning players as long as the weapon is the active weapon. However, this comes at the cost of 4 ammo lost per second while spun-up, and 10% less base damage compared to the default Minigun.
The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-ordered Sleeping Dogs on Steam before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.
The Huo-Long Heater was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Hitscan | |
| Damage type | Bullet | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 12.15 / bullet |
| Base damage | 100% | 8.1 / bullet |
| Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 4.2768 / bullet |
| Point blank | 41-48 / 1 ammo 390-456 / second | |
| Medium range | 7-21 / 1 ammo 67-200 / second | |
| Long range | 4-9 / 1 ammo 38-86 / second | |
| Critical | 24.3 / bullet | |
| Mini-crit | 11-16 / bullet | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.105 | |
| Ammo consumption interval | 4 / s 14.5 / s | |
| Wind-up time | 0.87 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Fire Ring
See also: Damage
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Area of effect | |
| Damage type | Fire | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 12 |
| Mini-crit | 16 | |
| Afterburn | When weapon is not active: 4 / tick64 total When weapon is active: 5 / tick80 total | |
| Afterburn (mini-crit) | When weapon is not active: 5 / tick80 total When weapon is active: 6 / tick96 total | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.5 s | |
| Afterburn duration | 8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Strange variant
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Update history
August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)
- The Huo Long Heatmaker was added to the game.
- Fixed the Huo Long Heatmaker not consuming additional ammo while firing.
- Renamed from "The Huo Long Heatmaker" to "The Huo-Long Heater".
- [Undocumented] Added Huo-Long Heater to the drop system.
September 13, 2012 [Item schema update]
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
- Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items.
- All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.
- Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.
- Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.
July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)
- Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
- Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
- The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts.
July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Added -10% damage.
- Added +25% increased damage vs. burning players.
- Reduced ammo drain to -4/sec (from -6).
- Reduced pulse damage from Ring of Fire to 12 (from 15) due to increased damage vs. burning targets.
- [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Huo-Long Heater.
October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)
- The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
- Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.
- Fixed the afterburn duration for the Huo-Long Heater.
Bugs
- The fire ring can damage enemies while underwater.
- Holding secondary fire and tapping primary fire with one bullet left will cause the Minigun to play the firing animation loop despite having no ammo, this is visible in third person and by other players.
- When holding the primary fire button during a taunt the Huo-Long Heater's muzzle flash turns invisible.
- The Huo-Long Heater's flames don't do damage to buildings
Trivia
- The weapon was originally designed to be a firework cannon, but was changed into more of a gun shape at Valve’s request. [2]
- If the contributors were unable to make the proper changes to the weapon in time, then Wrath of Wan Hu, a Pyro flamethrower with a similar theme submitted before the promotion, would have taken the Huo-Long Heater’s place. However, Huo-Long Heater was finished in time.[3]
- The weapon's name and appearance are based on the Chinese God called Huang Long. He is a large gold (or yellow) dragon, according to Chinese mythology.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
The Huo-Long Heater's concept art.
The Huo-Long Heater's concept art.
A previous iteration of the Huo-Long Heater before the final changes to the in-game version.
The viewmodel of the previous Huo-Long Heater iteration.
Promotional image featuring the Sleeping Dogs promotional items.
Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Huo-Long Heater.
Huo-Long Heater, featured in The Showdown comic along with 3 other miniguns: Minigun, Tomislav, and Brass Beast.
See also
References
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